<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #80BFFF"><span style="font-size: 150%; line-height: 116%;">Peter Halvardson</span><br/><span style="font-size: 120%; line-height: 116%;">'The Viking'</span></span></div><br/><br/><div style="text-align: justify;">Peter's shoulders slumped in relief, when Alice said she wouldn't say anything about the hospitals. He had hoped, absolutely hoped on that reaction but he had not at all been sure. And it was indeed one of the things that could have been easily pinned on him. But if Alice kept quiet about it, then he was safe. And relieved. And in love. He bend down to kiss her, just when she made that remark about the lady thing. Phil laughed out loud and looked up at Viking.<br/><br/><span style="color: #80FF00">"Oh my, Viking you are a poor guy. If she is even worse than you, then you can prepare for something. You are already unbearable."</span><br/><br/>Serge had finished the diagnostics at the same time Phil finished Alice. He looked over to Peter and made a motion to prepare for his turn.<br/><br/><span style="color: #FF8000">"Oh, come on. It is just a broken rib, that won't kill me. Don't make such a fuss about it. You should make a surgery on Bull, not worry about something that is nothing at all."</span><br/><br/>Serge shook his head and looked at Peter annoyed.<br/><br/><span style="color: #80FF00">"Maria has to clean Bull first, before we can work on him and in the meantime I take care of you. And stop downplaying a broken rib. It may have pierced your lung and then adieu la vie."</span><br/><br/>Peter gritted his teeth and lay down on the table waiving to Alice, when he got rolled into the tube. He couldn't hear what the others were talking, so he simply closed his eyes and dreamed of Alice's naked body.<br/><br/><span style="color: #80FF00">"Ok, let's see what we have here. It is more than one broken rib, there are three broken ones and two are cracked. Quite the damage, that could have turned worse. What did you do to him, Alice? You gave him a roundhouse kick, when he tried to tell you what to do?"</span><br/><br/>Serge seemed not too worried about the injury though. He quickly checked the lung for any bleedings, but there were none. He nodded satisfied to Alice.<br/><br/><span style="color: #80FF00">"Not so bad, lady. You did that pressure bandage on him? That was good work and clearly saved him from something worser. He has to rest for a week, no heavy mining and best no heavy lifting. You should take him to the shower and clean him up and then bring him back and we apply a new bandage. Those ribs will heal quickly and it won't cause him any problems later. I would like to have a look at you, if you don't mind. Better we make sure that there are no internal bleedings as long as we have the time, before they bring the first guys up from the blocked soles."</span><br/><br/>He rolled Peter out of the tube and Peter's grin disappeared when he saw the look on Alice's face.</div>