Posted by Lieutenant Allison Scott (Pediatrics/Assistant Chief Medical Officer) in Orion Surface A Need to get Away

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Rico opened the door and dropped the Phaser on the ground outside the door. Then, he stuck one hand in the air outside the car to show he was coming out before slowly putting one leg, then two out and standing up. “Stay down. Until I tell you to come out.”

“I ain’t getting out,” Bob said leaning back in his seat and tilting his hat back on his face.

“What do you mean you aren’t getting out,” Ally’s leaned forward from the back seat. “You can’t just leave Rico out there alone.”

They only paid him to bring the blonde chick here. “The guy with you looks big enough to handle himself. He’s gonna take care of things just fine,” Bob said in a slow lazy drawl like a man trying to get out of work on a hot summers day.

His reaction was more than Ally could stand at the moment.

“Alright, I’m out. Guns on the ground.” He said loudly and looked around at who he was facing. “Identify yourselves!”

Lt Vanhall, CoS

Hitting the door release she decided to get out and help Rico. “I’m Lt. Allison Scott and this is my,” she began before realizing just how big her security chief boyfriend was. The way he was standing, his body completely blocked the door to her exiting the vehicle. “This is my,” she started again trying to move around Rico’s body to exit the car. The maneuver made her look anything but graceful as she crawled out between his legs and finally found her feet next to Rico.

“What, Ally, you know I’m standing like that for a reason. Be careful with… no.. stay where.....” The men facing the car, weapons drawn, looked at each other in confusion as they watched the woman crawl out between the large, muscular mans legs and him try in vain to pin her with his knees. Wriggling, she pushed her way through and to her feet. They looked at the big man, Rico just shrugged in resignation, hands still in the air.

“This is my boyfriend Rico. Hello,” she said extending her hand as if the man was offering them a cold drink instead of phaser fire. “Rico say hi,” she said out of the corner of her mouth, “and try to less intimidating.”

Lt Ally Scott medical

“Me?” Rico said looking hurt. “Me be less intimidating?” He waved his hands at the ground and the phaser lying there. “I put down my weapon, see? How can I be intimidating?” He looked at the nearest of the men and glared at him, he was a guy, he would have his back. “I’m not intimidating, am I? I’m the one over here, hands in the air like I just don’t care and you got the bomb. That’s right, you got the gun pointed at me, don’t you? Your not intimated at all right? So what that I’m a foot taller, three times wider and could pop your shoulder out of its socket with the inside of my elbow like a walnut faster that you could bring your finger down on that button? You’re not intimated at all, right?”

“Um, no, no, not at all.” The man mumbled, and switched the gun from Rico to Ally and back as if he was unsure exactly what was going on. Rico turned to Ally and put his hands on his hips. “See. Told you. I’m not being intimidating.”

Lt Rico Vanhall, CoS