Omega Force 7: Redemption by Joshua Dalzelle Read Free Book Online
Authors: Joshua Dalzelle
the third sip her head began to loll back and forth and he was able to deftly catch the mug just as it slipped from her grip.
He placed the tea on the small table in front of them and gently positioned Kellea so that her body was in a natural, relaxed position and her neck wasn't bent at an odd angle that would make her breathing labored as it slowed. He quickly went to the door to her quarters and keyed it open. After he signaled with his com unit Kage could be seen coming quickly up the corridor a few minutes later.
"You don't have long," Jason said as the Veran walked into Kellea's quarters.
"I don't need long," Kage replied.
"The terminal is in there," Jason gestured to the small attached office as he closed and locked the door. Kage wasted no time setting up and directly accessing the secure terminal by patching directly in via his neutral implant.
"I'm in," Kage said with a distant look on his face. "That was a lot easier than I thought it would be."
"I doubt there's much security on this end," Jason said. "Just hurry up."
"I just uploaded my query bomb. They won't know where all the requests came from or what we were actually after. It will be just a second and I'll download the responses we need," Kage said. "I'll analyze it on the Phoenix ."
"I'm aware of the plan," Jason said in exasperation. "Just get on with it and get out. If anyone spots you up here it won't take them long to figure out what we've done."
"I'm so underappreciated," Kage muttered. "I've got it. I'm backing out now and removing all the evidence from the local terminal. It'll take their analysts a while to figure out the traffic spike on the downlink originated from the Defiant ... if they ever figure it out."
"That's great," Jason said. "Now get down to the ship and start breaking that down. I'll wake up Kellea and then we'll launch as soon as possible without arousing too much suspicion."
"I'm on it," Kage said, rushing for the door. "Hopefully I'll have something by the time you get back."
Once he was gone, Jason gave the office another onceover, wiping off Kage's carelessly placed handprints on the desk before walking out to check on Kellea.
She was as he'd left her, on the couch and still sound asleep. He grabbed his own drink and dumped it down the drain before taking special care to scrub her mug out thoroughly. Unfortunately, she had her own blown glass tea mug that she reused so he had to clean it rather than just toss it down the chute to be sent to the recyclers. The fact he'd cleaned it might cause some suspicion, but it was far less of a risk than leaving the laced tea inside of it.
Once he'd cleaned it all up in what he hoped appeared to be a natural-looking scene, he pulled another tab out from under his right thumbnail and gingerly pulled Kellea's lower lip down and placed it inside. He then quickly sat down and put his arm around her, assuming a pensive look as he stared out on Faulli circling below them.
"Did I fall asleep?" she asked suddenly, almost startling Jason. The speed at which Doc's concoctions worked was impressive.
"Just for a little bit," Jason said, his stomach twisting into knots as he lied to her. "You seemed tired so I just let you sleep."
"That's a bit disturbing I can just pass out like that with everything going on," she said, sitting up and looking around. "Thanks for staying with me."
"Of course," he said, forcing a smile. "But I should probably get going. I'd like to have a meeting with the guys and then we're going to have to decide what we're going to do. Since Mazer and his people report to you, I'm going to dump off the unpleasant task of telling them about Crusher on you."
"How noble of you," she said sarcastically.
"Burdens of command, Captain," he said with a laugh as he stood up. "I'll try to keep you in the loop as to what we're doing."
"I appreciate that," she said, moving in closer to him. "We never seem to get any time for ourselves when we meet up anymore."
"Maybe that can
He placed the tea on the small table in front of them and gently positioned Kellea so that her body was in a natural, relaxed position and her neck wasn't bent at an odd angle that would make her breathing labored as it slowed. He quickly went to the door to her quarters and keyed it open. After he signaled with his com unit Kage could be seen coming quickly up the corridor a few minutes later.
"You don't have long," Jason said as the Veran walked into Kellea's quarters.
"I don't need long," Kage replied.
"The terminal is in there," Jason gestured to the small attached office as he closed and locked the door. Kage wasted no time setting up and directly accessing the secure terminal by patching directly in via his neutral implant.
"I'm in," Kage said with a distant look on his face. "That was a lot easier than I thought it would be."
"I doubt there's much security on this end," Jason said. "Just hurry up."
"I just uploaded my query bomb. They won't know where all the requests came from or what we were actually after. It will be just a second and I'll download the responses we need," Kage said. "I'll analyze it on the Phoenix ."
"I'm aware of the plan," Jason said in exasperation. "Just get on with it and get out. If anyone spots you up here it won't take them long to figure out what we've done."
"I'm so underappreciated," Kage muttered. "I've got it. I'm backing out now and removing all the evidence from the local terminal. It'll take their analysts a while to figure out the traffic spike on the downlink originated from the Defiant ... if they ever figure it out."
"That's great," Jason said. "Now get down to the ship and start breaking that down. I'll wake up Kellea and then we'll launch as soon as possible without arousing too much suspicion."
"I'm on it," Kage said, rushing for the door. "Hopefully I'll have something by the time you get back."
Once he was gone, Jason gave the office another onceover, wiping off Kage's carelessly placed handprints on the desk before walking out to check on Kellea.
She was as he'd left her, on the couch and still sound asleep. He grabbed his own drink and dumped it down the drain before taking special care to scrub her mug out thoroughly. Unfortunately, she had her own blown glass tea mug that she reused so he had to clean it rather than just toss it down the chute to be sent to the recyclers. The fact he'd cleaned it might cause some suspicion, but it was far less of a risk than leaving the laced tea inside of it.
Once he'd cleaned it all up in what he hoped appeared to be a natural-looking scene, he pulled another tab out from under his right thumbnail and gingerly pulled Kellea's lower lip down and placed it inside. He then quickly sat down and put his arm around her, assuming a pensive look as he stared out on Faulli circling below them.
"Did I fall asleep?" she asked suddenly, almost startling Jason. The speed at which Doc's concoctions worked was impressive.
"Just for a little bit," Jason said, his stomach twisting into knots as he lied to her. "You seemed tired so I just let you sleep."
"That's a bit disturbing I can just pass out like that with everything going on," she said, sitting up and looking around. "Thanks for staying with me."
"Of course," he said, forcing a smile. "But I should probably get going. I'd like to have a meeting with the guys and then we're going to have to decide what we're going to do. Since Mazer and his people report to you, I'm going to dump off the unpleasant task of telling them about Crusher on you."
"How noble of you," she said sarcastically.
"Burdens of command, Captain," he said with a laugh as he stood up. "I'll try to keep you in the loop as to what we're doing."
"I appreciate that," she said, moving in closer to him. "We never seem to get any time for ourselves when we meet up anymore."
"Maybe that can
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