A New SeaQuest:
By Darkladyknight
Chapter one
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A/N: This is something I posted a while ago, but took down. I thought I would re-post it and see if anyone was interested in reading it. Hope you like. Thanks.
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Commander Crysta Anderson sat at her desk, her eyes on the computer screen in front of her, but she wasn't really seeing it. Her mind going in circles, he had to be somewhere, no matter who you were you just couldn't disappear, not like this. Not one minute there and the next as if you never existed.
"Commander?" She heard from her doorway. Looking up she realized it was not the first time he had said her name.
"Yes?" Crysta replied shaking the cobwebs from her mind.
"We found him," He replied nodding towards the computer in front of her. Crysta turned to her computer to see the information she had been searching for downloading onto her computer. Her hands shook as she opened the file and started to read.
Crysta turned from the computer in disgust and went to look out the window of her office. Her hands still shook from what she read, and her heart was heavy at the thought of what he had been though. She felt tears come to her eyes, closing her eyes she willed them not to fall.
Her orders where on her desk, and yet she knew there was no way she could complete this task, there was no way she was going to kill him, she couldn't. Not after everything she had learned about him. Walking back to her desk she sat down and pushed a button on her COM link.
"Yes sir?" A man answered on the other end.
"I want my recon team mobile in one hour." Crysta said to the man on the other end.
"Sir?" The man said his voice confused.
"You heard me Lieutenant, one hour, just the three of us." Crysta said reaching over to hit the disconnect button.
"Commander does this mean?" The Lieutenant started the hope in his voice clear.
"Yeah, it means were going in for a search and rescue." Crysta replied hitting the button and disconnecting the transmission. Sitting back she closed her eyes. Yes it was the perfect time to go AWOL; it would just prove to her commanding officers that she couldn't be jerked around anymore.
Getting up she went to get ready for the mission, search and rescue wasn't her expertise, but it couldn't be any harder then search and destroy. With a sigh she dressed and headed to her briefing room.
"All right you two, here's the break down. Our quarry is being held in the UEO prison about two hours from here. He had been held there for the past three years, so I am assuming he will not be in the best shape." Crysta paused looking from each man. "Our man goal is to get him out alive, and to make sure he recovers."
"When do we leave?" One of the men asked.
"Now." Crysta said as they headed towards the submergible. Getting in she strapped herself into the copilot seat and waited for the launch. Closing her eyes she let out a small prayer that this would work out, and they would soon have him safe.
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A shadow moved in the dark expanse outside the electrical fence. The three of them crouched by the fence the smallest removed a device from her belt and placed it on the fence. With tiny sparks the fence died. The other moved in with a pair of cutters and cut the fence just enough so they could fit though.
They slowly made their way towards the building, as they stopped beside the building the biggest produced a grappling hook and sent it flying towards the roof. He then started to climb the rope.
She reached up to take a hold of the rope only to be stopped as the other of the three placed his hand on her arm stopping her.
"Are you sure about this?" He asked.
"Are you suggesting we leave him in there?" She asked her voice slightly cold.
"I just think it's crazy to attack a UEO prison." He replied.
"We're not attacking," She said and he could hear the smile behind her mask. "We are simply slipping in to retrieve what is ours. Besides it would be crazier to leave him in there to die."
"But," He started.
"He risked his life to save yours," She replied very quietly. He nodded and she continued up the rope. As the last gained the roof they pulled the rope up leaving it by the ledge.
Making their way across the roof until they came to a large vent. The woman pulled out a small portable computer; laying it flat she pushed a few buttons bringing up the plans of the prison.
"We're here," She said pointing to the vent on screen. "And if our Intel is right he is being held here, and is scheduled for execution in two hours. So this hallway is our means of escape."
The other two nodded, they knew her plan. They knew it would work. The biggest of them reached over to pull the vent cover off and silently set it aside. Securing a rope, she ducked her head down to make sure the hallway was clear. Upon seeing it was she slid down rope, pulling her rifle she crouched surveying the hallway in front of her.
As her companions touched down they also pulled out rifles. She nodded her head towards the end of the hallway, moving quietly she peaked around the corner. One guard stood outside the door they wanted. Raising her rifle she aimed it at the guard. The rifle didn't make a sound as it fired. The guard quietly slipped to the ground.
Quietly they moved towards the room, reaching down she checked the guard for a pulse. She nodded he was still alive, just unconscious. Swinging her rifle over her shoulder she removed another small device and placed it over the lock on the door. With a small flash the door opened.
Entering the room she looked down at the man on the bed. He looked horrible; his face was pale there were circles under his eyes. It looked as if someone hadn't allowed him to shave or brush his hair in weeks. She could see he was strapped down to the bed. Reaching out she laid her hand on his forehead. He was cold and clammy. Sliding her hand down she found the pulse in his neck it was beating to fast.
"I need his chart," She said quietly hoping they had gotten here before they had given him anything. Still looking down at him she was surprised when his eyes slid open. There was pain and confusion in their deep blue depths. He looked around at the other two in the room. Taking the chart that was being held out to her she swore they had injected him about ten minutes ago. If they hurried they might still be able to save him.
Stepping back she motioned for the biggest as she pulled his chart off the clipboard. Walking up the bed the large man reached down and to the wide-eyed occupant pulled the restraints free. He picked up the man and threw him over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. Turning they headed out of the room.
They had almost made it to the hallway when suddenly the passageway in front of them was flooded with soldiers. Smothering another curse she pushed the biggest and his load towards their exit.
"Go get him out of here," She yelled shouldering the rifle again and firing. When he was up the rope with the heisted prisoner the other two made their way towards the rope. Upon reaching the rope she waited for her partner go head up; she got irritated when he didn't move.
"Get your Carcass up their Lieutenant." She yelled.
"I'll not leave you here, sir." He replied firing at soldiers coming around the corner.
"Get up there; you didn't even want to attack this place." She replied showing her humor in the face of the situation.
"We didn't attack, we slipped in quietly, and now where slipping out loudly." He said grabbing the rope. "You better be right behind me, or I'll come back for you." With that he headed up the rope.
When he had cleared the ceiling she removed a small explosive. It wouldn't kill anyone but it sure would make a mess. Tossing it she scrambled up the rope as she heard shouts to take cover. Clearing the roof she cut the rope free and started across the roof. Scaling down the wall she saw only one man at the bottom.
"Come on he's already heading towards the submergible." He said as they headed in the direction they had come. Clearing the fence they headed to the ocean and their ship. Quickly boarding the small ship she went towards the back as he headed towards the pilots chair.
She pulled her mask off as she checked his vitals again; his breathing had become almost non-existence. Closing her eyes she took a deep breath then went to her bag as she pulled out his chart. Placing the chart down she grabbed a syringe and walked back over to him. Cleaning a spot on his arm she gave him the injection. She hopped she was in time.
"Get us the hell out of here!" She yelled when she realized they hadn't moved. She sighed when she felt the submergible move out. Moving around the small area she went about cleaning up his wounds seeing if any of them needed stitches. She wrinkled her nose at the smell coming from him. Apparently they hadn't let him out of his cell much.
Hearing a noise behind her she turned to see the large masked man. His eyes were on her patient and he was moving his weight from one foot to the other in a nervous habit. She almost smiled seeing the way he wrung his hands.
"Its all right Dagwood, you can take the mast off." She said watching as he reached up and removed his mask.
"Is he…?" Dagwood's question trailed off not wanting to voice his question.
"No, you want to sit with him?" She asked seeing him nodded she moved out of the way. "Call me if there is any change."
"All right," Dagwood said sitting down next to the cot.
She entered the small cockpit and sat down in the CO-pilot chair. She saw him look over at her and she smiled weakly.
"How is he?" He asked.
"Resting, I guess considering." She replied hating what he was going though. "What's our ETA?"
"About ten minutes." He replied looking over at her again. "You OK?"
"I'm fine, are we being followed?" she asked.
"No we went into stealth before they made it to their ships, they can't track us." He replied as they fell into silence. It went like that for a few minutes. "What do you hope to accomplish by doing this?"
"What?" She asked looking at him. "You already know the answer to that, Krieg."
"Yeah I do Crysta, but do you?" He asked cringing at her tone.
"Of course I do." Crysta hissed.
"It's just that I've seemed to notice you've had alternate motives for rescuing him." Ben said wishing he'd learn to keep his mouth shut.
"Just what is that suppose to mean?" Crysta asked.
"Just like it sounded Commander." Ben said. Turning to see her glaring at him. She was about to speak when she heard Dagwood's yell from the back. Getting up she rushed to the back. She could see her patient was struggling to breathe, and his pulse was beating quite rapidly.
Reaching out she touched his forehead again; he was cold still but less clammy. As she went to move she felt a hand close over her wrist and was surprised to see his eyes opened and he was much stronger then she expected.
"Who are you?" He rasped.
"Let go of me Lieutenant, I'm here to help." Crysta said trying to pull her wrist free.
"No, you won't touch me," He replied his grip on her wrist become painful.
"If I don't give you another injection you'll die," Crysta replied again trying to pull her wrist free.
"Then I'll die," He replied quietly. Crysta looked at him, looked into his clear blue eyes and could see he was deadly serious.
"You're not ready to die, Lucas. Not like this, this is a horrible way to die. You can't die and leave so much unfinished." Crysta said quietly seeing the surprised look on his face. "They injected you with a drug that will cause your heart to explode, I gave you a mild dose of an antidote when we got you here, and I need to give you the second half."
He looked up her, his blue eyes studied her for a minute then closed and his gripped loosened. She wasted no time in him the antidote. When his vitals had stabilized a bit she sat down beside him. She heard Krieg as he radioed headquarters, and dropped out of stealth.
As soon the boat was docked Crysta and the medical staff took Lucas to the med bay. It took them only a few minutes to have him hooked up to the monitors. Crysta took the chart she had taken from the prison and gave it to the doctor in charge.
"I want hourly reports," Crysta replied seeing the med bay staff already cleaning him up. She turned and headed out of the med bay, but stopped at seeing Ben standing in the hallway.
"Do you need us to debrief?" He asked looking between her and the med bay doors.
"Like this is some normal military operation?" Crysta asked with a smile. Ben looked at her also with a smile.
"Yeah, I guess I forgot." He replied.
"Give them an hour, Ben. Then go visit." Crysta said turning to head to the elevator to take her to her office.
"Crysta?" Ben said, seeing her stop and turn back to him. "Thanks for everything."
"You're welcome," Crysta said knowing he was talking about more then their rescue of Lucas. With a smile she watched the elevator doors close, leaning back she realized she was tired; it had been a long day. Going into her office she sat down behind her desk and turned on her computer.
She started to type out her report. Her eyes straying to the folder on her desk and the information in it. And the fact that it wasn't true, most of it anyway. Hearing a beeping she turned her attention to the vid link. She was glad it was the doctor.
"We have him stable, Crysta. He is cleaned up and seems to be sleeping peacefully." The doctor said.
"All right, as long as he's stable I think I'll try to sleep, you'll let me know of any changes?" Crysta replied.
"Of course." The doctor said.
"Thanks." Crysta said turning off her computer. Turning she headed into her quarters to see is she could catch a few hours of sleep.
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Lucas was sitting up the next day, still weak but determined to be sitting when anyone came to see him. He had smiled weakly at Ben who had stopped in a second ago to inquire on how he was doing. Now they had fallen into an awkward silence.
"So this is where you work?" Lucas asked looking around the med bay his eyes coming back to Ben.
"Yeah, I guess you could say that." Ben replied smiling as he pulled a chair up next to Lucas's bed.
"What is it you do here?" Lucas asked trying hard to recall the last week. He wasn't sure how long he had been here or what Ben had to do with it.
"This and that," Ben replied, seeing the doctor stand as Crysta entered the med bay.
"How is he?" Crysta asked the doctor. Ben saw the confused look on Lucas' face and wondered at it.
"That voice sounds familiar, like from a dream I had." Lucas said trying to see around the curtain that was blocking Crysta and the doctor from his view.
"Well it should, she's one of the people who rescued you." Ben said seeing Lucas just nod his head his ear tuned to what was being said about him.
"He's doing well boss, he's awake and sitting up." The doctor said handing Crysta the chart. "We did a work up on him, plus going through his chart. He's addicted to a drug that is unknown to us, already this morning he was showing signs of withdrawals."
"This one?" Crysta asked as she went down the chart.
"Yeah," The doctor replied.
"I know this one Ann; it's to keep him a bit more manageable. Have you put him through the purging yet?" Crysta asked.
"No, we figured we'd leave that up to you, we would also like to prescribe a few medications also, but we're waiting for your signature." Ann replied handing Crysta a pen.
"All right," Crysta said turning from Ann and walking over to Lucas, her eyes still on his chart. She looked up as she stopped next to the bed. "How are you feeling this morning Mr. Wolenczak?"
"OK," Lucas replied getting his first look at her. She was small, her blond hair pulled into a braid, and bright blue eyes.
"I think I'll leave you alone." Ben said standing he nodded to Lucas who smiled and then turned his attention to the woman reading his chart. Ben turned and started to move away.
"Ben," Crysta said.
"Yeah?" Ben asked turning towards her.
"The mess in my Recreation room, I don't want to remind you again." Crysta said looking up at him.
"I uh, I'm on it, boss." Ben said turning and heading out of the med bay.
"So will I live?" Lucas asked as Crysta turned back to his chart, she was reading through and initialing the orders.
"I think so," Crysta said. "So what do you want to do about the drug addiction?"
"I..," Lucas started looking down at his hands, which were shaking slightly.
"I know it's hard to take in, I can give you two options, go through the withdrawals without help, or go through my purging program." Crysta replied stopping what she was doing to look at him. "I recommend the purging program."
"OK," Lucas said seeing the clipboard she held out to him.
"I'd also like them to do a full physical and blood work," Crysta said as he took the clipboard and the pen from her.
"Yeah I guess that would be a good idea," Lucas said starting to wonder about this woman and where he was. For so long it seemed that he had no control over what happened to him, now she was standing here waiting from him to sign the consent form.
"Are you all right?" Crysta asked seeing that he was looking between her and the consent forms. He nodded and turned to initialing and sign the required forms.
Crysta watched as he looked over the other forms on the clipboard, seeing clock she excused herself for a second, coming back she smiled at Lucas as he handed the chart back to her looking a little weary about looking through it.
"There is someone who would like to see you if you're up to it," Crysta said seeing the surprised look on Lucas face. He nodded and Crysta pulled the curtain open and Lucas's eyes widened as he stared at the man in front of him.
"Miguel?" Lucas whispered.
"Hey Lucas," Miguel replied smiling.
"I thought you were…" Lucas trailed off.
"Dead? Yeah well the same goes for you. Welcome back." Miguel said.
"So how did it go?" Crysta asked eager to hear how his mission went. She saw his grin and couldn't help but smile.
"A complete success." Miguel said. "Wasn't even anyone protecting it, we waltzed in and out in about two hours. I have her down with the rest of the parts."
"Good, that was the last piece to the puzzle right?" Crysta asked handing the chart to the Ann as she came over. She nodded and then left.
"Yeah, now you can put her back together." Miguel said smiling again. "I'm going to head out to the mess hall, I'll catch you later Lucas?"
"Yeah," Lucas said smiling. Again he wondered about the woman and what her place was here.
"My reports on your desk boss," Miguel said as he headed out the door.
"OK," Crysta said handing Lucas a folder, "Here are your access codes for our computer system, and couple of game disk, a map so you can find your way around. My vid-link code, along with Bens."
"Excuse me, ma'am." Lucas started.
"We're pretty casual here, Call me Crysta." Crysta said seeing his confused look on his face as he stared at the file. "Your not a prisoner here Lucas."
"So I can leave now?" Lucas asked her.
"I wouldn't recommend it, not unless you admit yourself into a hospital," Crysta said wanting him to know that he would have freedom; at least what she gave him anyway. "In a few days if you're cleared and up and moving around then yeah, you can leave."
"So I could go to Nathan Bridger's?" Lucas asked seeing her nod.
"He'd advise you to stay here though, you're safe here." Crysta said.
"Where is here?" Lucas asked looking up at her.
"Oh, I guess I really hadn't explained that have I?" Crysta said smiling at him, he just shook his head. "I'm Crysta Anderson, and this is Castlestone."
"I've never heard of it," Lucas said feeling the shaking in his hands worsen. He also noted that Crysta noticed it too.
"Listen, why don't you let Ann start treatment, get the physical and blood work out of the way, and then we can sit down and I'll tell you all about this place?" Crysta asked seeing him pale his eyes on someone who entered the med bay. Crysta turned to see who had entered.
"Hey Boss," Jake Brody said nodding to her as he walked in holding a towel around his bleeding hand.
"What happened Jake?" Crysta asked concerned.
"I slipped." Jake said stopping; he raised an eyebrow at Lucas who was looking at him like he had seen a ghost.
"Jim?" Lucas said very quietly.
"No," Jake said pain coming to his eyes. "I'm Jake his brother."
"Oh," Lucas replied, suddenly feeling very confused and very tired as he looked again at Crysta as Jake moved away.
"Try and get some rest," Crysta said touching his shoulder lightly. "Call me if you need anything, if I'm not in my office page me."
"OK," Lucas said seeing her nod and then leaves the med bay area. As she disappeared he turned back to the file she had given him. Opening it up he saw that it contained some newspaper disk and a few reports about SeaQuest and her crew. He noted that he was listed as deceased.
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Crysta rolled over at the beeping coming from her Vid-link, reaching over she hit the button and peered out from under the covers at the small screen next to her bed. Seeing that it was Ann she sat up.
"What's wrong?" Crysta asked already reaching for her robe.
"Lucas is not taking the purging well," Ann said.
"I'm on my way down," Crysta said getting out of the bed and heading down towards the med bay. She waited impatiently for the elevator to open its doors on the med floor. As the doors opened she rushed out and headed into the med bay.
Crysta walked over to where Lucas was lying on the bed, his eyes were wide and unfocused and he was sweating profusely. She noticed that he was strapped down, reaching out she started to UN-strap him knowing that it most bother him greatly.
"Crysta?" Ann said from behind her, Crysta turned to her stopping in the mist of removing one strap.
"Why is he restrained Ann?" Crysta asked.
"He started to struggle, I was afraid he would hurt himself." Ann replied as Crysta went back to removing the straps. Freeing one arm she couldn't move fast enough to avoid getting pushed back. Tripping over a chair Crysta landed hard on the ground.
"You OK?" Ann asked her helping Crysta up. Crysta nodded and went back over to Lucas's bed. Laying a hand on his shoulder she used all of her weight to keep him down.
"Lucas?" Crysta said trying to get his attention. "Lucas its OK," She saw that he settled slightly, and reaching across she removed the other strap from his wrist. She pulled him into her arms quietly talking to him. Seeing that Crysta had everything under control Ann walked away to given them some privacy.
After awhile Crysta figured he was asleep, she moved only to feel his arms go around her. "Please don't leave."
"I won't," Crysta said sitting down on the bed. With his arms still around her Lucas laid his head onto her lap. She could feel his shoulders shake as he cried. Reaching up she ran her hand though his hair. "It's OK you're safe here."
"I'm weak, crying like a little kid." Lucas said quietly unable to stop the tears that fell and Crysta could hear the pain in his voice.
"You're not weak Lucas," Crysta said feeling tears in her eyes.
"I'm afraid if you leave I'll find myself in that prison again." Lucas said his arms tightening around her.
"I won't let you go back to that place Lucas." Crysta said absently still running her hand through his hair. They sat in the dimly lit room for quite awhile before Lucas spook again.
"Why did they call you?" Lucas asked not lifting his head from her leg.
"I'm the one in charge." Crysta said quietly smiling.
"Do you think I'm weak?" Lucas asked hating to ask but needing to know.
"No I don't, you spent three years in prison having them do lord knows what to you. I think your very strong considering." Crysta said her hand stopping as she concentrated. Leaning back she resumed running her hand through his hair.
"I don't have anyone," Lucas said hating to sound pathetic, but he really didn't have anyone.
"Sure you do, you have friends here. Ben and Miguel. You have lots of people who care for you Lucas." Crysta replied.
"I haven't seen most of them in three years or more." Lucas replied reaching out to link his fingers with her other hand.
"Well you know what they say, when life gives you a river build a bridge." Crysta said, hearing him chuckle a bit.
"I thought it was lemons and you make lemonade." Lucas asked feeling his eyes start to get heavy.
"I guess it's what every you want it to be." Crysta said smiling, she waited for a bit then realized that he was finally asleep. She then realized that she was stuck where she was at, he had one arm around her, and his other hand was still holding on to hers. Sighing she closed her eyes.
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Darkladyknight's ramblings: Well there is the first chapter. Hope you all liked.
Darkladyknight's Preview: We learn a little more on what happened, and where Crysta fits in.