CrazyMoon
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Strip Poker
Warning...this is long. Slayer, if you don't like it you can get rid of it. 
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++"Okay...it's like this, T'Clar. I've seemed to have gotten myself into trouble." I stammered suddenly. "When have you not?" She quirped with a smile. "This isn't like thoses other times...This is more serious!" I retorted. "But isn't being surrounded by warrior bugs with no weapons serious?" "Well... ...not this serious!" "Then what have you gotten yourself into?!!" She asked as her eyes grew wide with wonder and worry.
"You see...last night I was in the Infirmary with Doc...well.." I got up and started to pace. "We started to play a game called poker." "Poker?" "Yes, I'll explain later, but let me finish first, okay?.." "Continue then." "Well...there is certain types of poker. We started out playing regular poker, then we started to play a game known as Strip poker." "Strip Poker? I do not understand many human games?" she said with a whisp of sorrow. She wanted know as much as she could about all human things.
"Well, sometimes that is a blessing." I jested and decided to get back to the point. "Well it would of been okay,but Rico and Gossard came in and they found out we were playing..." "What happened?!" She asked. "They laughed first, then we asked them to join us. They did. To sum it up abit...We had played until our last deal.
"Meaning that it was the last one until someone had lost everything, they had on. " "You mean in this human card game you lose clothes?" T'Clar asked with wonder and more questions in her eyes. "Well, yeah." I replied as honestly as posible. "Very interesting." was all she answered back. *I don't think she understands what kind of trouble I'm in yet.* I told myself to apese my beating heart.
"Continue, please. I would Like to know what has gotten you so upset." "Now comes the big deal. When our last hand was finished, Rico and Doc had to take off their last reamining articles of clothing...because they lsot. Gossard still ahd to take something off, but her was still partial clothed. I was still wearing most mine." "And?" "Right when Rico and Doc were going to take their's off, Lt. Razac came in! He caught us!" "Oh No!!" "My thoughts exactly, but he didn't do anything except made Rico and Gossard go back to their quarters.
"He did not send Doc?" "No, but thats not important. What is, is that this morning there are rumors around the entire Valley Forge that I've seen all the Roughnecks...ALL the Roughnecks, in their skivies! That I am some kind of pervert!"
"You? I do not see that hap...wait all?! Even T'Phai?" T'Clar burst in midsentence. "Well, not him yet! Though I am sure by lunch time ther will be something about him to!!" "What about Lt. Razack?" "OH that is the worst part yet!! He heard the rumor from General Redwing!!" I almost started to cry again! *This is too much!* "..."T'Clar was quite for a moment and made me wait...in agony! "Why have you come to me?" "I was hoping you would help me get tot he bottem of this."
"How can I help?" She asked, puzzled. "I have an idea on how to get to the one who started this whole mess, but I need you to go along with it....and I'll probably need Carl and Higgins help also." *Man...if the other Apettes were around...this would be easier...there is only so much two Apettes can do.*
"The rumor mill had to start last night. Someone who had seen either Rico+Gossard going back to their quarters, or me and Doc, so all we really have to do is find out who was roaming the halls in that area last night...who might have seen us. That is where Higgins and Carl come in." "Then where do you and I fall?" I looked her straight in the eyes(she was sitting) and said, "We are going to make sure the persons responsible are between a rock and a hard place." *evil grin*
After a thirty minute discussion on human card games, we set out to force...inlist Carl and Higgins help. Higgins was to gain access to the security vidieos and see if he could pinpoint some faces. Carl, although relictant, agreed to help me scan some minds, also to flush out the guilty party(ies). T'Clar was going to speak witht he other Skinnies abord and find out if they had heard anything. T'Phai volunteered to help. Saying that two were better than one.
"Where do we start?" Carl asked as we walked down of the less used hallways. "Lets try the training rooms...they won't even notice us there." "I don't like doing that to others...It's kinda weird." Carl said reluctantly. "I know...I'm really sorry I've gotten you into this, Carl...but since you are the only other Psychic I trust on the Forge...If Zair or Spitz was here.." I tried to tell him...but it came out weak and thin. He understood though. "I know. Lets get this over with." He said as we entered the simulation chambers.
Across the Forge, inside the FedNet communications area; higgins sat behind a computer screen scanning all available files from last nights security cams...even the infirmary. Yep...he saw how it started, but thankfully not the end. He flicked it off after Rico lost his shirt, with a chuckle. He began to flipp through the halls. One by one, they passed the screen. Nothing...WAIT!! There in sector 6-A hallway! Two ladies....no one lady, one guy. "Now to find out who you are..." He mummbles to himself as he tried to enhance the picute.
As Higgins was enhancing the photos, T'Clar and T'Phai were engaging in conversation with many of their fellow Skinnies. They weren't getting much, almost none of them had heard of the rumors or didn't understand enough of them to give them merit in their thoughts. They were just about to give up. "I think it best we go and give our report. We are finding nothing here." T'Clar said in a slightly aggitated voice. "I think maybe you are right. Let us leave." T'Phai conccured.(SP) They turned towards the door, when a hand touched T'Clar's shoulder. "Excuse me..." A low female voice spoke from behind them. "But I think I may can help you." *Finally!!* T'Clar thought. *A ray of hope!*
E'Sil, a slightly shorter Skinnie, was the owner of the voice. T'Clar turned to her and they understood why she had stepped forward. E'Sil was an outsider amoung the Skinnies, because of her apperance. No, she wasn't deformed or ugly...but she was a Skinnie that longed to be human. She wasn't good at being normal. "Where may we go to talk?" She asked shyly. "Let us go to my quarters." T'Clar whispered to them. She didn't want E'Sil to get in trouble...if any...over this.
*Nothing from these people either!* I mindspoke to Carl as the last group of troopers left the Sim-room. *I'm not sure we'll find more than just rumors in anyones heads by now.* He joked back. I walked over to him and playfully smacked his shoulder. "That is not something I want to hear right now!" "I'm sorry!" He smiled. "But that is probably true. We've been at this for over two hours." I lowered my head to the truth...then it came up slowly. "Then lets go see what everyone else has found out. If nothing...will you give it one more go around?" "Sure." At that we left for the Roughneck's quarters to meet up with eveybody.
We got there first, T'Clar and T'Phai were next and last but not least, Higgins came stammering in at last. We all sat on a bunk in silence. I was afraid that everything we had done had produced nothing. I was the first to speak. "So anything good to report?" With a weak smile plastered on my face the sentence came out. Everyone looked at each other and my heart sank. "Well...I did pin-point three possibles, from the security cams. I know two of them, but that last guy I haven't a clue." Higgins piped in, in his usual "boy" voice.
"Do you have the photos?!!" I asked with new found zelous. "Yeah...hang on and i'll put them on the vid-screen." He made his way to the screen and popped in a small disc. Moments later three faces popped up. Two clearly were from Iopa squad, but that last face was fuzzy. *No good.* I though, toubled over the face.
"Thats Mary Lintoga, Iopa squad. The guy she's with is Lawrance Caldbern, also Iopa. This guy." He pointed to the blurred face. "I couldn't enhance it anymore. I tried every trick I know...nothing." "Thanks Higgins! This is great! Don't worry about that guy. I'm sure we'll find out who he is in the long run." I reassured him. T'Phai was next to speak. "T'Clar and I have some information that may be useful." "We appologize in advance for how little it is." T'Clar seconded. "You two shouldn't appologize...I'm not expecting great floods here." I smiled. "Anything you've found is way more than I expected to get from anyone...heck what Higgins got nearly keeled me over."
"Alright...We almost gave up on anyone knowing anyhting, but E'Sil came forward and spoke with us. She was recently assigned to Iopa after Y'Mai was injured. She said that she overheard many of her squad talking about this card game, but she assures us that it wasn't started by anyone from her squad....I am afraid that is all we could find." "Then it that third guy I should be looking for...hummm." I said mainly to myself.
"You? By yourself?" T'Clar asked sarcastically. "Hey!! I'm a good girl!" Everyone laughed at that. "CM, I'm sorry, but I wouldn't trust you to not kill them before you could get tot he bottom of this." Carl laughed.
"Okay...so I have abit of a temper...you can't hold that against me." I smirked. "Yes we can." They all said in Unison. "HEY!!!" "Sorry, now how can we get this person to come forward?" Higgins asked unasummingly.
"Well, we have to get those two troopers to talk to me. How that'll happen I don't know. Then its just a matter of finding that person." I said in a not so confident voice. "Maybe it won't be as hard as you think." Carl said. "So what is your plan?" "I haven't a clue but we'll figure something out. We just have to figure out how to get them somewhere to talk."
"Why not just ask them?" T'Clar asked sweetly. "Huh?" Everyone wondered aloud. How was she so sure they would talk to them? "Yeah!! Stupid me!! I know a few members from that team!!! I can ask them to get me a moment with them! T'Clar you are a genius!!" I almost yelled and jumped for joy!! Thankfully I was still sitting.
I did just that too. I went down to the mess hall and cornered Bobbie McFallen, a friend from way back in Shadow Squad. He said he would try and get them for me. I would just have to wait until then.
That wait was the longest and most trying of my life! I couldn't go anywhere without hearing that awful rumor and some of the quirkier spinoffs. It ws worse than awful. I sat in my quarters for two hours waiting for Bobbie to come back. Nothing...another hour and he finally showed up. "I got them to agree to meet you in ten minutes in the Sim-room, but don't expect much cooperation." "Let me guess, they think I am a Hussy and don't want to listen?" "That and they know you have a temper." I wapped him over the head and gave a giggle. "You sure know how to woo a lady! Thanks Bobbie!!" I shouted as I ran towards the Sim-Room.
I arrived early, so I made myself at home. I sat facing the door. I wanted to see them come in. Nothing would escape my observation, even if it killed them! Ten minutes to the point they walked in. Both were unarmed and almost looked scared. *Am I really that bad?* "Thank you for meeting me. You might want to take a seat." "Sure...thanks." Mary said in a quiet and nervous voice. Lawrance sat down beside her and staired me down until I sat forward. He quickly averted his eyes then.
"What did you want to talk to us about, Lieutenut?(SP)-spell this for me would you.=)- Law asked finally. He was quick to the point but not really willing to talk. "Well, as you know...there have been all sorts of rumors roaming around the Forge since this morning." "Yes." They both answered. "It has come to my attention that you two, as well as another person, were the only ones about that could have started this whole mess." I looked accusingly at them, hoping to get a quick answer.
Not a thing betrayed them, but Mary was about to break! I just knew it. So I kept up the pressure until they both confessed the whole thing to me! Yes they were the ones to Help start the rumors but they had really seen nothing at all????? *Interesting-and as Alice once put it-Curiouser and Curiouser.* They had told me that they had only see me and Doc giving each other a goodnight kiss. No, they didn't see anything else. That just left the defining question!
Who was the mysterious person that had started the entire mess? After another twenty minutes of intese, and I do mean intense, questuioning I had my answer. Now just to get him.
"And I thought I was the only one who talked to no one." RedWing laughed as she came to sit down beside me. "Ma'am!! I had no idea you were here!" I said in a very shocked tone. I was panicy by now! "No worries. Why has God got it in for you?" She asked sweetly. "Ummm..." Its true I didn't want to tell her, even though she knew my perdicament. She took her que and said. "I think I know. It this whole Poker thing right?" When I nodded she went on. "To tell teh truth, I don't belive a word of it."
That made me very happy. I was glad RedWing was on my side....I ws glasd anyone was on my side. It became clear, now, how she heard about it so fast and so far up the chain. "Thank you, Ma'am." "No need to thank me. I personal don't belive Lt. Razack would take part in something as foolish. Maybe in his college days with Sgt. Zim, but not now. Besides, I found it rather amuzing that not one but all the Roughnecks lost to your poker skills." She chuckled as she finished, making me giggle. It felt good to get alittle humor back.
"Now how are you going to fix this?" She asked so suddenly it knocked all the sense in my head right out. "Ummm...well...I found out who started the entire rumor mill. I just have to talk to them and somehow get them to take everything back." I finally recovered my sense and explained. "And who might that be? The person responsible?" She asked.
"Now how are you going to fix this?" She asked so suddenly it knocked all the sense in my head right out. "Ummm...well...I found out who started the entire rumor mill. I just have to talk to them and somehow get them to take everything back." I finally recovered my sense and explained. "And who might that be? The person responsible?" She asked. I told her everything. She was as surprised as I was. We talked for a few more minutes, but hen she had to go take care of some urgent business. *When you're a general, everything is urgent.* I thought to myself. I decided to find T'Clar. I would need her help again.
I walked forever around the Forge before I finally found her. She had decided to take a detour to the docking bay. *Of all the places to look...this is the last place I would.=)* "T'Clar!" I yelled over the noises towards her. She turned and saw me, waved, then turned around again. "T'CLAR!!!!!" I yelled agin, louder. She finally got the message and we made our way towards each other.
"How was your meeting?" She asked when we were in ear shot. "Pretty good! I found out what I needed to know!" I answered back when we were closer. "Good! Who is this misterious person, then?" "Can't tell you yet, but I need your help in getting them to come to me. You up for it?" I asked, knowing she loved a good challenge and hated even more to be kept in the dark.
We made our way back to the Ropughneck's quarters, I needed Higgins photos. They would be a big help in drawing the unsuspecting fly into my spiderweb. *Good!* I thought. *No one's around.* I quickly grabbed the intended target and we bolted for my quarters. Once there I layed my plan into action. First having T'Clar send a copy of the photos to a room, then setting up a little spy camera behind some of my books while she was gone. By the time she returned I was up and running, already recording everything.
"When did he say he would get here?" I asked patiently. "In five minutes. I do not understand? Why would..." Before she could finish I inturrupted her. "No time to explain. I need you to hide in here." I opened my closest. "Why?!" "Because if he trys anything, and he will, I'll need some help." "But in there?" She asked as she looked inside the closet. "Its the only place tall enough for you...unless you'd rather hide under my bed?"
"The closet is fine." She hurridly answered. Goodness knows what was under my bed....I hadn't looked for weeks. =) I had just enough time to plant the other photos, because T'Clar was right, five minutes later and he knocked on my door. I let him in and he quickly pushed me back inside and locked my door. He had a small pistol in his left hand and an evil gleam in his eyes. "Where are the originals?!" He growled. Me being not the in the least scared, faked a tremor of terror in my voice when I answered. "Over...Over there on the desk." I pointed and he quickly scanned to make sure I was telling the truth. that astablished, he grabbed them up and tore them into pieces.
"Now...what are we going to do about you?" He asked, pointing the gun right at my head. "Nothing if you want to live long enough to go to trial." I raised my voice alittle to make sure T'Clar could hear me. "I am not the one worried about living, though you should be." He put his fnger on the trigger and smiled. "You're about to die...any last words?" "ME? Die? Nay...I'm gonna live forever, didn't you know that?" I laughed back. Without warning he pulled the trigger! Two short, but loud, burst erupted out of the pistol.
I was so stunned that I didn't even feel them rip through my body. Thankfully he was a bad shot. He missed my head and hit my arm and chest. Only when I noticed blood dripping to the ground, did the pain hit me. "AHHHHHH!!!!!!!" I yelped in pain and hit the floor....HARD. T'Clar burst through the closet door and clocked the gunman. But instead of winning this fight he turned upon her and ripped her hoses out. She couldn't breath! He stood over us and laughed as T'Clar slowly slumped to the floor.
Suddenlt there was bangging outside my door. *Someone is trying to get in!!* My mind yelled happily. I tried to speak but nothing came out. I looked at T'Clar and knew that if something didn't happen in our favor soon...we were both dead. "Damn! How am I going ot get outta this one?...."He said to himself while scanning my room for an exit. While he was distracted I crawled over to my control desk. "What are you doing!!" he shouted when he saw I has punche in a code of some kind. My voice returned then. "They say humans can't breathe Methane. I am about to see if thats correct!" And I slammed my hand down on the last button. Before he could shoot me again, Methane spread quickly throughout my room. I was glad to see tha tT'Clar was stirring again.
We as humans can't breathe Methane. I couldn't breath, neither could he. I don't know about him, but I can hold my breath for almost two minutes. I sucked in the last bit of freash O2 I could and prayed either he'd pass out or whoever was outside would come in! The bangging got louder now, but I think that was because I was losing conciousness. I'm not really sure. The last things I remember seeing, before everything went black, was T'Clar getting up and decking the guy to the floor. *Thats two pionts for the good guys!* Was the last thought I had...............
What seemed like seconds to me was hours for reality. I had passed out. From the loss of blood or the Methane I don't know and don't care to. I opened my eyes and the first thing I saw was liquid and for one strange and frieghtning moment thought I ws back on Hydora. The thought then hit me that I was in a tank. *Another one, CM. how many does this make?* I joked myself, thankful I was alive. I then started to look around frantically. "Whoa! Slow down trooper!" Dr. Booty's voice yelled through the glass and liquid. I froze then. No one upset Dr. Booty. =) "Whe...where's T'Clar?" I asked weakly, still trying to get my voice back.
"Don't worry, I am here." T'Clar said as she walked closer tot he tank. "That was not a very smart thing to do." "Really? I thought it was rather clever myself." I joked back. "But you could have killed not only you but him." She pointed to the tank beside mine. HE WAS THERE!!! "Whats he doing in there?! He was fine?" "Not after i got through with him." She smiled. "Good going T'Clar!!" *Thats ten points the god guys!!* "When do I get outta here?" I asked when my giggles ended. "Not for another 24hours." Dr. B said from behind the moitoring control panel. "Perfect." T'Clar said with a happy little smile to go with it. "Perfect?!!" I glared. "Yes. Perfect...this way you can't get into anymore trouble until tomorrow." I thought about that for a moment then replied. "Okay, thats fair. Now what about the tape? Did everyone see it wasn't true?" "Yes...its finally over!"
THE END!
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