Out Of Stasis

--- In JMC_Blue_Dwarf@yahoogroups.com, Exxbang@a... wrote:
> Who: Tara and others
> Where: Medi-Bay
> When: Sooner than you'd expect.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Tara sat down on the edge of a medi-bunk and surveyed the wreckage
in the
> Medi-Bay. All the equiptment had been damaged, only the basics were
left.
> Wildflower had managed to lock a lot of stuff in Keto's office and
had rescued
> Charles before the blast had gone off. The psychotic evil twin was
awake and angry,
> but in his strapped down state there wan't much he could do.
> "Wildflower, there is something I have to do. Hold the fort here
for a
> while." Tara dashed off to the lower decks before Wildflower could
protest.
>
> As she walked around the corner, the feint hum of the stasis field
seem much
> louder in her ears. Tara looked through the glass at the robotic
figure
> inside. Her hand hovered over the controll panel and she looked at
the buttons and
> the floor, not able to look at the figure inside. The meeting had
been
> inconclusive. No one could dome to a decision on the Keto
situation. Tara decided that
> the only thing to do would be to fix the situation. Xavier returned
back to
> his body and Charles, her eyes flicked back to the robot. The only
people who
> had berformed that operation though were Charles and Xavier. Tara
didn't trust
> either of them really they both had their own intrests at heart.
Thats why she
> was waking him up, Xavier would do whats best for himself. She
typed in the
> code to the stasis booth, each button clicked with a certainty that
was unreal.
Who: Xavier (Bot) Keto, Tara
Where: Medical Supply Deck
When: After the pirate attack
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<<SNIP>>
> The humming died down and the booth door slid aside.
<<END SNIP>>
"...ME GO!" screamed the metallic, tinny voice of the robot's
speaker as it hurtled forwards, robotic limbs flailing. Tara leapt
to one side as the robot rocketed out of the stasis pod...and
suddenly stopped.
"Let...me...go..." it repeated, voice slowing and then finally
halting. The ring of optical sensors around the robot spun around
once, falteringly, and then Xavier Keto spoke again.
"...how long?"
"About a month or so," replied Tara quietly. The robot turned to
face her.
"And Charles?"
"Alive and restrained in the medibay."
"Right," said Xavier. The robotic speaker didn't allow much in the
way of tone, but Tara had worked for Xavier Keto long enough to just
*assume* that there was a very cold edge to that word.
"What are you going to do?" she asked, stepping forward as the
robot began to roll towards the elevator.
"I'm going to hurt him. A lot," hissed the speaker, "And then I
may either eject him out of an airlock or feed him into the waste
disposal. I haven't quite decided yet."
"Are you sure you want to do that?"
"HE TOOK MY BODY!" yelled Keto, the speaker crackling with white
noise, "HE LOCKED ME IN THIS ROBOT AND STOLE MY BODY!"
"Isn't that a bit hypocritical?" asked Tara, before she could stop
herself.
The robot was silent for a moment.
"That's different," it said eventually, sounding sulky.
"Look, that aside, wouldn't it be better for you to have the body
back, and for Charles to be in the robot?" insisted Tara, "And since
the only people who we know can perform that operation are you and
Charles..."
"So you woke me up to give me my body back?" asked Xavier
incredulously, "Well, that's a surprise."
"Only because Charles is currently a psychotic and dangerous
madman," said Tara, "Whereas at least you're harmless."
"Flattered, I'm sure," growled Xavier, heading towards the
elevator, "Okay, let's get to the medibay. What's happened while
I've been...gone?"
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OOC: Tag Tara! And yes, I'm back now, by the way. ;)