Chapter 15
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Tyr stood near the docking bays and listened. He could hear nothing but the normal sounds of the ship. A door opened somewhere in the distance, but he could tell it wasn't Hannah. There was a sound coming from the docking area ahead of him, like a ship docking. He frowned. That couldn't be right. He was about to investigate when the door to the docking bay opened. Suddenly a gun was pointed at his head.
"I think it's your best interest not to move," said the figure coming out from the docking bay. Tyr couldn't see who or what it was because the light was in his eyes, but he could tell by the sound that it was a Nightsider. He obliged and allowed the person or thing with the gun to lead him down the hall after a signal from the Nightsider. There were more thugs down this way. Maybe as many as 50. It was a pity that he hadn't brought his gun. They led him to an empty room and locked the door.
"Now you just stay in here until I need you. There are two guards out here so don't try to escape. One wrong move and they will kill you without hesitation.
Tyr didn't dignify it with an answer. He heard it mutter "I hate the quiet ones," and walk away. Searching the room he found there was nothing to help him escape. Not even a control panel in the wall. He tried his commlink and found the signal had been tampered with. He was utterly alone. He started to think of a plan.
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Trance received the message from Dylan and left Hydrophonics. She knew Hannah wasn't in there because she would have seen her. She headed to the Obs deck to look there. After that she would move on to the conduits. She wasn't too happy about that part, Harper was more suited to crawling through cramped spaces than she, but a full-scale search meant a full-scale search so she didn't complain.
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Rommie headed over to the storage area's to begin searching. First she scanned the area with her sensors and, just like the Andromeda, found nothing. She headed into the first room to search manually. She still didn't find anything. She exited and moved on again. She scanned the room along with the hallway. Wait a moment. There was a flit of something in the hallway, but when she tried to concentrate on it she found nothing. She frowned, but dismissed it to search the room manually. She still didn't find anything unusual, so left the room. No sooner had she left when she found herself on the floor with a Nightsider standing over her with an evil smile of satisfaction on his face. She tried to retaliate but found she couldn't move, and her communication system was offline. She was dragged by some of the Nightsiders cronies to a room with nothing in it. The cronies wasted no time in getting out and locking the door. Rommie wondered why, until she saw Tyr step over to the door with a vengeful look on his face. He scowled when they locked the door before he could reach them, then turned to Rommie and bent down next to her.
"Are you still working, ship?" he asked
Rommie was surprised that he asked the question in the first place, and when she recovered and tried to answer him she found she couldn't. Everything in her body that gave her the ability to move was offline, including her voice. She considered herself lucky that she could see at all. Perhaps they had accidentally missed that part she thought grimly.
Tyr shook his head, thinking she was offline since she gave him no sign. He paced and thought of what he could do. At least they seemed to be bringing all of their captors into this room, so if Harper came he might be able to repair Rommie. With an android on their side they might be able to take the infiltrators the next time they came in. On second thought, maybe it wasn't a good idea for Harper to be captured. The more people they had on the outside the more likely their chances for escape. For now all he could do was wait.
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Tyr stood near the docking bays and listened. He could hear nothing but the normal sounds of the ship. A door opened somewhere in the distance, but he could tell it wasn't Hannah. There was a sound coming from the docking area ahead of him, like a ship docking. He frowned. That couldn't be right. He was about to investigate when the door to the docking bay opened. Suddenly a gun was pointed at his head.
"I think it's your best interest not to move," said the figure coming out from the docking bay. Tyr couldn't see who or what it was because the light was in his eyes, but he could tell by the sound that it was a Nightsider. He obliged and allowed the person or thing with the gun to lead him down the hall after a signal from the Nightsider. There were more thugs down this way. Maybe as many as 50. It was a pity that he hadn't brought his gun. They led him to an empty room and locked the door.
"Now you just stay in here until I need you. There are two guards out here so don't try to escape. One wrong move and they will kill you without hesitation.
Tyr didn't dignify it with an answer. He heard it mutter "I hate the quiet ones," and walk away. Searching the room he found there was nothing to help him escape. Not even a control panel in the wall. He tried his commlink and found the signal had been tampered with. He was utterly alone. He started to think of a plan.
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Trance received the message from Dylan and left Hydrophonics. She knew Hannah wasn't in there because she would have seen her. She headed to the Obs deck to look there. After that she would move on to the conduits. She wasn't too happy about that part, Harper was more suited to crawling through cramped spaces than she, but a full-scale search meant a full-scale search so she didn't complain.
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Rommie headed over to the storage area's to begin searching. First she scanned the area with her sensors and, just like the Andromeda, found nothing. She headed into the first room to search manually. She still didn't find anything. She exited and moved on again. She scanned the room along with the hallway. Wait a moment. There was a flit of something in the hallway, but when she tried to concentrate on it she found nothing. She frowned, but dismissed it to search the room manually. She still didn't find anything unusual, so left the room. No sooner had she left when she found herself on the floor with a Nightsider standing over her with an evil smile of satisfaction on his face. She tried to retaliate but found she couldn't move, and her communication system was offline. She was dragged by some of the Nightsiders cronies to a room with nothing in it. The cronies wasted no time in getting out and locking the door. Rommie wondered why, until she saw Tyr step over to the door with a vengeful look on his face. He scowled when they locked the door before he could reach them, then turned to Rommie and bent down next to her.
"Are you still working, ship?" he asked
Rommie was surprised that he asked the question in the first place, and when she recovered and tried to answer him she found she couldn't. Everything in her body that gave her the ability to move was offline, including her voice. She considered herself lucky that she could see at all. Perhaps they had accidentally missed that part she thought grimly.
Tyr shook his head, thinking she was offline since she gave him no sign. He paced and thought of what he could do. At least they seemed to be bringing all of their captors into this room, so if Harper came he might be able to repair Rommie. With an android on their side they might be able to take the infiltrators the next time they came in. On second thought, maybe it wasn't a good idea for Harper to be captured. The more people they had on the outside the more likely their chances for escape. For now all he could do was wait.
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