Adventure on the Poseidon (part 1) [BACKPOST]

Posted on Thu Dec 27th, 2012 @ 3:11pm by Lieutenant JG Ronnie Wolfe & Lieutenant Commander Damion Wolfe
Edited on on Thu Dec 27th, 2012 @ 3:18pm

907 words; about a 5 minute read

Mission: The Enemy Within: Lying in Wait
Location: Holodeck 2
Timeline: Before arriving at Tiberius IV

ON

Ronnie sipped her wine as the waiter cleared their table. When he left, she smiled at Damion. "I'm not so sure I want to be here when the wave hits." The idea of being on a ship that tipped over was a little unnerving. She looked up at the stained-glass windows high above them. "How long do we have?"

"I'm not sure. Any minute now, I guess." He smiled as he looked around their table and then looked back to Ronnie with a smile. He couldn't wait for the fun to begin. That was the part of choosing this program. The idea of all this drama and action that was about to happen. Having to survive and their hearts racing against the clock. He was interested to see how they would work together. Damion was trained for this kind of thing. To survive and find a way to complete a specific goal. Luckily he brought some spare medication with him, just in case. The last thing he would want is to be driven crazy because of all the adrenaline and chaos that was about to hit.

"Any minute now?" She looked up at the ceiling. "Should we move to a safer place? Or will we be okay here?" She wasn't quite sure how things would progress from here. Would it be a slow roll or a quick flip? She'd been on the RMS Titanic while it sank, but it was slow enough that she always had time to leave before it went under. Now, she wasn't sure what to expect here.

Damion looked over to her and smiled a bit. "Are you scared?" He said softly and then leaned back a bit. "Don't worry, Ronnie. Its just a hologram." He put his hands on the table and then leaned forward toward her. "Even if it wasn't. You know I would protect you." Damion said softly as he eased his hand slowly onto hers.

"I know," she replied, smiling. "You know I trust you." She looked up at the ceiling again. "Even so, it's a long way up."

"I'll give you a little help. The more important thing is to move with the rolling. If she starts to roll to the left, then we move left, with the roll." Damion got up and then moved to a seat closer to her. "Think of it like a hamster wheel. Once it starts you move the way it turns. You have to watch out for things falling and people getting in your way. Most important thing is to stay calm."

"Got it," she said, nodding. She was calm. After their stay in the mines, this was a piece of cake.

Just then the ship jerked violently and began to tip to the side. She squeezed his hand and stood from the table. Time to start moving.

The ship slowly started to turn. Things began to crash and fall off, crashing into the floor. As the ship began to turn, people began to scream and shout. The frantic masses began to run around, looking for places to be in to keep themselves safe. They ran into other people, knocking them over and injuring some others. Damion held onto Ronnies hand as he began to move with her to the wall, trying to keep up with the ships movement. He kept her close as much as he could, to keep her safe and out of harms way.

With a mighty lurch, the ship turned belly up, throwing Damion and Ronnie against the wall and then onto what was once the ceiling. Fortunately, they missed the large stained-glass window by several feet. Others were not so lucky.

Ronnie screamed as she hit the wall. For several moments she lay on what was now the floor, catching her breath. That was a harder hit than she'd expected.

A large crash sounded and glass flew through the air as someone lost their battle to hold onto a bolted-down table and fell. The water began to flood into the room.

Damion had a slight smile on his face as the chaos slowly began to start. He took a tight hold of Ronnies hand and then looked around. He saw the double doors at the other end of the dinning hall were still opened. "You see those! We need to get to those!" He looked to Ronnie and then pointed to the doors. "They are gonna shut and then lock, sealing anyone in here in! We don't want to be locked in here!" He yelled and then looked back around.

"Got it." She kicked off her shoes, picked them up, hiked up her skirt and ran for the door.

Damion followed behind her. They had to make it passed several screaming people, but they did their best to get by without harming anyone. When they finally pushed through and go in, the doors slowly started to close. A woman, her son, a drunk man, and a foreign gentleman. The doors would seal shut and then lock. They could hear screaming from the other side of the door, but there was nothing more that they could do for them.

The water had already begun to flow out of the main room. It was rising fast enough that if the doors hadn't sealed, they'd all drown.

(To be continued...)

Lieutenant JG Damion Wolfe
Chief Intelligence Officer

Lieutenant JG Ronnie Lancaster
Assistant Chief Science Officer

 

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