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==[ORIGINS] USS HOOD: Big Problem== | |||
===by Brian Mansur, David Martens and Scott Lusby=== | |||
SD 2261.091 | |||
MD 2.1135 | |||
Scene: Engineering, TSS HOOD | |||
Hemux pointed a finger to Gar and Merrick while pushing her gun a bit | |||
rougher into Jeri's back. "Don't even think about trying to load the | |||
crystals. It's sabotaged. Check the power conduits and the plasma | |||
conduits. If you load the crystal their energy will set off the thing and | |||
destroy half of the ship's systems." Hemux grinned menacingly. "Probably | |||
ripping half of the hull off too." | |||
Jeri, Sean saw, looked every bit as beautiful as the last time he had seen | |||
her. And she was both defiant and calm. As though this sort of thing had | |||
happened to her before. And that somehow he'd come through for her those | |||
times past. | |||
Gar was the one to speak first, "You silly old bitch. Just what do you | |||
think you're going to accomplish here?" | |||
Hemux snapped at Gar, "Just step away, I am not your good old lady | |||
Denobulan." Hemux grinned as she noticed the surprised looks on both their | |||
faces. "Oh, yes I know exactly who... and what... you both are." She | |||
pushed Jeri roughly to Merrick. "Our Captain's favorite toy here on the | |||
other hand has no idea why we are having this little talk." Again she | |||
grinned at the doubly shocked look on Sean's face. | |||
Gar held his composure at the Denobulan's revelations. He hadn't expected | |||
the ruse to last; they were just too different, though he figured he should | |||
have played the savage a bit more convincingly. But the comment about jeri | |||
surprised him, though it shouldn't have- anything, after, was obviously | |||
possible in the other universe... | |||
"She's lying Sean," Jeri protested. "He's never taken me." | |||
Sean knew he shouldn't feel jealous but this demon of a Hemux obviously knew | |||
how to play Merrick for all he was worth. It took every ounce of strength | |||
he had not to go for his phaser. Instead, he wrestled his insides into | |||
submission and took a deep breath. After all, he reminded himself, it | |||
didn't matter what the truth was about Jeri and the mirror Captain. She | |||
wasn't his wife anyway. It could be sorted out later. | |||
"Be quiet Jeri," he said gently, putting her behind him. | |||
Hemux shrugged her shoulders. "Believe it or not I am on your side, if I | |||
was not then you would already be dead." He paused for a moment. "I am | |||
just here to see that you don't do anything stupid AND that I make it back | |||
to my universe alive." | |||
"Your universe?" Jeri said, bewildered. But this Jeri was as quick as | |||
Sean's own had been. She got it in 2 seconds flat. Sean could feel her | |||
edging back in true terror now. | |||
Sean acted quickly. "Jeri, I'm here to save you. You have to believe that | |||
or we're all dead." | |||
"What happened to Sean- MY Sean?" she demanded coldly. | |||
"He's fine. He's in our brig. Stay behind me in case this crazy woman | |||
decides to shoot you after all." It took Jeri a moment to calculate the | |||
odds. She'd rather have run from the room, he was sure. "Its gonna be okay | |||
this time," he whispered lovingly. | |||
The look in her eyes softened. It was something he hadn't seen for more | |||
than two years. It was that look she had only ever given him. She moved | |||
back behind him. | |||
Hemux shrugged again. "Thick as thieves." | |||
"So just what are you proposing, Hemux?" Gar demanded. | |||
The mirror Denobulan grinned wickedly. "I want to go home- MY home- where I | |||
can do my research in peace. That can't happen if we're invading YOUR | |||
universe. You see the problem, don't you?" | |||
Jeri stepped out slightly to Sean's side. "You want to go back and destroy | |||
the device afterwards so that you can't come back." | |||
"Exactly," Hemux said. | |||
They all turned to Gar. | |||
The Andorian shrugged. "I don't know the science behind it," he said. "If | |||
Dr. Merrick, however, can set up a feedback loop that will destroy the unit | |||
after you return, I can see that no one in Engineering can stop it from | |||
happening." | |||
Hemux grunted. "There's already a feedback loop set up to destroy the | |||
crystals- shouldn't be too hard." | |||
Gar countered. "It is if you don't want to take half the ship with it, as | |||
you so delicately pointed out." | |||
"What do I care if half the ship is destroyed- as long as it's not the half | |||
I'm in," she said. Then, she added, "I can make sure of that part at | |||
least." | |||
"Enough!" Commander Merrick said. Then, he turned to Jeri. "Can you do | |||
that?" | |||
Jeri didn't think for long. "I can," she said. | |||
Gar nodded. "I'll get to work on my end," he said, turning from the group. | |||
Hemux, however, cut them all off. "Make sure you do it right," he said, | |||
ointing his gun back at Jeri. "It'd be a shame to have to kill you, doctor, | |||
and deprive you of such a promising and fulfilling life together with your | |||
husband." | |||
NRPG: Kill her or don't kill her. Hmmm. Now this is a dilemma. | |||
Respectfully Submitted Jointly, | |||
David Martens | |||
Lt ARr'Rhiana Hemux | |||
CSciO | |||
Sovereignty Fleet | |||
USS HOOD NCC 1703 | |||
and | |||
Brian V. Mansur | |||
LCDR Sean Merrick | |||
FO, USS HOOD, NCC-1703 | |||
and | |||
Scott Lusby | |||
LCDR Gar Th'elenth | |||
Chief Engineer | |||
USS HOOD NCC-1703 | |||
United Federation of Planets Star Fleet Navy | |||
STAR FLEET: ORIGINS | |||