Disclaimer- *goggle eyes* just scroll down to the story.. we all know this part.

Personal Note- Whoa, so sorry about the delay.. life been butting in but ya know
what, got my free time back!!! Thanks to (Captain) Michael Richardson for the
betaing and for letting me use his name. All mistakes are mine... so :P

For Dag.

Can't Keep A Good Guy Down.

By the Untalented JOxER

Chapter 8

"Lt. Brody, I told you to put your weapon down. That is an order" Captain
Bridger said more forcefully and using his power of his rank of captain. Brody
gave the captain a confused look but slowly began to set his weapon down. The
security team, composed of 5 people, came running to a halt and also raised their
weapons towards the inside of the room. Lt. Brody didn't instruct his team to
lower their weapons. "Set your weapons down" Captain Bridger finally
instructed the team. They all gave him a 'yes sir' and set their weapons back to
their holders. Captain Bridger took in a deep breath and walked towards the giant
GELF. He told everyone to stand back as he came face to face with Dagwood.

"Dagwood, what happened here?" Nathan said in a steady voice. He was hopping
that he could figure out why Dagwood was there or if he really was the killer.
Dagwood was one of the most kind and gentle person he had ever met. Yet it was
also the reason that he was on seaQuest was the fact that he was 'an experiment
gone wrong'.

"Chucky hurt Dr. Smith!" Dagwood said as he showed the doll to the captain.

"Oh come on cap, the doll? He's the real murderer?!" Brody said. Nathan raised
his hand behind him and signaled for the lieutenant to shut up.

"Dagwood, Dr. Smith is hurt. Can we get near her so we can help her?" Nathan
said. Dagwood looked down at the fallen doctor and nodded slowly. He stepped
away from the doctor and allowed some of the security men to lift the doctor
away to med bay. Nathan sighed and tried to talk to Dagwood. Lt. Brody
remained with the captain, along with the two security members that stayed, still
ready to shoot down the GELF.

"Dagwood what happened here?" Nathan said again.

"It was him captain." Dagwood showed him the doll once again.

"Dagwood, Chucky is just plastic... how could he have hurt Dr. Smith?" Nathan
questioned, thinking more and more that Dagwood could have been responsible
for this.

"No captain, Chucky talked. He said that Dr. Smith was not playing nice... and
that she had to be taught a lesson" Dagwood then turned the doll towards him.
"Talk." Dagwood said as he pressed Chucky's stomach area.

"Hi, my name is Chucky and I'm your friend to the end. Hidi Ho Ha Ha Ha."
Chucky said. Dagwood smiled and showed the doll back to the captain. Nathan
went and took Chucky out of Dagwood's hands. The GELF was still smiling
when Nathan handed the doll to Lt. Brody.

"Dagwood, that is what the doll is programmed to say." The captain pushed the
stomach and another computerized childish voice answered back. The captain
shook his head in disappointment as he faced the GELF once more. "I hate to do
this to you Dagwood but you must follow Lt. Brody to the brig."

"I don't understand captain. The doll said.." Dagwood said as he reacted for the
doll. Nathan pulled the doll out of Dagwood's reach.

"I'm sorry Dag, you must go to the brig." Nathan said as he motioned for Lt.
Brody to take Dagwood away. Brody made his way to the Dagwood but the
GELF grunted in disagreement. This made Brody step back and look at the
captain.

"Chucky hurt Dr. Smith." Dagwood insisted and this time took the doll from the
captain's hand. Dagwood took the doll as Brody raised his weapon in case the
GELF was going to hurt the captain. Dagwood took the doll and shook it.

"Talk Chucky. Tell them you hurt Dr. Smith."

"I liked to be hugged." The doll responded. Dagwood rubbed the side of his head
with one hand in confusion. The captain went towards the GELF and removed
the doll from Dagwood's grasp once again. The captain threw the doll towards
the Brody and walked to the confused GELF.

"Dagwood, please, follow Lt. Brody to the brig. This is all a mistake but just
follow him." Nathan said as he was speaking to a little child. "Please Dagwood."
Dagwood looked at the captain and looked at the lieutenant. He was so confused,
he didn't know what to do but the captain would never hurt him. The captain was
a good captain.

"Umm.. Ok" Dagwood said as he walked out slowly out of the room. The two
remaining security members were ready to take the GELF away when Brody
stepped in.

"I'll take him." The Lieutenant smiled. He was so glad that the murderer was
caught, more happier that it turned out to be a dagger. "You two clean up here and
collect any evidence in this room. Make sure you leave anything you find with
me." Brody said as handed the doll to one of the officers and lead Dagwood out of
the room. Nathan sighed as Dagwood and Brody left the room. Nathan still
didn't understand how could Dagwood have been the murder. Maybe he was in
the wrong places at the wrong time but there were too many facts going against
Dagwood. Nathan shook his head and began to walk out of the room.

"Sir?" a young man holding the doll by the arm said to his captain.

"Yes ensign Richardson?" Nathan replied.

"Did he really do it sir? Did Dagwood really killed Morissette and Scott?"
Richardson said.

"I do not know." Nathan said.

"Dag couldn't have done it." The other ensign whispered to herself.

"What was that Ensign Merrill?"

"I said that Dag couldn't have done it, sir. He couldn't have killed them. He has
the strength but he has a huge heart that would never allow him to do such a
thing." Merrill sadly ended. Nathan rested his hand on her shoulders.

"I know.. I know." Nathan said as he tapped her shoulders two times and then
walked out of the room and closed the door behind him.

"What does Jim mean by collect the evidence!" Michael Richardson asked his
friend. "Dagwood's gone and he's the murderer"

"How dare ya say that. Dagwood couldn't have done it." Jennifer Merrill said as
she began to look for any clues that would show that Dagwood was innocent. She
had only been at the seaQuest II since it was commissioned and she didn't know
allot of people. She had met the dagger when he was cleaning and she found him
to be a great person. The fact that he was a GELF scared her at first but after that
first meeting, she had no problem talking to the GELF after that. She looked at
Richardson who was just sitting on the desk and staring at the plastic doll.
"Would you stop playing with that doll and help me search this place!"

"Geez, sorry ma'am." Richardson looks at the doll and shows him to Merrill who
was collecting some papers from the doctor's desk. "What should we do with this
guy? He's kind of cute. I bet chicks like dolls. Ya want him?"

"Give me a break. I thought you were the ones that played with doll but I guess
not, you can't blow up this one."

"Oh that was harsh."

"Yeah yeah, your face." Merrill said as she finished with the room and only had
some papers for Lt. Brody. "Come on, after I searched this whole room by
myself, lets go report to the lieutenant."

"What do we do about this guy?" Richardson said as Merrill roller her eyes.

"Hello, evidence!.." Merrill said as she hit Richardson with the stack of papers
and started to exit the room. Richardson with the doll in hand followed her
towards the lieutenant quarters.

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Sorry so short... but hey, I did remember I had to write this! Hehehe, sorry
anyways.