Nelson Follies

Chapter Six

Inside the lab with the power levels turned up on the black box control panel. Admiral Nelson standing watching heard the humming noise coming from it. He turned to face Doctor Seamus with a frown on his ashen face all of a sudden.

"Is this device supposed to make this kind of humming noise?" Nelson asked with Captain Crane moving into a corner of the lab noticing the multi-colored fish in one of the tanks seem scared.

"Not really Admiral Nelson! Maybe the power levels need to be lowered until we figure out what is happening. Maybe something happened while being placed on the FS-1 in Ireland." Doctor Seamus turned down the device to fifty percent for now. Though Doctor Teo Me Reign needed more out of the device. Maybe later when Doctor Seamus and his associate are back in their cabins.

Lee walked over to the Admiral with an expression that Nelson knows very well. "Doctor Seamus let us know when the device is ready for full testing."

"Of course, Admiral Nelson. I just don't like this latest setback with the U.S. Government and military needing to have this device working soon to feed the population. I will send Doctor Rae and Reign to their cabins, I will stay here for a little while." Doctor Seamus replied sounding some what annoyed...

Doctors Rae and Reign moving out of the lab with Sergeant Moore to stay outside until her watch was over. And in the meantime Lee and Nelson decided for his cabin on Officer's country. Nelson let his friend go inside first before following inside. Turning to face his friend concern etched on his face.

"What's going on Lee?" Nelson moved to his seat behind the desk filled with a number of files that he needed to read and sign.

"Something is going on with one of those doctors Admiral Nelson. Especially when Doctor Seamus was upset that his device wasn't working correctly. Plus to top it off sir, something happened when the power levels spiked to cause the fish in your lab to be scared." Lee said with Nelson shaking his head with thinking about the strange communications on Sparks board.

"Lee, we need to step up the security patrols. I don't like this situation one bit, and to have a device on board that can probably blow up into our faces and the Seaview." Nelson said with grabbing for a cup of black coffee and a smoke that he keeps in his lower draw for occasions like these.

"I will get right on it sir with the security patrols." Lee moved out of the cabin to head for the Control room to give the orders for Master of Arms.

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Doctor Teo Reign was angry. He had to wait on getting into the lab later in the evening when everyone is either eating or asleep. But in the meantime he needed to send another coded message to the people needing the device destroyed. Locking the cabin door once more, he moved into the bedroom to begin with the coded message on his watch.

However in the Control Room on alert. A new man taking over in the radioshack while Sparks was on an hour break. Sergeant Cal Avery just checking his board for messages arriving. He noticed the strange blinking light for which he had no idea what was going on. He called over Captain Lee Crane to let him know.

"Is there a problem Sergeant?" Lee asked with concern in his tone and demeanor.

"Yes, sir...That light is telling me that there is someone on this submarine sending out some sort of a message." Sergeant Avery says with checking the area with pulling down the wiring connectors to see if there was some type of a possible short. "It doesn't seem to be a short Captain. Do you want me to use the scanning device to check and see where the transmission is coming from?"

"No. I will have Kowalski take over while you continue to scan the board." Lee walked over to Kowalski at his station checking the Radar with his friend Patterson next store on Sonar. "Kowalski, I have a chore for you. Take this signaling device and try to find out where the coded communications is coming from." Lee hands him the device while crewman Ron Hanson takes over his station.

"Any ideas on where to look?" Kowalski asked...

"I suggest you head for the cabins for where the three doctors are staying on this trip back to Santa Barbara, California." Captain Crane tells him with watching Kowalski leave the Control room.

Reaching the deck after climbing down the stairs. Kowalski had turned on the scanning device chirping away with a possible direction. Captain Lee Crane had asked Master of Arms to be standing by in case they find out who or what was sending out the transmission.

Walking slowly taking his time with the device in his hand. He continued until he reached Doctor Seamus and his cabin showing no sign of any type of communications device. It was at this particular time Doctor Teo Reign had stopped with his coded message leaving Kowalski shaking his head that it had stopped right in front of Doctor Teo Reign's cabin.

Kowalski decided to head back to the Control room to report back to Captain Lee Crane standing over the plotting table making a slight adjustment of a course. Kowalski walked down the spiral staircase with his report.

"Anything Kowalski?" Lee asked with his order with Commander Morton coming over after checking with the course.

"The scanning device had me stop short in front of Doctor Teo Me Reign's cabin. I didn't knock on his door sir. But I have a feeling the signaling device might be on the doctor or in his cabin." Kowalski says with anguish that he wasn't able to catch the doctor in the act.

"Very well Kowalski take over your station once again, I will need to discuss this further with Admiral Nelson." Lee said with giving the Con to Commander Morton until he was done talking to the Admiral.