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Protecting
TtH Prompt: #41 Doctor Summary: Giving back to the villagers. "Dr. Lam, thanks for comin’,” Cameron said the next day as the doctor arrived with several of her medical staff. “We’ve got the wounded in this building,” he said, as he lead them in. “But Buffy wants to talk to you before you start.” Carolyn
frowned
slightly, but nodded her head. She knew Buffy wouldn’t have made the
request if
it weren’t important. When
they
entered the room, Buffy looked up from where she was quietly talking to
one of
the injured. She gave him a small pat on the arm before walking over to
the new
arrivals. The tiny slayer pulled Dr. Lam away from the others. “What’s
wrong?”
Carolyn asked. “You
just need
to know that these people are ‘special’. You can’t keep any records of
their
blood work,” Buffy said quietly. “Why?”
Buffy
sighed and
ran a hand through her dirty hair. “They’re kind of like me –
different, but
not different like me. They have an… an… a disease.” “We’ll
need
hazmat and you’ve been exposed,” Carolyn said in alarm.
“It’s
not like
that,” Buffy said, trying to calm her down. “They can only pass it on
if they
bite someone. We’re safe, but they won’t be if word gets out about
them. Just
treat their injuries, nothing else. No word of anything unusual you
find to
anyone.” Carolyn
stared
hard into Buffy’s hazel eyes. She wasn’t too surprised to see the
determination
to protect these people shining out of the young woman’s face. She
wasn’t sure
exactly what was going on here, but Buffy obviously placed this village
under
her protection. The doctor solemnly nodded her head in agreement and
went to
start working on the wounded.
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