An Enemy Within the Castle Walls - Part One

Posted on Fri Mar 13th, 2020 @ 11:17pm by Captain Tienn Kerris & Lieutenant Konrad Anjou & Lieutenant Penthesilea "Ilea" Rohr & Lieutenant Colonel Tienn Nerra & Major Daisy Rohr-McKnight
Edited on on Fri Mar 13th, 2020 @ 11:20pm

Mission: Mission 95: Through the Looking Glass
Location: Watchman Station / USS Argonne
Timeline: 0900Hrs, September 5th, 2392

Konstantin Anjou was looking over the schematics of the station in the dimly lit chamber. The small chamber was a visitor's quarters and while they were on a mission it would take a few days and they would need a place to rest.

"Lieutenant Rohr, you will stay close to me. To be honest, I do not trust you. Together we will download the personnel files. We will also find and technical schematics of any vessels we can find. After that, we will try to return to the Farragut. Commander Rohr, is our shuttle ready?" Anjou asked the tall half Klingon.

"Yes, I installed our cloaking device and the ship's transporters have a lock on us. We can get out at a moment's notice." Ajax replied.

"Good. While your sister and I are downloading files you will stand guard." Anjou told him.

"Why, I can find the files. Why can't Ilea stand watch?" Ajax asked, a little angry.

"Your sister knows what she is looking for. It would also look odd for a tactical officer to stand guard while a security officer is searching the computer files. Besides, you're much too obtuse to search through files." Anjou told him.

Ajax looked very angry. "When we get back I will crush your spine."

"I am the hunting master and your nothing but a hound Ajax Rohr. Barking louder doesn't make you any more important." Anjou smiled at Ajax.

Ajax snarled at Anjou but the political officer just ignored him. "Commander Anjou," Ilea alerted him. "These files are incomplete. From what it looks they plan on moving to a new command post."

Anjou looked over her files and confirmed her findings. "Your right, we need to find a new source."

"There was that marine carrier. I'm sure they would have a command post on the board for ground operations." Ilea suggested.

"You're making yourself useful," Anjou told her. "Hopefully that will rub off on your brother. Let's get to the shuttle bay."

As the trio was leaving a human security guard came in. "Halt, you're in an unauthorized area."

"I'm an intelligence officer you idiot." Anjou tried to intimidate him.

"Wait, you're the infiltrators!" the guard shouted.

With lightning speed, Ajax grabbed the man and slammed him into a wall repeatedly. He fell unconscious to the deck. Ajax pulled off his communicator and crushed it under his heel.

"Is he dead?" Ilea asked.

"No, I'll hide his body here. We need to move fast." Ajax replied.

The three made to the shuttle bay and left the station. Ajax was piloting and Ilea was the co-pilot. "Commander Anjou, there is a lot of activity around that ship. Something is going on. Shall we continue?" Ilea asked.

"Of course we shall! What kind of a question is that?" Anjou shouted at her. "You need to think of the mission first Lieutenant. All the confusion will make it easier for us to get in. And you will be with me the entire time, understand Lieutenant?"

"Yes, Commander." Ilea sheepishly answered.

"What is the name of that ship?" Anjou asked.

"The USS Argonne," Ilea told him.

"Good, she will give us her secrets." Anjou talked out loud. "Ajax, take us into the shuttle bay and then stay in orbit close by. If anyone asks what you are doing, tell them it is an intelligence matter, code level Echo, and you cannot reply. And Ajax dear, be polite."

Ajax couldn't help but grind his teeth. He landed the shuttle and after Anjou and Ilea got off, he left as planned.

The shuttle bay was a flurry of activity. Shuttles were landing and taking off. Crews were moving around checking vehicles and marines were boarding shuttles. And, as Anjou predicted, they were unnoticed in the confusion.

"Where to?" Ilea asked.

"The command center will be too busy. We will go to sickbay before casualties start to roll in." He told her and the two went into the lift.

The two entered sickbay. As they did a Bolian nurse addressed Anjou. "You're in the wrong uniform Doctor." She kidded with him, a gentle smile on her lips.

"Keep your thoughts to yourself, you blue cow." Anjou snapped back. The nurse looked like she would cry as the two went into the back.

As they were going through the recovery room a Tellerite with a broken leg addressed Anjou. "My leg is feeling better. I should be able to walk on it soon."

"Why are you talking to me?" Anjou shouted at him.

"Because you saved it from amputation." The Tellerite replied, a little sad.

"Well try not to break it again with your weight," Anjou told the tech. The tech just looked back, shocked.

The two reached the office and quickly went to work. As they were finishing, a med tech came in. "There are casualties coming in Doctor, you're needed in the operating room." He told him.

"Not now." He told him dismissively.

"But Doctor, they're wounded. That can't wait." He told Anjou politely.

"You Don't tell me what to do. I outrank your sorry ass. Now, get out of here before I reassign you to an assignment more closely representing your skills. In water reclamation." Anjou threatened him.

The tech, humiliated, left. "Are you done yet?" Anjou asked.

"Yes, I got it!" Ilea smiled as she held up the chip.

"Good, back to the shuttle bay," Anjou commanded and the two moved back through sickbay.