Guard Timp never really thought of herself as some great thinker. Sure she could answer some questions given to her pretty easily, but she never really sat around and thought about problems and their solutions in her spare time. She usually wasn't one to worry or focus on stuff from the past or future, she kept her mind in the present.
However now, was a great exception to her usual ways. As of now, she was rolling her trusty spear through her hands and her squeedily spooch felt like it was all knotted up. Her mind was racing and Timp almost couldn't keep up with some of her panicked thoughts.
And all because of a call she received from two Smeet-hood friends of her's. Only a few minutes ago, Navigators Widget and Doodad had called in utter hysteria; saying their eyes saw things no navigator, heck no invader ever, should have seen. Doodad started to cry half way through the call, green eyes pooled with tears Timp could only fear were a sign of growing defectiveness. Widget tried to comfort the other while finishing off the call.
"You have to get us off the Massive, Timp!" She remembered him saying, tears beginning to bud in his eyes as well as he spoke. "I'm really sorry to put you in danger too, but we have no one else to turn to. If they find out we saw what we saw... We'll be be deactivated for sure! Please, just help us get off this ship and off the Empire's radars!" And with that the screen had gone blank and the message deleted itself.
And now here she was, mind racing with worry trying to think of some sort of plan. Being a guard primarily for laboratories and research centers she'd never been on the Massive and only saw it twice in her entire life. But more importantly, would Widget and Doodad be ok while still on the Massive? They seemed really scared, and they were crying. Could whatever they saw be reverting them back into their defectiveness? And they never mentioned a time frame of any kind. What if they had already been caught and deactivated?
No! She couldn't think like that! Timp hurried to stop her racing thoughts, to empty her mind. She had to organize her new problem and all the information she knew so far. She knew for certain that her friends were in a huge panic and needed to flee the Massive for fear of being killed. However, She didn't know why they needed to flee, how much time she had, nor where on the Massive they even were. So first things first, she had to find out more about the ship, and she had to do it fast since her time limit could be anything from years to only days...
"Guard Timp!" A shrill computer voice, sounded from her control panel. "You are requested at this time to join Guard Kree in protecting subject: Scientist Vyone in Lab 2453." Great. And on top of all this, she still had work to do; transitioning from this laboratory station to one out in the grey-grid tri-quadrant.
With that, she shrugged on her uniform and hurried out of her quarters to the laboratories on the other side of the station. All the way though her spooch still churned nervously while her mind would sway back and forth between panic and confusion.
And that's the start of this story, hope it's promising so far! This is purely a self-indulgent story involving the irken oc's I've made. Let me know what you think, if it's worth continuing.