From: V. Rahul Chandra (vrccan_at_gmail.com)
Date: Fri Jan 26 2007 - 23:20:31 PST
========== “Rendezvous” Con’t from Naomi’s “Exposition” ========== Location: ESPERION Stardate: 2422 [2.7] 0127.0203 Scene: Cave Systems In accordance with the tricorder readings, the trio had started making their way down the leftmost corridor. Daniel led the way, with Palthainon in the middle and Mel bringing up the rear as well as directing the group based on the readings his tricorder came up with. The cave tunnel was such that it narrowed to a small size very quickly, forcing the three of them to walk single file. At some points, Daniel had to bow his head slightly to avoid colliding with low hanging stalactites. “We’re about as close as we’re going to get here sir,” Mel called from the back, and Daniel put a stop to their journeying. Daniel and Mel approached the cave wall, both of them training their lights in complimentary passes up and down the face, searching for any kind of structural weakness. “Looks like we’re going to have to do this the hard way,” Daniel commented, once they’d discovered that the wall was pretty much smooth. “Do a structural integrity analysis of this wall and the connecting areas.” “Yes sir,” Mel said, tapping a few buttons on his tricorder as he got to work. They hadn’t traveled too far from the antechamber yet, and Daniel had a simple plan for what he wanted to do, provided Mel’s results were satisfactory. “If you’re thinking what I think you’re thinking,” Mel said. “The wall should be able to withstand a small, concentrated blast to vapourize a small portion of it. The smaller the better, as a blast too large could result in the destabilization of this area of the cave system.” “Great,” Daniel said, rolling his eyes and leaning his phaser rifle against the cave wall. “You two might want to wait back at the antechamber,” he said, unholstering his phaser. “I think that’s a good idea,” Mel said, ushering the priest back the way they’d come. Daniel set the phaser to a lower setting with a wider beam that he hoped would be able to carve a small door in the cave wall in just one or two sweeps. He realized, somewhere in the back of his mind, that what he was about to do was extremely reckless. “If Catherine ever finds out about this, she’s so going to kill me,” Daniel muttered to himself, directing his eyes to the ceiling. “Assuming that doesn’t fall on me first.” He took aim, muttering a small prayer before depressing the button. The beam cut a small line that was level with his shoulders, before he slowly trained it downwards to the ground, before a reverse sweep removed the rest of area he’d been aiming at. He stopped firing, holstered his phaser and cringed, half expecting to be buried in mud and rock. Five seconds ticked by…then ten. Finally, after a full minute had gone without incident, the marine let out his breath, not realizing up until then that he’d been holding it. “I think it’s okay,” he called back down the corridor, before leaning down and making his way through the door. He grabbed his rifle en route and trained the flashlight attached to it around the room, almost immediately spotting the two unconscious forms. Swearing under his breath, he knelt down, feeling first Cindy’s and then Kyle’s neck for pulses. “They’re both still alive,” he said, hearing Mel and Palthainon arrive behind him. “But they need help…fast.” ========== V. Rahul Chandra <vrccan_at_gmail.com> Playing... Lieutenant Commander Jeffrey Gorman, MD Chief Medical Officer/2nd Officer GATEWAY STATION, GS-2 & Captain Daniel Clarkson, MD Executive Officer - Marine Contingent USS PATRIOT, NCC 5781-A & Lieutenant Sevlock Junior ACT Instructor Starfleet Academy, EARTH -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.12/653 - Release Date: 26/01/2007 11:11 AM From HyperNews_at_youth.net
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