Unexpected

Posted on Sat Jan 19th, 2013 @ 5:38pm by Lieutenant JG Saia Roswell

500 words; about a 3 minute read

Mission: Romulan Ale.. I mean Aide
Location: A Mining Cave On The Planet

Saia had gone back to look at the mining process again. As she was scanning the machinary and the minerals around it, she heard footfalls. She cursed under her breath, "You're not real. You're not here. Leave me alone and let me do my job."

"I'm afraid I am very real."

Saia cursed in Trill and turned, "GET OUT OF MY HEAD!"

Gleeson stood there looking perplexed, but still had a gun pointed at her. A shift of weight and Saia shook her head as reality filtered in. It was a guard.

"I have permission to be here." She showed him a PADD with orders.

"Things change, do they not?"

She looked at him confused, "Well, I won't be putting up a fight, so you can put that away." She nodded at the gun.

"Do you have security in Starfleet? Do they put guns away just because someone asks them to?"

Saia raised a brow, "Point taken. Well, let's get out of here."

Before she made a second step, the was a quake. She, her PADD, the guard, and his gun all went tumbling and falling. After the long seconds, the ground became still and they both stood, covered in rock dust. Saia looked toward the cave entrance and frowned, "Does that gun shoot rocks well?"

"It would."

She turned and saw him move over to where other rocks had fallen and she could make out just the tip of his gun. Looking around, she couldn't see her tricorder or PADD, so had to assume they were also under the rocks. "Is there another way out?" She pointed her wrist lantern around looking.

"That's the only entrance known. I don't know these caves. We can look, however."

She started to move, but felt a strong grip on her arm and started, staring at the man wide-eyed.

"I am still the guard and you are still the one under guard."

She trembled and swallowed staring at him. He finally let her shoulder go, but reached into a pocket to pull out some long cords. She backed into the cave wall.

"Give me your hands."

She shook her head. Not only Gleeson, but the Ferengi all rushed into her poor post traumatic syndromed mind. "I won't give you a fight."

"Procedure."

She stood there, hands pressed against the wall. He finally grabbed her hands and bound them together behind her back. Then he took the lantern off her wrist and used it to look ahead as he began walking. "I suggest you follow unless you want to meet whoever is in your head again."

Saia swallowed and moved to follow. "I... I don't mean to be... Well, trouble. But there really is no need..."

"QUIET!" He turned and shouted at her, "You are bound and you will follow me. Do not make me bind your legs so I have to carry you. I might grow tired and just kill you to ease my burden."

She shrunk back and swallowed as she nodded.

 

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