[I]Loire was a little baffled actually, he hadn't drugged him up too much, just standard stuff. "I gave him no more than he needed. I must admit I'm quite perplexed by his behaviour ... I didn't have him pegged for being a lightweight."[/i]

"Lightweight?" Viva retorted, her tone incredulous, "Valko's a lot of things but he's never been called that before. He usually doesn't even feel the usual dose..."

[I]"He was grunting in his sleep, I thought he was uncomfortable." Noah said steadily, "Slipped him a little more morphine, nothing major."[/i]

"Nothing major!?" Viva cried out, whipping her head around to glare at Noah but before she could say more he continued:
[I]"I know how much an overdose is so don't even begin to lecture me about being stupid."[/i]

Viva could only stare at him in angry disbelief as her mind reeled at his sheer gall. They had an actual doctor on board and Noah decided to go ahead and dope up her brother? Valko rarely needed the usual dose of morphine, Noah knew what her brothers pain tolerance was like- No wonder her brother was acting drunk off his ass! And if Valko had been making noise that could have been a sign of him waking up- Why the hell did Noah feel the need to give him more morphine?  Cause Noah "thought he was uncomfortable"? Bullshit!

[I]"No harm done, it'll wear off within a couple hours and we can sort out a dosage that suits."[/i]

The good doctor obviously wanted to play peacemaker, so she'd hold her tongue. And really now wasn't the time for her to be starting in on their wayward captain again. No matter how much she wanted to or how much he deserved it. So Viva swallowed down the vitriol that was threatening to spill for Loire's sake and let it go. For now. 

Her continued icy glare promised as much as she helped manhandle her brother over to the doctor, whom had finally finished his cackling but was still little more than deadweight as he clumsily tried to maneuver himself, his attempts  actually hindering more than it helped. 

"Only a few hours? Aww man," He said as the doctor finished talking, "I feel fantastic. Like seriously you are amazing doc. I'm like a new man- we should go out on the town. Go get you laid since my sis' is too much of a prude." "Fuck you Val." Viva interjected as Noah pulled her away. Valko continued unperturbed as he babbled on a roll, "I'll get laid too. It'll be fun. What kinda woman ya like? Me, I like Tall Blonds- just like my drinks. I could sure go for a drink... and some food. I am so damn hungry an- Wait nooo, I wanted food. Take me back to the kitchen."

Valko's voice faded out of earshot as they reached the cockpit and Viva shook her arm free of Noah's grasp. Sitting herself in her chair she delicately touched her face around her eye as he rummaged around for the small first aid kit.  

[I]"Vee we're in a bad way out here, so don't fight with me right now, wait till we're in the clear. We just have to get to Paradiso and then we can put this all behind us. Hold still and let me patch you up, Val will keep the doc busy, you know what he's like."[/i]

"I fuckin know how bad the situation is," She said swatting at his hands as he tried to dab her cut with antiseptic, "A situation we wouldn't [b]be[/b] in if [b]you[/b] hadn't of gotten us involved with the Nth. Which I'm still pissed about, and that's besides this nonsense about you spiking Val's drip- which I will get to the bottom of cause I ain't about to swallow that bullshit. So I hope you understand what I mean when I say we have Bigger Problems to deal with."

"I just got accosted by a druggy Noah," Viva said ardently, pointing an indignant finger at her blackening eye, "Some wasted, cut off, lowlife, who KNEW [b]I[/b] was involved with Nth. Fucker was going through my pockets trying to find it!"

"We got somebody on our tail Noah. Somebody who isn't shy about spreading the word about who we are and what we're hauling. Now we got a bullseye on us that's to the point that some wretch off the street can find us, who knows who else is gonna be gunning for that thrice damned cargo So Just Who the Hell did you Piss Off?"