"Hey prepare your asses. Five minute warning" Feriria yelled from the pilot seat to the others. Miles slowly stood up grabbing a handle above her. "Alright ladies role check!" she yelled. "Peterson!" She looked to Jaraj who nodded. "Yeah… got the shit name.." he chuckled. "Jake." Ryuk waved his hand. "Right here Renia." he smirked at Miles.
Link watched her yell out the names. He was doing his best to try to remember everyone's fake names. He had a hard enough time learning their real names and now this on top of it. He looked down at Miles' bag where Navi was peeking out.
"Leo" She looked down at Link. "Yeah." he spoke up and then looked to Zigor as she called his other name. One by one she went through them all. The four hours were finally over, but then there would be another few hours before they acted.
"Alright! Take one pass it down. Chew it up and swallow, it's going to taste like crap." Miles pulled one out. It was a small tablet. She held the small tin to Link who took it. He took one out studying it.
Link looked at the others who did what was told. He closed his eyes, putting it in his mouth. He frowned at the taste of it. He wasn't even sure what it did, yet here he was eating it. He coughed some and held his throat.
Zigor let out a small whine. "The hell?" his voice crackled from taking it. He looked to Miles hoping she would explain. He wasn't sure what she just had them take.
Miles chuckled as she watched the three having issues with the tablet. "It's a gift from Quou. Her voice was deeper than normal. "They change vocal cords for a few hours so we should be good. I wouldn't talk much for 5 minutes till it settles in."
Jacob looked to his wife who was now a man with light yellow skin. Getting to his feet. "Remember all of you, the moment we get there you have to be ready for plans to shift moment to moment. Also, Do whatever they ask, get some balls and just do it. You can say your sorries after we get everyone out and blow the place up. No hints in any way to your friends that we are there for have to be as clueless as we want everyone else to be. Got it?! So may the gods, goddesses, fates or whoever the damn hell you worship watch over your sorry asses. Hopefully one of them will give us the luck we need to get through this in one piece." His voice was also deeper than normal. Jacob sat back down as there was a beeping over the intercom.
"Hailing ship 3291 Delta, please confirm authentication numbers." A voice speaking over the intercom. Link looked up as his ear went down. He looked towards the pilot set where Feriria started to recite numbers from a paper. There was a silence and the ship's engine went dead.
Feriria cursed as he hit the panel. "Operator why you power down my ship?" "Your ship has been flagged. You did not connect at check point two, also it was alerted that there was member change on the ship." Ferira looked back from his chair at Jaraj. "You fixing this?" he snapped.
Jaraj looked at him. "I can't do anything here. I can't connect to their direct systems." he snapped back at him. Feriria growled as he looked back ."I thought the member issue should have been dealt with. We were given the go at the station." He finally responded.
Zigor leaned back in his seat listening the best he could to Feriria answers, since that was all what they could do as Feriria was the operator. His eyes trailed to Link who was looking towards the pilot seat. "What is happening?" Navi spoke up from the bag.
"Our ship has been flagged as a possible threat." Cow spoke up, he was sitting on the other side of Quou. Navi looked at him and then up to Miles. "What will happen? I mean we are fine, right?" Miles looked at her and then to Jacob who didn't seem to show any concern about the issue.
"We have contacted a local station to come and tow you back to their station. We are not authorizing you to dock on our station." Kris hit the back of the wall. "Damit.." She went to get up but Jacob held his arm to her.
Jacob got to his feet slowly making his way to the front of the small shuttle. He looked to Feriria who looked a bit defeated. "So how are we getting through this shit?" He looked to Jacob. "It's clear you don't know how to sweet talk a lady.. which I admit explains a lot." he gave a light chuckle as he looked at the panel deciding which button it was.
Jacob bent down pushing a button. "This is captain Jedra. Instead of the second checkpoint contact I was instead contacted by Oskal. I have an overwrite code: Zero, four, four, oal, telsa-deu." He spoke the code slowly to make sure he spoke it clear to the operator.
With that the ship engines came back on. "Please forgive us, Oskal does not always inform us if he has sent overwrites. You are free to dock." Jacob patted Feriria on the shoulder and went to head back to his seat.
"What the hell did you used to do in the DG? You ever going to tell us? There was no way that code was in those files Miles got us." Feriria spoke up as he watched Jacob head back to his seat.
Ryuk applauded. "I'm assuming you fucked someone high up. That's the truth, and someone got mad so it was to reveal it or you retire." He pointed at Jacob. Mile smirked at Jacob. "So where did you get that code?"
Jacob waved his finger at her. "Maybe one day I'll tell you, but today.. Not happening." He sat down next to Quou.
Navi looked up at Miles. "W-what happened?" Miles looked down at her. "Nothing to worry your little head about. Once we get off the ship into our room and Jaraj runs a frequency test you can come out." informing the small faerie.
A couple minutes passed and the ship shook. Jacob got up heading to the door. He opened the door walking out. "Leave your shit on the ship." he said as he headed out of the ship. The docking bay had 2 other small shuttles there. He studied the docking bay till his eyes locked onto his target. There was the captain of the group standing waiting to greet him.
"Molholt" Molholt he spoke up as Jacob walked up. He looked to Jacob's hand. "Jedra, and that is my sorry ass of a group." He nodded as they each started to come out of the shuttle. "Forgive me, I would shake your hand, but I'm still covered in sweat, had a bit of a workout before coming here." He winced as Jacob shook his hand. "There's worse shit than sweaty hands."
Molholt smiled. "I do have a request. I need your best, um." He paused. "Good listener. Promised a friend here I would get her a personal guard who would be a good choice. And that would be them being a good listener."
Jacob looked to the group. "They all suck at listening. What skills do they need? Might be able to find you something better in that." He was trying to pry more information. He had to be careful of his choices.
Molholt sighed trying to think of how to explain it. "It's species data collection. So someone who isn't afraid of interacting with the specimens. It is more or less training drills and keeping the specimen from acting out."
Looking at each of them. Who to send? He was breaking up a team. What more, some of them might not be able to handle certain things emotionally. Training drills, so nothing watching some of the worse experiments. "Kiek, up here now." He snapped. He watched as Gotenoo jogged up to them. She looked at Molholt and then to Jacob, not sure what was happening. "She's probably the best for this."
Molholt nodded and looked to one of his guards who walked in. "This is Undie, she will take the rest of your guards to the sleeping quarters. So me and you can talk and also have Kiek here meet Shiva." Jacob nodded and walked towards the group. "All are going to follow and listen to Undie here. She will be taking you all to our quarters. Don't mess up the place."
Jacob nodded. "Let's get going. Come Kiek you will be walking with us." Molholt started to head towards Shiva's lab. "So she is currently running two experiments. One a female and another a male. I doubt there will be anything to do for a couple hours as both of them are resting. You will need to keep an eye on them. One of them has already escaped out of her room once." He informed the two of them.
Jacob glanced at Gotenoo who was taking in everything. She had to stay focused, no emotions. She glanced at the doors as they walked by. Any of these rooms could have her friends or family in. She looked back at the two who were talking.
"I have one guard who is currently in medical. One of the ex-elites got to him, but he got lucky just a concussion. Autum, is the one you need to keep your best guards on. She is clearly testing her limits. Then there is the immortal, who Oskal thinks is his pet, Celtic. If he is paired with Autum, they cause issues, so heads up on that." Molholt explained.
Jacob nodded as he listened. He watched Molholt walk into a lab. Jacob put his hand on Gotenoo's shoulder. "Relax, keep your head in this. This is the best of what we could have wished for." he encouraged her.
Gotenoo nodded as she followed him in. Looking around the room, her eyes locked with Deka who was shaking some as she was sitting on a chair. Gotenoo took a deep breath and had to get ready for what was happening.
"You think you can just give me just a little more?" Deka pleaded with Shiva. Shiva watched her debating what she wanted to do. Her attention went to the door. "Molholt your back! You brought me two? Oh you are a dear! Here I already thought you forgot about me." she rambled as she walked up to the group.
"Calm down Shiva, only one of them. Also wanted to introduce the next captain on duty. Just transferred here. Jedra, is the captain in charge of the next shift."
Jacob shook her hand. "Read your work Shiva, I'm happy to see you're still on your quest." A grin went across her face as he mentioned her work. "I like him already! You are always welcome to participate in my study!" She studied his face. "You know you remind me of someone I used to know."
Jacob chuckled. "I get that alot. I have been to a couple of your research lectures though. So possibly there." he explained to her. Shiva nodded pointing at him. "Nice to see someone who cares about their mind." she smiled.
Jacob chuckled as he looked to Gotenoo. "This is Kiek, she will be taking her shift with you." Gotenoo looked away from Deka and to Shiva.
"Shhiiiva…" Deka whined from behind. "Please… just a little bit more of the spirit." Shiva looked back at her. "Looks like she is suffering from withdrawal" Jacob spoke up. Shiva nodded. "Yeah, debating if I should give her more or not." "Give it to her. She will be up for when Kiek takes her round. It will be a good experience for her. That or she would be worthless during the time, I doubt you want to waste that time."
Gotenoo looked at Jacob. She knew what drug that was. It was the one Deka worked so hard to get off of. She wanted to say something but knew better. Her eyes trailed to Shiva who walked over to her desk.
"I like the way you think." Shiva stepped up on a step stool pulling out a medical gun and loaded it up. She tossed it to Deka, short but Deka stumbled out of her chair to catch it. Deka sat on the ground and shot herself with it. Deka curled up on the ground.
Gotenoo watched her friend struggling on the ground. She looked back at Shiva who walked up to her. "Sorry about that, Kiek, right?" She held out her hand. Gotenoo nodded, shaking her hand. "Nice to meet you." she smiled weakly at her.
Molholt watched the two. "We need to be going, I thought introductions were necessary." Shiva put her hands on her hips. "Then hurry off. So that way you can get back here faster." she muttered. She walked over to Deka. "Med gun now." Deka held it up with her tail and rolled on her back. "So, what are we doing now?" "Your body needs rest.. You have an hour. So go." she pointed to her desk.
Gotenoo followed Molholt and Jacob out. She let out a small sigh trying to keep herself prepared for what was going to happen.
Undie looked at Miles and her bag. "Bag has to stay here in the docking bay." Miles frowned. "Need it.. So it's coming." Undie rolled her eyes. "It is protocol that all bags are checked. So leave it."
Miles growled. "I'M GOING THROUGH WAYDRUIN!" She screamed at the woman. The group fell silent. Ryuk and Kris both moved away from her. "Er.. Sorry.. I, the psych said I was fine coming. So no worries ok."
Undie walked up to her and put her hand on her shoulder saying something only Miles could hear. She rubbed Miles on the shoulder pointing out of the room. Undie took the bag and opened it she then closed it handing it back to Miles. Miles hugged her tight and took her bag back.
Link looked at Miles confused and looked at Zigor who's face clearly showed disgust. He shook his head and looked at Link. "One of those things you're better off not knowing." he said to Link as they followed Undie and Miles out of the docking bay.
They were led down some stairs going down to a level below. "All of the labs are upstairs. There is one mess hall up there, food sucks up there, so stick to the ones on this floor." Undie spoke as she turned around explaining to them.
"What's all on this floor?" Jaraj spoke up. "Mostly the living quarters on this floor." Pausing she pointed at a door. "These are the closest restrooms." she pointed to the door across the hall from it. "Showers, beware one of the scientist he likes to sing in there. It makes it all awkward." she shook her head walking down the hall.
Leading them to two more doors. "This one is our crew's room. And that lovely one is yours. Fresh fruits and vegetables are brought in daily. Drinks in the fridge. If you need snacks or anything just send a request out." She explained to the group. "Any questions."
Ryuk walked up to her. "Armor and walkies in the room or we have to go without?" Undie pointed down the hall. "That next door is where you get prepped for shifts. Please keep it cleaned up, since we all use it." she looked at him.
"I believe we are good, then." Quou spoke up as he opened the door walking into the room. His eyes trailed to the 12 doors in the room. The main area was wide open space with couches and tables. He walked in and sat on a chair closing his eyes.
Miles walked into the room and dropped her bag onto the couch. Spacing that Navi was in there. She winced as she heard Navi let out a cry. She sat down next to the bag looking back to see if Undie was in the room or not.
"Good job." Ryuk smirked as he sat on the other side of the bag. Miles frowned. "Sorry sorry." She muttered as she set the bag on her lap, opening it up looking at Navi who was glaring at her. "You got to stay in there a bit longer till Jarja is done. Speaking of which. She dug into the bag and pulled out a small tablet. She tossed it to Jaraj. "Here, snag that frequency so she can come out and about."
Jaraj sat down in a chair and started to mess on the tablet. He pulled out a small device off the side of the tablet. He walked up and held it out to Navi. "Figure out how to hook this on. This will more or less make you invisible to the cameras. So you can roam some."
Navi picked up the small cylinder trying to figure out how to attach it. She frowned some as Quou picked her up. "I'll help you out with that, I doubt those two can figure this out." Navi looked at Quou smiling weakly, it was odd the male voice and look.
Link looked around the room. There were 3 couches and chairs. A small table in the back with chairs around it. Looking to Quou who walked away with Navi. He walked over to one of the couches with no one on it. He plopped down looking up to the ceiling. He didn't know what to expect now. It was a waiting game and then it was time to act.
Zigor walked up to Link and sat next to him. He rather not go to the others. "You ready?" he asked him quietly. Link glanced at him and nodded. Looking at Navi who appeared in front of them. She landed on Link's knee looking up at him. She had little straps on like a backpack under her robe. "You think this is going to work?" she asked him.
Link looked to Zigor. He had his own doubts, even though he wanted this to work. Zigor nodded. "Has to, that or we're all stuck here." Zigor replied to her. Looking to Cow who was sitting at the table by himself. Part of him prayed he was right about the man. That he was really who he said he was.
The door opened and a man dressed in guard clothing. He was holding two bottles of beer. "Corda! Like I promised..." he stared at the group, no sign of Corda. "Er." Miles looked back over the couch at him. "Some of the guards who were supposed to come got sick. So replacements were called in." She informed him.
The man nodded a little and took a swig of one of his bottles walking out, closing the door. Ryuk smirked. "Looked like he was going to party hard." Miles laughed. She let out a sigh hopefully there would be no more interruptions.
Miles looked to the door as it opened again. Her frown changed as she saw Gotenoo. That meant Jacob will be doing his catch up with the other captain. Hopefully the two won't rattle on too long.
Gotenoo opened the door looking into the room. A smile went on her face, she found the room. She walked into the room closing the door. Looking for Zigor and Link she ran up to the two of them. "You ok?" Zigor questioned her. He could tell she was upset.
"Y-yeah… just." Gotenoo squeezed between Link and Zigor. "They're making Deka take Spirit again.." she spoke quietly. "What's that?" Navi chimed in. She looked at the two of her.
Zigor looked away. "It's a street drug. Addictive." Link's ears went low some as he watched Gotenoo look down. "It's something she worked hard to stop taking." Zigor looked to Navi. "So, means they have personal files on us." He rubbed the temples of his head trying to calm himself.
Group was silent till Jacob walked into the room. He had a tablet in his hand. "I said we would start early since the other guard group is going to get our shit off the shuttle. "His attention went to Gotenoo and the others on the couch. Walking up to them he studied the three of them.
"Which of you can contact the little rat?" Jacob finally spoke up. Gotenoo and Zigor looked at each other. " I can." Gotenoo said as she got to her feet looking at him. "Get the rat here." He stated.
Gotenoo looked around, walking up to Jaraj. "Um, do you think I can borrow that?" She pointed to the tablet he had. "What do you need?" He asked her. "I need to see if I can find channel 3434.h and talk over it."
Jaraj messed with the tablet typing a couple of things and held it up to her. "Here all set up. Simple." Gotenoo smiled taking it. She held a button down. "Echa, its Gogo, if you can come to room z02." She waited a second and then held it back to him.
The group was quiet as they waited. Soon there was clawing at the vent. Gotenoo ran up to the vent and grabbed a chair pulling it up. She pulled open the vent pulling out Echa. She smiled and hugged him. Looking up to Jacob who walked up to them. "We need the device he has." he patted Echa on the head.
Gotenoo nodded, setting him down on the table next to Jaraj. She took off the device and held it to him. Picking up Echa she set him on her shoulder and he crawled up and hid in her hair that was hanging down.
"You able to do something with that?" Jacob looked to Jaraj who snapped off a piece. "Oh yeah, especially if you give me a walking patrol I'll have this sucker planted and ready to go." he nodded to Jacob.
"Good, let's get this going. Everyone! Let's head over to the equipment room." He yelled out as he pointed to the door. "Move your asses." He headed towards the door.
Zigor watched the others get up. Looking to Miles who walked up to them. "Teley to us Navi, give us five so we can make sure the room is cleared out." Navi nodded as she jumped off of Link's leg as he got up. She looked at Gotenoo who clearly was trying to keep her head in the game.
"Come on" Miles instructed the three as she headed out. Her eyes trailed to Cow who walked past her. Still, his side was unknown. Even with long ears vouching for him, it wasn't a hundred percent confirmation. Shaking her head she followed Cow to the prep room. How was it that no-one had ever met their friend's fiancee'?