GESB: Operation Time-Cops

[Chad32]

(I edited too.)

[Myitt]

Myitt hesitates for barely a second before pressing the cold cylinder against the back of Tamora's neck.  She pauses, realizing from Tamora's frantic breathing that she is still most definitely alive. 

She turns away from the gurney with a scowl, feigning rage and despair.  "Goddamn second hand Skrit Na piece of ****," she snarls, her back to Tamora and the wall Zorish is sitting against, hitting the bottom of the Kandrona generator with the palm of her hand.  "Work, damn you!" 

In her show of anger she barely even registers Sukohn.

[Chad32]

"Everything the Skrit Na have is second hand." Sukohn said, not really sure what Myitt is doing. "Bad babysitter! Bad!"

[Myitt]

"Will you be quiet?" Myitt snaps at Sukohn, still tapping at the generator. 

In the cabin, Hadrin looks up from his spot against the wall. 

<Wonder what all the commotion's about?> his host, Justin, says silently.

<I haven't heard any shots ring out yet,> Hadrin replies.  <If it's only Myitt yelling angrily about something, I'd rather not cross his path.  He's a nice enough Yeerk, as you know, but occasionally-->

<Yeah.  The temper.>

<Indeed.  I do wish we knew more about this secondary mission, but with Zorish in there...yes.  It is wise to remain where we are.>

[Chad32]

"Fine. I guess I'll just wait until it's my turn." Sukohn said. He was trying to distract Myitt from Tamora. She was bound to lose it. "I'm just the secondary objective to the oh so special Sub-Visser."

[Alic]

((wait.. what IS myitt doing. im lost... damn hangover, i blame that...))

[Terenia]

((Myitt is suspicious of Zorish/Tamora, so she is using a Kandrona generator to make it seem like she is killing them. The generator looks similar to the long cylinder used in #8 to kill Controllers whose Yeerks were dying. At a glance both Zorish and Tamora would think that Myitt is killing Tamora, although it's really just a harmless generator.))

[Alic]

(Ahhh. Okay. So. No one else knows its just a generator. Got it.))

Alic stepped aside to let Myitt exit, and was curious as to what she was doing. Her eyes widened with shock when she returned with the cylinder, knowing this was quite unlike Myitt. But hey, saves them the time to do the dirty work later. <<What are you DOING? I mean, great, glad someone is doing something... But I thought we wanted to keep the girl alive!>> 

Confusion swept over Alic's face when.. well.. it didn't work. It would have been nice to just end it all now instead of dealing with them the entire way back to the bar.

[Myitt]

In the midst of muttering curses at the device, Myitt looks briefly at Alic and raises her eyebrows, her gaze flickering meaningfully from Alic's face to the little device in her hand.  It is all she can do without giving up the charade. 

"****ing thing isn't working!" she exclaims to Alic, doing quite a decent job of appearing irritated.

[Chad32]

(You think maybe Sukohn is in a better position to see the device than Zorish or Tamora?)

[Alic]

Alic gave Myitt that "What the ****" and followed her gaze down to the device. Finally, it dawned on her. <<Oh.>> She decided to let Myitt play her game, and she could even play along with her.

<If your little device isn't going to work, Myitt.. I can assist you.> She raised her tail just slightly. She was only partially pretending. If she recieved order to take their heads, she would do it without a second thought.

[Terenia]

Tamora winces as the cool metal presses against the nape of her neck, a whimper escaping her lips. She squeezes her eyes tight, waiting for the device to complete its cruel job. When nothing happens after a few seconds she hesitantly opens one eye. Abruptly the metal object is removed from her neck and she can hear Myitt cursing.

"I'm alive," she sighs, realizing that the device has not worked. Her heart is just beginning to cease racing when Aliciana speaks up, volunteering the use of her tail blade. Her throat constricts and she shakes her head back and forth, as if the violent motion will be enough to tear the rest of her body free.

"No...no, let me go!" she cries, on the verge of panic. She tries to catch sight of Zorish, still huddled in the corner impersonating Derrel, but he is just out of her viewpoint. Her gaze falls back on the female Andalite and her chest tightens at the aliens unforgiving expression.

"Save me!" She cries, biting her lip at the last minute to keep herself from saying Zorish's name out loud.

In the corner Zorish puts his head in his hands. An onlooker might mistake his movements for despair with the overall situation, but in actuality he was hiding the anxiety that he could not prevent from playing across his face. He wished that he could tell Tamora to be quiet, that she would blow their cover, but for once their mind-to-mind connection was severed. Zorish could do nothing but watch it play out, or else all of their lives were at risk.

[Chad32]

"I can't, Sub-Visser." Sukohn said, emphasizing the word Sub-Visser in the hopes of reminding Tamora to play her part. He struggles a bit against his bonds, but they're too tight. Since he isn't actually tied to anything, he's able to wriggle towards Myitt a bit. When he gets closer, he gets a better look at what she's holding. "Hold up. That thing looks a bit off. Myitt, is that really what I think it is?"

[Luke Skywalker (Ossanlin)]

Ossanlin continues to monitor the ship's progress through z-space on the flight deck.  He watches Myitt as she comes back into the room and picks up the spent kandrona generator.  He gives her a slightly confused look and shakes his head when she walks back out.  The commotion soon after does catch his attention however.  He quickly trots out through the lounge area and into the medbay.

Ossanlin catches a glimpse of the kandrona generator in her hand.  <<I assume something...strange ...has happened here.  They apparently think that is something it's not since it's causing all this hysteria and you claim that it's a faulty Skrit-Na purchase...>>  Ossanlin falls silent and watches some more.  He listens as Tamora begs and Aliciania offers her tail.  It finally dawns on him that Myitt is threatening to kill Tamara and the Sub-Visser for some reason.  <<I assume you know what you're doing Myitt...>>

Ossanlin speaks up.  <There's no need for blood or barbarism Aliciania...I have several things onboard that would...accomplish the same ends.  For example, a concentrated, dedicated pulse charge administered directly to the cerebrum and medulla would permanently disrupt all electrical activity in both brains quite immediately and painlessly.  I would simply have to dedicate one of the pulse mines and tone back it's energy level.  Then it would simply be a matter of erecting a containment field around the gurney to protect the rest of us from the energy output.  However I would much rather save the human girl, she's more or less innocent, her mind twisted and warped by Imperial Yeerk infestation.  In time, she could be rehabilitated from their parasitic machinations.>  He looks at Tamora again with his main eyes, the fear etched on her face quite genuine which seems rather out of character for the Sub-Visser.  But then being confronted with one's own mortality could often be rather harrowing.  <Perhaps we could make a deal of some sort?  I wouldn't wish to make you starve to death Sub-Visser...perhaps we could promise you a quick and painless death if you voluntarily disengage from this poor girl.  I'm sure you would desire that over starvation, yes?>

<<Threatening to kill them will hardly earn Tamora's trust for later, so I hope what you're doing is worthwhile in some way.>>  The private thought again goes to Myitt before Ossanlin falls completely silent again.

[Chad32]

<Why does everyone want to kill people that they've already imprisoned?> Derrel asked. <she's bound and defenseless. Just leave her alone.>