From: Joy Phillips (jkphillips82_at_googlemail.com)
Date: Sun May 04 2008 - 10:11:15 PDT
"Homecoming" (Cont'd from "Silence") Location: SS MERCIFUL – Cargo shuttle Scene: Cargo bay Stardate: 2.70504.1804 Izshlana Vort moved quietly back into the main cargo area of the almost empty shuttle the majority of the area was taken up by a damaged fighter craft, a small area had some of hers, and the other occupants of the shuttles belongings, stepping to the replicator she quietly ordered a coffee before turning to view the two other inhabitants of the shuttle. Xordin looked up, his eyes met hers, he offered a nod and then turned his eyes back down to the sleeping girl her head rested on his knee. He stroked a stray strand of hair back from her face. The silence hung heavy in the air. Like a lead tonne about to drop, finally Xordin broke through the gloom with the first, safe, inane thing he could think about. "So who's piloting the ship?" "Autopilot." Izzy answered softly her eyes firmly fixed to the steam rising from the coffee. "I thought there were less bumps all of a sudden!" he answered a small smile on his pale face showing he was trying to make a joke. "Funny." Izshlana snorted, "If I'm that bad a pilot maybe you should have gone to the alpha quadrant with your people." "You mean the people I lead around like sheep, the ones we force not to be able to think for themselves to add some meaning to our worthless, high brow, royal lives." Izshlana winced as a paraphrase of an argument they had was flung back at her. "That's not actually what I said." She pointed out softly. "It's what you meant." He retorted, eyes drifting back down to Beltha. Izshlana pursed her lips and then deliberately and slowly changed the subject "we'll have caught up with the STONE in a few hours." "Good." He answered softly. Izzy nodded and walked back into the cockpit. =[/\]= Location: USS STONEHENGE Scene: Bridge TI: A few hours later. Pol'gra looked up from the OPS console her eyes drifted to the centre seat she declared. "Captain, we have a cargo shuttle requesting to land, it's Izshlana and apparently we have guests." The Nocturian looked up trying to make out the El'Aurian in the bright bridge lights. "guests?" "Prince Xordin and his daughter." Rharn paused and then nodded tapping a clawed finger against her mouth. "Have Izzy report to me once she's landed, and prepare some VIP quarters for the prince and his daughter." Pol'gra nodded and then turned to supply the orders to the shuttle to dock. =[/\]= Scene: Docking bay -> CO's ready room. Izshlana expertly lowered the shuttle to the deck of the USS STONEHENGE and with a deft flick of her wrist powered down the engines and ran through the landing checklist before retreating to the cargo hold. "I'll get someone from engineering to move the ship for you." Izzy announced her presence quickly before grabbing her bag. After a second while Xordin picked up his daughter and then tried to work out how to juggle her and his belongings Izshlana sighed and helped him with his bag. "They've prepared some quarters for you. I'll find out where before I go and see Rharn." Din nodded and followed the security officer out of the shuttle his daughter in his arms, they were greated by an officer from Ops who took the baggage from Izzy. "Rharn really wants to see you soon." He half pushed before ushering the new family out of the docking bay. "Right, great." Izzy muttered and tromped out of the cargo bay alone, she was quickly in a turbo lift and onto the bridge, she paused nervously before palming the door chime and entered as the door opened. "You wanted to see me Captain?" "Yes take a seat." Rharn looked up from a PADD and pointed to the spare chair. "I was reading your report over the situation, but I wanted to hear in your own words what happened once we had left?" "The task force arrived; they flushed out the alien vessel who destroyed the Atleavkith city in a bid to leave. We rescued the few hundred survivors and they are being relocated in the alpha quadrant, we lost track of the alien vessel." Rharn paused and stared at her security officer. "Few hundred survivors?" "Yes Ma'am, they destroyed everything, we think maybe they still had the villagers on the vessel, although we have no idea why." Izshlana shrugged. "There was nothing more I could do so I returned to the ship as ordered." "And why did Xordin come with you?" "His reasons are his own Ma'am, I couldn't possibly tell you." The two officers stared at one another before nervously Izshlana asked. "Is that all Ma'am?" Rharn sighed and nodded. "Yes, make yourself aware of the situation we're in and report for duty as normal." "Thank you Ma'am, I will." ** Joy Phillips Lieutenant JG Izshlana Vort aSec/TAC USS STONEHENGE From HyperNews_at_youth.net
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