65

A Moment In Time

They were eating breakfast when the door kicked in. Dr. Oga and Dr. Lamia set down their tea cups and slowly went down on their knees with their hands behind their heads. The two doctors were able to give each other one last glance before they were separated. Time to follow the plan.

"Have you had any contact with Subject 66 since coming back to Earth?"

"No."

"Are you able to contact Subject 66 currently?"

"No."

Tetsuya slapped his reports on the table before leaning up close to the dark headed doctor. "Look doctor, I don't wanna have to do this job more than you want to stay sitting there answering my questions."

Oga eyed the man. The brunet remembered meeting Tetsuya before, the military man seemed friendly by all accounts. "You have two options. Either you answer my questions truthfully now…"

"Or?"

"Or we get our truthful answers a far less comfortable way."

Dr. Oga disliked being in this situation, but he liked being threatened much less. The doctor's mouth was quick to open, but then shut it. The doctor knew he had a bad habit of reacting through his emotions. Without a clock in the interrogation room, Oga had to estimate that it was around 10 o'clock in the morning still. That left about 14 more hours until Furuichi's portal disappeared and Oga would never get to see his mate again. If he wanted to get out of this alive and with Furuichi, Oga had to play his cards right.

"I do."

"You do what?"

"I do have a way to contact Subject 66."

"I knew it!"

Tetsuya nearly fell off his chair when he jumped out of it. "How!"

"You'll have to take me and Dr. Lamia there."

The admiral's eyes narrowed. "Why do you both need to be together?"

"Dr. Lamia is the only person in this lab that would understand the scientific jargon needed to contact Subject 66."

Admiral Tetsuya sank back into his chair, occasionally looking at Oga with a pensive look. "No. I will being Dr. Hildegard. She'll understand the same scientific jargon as you put it."

Oga curled the toes in his shoes. "Sure she can," said Oga with a careless wave of his hand, "but if she doesn't?"

"What are you talking about? You both went to the same university!"

"Right again, admiral. But like I was trying to say," Oga leaned in close toward the admiral, "Dr. Lamia and I have both developed and understand the program while in hiding."

"So? We have time to teach it to Dr. Hildegard. You're not so smart about leaning things in your favor even with that degree, are you?"

Oga kept his stare locked onto the admiral's.

"That's the thing admiral. We have but this moment in time to open the portal or it will be lost forever. Of course," Oga leaned back "you don't have to believe me. But, " Oga cocked his head to the side, "do you want to be the guy that screws this up?"

"Don't take that tone with me, boy."

Oga brought up both his hands, open palmed, "I'm just saying admiral. The ball is in your court now."

The admiral clenched his jaw, and his jowl's quivered, "I will bring both Dr. Lamia and Dr. Hildegard. However, let me be clear," Admiral Tsetsuya towered over Dr. Oga over the interrogation table, "the first sign of funny business means your untimely death."

Oga curled his toes again, and smiled "Fine by me."

Dr. Oga and Dr. Lamia spoke in code for the next several hours. They requested several pieces of useless equipment, doing their best to keep Dr. Hildegard off their backs. All they needed to do was kill enough time, get themselves both locked in Furuichi's old cell, and then get teleported at the last second before Furuichi and their lives were lost forever. Oh, and if the doctor's didn't have ample time to pass through the portal before the channel switched, they could lose half of their bodies.

"Alright," Oga looked at the digital clock provided on the controller for Furuichi's old cell, "looks like we've just about made it."

The clock read 23:53.

A bead of sweat gathered with the others falling underneath the good doctor's chin. The time could very well be wrong on purpose. The government could've seen right through their bluff and still have ample time to attack the other planet since the portal would be a lot wider this time. Furuichi relayed the information that because the channel of the portal will be changing, the mouth of the portal would be wide enough to allow a tank should the government have one at the ready.

Furuichi also warned that even one armed soldier passing through the portal would cause the foreign planet to decree war on Earth and annihilate the whole planet. The clock read 23:55.

"I must go inside the cell now."

"Open the door."

Oga entered the quiet room. The portal could open anywhere in the room, and the human didn't have the same keen hearing like the alien to find the opening like last time. Dr. Lamia pretended to flicker the lights by accident signaling it was 23:57.

Oga pulled at the bed that stood in the corner. "Dr. Lamia, you've got to help me move the bed. Hurry! There isn't time!"

"I'll bring a soldier-"

"No! The equipment is too delicate. Hurry already!"

The admiral hesitated, but finally allowed Dr. Lamia to enter. As the pink headed woman entered, the portal opened causing a commotion outside of the cell door. The portal faded as rapidly as it came, but Dr. Oga and Dr. Lamia couldn't get the cell door shut.

"It's not locking!"

"Someone's going to have to hold the button!"

Hilde wasn't stupid. She had overridden the control lock before the other doctors arrived at the cell. The blond woman wasn't going to allow that freak to live after what it did to her.

"Go!"

Dr. Lamia ran at Oga's command. The portal squished her lungs for a second, but she came out the other side with Furuichi waiting for her. "Where's Oga?"

The portal had now become the size of a doorway. "Oga!" Furuichi yelled into the portal, "Take my hand!"

Dr. Oga sprang toward the portal, reaching for the hand when the soldiers crashed into the room. The portal was now the size of a round window. The doctor felt a hand touch his foot.

"Furuichi!"

"OGA!"