{Only humans forget their own history. If anything I said were true, I
would be a 6th Columnist, to work from within the system. And speaking
of systems, I do hope you enjoy whatever penal colony they sentence you
to.}
Adam asked incredulously, "What are you talking about? No one is
forcing you to be here. You volunteered to join Starfleet. Why do you
even need to participate ... never mind interfere ... with the actions
of humaity?"
If Shevab had had eyes, he wouod havw rolled them at the human's
stupidity and ignorance.
{Did someone 'order' you to join the Brotherhood? Did some one order
you on this mission? I think not,,like you, I am working or would be
working for "The Cause'. Our actions and our very lives are pledged to
it, taking orders or volunteering as our superiors see fit. You Mr
Adam, are a pawn and have been expended in hopes of taking out a more
powerful piece in play. Were you even provided with an escape plan? Do
you think that firing a phaser inside a Federation station would not
set off alarms? Give yourself up now and I will ask leniency be show to
you.}
Adam just laughed. "You have got to be kidding me. If I do that, I
would be arrested and would have accomplished nothing. That does not
sound like the greatest idea, my silicon based friend."
(Shevab?)
(To Celine {Why is Security taking so long?})
Celine was about to respond when she saw the familiar uniforms of two
security guards enterring the department. She could not imagine to
people looking so completely different, but that did not make a
difference as she raced over to them. "There is a problem in the
Chief's office."
Geb studied the woman as she approached. While there was concern in
her voice, there seemed to be no panic. "What is happening?"
"He has been taken hostage by a man."
Geb glanced down to his partner Torgath. It seemed like they were
going to get busy right away. "Have you received any sort of messages
from the hostage taker?"
Celine shook her head. "I have received some messages from the
Commander. Because of his unique physiology, he has been able to send
messages to me without his guard noticing. I have been able to create
an energy field that should interfere with his ability to fire it."
Torgath was impressed. "You seem to have things well in hand,
Commander. Perhaps we should leave the hostage taker to you and your
departmental commander," he replied with a devilish smile as he moved
to the entrance of Shevab's office. It took him a moment to realize
the door's mechanism was not operable. He turned to face Geb.
"I could always use the manual to open the door. When it pops, you
could rush him. I am sure that you could immobilize him fairly quickly
considering your size."
The behemoth of an ensign smiled. "I am ready when ever you are.
Let's show this gentlemen what happens when he takes things that don't
belong to him on Spacedock." He got into position to jump in.
Torgath turned back to the door and opened the panel to provide him
access to the manual override. He pulled out the suction handle and
set it down. Once it was in place, he turned to make sure that his
partner was ready. When he was sure he was, he tugged the door open
and felt the rush of his partner as he ran by.
It probably would have amazed most people how quickly Geb could move
considering his massive size, but he was in the room in seconds and
dove at the human. Since he knew that Shevab was a Horta it did not
take long to figure out who the antagonist was.
(and?)
Ben
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