"Reunion"
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Stardate: 62232.0950
The Chief Science Officer lay on the forest floor exhausted, and Elliot sat propped up against a tree thinking how lucky they had been to escape the tentacled beast. The COO pulled out his hip flask and went over to the Shillian and put the flask to her mouth, Maya took a sip of water from the flask, and looked at Ensign Thomas with a look of thanks.
"We can only rest here for a short time, because it wont be long before the large predators come out on the prowl, for their morning meal" Elliot stated. The CSciO knew this to be true but still found it difficult to muster up the energy to get to her feet, "I'll be fine shortly, just give me a little more time, and we can hideout some where" the Shillian woman gently whispered to Elliot.
Ensign Thomas stood up and visually scanned the area. For one second he thought he saw something but it was just shadows from the lights of the two moons that circle the planet. Elliot then heard a rustling noise behind him, he turned quickly to see the CSciO standing pulling the shirt up that had fallen when she had got up, the COO averted his eyes quickly but had the feeling that he was not going to forget the look of the Shillians well toned body, the more he tried to take his mind off it the more he thought about it. :: I cant stop thinking about Maya's body, maybe it has been all this solidarity I have had to endure for these past 282 days:: Elliot thought in a daze.
The Shillian woman looked at Ensign Thomas, "OK, I think I am OK to travel now, lets go to a cave I know near here" she said in a quiet voice not to attract any unwanted attention.
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"So fancy meeting you here." Elliot said as he smiled at the CSciO, "so do you come here often?" Ensign Thomas said with a little chuckle.
"Oh! only on holiday." Maya said with a smile as she moved over to the COO and gave him a big hug. "Am I glad to see you! Have you seen any of the others?"
The good looking Ensign looked to the ground then replied in a sad and drawn tone "Nope! your the first, I was beginning to think everyone else was dead..." he paused then continued "I'm glad to have seen you when I did though." This jolted the COO's mind. "I think there maybe others alive!" he said excitedly, "the thing is every morning I try to contact the ship and the same thing happens every morning *silence*, however this morning I received *static*, and that's good enough for me to make an attempt to get in the village to collect some things to boost the com badge signal!" Elliot said in a authoritative tone as he turned his back on Maya to examine the cave.
"Well I guess we could kill two birds with one stone" the Shillian said calmly.
Ensign Thomas turned his gaze in the CSciO direction and said with a puzzled look "excuse me maam but... what are you talking about?"
The Shillian smiled and said in a positive tone "I think there maybe some of the crew alive also, and I think they are being held hostage in one of the buildings in the village, because there is food getting taken into a building but there is only the same small number of people go in and out of the building, I'm thinking they are guards changing shifts!"
Elliot's face looked as if he had won the lottery. He looked at the CSciO and said in a cheerful tone "we will rest today and make a plan for tomorrow, what do you think?" Maya looked at the Ensign happily and said "lets start our planning then".
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[The Universe is a huge place, but you always seem to meet someone you know
just around the corner.]
2008 post #010
Setting: P338451, Forest
Stardate: 62232.1032
Setting: P338451, Small cave dwelling
Craig Mitchell
Ensign Elliot Thomas
Chief Operations Officer
USS ANUBIS, NCC-18501
