=== Gary's personal quarters === Gary finished dressing in his combat uniform. It was a black jump suit with red piping around the collar where his petty officer rank was. It had several cargo pockets, plenty of room to store pads, and other items needed to manage the away mission to the asteroid. Though the Vulcan Chief science officer and her department had located the facility emitting the signal. They still had little information about it. In Gary's mind they still had to anticipate a eva, so he forgo the bulky chest plate of armor and only fastened on the webbing to attach grenades, and other useful combat items. Gary was not a fan of the armor. To him it was bulky and slowed him down. It always seemed to restrict his movement, and in his mind, in close quarters combat, you are better off being nimble than expecting to take a hit. After securing his type two phaser he was allowed to keep in his room, he looked about. The room was still in a shambles after the breach on the deck 5. He had been so busy with coordinating the shifts for rotation and down time, and researching the data coming in form every department about their destination, he had little time to sleep let alone clean up. Gary walked out of his quarters and down the corridor to the turbo lift, he passed the sick bay. He always wondered why of all places he had to be located, why so close to where most people don't want to go. {Probably the only quarters left.} He though to himself. As he glanced at the closed doors of the sickbay, he heard a muffled noise. Gary stopped at the strange sound. He stepped closer to the door and turned one ear to it and listened carefully. He strained his ears, trying to make out the repeated sounds coming from behind the door. After a few seconds it dawned on what he was listening to. Gary's eyes widened and he tapped on his comm badge. "Williams to security. Send a detail to sickbay at once!" he barked out. "Right away Petty officer!" came the reply. Gary then headed to the door. As the doors opened he saw a teal clad man fly backward past the door. {Right. Some one is not happy with there treatment. I wonder what vampire has caused the commotion.} He thought. Gary took another few steps in to the sick bay, expecting to see some irate crewmember unhappy about being poked and prodded. To his surprise he saw a pointy eared, green blooded Romulan repeatedly kicking Commander Guzman and tussling with his brother, Martin, the counsul. "What the!" Gary mouthed, not saying a word and in somewhat of a shock to see a Romulan in the sick bay, of all places. Gate quickly reached for his type two phaser and pointed it at the Romulan. With Fatigue setting in, Gary's eyes crossed as he aimed at the Romulan. {Oh for Christ's sake! Now there are two of them!} He thought. Seeing the Romulans now turning their attention to Martin, Gary took a shot. The blast sped right through one of the two apparitions, scorching the wall, leaving both still mirroring one another. The Romulan stopped and looked at Gary. {Oh shit! Missed!} He though. With his free hand, Gary reached up and rubbed his eyes. He then leveled the phaser on the Romulan again, there were still two. Gary took another pot shot, this time at the one on the right. Once again the phaser blast only marred the wall. Now the Romulan was on the move. Most likely he decided that Gary could not hit the side of the preverbal barn and his best chance was to rush Gary and steal the Phaser away form him. Gary, Now totally cheese that he missed, twice. Closed his left eye and leveled the pahser once again. Now there was only one. With inches to spare, Gary fired the phaser, just as the Romulan was about to grab the phaser. Gary fell backwards to the floor, the Romulan lying on top of him. Gary could feel the warm muzzle f the type II phaser against his belly, the phaser wedged firmly between the two of them. After a deep breath of relief, Gary started to struggle to get out from beneath of the Romulan. Just then the door of sick bay opened and two oda stepped in with weapons drawn. Gary coughed, "Down here". He looked up at the tow oda personnel. The two oda members smiled as they slowly approached Gary. "Was this your first date?" one of them chuckled. "Very funny corporal. Now if you would be so kind, GET HIM OFF OF ME!" he barked. The two crewmen holstered their phasers and reached down and grabbed the Romulan by the armpits. As the heaved the Romulan up, the specialist looked back to where Shane now laid balled up on the floor. He then noticed the two scorch marks on the wall. The specialist looked back at Gary as he sat up form the floor. "Having a little trouble shooting there Tex?" he smiled. Gary stood up form the floor and smiled at the specialist. "Naw. The first one was a warning shot, the second was to give him a sporting chance." The specialist shook his head in a chuckle. Gary pointed to the door. "Take him to the brig and post a guard. I am I sure some one will want to interrogate him once he wakes up. The two oda members nodded and acknowledged the command and turned and headed out. Gary then looked back at the sick bay and Doctor Summers, who was not checking out Commander Guzman and his brother. Rangi looked up at Gary and asked, "Are you alright petty officer?" Gary nodded, "A little dusty, but nothing to worry about." He smiled. He then pointed to the door; "Well I think you can handle things form here doctor. If you will excuse me I have to go." Rangi nodded and returned her attention to Shane. With out another look around, Gary headed out of sickbay and down to the security office. ===End Log=== PO1 Gary Williams ODA Ops. Specialist USS Chimera