Traitorous Intent (Part III)

Posted on Sun Jul 17th, 2022 @ 11:25am by Lieutenant JG Elizabeth Jackson & Lieutenant JG Talia "Phoenix" Richards & Commander Hans Munich & Lieutenant Bela Swain & Ensign Satt

1,153 words; about a 6 minute read

Mission: Eye of the Storm
Location: Far Side of the Moon

ON

They followed the two through the building to a set of stairs going up. Lizzie put her hand on the door top open it, but Talia stopped her. "Let's give them a bit of a head start."

"But we'll lose them."

"Not with our tricorders. I don't want them leading us into a trap," the pilot said.

Bela took Satt by the arm and lightly dragged him with her, not desiring to be left behind. "Maybe I could talk to them?" the counselor offered.

"I hope this isn't going to be too much of a problem,” Lizzie hissed. "I have seeds to plant."

Phoenix shook her head. "There should be time for that later." She was happy to see the security officer and counselor coming with them. She hoped the counselor could talk some sense into those two. If not, there was Satt.

Munich had been tracking the Frequency of the comm badges to help him make up ground. He had done a little fast footing to get here. coming up upon the small group.

"So, vhat iz going on here?" He asked in a low tone enough to be heard.

Lizzie let out a little eep of surprise, put her hands over her mouth and turned. "Don't do that," she hissed.

Phoenix shushed Lizzie before responding in an equally hushed whisper. "We're following two men who are acting suspicious. We think one or both of them are responsible for the trouble here."

Bela stifled a small laugh before it could escape. "Standing and talking about it here is not going to do a lot...."

"No, it's not." Phoenix turned to the commander. "Do you have anything that could help us find out who is behind the storm and the Remen?"

Munich nodded.

The others waited for him to continue.

"The tall one," Munich said, nodding to the two retreating men, "Is Aram Zendras. He's a scientist. I vas looking at the communications records. He made a deal with the Remen that if they would help with the storm, he would give them mining rights to the planet."

"Did he create the storm, or did they?" Talia asked.

"He did. They used the base on the moon to amplify it."

"Maybe we should go have a talk with him?"

"I can tell you the terminal that he did most of his communications with the Remen from." Munich stated and took out his tricorder. "With the Tricorder I have a lock on the location of the source of the communications." He grinned. "More than a few steps, ninety meters ahead and position tracking locked."

"Then let's go see what he's got to say for himself," Phoenix said.

Shrugging his pack to the ground, Satt, checked his phaser rifle was set to stun and powered up. Looking to the Commander, he spoke, 'I'll take lead.'

'Make sure any weapons are set to stun if you want to talk to him ...' Satt pulled his rifle up tight into his shoulder, and pointed to the ground diagonally across his body as he broke into that peculiar lope adopted by Starfleet Security Officers when on the hunt.

"Always," Phoenix said. Still, she checked her phaser and glanced at Lizzie.

The botanist raised both hands and smiled. "I'm unarmed. I'm here to help with the plants." Lizzie didn't want to get involved in any shooting, either. It never ended well when she did.

"You know," Phoenix began, looking at the others. "I can go ahead and stun those guys, then let you interrogate them. Might be easier than chasing after them."

Checking himself, Satt grunted in realisation. 'That would be more efficient.'

"Perfect." Phoenix was relieved no one tried to stop her. She took off after the men as quickly as quietly as she could. She only needed to get close enough to stun them...

The man in question picked up his pace as he heard Phoenix coming. He'd just opened a door to a stairway when she stopped and shot him and his companion. She still didn't trust that it was safe, so she carefully approached them and checked to make sure no one else was around. they were alone. She tapped her combadge. "Roberts to Satt and Munich. They're down. Pulling them into the stairwell."

While she waited, she pulled the two unconscious men through the door so it could close. Then she sat on a stair with her phaser ready to stun them again if they moved--or if anyone from the colony came after them.

Making his way over to the pilot, Satt looked at the scene. 'We should probably move them to a secure room,' he suggested, before stooping down to hoist one of the men over his shoulder. Letting out a huff of air he realised the man was heavier than he looked.

Phoenix whistled softly. "That's impressive." She shook her head. "Yeah. A room would be good."

"I'll find one," Lizzie said quickly. It was better than helping to drag unconscious men around.

She began to check the rooms along the corridor. As soon as she found an empty one, she went back. "Three rooms down on the left. I'm going to need a whole batch of cookies after this."

Phoenix nodded. "Help me get this one to his feet and I can drape him over my shoulders." She should be able to make it that far.

With the help of Lizzie and Hans, Phoenix had the other man draped over her shoulders.

Staggering a little under the weight of the man over his shoulder, Satt was grateful that Lizzie had found a room or two close by. With purposeful steps, the Bolian made his way rather quickly to the nearest door, and pushed it open with his free shoulder before setting the unconscious man down gently on the floor.

'Here seems as good as any,' he called out.

The second man was dropped with less grace beside him. "I haven't done that in a while," Phoenix admitted, stretching her muscles.

"I think ve should take zem to the ship," Munich said, looking at the men.

"Fine by me." Phoenix turned to Satt. "What about you?"

He shrugged, 'I have no objection to the Commander's suggestion.'

Phoenix nodded and tapped her combadge. "Calypso, beam up Ensign Satt, Lieutenant , Commander Munich and two colonists."

When she received acknowledgement, she said, "We'll come back on the shuttle as soon as Lizzie is done here."

Once the others were gone, Talia turned to Lizzie. "Shall we have a look at those plants now?"

Lizzie nodded. "Yes. I have some seeds and starters on the ship. I want a list of anything else they'll need."

Together, the two headed outside.

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OFF

Ensign Satt
Security Officer

Commander Hans Munich
Executive Officer

Lieutenant Bela Swain
Chief Counselor

Lieutenant JG Talia "Phoenix" Richards
Squadron Leader/Pilot

Lieutenant JG Elizabeth Jackson
Botanist

 

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