Joining the Cavalry

Posted on Wed Jan 30th, 2019 @ 12:42am by Lieutenant Commander Aurelia Taylor & Lieutenant Commander Turak

Mission: Season 2: Episode 3: Determination is not always a good thing
Location: Elysium's brig and the Planet
Timeline: Current
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Making her way hurriedly back to the brig, Lia was attempting to work out how to get their missing crew back. =^="Holmes to Turak, get Queenie ready to go. Both you and I will be joining the Cavalry rescue team, just what we'll be doing is not clear as yet. So play it by ear for now, Holmes out"=^=. She started to giggle,*Play it by ear? Did I really just say that to a Vulcan?* she thought.

=^="Understood Commander, I'll inform the prisoner."=^= Turak hurriedly went to the weapons cabinet and grabbed a rifle and a pistol, just in case. He then went to the holding cell where Queenie was and said, "we're going back to the surface, are you ready to help us recover our crew members?"

"Right. Of course." 'Queenie' nodded, "You can guarantee my safety though, right? I mean, if Quin gets ta me, it ain't gonna be pretty..." She shuddered at that thought, if Quin found her, realized she'd sold him out, that was going to be it.

“You will be protected as long as you are helping us,” Turak said. “We’re just waiting for another crew member then we’ll go down to the surface.”

Upon returning to the brig, Lia looked at Turak. "Do you trust our guest Lieutenant?" She noticed Turak's weapons, "Good idea, keep your eye on her while I go get me some firepower". Lia went to the locker and drew out a phaser and a fighting knife, old fashioned but effective. =^="Homes to Brett, would you care to send me your co-ords please. That way my away team and our Amazonian Bubba will turn up at the right place, don't want to miss the party so to speak". She now returned to Turak and Queenie, "As soon as Commander Brett tells us where to beam down, we will leave and your job is to keep our guest with us. Ok Lieutenant?"

When asked the question, Turak said without a doubt, "Yes ma'am, I trust her to do the right thing." When the Commander returned from drawing weapons, he responded, "Don't worry Commander, I won't let her out of my sight."

=^= Transmitting coordinates now. =A= Brett replied, =A= Waiting for you to join us. =^=

"Hey, wait a sec." Queenie piped up, "Is that Annie? Look, ya might wanna tell 'er that there's a chance somebody down there's workin' for Quin. He's got some guys from the 'Ome Guard that do favors for him on occasion."

Turak responded, “So you’re saying that we might be beaming down to a fight?”

Lia caught Queenies little statement about the Home Guard, "Lieutenant, I think you had better inform the Commander of that fact. She might be better prepared, and we won't walk into a fire fight". She turned to Queenie, "I'm only gonna ask this once, are you telling us everything? Because if I find out later you lied or with held information, you'll never see the sun again".

"I only know from Quin and Syren." Queenie answered, "If it was only Quin, I might think he was just runnin' his 'ole, but when she confirmed it, I believed it."

"Understood," Turak responded. He then informed Commander Brett of the development, =^="Commander, per our prisoner, one of the locals that you are working with might be an informant for this Quin person who is holding our personnel. Be cautious about who and what you believe."=^=

=^= Understood. =^= Anje replied, obviously unhappy about this turn of events, =^= Nothing more specific than that? I mean, there are like thirty Home Guard guys here... =^= ~This is just great. So now I've got thirty snakes, at least one of them is poisonous, and nobody knows which one.~

"Sorry, no." Queenie shook her head, "I mean, if I saw someone I recognized, maybe."

=^="Hold on Commander, let me find out,"=^= Turak turned to Queenie and asked, "Would they have any identifying marks or anything that would give them away?"

"I dunno." Queenie answered honestly, "I would just recognize 'em if I saw 'em is all. I mean, Quin 'as a lotta guys comin' in an' out of the hideaway, we usually don't get to see 'em up close 'cause he don't want 'em lookin' at us, he's crazy jealous. But once in a while we get a glimpse, see 'em leavin' or comin' and there's about four guys what come 'round in 'Ome Guard uniforms. If I saw one of 'em, I'd know 'im."

"Then we need to get you down there," turning to Commander Holmes, Turak asks, "How soon can we leave Commander?"

With a somewhat concerned look on her face, Lia stood thinking. "Get yourself and our guest down there stat, here are the co-ords. The Security section is spread out with the other away teams, inform Commander Brett that I will join you all once I check something out". She held out her hand, "Good luck Lieutenant".

Taking the coordinates, Turak said to Lia, "Thank you, I'll do my best to get our people back." With that he keyed in a sequence in the wall panel next to Queenie's cell and shut down the forcefield. He then asked, "Well, are you ready to go Queenie? We should hurry."

"It's Sara." Queenie replied, using her given name instead of 'Goldie' or 'Queenie' for the first time in many years, "Sara Lynn Morris. And, yeah, Guess I'm as ready as a girl can be ta walk the green mile, les'go...."

Commander Lia Holmes
Chief Security/Tactical Officer
USS Elysium

Lieutenant JG Turak
Security Officer
USS Elysium

Sara Lynn Morris
Former Criminal/Hostage/It's Complicated
Our 'Queenie'