Posted by Colonel Jackson Quade (Captain) in Dead Reckoning

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Ilena Keelara Rox (CMO/CNS) in Dead Reckoning

Posted by Colonel Jackson Quade (Captain) in Dead Reckoning
Posted by… suppressed (68) by the Post Ghost! 👻

(snip)
Kryssa paused and looked around again. “A memory?” Her gaze shifted quickly back to him. “I’m not conflicted. This is Master’s room. I serve Master. I was his favorite. It is my place. I belong here!”

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

Tealor looked through her memories especially the older more guarded one to find something from when she was first taken. “Are you sure about that?” he thought then took her to the memory letting her play it out first.

Dr Tealor Tessan
Chief Medical Officer U.S.S Wolverine

Mistress Valeria stood over the biobed on her ship’s medical bay. “This is sloppy work, Lokhar. Even if you didn’t intend to keep him alive, this did nothing. It’s barbaric and useless. And to torture a prisoner without your consent?” She raised one brow. Lokhar had mentioned his doctor more than once. “And this girl. What was done to her? I heard the guard tell you she’s the one who caught the man. What is she being punished for? Such behavior should be rewarded not punished.” The girl was in sorry shape. Valeria’s doctors weren’t sure either would survive.

Valeria, Syndicate Boss

Lohkar was visibly shocked, the doctor would be punished and stripped of his position for this. He would soon learn what it meant to be a slave. “Mistress, no excuses, this doctor has apparently disrespected my position and yours, I will accept whatever punishment you deem worthy for my failure” he said looking at Kryrssa, “this is Dradvia’s friend and my second, ” he placed a hand on her softly. “As to the federation, this is a friend of Dradvia’s , Tealor her doctor, I would not have authorized this at all” he said lowering his eyes in shame for probably the first time in his life.

Colonel Jackson Quade
Captain U.S.S Wolverine

Valeria shook her head. “We all have to deal with traitors, Lokhar. Just clean your house.” She added, “Spotlessly.”

The young woman opened her eyes. A distressed moan and cry of pain left her. She tried to move, to get up. “Master Lokhar, I didn’t betray you, I swear!”

Valeria, Syndicate Boss

Lohakar set his massive hand on her forehead, gently stroking her hair. “I know, ” he said lovingly. “Who did this to you?” he asked. He knew but he wanted her to say it.

Colonel Jackson Quade
Captain U.S.S Wolverine

Kryssa opened her mouth. She must answer with the truth. But she couldn’t. The words wouldn’t form. Sobs racked her body. “It… it was…” Her body began to shake and she screamed like she was in pain.

The telepath that had been with Makahla stopped a few feet away and knelt. “Mistress Valeria,” he pleaded. She turned and narrowed her eyes, “Speak!”

He looked at Kryssa. “She cannot. Her mind is under compulsion. I can hear her thoughts and her terror. She knows who did this and more, but her mind has been programmed to inflict pain if she tries to tell.”

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

“can you tell who did it?” He asked perhaps them man did not need to die. “Don’t try to say is Kyrysaa, just think about it” he said.

Colonel Jackson Quade
Captain U.S.S Wolverine

Kryssa dared to look up at Lokhar and nodded her head, teas leaking out of the corner of her eyes. She hadn’t betrayed him. She had done the right thing and The Doctor had punished her, beat her, tortured her. She hadn’t done anything wrong!

The man nodded. He stepped up beside Kryssa. “I won’t hurt you. I just want to help.” He was afraid of his punishment. He was doing what Makahla had ordered to save his wife, but he had a feeling Makahla had harmed her anyway. “She knows him only as ‘The Doctor.’ Orion male, drab, his skin is never luminous like it should be, he’s over weight, has yellow eyes and wears a dirty lab coat.”

Valeria looked at Lokhar with a raised brow. “I would like to go with you to meet this man.”

Valeria, Syndicate Boss

“Yest misstress, Make sure she gets the best treatment possible, I’ll pay what ever needs to be spent” he said taking Valaria by the hand without thinking.

“You did good, the both of you, Why are you working for a worm like Makahla?” he asked, the man seemed loyal, it did not make sense. He rubbed Kyrssa’s head one last time.

Colonel Jackson Quade
Captain U.S.S Wolverine

The man shook his head, “Makahla has my wife. I have not seen her… in weeks. She said if I didn’t do what she wanted she would kill her. She’s not on the ship. Makahla has her somewhere so that I can not sense her.”

Kryssa turned her cheek into Lokhar’s palm and seemed to calm. The man sat up, “Enforcer, she wants me to tell you, he is keeping secrets from you. Conducting experiments on your crew and servants, everyone on the ship. She says there is a locked lab hidden behind his office.”

Valeria, Syndicate Boss

“That’s my special one” he said to Kyrssa. “Good, do you have the code?”

Colonel Jackson Quade
Captain U.S.S Wolverine

The man swallowed as Kryssa nodded. Her arm shook as she lifted it toward him, but pain lanced through her. “It’s her blood. He takes blood from her and uses it in a scanner on the door. He … he does not use a hypo spray to collect it.”

Valeria growled. This was unacceptable. She set a gentle hand on the girl. “Never again. I promise.” This doctor was trouble. He had done something horrible to Kryssa.

Lokhar’s hand was still wrapped against hers. “We will find him, now.”

Valeria, Syndicate Boss

“What about him? he is trouble, Starfleet will come looking for him” he said taking her hand “Second rest, you will be rewarded for your loyalty and compinsated for this. “And you, You will live for now, we will find your wife and figure out what to do with you then” he said squeezing Valaria’s hand sugesting that he wanted him rewarded as well but not yet

Colonel Jackson Quade
Captain U.S.S Wolverine

Valeria looked at the Star Fleet officer. “I will take care of it. I will meet you on your ship.” She turned to the telepath, “Stay with her and help.” Then to the doctors, “The very best care.”

Valeria, Syndicate Boss

Lohkar waited in the observaation room at the main air lock, his mighty ship docked at the main and blocking two secondaries it was, for lack of a better word masive, a dreadnaut of dreadnaughts the ford skull shaped hull brought a sense of terror, and the lavis interior nothing short of extreme indulgence. He laughed in his mind at the people who said he was nothing that he would never provide anything but loss to his family if he ever managed to aquire one.

Colonel Jackson Quade
Captain U.S.S Wolverine

Valeria stopped at a port window and watched the massive ship arrive. She’d never seen anything like it. It was.... how did… how did NO ONE know about this ship? It was terrifying and powerful. How did Lokhar keep this a secret?

She shook off her thoughts and proceeded further down the corridor. She had very little time to set her plans in motion and then get back to the air lock.

Valeria, Syndicate Boss

Lohakar smiled as he watched people look at the ship, in awe and then at him, and then back to the ship. I made him smile. He had hid his strenghs while playing up his weeknesses. His entire fleet and base were locked awat nicely in a miniral rick astroid field locked away in a gas cloud. It had made comunication difficult but detechtion even more so. It had also produced profit. His fleet was large now, he had The Black Tith in all her glory and 12 smaller cruisers and frigets, some built some aquired through force. Valaria was going to marry him, together their fleet would be one of the largest in synsdicate, there power, wealth and influence would be envied. The days of him letting people underestimate him and playing the brute are over. Now he would show them what this brute did and was.

Dr Tealor Tessan
Chief Medical Officer U.S.S Wolverine

Valeria appeared beside him roughly ten minutes later. “I have arranged for him to be moved off the ship. We don’t need that complication.” She slipped up beside him, leaning against his side. “Oh, I have decided to send Kay to my estate. She is very distraught over Dradvia, and I thought some specialized training would distract her and build on what you taught her.”

She stared out at his ship. “This is the Black Tithe. It is a fitting ship for a man such as you.”

Lt. Cmdr Rox, CMO/CNS

Lohkar looked at her and took her hand. “Maybe that is for best she is new and grew very attached to Dradvia” he noted. “She is a master piece, I have kept her well hidden a month my deception of being a brutish fool, I have acquired many things of great value” He began to walk forward “Come let me show you how much I have acquired through the years.”

---

The small shuttle bound for Karthos Drift a syndicate smugglers outpost in an obscure corner of syndicate influenced space. The shuttle was slow by federation standards, the pain he was feeling was dulled by many drugs that he was finally waking up from. “Who are you?” he asked the Andorian female sitting with him.

Dr Tealor Tessan
Chief Medical Officer U.S.S Wolverine

The Andorian woman looked over at her. “I’m Kay. I’ll take care of you. Try to rest. When we land, it will be… rough.” She couldn’t believe what Mistress Valeria told her. She had set them free to run and return to the Federation. Her shuttle would take them as far as Karthos Drift. Then they were on their own. It was a long way back to Federation space.

Lt. Cmdr Rox, CMO/CNS

“Why would the landing be rough?” he asked, “They just let us go?” he asked, “I don’t buy it” he noted, “I’m Commander Taelor. U.S.S Wolverine” he said, and that was all he said she was likely a spy sent to seduce him and make him reveal secrets.

Dr Tealor Tessan
Chief Medical Officer U.S.S Wolverine

“Not the landing, after we land. You are down two limbs Cmdr… did… did you say Wolverine? Do… do you know Dradvia?” Her expression changed to hope and desperation. Andorians were trained to block their thoughts from a young age, but as a sign of trust she left her her mind open.

Lt. Cmdr Rox, CMO/CNS

He read her, “I do know here, and it makes sense she would help you, ” he had pulled far more from here thoughts, he was stong. “You were on the Chimera, Lieutenant, your star fleet”, and then he saw the horible things the Lohkar had done to her and dradvia and others. “Im so sorry, yes she and I are friends and collegues.” This was all said through throught to keep the pilots oblivious.

Colonel Jackson Quade
Captain U.S.S Wolverine

Kay didn’t like the telepathy, but she had endured harder things. Her next thoughts were of Dradvia, in Valeria’s Medical bay. In a coma, unresponsive. She had disappeared with no warning. Valeria said she had sent her back also. Kay was afraid to believe her, but she had also seen how Valeria snuck people out. Tried to save them. But Kay was afraid Dradvia wouldn’t make it. Dradvia was the strong one.

Lt. Cmdr Rox, CMO/CNS

Dradvia will find her way home he thought Valiara seem sincer or she would have just taken into space and dumped my body, and would have continued to use you

Colonel Jackson Quade
Captain U.S.S Wolverine

Valeria was different. Everything the others had told her said so. She helped smuggle them to freedom and safety. The ones who were still with her, choose to so that they could help her.

It was another two days on the shuttle before they stopped at Karthos Drift. She had been given enough latinum and clothes and rations to get them somewhere. Now she just had to figure out what to do. The shuttle left, heading on to Valeria’s home.

Lt. Cmdr Rox, CMO/CNS

Tealor was in a chair he had not way of walking at this point, he could not manage crutches with out two arms and could not stand without a leg, there would be year or more of learning to walk again, maybe he would talk to the Chief when he got back and see if the same engineers could give him new limbs with some benefits. That all would have to wait. “Now what, this life is not something I know how to navigate,” he said hoping she was more skilled in the dark and shady.

Colonel Jackson Quade
Captain U.S.S Wolverine

“I’m a marine, I’ve been in worse places. First a room. Cheap. Then I’ll find us a ride.” She found a really cheap room, that was clean, but sparse and not comfortable. She left Tealor there so she could try and find something. She came back a few hours later, “You’re a doctor right?”

Lt. Cmdr Rox, CMO/CNS

Tealor winced as he shifted, “Well glad you have, most the time when the Wolverine has been in these kind of places, I’m locked away safely in sickbay.”

Colonel Jackson Quade
Captain U.S.S Wolverine

Kay sighed, “I’m glad for you. These aren’t the types of places that are safe for doctors. People need medical care, and they can get abducted. However, you being a doctor could be our ticket out of here. There is a man who is willing to give us his old shuttle in exchange for medical care. So come on.” Kay got behind his chair, put a med kit in a plain pack and handed it to him. Then they left.

Lt. Cmdr Rox, CMO/CNS

“Do you know what’s wrong with him?” he asked her as she moved behind him. THere was only so much he can do with a medkit, he would need a sickbay to do anything more or at least better tools than were in the kit. He looked down at his arm and his leg or rather lack there of. “Your going to have to assist me I think”

Colonel Jackson Quade
Captain U.S.S Wolverine

Kay shook her head. “I have no idea. He’s an elder, moves slow, I could hear his wife coughing inside.” It was a bit of a walk, and the ground wasn’t conductive for Tealor’s chair. Kay managed. She was not as strong as she had been, but she was fit.

They reached a small set of quarters. It was on a lower level. Probably once for storage, but converted. Once it was nice. Now it was in need of repairs. The upper levels were more than well kept, but down here, things were ignored. Kay pressed the chime and slowly the door opened. An old man stood there. He snorted. “That’s the doctor?”

Lt. Cmdr Rox, CMO/CNS

“So I’m told” Tealor said reading the man’s thought and feeling and the wifes trying to get a gauge of what was going on with them before they even spoke, they would likely hide things they thought were un important. “Can we come in” he asked

Dr Tealor Tessan
Chief Medical Officer U.S.S Wolverine

The man nodded. He moved back, moving with arthritic stiffness. He coughed deeply but it was not phlemy. He was tired and felt his slowness and pain was just old age. His concern, his focus was his wife, who couldn’t seem to get out of bed since she had the voperian flu.

The wife felt tired, but not the type of tired from over work or a long day.

Kay, marine pilot

“Lets take a look at you and your wife, where would you like me to set up, and who will be first. ” he asked, these two things were easily treated with a full sickbay, he could help them but it would take them much longer to heal with what they had.

Colonel Jackson Quade
Captain U.S.S Wolverine

“My wife.” The man led them into a small back room. His wife was older as well. She was still pretty, but she was pale. Just looking at her Tealor could see her skin was very dry and the pinched squint said she had a head ache and he could feel her stomach ache.

“My dear, this man is a doctor. He’s going to help you.” He stroked her hair back. “She had the voperian flu. Horrible fever, couldn’t keep anything down for so long. She’s lost her appetite and has no energy.”

Kay, marine pilot

“What is your name dear?” he asked, looking up at kay. “Can you get the tri-corder please?” he asked more out of habit than anything. Though he could not easily open the bag himself yet. He needed a lot of practice still.

Colonel Jackson Quade
Captain U.S.S Wolverine

Kay took the pack and removed the kit. She opened it and set it within reach. Then she opened the tricorder and handed it to Tealor.

“Qilla,” the woman tried to smile. “Can you help?”

Kay, marine pilot

“I can’t do something how much depends on what I get back from this. May I?” he asked holding the tri-corders just short.

She nodded, “Please,” Qilla said quietly.

Once she had confirmed he let the tri-corder do it’s work the flu can do some pretty serious damage , but more than likely it had simply caused some issues with her glands that could be corrected with some simple meds, though he was not sure if he had the correct ones.
Dr Tealor Tessan
Chief Medical Officer U.S.S Wolverine

The tricorder showed she was dehydrated. Most likely due to the flu. She was so dehydrated that it was causing headaches and stomach pains, making it difficult to eat or drink much. Because of the lack of food and water she had a slight vitamin deficiency as well. Easy to fix, but hard to get in a place like this.

Kay, marine pilot

“Kay, she needs to hydrate and needs vitamens, if we can aquire some she’ll be right as rain in a few days.” he said, “We are going to get you all patched up ok?” he said patting her hand with the back of his. “Ok SIr lets get a look at you too.” he said

Colonel Jackson Quade
Captain U.S.S Wolverine

The man hobbled over and sat with a groan. “Go ahead doc.”

“I’ll go when you are finished with him. I will get it all at once,” Kay said.

Kay, marine pilot

Tealor ran his scan, the astroid was modern and given the element, they could find just about anything, question was could they afford it. “Is there anything recently I should be aware of?” tealor asked and then procceeded with his check

Dr Tealor Tessan
Chief Medical Officer U.S.S Wolverine

The man shook his head. “I’m just old, doctor. Slowing down.” The man had arthritis. From years of hard work. Some tissue regeneration and an infusion of glucosamine chondroitin would fix him up.

Lt. Cmdr Rox, CMO/CNS

“Well we all get old, but that does not mean we have to be in pain all the time, Kay we’ll also need a tissue regeneratior and infusion kit and glucosamine, saline, and the other medications I listed” he said leaning back. “A leg and an arm would be nice” he said with a chuckle. “But I suspect that might be too much to ask.”

Colonel Jackson Quade
Captain U.S.S Wolverine

“Alright. Is any of that in a standard med kit? I know this one isn’t complete, but I should be able to get a new one, easily.”

Tealor shook his head, “Not sure it depends on the medkit, most of the meds should be simple to acquire they are just vitamins, liquide infusable is best but oral if we have too, the regenerator is going to be expensive most kits have an infuser” he noted

“I know where you can Medical supplies if you have the latinum.” The man gave Kay directions and she left.

Kay, marine pilot

He made idle chit chat with the couple while he waited. He would have helped them around the house but, that was not possible.

Dr Tealor Tessan
Chief Medical Officer U.S.S Wolverine

The couple was personable and sweet. They had had a hard life, but they were decent people living in a harsh location.

It took almost 2 hours for Kay to return. But when she did, she had it all. “I got it. And a little extra. Had to take a quick side job for the regenerator, but I got it.” She set the items down next to Tessan.

Lt. Cmdr Rox, CMO/CNS

“Side job?” Tealor said taking the items and getting set up. The infusion was the slow part, it set it up to go more slow that normal as to not overload her system “Just layback, you’ll be feeling better in a few hours and like your old self in a few days.

Colonel Jackson Quade
Captain U.S.S Wolverine

“Just a little escort job. The medical shop I went to had a shipment arrive, but apparently the dock master likes to charge personal tariffs. I went with her, to make sure he didn’t. Let me have the regenerator for cost,” Kay explained.

“Smart” he said, “Lot of people would have said no or just paid full price for it, remind me to take you with me next time I plan a vacation” he quibied, he was emotionally destroyed inside he just wanted to shut down, to fall apart, but that would not get them home, home, maybe then it could fall apart.

Kay snorted and her antennae waved with amusement. “She needed help,” she shrugged self-consciously. It was hard going out and being the one doing everything. She was jumpy and afraid of being taken, but she didn’t have a choice.

The man looked at him. “Is she going to need this a lot?” He rubbed his aching hands. “I’m not sure I can set that up…” he sounded worried, but sat next to his wife and held her hand. “You’re going to feel better.”

Kay, marine pilot

“No, She will be fine in a few days then, just live your lives” he said with a smirk. Lets get that regenerator working on you put your hands on the table and hold still,” he said pulling out the regenerator

Colonel Jackson Quade
Captain U.S.S Wolverine

The man set his hands on the table. It would take awhile. Not just his hands, but hips and knees had them too. Some regeneration would go well on his back as well. It depended on how long they were willing to stay. The woman looked up, “Are you hungry? The replicator works.”

Kay, marine pilot

“Food would be great” he said. “This is going to take some time, but we should have you fixed up in a few days as well, I would rather stay until you are better if that is ok with you?” he asked, “Kay do you mind making us something while I work?” he asked

Colonel Jackson Quade
Captain U.S.S Wolverine

“Of course. Thank you,” she said to Qilla. She moved into their small living area and went through the available menu. It wasn’t much but it was filling. She brought a tray in and offered food to all of them before sitting.

Kay, marine pilot

He took a break and ate, he could not do much in tandom anymore. “So tell us a little about yourself, why get rid of your shuttle? I could see that you got it back” he noted. He was hoping to talk to Kay more tonight find out more about her, who she was.

Dr Tealor Tessan
Chief Medical Officer U.S.S Wolverine

The man shrugged. Qilla patted his hand. “Because I’ve been too sick to go anywhere, and it’s worth a bit. He wanted to pay for me to see a doctor.” The man grunted and held her hand firmly. “And it has. You’ll be fine now Qilla.”

“I’ve done a lot of odd jobs over my lifetime. The shuttle allowed me to travel where the jobs were. It’s not much, but I keep it in good repair.”

Lt. Cmdr Rox, CMO/CNS

He looked at them, “We will see you get it back then, or” he paused not sure if he should offer it could be very dangerious for them. “We could take you with us, maybe you could imigrate to a colony and retire?” he said

Dr Tealor Tessan
Chief Medical Officer U.S.S Wolverine

The man looked up and Kay gave him a sharp look. But after looking at the two she thought it was the right decision. “You should come with us,” she said simply.

The man squeezed his wife’s hand and shared a look. “We’ll see,” was all he said for now.

Kay, marine pilot

Taelor gave a nod, ” well if you decide to stay, we’ll get the shuttle or the credits back to you ok?” tealor looked at Kay, “We’ll need to know soon we’ll have to provision for four if your comming, and if you are the sooner we leave the better.

Dr Tealor Tessan
Chief Medical Officer U.S.S Wolverine

Qilla squeezed his hand, “Let’s go Ethsa. There is no work here for us. A new place might,” Qilla said. Ethsa nodded, “Alright. If that’s what you want Qilla.”

Kay, marine pilot

“That is good, Kay we’ll need travel papers for them, if we can’t afford them or can’t get them we’ll take them as our prisoners, witnesses. I’ll take the heat when we get back, not sure I’ll have much of a career left anyway.

Dr Tealor Tessan
Chief Medical Officer U.S.S Wolverine

“We have papers. I used to travel a lot,” Ethsa said.

Key set a hand in his shoulder, “Of course you have a career. You are still a doctor. They didn’t take your mind.”

Kay, marine pilot

“maybe ” he said not really wanting to process anything right now for fear of shutting down, the things they had done to him were eager to make their mark, but were currently trapped deep in his mind.

He picked up the regenerator after dinner and worked on the the other hand. By the time Kay and Taelor were on the way back to their flat, he had repaired both hands.

“What do we have here” A deep voice came out of no where from behind them. “A nurse and her broken charge!” Two men and a woman stepped out from the shadows of a nearby ally. One orion and two humans. The orion was doing the talking, he was big but still only half the size Lohkar had been

Dr Tealor Tessan
Chief Medical Officer U.S.S Wolverine

Kay had a moment of fear, but she had tasted her freedom again and she would die this time instead. She’d been given weapons too. Not great ones, but better than nothing. “Not so broken if it takes 3.” The blaster was near to hand and she set her hand on it where they couldn’t see.

Kay, marine pilot

“Kitten’s got some fire” he said with a laugh. “Good,” he nodded three more orion’s came out of the shadows. “come with us, boss wants to see you” he said stepping to the side giving her access to the ally.

Dr Tealor Tessan
Chief Medical Officer U.S.S Wolverine

Kay didn’t hesitate. She pulled the blaster and the small type 1 phaser, already keyed to heavy stun and fired in controlled, rapid, precise targets. No way was she taking herself or Tealor down that ally to see his ‘boss’.

Kay, marine pilot.

Tealor was going to stop her but it was too late, the Orion leader went down to the the multiple stun blasts the girl ran and the man went to the ground.

Tealor layed face down in his chair, he had no way to help and the frustrated him, and then he remembered. Tackle your partners he thought to the largest of the three Orion’s behind him. he tackled them and knocked the other two out. Run he put the thoughts of panic and fear into the man, and he did.

Dr Tealor Tessan
Chief Medical Officer U.S.S Wolverine

Kay stunned those on the ground and then turned looking for more threats. One man was kneeling on the ground hands up. She snarled. “Tell your Boss to stay away. Don’t follow us or you’ll get worse than a phaser shot.”

“You don’t know what you have done, shes going to kill you for this, or worss” he said.

Kay grinned, but it wasn’t joy or pleasant. “Who is ‘she’? Answer quick and I won’t shoot you.”

Kay, Marine Pilot

She started pushing Tealor quickly around. They would head back to the couple; they had to leave now. Get off this asteroid and get moving.

Kay, marine pilot

Colonel Jackson Quade
Captain U.S.S Wolverine

“Her name, Mistress Tralla, she just wanted to talk to you and give you some work” he said his hands staying hi, “You can still right this if you go now, I can take you to her still, otherwise” he stoped

Colonel Jackson Quade
Captain U.S.S Wolverine

Kay set a hand on Tealor’s shoulder. Work was good, but they didn’t want to be caught by the Syndicate again. She was hoping he had some telepathic insight and advice.