Posted by Lieutenant Casela Synthi-er (Counsellor / RTF) in MPT-“Six Hours From Evil”- the other Leviathan Shuttlebay

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Ryder Raauhl (Executive Officer) in MPT-“Six Hours From Evil”- the other Leviathan Shuttlebay

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The shuttlebay appeared vacant. In fact, the only thing out of place was the shuttle. Its engines hummed softly. They were activated and the shuttle was sitting in standby mode. The only other sounds being made were from the away team.

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“They should have already arrived, I’m worried,” Raauhl said pacing the shuttle bay, the rest of the away team had yet to arrive and he was beginning to suspect there was some foul play. “DO we have the portable forcefield generators I’m beginning to feel as if this is just what he wanted?” He looked to Casela and then to the shuttle, “If not lets use the shuttle’s shield, we’ll localise them until the others arrive.”

• Lt Cmdr Raauhl, XO

Casela nodded, “Then maybe only one of us should go to the shuttle so we aren’t in the same place? I can try to get access to Valkyrja and you can contact them? You’re command codes should still work here. The computer should accept any orders you give it.” She didn’t like it either. “And I’m not sure, other than our own wits how much the ships systems will help us, as far as working how we think they will. Hampton knows this ship better than anyone.”
Lt Synthi-er, RTF

OOC: Copying to Shuttlebay thread.

It was too easy, or maybe she was just paranoid after all these years. She scanned the shuttle bay. “Valkyrja.” There sat her shuttle, powered down and appearing to be untouched. If she could get safely to the shuttle she could let the HUEY system, aka Alfred, try to hack the other shuttle’s systems. “That might be the only safe piece of equipment on this ship. Unless Hampton has managed to hack my security overrides.” The man hated her, but the question was, had he bothered to try and hack her shuttle or not. It hadn’t been long since Bog had finished rebuilding her. “Fenrir, stay here, just in case.” If something went wrong, Fenrir would be their back up. Assuming Hampton didn’t have a horrible demise for Fenrir as well. Out of curiosity she clicked the communicator at her wrist to see if the Fenrir on this ship would show up as well. One click to summon. “You might have company if we’re lucky.”

She made her way from the shuttle control room and into the shuttle bay itself. She scanned the bay again, but again saw no one. She moved over to Valkyrja and placed her hand on the biometric reader, but the shuttle didn’t respond. She tried again with the same result and then with voice command. “I’m sorry, but you must provide verification. Bio readings for Lt. Synthi-er read as deceased.”

Bog! He’d set the HUEY to monitor her life signs. And now it thought she was dead. “Alfred, please scan my bio readings and then confirm that bio readings to Casela Synthi-er also show as deceased on the bridge.” She waited. “Confirm existence of second vessel off port bow as UUS Leviathan. Confirm connection with Shuttle Valkyrja and HUEY program on that secondary USS Leviathan.” Again she waited. “Scan with sensors and confirm temporal anomaly.” She waited letting the AI work through the problem. “Now scan bio readings, retinal scans, and confirm voice recognition.”

“Scans complete and confirmed. Access code required.” Rather than speak, Casela choose to input the codes manually. Never know when Hampton was watching and listening. The code was accepted and the shuttle opened. She stepped into the shuttle and over to the controls. “Alfred, one of the shuttles is on stand by. See if you can connect to it and shut it down.”
Lt Synthi-er, CNS

The only thing out of the ordinary was an unusual amount of plasma particles, but nothing lethal to lifeforms. The ALFRED began connecting to the shuttlecraft onboard systems. After several minutes, the ALFRED had connected, and was shuffling through the shuttle’s systems to disengage the shuttle’s systems.

Plasma? It wouldn’t hurt them…but it was flamable. She called back to where she thought Raauhl was waiting. “Ryder, there is a large amount of plasma floating in the air. Let’s not catch it on fire.” She did another quick walk around the bay to see if there were any surprises waiting to ignite the plasma.

Hampton stood on the bridge, debating his next move. He had developed a device that would overload the various weapons manhattan had, and had programmed it to be transportable, He figured it would probably overload Synthier’s wireless connections if he targeted them. He considered beaming into Valkyria, it would at least disrupt the connection. But Hampton only had one, and he was concerned about wasting it. He would need a fast escape though… He glanced down at his chronometer, twenty five minutes. He couldn’t afford to wait any longer. He beamed the device in and activated it. He cursed himself for leaving his get away vehicle so exposed, it had been one detail he had somehow overlooked. He slammed his hands on the console. He diverted power to the shields. Pulling it away from life support. Not low enough to kill them all, but there would be considerably less oxygen and cooler temperatures in the next few minutes.

He realized his hand was shaking slightly. He felt a feeling he had not felt in years. Fear. It was the fear of failure, fear of being captured. He had committed horrible acts of evil, if caught… He shook his head. He was not afraid, he had planned for this moment all of his life, this was his moment to break free from his past life, break free from the hollow shell of existence he had formerly occupied. All he had to do was get off Leviathan, one more time, and he could start his new life. He could be happy, he might even find purpose. He grabbed his bag, and pulled out a utility belt. He clipped the resonator and emp grenade on it. He grabbed his phaser and held it firmly in his hand. He closed his eyes for a moment. He was shocked by the amount of fear he felt. It was unacceptable, he shook his head, he called on an old friend to give him strength, confidence, and courage, anger. It poured into his soul once more. These were the pathetic people who had looked down on him, degraded him, ignored him, he was better than them and he knew it. He could defeat them all, he already had once, he could do it again. “Computer, activate program Hampton 1.”

ALFRED was nearly complete in its task, Synthier heard the distinct of a transporter beam. In a few moments, ALFRED was offline, as was the entire shuttle’s onboard systems.

“Cmdr my shuttle’s dead. Can you get the computer to override his get away shuttle?”

A second transporter beam sound echoed in the shuttlebay. If Synthier and Raauhl turned to see what it was they would see their old crewmate, standing behind them at some distance with a smirk, phaser in hand.

Mr. Hampton

“I doubt that, I was onboard the Leviathan and I’ll sure as hell be on it after him. We’re not splitting up” He said a little sharply, so perhaps he was being a little protective and selfish over Casela but could you blame him? He’d seriously have to get a grip if they were to go on future away missions. “Sorry, I’m just a little..m on edge. All my life times and this s the scariest”

-LtCmdr Raauhl, XO

Casela glanced at him briefly. Really? Right now? This was going to happen right now? She got it, she did, Hampton had attacked her in a way no one could stop or even see. But right now? She took a deep breath realizing he was right. Ryder didn’t live in these high stakes situations day in and out. She turned to him and nodded, “It’s natur....al…” behind Ryder, was William Hampton, with a phaser. “Hampton,” she said by way of greeting. She wasn’t willing to use a phaser, if she had one, and Ryder was between her and Hampton and so a throwing knife was not an answer either, and she was too far away to simply physically attack him. She stepped out and away from the Valkyrja and to the side, putting herself between him and the other shuttle and removing Ryder from between them. She had to keep him busy until Fenrir or both Fenrir’s if they were lucky, were able to get into the room and immobilize him, or something. Or maybe Ryder could use his command codes to lock him in the brig or something. “A phaser? I have to say I’m a little disappointed. I thought you would have come up with a much more horrific death for me.”

“But why? Bog and Durhiem were trying to save you, get you out. I mean I know Bog is annoying and never shuts his mouth, but he was trying to save you. We saw the security feeds.”
Lt Synthi-er, RTF

Hampton kept his back to the wall, keeping everything in the room, including the door, in front of him. He slowly made his way towards his shuttle. He smiled as Synthier blocked his path. He had at least two different ways to kill her in the moment. He knew she was stalling, buying time, and he knew that they were no match for him. He also knew that it was only a matter of time before the others arrived, and a four on one would be more difficult confrontation for him. Still, his pride would not let him simply shoot the counselor and leave the ship, despite the fact that his instincts were screaming at him to simply shoot her and move on. He wanted to play along for a few moments. “You’ve never been a god before counselor, you’ve never expierenced that amount of power I have.” He took another step toward the shuttle, a small one, his phaser still resting in his right hand. “You think you are a person of quality, but I promise you, if you possessed the power I did, you would have done the exact same thing.” His lips turned upward in an evil smile. “This ship and crew made me suffer, so I returned the favor. It’s that simple. I doubt you would act any different.” His left hand went down to his belt and rested on it. He anticipated an attack soon, and he would have the initiative.

Mr. Hampton