Into the nest
Posted on Mon Jul 22nd, 2019 @ 7:22pm by Captain Xalanth & Lieutenant Kimoni Jexen & Lieutenant JG T'para
Edited on on Mon Jul 22nd, 2019 @ 11:40pm
1,168 words; about a 6 minute read
Mission:
[ USS Shanghai] S1E8 Light of the past.
Location: Planet surface
Timeline: MD001 1400
Xalanth was grinding his teeth together as he made his way to the transporter room. He'd made sure the drug that was needed to block his alteration had completely worn off before dressing into the black stealth suite.
Now he just had to descend into a pit full off genetic mutilated colonists to see if he could find that orb. As he stepped into the transporter room his eyes widened at two of the individuals in the room.
" A reason you're hear doctor?" he asked his mate he was there in the stealth gear.
" Yes, I'm the only one who knows's how your body reacts when your blending with the shadows. There isn't enough time to train someone else and we need that artifact." The hybrid explained.
The lizard nodded slightly. As much as he didn't want his wife down there they didn't have much choice.
" Lieutenant Jexen do you think she's ready to go?" He asked the other officer.
Giving a slight smile, Kimoni nodded. "Besides, I'm not sure we could stop her." She said as she checked the Phaser at her hip, then shoulder strap on the rifle. She decided she wasn't going to under-equipped this time. "Though I would feel better if you took the time to rest. She added turning to T'Para.
" I've told you i feel fine." the hybrid replied as she stepped onto the transporter padd.
Xalanth couldn't help, but grin as he took his place. She was still the girl he'd meet back on earth.
The familiar feeling of the transporter went through his body as they appeared in the building above the had the archaeological team had used to enter the newly discovered vault.
The low light was already causing the captain to blend into the shadows. He gripped his mouth shut as he began to attach the harness for him to repel down into the hole.
" Good luck." His mate said in a quite low voice.
With that he began to repeal himself down the side of the building. The hole the arcological team had blown open to access the vault was clear as he slowly lowered down into the pit.
His teeth grinned even closer together at the sight in before him. Thousands of mutated bodies lay on the floor in a huge mound of genetically altered flesh.
" Well looks like we've found the nest." T'para said as she watched the cam on her mate's shoulder from the top of the building.
Nodding silently Kimoni watched the visual feed. "It would seem this is some form of dumping ground, My guess would be either for their dead, or more likely their failed... experiments. I'm not sure i'm willing to find out either way right now." She said, checking her rifle again "... There is another option of course..."
" I think it is that option," T'para said as she saw one of the bodies shift slightly.
Xalanth was obviously in pain, but even still he kept silent as he touched the ground. Disconnecting from the cable he carefully stepped over the bodies on the floor as he headed deeper into the vault.
" How many do you think are down there? " T'para asked Jexen
Kimoni said nothing for a moment as she watched the video feed. "Too many." She said with a sigh, "I'm starting to think we'd have been better bringing a fully armed security team or two with us."
" And that may have alerted...." T'para said before she noticed the bright flash of silver in the corner of the screen. Xalanth had seen it too and had turned to look at it. The less mutated female lay on what appeared to be a stone altar the orb clutched tightly in her hands.
Without even waiting for news from his team the captain slowly moved his way over to the altar carefully moving between the rows and piles of mutated flesh. It took him five munites to cross the small space before he was nect to the altar.
A few clicks from the coms made it clear what he wanted. He wanted an imminent retrieval as soon as he grabbed the orb.
" Okay everyone as soon as i say set the wire to retrieve at maximum speed," T'para said calmly.
Xalanth gulped slightly as his hands fixed around the orb and with all his might pulled. The rob came free, but the mutated individual holding it shot up her blank black oily face looking right at him. Before it could screech the lizard was running his blaster coming into his hand as the creature screamed echoed through the cavern.
" Get me out of here." He yelled firing his gun at the mounds of now quivering and waking up piles of mutated colonists.
" Now." T'para yelled to the team as the which began pulling him up as fast as it could pull.
Xalanth was still firing his gun as he was pulled into the skyrocketing out of the cavern followed by a mound of mutated limbs, organs and mouths.
Springing out of the mound of flesh was patient zero who jumped towards the lizard captain. Her fingers now long sharp blades slammed into his arm. Xalanth screamed his other arm still clinging to the orb.
The winch groaned as it struggled with the extra weight.
Hearing the groan beside her, Kimoni knelt down and reset the console, setting it for triple it's current set weight to be sure. She could smell the unmistakable aridness of burning as the cable and winch struggled.
"I've reset the controls, but we don't have much time before this thing fails. That thing is stronger then it looks." She said as the winch's groaning lessened slightly.
" Just get me out of here." Xalanth said simultaneously trying to kick the thing off him and shooting at the approaching swarm coming out from the vault.
" Shanghai emergency beam up needed." T'para yelled into her combadge. There was no reply, but the familiar feeling of the transporter swallowed her up.
With a seconed, they were back on the familiar transporter room of the ship. Xalanth slumped to the floor a massive wound in the top of his shoulder. " Cheif was is that thing?" He said holding his hand on his wound as his mate got to work patching him up.
" Transported placed it in cargo bay two. We have security on route." replied the transporter chief.
" Very good i want at least five shields up around it until it. Jexen can you get the sphere down to science and give it a full run down?" The lizard asked his science officer.
"With pleasure Captain." She said, taking the Sphere carefully. "I'll hopefully have some answers soon.
Still gritting his teeth the lizard nodded as he pulled himself up. Leaning on his mate he headed towards the door. They needed to get this wound cleaned up.
Captain Xalanth
Commanding Officer USS Shanghai
Lieutenant Kimoni Jexen
Chief Science Officer USS Shanghai
Lieutenant JG T'Para
Medical Officer USS Shanghai
(PNPC Xalanth)
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