Tears of a Dragon

Who: Amber and RufusWhere: Drive RoomWhen: Slightly Back-Posting~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---- Snip ----"Got it, will do!" said Holly cheerfully, and vanished. Keto glanced down at
the machine, the screen of which was now displaying the full medical profile
and, importantly, DNA structure of the sample he had just analysed. The
quad-helix structure could only have belonged to four people on the ship - and
one of those people was already dead, and only one of the others would have been
likely to have anything to do with the wormhole drive.---- End Snip ----The attachment sat open on the terminal in the Science labs, the Triple-Helix Spinning in an elegant dance of genetics that only the future could manage. Rufus looked pale as he watched the dance of DNA deftly digitise across the screen. The 'XY' aspect of the DNA was labeled and that could only belong to four people on the ship. Phil, who had conveniently exploded, Mini-Phil, who everyone assumed had been lost to some perverted bar in the annals of the Promenade many months ago and himself. Rufus. He sat and watched it spin, and waited for either security or his sister to come and pick him up. He nearly fell off his chair when the comms buzzed asking for him to come up to the Drive Room. Did they know? Why did they need him. Maybe if he kept his head down and was quiet they wouldn't say anything. That they might ignore it. Even though they had his DNA. One question that kept floating around in his mind was. How did it get there? Was it really him? All that missing time of his had to have been spent somewhere. ---- Snip ----Wolfgang learning is sudden found movement thrust... the piece of paper that he
had been given by Keto outwards towards Amber.
"Right..." said Amber as she plucked the piece of paper from Wolfgang's hand.
"Das ist from Heir Keto, he said dat I vas to give it you...de einen piece of
paperein".
Wolfgang then casually rubbed his forehead plucking his glasses from his face
giving them a feverish rub.
Then after replacing them upon his face his vision seemed clearer and he noticed
that Amber no longer immediately seemed so dangerously attractive...just
dangerous looking.---- End Snip ----"For Smegs sake. Wolfgang do you think this is funny?" Amber's face was turning red. "Get out. Just get the smeg out." She bellowed. "Rufus. My office." She stormed out to the Captains office and angrily set the sliding doors to 'slam' mode as she went through them. Rufus looked up from his work on the Wormhole drive. It was stable now, but it wouldn't jump them anywhere. Certainly not without more work from the engineering crews down in the engine bays."NOW RUFUS!" Came the bellow from behind the door, exasperation clearly in the voice. He filed into the office, all eyes on him, everyone desperately trying to listen to what was being said inside the office belonging to Acting Captain Amber. The Drive Room was oddly silent as the siblings talked in hushed tones the other side of the closed door."W..What...?" Rufus stammered, looking at the floor, wringing his hands, the captains desk between them both."Don't you what me." Amber said, from her seat in the plush leather chair. "You know what this is about. I know he sent you an e-mail too. He's a blackmailer at heart. Always after leverage. I know you aren't stupid little brother." Her voice softened. "You can talk to me. What's going on?""I.. I don't know." He said, still looking at an important stain on his shoe."I know we haven't seen eye to eye lately Rufus. But please. Please tell me what's going on." Amber said, getting up as she spoke and coming around to place a hand on her brothers shoulder. Rufus was confused, subtle and nice wasn't usually like Amber."Amber really! I don't know how it got there... I... I was... It can't have been me. I was... W... W... W... Wi... working" He said, turning pink and changing his mind to lie at the last minute. "I was working and I fell into the time fridge and..." He trailed off. Even though it was mostly the truth, all of it apart from what really happened in his lab with Rosette, it still sounded lame even for him.Amber sighed.Rufus nodded."I know." He said, "I... I know you have to." He looked up at her and gave a wry smile. "Captains orders right? Not my sister. No hard feelings." He gave her a hug."  Amber pressed a button on the desk. "Holly, have security take Rufus down to the Medi-Bay for testing. He... He might be a Hybrid. Don't let security let him out of their sight."It wasn't long before the team arrived. They looked hesitant, as if Amber might eat them for arresting Rufus. She nodded and Rufus moved over to the team. One of them tentatively stepped forwards with a pair of cuffs."You have the right to remain silent...."~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Who: Amber and SeymourWhere: Captains OfficeWhen: Current Time~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---- Snip ----
Amber's brow furrowed, and she leaned back in Jays chair. Then she laughed. "For
what reason? Why should I arrest Rosette?"
"She's a Hymenoptera spy." Seymour said. "I'm certain of it."
Amber laughed again. "Based on what information?"
"Well..." Seymour stumbled for what to say next. "I... I... just know!" He
leaned forward again. "Remember Edward Monsoon? He was a Hymenoptera all along
and we didn't know. Then one day he just flipped and went crazy. I warn you...
Rosette will do the same."---- End Snip ----Amber looked at Seymour for a few moments, before uttering her second weariest sigh of the day. "Seymour I..." She started to say, but was cut off by the Ex-Ambassador."I know what you are going to say, and I do not accept it. She simply must be arrested! She gave my little girl a gun!" He complained, a slight whine in his voice. Amber looked over at the little girl, playing in the corner, who in reality was chronologically closer to her own age than Amber was to Seymour. She felt very small with what was going on. The weight of having to arrest her brother, Jay, her mentor being suspended, Phil dying, again. It was too much. She looked up at Seymour, her eyes beginning to mist over. Her hard persona suffering from all the blows it had taken."I... I don't know what to dooo!" She wailed, and burst into tears, flinging her arms around Seymour.<Tag!>OOC -  Right, I know I'm supposed to be helping here but I went away for a week and have had really shite unsocial shifts since then. So nyar, deal with it.Onion, JP? MSN me tomorrow, I'm off work till Saturday now!