"Second day in Hell"

Posted on Sat Oct 3rd, 2020 @ 7:16am by Avalon [ADMIN NPC] & Lieutenant Commander Aurelia Taylor & Commander Sthilg & Ensign Olivia (Carter) Voight & Lieutenant Scott Gregory [Taylor] & Private 1st Class Durak

Mission: SEASON 4: Episode 1: Know Thy Self!
Location: Arena Station - Mirror Verse
Timeline: MD2 0730
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The group had snuck from their hiding place and Sammy had lingered with them.

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At 7h30 in the arena, several screens lit up, showing a suspended Phoenix Lalor drenched in water, sweat and more hanging in an Agony Booth. Sound accompanied it as it showed the torture she was placed under.

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"Look!" Scott called out to the others as view screens came to life to show a suspended Phoenix inside an agony booth. She looked exhausted by her position and the torture she had already been through.

Lia only glanced at the screens, "That bastard just doesn't know when to quit, all right people get your act together. We're going Terran hunting, or more to the point, MU Captain hunting!"

Sam shrugged. "I need to go" She said to Scott. "I cannot linger here. I will see you in the slave pens" And she headed off

Scott started to reply but Sam was already gone. blending in with the shadows of the station. He looked at the screen and the picture of the suspended Captain Lalor and prayed that she could hold out until they could rescue her. Of course that begged the question of how?

Durak looked away from the image of the captain, anger rising within him. "First we need to try and get weapons." He turned to Lia. "Ma'am, that woman that disappeared knows you're not their Commander Holmes. You should kill her before she can tell anyone as you can help best if they still believe you're this Mirror Commander Holmes."

Sthilg jaw was still swallowen, but with his emergency kit they'd managed to patch it up as best they can. " Will they likely have left weaponsss on the ssstation?" He managed to mumble out.

“I’m sure something could be scrounged up for us to use as weapons, even if it not the traditional sort of weapons,” Olivia replied. “I remember one of the previous hosts for my symbiont once used a long metal pipe as a weapon during a mission when he was unable to use traditional weapons.”

Scott got mad fast at hearing Durak suggest killing Sam. "You will do no such thing! She's from our universe and been here for years. There's no I telling the horrors she has both seen and been subjected to. I promised her we'd take her back to out reality and her son and I trust her. So, just get that idea out of your head."

Durak looked at the officer in disbelief. "We're trying to survive. Like it or not, she is the enemy. She's been a slave for fifteen years--it's all she knows. The only people she trusts are those who attacked us. Making promises you likely can't keep is your own fault," he shot back.

"Keep talking like that and I'm going to bash your face in!" Scott replied hotly. "She is not the enemy, she's my friend and I won't leave her! You want to leave? Go ahead. I can make my way without you. Your useless."

"Useless? Says the PaDD pushing Operations Officer. Attack me and I'll have you eating the deck," Durak turned, facing the man fully. And yes, we all want to leave this station and get back to the Elysium or are you planning to stay here and join these assholes?"

Scott glared at Durak. "The only asshole I see is you."

" Ssshut up both of you." The gorn yelled even though the effort tore the wire in his jaw slightly causing him to yell in pain. " We're ssstarfleet and we won't sssave anyone if we ssstart tuning on each other."

Lia now turned on her two Officers, "I've been a slave, Sam won't talk. It's not in her interest to tell them anything, to admit she talked to us in that fashion would mean punishment for her. After 15 years, she's learned one valuable lesson. Keep your mouth shut, as a slave you tend to learn that very quickly". She looked around at the small group, "Now you two just stow your aggression, unless it's towards the right people. I've had a bellyful of us sniping at each other. We need to pull together, now switch on and get us some weapons". Lia knew her outburst would probably cause them to dislike her, but she could live with that. Because for now survival was the prime concern, popularity came at the bottom.

Scott nodded, suddenly feeling very ashamed. "Sorry Commander." he said simply feeling any long winded explanation was both uncalled and uneeded.

"If at all possible," Olivia spoke up, "we could use any medical supplies that could be scrounged up as well. What's left in the medical kit that Doctor Sthilg is limited and I don't want to use all of it right away if it can be helped. Also, we don't know what kind of condition other crew members will be in once we are able to team back up with them."

"You heard the lady, so we're after weapons, something to block the door and medical supplies". Lia glanced out of the door, "So besides me, who's on the scavenger hunt? Doc I want you and Lieutenant Voight to remain here, you because your injured and her because she can help you and anyone else who gets hurt". She turned to the other three, "Volunteers gentlemen?"

Scott answered instantly. "Count me in Commander."

" There mussst be sssomething I can do." the gorn hissed through his broken jaw.

Lia now smiled, "Doc, you've already done your bit. But if you insist, help with any injured people we bring in. I somehow think we might have more than a few if these bloody hounds find them before we do."

"I'll come," Durak said, wanting any chance he could get for some payback.

Sthilg was about to argue, but he realized she was right. He was nearly useless in his current state.

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