The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

[cityship]

The crew had uncovered a number of clues since arriving on the Deepstar 7:

• The dead crewman with some kind of alien parasite attached to the base of his skull
• The hostile crewman that had tried to kill John and Jamie in Medical
• Reports of about the area around the station, including a medical addendum about a crewman who had been bitten on an away mission, and mention of 'military applications'
• Scribblings in Medical, presumably done by the hostile crewman
• A possibly bloodstained Galley Keycard
• A photo of the crew of the Deepstar 7, as well as an unexplained photo
• A paranoid note near the Common Area
• Corroded wires in Ops
• A journal entry in the Captain's Quarters, along with a creepy-ass radio
• Specimens of sea life around the station
• A note in the science lab

But would these help them figure out what was going on and get out safely? It was time to get some answers.

Comments

[cityship]

Unfortunately, the field of vision available from outside the door, even with the mirror, was limited. What it did reveal was that the man was nowhere to be seen. He had been lying on one of the beds, last time someone had checked in on him.

He hadn't escaped or anything, had he?

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

Howard peeks through the crack between the door and the frame to make sure dude isn't hiding behind the door. And then he glances up, because this kind of psycho has a tendency to hang out on ceilings, at least in movies.

[meat_mooks]

Nope, no dude on the ceiling.

[thewunderkind]

"Smoke bomb?" Lash offers, whispering harshly. "We could try flushing him out first, but I only have one mask and...you know what never mind."

Screw it, she was a CO, she didn't tip toe into situations, she barged right into them.

She had training. She could do this. Taking a breath, she moved forward, and...called upon the CO voice. Granted it wasn't anything special or magical, just a normal voice of a superior officer ordering people around. It was also a very stupid move, but lash wasn't about good sensible decisions anyway.

"HEY! YOU GET OUT AND SHOW YOURSELF BEFORE I KICK YOU IN THE NUTS!"

Classy.

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

"How are you going to kick him in the nuts if you can't find him?" And there goes Howard, asking the obvious.

[cityship]

Nope, no dude on the ceiling.