#57 A secret

Posted on Fri Sep 10th, 2021 @ 12:03pm by Chief Warrant Officer Niraasha "Nira" Whisperwind

Mission: Mission Guardian Shield
Location: Sickbay
Timeline: current

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Bjorgo had decked himself out in Starfleet combat utilities and combat boots, pants bloused into the boots while wearing the full MACo style utility belt. His body armor had the various pockets for the typical equipment for a soldier. However, being who he was professionally, Doctor Bjorgo chose to fill said pockets with various medical devices and tools. His sidearm and the two grenades on his belt, along with the telescoping stun baton were all he wore as he paced around Sickbay. Nira was up on a bio bed, her own weapons and leather equipment sitting behind her as she sat lotus and watched Tore moving around acting like he wasn't pacing even as he paced around the room. Her unique senses could tell he was upset. "Come," she said, hopping down from the bed and donning her gear. "We go."

Tore stopped his pacing and looked to his right. "We go? We go where?"

"Just follow," stated Nira, going into Bjorgo's office and closing the door behind them as he followed. "No one see." She motioned to the blind system over his office window that looked into Sickbay proper.

Bjorgo decided to play along and tapped the key to darken the window enough not to see inside. "Okay, now what?"

Sliding her open palm right hand down her right hip Nira's first two fingers slipped into the golden hoops on her outfit. The hoops fused into a dual ring on her right hand and she brought her hand up using a swirling two finger pointing motion. In Tore's office a swirling, circular mass of amber sparks appeared with an open portal showing absolute darkness beyond. Within the portal he couldn't see the wall behind the strange happening.

"What is that?" He asked.

"A portal," answered Nira. "Show me where to go and we go."

"Go? Go where, exactly?"

"To planet, ninny." Nira gave a chuckle. "I need to know where to go."

"So, what you're saying is that if you knew where to go we could just step through that and get there?" His left hand had casually motioned toward the strange Eldritch Magick portal.

"Seh seh," she responded. That meant yes.

Bjorgo gave a sigh of frustration. "Why didn't you tell us about this before?"

"Nunyo."

"Nunyo? What the hell does that mean?" He asked.

"Nunyo damn business," giggled Nira, seeing her little joke making his eyes lose their hardness and a grin forming on his face. "I learn that from crew lovers."

"Crew lov...never-mind, I don't wanna know." He waved that part off, then had an epiphany. Going to a PADD he took it up and called up the schematics for the embassy on the planet. Finding the sub-level where the dedicated emergency power generator was, he brought up an image of the chamber it was in. The Starfleet Corps of Engineers always took stills of all facilities for records purposes. He held it so she could see it.

"Dankhu." Thank you. As she said that the portal's darkened center seemed to roil away like smoke through a keyhole and through the opening they could now see the generator room below the embassy. "Come," said Nira, taking his hand and pulling him through with her.

Bjorgo's surprise was written all over his face as they stepped into the cool, shadowy bowels of the embassy compound. He looked at the PADD again, seeing the exact same thing directly ahead as was portrayed in the image. "How the...We just...that's amazing!"

"Not so hard. When Humans grow up they can to. It is merely quantum physics." The portal was still open, swirling, and through it Tore could see his office.

"Let's get back. We have plans and those can't be derailed. Keep this little secret a secret, Nira. It will be our fallback should things go wrong." Tore turned and stepped back through.

Nira was a bit flabbergasted. Here they were, people dying and fighting for stupid reasons, and she had the means to help end it. Yet, this Federation did not want to, despite what their self-proclaimed ideals were. Perhaps it was time to re-evaluate their altruism. Sighing with her own frustration Nira stepped back through and closed the portal. "We will stand and wait as people die, then." Her statement was a barb towards Starfleet and the UFP. "I hope you are happy with body count by time it is over. I meditate in lab. Call me when we are ready to go." She stomped off, and by her gait, she was angry.

Bjorgo dropped his chin and sighed with closed eyes. Everything Nira had just said was absolutely true. But, as CMO, he couldn't change things without permission. And, even if had gone down with the portal he hadn't received permission to do so and there were repercussions for that. As an Augment, or Terran as he liked to call himself, the last thing he wanted was being scrutinized again because someone might interpret such an action as him going off the rails again. That brought a grin to his face as he lifted his chin and re-opened his office, stepping back out into Sickbay.

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