TRANQUILITY 平静 [ Part 8 ]
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SHINY coms SHADOW:
"captain, get back to the ship, we have a medical emergency back here! its THE TWINS, and maybe PATH too, he touched them and something happened. and bring OREO. PATHFINDER needs to check him."
SHADOW: "he'll be coming back on a stretcher, he's down too! looks like some kind of contagion.
we may have to use TRANQUILITY as a makeshift quarantine lab. we'd better all get aboard and get into the black so's we don't bring a 'world o' hurt' to the people of AQUILA. we'll work this out on our way to the scrapyard on ARIEL, hopefully we get this sorted in time. 'sides, maybe the med facility on ARIEL will have some meds we can 'borrow' to cure this. we'll be on the ship momentarily."
the medical team wheels OREO onto TRANQUILITY while they ice him down-careful not to touch him.
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Shiny's watching the crew bring Oreo to the infirmary.
Shiny, "Captain whats going on? This doesn't make sense."
Captain,"I don't know."
The Captain walks over to Path and looks at his burn.
Shiny stands next to Oreo she can feel extreme heat radiating from his body.
Shiny keeps putting ice and cold cloths on Oreo.
She watches the steam raise off of him.
"Oreo you'll be OK."
Oreo opens his eyes and looks at shiny.
Shiny turns away Hoping he dosen't see the doubt in her eyes.
...Also, I can kill you with my brain.
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(In an instant the twins and oreo begin to convulse.)
Captain- Everyone! Stay Back! Don't touch'em!
Kat- What In The Verse Is Happening To Them!
(The Twins begins Screaming, Their arms and legs bucking and frailing around, Oreo, Screeching and imitating the same movements as the twins)
(Slowly the three begin to calm down, each foaming at the mouth and breathing hard. Thier eyes closed.)
(Captain Grabs o2 by the arm)
Captain- Get to the brigde and plot a gorram course to ariel. Now!
(o2 dashes out the infirmary up to the brigde. Path visual scans the three.)
Path- I think whatever happened has sub-sided, for now, but It looks like they're in a coma.
Shiny- a...a coma, oh my god...
Path- I don't think it's serious (Knowing in the back of his mind that the situation was pretty damn serious), but we need to get them to the Ariel Med lad as soon as possible. What ever this is..I don't think its contagious, least not for us, but for them, it might...
Captain- Kill them. FAY-FAY duh PEE-yen, Kat come with me...
(Captain rushes out and up to the brigde, Kat follows)
(Shiny looks at path, wanting to say something but the words are just caught in her throat)
(Path looks at shiny knowing what she wants to say)
Path-yes, shiny, it's serious. you better go see whats going on up on the brigde, I have everything in hand here, i'll com you if things worsen. oh, here take this the captain, you can look it over if you want too, I'd been searching the cortex for any information i could find on Oreo and found this.
(Shiny takes the paper and Makes her way to the Brigde)
Go n-eírí an bóthar leat. - May the road rise with you.
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(The sound of foot steps approaching can be heard, without even turning artound to see who it is, irish beings to speak)
I've just recieved word back from our clean up crew on Silas 5. No sign of Echo One or the crew of tranquility. (Turns around in his chair)They got away, again.
(A figure standing in the shadows on the tiny cubicle room steps forward)
My dear Irish, the raid on Silas 5 was merely a smoke screen for the real Plan to be set into motion.
(Irish looks at Jaykins in confusion)
real plan sir?
(jaykins places a hand on Irish's shoulder)
Yes, I've had this all planned out his since after the chou ma niao stole my Bride to be from me. I had a team set up ventilation units all over the complex on silas 5. For the past months thy've been pumping a deadly neuro agent in the air around and in the complex.If all goes to plan, I guess our little toys should be going through a very painful and violent shut down of the nervous system.
(Irish interjects)
But known of our people have been sick or died...
(Jaykins chcukles)
Correct, it's only deadly to those who share the bio- genetic gene, like those twins and that freak Echo One.
(A smrik creeps over Irish's face)
But what of the crew of tranquility?
(Jaykins lets out a loud burst of laughter)
They are no more of a concern to me, They will be dealt with in time, it's echo one and the twins that i wanted, dead or alive.
(Jaykins crosses arms and begins to leave the room)
But, unfortunatly they choose "Dead".
I will find him among you,even though you don't see him........
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SHADOW stands next to O2 on the bridge as TRANQUILITY takes off for ARIEL, and thinks...
* that was not a funny joke but i was trying to ease the tension. *
TRANQUILITY flies at top speed and soon reaches ARIEL.
SHADOW: "O2, put us in orbit. we're not landing TRANQUILITY, beins' that we're wanted and all. so you and i are taking a shuttle with SHINY down to the
FOX IMPOUND SHIPYARD to procure a vehicle that we will modify into a maintenance ship to 'service' the ALLIANCE facility.
* coms KAT *
"KAT, i need you on the bridge."
KAT joins the two on the bridge.
SHADOW:
"KAT, i need you to fly the ship while O2, SHINY and i go rebuild a small ship for this mission, dong ma?
when we're finished, and we have a working vehicle, we'll fly it back here with the shuttle. then i'll take OREO, THE TWINS, PATH, and SHINY with me to the ALLIANCE med center to get OREOS brain scanned and get medicine for him and THE TWINS. there's a lot of 'moving parts' to this mission so we need to communicate with each other."
* SHADOW coms SHINY *
"SHINY, meet us in shuttle 1."
SHADOW, O2 and SHINY fly shuttle 1 down to the FOX IMPOUND SHIPYARD - a huge section of ARIEL that is used to impound confiscated ships, as well as a junk yard, and begin to look for a usable vessel to rebuild into a 'maintenance' ship.
they wander through the IMPOUND for a long time until they turn a corner, and stop in their tracks, stunned at what they see... a FIREFLY... an '03'!
then they see the golden shield painted on the side with the chinese symbol 平静.
SHINY: "what's TRANQUILITY doing down here?"
SHADOW stares at the ship.
SHADOW: "thats our sistership, SERENITY!.
we share the same chinese symbol, [ 平静 ].
it means tranquility AND serenity.
so this is where she's been. i would love to get her out of here, but right now we can't. we have a mission. plus we don't have enough to buy her from the yardmaster here... but OJIN does.
i'll let him know about this, but right now we need a maintenance ship.
they all take 1 last look at SERENITY, then move along again, finally finding a usable ship for the 'ARIEL job'.
SHADOW pays the YARDMASTER for the ship and flies it back to TRANQUILITY, behind O2 and SHINY in shuttle 1.
the crew fixes the maintenance ship and paints her the 'look the part'.
SHADOW: "looks like we're ready to hit the hospital. let's get O and THE TWINS."
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Shiny follows capt to the infirmary.
Shiny,"Captain I forgot, Path handed me this paper to give to you."
Shiny hands Captain the paper, she continues to the infirmary once inside the room she walks over to the twins they both appear to be sleeping, she looks at Oreo who also looks to be sleeping.
Shiny to Path," Captain wants them ready, The maintenance ship is leaving for Ariel soon. Path I'm worried, about this, the twins and Oreo are so unreliable in their actions, I don't think it's safe."
Path scanning Oreo, "I know Shiny, But lets hope once we scan Oreo's brain We will be able to help him and possibly the twins.
...Also, I can kill you with my brain.
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* incoming message from AQUILA *
"SHADOW, here are the access codes you'll need to access the ALLIANCE facility for your friends' procedure, and for the subterranean records level, where i hope you can find the records we talked about on my old student DERRIAL BOOK.
access codes to follow:
*************************************************
*************************************************
OJIN out.
the ARIEL team is assembled -
SHADOW, SHINY, PATH, OREO and THE TWINS.
they board the maintenance ship and head to the ALLIANCE FACILITY on ARIEL, where KAT has hacked into the hospitals system and set up a 'maintenance' issue on the level close to where the neuro imager is.
SHADOW:
"O2, there's a small moon nearby.
land TRANQUILITY there until you hear from us, it's safer than staying in orbit. its not a habitable moon, so you'll have to stay inside, but it's a good hiding place."
the team lands near the hospital and enters with the codes that OJIN provided.
they walk through a long labyrinth of hallways until they come to the 'imaging lab'.
"well PATH, looks like here's where you do your thing with OREO and THE TWINS. SHINY, stay and help PATH work here, i'll be baaaack."
SHADOW uses his other codes to access the stairwell to the subterranean records level,
and again to open the door, once he reaches it.
the door slides open... 'whooosh' then closes, 'whooosh'.
feeling overwhelmed SHADOW thinks:
*this place is huge*
he begins walking through aisle after aisle, trying to find any reference to DERRIAL BOOK.
finally, after 'kind of' figuring out the categorization system, SHADOW finds a section called OP/AG:BO-BU.
hurriedly, SHADOW flips through a bunch of IDENT CARDS until he gets to 'BOOK-DERRIAL'.
"eureka."
he looks at it...
then he starts to leave... then stops,
looks back at the long rows of filing cabinets...
"i wonder..."
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SHADOW slowly walks back towards the long rows of filing cabinets, his mind now churning.
thinks:
* they must have records of everyone in the 'verse here, these files go on for a mile. that's why OJIN sent me here. this is the main records section for the whole ALLIANCE. there must be records on all of us in here. *
SHADOW rushes back to the files and starts looking for all the crew members' files by name.
stopping again he remembers the 'paper' that SHINY gave him from OREO.
* maybe it has info on it that i can use to help my search here. *
he takes it out and looks at it: 
* there's a couple of codes embedded in the fabric of this document!
1 above the eagle... and another down here, on the right, in chinese.
well 1st lets look up SKYE L. JORDSON. *
SHADOW roams the aisles until he comes to JOR-JOS, and finds file:
AL/CIV/EXP# 666-543-8766-MDK 'SKYE L.JORDSON'.
he tries to open the small locked safe that's inside this file drawer but its locked.
* wow, locked, even to people with the clearance to get this far. *
he starts to move on to the next crew members name but stops.
* hmmm... wait, lets try this code thats above the eagle. *
he tries the code.
beep.
it opens the small safe.
SHADOW takes out the contents.
a few very interesting documents, some other personal items which he puts in his browncoat and a different type of IDENT CARD.
* looks like an access card. i'm thinkin' i may need this sooner than later. *
a door opens behind him...
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Shiny helps path put the twins under the neureo scanner.
Path:"Shiny stay near the door if you hear someone... signal me."
Shiny nods, she walks over to the closed door and listens as she watches path start the machine.
The images of the twins brains are displayed, Path goes as close as he can to the images and say's
with a shocked look on his face."how could the alliance do this to innocent children?"
Shiny, "Path what is it?"
Path,"they stripped their amygdala."
Shiny,"what does that mean?"
Path," It strips them of their ability to filter out fear, which means they feel everything."
path downloads the information into his device.
Path," Shiny help me with Oreo."
Shiny helps put Oreo under the scanner, She walks
back to the door.
Shiny whispers, "path I hear footsteps coming."
Path stares at shiny, Shiny holds her breath,
The foot steps pass by and fades away.
Shiny,"it's ok now."
Path starts up the machine again and Oreos brain is displayed.
Path, " I've never seen anything like this".
he walks around the image.
Path stops walking and starts downloading oreos info into his devise.
Shiny just stares at the image. then looks at path.
Shiny," I don't know much about this stuff but I know Oreo brain dosen't look like what i thought it should.
Path, "Your right shiny, its like the alliance tried to pull apart oreos brain and rebuild it to their specification. No one with a conscience could do this.
I will need to examine this further once where back on Tranquility."
Path then takes a needle and extracts blood from oreos vein and puts it in another machine to examine it.
Path," the readouts show extremely high levels of a paxillon hydrochloride compound."
Shiny looks at Path," I could of told you that."
Path downloads all the data to his device.
Then he helps himself to all the medical supplys and medicine in the room in hopes it will help the twins and Oreos sickness and restock the infirmary.
Path, Ok Shiny Where done here help me get them ready for our departure.
Shiny walks over to the twins and put them back in the maintence cart then helps Path put Oreo back in his.
Shiny straining and out of breathe,Pushes Oreo in the cart, She accidentally bangs his head on the side.
Shiny, "sorry Oreo."
Path," don't worry shiny he didn't feel a thing."
Then Path, pulls out a syringe and injects Oreo with a medicine that will help him wake up.
Path," I don't know how long it will take for Oreo to respond to the injection, So maybe I will give him a tattoo."
Pathfinder and Shiny both laugh at the thought.
Shiny pushes the twins down the hallway and path is following her.
Shiny whispers loud enough for path to hear her,
"where the captain? shouldn't he be here by now?"
...Also, I can kill you with my brain.
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(Path pull the sryinge from Oreo's arm and wipes a small stray of blood from the poke area)
Path- Ok there, i don't know how this is going to react with oreo's body, but hopefully it'll help bring him round.
(Shiny looks over at the twins)
Shiny- What about the children?
(Path wraps the syringe in a piece of cloth and puts it in a bag)
Path- The medicine is experimental to say the least. I don't want to use it on them till i see what it can do.
Shiny- so you're using oreo a lab rat!
(Path motion for shiny to keep her voice down)
Path- No i'm not...well, yes, i guess. I need to know the side affects. Oreo's body is more then capable of taking the punishment. If there are side affects, i'll have better knowledge on how to improve the medicine and make it safe to be able to give to the summer and storm.
(Shiny, somewhat aggiated knows that alot of the medical jargon goes over her head and she has yet to see Path harm anyone.)
Shiny- Path, i hope it works, cause if it doesn't...I'll never forgive.
Path- Believe me, that'll make two of us. I'm pretty sure with the data i collected on the three of them, i'll be able to reverseing what the alliance did. At least for the twins.
(Shiny quickly looks at Path in confusion)
Shiny- The twins? and Oreo too right?
(path turns his head away from Shiny)
Path- From what i've see of his neuro images, Oreo's brain is beyond repairing...
Shiny- beyond! how can he be beyond?
(Path once again motions for shiny bring her voice down)
Path- Look, for the most part the body can heal its self alone with the help of white blood cells, red blood cells and the like right?
Shiny- I guess...
Path- thus, the begins to, regenerate, or grow new skins cells from a knife would or a gun shot. Well oreo is still capable of doing that on the outside of his body, still heal like a normal person, but on the side of his body it different.
Shiny- Different? How?
Path- Part of his brain, were removed and replaced with synthetic's, micro chips, old parts and some new. His body was never able to adapt to the constant experimenting. So, i guessing when the alliance began introducing reaver D.N.A with his, they over whelmed his body in order for his genetic make-up, his body, what ever you wanna call, to accept and become the half breed that he is now. shiny, I'm sorry, there is no way to reverse what they have done to him. The best i can do for oreo is help him control it better so thathe can live a somewhat normal life, but from now to the end of his days, he will forever be half human and half reaver.
(Shiny fights to hold back tears)
Shiny- So thats it? theres nothing more then surpressing it that we can do? I told him we'd help him, we came all this way to find nothing.
(path puts an arm around shiny)
Path- even in the darkest night, one can always find light. I won't give up shiny, as much as this big lug gives me headaches he is still family and crew. Just like the twins, you and everybody else. We don't give up. I promise you, i will keep trying.
(Shiny tries to quickly wipe a tear before it falls donw her cheek)
Shiny- Will you be able to bring back oreo's memories?
(Path quickly perks up)
Path-Ahhhhhh...that i can do, and i already know how. I'm going to need your help. but first, lets get outta here and find the captain.
Go n-eírí an bóthar leat. - May the road rise with you.
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