What Have I Done?

Posted on Fri Oct 8th, 2021 @ 4:35am by Lieutenant Commander Malakai Starr [Taylor]

Mission: MISSION 0 - History Speaks
Location: Black Watch Abandoned base
Timeline: After Sneak Attack MD 18 2200 hrs
542 words - 1.1 OF Standard Post Measure

The attack was over. dozens of his soldiers lay dead in the assault. They had taken the base but it was a hollow victory. The prey they were after had fled, gotten away cleanly and there was no way to track where they went. Just that they were still out there and he knew without a doubt they would make their appearance again when least expected.

He walked through the abandoned ruins of the base looking for some scrap of information that could shed some light on who they were and what their plans were. Right now he was in the crew quarters. This one like all the rest was empty, bare. The only difference was this particular cabin looked like a tornado had been through it. Dressers were knocked over, a bookcase had been shattered. As he turned to leave his eyes spied something in the corner. Going over he picked the item up and his blood went cold. It was a broken PaDD with a picture of Josie or rather Blondie. Cragen's newest slave and Flossie's former l and it appeared still love. He looked around to see if there was anything else he could use . His eyes fell on the bed or rather a pillow on the bed that had been squeezed far too tightly by someone searching, missing a loved one. He sat down on the bed and sighed, "What have I done?" He asked but got no answer just mocking silence. But he knew in his heart Flossie was out there and she would be coming for Cragen to avenge herself as well as to reclaim Josie.

This knowledge also fueled him. Set his blood afire. He needed to find Flossie, have her returned to him, to again have her by his side as his masterpiece. No where else was good enough for her. He slid the PaDD into his jacket pocket and contemplated telling Cragen about this discovery. He knew if he wanted to keep Clara and himself alive he would have to tell. It was Cragen's explosive outburst he wasn't looking forward to witnessing. He knew Cragen would send him out again to find these people who had the sheer audacity to not only attack his base of operations but level it to the ground. Cragen had a new base of operation from which he operated. He also had Blondie the former Josie as his helpless captive. He kept the woman nude and gagged almost constantly now and was not above using Blondie as bait to get the people he felt responsible for the destruction of his former base. If Cragen decided on that tact and then meting out his own brand of cruel and sadistic justice, Bishop would not stop him as long as it reunited him with Flossie.

He rose from the bed and gave one last glance around the room before exiting and instructing his soldiers to keep looking for any evidence though he knew they would find none. The imposters were too smart to leave anything that could lead to uncovering their identities. He shook his head at what his actions had set in motion as he walked back to his shuttle to make his report to a very mad Cragen,