[JMC_Blue_Dwarf] 'Recovering the Losses (3b/3)'
(That's it, is finished, at bloody last its' finished!)
The Edwards
Drive room
This wasn't a very good for the captain of the Edwards, two of his men had been reported missing and now his prisoner had managed to somehow escape. No doubt that this was the work of that mercenary, Bob, and his henchmen.
The captain of the Black Nova was now a one star general and was very eager to hear that he had managed to capture one of Bob's henchmen. He wasn't going to tell the general that he had now lost the prisoner, he would have his head on a silver palter for screwing this up.
The captain noticed one of the crewmen was doing his best to avoid making face-to-face contact with him. The captain snapped. "You!"
The crewman avoiding him jumped and glanced a look at the captain, then replying. "Yes, Captain?"
"Identify yourself!" The captain ordered.
The captain noticed the crewman gulped and then answering. "Lt. Morris Titchmarsh, sir."
"Say 'blasted bulbs', Lt." The captain ordered.
"Vlasted vulbs." The crewman replied. He then looked around like he was reviewing his situation.
"I know you!" The captain snapped.
The crewman stepped and tapped a button on the control panel, within seconds the drive room was filled with a green and very unpleasant gas. Everyone but for the crewman who dawned a breathing mask began to cough and splutter, then fleeing drive room leaving the crewman alone.
The crewman smiled and actived his com. "Nester to Vov, we have the drive room."
"Did all go to plan?" Bob replied over the com.
"Er.." Nester started.
"NESTER!" Bob snapped.
"The captain knows that I'm avoard and most likely you too, voss." Nester explained. Nester tapped a button on the control panel and the gas was pumped out.
"Great." Bob mutted. "Carry out stage 2."
"Yes, voss." Nester answered. "Voss?"
"What, Nester?!" Bob replied harshly.
"How did that coin land on its' side and stayed there?" Nester enquired.
"How the hell am I meant to know that!" Bob snapped. "Get back to work!"
"Yes, voss." Nester replied.
Main Engineering
Bob and Davina worked at a control panel in the empty section of the ship filled with green gas.
"You could have just tossed the coin again." Davina told Bob.
"Who pays your wages?" Bob asked Davina harshly.
"I'll shut up now." Davina said.
"Good." Bob commented. "How long before everyone is off the ship?"
"If all were to go to plan, twenty minutes." Davina answered. "But if something were to go wrong
"
"We be struck in a holding cell." Bob commented.
"We could have done with Jessie's help with dealing with the computer." Davina told Bob.
"Jessie left our partnership over a month ago." Bob told Davina.
"Shame, I really liked her." Davina commented. She looked over the readouts on screen and reported. "Nester has managed to flush most of the crew towards the airlock."
"Remove some of the oxygen from the air, that should get them moving a little quicker." Bob told Davina.
"They did this to you on the Blue Dwarf?" Davina asked.
"Yes, I haven't had a cigar yet because I might still explode in the company of a naked flame." Bob said.
"Oh hell!" Davina commented. "Davina to Nester, company is heading your way!"
Drive room
Eighteen minutes late
Nester looked over the readouts and security monitors, by using the foul smelling gas he had managed to drive most of the airlocks and getting them to abandon ship. That's what you get when you start allowing more and more younger people in the service, no stamina and far easier to get rid off with merely a gas with a foul smell and could damage the lunges.
Bob's plans were usually far more cunning then this, Nester throught to himself. But this was a last minute sort of plan and the situation wasn't all that good for them. Even if they did managed to get away with ship the security codes had to be purged from the mainframe and then replaced, and for that they needed someone with good computer knowledge and that was something he, Bob and Davina lacked. So they would have to hire someone and if this person could be trust not to turn them over to the JMC they would be paid and told to sod off. But if they were not to be trusted they would have to kill them, although this has yet to happen.
He checked the readouts again and saw the company heading his way that Davina had warned him about, five different signals and most likely the captain and security officers. He muttered. "Ah, hell!"
"A little help here!" Nester called over the com.
"Were on our." Bob replied over the com. "Sit tight and don't let them retake the drive room!"
"Oh, great!" Nester muttered as he removed the knife hidden within his uniform. This was normally the part of the job he liked but five to one now that wasn't fair but when did he ever play fair.
Nester turned off the lights and plunged the drive room into dark, then he went into hiding for the arrival of company.
Five minutes later.
Nester watched as the doors to the drive room opened and five figures entered each carrying a baton, to use a gun could been a spark that would ignite the traces of the gas left and cause a fire that would fry the lot of them.
Slowly he slipped around behind the five as they blundered through the darkness looking for a light switch.
Nester waited, sooner or later one of the five would slip up and he would take advantage of it. Then came the mistake, one of the five walked into a chair and Nester stood him from behind, wrapping his arm around his neck and didn't release until his victim was out cold for the lack of oxygen. Best keep em alive, Nester throught could ransom them off for a fair old price. He let his victim drop to the floor and he went back to hiding in the concealment of darkness.
The next actually fell over Nester and knocked himself out cold on the hard floor. Nester backed to a new location and saw the doors opening and Bob and Davina entered. In the darkness Davina grinned and cracked her knuckles and then charged the nearest person she could make out in the darkness.
**The rest of this scene has been censored due to the extreme violence used. (That and I can't think on how to finish it)**
One very nasty punch up later
Holding Cells
Bob watched his prisoners in each of their cells. You look glares with the ex-captain of the Edwards.
"We have sent our demands to the JMC for your safe return to them." Bob informed them. "Should a reply within a few days."
"You are not going to get away with this!" The captain snapped.
"I already have!" Bob informed the captain.
Twenty minutes later
The Edwards had left the outpost and as on its' way in any old direction Nester left like.
Bob entered the drive room and was looking smug with himself.
"What do we do now?" Nester asked.
"Set heading for the colony on Braxis 2." Bob ordered. "I heard a few of our members are there and we need to gather our numbers before we do anything else. Beside by the time we get there the JMC should have gathered enough cash to pay for the safe return of out prisoners."
"What of the Vlue Dwarf?" Nester enquired.
"Forget it." Bob replied. "There is now no bounty on the heads of the Captain and First Officer and this ship still isnt ready for use until the required changes are made to the mainframe."
The Edwards disappeared off into the darkness of space on its' new heading to the Braxis system.
(I don't know about you but I think this is a crap ending and I can't think of a better one, arrrggg!!)