little grey box.

Posted on Wed Mar 24th, 2021 @ 5:59pm by Lieutenant Xalanth & Lieutenant Commander Croesus

1,032 words; about a 5 minute read

Mission: Episode 109 - The Dust Settles
Location: Star Base 400
Timeline: MD2. 09:00 hours.

On

< Starbase 400 >

Croesus had numerous jobs on his itinerary but he had to stop off at ops. Looking about for his favorite tech box the half Klingon spied Lt Xalanth.

" Xalantha isn't it? Have you see a gray box that was mounted to my ops console?" the Chief of Ops greeted.

The lizard had been prepping his station for his time away and was currently backing up files when he heard the chief of ops speak up. " No sorry i haven't seen it. When was the last time you saw it?"

" 2200 hours when I got back to the station. I always recharge my equipment. I secure it under my station at ops. I can replicate my tools but these were a gift. Gray box if you see it. Where are you headed to ? You seem rushed." Croesus replied.

" I'm joining Ark Royal for her shakedown run to earth. Want to make sure my number two has all the reports and logs before i go." the red lizard explained.

" Sweet. I miss star ship life. I was once the XO on the Tikal-A. " Croesus recalled.

" Must have been a nice posting. I hope to be XO and then captain some day." The lizard replied. " I'll bring up the camera's see if we can find who's taken your box."

Croesus nodded in appreciation.

" They had to have my code."

" Here we go. " Xalanth replied as he brought up the secuity camra for the ops station. " When did you last see it?" he asked as he prepared to set the time .

" 2200 ish. I was in and out. I passed two Vulcan cadets in the turbo lift." replied Croesus.

Xalanth doubted that two vulcans had taken it, but the universe was a strange place. " Okay here we are. " he said bring up the recording. " i take it that's the box?" He said pointing to the grey item on the desk.

" Yes but why is there a com badge on it? I never leave a com badge just laying around," Croesus growled sort of in Klingonish manner. Croesus paused a second as the 2 Vulcan officers ran through his mind again. As he was leaving they were entering ops.

Xalanth let the camera forward for a second as the picture began to form in his mind. As he belived the box faded from reality as it was teleported away. " Looks like it's been stolen. Let's see if it caught who put the badge on it. " Xalanth said as his other hand already put out an alert for it.

Rewinds and editing revealed the casual placement of the comm badge by one of the Vulcan techs. Croesus cursed as he knew what buy not why.

" We have two Romulans posing as Star Fleet techs Chief. My girlfriend, Kah'lyn's father is a Romulans and on the station. I would give a bar of latinum he is behind this." Croesus growled.

Great Xalanth thought to himself his hand added the holo image of the two to the screen and ordered all ship's sealed and forbidden from leaving. " Bad enough the ones on our side almost killed several hundred pow's, but the ones fighting them were still tying to stab us in the back," he said standing up. " Which way were they heading when you last saw them?"

" They entered as I was leaving." Croesus replied.

" Well let's get after them. We can pull which floor they stopped at from the turbolifts computer." Xalanth said as he drew his phaser and grabbed his stab vest from his chair.

Croesus followed suit rushing to his desk and opening another compartment containing a dak'tagh.

" Let's gut us some Romulans." he said as he entered the lift with Xalanth.

" We need them alive Croesus." Xalanth said calmly as he found which level they had left off one. Stepping into the turbolift he inputted the code for deck 45.

Croesus growled but knew his new friend was right.

" Can we at least scare them to wet their uniforms?" Croesus snickered.

" That we can. " the lizard said setting his phaser to stun as the turbolift sped down the station.

The lift ride went down smoothly to deck 45.

< Deck 45 >

Croesus emerged and waited for Xalanth. He was used to being the first one in but didn't want to overstep the security officers role.

" Which room?" Croesus asked.

" We have them going into the supply room on the right. " Xalanth said leading the way. " Stay behind me. My bits grow back if i lose them." he said calamly.

Croesus followed Xalanth as they entered the room. The swishing doors revealing their arrival. Inside two identical male Vulcan twins dressed in gray duty uniforms stopped. With identical voices they both replied.

" We have company."

Croesus grinned," Yeah you do you Romulans sons of bitches."

" Drop the." Xalanth began to yell before one of the pulled a phaser from a rear pocket. The lizard was quicker on the trigger and a beam of energy smashed into the Romulans chest sending him flying backward.

Croesus aimed for the other guy with his fist sending him down to the floor. Then seeing his box he gathered up his tools.

" The Vulcan ambassador..."

Croesus kicked him back down.

" You mean Romulans don't you?" Croesus added.

The Vulcans eye raised as Croesus called him out. Under boot and laying on his back.

" Who sent you, Tell Me?" yelled Croesus
" Commander Terrh," he replied.

" And pry tell me why is commander Terrh interested in my friend's box." Xalanth called as he cuffed the other one though he stopped to check for any suicide pills hidden in the teeth.

" I wish to speak to the Vulcan Ambassador." the awake one replied.

" Xalanth throw him in the brig. And play Zed Zepellan music til he breaks," Croesus replied.

" We'll get them to talk." The lizard said as he attached two transporter tags to the pair of them. " Is your box oaky?" he asked looking over at his shipmate?

Croesus checked it over and found all the pieces there.

" It's all here. Thank you for solving this Xalanth." Croesus replied.

"It's what i'm here for." the lizard said calmly. " Now if you excuse me i have an integration to run."

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