=NX Detector=
"You still sure you up to this?" Rick asked as he watched Jo,
who was laying halfway inside a hatch next to the door of
what was becoming known as the "mystery room".
"I'll have it open in a few minutes," she replied.
"That what you said almost two hours ago," Rick leaned back
against the opposite bulkhead with his arms and legs crossed.
"We not have all day."
"If you'd quit bugging me about it, then I'd already have it
open," she shot back. "I told you, I can unlock or unseal any
door. Though I have to admit, this Trevor Wright seemed to
be pretty intent in not allowing anyone in here."
"If you get this door open, then I going to have security keep
extra eye on you," Rick said.
"Quit distracting me already!" she yelled out.
"Soooorrrrry," Rick replied, glancing at one of the two Qashqai
security crewmen.
"We could have easily used phasers," one of the crewmen said.
"We have no idea what in there. Not taking chance," Rick said.
After a few more minutes, Rick was about to pester Jo again
when she shouted out, "There, got it!"
Just then, the door opened a few centimeters.
"Give me hand," Rick said to one of the crewmen. They each
grabbed one of the doors and slowly pulled it open. After a few
seconds, they had it open enough to enter.
The first thing Rick noticed was that it was dark. The light from
the corridor was not illuminating the room enough.
"Lights," Rick said, but the room remained dark, so he looked
around with his hand held light for a switch of some sort. When
he found on, he hesitantly activated it, not knowing what would
happen.
The lights came on and Rick allowed for a moment for his eyes
to adjust. When they did, he noticed that the room was almost
empty. The exception was an object in the center of the room.
Rick walked up to the object and knelt next to it.
As Rick studied the object, which was twice the height and width
of a standard torpedo, he didn't notice that Grey Richards, the
captain of the Jameson, had beamed near the doorway, just
outside of the room.
As he entered, he looked around at the others.
"Would you please leave Commander Rodgers and myself alone,"
he asked, but could have easily been interpreted as an order.
The security crewmen slowly walked out, but Jo remained
standing next to Rick.
Rick finally realized that he was looking at and looked up at Jo.
"Leave us, Jo," Rick said softly.
"But ..."
"Jo, this one time, please ..."
She nodded and followed the security crewmen. Richards then
had the door closed.
"I was hoping you wouldn't be able to get the door open," the
elderly man said. "But I should have expected it."
Rick stood, but still did not make eye contact, "Expect the
unexpected Captain Richards, or should I just call you Mr.
Wright?"
TBC
Commander Rick Rodgers
Engineering Officer
Starbase Unity
and
Chief Petty Officer Jo Weathersby (npc by Rick)
Chief Engineer
U.S.S. Qashqai
and other npcs by Rick
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