Hi! Finally I'm back! Are you happy? :P
Disclaimer: See the previous chapters
Spoilers: Well, if you haven't read the summary of the eleventh episode 'Space', then maybe some ( It will be a great episode in my opinion :D )
His steps were echoing through the corridor. His back was stiff and he always checked the crossroads for any life. He only wanted to stay out of sight all day, but he knew that it was impossible from the start. He was the commander of this damned ship, how could he avoid meeting anyone?! Still, he acted like a hunted animal, and listened to the silence surrounding him. The silence was like a nice, black blanket which was warm, so he gladly welcomed it.
'Colonel? I've been looking for you for an hour! I have to talk to you about this.' Colonel Everett Young nearly jumped out of his own skin when the loud voice broke the silence into pieces.
'Yes, Dr. Brody? What is that?' He turned to the scientist, but leaned to the wall as like protecting his back from the invisible enemy, which was sleeping inside him.
'This is what appeared in Destiny's sensors' sight.' Brody seemed extremely nervous as he showed the tablet to the Colonel.
'Could you tell me what this is?' He couldn't see anything, just little dark grey dots in a light grey circle.
'It's from the deep space sensor. Look here.' Brody put his finger to a relatively large nearly black dot on the edge of the light grey area. 'This is our biggest problem right now.'
'Why, what is that?!' Young was near his calmness' edge. Why can't he just spit it out?!
'Well,' he looked everywhere, but not in the Colonel's eyes 'it's an alien spaceship.'
The whole world turned upside-down in Young's inside. What if it's the one they found on that planet… No, it can't be that! That was completely dead, with no hope to be repaired, so this can't be him.
'When will it approach us enough to gather information?' If Brody had looked up from the tablet into his eyes, he couldn't have seen any emotions in the, his mask didn't fall off, not even for a second, although his soul was trembling inside.
'About three days.'
'Good. Now, go back and try to find out everything you can.' Colonel Young turned around and was about to leave, when Brody's voice stopped him.
'Colonel, uhm, I don't believe I can do anything. Not without Dr. Rush. Only he had the knowledge to dig deeper in the ship's systems.' The world seemed to freeze in that second Rush's name left Brody's lips.
Young turned back half and said:
'Then try to break in' with that, he turned his back to the scientist and walked away. Brody stood there and just watched him leaving. After a couple of seconds, he sighed heavily and left to the labor. He knew, he will be having a very long day and night.
Young's thoughts chased each other and he didn't really see where he was going. What if that is him? What should he do? More importantly, what if that is a spaceship that belongs to the dominant species of this part of the universe? What if they aren't friendly? They can't fight back if they attack Destiny! Not without Rush. Only he could fire the ship's weapons. This was the worst case scenario he could imagine. He turned his radio on and ordered everyone to the gate room.
Colonel Everett Young stood on the staircase and watched the people below him. Their faces showed different emotions, like boredom, annoyance and some of them even looked nervous. He smirked inside. They are feeling that something bad is going to happen?
'Attention, please! The colonel wants to announce something!' Young was grateful to Greer that he silenced the chatting people. Maybe the gun he was holding or his look that said 'try to disagree with me and you are dead' made them do what he said, but they silenced at once.
'Dr. Brody informed me this morning about an alien ship approaching us in the FTL, but we aren't su…' he never got to finish his sentence, because the crowd started to shout things like 'How can it approach in FTL?!' and 'I thought we were alone!' or 'Why didn't anyone tell me?!' and he heard someone saying relieved: 'Rush is coming back!' Young waited for them to stop shouting, but they didn't seem to notice him standing there.
'Hey, people! Shut up already! The Colonel hasn't finished yet!' Greer's strong voice echoed through the room and Young was sure it could have been heard in the other end of the ship. Everyone turned to the Colonel again with a waiting look on their faces.
'As I said, we don't know anything about the spaceship, apart from the fact that it is approaching us in FTL. We will know more three days from now, when it will be close enough to be seen on the detectors. That's all. I recommend you to prepare yourselves for an occurring battle' he started to climb down the stairs, when a question stopped him halfway.
'Colonel, can the ship be the one we found on the last planet we stopped by?' He wants to know if It is Rush.
'As I have told you, we know nothing yet.' As if it was him! Then perhaps my heart's weight would be half of its current weight! Young walked down the staircase and went to the door, but still heard everyone whispering behind him.
He was walking towards his quarter, when he heard running footsteps behind him. They stopped ten meters from him and continued their rhythm in a much slower pace. He couldn't confuse their sound with any other shoes'. God, how he hated the owner of them. Who else could have come after him? Only his favorite IOA representative, Camille Wray! Great, just great! He thought as he turned to her.
'Colonel, may I ask why didn't you inform me about this huge problem immediately?!' Her voice sounded calm, but he could hear the suppressed anger behind them.
'I thought, you would hear them anyway when I announce it to everyone else onboard the ship.'
'Did you forget that as the only IOA representative on the Destiny, I have to know everything in the exact second it happens?!' She didn't try to suppress her anger anymore.
'Well then, I promise from now on, I will tell you everything what happens.'
She leaned closer to him and whispered:
'Don't think that you can do anything just because Rush is no longer here!' With that she turned around and stormed away.
Young just stood where she left him and thought about how Rush's absence effected him. Maybe it was better when he was here, even with him trying to break me. Suddenly his radio turned on. He quickly pushed the button and spoke into the machine.
'Young here.'
'Colonel, it's TJ, – he couldn't confuse her voice with anyone else's – could you come to the infirmary for a routine examination? I want to see how your wounds are doing.'
'I'll be there in ten minutes. Young out.' The situation is just getting better and better. How could he look in her eyes after yesterday's evening?
What a nice cliffhanger! :D
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