Board Thread:The Company/@comment-24930445-20140615054833/@comment-24866242-20140629050538

Jos stepped out into the office, the black robe tied tightly around her waist. “Axin?” He hadn’t been in bed when she woke up and she was hoping he had come into the office to work. Padding barefoot across the soft carpet, she found herself disappointed he was not there.

Sighing softly, she sat in her chair and picked up the data pad on her desk. She had found the report from the captain, though it was two hours old by now. Jos had felt the deceleration as she had climbed out of bed.

The next report was odd. Dr. Talbot, her foremost cyberneticist had been reported missing by his assistant. When last seen, he had been speaking with Lantis concerning the problems they had with Darrak, but he had yet to return to his office. She remembered the girl that her monster had been upset over, but she hadn’t received information on the child.

Darrak had been isolated for the better part of the past three decades, so it was interesting that he had put up a fight when they had tried to take her from him. Jos flipped backwards through her data, looking for some form of account on the incident. It took a few moments, but the report flashed onto her screen. It was pretty cut and dry. Darrak had been overwrought when security tried to add the girl to the prisoners being taken to the holding cells. He did manage to kill three guards before the techs had shut down his cybernetics. Near the bottom, she found the girl’s description. There was no mistaking it. The child belonged to Ryax and Katrylle. The smile on Jos’ face was pure evil as several plans and ideas flashed through her mind.

The door opened and she glanced up quickly at the door, past the ancient device she'd had placed in the center of the room. “Axin we have…..” she never finished the sentence. The light from the door silhouetted the thin form of Lantis against a brighter and more menacing backdrop. Darrak.

“Lantis. What are you doing?” She frowned slightly, not entirely happy with several things all at once. The fact that he had entered her rooms unannounced. That he had Darrak with him. That he was here at all.

She automatically reached into the drawer beside her and traced a finger over the device she had insisted on having before Darrak’s implants had gone online. Her own failsafe trigger. She clutched it as Lantis stepped forward and Darrak ducked through the door behind him.

Lantis smiled. “I’ve had a very curious day, Joslynne. My friend here has some interesting suggestions.”

Joslynne laughed at the absurdity of that image. Darrak having anything to contribute, let alone something interesting, was a ridiculous idea. The look on Darrak’s face silenced her laughter a moment later, though. He was calm. Serene. Maybe that was the effect of the thought suppressor he had been implanted with, but it was not how she was used to seeing him and it was disconcerting.

Darrak stepped past Lantis then and a metallic voice came from the emitter at his throat. The emitter she had ordered would not be implanted. She growled.

“Time grows short.” Darrak said.

Darrak advanced on her desk and she pushed the button on the failsafe. Panic bubbled in her chest when there was no immediate response. Dropping the device she pulled the small crossbow from the holster bolted to the underside of her desk and immediately fired at Darrak, hitting him in the shoulder. The bolt burried itself there but the monster didn't react other than to casually reach up and pull the bolt out. This was when she knew she was in trouble. The crossbow would never be enough for this monster, but with the device there every blaster on the ship was useless.

Lantis laughed. "My compliments, my dear. He's really quite something, isn't he? Maybe if I had been able to send him after Axin instead of my agents your pet wouldn’t have survived.” She flinched, remembering a conversation Axin had had with Lantis the day before. “I think he’ll find his hands are more than full in the coming hours, however. By the time he realizes you’re gone it will be too late.”

“Too late for what, Lantis?” She tossed the spent crossbow onto the desk, then leaned back in her chair, crossing her legs, the robe sliding open enough to reveal thigh. She had to buy time. She had to hope that Axin had already discovered the mad-man’s plan and was on his way back.

Lantis laughed and wagged his finger at her. “None of that, my dear.” He turned to Darrak. “Like we agreed. No permanent damage.”

Lantis’ words brought her out of the chair like a shot and she raced for the bedroom. She almost made it too, but Darrak’s arms slipped around her middle. She screamed as he lifted her off the floor. He held her with one arm and the other one went up behind her head. The world went black a moment later.