(Hi! I was sick with a fever for the past few days, which is why it has taken me so long to reply... Also, my first reply got accidently deleted from closing my browser >< so I decided to change things a bit)<br/><br/><strong>Mess Hall <br/>1420 hrs <br/>Pov - 2nd officer</strong><br/><br/>As soon as she finished her speech, she felt dizzy, the champagne she drank had an especially quick effect on her, and a smell she couldn't quite put her finger on, and that is why she had asked her assistant to fill in for her. 'This confirms my suspicions. How could I let this happen? Medical will know what to do, there has to be an antidote on board' she thought to herself as she tried to hold back the nausea and headache, battling against herself not to lose consciousness. 'Someone doesn't want me running the competition, they must know I'm onto them'.  She had kept the real reason why she proposed this competition a secret. For the past few months, she had suspected they had a traitor on board, it was small things, like the documents on her desk not being organized exactly like she had left them, a paper clip, or a pen moved. As the past head of security, the division she grew up in, she knew the signs well, and she was always on the lookout, suspicious of everyone, her only devotion was to the mission, and to the greater good. She had hoped a prize such as this, the ability to choose the ship's first jump location would lure even the most calculated person. A competition was the perfect avenue to see exactly how motivated a person was, and also it would help her narrow the list.<br/><br/>By the time that 1st officer Gavin had walked up to the podium to sign his name, she wasn't focused enough to understand what was happening, she gave him the smile, and it wasn't long before she stumbled and passed out. Hitting her head against the side of the stage.<br/><br/>The crowd burst into a huge rumble of panic as the few medical officers which had gathered up for the announcement had quickly rushed to her side. Jack among them.<br/><br/><strong>Mess Hall <br/>1420 hrs <br/>Pov - Jack Arton</strong><br/><br/>After signing his name on the list, Jack had followed Ava to one of the tables with appetizers, they chose a couple of plates with steamed buns of different flavours and sat down at one of the tables. "These new replicators never cease to surprize me" he said as he licked the sauce off of his lips before taking another big bite "this is absolutely delicious".<br/><br/>Ava replied, smiling after a delicious bite of her own "Hey, we should try to get the manual for them, so we know what foods are available. I bet we don't even know half of the foods on offer even exist, could be interesting." Her grin was infectious and he was smiling back without even noticing. How she was eating that steamed bun was giving him Goosebumps, but he quickly pushed the thought out of his mind.<br/><br/>"You know what?" he replied with his baritone voice "I might know a guy, from engineering, he comes in to medical at least twice a week. Maybe he can hook us up, I'll ask him next time."<br/><br/>The small banter between them continued until the already noisy room got even loader as a crowd started gathering around the second officer's unconscious body. As soon as he noticed, Jack stood up quickly form his chair, and rushed to the middle of it all. As if it was a practiced dance, he started giving out orders "Give her some room to breathe, lift up her legs". His hand went straight to her neck, trying to feel a pulse, it was there, but it was weak, and then he couldn't feel it anymore. He started shouting, pointing fingers, but his actions calm and collected "I need an evacuation to medical, NOW! You, go set the alarm. Everyone, drop what you're doing, line up, I'm starting CPR"<br/><br/>He started the first set of compressions, as the other medical officers which were there gathered around, followed his instructions. They started to prepare her for evacuation, lining up behind him to switch with him as soon as he finished the first set. A few moments later, and one of them shouted "I have a pulse". They quickly met up with the emergency team that arrived within moments, and scooped the second officer onto a gurney, putting an oxygen mask over her lips, and connecting her to a cpr machine. “Alright, everyone ready? Let’s go!” He instructed, and as soon as they did, with military precision, they started clearing the crowd, and moving the unexpected patient in the direction of the sickbay.<br/><br/>As all of this was happening, the 2nd officer’s assistant was panicking, deciding she couldn’t continue the announcement of the chosen couples on that day, she tried to shout over the commotion. “Pairs will be announced in two days’ time... They will be posted on the notice board here in the Mess hall… Please clear the way for the gurney… sorry for your inconvenience…”