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Cold Tears (29/08/00 )
"Those of us that keep it inside have no end of nightmares and regrets and when that person dies the pain eats us up from the inside... it is best to talk to them before it is too late..."
Those words echoed in his mind. He swivled his chair.
"Chief, can you bring up the security logs for 00:28 hours for Observation?"
The Chief nodded "Aye, sir.... right away."
Torvaine nodded "on screen then"
The view screen shifted and the Observation hall came into view.
"Scroll to the area near the turboshaft, I need a name on......"
The view switched to the turboshaft section, Torvaine stood there, talking.... but no one was with him.
"That's odd.... are you sure the time is syncted?"
"Quite sure sir...."
"Very well," He sniffed "I need to check something, Commander, you have the bridge." Torvaine abruptly rose and entered the turboshaft.
"Aye, sir...." Commander Lalita quivered slightly and was still looking down. Out of the corner of her eye she saw a solitary bead of water drip off the armrest and splash on the deck.
Torvaine felt a chill of bitter cold within him, he knew the environmental controls were working, this was something he could not explain. He closed his eyes.
.....Team one's shuttle was lost in a Gyran Ambush, during a drop operation. The team was to be sent in on a Recon mission of Sector Alpha Nine-Nine on Vendoria. The sector contained possible manufactoring facilities and prisoner-processing centers. The Gyran threat was said to be minimal. The shuttle was intercepted by heavy ground fire and shot down... surviveability is around 15.66% and estimated Gyran activity is now considered to be heavy, no rescue operations can be attempted.
I am sorry to inform........
"HABITAT RING FOUR:
Not my floor... he thought.
Someone entered the elevator, he kept his eyes closed.
"Sir." The voice was female and sounded familiar. He opened his eyes. It was the same, person.... only she wore the Technician's uniform and a lab coat.
"You have someplace to go, don't you sir?" she inquired, sounding slightly worried.
"Who are you?" He didn't really want to know, he feared the answer.
Her form changed slightly, becoming ever so vulpine.
"No... how?? You were... you... the Gyran marauders..."
She put her fingers to his lips, they were cold, deathly cold... but were still comforting.
"I didn't die, I was taken. You have something to do, don't you Tor?"
"Do you mean, is he..."
She nodded, "I believe so, it is hard to tell.... I need to go back now, before they find out..."
"Find out what....."
She disappeared ..... a voice lingered....save him, he can find me.....
"I know what to do...."
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"Commander, someone has hacked the into the Project Star system..."
"What? Who?" Commander Lalita stammered.
The Chief sounded amazed, "It is Admiral Torvaine???!!!"
"What... on screen..."
The view shifted to the docking ring as a medium sized vessel sped off towards the jump beacon, a ship called Star Pheonix.
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"Computer, Full automatic systems and set course for VDS-1"
ACKNOWLEDGED ADMIRAL, WE ARE BEING HAILED.
"Ignore hails until we reach VDS-1."
ACKNOWLEDGED
| Cold Tears (Foxmage) - 29/08/00 |
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