Cats & Mice

Posted on 26 Sep 2020 @ 2:27pm by Commander Kristiana Petrova & Lieutenant Madalene Sabine & The Narrator

929 words; about a 5 minute read

Mission: Ab Intra
Location: Various Locations

=/= Begin Log =/=

Madalene was standing at the ops console, adjusting internal sensors to their peak and then some more. Their priority was rounding up all the crew that were not possessed, which was proving a bit tricky. Luckily, they had a couple advantages: internal sensors, and also the body of the chief operations officer operating said sensors. Madalene smirked as she sent instructions to the team. "Echo Team, did you find this Ensign Cydwenn Sov, the pesky scientist?"

"Not yet, Lieutenant," Junior Lieutenant Wallace replied. "Please confirm her location?"

"Mmm, the little mouse is a tricky mouse, isn't she?" the being possessing Madalene said, looking at the schematics. "Looks like she is in the Jeffries tubes." Madalene paused as she expanded the map. "She's either heading for science or the infirmary," Madalene chuckled. "You can be as tricky as you want, but your need to remain in constant communication with one another is gonna lead us right to you."

Cydwenn had somehow gotten off the bridge during the intense very odd standoff, opening up an entrance to the Jeffries tubes and slipping in. "Okay, okay, wh-what now," Cydwenn said, panicky after crawling a few feet. {Breathe, Cydwenn, just breathe,} she thought, but then something new came into her head. {This isn't you, well, maybe it is, but thinking of trying to save the crew, that is definitely not you, so why try?}

"No, no, no, I-I need to try at least, don't I?" She asked like she was talking with someone. As she said this, she and made up her mind. Deciding that the labs or the infirmary was the best thing or at least it might spark an idea.

Wallace looked at the other security officer here with him, who he knew to be one of his compatriots. "It would be foolish to go to this...sickbay. We have that," he commented. "But does she know that? Let's try the labs first."

Cydwenn made it to another juncture, now this was an important juncture as after this whatever decision she makes she would have to live with. Yes, she could turn around but, that would mean someone was chasing her. "Infirmary or science," Cydwenn nervously muttered, going right which would lead her to science. For the first time really she listened to her gut and didn't over think anything.

"Interesting choice little mouse," Madalene said clicking her tongue, enjoying this game of cat and mouse with the crew, "oh now this is interesting, a little gap in internal sensors," she muttered noticing that the ensign comm signal disappeared, "I have lost her comm signal but she is heading for the main science lab," Madalene said to the security team.

"Understood, we'll corner her there," Wallace-being said, motioning to Johnston-being next to him to start heading that way. The two of them started down the corridor at a jog.

Cydwenn now wish she knew the ships layout better, or for whatever reason spent more time in the jeffery tubes only to hope to crawl out into her lab space. So, again decision time, use the exit in front of her or go right and hope for another exit. She started to move down the right but stopped, something for whatever reason tugged her back to the exit that was in front of her.

Carefully opening the hatch, she squinted looking around the dark lab, "alright now or never," she muttered as she slowly crawled out of the tubes.

As the two possessed security officers approached the Odin's small science lab section, Wallace-being held up his hand for them to slow. He tilted his head a little, listening intently. "I hear something," he mouthed at Johnston-being, his voice present but just barely loud enough to hear. "Someone is in there."

"Remember, we want them unspoiled," Johnston-being whispered back, motioning for his compatriot to flank the door, taking up position opposite him and drawing his weapon, setting it to stun.

Cydwenn awkwardly set the hatch onto the ground, with a weird clang as she did her best to not do that before slowly slithering out unaware of what was about to greet her.

"Halt!" the Wallace-being declared, standing behind the woman as she set the hatch down. "You are to come with us to the cargo bay. You will be unharmed if you do not resist."

Cydwenn gulped as she looked at the man, "um..." but it was like her brain just stopped working, and the concept of forming words also wasn't working. So she slowly climbed the rest of the way out of the jeffery tube and raised her hands.

Wallace-being nodded once. "You will proceed with us to cargo bay two," he repeated. He nodded at Johnston-being to keep the phaser set, moving forward with the restraints these security officers carried, intent to secure the woman's hands.

Johnston-being simply gave a nod, keeping his weapon trained on Cydwenn, watching carefully for any unexpected movement.

Cydwenn gulped looking at the two men, "ma may may I ask why am I being detained?"

Tag - security

"Echo team report," Madalene ordered over the comms watching the signal just sitting there.

"Echo team here, we've caught Sov. Bringing her in now," Johnston-being replied, his voice flat and matter-of-fact.

"Good good, we still have several more crew unaccounted for, sooner we round them up the sooner we continue with out plan," Madalene said simply, working the internal sensors some more.

"All for a good cause, eh? It'll be good to be free and alive again," Johnston-being agreed. "We'll keep you posted. Echo out."

 

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