=/\= Outside Holodeck =/\= "Cadet, you were a child sooner than I was. Where might a 16-year-old boy go on a starship?" He turned to McKnight “Well sir, It would have to be more enjoyable than the holodeck because that is were he has escaped from.” McKnight thought it over in his head for a moment. “The only thing that I can thing of is the company of a young lady, or…” It was a thought that made McKnight go slightly pale. “…The weapons. If I had left the holodeck as a sixteen year old wanting to do something more run after playing a simulation battle. I would want real weapons.” "Who we are kidding though." Nathan shrugged as he walked: "At 16, I was hoping to you know." He looked back at McKnight, winking suggestively, for a reaction. "Are there any female quarters nearby? Or what about real weapons?" “Well I don’t think that A kid would be able to get access to the weapons. If I understand correctly you need a valid ship password to open the armoury of one of the weapon lockers.” Michael started moving towards the door. “I would guess that it would be more likely that he has gone to grate some sort of trouble” "Ok, let's go with the idea that he's gone to see what he shouldn't be seeing." He nodded to McKnight. “Yes sir, that would be a good idea.” As Michael exited the holodeck onto the main deck outside he noticed a panel sitting improperly. “Sir” Michael said while pointing at the panel. “Where does that Jefferies Tube go?” He thought for a moment: "It overlooks the crew quarters ... If you remove a few functions, you can see people through the anodine power relay ... so I've heard anyway." He looked back and forth sheepishly. "Let's go into it!" Acheson opened the hatch and started crawling. Michael started to follow the Marine Captain though the Jefferies tube with a small touch wrist lighting the very dimly lit tube as he crawled. It was difficult to see much even with the touch but after crawling about 50 meters he herd a clang sound that from down the tube. The captain looked at Michael a without response he quickly turned off his light. He motioned McKnight forward and they looked ahead, trying to find the child. “yes sir,” whispered Michael. He crawled along as silently as he could until evenly he could see a figure that was barely illuminated. The darkened figured that was peeking though a small grill looking in to somebody’s quarters. Michael looked at the Captain ready for them both to make a dash for the boy. This clearly was not a life threatening situation but if they did not get the little brat now there was a good chance that could spend the next couple of hours chasing this boy around and that was not Michael’s idea of a good time. Acheson grabbed the kid from the Jeffries tube as he was looking down into a young woman's sonic shower. "Gotcha!" He pulled him out quickly and dragged him back to the others. "Mission accomplished!" He smiled to McKnight. =/\= END LOG =/\= MCapt Acheson CTAC Cdt McKnight Asst ODA CO USS Chimera -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm