Aereon was oblivious to the emergency ongoing in the Lord Marshal's room. She was in the lower level of the Basilica. After seeing the conniving bitch to which Vaako was once married, she knew that something had been set in motion. She had many spies and favorites among the Necro menials including one rather eccentric young man.
"L'el. I have seen something rather disturbing this morning." Aereon smiled tightly as she spoke. It was an understanding that the two of them had. "Imagine my surprise to find rotten fruit with my lunch."
The menial in question turned to her in surprise. "Lady Aereon.. I had just been on my way to tell you I had discovered the rotten fruit in question." He tilted his head toward the door Aereon had just come thru. She nodded slightly and followed his lead.
They walked unobtrusively towards L'el's quarters. Others aboard the ship would not suspect anything as it was common for the Elemental to visit many of her favorites. When they came to what appeared to be a empty wall, L'el placed his hand on a panel. It glowed green for a moment scanning his hand. There was an almost indiscernible hiss and slowly a portion of the wall slide back and in. L'el motioned for Aereon to wait for him to enter first. He disappeared around a corner for a few moments and then reappeared nodding his head.
Aereon entered and the door hissed shut behind her. She smiled at L'el who was scanning the room with a comm unit.
A few minutes passed and in that time, L'el removed 3 small chips that had been placed in various places around his quarters. He frowned as he handed them to his female visitor. "I swept in here just two days ago. Funny how the first time I find bugs coincides with her arrival."
Aereon crush the chips in her grasp out of anger. The ex Lady Vaako obviously had allies that they did not know about. Someone with the skill to worm their way thru L'el's somewhat overly cautious security. "Well, well. It's seems the bitch is back. We will have to make plans of our own. I trust you remember our plans for such an inevitability?"
The smile that appeared on the menials was vicious. His loyalty to the Lord Marshal and Lord Vaako was beyond Necromonger loyalty. He admired both intensely. During those first few months of Riddick's rule, he had been the one to check their food for poisons. In fact it was his idea to gather all samples of poisons known to the Necros and enter them into a single comm. Lord Vaako's gratitude was to raise his station to steward in charge of menials. It was as high as he could be placed without having to fight and kill. He remained indebted and dedicated.
"Oh yes, my Lady." L'el's face radiated glee at the thought of their plans being set in motion. He had hated the ex Lady Vaako from the first moment he had had to serve her. "Our friends will begin. I will keep you appraised as always."
Aereon returned his smile. She was looking forward to catching a rat. And perhaps with Vaako and Riddick's permission, the new member of their family would be allowed to play with her. She could only imagine what Faith would put her thru. "Very good. I must return to my rooms and contact the Marion. I suspect in the last menial exchange before cyro sleep, a switch took place and they may have a dead body hidden somewhere."
L'el nodded in agreement. "Or an unauthorized garbage dump."
Aereon was headed out the door when L'el called out to her. He had received a private message from his friend, Level One Med Tech Arencibia.
"My Lady! Lord Vaako has been taken to Medical Bay." Only a slight tremor in his voice belayed his worry.
Aereon's face paled and she rushed out the door knowing that L'el would take care of their plans before heading to Med Bay himself.