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With the Ensign inside the holding cell, she could finally have time to investigate why the woman was acting so strangely. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Suddenly, Cal’s voice came through the comm. =A= Harris to Wright, might I ask just what the hell is going on?=A= : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Molly sighed, yet again, reaching for her commbadge. Couldn’t she finish her investigation without him sticking his nose in it? They knew each other long enough, and he had already too much on his plate to be worrying about what she was doing. Did he not trust her judgement? Her hand stopped midway and instead retracted to its initial position by her side. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : “Computer, full scan of subject in holding cell B3.” : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : As she waited for the computer’s reply, she finally pressed her commbadge. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : =/\= Wright to Harris. =/\= Might I suggest you worry about what’s happening on the Bridge? Molly bit back the words and cleared her throat. =/\= I have a possible suspect in custody. I’ll let you know as soon as I know more. Wright out. =/\= : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : - Capt. Wright, CIO/COS : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : The scan results came back and showed that the individual was not Carol Charles but of a different humanoid species. She did not correspond to any crew member on the ship. From the brain activity, the individual had telepathic abilities. : : : : : : : : : ____ : : : : : : : : : GM : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Molly sighed as the results came in. It was clear that the being lying in the cell was the intruder. First things first, she needed to let Cal and Ashur know that they had them. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Tapping her commbadge, Molly first contacted the Bridge. Her tone was far less annoyed than before. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : =/\= Wright to Harris, the intruder is in our custo– =/\= Suddenly the computer signaled a pending transport and two other beings materialized in different holding cells. Molly was unsure of what had just happened. =/\= Uh… Colonel, two new people just materialized in two of our cells. May I enquire the nature of the visit of our new guests? =/\= : : : : : : : : : : : : : : - Capt. Wright, CIO/COS : : : : : : : : : : : : Cal’s voice came through the comms. : : : : : : : : : : : : (OOC: Crossposting from the Bridge) : : : : : : =A= Just two more… guests… from the other vessel. The two from the Transporter Room. I thought it better we keep an eye on these trouble makers on our terms, don’t you agree Chief?=A= : : : : : : : : : : : : She knew he was right. Tapping her commbadge, Wright replied. =/\= Aye Sir. I’ll keep you posted. =/\= : : : : : : : : : : : : Before anything else, Molly contacted Ashur. : : : : : : : : : : : : =/\= Wright to Ashur. We found the intruder. We also seemed to have picked up two other members of the freighter. I am currently in the Brig. Did you find anything? =/\= : : : : : : : : : : : : She had one unconscious prisoner and two that were very much awake. She wondered if she would be able to get any information out of them. At least, she needed to try. : : : : : : : : : : : : - Capt. Wright, CIO/COS : : : : : : : : : : : : OOC: From my understanding, the two people the Dresden just beamed into the Brig were the same women that had been with them on the Valk. Is it safe to assume that Molly would recognize them? – Joana : : : : : : : : : : OOC: Yes. : : : : : ____ : : : : : Kenson : : : : : : : : As she waited for the replies from the Security team, Molly walked towards the new arrivals. They were the same women that had ‘welcomed’ them on board the Valk. How ironic, she thought. Approaching Namki, the one that Wright had spoken to in the freighter’s Engineering room and the one that had seemingly ‘possessed’ the Dresden’s Counselor, Molly observed the woman for a moment. Your nervous systems provide us with sustenance Namki’s words on the Valk floated in Wright’s mind for a second. There was now a forcefield between them so at least she was less concerned about making sure there were no physical contact between them. (OOC: Crossposting from Main Engineering. – Joana) The comm sounded. =^=Negative Captain, Everything seems normal so far. I am on my way to the Crew lounge to see what happened there.=^= Hannibal replied. Tapping her commbadge, Wright promptly replied. =/\= Thank you Lieutenant. Keep me posted. =/\= : : : : It would be clear to the other woman that Wright was not happy with the events that had led to their current situation. When she spoke, she did so in a firm yet peaceful manner. “What is it that you want from us? Are we really just a big piece of space food to you?” : : : : : : : : These women had taken out their own pilots, which Molly still felt made no sense. Unless, of course, the pair currently in their sickbay were not their pilots after all… But Molly decided to keep the conversation short for now. : : : : : : : : - Capt. Wright, CIO/COS : : : : : : “We need sustenance,” Namki replied, “we do not do it out of fun. We do it to survive as a species. If we do not have sustenance, our species will go extinct.” : : : _____ : : : GM : : : : Molly sighed out of annoyance, but when she spoke, her tone remained steady and calm. It was almost as if she didn’t want Namki to realize how frustrated and angry she really felt at what they had done to them. But it was in fact something Wright used to calm herself down. The last thing she needed was for her to lose her self control and for Cal to find out that she wasn’t keeping up with her counseling appointments. : : : : “So you have told me before.” Wright knew that asking what they had done to their Counselor and their Chief Engineer was probably not going to yield any useful answers. After all, Namki was cornered, and so, unlikely to give out information voluntarily. Finally, Molly continued in the same steady tone as before. As she talked, she paced on the outside of the cell. : : : : “Who are the men we beamed on board our sickbay? You told us they were your pilots and that without them you couldn’t fix your ship or even fly it. However, after we took them under our care and boarded your ship to help you out, you attacked us, and then infiltrated our vessel. It seems to me that they are not your pilots but rather two poor souls you used as bait–“ Suddenly everything connected in Molly’s mind. When they had transported to the Valk’s Infirmary, Lieutenant Satordi had pointed out that both men were dehydrated and malnourished. Was that… was that the aftermath? Were these women disposing of them? After a short pause, Wright insisted. “They are not part of your crew, are they? They are just two victims that you… consumed… and then used as bait for your next big catch, aren’t they?” : : : : The fire in Molly’s eyes intensified. : : : : - Capt. Wright, CIO/COS : : The three women were looking slightly gaunt. Namki’s voice began to tremble, “Yes. They told us they had detected you. We needed more sustenance.” : ____ : GM Molly stopped her pace in front of Namki and crossed her arms. She was getting tired of the only answer she was given being that they needed more sustenance. Wright got it, they were hungry. But she also understood that feeding them meant killing members of their crew, and she was not allowing it. They had done something to the two men and to members of the Dresden’s crew and they needed to know how to reverse them. The fact that the women seemed weaker did not go unnoticed to Wright, but to be honest, she couldn’t care less if they dropped dead. Approaching the forcefield, Molly spoke in a lower menacing tone. Her face only inches away from it. “I don’t think you understand who you are dealing with here. The organization this ship is a part of values life and peace and harmony. We would not hesitate to help you find a new, different way of sustenance that would allow you to live without having to harm anyone else. However, I am not bound by the same principles. My sole goal is to obtain the information I want, and you better believe that I will. I do not care if you need more sustenance. I am not letting you lose on this ship so you can feast on the members of her crew. There are people that you hurt along the way, people that are waiting for a way of undoing what you did to them.” Wright thought about the ship’s Counselor and how she had never seen her acting the way she had on board the freighter. “So, I suggest you start talking, or I will program the brig’s computer to take drain 10% of the air and pressure on your and your friends’ cells every thirty seconds. Then I can guarantee you that sustenance will be the least of your problems. Let’s start by, who are you, where do you come from, how many of you are there, and what happens to those you feed on?” Capt. Wright, CIO

Namki looked back at Ikki who was acting lethargic. “We merely touch and feed,” she said. “We cannot feed on females but we can control them. We have never reversed the feed. We do not know what you are referring to.”

Wright pondered on the piece of information that Namki had given her. Both the counselor and the ensign were females and Molly had seen what the alien women could do to them. Or at least to the counselor… And yet, Namki hadn’t replied to all the questions she had asked. The third woman joined in the conversation, distracting Molly from the problem at hand.

Samki, who was in a separate cell, stood up and hissed, “Your views do not matter. We feed and that’s all. All organic lifeforms feed in some way. Don’t judge us just because you do not feed like we do.”

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GM

From the women’s perspective, Molly imagined it must feel as if she was talking to a cow. Only the cow here had them locked up and in cells and was denying them access to her meat. Looking at Samki, Wright responded. “We found other ways. We replicate our own nourishment on board this ship and we don’t need to hurt anyone in the process. I’m sure our Doctors and Engineers could help you. I hope you’re not expecting me to just drop the forcefields and let you feed on this ship’s crew. Because I will let you die before that happens.”

Samki just hissed.

Turning back to Namki, Molly continued. “You didn’t answer all of my questions, and I am not used to them being ignored. So… let’s start from the beginning… who are you, where do you come from, how many of you are there? And an extra question – why do you need to control the females?”

Speaking to no one in particular, Wright addressed the computer. “Computer, drain 10% or pressure and air from cells 1 to 3 every 30 seconds, starting on my mark.” Molly didn’t start the timer. She merely used it as a reminder that she was a person true to her word. But the anger that boiled inside her was starting to get too hard to control. She realized however, that she didn’t have a lot of leverage on her side. The three women were hungry, but unfortunately the food they needed was something Wright couldn’t give them. She hoped that medical and engineering could come up with some replacement that would allow both the women and the Dresden’s crew to live… but as an Intelligence officer, Molly was determined to trade that hope for more information.

• Capt. Wright, CIO

“We … come from …,” Namki started and trailed off as if trying to remember. “We remember being home on a planet … very green. Then there was a large lattice in the sky. Green became brown. A ship visited us. We were rescued ,,, three of us. We needed to feed … We fled that ship to a planet but people came after us, we fled again. We moved from ship to ship … We have been moving for a very long long time … we need to control females so that they would not betray us to the males …” Tears were moving out from Namki ‘s eyes and they streamed down her face as she was recalling and talking.

-GM

Hannibal entered the brig and stood near the back, observing the interrogation as quietly as he could.

-HA

Ikki turned towards the COS. Her face was one of desperation. Samki also noted his presence and hissed and stretched out. Her hand hit the force field and her face showed her frustration that she was not able to touch the man.

-GM