First Blood
Posted on Oct 26, 2017 @ 2:15pm by Lieutenant Cantor Von
Edited on on Oct 26, 2017 @ 2:16pm
Mission: Fear Itself
"Premier Sang"
(cont'd from "The Beginning" written by Shawn)
- Translation from French: "First Blood"
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LOCATION: USS PHOENIX
SD: [2.17]1026.0941
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SCENE: Outside of Main Sickbay
Jasmine Yu and Kassandra Thytos stacked up outside of the entrance to Main Sickbay, with Yu smoothing out the black sequined jumpsuit she had worn for the occasion. The Marine war a toga stained with streaks of red from a cut she had sustained during the failed impulse maneuver; the reason she had been on her way to Sickbay. Violet lights flashed Intruder Alert warnings as Klaxons blared. Thytos controlled her breathing as she pulled two phaser compression rifles from straps across her shoulders and tossed one to Yu who leaned up against the other side of the entrance.
Yu frowned. "Where did you get those?" she asked, shouldering the weapon and checking the power level.
"You don't have stashes?" Kass asked, checking her own rifle's power level.
"What?" Yu asked over the Klaxon.
"We doin' this?" Kass asked, pulling the rifle in tight.
Yu glanced down the corridor seeing curious officers looking at them. "Yes, on me. I'll clear right."
The Chief of Security tapped in the security override on the double-doored entrance to Main Sickbay and slid into the space without a pause, immediately panning right with her phaser rifle. Kass was at her back, panning left, then touching Yu's shoulder gently. "Clear," the Marine said in a subdued tone.
They continued moving in as one organism, covering every corner with their rifle-mounted heads up displays. Yu could hear other security officers arriving in the hallway, but she halted them with a hand signal, not looking in their direction. "Bio-beds, left," intoned Kass.
"Got them," Yu replied. They passed ICU and moved into the offices, heading toward the medical labs. In the second office they found the Chief Medical Officer, Aerdan Jos, calmly taking cover against the wall.
The Andorian's ice-blue eyes betrayed concern as he whispered, "Next office."
Yu nodded. "Get down." Then to Kass. "Go."
The Marine took a breath, let it half out, and entered through the office's door as it hissed open. The corpse of Sofia Andersson greeted them with a ghoulish smile and one remaining, bulbous eye.
The Security Chief tapped the comm badge that had been pinned on her jumpsuit. "Security teams, advance. Clear Medical Labs." Kass sighted down the uncleared hallway until security officers passed her with their own formation of rifles and intensity. The Marine glanced at the adjacent office. "Doc, get in 'ere. We gotta find out if this is contagious."
Yu slung her rifle and knelt. "Looks like radiation trauma."
The Andorian CMO knelt beside her, opening a tricorder. It immediately filled with data, as Jos thumbed several additional scans.
"Thaleron radiation," whispered the CMO.
"Tha's bullshit," replied Kass, rifle still in hand but pointing toward the ceiling. "What 'round here gives off enough thaleron rays to do that?"
The Andorian shook his head, antennae moving on their own expressing curiosity. "Nothing that I know of."
Yu tapped her comm badge again. "Yu to Ensign Ranjani. I need you to pull the security logs for Main Sickbay, ASAP."
[[Aye, sir.]]
From the hallway, the PHOENIX's security team returned, rifles pointing toward the ground. "There's nothing down there."
Kass shook her head. "Jes what in the sam hell is goin' on here?"
Yu inhaled, thinking. "I'm not sure. Keep gathering data, Jos." For the third time, she tapped her comm badge, standing up. "Yu to bridge."
[[Bridge here,]] replied Captain Kane's voice. [[Report.]]
"Main sickbay is clear, but we have one casualty. Sophia Andersson. Preliminary data shows she died from thaleron radiation exposure."
[[Thaleron radiation? In sickbay? Are you sure?]]
Kass nodded. "That's what I said."
Jos looked up from his Tricorder. "Are either of you two doctors? No?" He closed his tricorder, standing up. "Yes, Captain," he started, giving both women an admonishing glare, "Thaleron radiation. From the cellular and DNA damage, it looks like it was a brief but powerful exposure."
There was a pause from the unseen CO several decks above them. [[I'm sending you Lt. Von. I want to see if this is linked in some way to that cursed box in Engineering.]]
"Yes, sir."
[[In the meantime, I'm initiating a quarantine of the PHOENIX and Starbase 56. Kass, I want you to get that setup immediately.]]
"The Starbase staff aren't goin' ta like that," she replied.
[[Starfleet protocols are clear, so I'm overriding any objections they may have. I expect you to make that known to them, Captain Thytos.]]
Kass smiled. "I'd luv to, Captain."
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NRPG: Super short, but just wanted to get another one out to shock our beloved Captain.
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Marko J. Sertic
aka
Lt. Cantor Von
Chief Operations Officer
USS PHOENIX
