Posted by Civilian Kara Nakuto (Civilian, Former CO) in Shuttle Bay - Nakuto and Stone prepare to take flight (others welcome to join)

Posted by Lieutenant Mike Stone (Chief Engineer) in Shuttle Bay - Nakuto and Stone prepare to take flight (others welcome to join)

Posted by Lieutenant Kalika Darz (Chief of Security) in Shuttle Bay - Nakuto and Stone prepare to take flight (others welcome to join)
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“Run a diagnostic,” she called over her shoukder to whichever of her passengers may be listening. “See if we can pick up any heat signatures or signs of activity in those rooms.”

Kara Nakuto

Luna attempted to run a diegnostic on the area of the ship indicated. “ I think I got it set right “ Luna said.
Ensign Luna

Kristi frowned. “Shadows don’t talk, little angel.” She wasn’t sure why she called the child that, it just sort of …. fit. “I mean, unless you have an imaginary friend who is a shadow. I had a small targ when I was a child. It was make believe but it told me all kinds of neat secrets and even kept me company when I had a bad dream.” She tilted her head slightly to inquire. “Is that how the shadows speak to you?”

Kristi
Engineer

“ no the shadows are alive some of them are monsters others were part on this ship” she said. She turned her head sideways. “ you don’t believe the are real your wrong they are” she added after a moment.

As the small shuttle aproached the section of the ship that was supposed to be dark, the lights turned off.

“Were we spotted? Those sections are supposed to be crew quaters. But no one was supposed to live there. A little power still flows to the dark section, so it would be possible something turned on on it’s own. Did scans show anything?”

Mike didn’t believe in coincidences that much.

Lt. Mike Stone, CE

“ I’m not picking up anything but it’s possible I set up the scan wrong” Luna said. She was mentally trying to decide if it was the area where her and Loki’s quarters were. She was not willing to admit to braking the rules however.
Ensign Luna

Kristi frowned. “Honey, I’m sorry you’ve seen monsters. But the shadows aren’t bad. I’ll show you. Can you stay up here and not disappear again? If so, I’ll even let you stay till your mommy comes back in.” She knew it was a long shot, trying to get a toddler to agree to anything. But she had to make her promise. Perhaps if no other reason than get her to not flit about in case she was in the wrong place when the shuttle returned.

She stood up and moved to the door and waited for the child’s answer. There was a place on the hanger floor were the light wasn’t working. She would step into that dark space and show the child there was nothing to be afraid of.

Kristi
Engineer

Crenity scream it was high pinched and blood curdling.” Leave her alone” the child yealed. Kristy would feel as if sumthing were watching them.

At the helm, Kara activated a communications channel to the CoS. =^=Lieutenant Darz, this is Cap…” she paused. Swallowed hard. “This is Nakuto. Can you send a team to investigate corridor F on deck 27. Potentially suspicious activity being noted in the abandoned crew quarters on that level.=^=

Turning back to Stone, Kara shrugged. “We never did get a positive identification on our saboteur,” she mused aloud. “Have their been further incidents while I have been gone?”

Kara Nakuto

“No, not as obvious as the sabotage with cut wires was. And unfortunately, the identity of the saboteur is still unknown. There were a few personell shifts since then, whoever it was could be long gone.” Mike replied. Or just laying low until they strike again He thought and sighed slightly, as he remembered what his primary mission on this ship was supposed to be. But as much as taking the CE position seemed like a good idea at the time, it kept him far too busy in engineering to do much else.

Lt. Mike Stone, CE

Kalika’s voice came back on the comms, =^=I’m heading there now, Ma’am… I’ll report when there.=^= The comm went silent.

Kalika
CoS

Mike wasn’t too happy, and you could tell by the grumpy voice. “I’m not sure it’s smart for her to go on her own. If the shuttle was spotted, most likely who ever was there already split. But still, if it’s some other kind of glitch it’s good to at least have someone as backup or to report back what happened.” He looked at Kara. She was a victim of one such ‘glitch’ and dissapeared for a whole year. Mike definately didn’t want anyone else to experiance anything similar.

Lt. Mike Stone, CE

Nakuto studied her co-pilot closely. In her years serving by his side, she had never seen Mike Stone show even a trace of fear for the entities onboard the Viking. That was not to say that he was unmoved by the nature of the vessel and its ethereal inhabitants. But still, he was nothing if not stoic. A rock.

But in that moment, or so it seemed to her, Mike Stone seemed…unhappy? Nervous? She was failing to identify his precise emotion, but it caused a knot to form in the pit of her stomach all the same. As if somewhere, deep in the recesses of her mind, a klaxon was sounding. A warning.

“Agreed,” she nodded, before reaching once more towards the comms panel.
=^=Lieutenant Darz, do NOT go alone. Understand?=^= She had no remit to deliver orders to other members of this crew, each and every one of them outranking her in position if not in title. But she hoped that some small memory of her previous command might linger in the mind of Kalika Darz. And that the Orion might take it as sufficient justification to listen and to obey.

In the deep velvet of space, the small shuttle held its position outside of the same windows, their rogue lighting now extinguished, but the warning it had sounded in no way lessened by the sudden dark.

=^=We will hold our position here=^= she concluded. =^=Keep in contact, Lieutenant.=^=

Off to their left and still lingering in their peripheral vision, the Viking’s peverted figurehead began to clap its hands, an expression of malevolent delight contorting its features. Were sound waves able to propagate through the space, then Kara felt sure they would have heard the statue laughing.

Something was coming.

Kara Nakuto

“Please tell me I’m not the only one that sees that.” Luna said.
Ensign Luna