Devil in Uniform

Posted on Wed Apr 22nd, 2009 @ 2:02pm by Captain Elsie Halliwell

278 words; about a 1 minute read

Mission: Wolves in Sheep's Clothing
Location: Undisclosed Quarters, USS Archimedes
Timeline: Current

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As they awoke in the strange quarters they did not recognise, and in the strange bed that felt not their own, they bolted upright starkly. Swinging their legs around from underneath the standard issue sheets, they heavily, and disjointedly, planted them on the carpet, applying their full weight downwards as they hauled themselves up, mindlessly.

Time to get to it, a shrieking voice whispered to them that was not their own.

Stumbling to the computer console in the room, they activated the screen and started typing in command codes, one by one seamlessly gliding past one security file through to the next. Then, there it was… the internal sensors system.

Tapping at the console, the screen started to flash red. "Warning," the computer droned, "unable to comply. Insufficient clearance to deactivate sensors."

Placing a small, handheld device to the screen, the image started to fizzle and crackle. The computer's voice slowed, and then cut out altogether. Reaching normal speed again, the console bleeped, and the red screen turned to green displaying the flashing words "ACCESS GRANTED".

Just at that moment, a blue ionised wash glowed at the side of them on the couch. Turning to look, the familiar streaks of a transport beam materialised a small package, no larger than a briefcase.. When it had fully appeared, they then tapped at the controls on the console and resumed the internal sensors.

A quivering grin cracked their face as the leaned over to open the package.

Everything they needed to bring down the peace negotiations on the surface and destroy the Archimedes afterwards, leaving no trace to link back to the VISTA corps.

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