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GOSSARD
"Nothing," Doc told the LT.
"Dead?" he asked.
"No, just nothing. It's like nobody was ever in the ship," Doc shook his head. "It's weird."
"Nothing," Rico repeated. "Are you sure?"
"At first glance," Doc shrugged.
"I could try to access information from the ship's log," I suggested, "but everything seems shot."
"And I could look more carefully for signs of whoever, or whatever, was in there and what happened," Doc contributed.
"Is it the ship safe?" Rico demanded.
"Yes sir," I replied. "That was the first thing I did when we got here."
"Good," he nodded. "Do you need anybody to help you?"
Doc and I exchanged glances, if we needed basic help we could give each other a hand, and anybody else might just be in the way.
"I think we're good, LT," I replied, "but we'll let you know."
"OK. Then get to work."
"Yes sir," we chimed.
"This would be so much easier if my equipment were working," I grumbled, as we headed back.
"Tell me about it," Doc groaned.
RICO
I watched them go uncertainly. Neither of their equipment was working properly so it was going to take them a long time to figure out what had happened, if they even could. Meanwhile I felt like a sitting duck just waiting for something to happen. I knew that something was up, it had to be, but I had no idea what it was!
I ordered Dizzy to make a report to HQ, but only seconds later she informed me that all she was getting was static.
I groaned, "What else could go wrong?"
"Sir?"
"Huh? Oh, right." I said sheepishly. "Yeah?"
"Permission to inspect what equipment we have that still works and what has deteriorated completely." Zim asked.
I hadn't thought of that. I sent him a grateful/relieved look, hopping he could read it on my face. "Permission granted." I glanced quickly around at the Troopers. Eddie had been passed on to T'phai now. "Get Higgins to assist you."
"Yes sir." He saluted quickly before moving off, grabbing Higgins, and getting immediately to work.
I looked around, desperate for something to do. I found nothing. How was it possible that we were in dire circumstances and there was absolutely nothing to do?! At a loss I joined the group of apes who were left in the same predicament as myself.
"Hey, how's he doing?" I asked.
"Very well, I believe, considering the circumstances," T'phai replied.
"Good."
"Would you like to take him, Lieutenant?" I swear I saw a flash of mischief in T'phai's eyes as he said this.
"Uh, no," I shook my head, unconsciously taking a step backwards. "I don't think so."
Dizzy's eyebrow shot up. Up until then she'd seemed quiet and, other than a sense of wariness towards Sandrine, just as restless as me. "Why not, LT? He's just a little baby."
I glared from her to T'phai. "Thanks, I'm good."
"Aw c'mon, it's easy," she replied, taking the baby from T'phai and closing in on me.
I fought the urge to back away as she drew closer. Before I could realize what she was doing she was standing close enough that if she whispered nobody but me would hear her.
"What's s'matter, Johnny?" she teased. "Never held a baby before?"
DIZZY
He glared at me. "I'll drop him," he hissed.
I laughed. "No you wont." Pulling myself in even closer to him I carefully placed Eddie in his hands. "Support his head."
"I hate you," he whispered, looking down nervously at the baby in his arms as I removed my own.
"Sure you do." I retorted, grinning at him.
Looking up sharply he entrapped my gaze in his own and held it there. I tried to say something but my mouth could only form the words, no sound escaped my, suddenly very tight, throat.
It took all my strength and will power to wrench my gaze away, swallowing hard. "No fair, Rico," I murmured under my breath as I distanced myself from him, not trusting myself to look back.
MAX
"What was that?" I smirked to T'phai.
Was it just me or was Dizzy blushing?
GOSSARD
"Nothing," Doc told the LT.
"Dead?" he asked.
"No, just nothing. It's like nobody was ever in the ship," Doc shook his head. "It's weird."
"Nothing," Rico repeated. "Are you sure?"
"At first glance," Doc shrugged.
"I could try to access information from the ship's log," I suggested, "but everything seems shot."
"And I could look more carefully for signs of whoever, or whatever, was in there and what happened," Doc contributed.
"Is it the ship safe?" Rico demanded.
"Yes sir," I replied. "That was the first thing I did when we got here."
"Good," he nodded. "Do you need anybody to help you?"
Doc and I exchanged glances, if we needed basic help we could give each other a hand, and anybody else might just be in the way.
"I think we're good, LT," I replied, "but we'll let you know."
"OK. Then get to work."
"Yes sir," we chimed.
"This would be so much easier if my equipment were working," I grumbled, as we headed back.
"Tell me about it," Doc groaned.
RICO
I watched them go uncertainly. Neither of their equipment was working properly so it was going to take them a long time to figure out what had happened, if they even could. Meanwhile I felt like a sitting duck just waiting for something to happen. I knew that something was up, it had to be, but I had no idea what it was!
I ordered Dizzy to make a report to HQ, but only seconds later she informed me that all she was getting was static.
I groaned, "What else could go wrong?"
"Sir?"
"Huh? Oh, right." I said sheepishly. "Yeah?"
"Permission to inspect what equipment we have that still works and what has deteriorated completely." Zim asked.
I hadn't thought of that. I sent him a grateful/relieved look, hopping he could read it on my face. "Permission granted." I glanced quickly around at the Troopers. Eddie had been passed on to T'phai now. "Get Higgins to assist you."
"Yes sir." He saluted quickly before moving off, grabbing Higgins, and getting immediately to work.
I looked around, desperate for something to do. I found nothing. How was it possible that we were in dire circumstances and there was absolutely nothing to do?! At a loss I joined the group of apes who were left in the same predicament as myself.
"Hey, how's he doing?" I asked.
"Very well, I believe, considering the circumstances," T'phai replied.
"Good."
"Would you like to take him, Lieutenant?" I swear I saw a flash of mischief in T'phai's eyes as he said this.
"Uh, no," I shook my head, unconsciously taking a step backwards. "I don't think so."
Dizzy's eyebrow shot up. Up until then she'd seemed quiet and, other than a sense of wariness towards Sandrine, just as restless as me. "Why not, LT? He's just a little baby."
I glared from her to T'phai. "Thanks, I'm good."
"Aw c'mon, it's easy," she replied, taking the baby from T'phai and closing in on me.
I fought the urge to back away as she drew closer. Before I could realize what she was doing she was standing close enough that if she whispered nobody but me would hear her.
"What's s'matter, Johnny?" she teased. "Never held a baby before?"
DIZZY
He glared at me. "I'll drop him," he hissed.
I laughed. "No you wont." Pulling myself in even closer to him I carefully placed Eddie in his hands. "Support his head."
"I hate you," he whispered, looking down nervously at the baby in his arms as I removed my own.
"Sure you do." I retorted, grinning at him.
Looking up sharply he entrapped my gaze in his own and held it there. I tried to say something but my mouth could only form the words, no sound escaped my, suddenly very tight, throat.
It took all my strength and will power to wrench my gaze away, swallowing hard. "No fair, Rico," I murmured under my breath as I distanced myself from him, not trusting myself to look back.
MAX
"What was that?" I smirked to T'phai.
Was it just me or was Dizzy blushing?