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FTEC, Wednesday Night

The coming winter made Natalie feel, well, alive. She could feel the cold, and could sense the approaching darkness; she was enjoying every moment of the evenings as night grew longer. It meant she had greater freedom to move around. It also meant that Halloween was close around the corner. She wondered what, if anything, this town did to celebrate the oncoming holiday.

Entering the clinic, she went through her usual set up, checking the charts for updates on Zuko. She would make time to peek in on him shortly.

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Natalie had her laptop set up, and was transcribing more of her notes.

Nat peeked in on Zuko, and would check in on him later.

Zuko was bored. He'd even put on the television, but that turned out to be confusing so he quickly turned it off again and went back to his book, trying to actually read it instead of just watch the pictures.

Pippi (gently) kicks open the front door and enters carrying an unconscious and possibly muttering incoherently Walter.

"Hello?"

She was out of her chair immediately, rushing to meet Pippi half way. Her eyes went wide and she immediately -- more out of instinct than necessity -- reached to check his pulse as she led the way to an exam room. "What happened?"

...for an unconscious Walter.

Walter's pulse is racing, his temperature is in danger of cooking his brain.

"We're not entirely sure. Pippi explaned. He was apparently part of some experiment when he was younger. He was complaining of headaches and was really grumpy. Nadia found him and called me. He's really hot and he was convulsing for a bit but then it stopped."

Natalie nodded. Physically checking his pulse reinforced what she was hearing, as well as Pippi's comment about his temperature. "Let's get him in here (http://community.livejournal.com/fandom_clinic/222468.html?thread=6300420#t6300420)," she pushed open exam three and switched on the lights. "Has he been to the clinic for any of this prior to tonight?" She thought she remembered seeing a note in the nurse's charts, but she wanted to confirm.

"I... Don't know. Nadia would know I think..." Pippi said looking out the door and gently putting him down on the bed.

Nadia came in after placing a quick phone call to Alfred, just in time to rush after Pippi and Natalie to the exam room. She arrived just at the tail end of Pippi's statement. "I know some stuff. What was the question?"

"Has he been to the clinic this week for the fever or headaches this week?" Nat was already reaching for the digital thermometer, and grabbing out some IV shunts. She would also need some of the instant ice packs to try and get his fever down.

Nadia nodded quickly. "Last weekend. He said something about blood tests, but when he called in on Monday, they hadn't found anything out."

Dr. Lambert nodded. "Okay, that's something. I can look at the test series and see if there's anything else that needs to be done." She grimaced. "Aside from headaches, moodiness, and a fever, do you know of any other symptoms he was experiencing? Anything about these 'experiments'?"

"His tummy was growling on the way down here, he has to eat a lot." Pippi offered in an attempt to be helpful. "Either he hasn't eaten or he needs more because of whatever's happening?"

Nadia nodded to Pippi. "He's been really hungry. All the time. The experiment was to make his metabolism really high. All the other test subjects died." She gestured to Walter a little helplessly. "Like that. I know the name of the tester and some of the patients, but it happened in the thirties, and I haven't been able to find much else."

This was something Natalie could understand. The increased metabolism would definitely be wreaking havoc on his system, creating some rather interesting chemical changes. She glanced at the IV shunts and the saline solutions. She wasn't sure at this point what the solutions would do to him. "Has he been able to keep food down? It's not having any adverse affect?"

"I . . . haven't noticed it doing anything bad. Just that he was eating all the time."

"I even saw him eating microwaved meals."

"He must have been desperate," Nat said with a chuckle. Opening a cabinet, she withdrew some instant cold packs and activated them, each with a single squeeze. She then wrapped them in pillow cases, tucking them under each arm, and placing one under his head, at the crook of his neck.

"Okay, I need to check the blood tests and see what I'm looking at. You're more than welcome to sit with him while I duck over to the front desk and read the nurse's notes."

Nadia nodded her thanks, then flopped into a nearby chair. She leaned forward and ran her hands over her face, watching Walter the entire time. "He'll be okay."

Pippi sat on the edge of the bed facing Nadia and pat her knee.

"He'll be fine."

Nadia nodded, but kept picturing him lying on the floor like that.

How long had he been there? How long would he be here? With no information anywhere on the experiment, how were they going to fix all this?

Her hands started to shake slightly, but she just stared at Walter.

She couldn't afford to lose it. There might be more for her to do for him.

"Excuse me, is this the right room?"

Nadia sat up, slightly startled. "Yeah. He's still out."

"Hello Mr. Pennyworth."

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