"Joanna." He gave her a meek smile but his heart leapt when he saw  her.

Jared could sense that there was something between them, but was not sure
what it was.  He could only hope that it would not interfere with things.

Joanna could sense that he felt a bit of relief.  She was  not sure if he
thought it was just from seeing her or the fact that she was  not put off by
what happened earlier.  She glanced back and forth  between the two men.
"Well, we can launch whenever you two are  ready."

"Let's go...sooner we get there the sooner we get  home."

"Is there any sort of prep I should do to get ready for this?" she  asked.

"Make me invulnerable?" He said half-joking.

Joanna  smiled.  She could not help it.  "If I could do that, I could make
sure this mission went a lot smoother.  Unfortunately, I left my  superhero
costume at home.  I didn't realize I was going to need  it."

Jared was surprised at the interplay between David and his  Counselor.  It
was clear that there was more than the treatment  relationship there.  He
wondered how far that relationship had  developed.  "I don't think that we
are going to need Wonder Woman along for  the ride, though, it might be
helpful for you to provide us with how people are  feeling as we question
them."

Joanna readjusted the strap of her carry-all nervously.  It was not the type
of assignment that she preferred.  She felt that it was an invasion of a
person's privacy to do such a thing.  She would do it if she had to, but she
was not the happiest about it.  She nodded her head.  As long as it was just
a surface probe, she thought she could handle it.  "Understood."  She
started making her way to the entrance of the ship they would be using.

Jared had already transferred his things aboard, but he was ready to go so he followed her on board.  He nodded to Chai to get his team on board and settled in, and the four Security guards made their way on board and moved to the back of the ship allowing the officers to congregate in the cockpit, where Jared quickly settled into the pilot's seat and started prepping the ship for launch.

"We should probably discuss our approach to the investigation," he said as he glanced up from his station to the others.  "Do either of you have any suggestions or preferences on how we do so?"
 
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AJ
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