A surprise!.....Shhhh nobody tell
Who: Whoever...Where: The Medical UnitWhen: Just before Jay pulls rank on Zodar"Hey! You, Zodar. Why am I cemented to this floor?"Zodar looked over at Dean, who looked like he'd switched his wardrobe with Tara."Hey, don't look at me. I'm just here doing the walls.""But someone," he inhaled deeply, "has made me part of the bloody floor!"Deciding to check this out for himself, Zodar walked over to inspect the floor."The floor looks perfectly fine."Dean was extremely angered by this, but kept his cool, "Doesn't it strike you as odd that my legs START AT MY ANKLES?!""Oh." Was all Zodar could say before he ran for his toolbox. "Don't worry, I'll get you out of there faster than it takes someone to get legless around here..."Dean glared at him."Sorry... Really bad joke, I know... Getting you out now..."===*Several minutes and a huge hole in the floor later...*==="Thankyou, but why you felt you had to do that in the first place is beyond me and if you ever do that again, I'll..."Zodar interrupted Dean, "Whoa... Wait a minute. I never did the floor." *Cue spooky inexplicable music*The two looked around the room for any signs of aliens. They were, after all, in the middle of space..."No, that would be silly." Said Zodar as he filled the hole with new cement, making sure to put a huge "CAUTION, WET CEMENT" sign up and a fence around it so no one would step into it.-Snip-Phil was still laying on the medi-bed groaning..."Anybody got a spare head?"Jay turned back to face the others."Vanessa, you sure you'll be ok piloting a shuttle?, stick to a starbug like you flew last time""I..should be ok..it does kinda run in the family.what with you and Kin...sorry"Noone quite knew what she was going to say except Jay, but right now it wasn't important."Tara made a good point" Jay said..ignoring the fact that it was Keto who suggested it first."Discretion is the key, whatever happens, you gotta go solo."Vanessa nodded."don't worry sis' I'll follow in the Phoenix, keeping outta sight, any trouble call me and....""UM...Lt..." Zodar's voice was heard.."About the Phoenix.."".......................what about the phoenix..........""Roskev kind of....moved it to the spares bay"Jay took a deep breath."...excuse me..""it was trashed...I mean its salvageable but we e could use the..."Zodar found a hand clasping his throat..."Crewman....""..yes..Jay..""yes SIR!""sorry...yes...sir..""Please...retrieve my shuttle from the spares bay and REPAIR IT!""but..Ja..um.Sir..." Curse that whole rank thing.."THATS AN ORDER CREWMAN!!!!"everyone was stunned..Jay NEVER EVER pulled rank on anyone..least of all his friends..man he was pissed off, and to top it off he STILL had to help Kayn.Zodar quickly scurried to the cargo bays.Calmly Jay spun around to face his sister."Ok Vanessa...I'll be in the flight control room, talking you through it."-End Snip-Running down the hall, Zodar complained to himself..."He just doesn't understand. I can't tell him what I'm doing with it. He'll just have to wait. Damn I hate keeping secrets! It's so hard when they're big, fat and juicy!"Running down the hall would not have been a problem if Joanne Peiades had not have walked around a corner into Zodar's path. The two collided and ended up against opposite walls, each a bit surprised by the speed at which it had happened.Zodar started to apologise, "I'm so sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going. It won't happen again. I have to get to the flight deck."Jo remembered Zodar from the Medibay, where he was patching the wall and reinforcing it. The kind of thing that Engineers do."What do you plan to do on the flight deck?" Jo asked, even though she knew what the answer would be."I have to fix up the Phoenix." Said Zodar, trying to look guilty."The Phoenix? I'm guessing you mean the custom midget with the nice paint job?" She asked with a grin, "Smooth ship, needs a bit of work in the weaponry department as I recall. Handles well though, which is unusual for that class. Jay certainly knows his stuff..."The words echoed through Zodar's head as his eyes lit up."You wouldn't happen to have shuttle mechanical skills would you?""Yes, why?"Zodar grabbed Jo by the arm and started running to the flight deck."There's no time. I need your help!"