Off radar #part one

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( Cal shouting in Bulgarian )
Grace: Cal?
Cal: ( Groaning ) ( Shouting in Bulgarian ) ♪ ♪ Ben: Get the thermometer. He's burning up. ( Shouting continues )
Ben:  It's okay, pal. Dad's here, Dad's here. ( Groans )
Shh!
Cal: They're hurting me! Help.
Mick: Hey, what's going on?
Ben: It's just a bad dream, buddy.
Cal: No, no, no! Not the red door! ( Whimpers ) ( Shouts in Bulgarian )
Let me see, let me see.
Shh, shh. No, no, no!
( Shushing )
Cal: Not the red door! ( Thermometer beeps )
Grace: 103.2.
Ben: We should get him to a hospital. Get Olive and ally.
Grace: No, she slept at Avery's. I'll go get ally right now
(Runs into her youngest daughters room picking up the now woken girl)
Ally: mama
(Ally says in a confused tone grace doesn't say anything she runs out to Ben, cal and mick)
Ben: Gonna be okay, buddy. Gonna be okay.
( Shushing )
( Engines roaring )
(ally's in micks arms asleep outside of the hospital)
Ben: So, where are we?
Doctor: As you know, because of Cal's cancer treatment, his immune system isn't as strong as it normally would be. We've given him acetaminophen to try to knock his temperature down. Until we do that, we can only really treat his symptoms.
Ben: But there are tests we can run to find out, right?
Saanvi: Given Cal's medical history... Yeah, Dr. Williams has ordered a full series of labs. Doctor: In the meantime, I suggest you get some rest.
Grace: Uh... Dr. Williams. I'm sorry, I didn't want to say anything in front of Saanvi, but is it possible that her experimental treatment is what's making Cal sick?
Doctor: Grace, we've been through a lot. You know as well as I do that that treatment has been a miracle.
Grace: Well, how much do we actually know? It's only been two weeks.
Doctor: The program administrator said they haven't seen anything like this in the other patients. Grace, breathe. We went down this road five years ago. Wait for the tests. Let's take this one step at a time and not get ahead of ourselves.
( Woman speaking indistinctly on P.A. ) ( Monitor beeping )
( Man speaking indistinctly on P.A. )
Ben: You're gonna be okay, buddy. ( Keyboard clacking )
Ben: I remember when Cal first got sick. I knew something was wrong, and... The waiting to find out what it was. I thought I could never feel that helpless again, but now...
saanvi: I know it's not much comfort, but the odds are just so much better now. Hey. I'm monitoring dozens of cases, and we are seeing really great results.
Ben: I'm sorry. You're dedicating your life to this, and I'm sitting here using you as a therapist. You're not even on the clock. You should go home, enjoy your life.
Saanvi: Oh, my work is my life. I live with my parents. I mean, I used to have my own place, but now I don't think they'll ever let me move out. ( Chuckles ) I mean, not that it matters. The hours that I work, I can barely keep a house plant alive. Plus we might even be able to fit in a check up on ally
(They both look out to mick as she holds the sleeping girl in her arms tightly)
Cal: ( Speaks Bulgarian ) ( Shouts in Bulgarian )
Ben: It's okay, buddy.
Saanvi: What's he saying?
Ben: Just mumbling in his sleep. ( Shouts in Bulgarian )
Saanvi: No, I've heard that before. That's not English.
Ben: What? What language is it? ( Speaks Bulgarian ) ( Monitor beeping rapidly )
Saanvi: I don't know, but I've... ( Speaks Bulgarian ) I've heard it. Not just that language... those exact words. It's from the plane.
( Speaks Bulgarian )
Cal: Help! ( Monitor beeping )
-a couple hours after cal had calmed down-
Saanvi: ok cal is stable for now so I think it would be a great time to give ally a check up
(Saanvi says while walking over to grace, mick and Ben)
Ben: yeah we can do that
Grace: are you sure cal will be ok
Mick: I'll stay with him
Grace: thanks mick
(Ben takes ally out of the arms of mick and they walk down to a private room they walk in and Ben places the girl onto the medical bed)
Saanvi: ok so first we'll get her weight so let's get those tiny little shoes off
Is it ok if I put her on the weights
Grace: yeah of course do what you have to do
(Saanvi puts the young girl on the weight and watches as the number goes up the number reads 16.7 pounds)
Saanvi: ally is fed very regularly right
Grace: yes whenever she's hungry I get her something
Saanvi: she's 16.7 pounds which is not great the average for a toddler her age is 26.5 pounds she weighs the same as in average 5 month old.
(Grace looks at Ben worried)
Ben: but that's impossible she eats so much
Saanvi: our last results from a week ago show she was 19 pounds but she has significantly decreased I'll have to look into this but right now let's see about her height
(Saanvi grabs ahold of the young girls hand and walks her over to the wall to get her height she measure and it shows 24.6 inches)
Saanvi: she's also got very low height she's 24.6 inches and the average is 33.5 inches I will need to look into this
Is there anything that's been better
Grace: she's a very active toddler she's been doing everything Normal except her speaking still isn't the greatest and she doesn't seem to learn new things
Saanvi: this isn't great I'll look more into all of it right now just go on with everyday life for now
(They all finish up and walk back down to cal Ben tells mick about the news grace sits down cradling her youngest)
Grace: you might always just be my baby
(Grace smiles down at the girl who lets out a smile)

-a couple hours later im guessing grace was doing something so ally's going to be in micks arms-

Mick: Yeah, I mean, of course it's a calling. Cal doesn't speak other languages.
Saanvi: I don't know. Maybe he heard the same person I did on the plane.
( Sighs )
Ben: What, he's now having nightmares in that same language? No, this is... this is not a coincidence. It's not a virus. We've had shared thoughts before, but Cal's illness, he's just not as strong as the other passengers. This calling is connected to what's making him sick.
Mick: Okay, who was this person that was speaking another language on the plane?
-let's just say mick is still holding ally-
Saanvi: He was just a guy who needed help filling out his customs form.
Mick: What did he look like? I don't know.
Ben: Wait, I may have a picture.
Saanvi: Average build, dark hair, he sat one or two rows ahead of me.
Ben: Any of these familiar?
Mick: That's my bro. "Beautiful Mind," travel edition.
Saanvi: Wow, you collected all this? ( Speaks Bulgarian )
Oh, here. 7-F.
Mick: I-I recognize him from the hangar. Um, he's Eastern European or something?
Ben: Bulgarian. Marko Valeriev.

Ah, damn it, he's one of the people I haven't been able to track down.
Mick: Wait, seriously? This is the most watched group of people on the planet. You can't find anything on him?
Ben: I know. It seems odd, but there are a handful of people I haven't been able to place, mostly foreign nationals or people who presumably went into hiding after Kelly's murder.
Saanvi: Can you blame them?
Mick: Still, this is the one person who can help us shed light on Cal's illness, and we can't find him. You got to be able to remember something else about him. Did he say anything?
Saanvi: Okay, there was a woman behind me, helped him fill out his customs form. She was an older woman.
Mick: Okay, well, customs forms require a local address, so if she helped him fill it out, then maybe she might know where he is. Ben: Anna Ross. Translator.
Saanvi: Yeah.
(Ally wakes up from the talking around her)
Ally: dada help him
(Everyone looks at the young girl confused)
Ben: ally who, who do we need to help is it cal
(Ally shakes her head no)
Mick: ally hunny who do we need to help
(Ally mumbles the same exact Bulgarian as cal)
Ally: you have to help him daddy you have to
(Ben and everyone look at the young girl in disbelief)
Ben: now that can't of been coincidence

(Skip to Ben and grace talking)

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