Posted by Lieutenant Alita Claire (Chief Security Officer) in CO quarter’s (after the meeting. Tag Alita)

Posted by Captain Remy Boudreaux (CO) in CO quarter’s (after the meeting. Tag Alita)

Posted by Lieutenant Alita Claire (Chief Security Officer) in CO quarter’s (after the meeting. Tag Alita)
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Entering his quarters after the staff briefing, Remy was frustrated by the events of the past few days. First, the shuttle trip to Risa was an attempt on his life. Next, was being shot at by automated security while trying to retrieve an artifact. . .

He grabbed a bottle of bourbon and slammed back a couple of long swallows before placing the bottle back on the counter. Now that that was out of the way, he filled a glass with his favorite liquor.

He was tempted to head back to the planet, incognito, to conduct his own investigation. To do things HIS way. Working alone had been his MO for longer than he cared to admit. But, that option was no longer feasible. Now, there was a responsibility to his ship and crew. They probably wouldn’t be too pleased with their CO if he took off. Having a missing Chief Engineer missing was enough of a problem he didn’t need to be part of the problem as well.

Still,sitting and waiting was frustrating. He needed a distraction. . . . .

Boudreaux (CO)

It was a little while after the meeting and Alita’s thoughts were in a jumble. She knew what her responsibilities were to the ship and crew, she was certain she could carry them out, but didn’t like being kept completely in the dark. When Riley had got up and walked out she had half a mind to get up and walk after him to demand an explanation. He was arrogant, abrupt, but he got the job done.

Her jumbled thoughts had her wandering the ship and, before she knew it, she was ringing the Captain’s chime.

• Alita

“Entrez,” replied Remy. As the door slid open and Alita appeared, he smiled, took her hand and led her to the couch. Before sitting himself, he poured 2 glasses of bourbon. Placing one in front of Alita, he sat next to her and took a large swallow from his glass. “If you’d radder no’ drink it raght now, do no’ worry, I’m ready to drink enough fo’ de bot’ of us.”

He ran a hand through his shaggy dark hair and turned to face Alita. “Why in de ‘ell would someone wan’ to kidnap my chief engineer?”

Boudreaux (CO)

Alita knew she should probably abstain from the alcohol but Remy certainly wasn’t going to so, why should she?

Smiling, she picked the glass up and took a more modest drink than her Captain, friend, and so much more.

“I came here, ostensibly, to make certain you hadn’t gone down there to look for him yourself. When it comes to you, I don’t trust the ship to just tell me you’re still here.”

Remy’s frustration turned into a smirk. “You are gettine to know me better wit’ each passine moment, cher.”

Leaning back, she half closed her eyes for a few seconds before sitting up straight and becoming a bit more professional.

“I believe he was a target of opportunity. It could have been anyone in the landing party that was taken, it just happened to be him that walked out the door at that moment. It could have been Riley, myself, or our fine Doctor. Our Chief is just the most annoying.”

• Alita

From what the others had stated, Alita was most likely correct. Petrov had wandered off by himself and had been the unfortunate one to get grabbed. “Dere are too many questions an’ no’ enough answers.”

“Are dese de same people dat sabotaged my shuttle? Dey could no’ kill me, so dey took one of my crew, is dat it? Is Petrov dead? We ‘ave no’ gotten any demands or e’en contact from de kidnappers. If Petrov is as annoyine to dem as ‘e is to us, why no’ give ‘im back already?”

He wrapped his arms around Alita and pulled her close. “Ow ‘bout you an’ I run away to some island paradise where we don’ ave to tink ‘bout anyting ‘cept drinkine rum an’ makine love on de beach ‘til de sun goes down and de sun comes back up again de nex’ day.”

Boudreaux (CO)

Alita laughed and nuzzled Remy’s neck.

“As soon as we find Petrov, I promise I’ll take you up on it. I always keep my word, don’t you know that? Something our family’s very good at for many many years.”

Alita leaned back just enough to look Remy in the eyes.

“There will always be people on this ship who’ve known you longer and there will always be people in your life who swear they know you better… I don’t want to waste my breath arguing with all of them but, they will never know you quite the way I do. So if you’re going to go off and do something crazy one of these days, ten minutes or then years from now, I want to get in trouble with you, not clean up after you.”

She paused, slipped one arm free, and finished her drink.

“But damn, now we should really find that CE of yours.”

• Alita

The door chimed at that exact instant. On the other side, Reilly stood with a look on his face few saw… he was pissed. Fortunately, there wasn’t anyone in the passageway to be the unwitting recipient of his anger.

Reilly, XO