Cure Of Sorts

Shale felt better after seeing the Counsellor, and went into his quarters to try and come up with a way he could inform the Captain he was wrong. He remember about what had happened a few days earlier.....

Three days earlier

...... This was a thing that Chief Shale hated even though he had seen battle a couple dozen times in his past fourteen years. He thought about the death of Commander Shaka and Commander Soliel. Rick wondered if the deaths could of been avoided and then the old thought he had learned came to him. Which was if your time is up it's up.

*No damn it I won't allow myself to become a hard and cold person. People are all special, and have the right to live.* Rick thought to himself.

"Some thing wrong Chief ?" Captain Devore said walking by.

"Sir I don't know. I have these feelings that are cold and bitter, and yet another side tells me to feel sorrow. I think I need to make an appoint with the counsellor. I've never been to a shrink. How do I go about it ?" Rick said putting his cup of coffee down.

Captain Devore smiled and patted the Chief on the back, then took a seat in front of the Chief.

"Don't worry, she is rather good at her job. I will talk with her and see if she can schedule an appointment."

Shale rubbed his brow, then leaned back and took a deep breath which seem to help relieve a little stress.

"Sir you wouldn't think bad of me seeing a counsellor. ?" Shale knew most Captain's tolerated that position.

"No chief, I would worry if you didn't after every thing we been through, " Devore stood up and left, the mess hall. ......

Present

..... After sitting in his quarter's for about twenty minutes, the present condition of Lieutenant MacLeod came into Rick's mind. He knew that this Jem'Hadar had been a ketrecel white addict once. Now his body was turning on him. Rick went to the computer and went to work and tried to find an alternative to him being in stasis. All officer's were needed.

Several hours later he found a solution not a good one but a possible cure. The thing was that Mac would have to be reintroduced to a drug.

"Computer what is the chance that Lieutenant MacLeod will make a full recovery if we introduce ketrecel white into his blood stream ?"

<99%> The computer responded.

"Yes that's it."Shale said aloud getting ready to download the information to a Padd.

"Computer could ketrecel white be replicated ?"

<Ketrecel White is drug that is illegal to reproduce under article 1490 paragraph 3 of the Federation laws.>

"Damn it computer I know that. Can it be replicated ?"

<No. Ketrecel white is unable to be replicated mainly because it is composed of natural biological elements, such as plants and minerals.>

"Computer download all information pertaining to the reproduction of ketrecel." Shale smiled. He had actually come up with something very thoughtful. However he knew Doctor Katts wouldn't approve.

"Captain Devore come in. Chief Shale here." He said tapping his comm badge.

[What is it Chief ?]

"Sir, Macleod is not dying sort of speak. His genetic code is breaking down. From a lack of white."

[So are you saying he needs ketrecel white ?]

"Yes."

[Alright let me go over this with the Doctor and I'll get back to you on this. Wait.... meet me in Sickbay with your information. Say in about twenty minutes.]

"Aye sir."