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'''Kuiper II class, ''Summer’s Gift'' '''<br> | '''Kuiper II class, ''Summer’s Gift'' '''<br> | ||
'''Bivouac, Miranda'''<br> | '''Bivouac, Miranda'''<br> | ||
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'''01:47 hrs, local time'''<br> | '''01:47 hrs, local time'''<br> | ||
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− | The repairs continued and the long list of things left undone dogged my waking hours. I worked like a demon to get through it, despite the heat onboard and off; despite the lack of fabrication tools, now slowly acquired and installed in the aft lounge. Despite the need to baby my arm and the rest of the crew keeping me honest about it. In the week immediately after landing on Miranda I cheated on Arden’s orders whenever I could get away with it, first with the shuttle repairs and later with the | + | The repairs continued and the long list of things left undone dogged my waking hours. I worked like a demon to get through it, despite the heat onboard and off; despite the lack of fabrication tools, now slowly acquired and installed in the aft lounge. Despite the need to baby my arm and the rest of the crew keeping me honest about it. In the week immediately after landing on Miranda I cheated on Arden’s orders whenever I could get away with it, first with the shuttle repairs and later with the Gift. We were now five weeks back from Pala and the healing cut still bothered me, and the combination of the heat aboard the ship and the steady ache from the injury conspired to keep me awake long after I’d retired for the night.<br> |
An hour’s vain tossing to get comfortable saw me without a wink of sleep or a scrap of patience left, and I rose from my bunk exhausted and irritable. My shoulder protested. I ignored it. I was hot and sore, and remembered the water we had in the galley fridge.<br> | An hour’s vain tossing to get comfortable saw me without a wink of sleep or a scrap of patience left, and I rose from my bunk exhausted and irritable. My shoulder protested. I ignored it. I was hot and sore, and remembered the water we had in the galley fridge.<br> | ||
''One bottle'', I thought. ''Just one and maybe an aspirin and I’ll check over that refit in the engine room.''<br> | ''One bottle'', I thought. ''Just one and maybe an aspirin and I’ll check over that refit in the engine room.''<br> | ||
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“Stubborn bitch…” I heard Nika grouse a moment later. “Use this. If your temp’s normal, I’ll leave you alone. If it’s not, you’re outta here.”<br> | “Stubborn bitch…” I heard Nika grouse a moment later. “Use this. If your temp’s normal, I’ll leave you alone. If it’s not, you’re outta here.”<br> | ||
− | I hadn’t heard the door open and Nika’s unexpected arrival made me jump, and I lost the wires I’d fished from the snake’s nest overhead. I slammed my hands against the console undercarriage and swore, and pulled myself to my feet. | + | I hadn’t heard the door open and Nika’s unexpected arrival made me jump, and I lost the wires I’d fished from the snake’s nest overhead. I slammed my hands against the console undercarriage and swore, and pulled myself to my feet. I saw what she held, I let her have it.<br> |
“You can shove it up my frikkin’ ass! ''Go away, I’m busy.''”<br> | “You can shove it up my frikkin’ ass! ''Go away, I’m busy.''”<br> | ||
“Don’t. Tempt. Me.” Her voice ground out in the heated air between us. “You have two seconds, and then I’ll just get Arden in here to eyeball your stubborn ass.” She held the thermometer out, pursed her lips and gave me the look.<br> | “Don’t. Tempt. Me.” Her voice ground out in the heated air between us. “You have two seconds, and then I’ll just get Arden in here to eyeball your stubborn ass.” She held the thermometer out, pursed her lips and gave me the look.<br> | ||
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I couldn’t move. God help me I couldn’t move. Fire bathed me head to toe. Barbed wire dug through my skull, winding tighter and tighter, shredding my brain until it leaked from my ears, poured from my mouth, choking me. Molten metal had replaced my bones, searing me from the inside out. My collarbone was the worst, melting down through my throat and chest, cutting off my air, slicing me in two. <br> | I couldn’t move. God help me I couldn’t move. Fire bathed me head to toe. Barbed wire dug through my skull, winding tighter and tighter, shredding my brain until it leaked from my ears, poured from my mouth, choking me. Molten metal had replaced my bones, searing me from the inside out. My collarbone was the worst, melting down through my throat and chest, cutting off my air, slicing me in two. <br> | ||
− | Incredibly I could still see, albeit hazily, and Arden stood over me with his scalpel. Light gleamed on the blade as it descended and I tried to dodge the killing stroke I knew was coming. Hands held me down, red-hot branding irons impaling me to the table, and I screamed, I gibbered, I sobbed for mercy, for deliverance … for oblivion.<br> | + | Incredibly I could still see, albeit hazily, and Arden stood over me with his scalpel. Light gleamed bright on the blade as it descended toward my neck and I tried to dodge the killing stroke I knew was coming. Hands held me down, red-hot branding irons impaling me to the table, and I screamed, I gibbered, I sobbed for mercy, for deliverance … for oblivion.<br> |
The scalpel found my flesh and I got what I begged for.<br><br> | The scalpel found my flesh and I got what I begged for.<br><br> | ||
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− | + | '''Go to'''[[Devil His Due, Part 2|''' ''Devil His Due, Part 2'' ''']] | |
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'''Go to''' [[Marina Kseniya Sebastien | '''Rina's Crew Page''']] <br> | '''Go to''' [[Marina Kseniya Sebastien | '''Rina's Crew Page''']] <br> | ||
− | '''Go to [[EPISODES]]''' or '''[[ | + | '''Go to [[EPISODES]]''' or '''[[Mutineers Timeline, Season One| TIMELINE]], Season One''' |