From: V. Rahul Chandra (vrccan_at_gmail.com)
Date: Thu Feb 15 2007 - 21:13:59 PST
========= “Back to the Fray” Con’t from Taylor’s “71” ========= Location: USS PATRIOT Stardate: 2421 [2.7] 0215.2256 Scene: Marine Deck Kel McClellan entered the heart of the marine presence of the USS PATRIOT, looking around him as he walked. The area was well constructed, with a concise and logical layout. No space was wasted as the marines used everything given to them to its utmost capability. “Excuse me,” he said, pulling aside one of the marines as they walked past him. “Do you happen to know where Captain Clarkson is?” “He’s in the firing range, tending to his rifle,” the marine replied. “Do you need me to show you where that is sir?” “No thanks, I’ve been there before,” Kel said, before thanking the man for his help and starting his way towards the firing range. He had indeed been to the range before and was able to find it without too much effort. Once he got there, Daniel was easy enough to find, being the only person currently occupying the range. “Danny boy!” Kel called, causing Daniel to look up at him questioningly. “What are you doing?” “I got some dirt in my rifle,” Clarkson muttered, going back to tending to his rifle. “Just trying to clean it out now.” “Why don’t you just use another one?” “Hell no!” Daniel said. “I’ve had this one for years, and it’s saved my ass many times. I’ve had this rifle longer than I’ve known my wife.” Kel shook his head and rolled his eyes. “I’m sure she’ll be thrilled to find that out,” he said with a slight chuckle. “Anyway either fix it quickly or grab another one, cuz you and I are heading back to the planet.” “What for?” “Recon mostly,” Kel replied. “We’ve been given the task of piecing everything together and figuring out exactly what the hell is going on.” “Great,” Daniel said, shaking his head. “And just how are we supposed to do that?” “Part of the deal is that we figure that out ourselves.” “Of course it is. Fine, I’ll meet you in transporter room 1 in an hour.” ========= Time Index: 15 minutes later Scene: ILO’s Office -> Corridor “How much of the caves did you get a chance to explore while you were down there?” Catherine asked, looking over at Palthainon. “We did not get far before Mr. Harris detected the signals coming from your colleague’s communication device,” the priest replied after a few moments of contemplative silence. “I do not believe we covered a large amount of distance.” “It doesn’t seem so,” Catherine agreed. “I’ve uploaded the information from Harris’ tricorder onto my terminal and cross-referenced it with a map of the area, and it seems like a very small portion of…” her words were cut off by the door chime. “Come in,” she said. The doors parted to reveal the form of her husband, looking like he was in a slight hurry. “Can I talk to you for a minute?” he asked, after nodding a greeting in the direction of the priest. “Sure,” Catherine said, stepping out from behind the desk. The two of them stepped out into the corridor, which for the moment was completely empty except for the two of them. “About earlier…” Daniel started, before being silenced by Catherine placing a finger against his lips. “I overreacted,” Catherine admitted. “I just…I’m not used to being the one watching.” Daniel nodded, slipping his arms around her. Catherine leaned her cheek against her husband’s chest, feeling his heart beating strong within. “I’ve gotta go back down to the surface,” Daniel said quietly. Catherine nodded slowly, pushing her worry to the back of her mind. She smiled up at him. “Be careful,” she said. “I will,” he said, returning the smile. “And when I get back, maybe we can finally go on that Honeymoon I promised you.” ======== NRPG: Just setting the stage for things to come. I haven’t had any particularly good ideas lately on where to take things, so it might be a few days before my next post. Matt -> Hey, how’s it going buddy? Want to take it from here? Naomi -> Tag! ======== ========== 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: 7.5.441 / Virus Database: 268.17.39/687 - Release Date: 14/02/2007 4:17 PM From HyperNews_at_youth.net
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