She placed a hand on MN’s shoulder, “Thank you for calling me.”

MN stepped aside to allow her to examine B and his current condition.

B trembled as she approached him. What is going to happen now? Will she hurt him more? His mind is still foggy and he is in a lot of pain. Despite his fear he is so drained that he barely reacted when he heard her snapping on a pair of gloves.

“You poor thing,” she muttered as she took note of the oversized catheter, the spreading of the rash from his bottom. She used a small light to see inside him as the speculum continued to hold his hole open.

“Practitioner”, the male doctor moved to sit at her feet. “An intake physical, even with a second treatment, should take no more than 4 hours. This pet has been in our care for nearly 12. Why was his reaction not treated and resolved by now?”

Without looking up at her the male doctor fumbled over his explanations-

“Silence”, mid sentence he stopped. “I will deal with you later.” She looked to SN, “Take him to the him to the correctional facility. Where you will also be joining him.”

SN was flabbergasted. “Madam, what am I accused of?”

“You were aware the pet did not know his safety signal. You assaulted him during your cleansing prep. And this catheter is large enough to cause a lot of unnecessary pain and possibly damage a new pet. You have displayed delight in the discomforts you caused. It’s obvious you wanted to hurt him. You both will need further augmentation.”

SN bowed her head “Yes, Madam”. She and the male doctor left.

“Thank you for coming so quickly” MN said with relief evident in her voice.

“It’s my duty to make sure pets are treated with care. His reaction has been allowed time to spread. Normally, this could have been reversed quite easily. Due to the severity and the rapid spreading we will have to move forward with this treatment. We can make it easier on him though.”

MN watched as The Doctor put a hand on his right bottom cheek and B stopped trembling. He became visibly relaxed.

B felt a warmth spread through him when this new woman touched him. Not gone… but his pain lessened.

“I will administer 2 rounds of 2 injections. The first to immunize him. The second round are paralytics. Paralyzing the muscle is the only way for the pet heal correctly at this stage. The paralyzing injections will have to be administered every 4 days until his condition is improved significantly. He will need to be diapered any time he is not in training, a cleaning procedure, or having an exam. I can send him to the infirmary to heal and only have very mild training until he is ready to come back upstairs.”

MN nodded but then asked, “Could I oversee his care?”

There was a long pause while The Doctor looked MN over. “I don’t see why not. If you prefer fostering to the infirmary we can keep him in his room here.”

“Thank you”

“Let’s begin”

B listened but he was dipping in and out of consciousness at this point. He was so exhausted. Even with his hole still spread wide and what pain he still felt. He jolted when he felt The Doctor put her finger inside him to locate and mark the injection sites.

“I will try to be gentle,” she told B. She plunged the first needle in and he screamed so loud it reverberated. Choking and squealing as she aspirated and then slowly pushed the immunizing serum into his abused little muscle.

“Please remove his insert. His air flow should not be restricted while he is having a reaction.”

MN approached him and explained to him what she was going to do as she stroked his hair. She then carefully removed the silicone grip formed to his teeth.

B felt her touch his hair first. He could hear her words, but in his current state couldn’t quite comprehend. Trembling anew from his first injection he trusted her as she put her fingers under his lips and slowly pulled out the object locking his jaw and tongue in place.