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Mission-03-All that remains of the fallen
By: Kira Phaserman Date: January 17, 2012, 1:20 am
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Kira had broken off to meet their contact she has been told that
would be best as to not spook him. It was night on Pacifica a
cool mist had settled in the not so great part of town. Jon and
Jenna were back at the hotel waiting for her. Kira hugged her
cloak around her she hadn't dressed the greatest for this kind
of weather with her short black dress. She waited in the shadows
for her contact to appear. She hadn't been told who only a where
and a when.
Stonewall stepped out of the shadows. His black shirt and dark,
denim pants allowed the large, muscular man to blend in. "You're
Gemini?" He asked.
Kira turned, she almost recognized the voice and was suddenly
glad that she had been surgically altered, she no longer had
her cat ears or tail though they could be recovered at a later
date she now looked human. “Yes” Kira said as she caught site of
her contact. “Tom” she said anger flashing through her.
"Do we know each other?" He said, confused, his hand hovering
near the type I phaser he had hidden.
Kira looked around and stepped closer “Easy, no need to shoot
me. I will explain but not here in the open” Kira's eyes darted
around.
Tom kept his hand near the phaser, but stepped closer. "Alright.
Where shall we go then?" Tom stayed back out of view of the
streets. He was still wanted for a litany of crimes.
“This way” Kira started towards the abandoned warehouse she had
seen a block down once inside she activated her subcutaneous
implant to scan the area for unwanted guests or devices when she
was sure the area was clear she turned to stonewall. “Give me
one good reason I shouldn't shoot you and drag your ass back to
Starfleet for what you have done to my son-in-law and his
family”
"Kira?" Tom said, impressed by the surgical alterations. "I've
got a few, and I promise if I survive this Praxis will be
released." He looked around, then overturned an empty bucket and
sat. "The best reason is, starfleet already caught me."
“That's Admiral Phaserman to you Colonel” Kira leaned back
against a post and looked down at him. “Your our contact, let me
guess some jackass in starfleet intel decided to promise you the
charges would be dropped if you worked for him.” Kira said
knowing how Starfleet intel worked she had been the director
there for a few years awhile back. “In the mean time Praxis is
sitting on the USS Veroto twiddling his thumbs wondering if he
is going to lose everything because your dumb ass has left him
out to dry. I swear to god Colonel if he goes down for this I
will hunt your ass down and kill you myself and then I will
stick your head on the bow of the Veroto”
“Praxis' arrest was an unforseen and unintended consequence of
the planned mission. Appearently one of my subordinates filed an
SCIS report about our actions on Koliath. The fact that the
“terrorist attack” occurred on Koliath gave SCIS an excuse to
investigate, and my appearent death, along with Billy's, left
Praxis as the senior officer, and the one to take the heat.” Tom
took a deep breath. “An agent by the name of Stuck jumped me
with a Phaser, told me to either play along or he'd throw me to
SCIS. I won't lie, I'm guilty as charged, but the idea of
spending the rest of my life in a prison colony just doesn't
sound fun.”
Kira growled, “No instead my daughter and grand daughter are
left without their husband and father. Your a selfish prick
Colonel Westover, I may have to work with you but I don't like
you” Kira's anger caused her fangs to extend. She pushed away
from the pole and stood up straight.
“I'm not selfish, Admiral. I hadn't even heard they had arrested
Praxis until Agent Stuck was briefing me in. Had I known they
were going to arrest him I would have had Col. Williams take me
back to Leatherneck. I've also written a statement, in the event
of my death on this mission, stating that the order to carry out
the criminal acts originated with me, acting on my own authority
as Commander, 1st Marine Division. I would never have discussed
it with Praxis anyways. He's a great man and a good officer, but
he spends a tad too much time trying to make the war into
something less than the terrible atrocity it actually is. It was
my decision, and one I and I alone must accept judgment for.”
“Until my Son-in-law is cleared of all charges, don't expect me
to like you. You messed with my family Colonel, this is my fleet
how do you think this makes me look? I've already gotten heat
about how I am running my fleet because of YOUR actions. Maybe
next time you will think about how your actions reflect on those
around you.” Kira moved closer to him. “You wanna talk about
answering for your actions and accepting judgment Colonel, here
is my judgment as your commanding officer, as General
Hardfighters commanding officer, that marine base will be under
heavy scrutiny from me, and if you survive this with your career
intact, I will make your life a living hell” Kira got in his
face. “Is that understood Colonel?”
“Yes, Ma'am.” Tom said. He knew Kira was dead serious. Inside,
Tom felt horrible that his friend was in cuffs because of his
own, stupid actions. “So, how many people are in your team?” He
asked, ready to get down to business.
“Three including myself” Kira said backing off and moving over
to lean against the pole again. “How are you getting us in?”
Kira asked.
“I have to place a call. The local cell is expecting you, and
sent me to get you. The cell has been laying low lately, since
the explosion on Leatherneck. My cover is that I used a real
terrorist attack to cover my escape, so I wouldn't have to face
criminal charges.”
“Jenna and Jon are back at the hotel we can grab them and head
over to the terrorist cell. Do they know the 'terrorist attack'
was us?” Kira asked.
“Yes. That's why they accepted you. The leader of the cell
called it absolutely brilliant, with a touch of divine
intervention that you could attack such a heavily fortified
installation.”
“Religious nut ball huh? What is it this time? Some sort of god
telling them that the federation is some sort of evil creation
and needs to be stopped?” Kira asked they hadn't recived much
intel before the undercover mission since there wasn't much on
their leader Kernada.
“Pretty much. 'The Federation is a band of godless heathens and
heretics that must be eradicated for the preservation of the
universe and to appease the almighty, so as to avoid a hellish
apocalypse.'”
“Fabulous, I can't wait.” Kira said sarcasticly. “Psycho nut
jobs with inflated egos and a sense of self worth mix in
extremest religious views and a charismatic personality and we
got ourselves a terrorist group” Kira sighed. “When do they
expect us by?” Kira asked.
“They expect us by midday tomorrow. He wants to make sure you
are there for Midday Sermon. Oh, yeah, and he delivers three
sermons a day, once before breakfast, one during lunch, and
another after dinner..Oh, and he's a bit of a chauvinist towards
women, so you might want to find some more conservative clothes,
or he's likely to 'put you in your place' which, from what I've
seen, involves whips, clubs, or fists.”
“Fantastic we have our selves an old school male chauvinistic
pig” Kira sighed, “You might as well come back to the hotel and
meet the rest of the team.” Kira said pushing away from the
pole, “they will need to hear all this.”
“Okay.” Tom said.
Kira walked towards the exit, they walked in silence to the
hotel about a mile away. Kira took out her key when they arrived
and swiped it for entrance. “It's me” she called.
Jenna walked out with a towel around herself she had obviously
just gotten out of a shower. “Gemini did you find the...” She
stopped when she caught site of Tom. “Oh Hello, I'm Helena, you
must be our contact” Jenna smiled.
“It's alright Jenna hes an undercover operative, Tom meet Lt.
Jenna Kilmore my son Josephs girl friend” Kira said the last bit
with a mild hint of disgust. “Where's Jon?”
“He went out to some Chinese place down the road to get food he
should be back soon, nice to meet you Tom”
“A pleasure, Lieutenant.” Tom said, not trying to hide his
smile. “Nice towel.”
Jenna looked down then back up and grinned “Really you think so,
you should see whats underneath it.” Jenna turned and walked
back into the bathroom.
“Jenna!” Kira called after her a little pissed.
“Oh don't get your tail in a bunch Kira I was just kidding”
Jenna called back.
Tom smiled. “You have a boyfriend? That's....He's a lucky man.”
Tom felt alittle let down, he had just gotten out of a
relationship recently.
Jeanna walked back out in yoga pants and a black low cut tank
top that showed off a lot of clevage.. “I'm the lucky one” Jenna
said, “Joseph is a good kid, besides I break Marines” she
winked.
“Jenna!” Kira said again.
“Oh god Kira knock it off, I'm not offering.” Jenna growled
“Besides Marine boy over there wouldn't be able to handle me,
Joseph has a hard time with little OLD me” she grinned.
“I'm sure you're underestimating me, Lieutenant. The last
person who did that ended up with their head on a stake.” Tom
said, smiling.
“O0o baby 0o0 baby stakes turn me on” Jenna laughed.
“Oh god I am so not listening to this! Really Tom, talking about
stakes to a vampire!” Kira rolled her eyes.
“Aww he didn't know, besides its not like stakes really do
anything to us other then piss us off I should know about 456
years ago someone tried to stake me. Damn Buffy Bitch”
“I serve with a Vampire, actually.” Tom said. “She told me about
the stake thing being a myth..”He paused for a moment...”456
years ago? Been around the block a time or two, Lieutenant?”
“745 blocks to be precise” Jenna smiled, “I'm one of the oldest
living vampires only two older then me that I can think of. Your
vampire co worker what's her name?”
“Major General Isabelle Hale,Commanding Officer of the 2nd
Marine Division, and I presume the acting Corps commander
currently...745...and you don't look a day past 20. I was
worried you weren't old enough for me to buy you a drink.”
“I get that a lot, Old Izzy huh? I know her still feeding off of
Animals is she?” Jenna asked. “You know you remind me of someone
hard to place though.. hmm” Jenna racked her brain.
“I've seen her go after a dog or two, but that's it...In 745
years, you've met a lot of people...could be pure coincidence.”
Tom said.
Jenna thought about it some before answering, “Your codename..
Ah ha! Your related to old Stonewall Jackson aren't you?”
“Yes. He's my great great grandfather's great great
grandfather's grandfather or some such, he's about 14 or 15
generations back in the family line.”
“Yeah umm.. sorry about his death, I think I was indirectly
responsible for that, he was the tastiest thing I had smelled in
a long time and when I tried to kill him well, they started
firing at me and he got caught in the cross fire.”
Tom shrugged. “Nothing much to do about it now, I never met the
man. You did, however, have a hell of an impact on history. Had
he not died at Chancellorsville, it's a decent bet that the
Confederate States might have won the war.”
“Yeah well I'm glad they lost” Jenna smiled. “I've had a few
impacts on history a few of my kind have.” Jenna shrugged.
“Anyway I think I hear Jon. He should have food.” Jenna hurried
for the door and opened it before Jon could.
“Hey Jon meet Tom, our contact” Jenna said as he stepped in and
she closed the door.
Tom offered his hand. “A pleasure Jon.” Tom said.
“Commodore Frost is my new XO on the Veroto” Kira said speaking
up she had remained quiet while Jenna and Tom had spoke.
Tom introduced himself further, “Brigade Colonel Thomas
Westover. Until recently, Commanding Officer, 1st Marine
Division.” Tom looked at Kira, wondering what the precise status
of his brevit rank of Brigadier General was at the moment.
“You don't want to know Tom” was all Kira said, she had half the
mind to tell him to shove his brevit up his ass.
“Understood.” Tom said.
Jonathan came back, arms laden with a couple of parcels of
chinese food, when he walked in to the room to a greeting from
the contact. He nodded to him and spoke "A pleasure Colonel. I
would shake your hand but... " He shrugged "Arms are kind of
full." He grinned slightly and stepped to the table setting
everything down then turning finally shaking the man's hand. He
then spoke "So what's the sitrep?"
“The Disciples of Achkbarri are expecting us by midday tomorrow.
They are impressed with what they believe you three have done,
and want to add you three to their 'Ranks of the Willing'.
They've already accepted me, since they know I'm on the run from
the Federation. As far as they know, your 'attack' provided me
with a means to escape from the Marines and join their forces.
While we're inside the compound, follow me. Ladies, don't speak
unless spoken to by the men, and dress conservatively. These
people are religious zealots, and seem to think that women who
speak their minds and dress provocatively insult their 'God'.”
Tom said. “I told Kira this, but there are three sermons every
day: Before breakfast, during lunch, and after dinner. For
newcomers there is a ceremony that takes place during lunch: You
will be blessed for your willingness to join the cause, and must
pledge your acceptance of their God, as well as announcing that
you believe Kernada, their leader, is the messenger of God, and
that he himself is also divine.”
Jenna growled, “Really, so what I just have to sit there and
look pretty? Great fucking 1600's all over again”
Jonathan perked a brow as he listened to the details. Once he
had heard everything including Jenna's protest, Jonathan sighed
and shook his head. He had been leaning against the table he had
set the food on and pushed off of it stepping forward a bit.
Finally he spoke after thinking for a moment "And here I thought
this was going to be easy..." He smirked slightly then shook his
head "So. That being said. How long until we may be fully
trusted by this group? Also what have they got going on
currently that we should know about?"
Tom smiled at Jenna, “Aww now that shouldn't be too hard for
you.” He said with a wink.“To earn their trust, you have to make
an offering to their god. A blood offering, which means a
terrorist attack in their name. The Leatherneck bombing put you
on their radar...They will want you to carry out another under
their banner. I had to go along on one, an attack on a civilian
colony. My two colleagues were unfortunate enough to have
“martyred” themselves, and Starfleet Intelligence was able to
make things happen without the loss of real civilian life. If
they have anything working now, they haven't told me. Right now,
I'm just a soldier and a recruiter in 'God's Army.”
“Hard? It's damn near impossible to shut that girl up” Kira
laughed then looked over at Jon, “Wish they would have warned us
about all this” Kira sighed. “Guess that means you'll be leading
the mission now Jon.”
Jonathan sighed slightly and rubbed the back of his head. More
and more this mission was getting more squirelly. He shook his
head and looked at Tom and spoke "Why were we not notified of
this before the mission was planned? Didn't SI have any
information on this group?" He growled slightly and looked at
Kira then turned back to Tom "Also what if this... Messenger of
God..." He practically spit those three words out "Tries to lay
his hands on Kira or Jenna. Am I allowed to defend them or do I
just let it happen?"
“Well, Starfleet Intelligence really didn't have a lot to go on
until about three weeks ago. What little they could gather was
mostly hearsay. I've been the only operative to get inside in
over a year. It's been to my advantage that there is a
Quadrant-wide warrant for my arrest. If he decides to beat them,
we'd be bound not to intervene, or risk blowing everyone's
cover. Now, if he decides to take it farther...”
“If he decides to take it further you are not to interfere this
is to important to the federation Jenna and I can handle
ourselves. That is a direct order” Kira said.
“Kira's right Jon, there has been to much death at these
assholes hands” Jenna nodded.
Jonathan growled lightly at the aspect of standing idly by. He
voiced the opinion as well "I don't like the idea of having to
stand by while this guy tries something with my companions
here... But I will follow orders on this one.." He looked to Tom
and spoke "Alright. Lets eat then I suppose. Sounds like we
might need it. Should probably replicate some new clothing as
well. Just to be on the safe side."
“Agreed” Kira sighed.
“You racking out here Tom there is a nice piece of floor over
there some where” Jenna waved as she dug in to the food.
Tom considered it for a moment. “I can't, actually. I've
arranged a meeting with my handler in about 2 hours. I'll be
back around 0530.”
Jonathan nodded to Tom and looked at the food some. He then
spoke "If you have some time there is some extra food here. Help
your self. Got some Kung Pao chicken, Wonton soup, Fried rice
with sesame chicken and egg rolls." He sat down at the table
grabbing what he wanted and a pair of chop sticks, about to dig
in himself, following Jenna's footsteps.
“I'm alright, thank you, though. I think I'll just get myself
some coffee.” Tom said, walking over to the replicator and
ordering straight black coffee.
“Well if you all don't mind I am actually going to hit a shower
replicate some cloths and go to bed” Kira said not really at
that hungry. “and Tom if you wake me up at 0530 I might have to
hurt you make it 0700 and we can leave from there.”
“Understood, Admiral.” Tom said. Tom grabbed a piece of paper
and wrote down a communicator ID number and gave it to Jenna,
with the words “Call me” and “2330, Happy Orca” written on it.
With that, Tom turned and left. The meet was across town, and
Tom didn't trust the local public transit system.
Jonathan eyed the piece of paper watching Tom leave. He narrowed
his eyes then turned to Jenna perking a brow somewhat. He played
with his sesame chicken some and continued to watch her finally
speaking "I see our friend has taken a liking to you.." His eyes
still narrowed some as he sat there.
“Oh not you too” Jenna sighed, “I am dating your son, I am not
going to cheat on him” Jenna got up suddenly having lost
interest in her food. “I'm going to bed.”
JOINT POST
Fleet Admiral Kira Phaserman
Commanding Officer
USS Veroto-A
Lt. Jenna Kilmore
Chief Intelligence Officer
USS Veroto-A
Vice Admiral Jonathan Frost
Executive Officer
USS Veroto-A
Chief of Staff
Lima Fleet
Stone Wall
Undercover contact
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#Post#: 414--------------------------------------------------
Re: Mission-03-All that remains of the fallen
By: Lela Phaserman Date: January 17, 2012, 3:03 pm
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Danny and Lela's personel quarters l USS Veroto-A
Lela stumbled into her and Danny's quarters. She knew she had,
had to much but she didn't care it didn't hurt anymore. She
tried to make it for the bedroom but tripped falling flat on her
face. “uhh” she groaned her nose hurting a little.
Danny hovered around the corner out of the bedroom and saw her
on the floor. "Well, looks like the next generation of Marines
is keeping the age old traditions alive and well."
Lela lifted her head a little, “Danny?” she said slurring his
name a little. She tried to push her self off the deck grabbing
on to the chair next to her for support her hand slipped and she
fell back onto her ass.
Danny leaned over and pulled her up, and onto the chair, glad he
had been working his upper body strength in rehab. "Lieutenant
Lela Phaserman, you are drunk as a skunk."
“I did...I didn't know skunks got drunk” she said again slurring
her speech until what she said was almost unrecognizable as
words. She leaned into Danny, he smelled so good and it excited
her. She kissed at his neck a little.
"oooh no little lady." Danny said, "I think I am gonna set you
down, get you a nice big tall glass of water and a pot of
coffee, and we are gonna sober you up before we lay you down for
bed."
“I don wanna sober up!” she said pushing away from him she
struggled to get off of his lap.
"I don't care, Lela." Danny said. "It's either you sober up now
or you're going to be unfit for duty in the morning. And being
unfit for duty due to hangovers is an automatic letter of
reprimand."
“Wouldn't be the first hang over...” she said quietly finally
getting off his lap she stumbled over to the couch and laid
down.
"Really now, Lela?" Danny said. "I'd expect to hear that from
Gunny Kurly or even Lt. Reynolds...but you?"
“I'm an adult, I can make my own choices” she said her voice
muffled by the couch. The room was starting to spin so she
closed her eyes. She felt numb, it was relief.
Danny hovered over and started the coffee brewing and ordered a
large glass of cold water from the replicator, and brought it to
Lela. "Drink this."
“no” she said not moving. She didn't want the numbing effects of
the whiskey to go away. She didn't want to feel again. She
wanted to forget, to not think about it.
Danny moved the hover chair next to the couch. "Look, Lela, I
don't know what that **** did to you, but you've been through
much more than anyone your age ever should have had to go
through. That's rough, I know. But there are two ways to handle
this: You can crawl into a bottle and end up a miserable,
useless drunk like my uncle Pete, OR you can take charge.
These....experiences, traumas, whatever, will always be a part
of you, but it's up to you: Either let them run your life and be
a drunk, or use them to make you a stronger, better person."
“I..I am not letting it run my life damnit, I am in pain Danny,
I don't want to be in pain anymore” she said lifting her head.
“You don't know what its like, you can say that in your superior
holier then tho attitude but you just don't know!” she snapped.
“Here Danny” she let her mental shields fall down pushing her
pain towards him everything she had been trying to repress
emotionally she threw at him.
Danny felt it hit him. He wasn't telepathic, but her mental
force made him feel it. Danny had always had a way of
compartmentalizing, it was how he survived so many years of
being in combat, of seeing so many friends die, even being
grievously wounded a few times himself...but this was a new
level even for him. He was at a loss for words.
Lela slammed her mind shut again her mind a little clearer she
got up still stumbling but a little steadier on her feet and
walked over to the coffee pot. “You want me to feel pain Danny
then fine we will do it your way.” she grabbed a cup of coffee
and sipped it.
"I don't want you to feel pain, Lela." Danny said. "Hell, if I
thought my meds would help I'd give you some. But I want you to
handle it in a productive, not self-destructive way.
Lela shook her head, “I am not being self-destructive,
self-medicating maybe its the only thing that helps and I don't
plan on stopping. I have not once come to work drunk. Hung over
sure but never drunk and I have never not been able to do my job
and its been weeks since I started drinking..”
Danny shook his head. "It is self-destructive, Lela. Do you have
any idea what that stuff does to your body? Even a half-vampire
like you can be seriously harmed by this stuff."
Lela looked over at him, “Right I've been drinking for a few
weeks, how long you been drinking Danny? Or mom? I know she
doesn't drink often but from what I have been told she spent 20
years of her life in a bottle not for pain but binging.. What
about uncle Jon or Joe all been drinking longer then me..” she
glared at him.. “I am fine Danny” she sipped the coffee her mind
going to the whiskey she had hidden in their quarters. “I know
what I am doing.”
"Really? Did you know your mom went from being a Commander to a
Lieutenant for her drinking? And Jon, Joe, and Me all drink in
moderation. We drink socially, not 'medically' as you seem to
put it. Drinking has serious consequences, young lady."
Lela was done with this conversation she set her coffee down and
walked into the bedroom.
Danny followed her in. "Lela." He said. It wasn't the kind,
gentle voice she was used to. It was the tone that made the
battle hardened NCO's on the Veroto jump.
“What!” she snapped turning her yellow eyes flashing in her
anger. “What do you want from me Danny? Everyone says to deal
with this to talk about it! I don't ****ing want to talk I want
to forget!” she growled.
"Forgetting won't help. I tried a few times.” Danny understood
her anger, but now he was getting mad. "You want to forget?
Talk to a Vulcan. Ask them to mind meld with you. They can help.
But drinking won't help. If it did, I would know."
“Maybe it didn't help you but it does me!” she snarled, “I am
not going to stop drinking Danny, try living with all those
feelings every single second of ever single day Danny. I can't
do it. I'm not as strong as you are...”
"Yes you are." He said. "Actually, you're stronger than me. You
want proof? You want proof that you're stronger than me, Lela?
You've been through all of this and you're still standing. And
look at me! I can't even got off my own ass!"
“But you'll get your strength back, the use of your legs.. I
wont ever get what I had back, its gone. That care free child
that happy girl.. She's dead Danny, I am just a shell of her.”
She leaned back against the bulk head.
"The little girl that used to chase me through the jeffries
tubes? She's not dead. She just grew up. Along the way she ran
into a rather tough realization that the real world sucks. But
no she's not dead.”
Tears streamed down her face as she sank to the floor, “I don't
want to hurt Danny, oh god I can't take it anymore!” she let out
a mournful scream of agony everything she had been keeping
bottled up pouring to the surface as the effects of the whiskey
subsided. She had been doing a lot of crying lately.
Danny hovered over and pulled her up. "Look, a month ago you
were a 12 year old child chasing me around this ship. You'd had
a few rough patches, but got through them. Now, you're a grown
woman, a MARINE, who just endured one of the worst things
Marines can go through...Lela, you will get through this. You
are strong. You are brave, you are tough. You are a Marine, and
Marines don't give up. Marines don't run from their problems.
Marines don't hide from them."
“I am not just a marine Danny, I am a woman who was just
violated by her own grandfather... who lost a baby...” she
sobbed. “I want curl up and die Danny!”
Danny grabbed her and held her tight, not letting go. He didn't
know what to say to her, but just wanted to be there for her.
Lela sobbed into his chest after a few minutes she pushed away
from him. “I need to use the bathroom..” she moved from his lap
and walked into the bathroom sealing the door she pulled the
hidden bottle of whiskey from the wall panel and sat down on the
floor opening the bottle she took a large pull what Danny said
had shook her but at this moment she didn't care she didn't want
to feel.
JP
Brig. General Daniel Hardfighter
Acting Executive Officer
USS Veroto-A
AND
#Post#: 416--------------------------------------------------
Re: Mission-03-All that remains of the fallen
By: Stonewall Date: January 17, 2012, 8:17 pm
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PACIFICA | CITY CENTER
The man known as Stonewall waited alone. The quay along the
water was dark, noisy and cold. On his way to the meet, he
stopped by a safehouse where he traded his Federation gear for
his "terrorist" supplies. His handler, with Starfleet
Intelligence, was also under cover as an arms trader, and it
wouldn't do for Stonewall to be caught with an arms dealer while
carrying federation equipment. Instead he carried a Klingon
disruptor pistol, normally holstered under his jacket, now held
in his right hand along his thigh.
The Intelligence agent approached. "Is that you, Stonewall?"
"Yeah, it's me..."
"Did you make contact?"
"Yes. I'm taking them to meet the cell tomorrow morning."
"Good." The man approached. "I appreciate you taking on this
assignment, Tom."
Tom spun around and grabbed the man by the throat and placed the
disruptor at his temple. "I bet you do, Jimmy. But here's the
problem I'm having right now...see, I'm doing this for you to
clear my name. Yes, I committed some crimes, but in the grand
scheme of things, they are minor. But, since I'm technically
dead, they are holding my friend and commander to account. You
really wanna show some appreciation? Make sure the charges
against him go away."
"I Can't promise that." The man said cooly.
"Make it happen, Jimmy. Or I might just put you out of
business..." Tom was referring not only to the disruptor in his
hand, but also the fact that he knew the Intelligence operative
was pocketting some of the funds from the phoney weapons deals.
"Okay...Okay..."
#Post#: 417--------------------------------------------------
Re: Mission-03-All that remains of the fallen
By: Joseph Frost Date: January 17, 2012, 8:31 pm
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[font=times new roman]Mara's Tavern | U.S.S. Veroto-A[/font]
Joseph watched as his sister left after he gave her a little
speech. He shook his head and sighed, tossing the blood pack
aside and sipping his whiskey. He was pissed off at the moment.
He wanted nothing more than to just help her but she wouldn't
accept it. Too damned stubborn like their mother.
Leaning back some he unzipped his uniform front, stretching a
bit, wishing that Jenna was there so he could have some one to
talk to.
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#Post#: 418--------------------------------------------------
Re: Mission-03-All that remains of the fallen
By: Baj Tellok Date: January 17, 2012, 10:33 pm
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Baj sat at his desk in his and Mara's quarters, looking over
repair reports from the Starbase. He hadn't had as much time as
he should have, what with the honeymoon and being married and
everything. He frowned as he looked at the list of reports he
still needed to read.
Mara walked in after her shift at her bar, Baj was sitting at
his desk when she walked in he looked unhappy. "Hey honey, you
look like you could use a break" she said walking over and
running her hands over his shoulders kneading his tense mucsles.
"What do you say we head down to the city outside of the base?"
she asked
"I don't know.." Baj smiled and leaned back, looking up to see
her behind him, "I have a lot of work to do." He motioned to the
console and the reports waiting for him to read.
"Reports can wait" she leaned down kissing his neck. "We are
newlyweds, we should be spending as much time together as
possible, especially since when Kira gets back we will be adding
a baby to our family" she said softly.
Baj froze in his seat as Mara kissed his neck before turning and
looking at her, "What?" He glanced down at Mara's stomach, "But
I thought... And why when Kira gets back?" This was news to him.
He was excited that he would be having another child, but
confused by Mara's choice of words.
Mara stood up straight, "No Baj, I'm not pregnant, I can't get
pregnant... I asked Kira to be a surrogate mother, and she said
yes." Mara looked at him hoping he wasn't mad at her for not
telling him.
Baj blinked and looked up at her, "Why would you ask Kira? I
mean... there's Lela, and the whole... thing.." He waved his
arms a little bit, trying to explain, then gave up and tried
again, "You didn't tell me you wanted a baby..."
Mara looked down a little ashamed "I asked her because, she has
already given you the gift of a child once. I cannot give you
that gift alone. I know you love Kira and that she loves you and
would do anything for you..." Mara paused and looked him in the
eyes. "I never wanted a child until that option was stipped away
from me. I want a baby Baj, I want us to be a family."
Baj looked back into her eyes for a moment before nodding,
standing up, and wrapping his arms around his wife, holding her,
"Then we are going to have a baby." He smiled as he said it.
Mara wrapped her arms around him and smiled, "So that means
you'll take me shopping right we need to get things for the
baby" Mara looked up at him with a wicked smile.
Baj laughed and groaned, shaking his head, "Alright, we can go
shopping." He kissed her and shut off his console.
Mara took his hand and pulled him towards the door leading the
way to the transporter room, "We should get dinner while we are
down there too" she said holding his hand as they walked. They
beamed down to the city and Mara looked around, "This place is
beautiful"
Mara started down the street with Baj in tow, her bar was doing
well for its self so she had credits to spare. "Here we go" Mara
pulled him inside a show that had furniture on display. "Aww
look at the little crib Baj, it says its hand crafted." she
moved from one to the next. "Do you see one you like?" she asked
looking over at him
Baj was lost. This was new to him, so he fell back on what was
familiar. He was looking at the decriptions of the cribs, not
the cribs themselves. He looked up from one of them at Mara's
question, "Well, this one seems to be made of the most sturdy
material so far..." He let his words drift off as he looked at
his wife.
Mara smiled and walked over looking it over, "I like it, lets
see what else they have, fine the sturdiest stuff for our little
bundle to be safe" she led the way through the store finding a
changing table, rocker, and other various baby things. Before
going to the shop owner and paying. Mara walked back over to
Baj. "Everything is being sent back to the ship, the shop owner
tells me there is a store you might like would you like to go
check it out?" she asked.
Baj smiled and put an arm around Mara as they walked out of the
store, "Sure, what type of store?" He looked around, as they
stepped outside, "And umm, where is it?"
Mara leaned into Baj, "This way should be just up ahead,
something about new tools.. apparently the store is an engieers
wet dream" she laughed as they approched the store.
Baj's smile turned into an excited grin as he heard where they
were going. His eyes went wide as they entered, but he managed
to wait for Mara to nod before moving forward to look at
everything.
Mara watched him marvel over everything smiling to herself, glad
that he was hers, "If you see anything you like just let me
know" she called.
Baj was roaming from one area of the shop to another at
seemingly random, muttering to himself. He was trying to think
of what he would need and what he could build himself for a
project. He picked up an Electromagnetic Focus Node, a Forward
Quantum Replication Cell, and a Particle Dissipation Regulator,
the shook his head and put the Cell down, before returned to
Mara. A sly grin on his face.
Mara had watched him walking around, "Well?" she asked. "You can
have what ever you want baby" she moved closer to him and kissed
him.
"Thank you" he kissed her back, his arms taken up by the two
parts he had, "These are it, I think." He knew exactly how he
was going to use them, "Was there anywhere else you wanted to go
before finding some dinner?"
"There is one other place but I think it should be after dinner"
she winked at him. She paid the ship owner and had everything
sent back to the ship. She spoke with the store owner for a
moment before turning to Baj. "She says there is a nice romantic
resturant a block down with local food does that sound good?"
One of Baj's eyebrows rose as Mara winked at him and he smiled.
"I am willing to give the local cuisine a try," he said as he
held her hand and walked back onto the street.
Mara led the way down the street following the store owners
instructions, "I was thinking I might open up another bar, find
someone else to run it of course but, the bar on the veroto is
going so well, I make a lot there... What do you think?" she
asked as they were led to their table.
Baj nodded, "Its a good idea as long as you have the start up
money for it." He thought for a moment as they were seated, "And
it might a little difficult to manage a business from the
ship..." He was thinking about all the covert ops missions they
got.
Mara nodded, they had never really talked about how much her bar
brought in.. "I have pleanty for the start up cost money isn't
an issue Baj... but I agree it would be hard to run a business
from the ship." she sighed. Mara ordered something from the
menu. "Well we will be adding a baby soon so I guess I will keep
pleanty busy with that. Have you spoken with Lela lately?" Mara
asked she was getting concerned by how much she had seen Lela
drinking.
"You may as well try it, as long as you get someone good to
manage the new bar, it could work." Baj shook his head, "No, I
haven't talked to her. Not since her commission and the wedding.
Its been kind of busy with all the repairs when I'm not spending
time with you." He tilted his head, "Why do you ask?"
"I am worried about her, shes been at the bar everynight from
what my staff tells me shes been drinking a lot got in a fight
with joe this evening and left really drunk" Mara said as their
drinks were brought to them, Mara sipped her wine.
Baj frowned, "That is not good." He stared at his drink before
talking, "I really should have a talk with her... about
everything." He shook his head.
"I tried to get her to talk to me she got mad and walked away.
It's not good she needs to talk to someone, shes on a bad path
right now Baj. I was thinking we should talk to Joe, gary, and
danny see what we can do to help her."
Baj nodded, "Maybe if we all talk to her she will listen..." He
looked at Mara thoughtfully when their food arrived, "I just
don't know what to say."
"It's time to show her some tough love Baj, she needs you to be
strong for her right now since she can't be." Mara took a bite
of the food.
Baj nodded and started in on his food. With it halfway to his
mouth he paused and looked up at Mara, "You will help me,
right?"
Mara nodded, "It's in the job title of wife" she took another
bite of food, "How is being in the big seat going?"
Baj smiled, relieved, and answered, "I actually haven't had the
chance to even sit in the big chair yet." He chuckled, "Mostly
reading reports so far."
"That sounds....fun" Mara smiled, "Well we should be getting
underway soon right?" She pushed her food around her plate.
"Yeah, within the next day or two. Repairs are almost complete."
He pushed his plate away, finished, "If you want to start up
another bar, we should probably get started on it soon then."
"Yeah" Mara paid and left a tip as they walked out side Mara
looked over at Baj, "There is a store I heard about here" she
led him around a cornor and pointed it out. "Kira told me it was
here, a play time store" she pointed and winked.
Baj's face split into a sly grin at that, "Play time you say?"
He put an arm around Mara's waist, "What are we waiting for?" He
gave her a quick kiss.
Mara kissed him back and led him to the shop. "Anything you want
dear" she winked.
JOINT POST
Mara Tellok
and
Baj Tellok
#Post#: 419--------------------------------------------------
Re: Mission-03-All that remains of the fallen
By: Mara Tellok Date: January 17, 2012, 11:52 pm
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Mara wipped the bar down with a cloth then turned to put clean
empty glasses away when she spotted Praxis and Gary at the end
of the bar she walked over with a refils of their drinks. “Hey
Gary, and you must be Praxis heres another round on the house.”
she said setting their drinks down. “How are you gentlemen
tonight?” she asked.
Gary looked at Praxis, "I can't speak for the General here, but
I'm alright."
Praxis smiled. "Kind of enjoying my time off, but all things
considered, I'd rather be with my Marines. Not used to wearing
civilian clothes all the time."
Mara nodded, “Understandable, Hey Gary there is something you
should know, I think Lela has a drinking problem, I already
spoke with Baj about it but I thought you should know.”
"A drinking problem?" Gary said. "I know she's had a few...but I
didn't know she's been developing a problem."
Mara nodded, “I think she needs help shes been in here every
night drinking, she got in a fight with Joseph earlier and left
drunk as all hell. I am worried about her.”
Praxis looked at Mara. "It's not unknown in the Corps for new
Marines to have...trouble...adjusting after their first real
combat. Alcoholism is a real problem among Junior Marines”
Joseph walked up to the bar dropping his glass off. Still a
little pissed off. He ordered a root beer and moved down the bar
after hearing his name mentioned. He stands off to the side
listening to them speak for a moment.
Gary looked to Praxis. "This really isn't her first combat,
though. She's been through so much before...being captured by
the Banor, the Yazmyn thing...All that builds up if she doesn't
have a release."
Mara frowned, “That may be General but Lela... the loss of a
baby what her grandfather did to her.. this isn't the way to
handle it she needs to talk. I have been trying but she clams
up. I heard her and Joseph yelling she is in a lot of pain.”
Gary turned to Joe. "lela got into it with you? How drunk was
she?"
Joseph looked at Mara and nodded "She started to talk about it
but immediately shut up and ordered another drink then jumped
down my throat about our mother." takes his root beer and sips
it some as he turns to Gary "she got pretty soused while we were
here... four whiskeys and a jello shot.. Started yelling at me
about mom before I accidently snapped on her..."
Mara turned and sent a message to Baj to come to the bar asap.
Gary and Praxis looked at each other, the sound of Praxis' rings
knocking on the table filling the silence. =/\=Praxis to Danny,
can you come to Mara's please?=/\=
Gary leaned back against his seat. "We have to put a stop to
this. She's grown up, yes, but she's still too young to be going
through this alone, and definately too young to know the risks
of alcohol addiction."
Baj received Mara's message and shut off his console, making his
way to the Tavern. When he walked in, he noticed the group and
joined them.
He turned to Gary and spoke "Why didn't any one tell me about
her being captured by Banor?"
Mara nodded and looked up to see Baj walk in, “Hey Hon we are
talking about Lela” she told him “everyone is concerned for
her.”
"It's in the ship's records, a few years ago she was captured
and held prisoner by the Banor. Danny and the Marines pulled her
out, but it cost the lives of two of Danny's men. I don't know
if she ever forgave herself for that either." Gary explained.
Joseph watched as Baj walked in and nodded to him some. He
listened to his step father speak and sighed slightly shaking
his head. He then spoke "I didn't know it was in the records...
Mom didn't even tell me to look it up."
Danny rolled in just in time to hear that. "Yeah. That was a
nasty bit of business. Lt. DiNardo and Sergeant Vasquez were
good men. We all went to earth for their funerals."
"Danny," Praxis said, "Lela's been drinking...."
Mara looked at Danny and poured him his usual before handing it
to him, “What happened when Lela left here did she come home?”
she asked Danny.
Baj listened in to conversation so far, trying to get a feel on
what was going on. He hadn't been around Lela much at all
lately...
"Yeah." Danny said. "She was drunk off her ass. I tried to sober
her up. She's using the alcohol to try and...drown out....the
pain."
Joseph grabbed a passing bartender and ordered some coffee to
help sober up. He turned to the others and nodded "she all but
said the same thing to me”
“That is what I was afried of we need to put a stop to this.”
Mara looked at Baj.
"So, where do we do this?" Praxis asked. "The bar is not the
best place”
Baj nodded, "We need to all talk to her. What about her
quarters?" He looked at Danny questioningly.
Looks up "Her quarters. At least give her some decency.."
"Our quarters would be good." Danny said, then looked to his
brother. "You, should go change. Your old football jersey is
pimp and all, but I think a uniform would have a better impact."
Mara sighed, “You really think this is best to do right now
while she is drunk? I have a suggestion, tomorrow night when she
comes to the bar, I will deny her access she probably has a
stash in her quarters so she will go there to drink I will
contact all of you when she leaves. Someone can track her
movements until shes back”
"That works." Gary said.
Danny and Praxis nodded in agreement. "When she's out, I'll have
to search our quarters...."
Joseph nodded some and turned, particularly looking at Baj "If
she gets combative you and I need to be there uncle Baj..."
"Yeah, I hope it doesn't come to that though..." Baj said,
looking at Joseph.
“Leave that to me Danny, I once was in her place I know all the
hiding spots.. while shes on duty I will search” Mara said
looking over at Baj, “Keep her busy tomorrow don't let her come
back to her quarters.”
Nods some to Baj in agreement. He looked up and spoke "I can
track her comm badge movements and notify any one if she gets
close."
"I'll keep her busy tomorrow, Mara." Danny said. "I'll make sure
her and Col. Starkos are doing something all day."
“She will need to detox, with her body chemistry the only way to
do it is cold turkey” Mara frowned, “That wont be pleasant.”
"I'll stay with her," Gary said. "I've been through this
before."
Joseph looked at his step father and spoke "You can't be with
her all the time Gary... I'll help in any way possible."
"Okay. Praxis, you'll have to be the third, I think."
"I think we will all need to be there for her." Baj said,
considering
“We will all need to be there to show her support” Mara said,
“She will need someone to make her go through counseling even if
she doesn't talk at first she needs to be brought kicking and
screaming if she has to be” Mara said thinking this through
Baj looked to Mara, "I will take care of that."
"I will help you hon" Mara nodded
Praxis looked at the group. "I guess I'm here just for rank and
muscle?"
“And because you are family Praxis, Lela looks up to you, shes
said so before.” Mara smiled
"True." Praxis said looking down at his drink for a moment.
"Tom would be disappointed. Him and Isabelle approved her
commission...I imagine he'd be quite upset." He said.
Joseph stood up some and set his glass down. He looked over at
Praxis and spoke "perhaps we should try to keep them from
learning of it?"
"Tom died several weeks ago." Danny said. "The explosion on
Leatherneck."
Joseph cursed slightly. He shook his head and spoke "My
apologies. I didn't know."
“She is still a good girl and will be better she just needs a
little help shes going through a lot and feels alone” Mara said
frowning
Gary nodded. "What she's going through would be hard for any of
us, with years of experience and training....for someone so
young, she needs us."
“Then its agreed tomorrow night.. Lela gets the help she needs”
Mara nodded.
Joseph nodded some and spoke "You can count me in for the long
run on this."
"We're in." Praxis and Danny said at the same time.
"Okay." Gary said, looking at Baj. "So, are we going to play
good dad, bad dad?"
Baj looked back at Gary, "Since I will be dragging her to
counseling, maybe you should play good dad."
"Probably." Gary said. "Oddly enough, my other daughter might
laugh at the suggestion...."
Joseph watched the interchange between Gary and Baj shaking his
head a bit with a grin. He then spoke up "Uncle Baj... If you
need any help getting her to the counseling you let me know
alright?"
"You never know until you try.." Baj answered Gary. He nodded to
Joseph, "And I will, thank you."
JOINT POST
Joseph Frost
Gary Phaserman
Praxis Hardfighter
Daniel Hardfighter
Baj Tellok
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#Post#: 421--------------------------------------------------
Re: Mission-03-All that remains of the fallen
By: Joseph Frost Date: January 18, 2012, 4:04 am
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[font=times new roman]Thylessia | Planet Surface[/font]
Having sobered up after the discussion with the others about
his sister, Joseph decided to head down to the planets surface
to do some shopping. He wanted to have a few gifts ready for
when Jenna came back. They would still have plenty of time to
get baby clothing as well as a crib so he decided to put it off
until she was back. Instead this trip was about buying a few
gifts for her.
Stopping by the jewelery shop he browsed their selection for
several moments. Finally deciding upon a gold necklace with a
small pendant, the outside had a jewel the color of her eyes.
The pendant also opened, allowing space for a couple of small
holostills. He smiled and took the bag from the attendant,
paying the man and thanking him.
Walking down the packed streets, keeping the bag close to him,
he nodded to several of the locals. Stopping by another store he
knew she had a fascination with bladed weaponry, he decided to
buy her a new knife as well, this one having his name laser
engraved on one side and her name on the other, along with the
date they met on the handle. The sheathe he had a small metal
plate attached to, left blank so they could add their child's
name to it. Once everything was done he paid the vendor, swiping
his credit chit through the scanner. Finally leaving the shop he
decided to make one more stop, this time to get some food in his
body before his stomach killed him for not eating anything
solid.
A short while later, after having stopped at a local diner and
not one of the higher classed restaurants, he headed back to his
transport site, taking several deep breaths to get the fresh air
in him. He glanced around and signaled to the transporter chief
to beam him up. A few seconds later after a swirl of light,
Joseph stepped down off the transporter pad and nodded his
thanks to the chief, heading back to his quarters.
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#Post#: 422--------------------------------------------------
Re: Mission-03-All that remains of the fallen
By: TJ Hawk Date: January 18, 2012, 3:24 pm
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Jason walked onto the bridge as amber looked at him. He noticed
danny or joe hadn't arrived on the bridge yet and smiled at his
subordinate. "Chief, how are things on long ranged sensors?"
"Everything is surprisingly quiet. However we did discover a
comet flying past 300,000 kliometers from the ship."
Jason laughed "would be fun to do this instead of this dammed
war." He said knowing her quarterly review was coming up.
"Amber, your not kissing my ass for a promotion?" He said
lookong at her sternly. "Because you would be wasting your
time." He said sitting down at his console. "I'm going to
recommend that you'll be promoted to warrant officer. You've
done a pretty good job with your duties"
"I don't know what to say" she sais looking shocked.
Jason turned to her then didn't see any other ranked officer on
the bridge but him. "Mind staying on a bit longer till frost or
tellok show?"
"Not a problem commander." She smiled taking her seat as Jason
sat in the captain's chair.
He sighed as he slowly sat down in the chair and laid back. He
knew it had been a while since he sat in the chair ever since he
started out on the first veroto. Even when he was in command of
deep space twelve. He sat there reading operation reports of
what was offline and needed to be repaired of replaced.
#Post#: 423--------------------------------------------------
Re: Mission-03-All that remains of the fallen
By: Daniel Hardfighter Date: January 18, 2012, 11:17 pm
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Danny menuevered the hover chair off the turbolift and onto the
bridge, and was greeted at first with a few odd looks, then the
realization of who it was. "General on Deck." Said the officer
at tactical. "As you were." Danny said, feeling wierd about
being back on the bridge as the XO, again. On the main viewer
was a view from the dock's visual sensors, showing the ship's
dorsal bow. Litterally hundreds of small, white objects and more
than a dozen larger, yellow objects floated around the ship,
especially in the areas of the Marine deck and the aft hull.
Danny knew them to be engineers from Leatherneck working in EVA
suits or workbees to repair the outter hull. Once that was done,
the ship's inners could be repaired.
Danny hovered over to the command chair, where Jason was. "I
have the bridge, Commander." He said. As Jason vacated the
Command Chair, Danny used his upper body strength to pull
himself into it.
#Post#: 424--------------------------------------------------
Re: Mission-03-All that remains of the fallen
By: TJ Hawk Date: January 19, 2012, 12:56 am
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"welcome back sir." he said as his assistant took off in the
turbolift. Jason took his seat at ops as he went to work
realigning the ships deflector and navigation grid. He slowly
hummed to himself feeling more happy than he had since he had
first joined the Veroto crew. one of his officers brought him a
report on the repairs of the internal sensor grid "have daniels
and sykes check out the problem on deck 16. and see if it can't
be reinforced by something protecting the EPS relays on that
deck."
"aye sir." the officer said walking away. "how the hell out of
my own officers, i get stuck with more NCO's i can deal with?"
he joked to himself
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