Connecting Plans

Posted on Fri Jun 25th, 2021 @ 4:42am by Lieutenant Lily Marlow & Lieutenant Commander Angus Murphy
Edited on on Fri Jun 25th, 2021 @ 5:04am

Mission: End of Line
1111 words - 2.2 OF Standard Post Measure

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There is a chirp indicating that there is a message coming to a communicator.

Then there is this message barely audible and with a lot of static. =^="Murphy, are you there? It's Marlow. We're making our way to the ship. Is there anyone else with you? Please respond."=^=

Murph tapped his commbadge and looked to Lhaes. "Murph here. Commander Sommers and I are still on the station. We have something to do.. We'll be back to Majestic shortly, I hope."

=^="That is fantastic. Hopefully you will be going after the jammer, which will leave us to take care of two other details. We are needing to go find Splice, as well as acquire the equipment to bring the sentient holo-programs with us. Be careful, we've been warned that Adna has some hunters out and about. Hopefully our communications will still continue. It depends on Splice." =^=

"Chef O'Malley was with us doctor, we've sent him back to the ship. Who is Splice? Is it a hologram like a program called Oz meeting with us?" Lhaes arched an eyebrow at Murph, wondering what the chief engineer was thinking.

=^="From what Gwendolyn, the other Hologram person, had stated that Splice is a human, like us but is in a strange device that keeps her alive and Splice can access the...network I guess you could call it that? In a limited form. I don't know the whole details and Gwendolyn was a little bit fuzzy on more infor mation. She was concerned that she couldn't recall all the details wholly."=^=

There was a moments of silence then Lily spoke,=^= "Okay we're back to the ship. Be careful.=^=

There was the chirp of the communication closed off, then there was the sound of something hitting the floor with a thud, then a bit of a groan. "W-where am I?" a definite male sounding voice could be heard from behind.

"Commander Sommers? Commander Murphy?" when they turn around a male bajoran about 63 years old would be working to stand up. His uniform was rent in a few places, a scratch across his cheek. Sommers and Murphy would recognize Ensign Trenin Asher who worked with Hawke in strategic operations.

A man of slight frame, and had a little bit of a smile. "Well, looks like my luck is getting better. " he paused though, peering at the two men in front of him. "You are real aren't you?" taking out an instrument to give them a scan. "Okay so far so good."

Murphy approached Ensign Asher cautiously, as though having the very same question about him, but then deciding it was too paranoid to be entirely distrustful. "Are you alright?" he didn't wait long for an answer though, "We need to get moving. We have some systems to disrupt."

Asher nodded and followed after the two men. "I am alright." he stated. " And lead on." Asher had a bone to pick with the Station, he couldn't find his wife, as she had gone on to the station to get a surprise she had told him.

Lhaes nodded. "Any help you can give us will be greatly appreciated ensign. We are looking for a person named Splice..we are to get him out of the system so we can shut it down."

"I have seen some weird things on the station. I have been looking for my wife. I wasn't with her when she came to the station, she came here to get something to surprise me. She never came back, so I came looking for her. And found myself running until I ducked into a tunnel, and wound up here with the two of you. I do realize you hadn't really asked that but wanted to mention it. As for your question, I've not met this Splice you have mentioned but I have heard a voice that told me where to go to escape the creature that was hunting me. And she said her name was Splice."

Asher looked around, "She did say that we needed to go through a blue door. Maybe further down this corridor, to find it. I really hope to find my wife."

A turn around a curve and there it was, the door that had been mentioned.

"Well..." Lhaes studied the door, raising his tricorder at it. "That is interesting, you mention a specific door, and it appears. Do you know what kind of creature was haunting you?"

"It looked like a.. bandersnatch are you familiar with Through the looking glass? And there was a creature which was like a bulldog, snow leopard and bear with long fur, black spots, a long tail, and multiple rows of sharp teeth. All combined into one. Very creepy looking. " Tenser replied.

"Bandersnatch?" Lhaes frowned, then shook his head. "I don't know what that is."

"Just a nightmarish beast that is dangerous and definitely deadly." Tenser looked over to both Lhaes and Murphy, "Well here we are, guess its time to step through that door, Commander Murphy?"

Inwardly, Murph was uncomfortable with all of it. Holograms. This would definitely be his last holo-adventure for the foreseeable future, if he made it out alive. He nodded confidently anyway to Tenser and moved to the door and opened it before stepping through.

Lhaes followed quickly, eager to go home and back to his family.

And there it was, the device that was stopping communications with the ship, and with others. Lights blinking in a rhythmic pattern.

"Why does this look way too easy?" Tenser remarked, gazing nervously about. "Sorry, my nerves these holograms have just been..." he shivered "It maybe a little bit nerve wracking. " Tenser stopped as he saw a shadow drift across his arm. He looked up and gave a faint scream. He saw it, a giant spider the size of Shelob slowly lowering itself from the ceiling. With trembling hand he pointed upwards. "S-s-spider!"

With shaky hands he shoots at the hologram that seemed way too real. The energy from the phaser seemed to be affecting it ,the spider chittering rapidly its descent being paused.

Lhaes shuddered at the size of the spider, then raised his phaser at the blinking lights. "Let's see if this helps," he said as he pressed the trigger and destroyed the mechanism.

The mechanism sent out a shower of sparks, the spider disappeared. At first there was static then over the commbadge there could be heard. "This is the USS Majestic, can anybody hear us? We are ready to bring you home."

Tenser looked towards where the senior officers were, a look of relief shining in his eyes. "We can go home! We can go home!" he said with glee.


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