29th November 2016 Writings

 Excerpt from: Caverns of Wingewarra

“So, what other games do we have?” Jonas asked as he placed a chess board on Kara's bench.

“We have Daniel's Holbytla Monopoly, so far,” Kara answered. “As well as my copy of Disney Trivial Pursuit.”

“Daniel would win that,” Jonas said in a slightly playful tone.

“True,” Kara said.

“And a pack of Odie playing cards,” Daniel said, taking the pack out of his pocket, placing it on the Monopoly box.

Agents!

There was a loud knock on the door. Quite strange given that Kara had a doorbell. “Someone's there,” she said.

“I'll go,” Xanthe said.

“OK,” Kara said.

Xanthe answered the door. “Hi, you realise there is a doorbell, right?”

“Is this Kara Hendrickson's house?” a man asked.

“Who is asking,” Xanthe asked. Despite it being night time he was wearing sunglasses.

The man produced a card. “Agent J. Brown. Commonwealth Detection Agency,” he said.

“I haven't heard of this CDA,” Xanthe said.

Inside, Kara was listening. “CDA! Crap!” she said, with a fearful expression on her face.

“What is it?” Leigh asked.

“A government agency,” Kara whispered. “I was involved with them in university. Something to take up the extra time.” she shed a tear.

“We're not really public,” the Agent said.

“Secret you mean,” Xanthe said. She could hear Kara tell Leigh more about what she had experienced.

“Secret, but legit,” the agent said.

“I don't care, Kara doesn't want to see you.”

“So, she is here,” the agent said.

“Oops!” Xanthe said. She slammed the door closed and locked it.

“You did your best,” Kara said, as Xanthe re-entered the kitchen.

“But I told them that you're here.”

“They would have figured that out anyway,” Kara pointed out. “How many are there?”

“Three, that I could see,” Xanthe answered.

“A difficult, but not impossible,” Kara said.

“Kara?” Daniel said.

“They can be dislodged,” Kara said.

“How?” Xanthe asked.

“The augmentations, that's how,” Kara declared.

Daniel knew what she was talking about, but he wasn't sure the others knew. “Good idea, Kara,” he said.

“We could escape that way, sure,” Xanthe said.

“What are these augmentations?” Sophia asked.

“I'll show you,” Kara said. She opened a panel next to the refrigerator, and pressed one of the buttons there. Part of the kitchen floor slid aside, showing a staircase leading downwards into a basement below.

“Interesting,” Sophia said. “You're a lady of surprises.”

“It's not a good thing,” Kara said under her breath.

Daniel nodded.

“But how does this help against those agents?” Ella asked.

Words: 460

Excerpt from: The Many Doctors: Chapter 35

“This is facinating. Sattelite Five contains every piece of information within the Fourth Great and Bountiful Human Empire. Birth Certificates, shopping habits, bank statements, but you three, you don't exist. No birth, no job, not the slightest kiss. How can you walk through the world and not leave a single footprint?”

Rose tried to gain Suki's attemption.

“What have you done to her?” Felicia asked, after Rose failed to do so.

“I think she's dead,” the Doctor said.

“She's working,” Rose pointed out.

“That doesn't mean she's alive,” Felicia said.

“They've all got chips in their head, and the chips keep going, like puppets,” the Doctor said.

“Oh, you're full of information,” the Editor said. “But it's only fair we get some information back, because apparently, you're no one. It's rare not to know something.”

Words:143

Excerpt from: The Many Doctors: Chapter 27

“Why is this happening?” McDonnell asked.

“Stay here!” The Doctor said. “I mean it this time! Jump start those engines!” He left.

“Felicia and Riley are stuck in an escape pod,” the Doctor said. “Be ready to help,” the Doctor said.

“Understood,” Martha said.

“Jettison held,” the computer said, after Riley put in a sequence.

“Thank you,” Riley said.

“Jettison reactivated,” the computer said.

“That didn't help!” Felicia said with frustration.

“There are more where that came from,” Riley said, trying to put confidence into his voice. He and Ashton fought it out via the keypads.

The Doctor arrived in Area 17. “That's enough! What do you want? Why this ship? Tell me.

Words: 125

Excerpt from: Defiant Map Game (Alternate version of Mystery of the Defiant)

“Something, evil. Recent arrival. Meglomania,” River said, her hands on her temple. “Worse than Alliance.”

“And you're reading his mind?”

River's expression then gave the EMH no doubt.

While River was aware of Dukat, Dukat knew that there were telepaths on the ship. Central Command trained its soldiers to resist telepathic intrusions. River's scan was more intense, than most, but he was able to resist it. He had earlier brushed off Granny's light touch, and also Ashoka's Force-powered attempt. (Of course, he didn't know that a Jedi, even one who survived Order 66, wouldn't force themselves into anyone's mind, like a Sith wannabee would. Star Wars wasn't among the Terran fiction that Sisko had left in his office while the Station was under Dominion control)

“As I was saying, Ziyal wouldn't be dead if the Federation hadn't launched an offensive to retake Terok Nor from it's rightful owners. Damar wasn't at fault, it was entirely Sisko's.” He could see that most of his audience wasn't paying attention. Maybe that Trump guy would listen, if he could find him.

Words: 182

Total: 910