100-Word Challenge, Day 114-116

Hospital Room (Photo credit: nettsu)

"That's to be expected," Wade said. "You were transferred to Armstrong Memorial while you were out. There was some uncertainty as to what happened in the lab and there were some odd energy readings and the medical team at Darkside was unsure whether or not you needed to be quarantined, so we opted on the side of caution."

"What happened to Aldric?" Evan asked before another thought entered his mind and he tried to sit upright, but was forced to strain against the straps that held him down.. "The energy grid! It needs to be reset! It might not be too late if we can-."

"Calm down, Evan," Wade said in the same, flat, droning voice, "Aldric is still at Darkside so that his DNA can be used to maintain the flow of power." He stood up and walked about the room, checking on the various machines about the room before returning to his stool and entering something into the data-slate.

"How did...is he...is he okay?" Despite the threats his boss had made against him, Evan did not want to see the man dead, but he would have been happy if the man was forced to stay on the light side of the moon for a while.

"He will live, but he is still unconscious," Wade said as he looked up from his data-slate. "The electrical strike he took should have killed him, and probably you as well, but he managed to survive it. He's in a coma and the best medical minds on the moon are attending him, but I don't know that he will ever wake up." The doctor looked back at his data-slate and said, "And that is what we need to talk about before you get out of here." He tapped the slate a couple of times then locked eye with Evan. "Why did you try to kill Aldric?"