Starland

Lab and Hall

ARIA-Lab

The card to the room makes a successful beep. In the center of the room lead Scientist Keller is fumbles through notes. It's a lab with high tech computers. Each wall and the floor is metal. Desks with papers and recorders at each station. Some computers are out or glitched, the lights seem to be on the generator as it is not blasting bright in the room. I call him, "Doctor Keller." He doesn't answer. I call him again, "Doctor Keller?" He just mumbles around. I shake my head and grab the keycard in my desk.

Hawthorne asks him, "You have any idea what is going on?"

He is mumbling, "aaa----they shouldn't---put—leave."

Hawthorne with stern aggression dominance in her voice "Hey! Hey! I'm talking to you."

The way space suit fits her body is muscular and athletic—it's a current black colored with light blue stripes on the arms, torso, and legs. Cooper has on the same suit, but Wills is white with teal blue like the young voyager. I have always been into my science, but there was some attraction to her.

I notice by now she is about to get physical. I gently touch her arm.

Keller continues to ramble, "and that thing started....end....the end...."

I tell him, "Something is going on with the ship. You should leave."

"a a a uh aaa...It's almost evil. Look," Keller tells me. He pulls up feeds from the west wing:

Screaming, black mass, taking over and combusting or infecting people. It's flexible shaping into anything it wants.

His voice shakes as Keller says, "o dear lord I haven't studied it enough to know what it is? What it can do? It's properties. It was to cure them and give them endurance. No....no...bad... success.

"Jesus." Lydia replies.

Will says, "That is so fucked up."

I clear my throat, "Glad I didn't get the invitation to see "the project".

Keller continues, "there—there is so much more than what...THEY tell...while studying a bio.."

I want to help them, but they mustn't know everything about the project. Orders to eliminate any threat, but I worked with him and there are others here. So, I thought of something else.

Keller blabs,"bio----bio-weapon when fused with humans. Success N---."

Using the air around me I move my right hand and a gust of whirlwind hits the desk ruffling papers, pens, small items on the desk.

Hawthorne turns her silver space gun pointed in the direction observing every angle from top to bottom.

Keller frantically looks around, "what was that?" He points his index finger on his thin lips, "ssshhhhhh!"

Silence is throughout the room. "I think we should leave," Lydia whispers.

Cooper asks him, "What is it?"

"It's quiet," Keller quivers, "It's fast, it's smart. It's here somewhere."

Hawthorne asks him, "do you know how to tell where it is?"

They don't need to know something darker going on. I push a small gust of wind knocking Keller to the ground with air. Then I form a big ball of luminescent light. It's strong enough that it blows the room and knocks us to the ground onto the lower level.

Our bodies thud as we hit the floor of the lower level. The large hall gray solid plate medaling, octagon shapish, large black wires broken as electricity sparks out. Pieces of metal flooring and ship on the floor. As I lift up my head I hear the captain groan. I quietly gaze at her strong facial structure. Lying on such an athletic body.