Captain Sterndeck smiles as he guides the small group of Terran natives
around his Base. He could have left this duty to a person of lower rank,
but when the heads of state of those nations who are friendly with the
Military pay you a call, Sterndeck felt that anything less than the CO
doing escort service would be a serious breach in etiquette. Frankly, he'd
had a belly full of it with that one time with the Janeways.....and did
not wish to do similar discourtesies to others.
He briefly smiles a little like the shark he had acted like in his presentation
of the facts to the combined bridge crews of both Voyagers. While he had
no real animosity towards the other Voyager, it had been a heady feeling
leaving the whole of them slightly dizzy from all he and the Military had
been able to do.....taking care of business that the Voyager would
have taken care of if things had unfolded differently for the tiny ship!
(Re: 7311)
Riding roughshod over the Janeways that had intruded into his office
without permission...while he'd been mourning the loss of his son had a
simple....savage pleasure to it!
But, back to the task at hand!
"And over there is the field we......do exercises in......" Sterndeck
begins and trails off as he looks out and sees what looks like the beginning
of some type of fight.
Sirens go off and a fast reaction force scrambles out to intercept and
contain this situation before it flows over into the Military complex.
Sterndeck feels like swearing when he sees the crimson dragoness take flight....along
with her blue scaled mate!
Other units scramble to defensive positions as Sterndeck ushers the
Queen and King of Aqualaria, the dwarven representative of the newly reformed
Nation of Dwarf (he still had trouble swallowing the idea of Walker getting
to be an Empress now!), and Frederigo D'Honair (the Manfox), the manfox's
two (!) wives, and a few others to shelter.
Usually, he'd be all over anyone who'd take off like that towards a
disturbance like this. That was the job of his reaction forces.
But Malachi and Sigin Dronocis WERE the Protectors of their Realm....and
were a force to be reckoned with in their own right.....what with their
Bond with he Land of Ethiopia!
Hell breaks loose around the area the unexpected visitors have landed
on.
For all of ten seconds....
Protests and questions that had been on the lips of each and every adventurer
burst forth in a babble of sound. Words run together in a general flood,
unstoppable. The flood must run it's course before intelligent speech is
possible!
That didn't prevent action, however!
Frederigo D'Honaire, knight of the Great Kingdom and monstrously enraged
at this....he final act of villainy by the vile dwarf called Tarin Gazin!
The dwarf had lied to Fred, convincing him that his dear Astra was
dead. Fred had expected some type of underhandedness from Tarin....but
this was beyond all Fred could endure. Astra was alive, for after more
than a week, general necrosis should have set in....but it hadn't! This
meant that the bold lady that Fred....only now who was ready to admit he'd
lost his heart to.....was still somehow alive! Tarin was going to pay for
this treachery....and now small band of dwarves was going to stop the enraged
Frederigo D'Honaire from sheathing his sword into Tarin's belly!
With an inarticulate scream, Fred pulls forth Nelheth-Mord from it's
sword sheath. He still was unsure whether or not HE was it's master....or
the reverse. But for this upcoming battle......he didn't care. He wanted
the dwarves to pay....and pay DEARLY!
Lem and Dorrek, familiar with what the sword could do.....feel a chill
come to their hearts and Fred rushes forward. They also were babbling,
so could not cry out warning. All they could do was to attack....and hope
to strike down this maddened human!
Three dwarfen heads fly from their shoulders before they can get into
Fred's path.
It looked like their day to....after centuries of life.....die.
At the same time
Astra, suddenly finding herself in the noonday sun rather than the comforting
darkness of night, howls in shock and anger as she feels her body shudder
and return to human form.
Astra, naked and weak, shivers in disgust at the feelings of horror
and disgust course through her body. The abrupt shift from wolf to human
had left a clear image of what she had lusted to do....and left her shaken!
Andrea, seeing this, tries to lend comfort to the shivering Amazon warrior.
No comforting words are said, for Andrea can't say anything coherent
right then and there.
Fred the Oathbreaker sees all that has gone on, and knows that his masters
will be less than pleased with the current situation. It mattered not that
some fell magic had utterly changed the face of the situation, it only
mattered that Fred was failing in his obligations. Fred saw that there
was only one recourse left open for him. One course of action that would
perhaps let his maters leave him his life and not send him back to the
burning pit from which they drew him forth.
Oathbreaker's sigil flares, and Fred charges forward to cleave the heads
off of "his" Astra and Andrea....only to be blocked by the combined forces
of some type of mirror image of him and a coppery scaled dragon!
Sigin and Fred (husband of Astra and father of seven), will not let
this dark perverted image harm those who are unarmed and otherwise helpless.
They close and battle is joined!
Admiral Jellico and the Janeway analogs lay into the surrounding crowd
with phasors on heavy stun. It had become the custom for Star Fleet Officials
to go about armed, for the Dominion War had taught that those left unprepared
for sudden, unexpected flare ups of violence from unexpected Changlings
(shapeshifters)......was a recipe for disaster. The idea for the day seemed
to be "Stun them all and let God sort them out!"
That, because by god they sure didn't know who was the good guy nor
the bad guy. They didn't know, so this course of action seemed to be the
best bet for survival!
Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time!
This and many other things are happening!
Ten seconds
Then Synizn regains control of his voice, and is able to regain enough
composure to freeze all but his friends with a magical impulse from his
Crystallic power.
Then All those who had been helped by various versions of Malachi Dronocis
(even those locked still by spell), see the Regent land....along with another
blue scaled dragon (the coppery scaled Sigin looks stunned to see his Terra
Prime analog.....what happened to his scales?!)....all wonder just what
the heck is going on here.
The security forces of the Base arrive and begin to sort out the mess
(difficult when some of the people involved speak with an accent as thick
and heavy as a millstone).
-
 This is the
time that 179 finally finishes his paperwork, and arrives on the scene....and
uses his powers to start answering a few hundred questions with just a
thought!
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