The origins: Whiteout

Chapter four: (part 1) Drowning

(Captain's pov)
As we arrived on scene "over here captain" Dashi waved us over, peso and I swam up to the seal. She was understandably afraid "it's alright, we're going to help you" I explained quietly, hoping to calm her nerves. I lifted the ice off her tail with a grown, expecting her to try to bolt for the surface but I turned back to see peso examining the seal's tail "um..peso how long can you stay underwater for?" I asked concerned, as the young medic doesn't have a helmet or air tank. "Seven minutes" he replied calmly, seemingly not paying to much mind to my concerns. Time passed has he continued his work and I looked on with a worried expression, wondering if peso and the seal had enough air

"..need..to..breathe" the ribbon seal finally said breathlessly. I warped my arms around the seal, bringing her up to the surface "can you breath alright?" I asked, noticing the seal seemed exhausted. "Yes, thank you" she replied, after a few deep breaths. I swam over to an ice flow and helped her on to the ice to rest. I sat on the edge of the flow with my legs dangling into the water, tweak shellington and dashi surfacing seconds later. "Come on peso, where are you" I thought, not seeing the young penguin amongst the crew. Seconds seemed more like minutes, until peso finally joined us. "Sorry if I worried anyone, I don't swim very fast" he apologized. "As long as you're alright" I replied, as peso hopped up onto the ice. "Now, let's take care of you're tail" peso exclaimed, waddling towards the seal with a roll of bandages that he seemingly pulled from nowhere. Displaying his warpspeed bandaging once again "that feels much better, thanks" the seal smiled, looking up at the medic. "Anytime, a medic helps any creature whose hurt or sick no matter what" peso responded. Well, you can certainly say he's dedicated to his job