"Welcome Back?"
(previous post "The Final Confrontation, Part I")
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Stardate: 60325.1450
Setting: SURIAL III
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Prav gave David a hard look one that said he wouldn't forget this for a long time. He looked at the Nausicaan and the Hirogen. "Back off, I don't need any f-ing babysitters," he said as he turned and headed back. Whether Commander Wellington, who had appeared out of thin air, followed him, he didn’t give a shit.
Throwing his equipment onto the SPHINX he brushed by the Commander without a word and went to the back area where the marines would travel.
While Prav sat in silence in the back of the SPHINX, Wellington fruitlessly attempted to try and contact the ANUBIS.
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Stardate: 60325.1600
Setting: USS ANUBIS Main Shuttlebay
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As soon as the SPHINX landed and the door opened Prav was out. He saw Maya out of the corner of his eye but continued straight to the door.
"Lt. Pravat," a medical ensign called out behind him. He stopped a turned to see what she wanted. "I don't know where you think you are going but it better be to sickbay."
He stared hard at the young woman. "I am going to my office to debrief my men," he said as he turned around and began moving again.
She reached out and grabbed his arm to stop him. "We were told you were injured," she said as Prav stopped again.
He turned again and the look in his eyes was very different than that which anyone outside his platoon had ever seen. It was menacing and feral.
"I am *fine*," he stated. "If I wasn't, I wouldn't have been running around that underground complex would I? Whatever *minor* injuries I have can be taken care of by my marine medics, so I would thank you to remove your hand from me, *ensign*." He used the rank in the same manner that Dawson had with him back on the planet.
He didn't wait for her to let go before he broke his arm from her grasp and stalked out of the shuttlebay.
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Stardate: 60325.1615
Setting: Maine deck
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As Prav walked into the large room in which the marines would gather for briefings he was pleased to see Tes'Karka leading the debriefing.
"Sir," she said as Prav entered. "Glad to have you back," she said, stepping back to relinquish her position. "You don’t look any worse for wear," she said, her lip curling what looked like a snarl but was actually as smile.
"I took a pulse rifle to the chest and was able to help rescue the command staff of the MERCURY and run my ass off in endless corridors and I would have been able to keep going if it had been for that…" he stopped himself when he realized that his men were hanging on his every word. "With a track record like that, I'd have to say that I’m damn near indestructible!"
"OoRah!" his men shouted.
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Matt Kelly (downwitmal@yahoo.com)
Writing for:
1st Lt. Pravat 2005 post #363
MCO
USS ANUBIS
