You Two Again - Part One

Posted on Thu Mar 19th, 2020 @ 5:38am by Commander Sokanon It'kla & Lieutenant Commander Michael Emerson & Commander Alexa Emerson

Mission: Mission 100: I'm Going to Ruin Somebody's Day
Location: Various Locations - Starbase Vanguard
Timeline: 1410Hrs - July 12th, 2393

Lieutenant Michael Emerson was seated at the bar, he had a glass of his drink of choice in one hand and a PADD in the other, he was reading a letter from his sister who was presently assigned to the USS Blue Diver as one of their Conn officers, she was looking at moving up within the next year or so.

Suddenly he found himself facing a rather angry looking Caitian female. "You!" she snarled at him.

Emerson regarded her. "What do you want?" there was something in his tone that angered Sokanon even more than she already was. "You embarrassed me!" the Caitian snarled at him.

"Okay." There was no flat-out denial or attempt to play stupid. "Why don't you sit down and keep your voice down." he turned to the bartender who had come over. "You two having issues?" the bartender inquired in a really heavy cockney accent.

"Not from my part," Emerson responded.

Sokanon regarded the bartender. "Could I get an ale please.?" she inquired. "Caitian blend, single strength but double sweet."

Emerson regarded her before he indicated a chair. "Okay, I need more details because I don't think we've met before but... I've always been bad with faces, human and otherwise."

"On the transport," Sokanon answered. "You were complaining about my attitude."

Emerson suddenly recalled what she was saying. "Ahh. Yes. I remember you now. Thank you for proving me right and thanks also for proving my point."

Sokanon hissed loudly at him. "You have no idea what you are talking about."

Emerson regarded her, without pity or compassion in his dark eyes. "Oh really?" he responded in a soft but dangerous tone of voice. "So you assume I'm stupid and ignorant now-"

"That's because you are." Sokanon snarled at him.

"Keep your voice down. Unless you want him to cram his boot up your backside while he ejects you out of here." Emerson commented in a quiet ton of voice.

The bartender came over. "Lady, either behave or get lost, I don't care which but you will watch it when you are in here," he growled at Sokanon.

Sokanon growled softly at the back of her throat as she glared at the bartender. "This matter doesn't concern you."

"Let's go for a walk," Emerson commented suddenly as he picked up his drink and he finished it off in one go. "Mmm. Thanks, barkeep." he turned to the Caitian female. "Let's go El Tee, we can sort this out in a place where you can lose your mind. That's clearly what you want."

Sokanon hissed at him. "You are a fool."

"So are you." responded a female voice. Sokanon turned her head to find herself face to face with a female human who regarded her, she wore an engineering uniform with the yellow shirt, she also carried her pack on her back. "Ahh, yes. Hi," she added. "I'm Alexa Emerson. His spouse, now what's this about?" she inquired of her husband and the Caitian female who looked downright angry.

Emerson regarded his wife. "The Lieutenant is angry with me considering what was said between us while on the transport."

"Oh, you mean the part about her attitude.?" The female Emerson didn't seem to have her husbands issues with memory and names. "You do have that issue El Tee," Alexa added. "Look, some enjoy it but that doesn't mean you need to."

Meanwhile, Michael Emerson had turned and departed in silence, Alexa knew why he was leaving, he hated confrontation and if he could, then he'd slip out in the chaos which suited Alexa just fine, her husband was not a warrior. This too didn't bother her.

Michael went down the hallway before a Vulcan female wearing an Engineering uniform. "Hello. I require your assistance with a matter of some urgency."

"Okay, what do you need?" Emerson responded before he followed the Vulcan female back into the room where she had been working. T'Paaru turned to Emerson. "I'm going to attempt to switch the load from breaker four to six. Be ready to shut off the breaker when I say, wait for my word," she ordered.

"Okay," Emerson answered.

Unfortunately, either due to inexperience or the fact that the switches tension spring was too tight, T'Paaru pulled the breaker switch out too slowly, and it caused all three of the phases to start arcing loudly. The loud noise and bright light, caused T'Paaru to jump back in surprise, leaving the breaker in a partially open position.

She had no idea as to what to do in this situation, as the arc continued to burn, growing louder, brighter and hotter. The arc ionized the surrounding air until suddenly, one of the arcs jumped over to an adjacent phase, causing a spectacular short circuit and causing the whole panel to blow out in a flash of blinding white light and molten metal. Less than a second later, the main supply breaker tripped, killing power to the arc as well as that whole section of the ship.

Emerson felt pain as he was suddenly blinded by the arc flash, he felt himself fall to the ground as he began screaming, the Vulcan was beside him, dealing with her own issues except she did not scream.