"Of Sticks and Stones"
(previous post "First Contact?")
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More curious about the Caitians outside the ANUBIS then restoring power within, Prav turned his attention to the Hirogen whom he had just re-entered the bridge with.
"So I take it you don't trust our new found feline friends?" Prav asked the obvious.
Uxtar not picking up on the Enaran's sarcasm fill him in on his suspicions.
"They are pirates," the large SEC/TAC confided to the Marine.
"Pirates?" Prav replied with a chuckle, a bit louder than the Hirogen cared for.
The warrior pulled Prav away from the trio of women who had accompanied them back to the bridge. "Keep your voice down. No sense in making anyone nervous," he pause, "at least yet."
Uxtar wasn't really concerned with alarming anyone on the bridge, he was more concerned with raising the ire of the Captain who had already chastised him for jumping to conclusions.
Prav couldn’t keep a straight face. "Pussy cat pirates?" Prav whispered to the big security man. "Something strangely erotic about that," he paused, "You did say they were female?"
Uxtar smacked him on the shoulder. "This isn't a joking matter. And only the captain was female from what I saw."
Prav became serious for a moment. "Well, if there be pirates out there matey, and our guns in here don’t work, we better improvise something fast."
"Agreed. I'm sure we both will be able to find something that will do the trick in our departments," Uxtar said as he moved back toward the main group on the bridge.
"We have some equipment that we use for hand-to-hand combat training that might be usefuland if not I guess we could always use sticks and stones," Prav replied as he joined Uxtar.
Unfortunately for the two of them, that allowed their conversation to be overheard by the CMO.
"I can't believe you two are already planning for a battle!" she exclaimed as she stepped square in front of the two warriors. "Has it ever occurred to you that the natives might actually be friendly?"
Prav and Uxtar looked at each other and then back at Lea. Uxtar held his tongue but Prav couldn't resist. "I don't know, I don’t think we’ve ever had a mission where the natives were friendly," he snapped back. "In fact, if I recall correctly, you seem to have a knack of finding the most friendly ones, the ones who like to take you hostage!"
Lea was about to spit a retort back when Sabrina’s presence stopped the conversation. "I do think that it would be most prudent to arm ourselves," she said to the two men. Lea was about to interrupt but the Captain continued. "But I suggest you do it in the most unobtrusive manner. I don't want to make our new friends too nervous too soon."
Both men nodded their understanding a disappeared once again through the pried open turbolift doors.
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Writing for:
1st Lt. Pravat 2006 post #251
Stardate: 61036.1245
Setting: USS ANUBIS: Bridge
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Matt Kelly (downwitmal@yahoo.com)
MCO
USS ANUBIS
