RE: [JMC_Blue_Dwarf] Disorganized Resistors (long)

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JKust a heads up, Tara hasn’t been replaced, shes
been taken hostage because she figured it out, only jay and jack have clones,
oh…and Holly!
 
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February 2004 03:53To: JMC_Blue_Dwarf@yahoogroups.comSubject: [JMC_Blue_Dwarf]
Disorganized Resistors (long)
 
<snip>After a quick speed change Dante was strapped with
his weapons and ready for work. As he walked outside he was
greeted to the sight of a cat/jay clone marching past his door. "What
the smeg?"<end snip>McJohn saw the clone too.  He awoke and found
himself leaning against the wall down the corridor from Dante's room."What the f---? How'd I get here?" he
shouted, then he walked down the corridor, straight into the Jay/Cat clone.The clone leaped at Mark, swiping at him with its
claws. McJohn passed out.After giving McJohn a few nasty gashes, the clone
gave up and moved on.------------When: LaterWhere: McJohn and Sandoval's quarters------------McJohn, bleeding not unconsiderably, staggered
into his room and collapsed in front of Sandoval, who rushed over."Amigo, where the smeg have you been for the
last few hours? You vanished right in front of me in the drive room!
What happened?!"McJohn looked up. "I don't know -- but I was
jumped by some sort of mutant humanoid with big hairy claws like a
leopard or something.  But it's face, Christ, it looked almost like Jay
Chrysler!""Holy sheet.""You said it, Elian." McJohn stood
himself up, a difficult task because of the various injuries he sustained, and
patted himself to see if there was anything important missing. There
was."Where the smeg's my wallet?"The wallet in question flew through the doorway
and landed at his feet. McJohn and Sandoval turned to see Dante
enter."Ah ha!" Dante said, "I've been
following a blood trail from the corridor where you were attacked. I found your
wallet in along the way.""How'd you know it was mine?""Your ID card, obviously. Besides, who else
has a naked photo of Jean Harlow in their wallet on this ship."Elian looked at McJohn oddly. McJohn didn't
notice."Did you see that thing that attacked
me?" he asked Dante.Dante looked over his shoulder."Close." he said."Piss off," said Holly.Sandoval shrugged and hit the manual override
switch. The doors slid shut. Dante told Elian to lock them, and he did."Yeah, I saw it. Half Jay Chrysler, half
giant cat.""What the smeg's happening around here?"
said McJohn, "Wasn't I your lawyer at some point, Dante?"Dante didn't answer. Sandoval broke the silence a
few seconds later"Maybe it was some sort of cloning experiment
gone loco?" he suggested."Maybe," said Dante, "Something's
up. Holly!"Holly appeared. The computer looked at them, and
sneered."What is it now? I'm busy, eh.""Holly," asked Dante, "are there
any unusual life forms aboard this ship?""Besides the crew," McJohn added
helpfully."Look, I'm too busy to play spot the freak
right now, so bugger off, you knobs."Holly switched off. McJohn looked at Dante.
"He's not usually rude," he said. "Well, not *that* rude.""Glitch?" Dante mumbled."One way to find out," replied McJohn.
"Holly!"The bald, sneering face appeared again."Didn't I tell you before? I'm busy!""Just a quick question," said McJohn."What?"McJohn scrambled to think of a definitive
question. Finally he thought of it."Do you remember that argument we had about
Jayne Mansfield's bosom while I was working on Level 38 last month?""Oh yeah," Holly smiled, "that was
a laugh, wasn't it?""Yeah, it was. Thanks Hol."The computer dissapeared."That's not the real Holly," McJohn
declared."How'd you know?" asked Elian."We never had that argument."Silence. They considered their situation."This is bad. Very bad." Dante said,
"There's a man-cat loose aboard, and Holly's been replaced by a duplicate."At that moment, someone began pounding frantically
on the door. A thin feminine voice was faintly screaming for help
through the door. McJohn recognized the voice at once and dived for
the manual override switch, moaning in pain as he did so.The door slid open and a frightened Victoria de
Felice ran into the room. She threw her arms around McJohn, shouting
for him to close the door again. He did."What's the matter Victoria?" he asked.She gasped out the words. "Tara... Tried to kill
me!""What?" stammered a shocked Dante."She tried to strangle me," Victoria said as she recovered
her composure, "when I told her she couldn't use
my personal shuttlecraft. The one I kitted out for those
orbital surface mining surveys were never seem to do ever."Dante shook his head, "That doesn't sound
like Tara to me.""But why didn't you go to the Captain?"
McJohn asked, "Why me?" "Someone's sealed off the upper levels,"
she said, "I couldn't get through. And anyway, I know you've got a mad crush
on me, and you'd probably kill anyone who tried to hurt me. It
seemed the sensible choice.""I suppose so..." McJohn trailed off."Oh, and did I thank you yet for not taking
advantage of me when that love virus got loose?""Not yet."She kissed him on the cheek. He blushed, which
made his cheeks match the color of the blood splattered on his face.
Victoria finally noticed McJohn's condition."My God," she said, "what
happened.""He was attacked by a man-cat that looked
like Jay Chrysler." Sandoval interjected."What?" she blurted out."Never mind. All this means that there's
something seriously wrong here," declared McJohn."Maybe someone's trying a doppelganger junta.
Replace us all with copies." suggested Elian."Maybe. But whatever's happening, they've got
control of Holly," Dante reminded them. "That doubtless means
the armory will be locked off.""So we've got to get the rest of the crew out
of the bridge and get them some weapons to fight back with,"
Victoria summarized. "But we haven't got any weapons of our own, except for
Dante. We'll never make it!"McJohn simply turned to Sandoval. "Is that
Tommy Gun we got on Plebe still in your locker?" he asked."I think so.""Break it out. And those other two guns, the
Winchester and the 44 Magnum," he smiled broadly. "Good thing
we ignored the Captain's orders to get rid of them, eh?""Si."<tag to Dante, or Alota, or anyone else,
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