"Changing The Universe"
Previous Post: "Contingencies" by Jammie
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Stardate: ?Eternity?
Setting: ?Death?
In the growing darkness, two voices called out to each other, a male and a female, locked in a surreal discussion.
"Between you and your wife you'd think I had nothing better to do than to keep you both sane."
"Who's there?"
"Now there's gratitude for you."
"Who are you?"
"Exactly!"
"Go away."
"I will not, you need my help."
"Can't you tell I'm dying?"
"No, actually you're dead."
"Great."
"Death is not the end Enaii."
"You're not going to try to sell me a religion are you?"
"You're wife was so much more pleasant to be around…"
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Stardate: 60327.1420
Setting: NEW ALEXANDRIA, Section I
Two sisters sat parted from the others, it was plain to see in each other's eyes that they wondered if they had done the right thing in allowing Jaycee and En into the vastly real universe.
"Maybe we just should have killed him," Katie grumbled.
"I suggested that, you refused," Elsie replied emotionlessly. "Pondering it now is irrelevant."
The more flirtatious sister scrunched up her face in distaste. "Well how was I to know they'd come back so paranoid?"
Elsie just glared at her sister as though she would not justify that with an answer. "At least we have a plan now, and as soon as the others are finished their respective jobs we can get to work on capturing Richard."
Katie nodded, "Do you think David will live?"
Elsie shrugged, "I don't really care, but since you do, this seems to have the best chance out of all the possibilities."
The sisters looked into each other's eyes before once again falling into silence.
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Stardate: 60327.1430
Setting: Space
A single ship, orbiting a distant planet, controlled by an unstable old man, altered the fate of the universe, and no one noticed.
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Stardate: 60327.1445
Setting: NEW ALEXANDRIA, Section I
Cage stood in the center of over a dozen women who looked almost identical to her holding out a small device in the palm of her hand. "Here it is, it's done."
One of the other women, Kacie, leaned in to look at it. "It's awful small…"
Katie looked unimpressed, "I agree, how is that thing going to hold Richard… I mean it doesn't seem large enough."
Elsie rolled her eyes and Cage looked indignant before speaking. "Richard is non-corporeal, the size of the device holds no bearing on it's ability to contain him."
"I don't believe in souls," Ellie grumbled, "This is all a bunch of rubbish."
"Don't be so stupid," Kaydee hissed, "It's no different than the Prophets of Bajor."
"Prophets!" Ellie exclaimed, "No more than aliens enforcing their will upon a planet."
"Well whatever!" Kaydee countered, "They're non-corporeal and so is Richard!"
Ellie opened her mouth to protest, but both Katie and Elsie held up their hands to silence the group.
"Elbie, did you finish on the transport device?" Elsie demanded.
The woman nodded, "Yes, it's based on local space folding, quite undetectable, but it will take approximately 1.8 seconds to work."
Katie nodded, "I'll disable the cameras, don't worry about it."
Ice stepped forward, absentmindedly and rather menacingly rubbing her knuckles. "I want to watch him die, I want to watch the life slip out of his fragile body and I want to watch him squirm as he realises his last moments will be spent too far away from anyone who ever cared enough about him to say goodbye."
Elsie nodded, "We do need someone to visually monitor the process, it might as well be you. But you should know that there is a chance he will survive the event and you are NOT authorised to terminate him if he does. You will also be responsible for bringing the Richard containment unit back here for further study." Elsie paused, looking in the eyes of her older sister, "And I'm serious Ice, don't kill him if he survives the incident."
Ice growled and nodded, "I give you my word…" she paused, "But I *do* hope he dies…"
Katie sighed, neither she nor Elsie could be considered normal, but when among her sisters she somehow felt like they were the only two that weren't complete freaks. "Ok ladies, we know our jobs, let's get this thing done!"
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Lisa Mac Isaac {lisa_mac_isaac@hotmail.com}
I wanna feel til' my heart breaks wide open
I wanna blaze like a fire that's rollin'
Even if I crash down or burn out
At least I'm gonna know what it's like to feel alive
~ Alive Lyrics, Melissa O'Neil 2005 post #458
