[burner]

Interesting. The idea switch at a rapid pace.

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[Telgar]

David’s eyes fluttered open and then immediately closed as pain shot through his head. It felt like someone was hammering on his temples with sledgehammers. David let out a moan and tried to roll away from the light that was pounding against his eyelids. His attempt to roll over was stopped short but something pulling at his arms and a sharp pain. Another moan escaped his lips as more of his senses kicked in, he could feel the needles in his arms and the breathing tube inserted in his nose. His whole body ached and there was a strange tingling sensation everywhere. As he rolled onto his back once again he heard a slight gasp to his left. He opened his eyes and slowly turned his head to look at the source of the noise. His eyes had adjusted slightly and the throbbing in his head had diminished to a manageable level. His vision was blurry at first and he could not make out much but a dark shape. The blurry shape approached him and softly spoke his name “Mr. Jenkins? Can you hear me?”

“Not so loud.” He croaked with a wince. “Thirsty.”

The blurry image slowly took the shape of a very attractive woman in light blue scrubs. She had red hair pulled up tight in a bun and very pretty green eyes. As David’s vision cleared and he got a good look at her face he suddenly knew her. He did not know her name, or who she was, but he knew HER. He could not take his eyes off hers and again he asked for water, his mouth was extremely dry.

The nurse smiled at him and with a sad look on her face replied “I am sorry Mr. Jenkins I can’t get you a drink without the Dr.’s permission and unfortunately due to some very strange events last night, everyone is a little busy at the moment. I will go see if the on duty Dr. is available.”

As she headed to the door David again tried to move and was again stopped by the IV’s in his arms. Whit a growl David dropped back to the bed and hollered as loud as he was able to “Water! bring me a damb glass of water NOW!”

The nurse stopped and turned to look at David. She blinked twice and seemed to shuffle on her heat as if she was fighting with herself, then she simply turned around and headed to the bathroom grabbed a cup and filled it with water. As she was doing this David felt the tingling sensation in his body suddenly shift and begin to concentrate in specific areas, His nose and throat, his groin and where the two needles entered his arms feeding the IV’s. With utter astonishment David watched as the two needles in his arms slowly slid out and dropped to the floor. Then he felt his breathing begin to improve and his nose no longer felt constricted as the breathing tube slipped from his nose. He was not ready for the last part and he started screaming from the pain, pain so intense that it almost drove David into unconsciousness once again. His entire groin was on fire as the catheter began to slowly emerge from within his urethra and onto the floor. As David was screaming, the Nurse quickly returned to the room holding his glass of water, two other nurses a Dr. and a police officer also came running into the room to witness as the catheter slipped out of David on its own. The first nurse approached David as the rest of them watched what was happening with astonished unbelieving eyes. She appeared uncomfortable and was moving slowly as if she wanted to do something other than she was. As she got to David she halfheartedly smiled and handed him the glass of water. “Here is your water Mr. Jenkins.”

The Dr. stood staring at the nurse with a dumbfounded look on his face as she handed David the cup. “Nurse Dale what in the hell are you doing!” He yelled finally breaking from the spell of what he had just scene. “You know better than to give a patient anything to eat or drink without approval!” The Dr. quickly crossed the room to David’s bedside in an attempt to grab the cup from him.

As the Dr. got closer however he suddenly froze his eyes grew large as he realized he could not move. David looked at the Dr. and simply stated “I am thirsty Dr. I would appreciate it if you let me drink.”

Once David brought the cup to his lips and started to drink, the Dr. found he could move again. He fell to the floor and stared up at David. After a few seconds he quickly picked himself up off the floor, and adjusted his lab coat as he walked up to David. With an attempt to recover his dignity he looked at Nurse Dale, who stood beside David’s bed arms clasped in front of her staring at him like a lost puppy. “Thank you Nurse that will be all, you may continue your rounds.” He stated as he motioned one of the other Nurses over.

Nurse Dale looked at David as if asking for permission, David quickly nodded and admired her form as she exited the room. “What in the hell has gotten into you today Karen?” The second Nurse whispered to Nurse Dale as they passed each other.

“I don’t know Julia? I just could not help myself.” Karen replied with a whisper and then quickly headed out of the room followed by the other Nurse and the police officer.

The Dr. looked down at David with an unhappy expression as David continued to sip at his glass of water. He introduced himself and began to ask David a series of questions about how David was feeling and what the last thing David remembered was. He also instructed Julia to put the IV’s back in until they were able to get some tests completed. David answered the Dr.’s questions as best he could, leaving out the whole experience on the lonely highway, he also asked that they not put the IV’s back in. The Dr. shrugged off his concerns and assured him it was routine, they needed to ensure he was ok and that there were no side effects from whatever caused him to go into a coma in the first place.

As Julia went to put the IV back in his arm, David felt the tingling sensation again, it quickly concentrated to the spot that Julia was attempting to place the needle. David noticed a slight glow on his arm where the needle was being placed, as the needle broke his skin it suddenly snapped and fell to the floor. “Oh, Shit!” Julia exclaimed as she dropped to retrieve the broken needle.

The Dr. looked at Julia and shook his head. He continued to rattle off questions on David’s medical and family history. David answered them as he continued to watch the young Nurse. He found she was quite attractive; she was obviously Latino, with long black wavy hair, her eyes hinted at Asian heritage as well. The combination was quite mesmerizing, and David found he enjoyed looking at her. Julia got another needle and hooked it up to the IV unit and again attempted to put the IV in David’s arm with the same results. The Dr. looked at her and sighed. “Nurse Jimenez forget it for now, got get me the latest results on Mr. Jenkins blood work and send in Nurse Dale again, thank you.”

Julia blanched at the Dr.’s dismissal and quickly left the room. David could not understand what was happening, and he was very confused. Most of what occurred to him while he was unconscious had already begun to fade into a blur. But the things that had happened since he awoke baffled him. The equipment leaving his body on its own, the Nurse breaking procedure and getting him the water, the look she gave him as she left. The IV not being able to be placed back in, how other than their initial reaction everyone seemed to become oblivious that anything strange was happening, and this confidence he felt while talking to the Dr. Where did it come from. He never in his life felt this good, this self confidant.

David was broken out of his self analysis as Karen entered the room. He stared at her and his voice caught in his throat, it was as if time slowed to a crawl and the whole room seamed to get brighter. She looked at David and smiled as she walked up to the Dr. “You wanted to see me Dr.”
“Yes Nurse Dale can you please get rid of all this equipment it is no longer needed. Also have someone send up a meal for Mr. Jenkins he must be hungry.”

“Yes Dr.” She replied a little taken back, as it was normally the techs’ job to clear a room of equipment, but it allowed her to spend a little more time in Mr. Jenkins presence so she guessed it was not quite that bad.

The Dr. shook his head as he left the room mumbling about incompetent Nurses and the hiring practices of the hospital. David decided that he did not like this Dr. very much but let it go as Karen moved around the room cleaning and preparing the equipment to be removed from the room. He stared at her and admired how her body moved under her scrubs. She moved with athletic grace and was very meticulous in everything she did. He felt bad about getting her in trouble over a simple glass of water. “Nurse, I am sorry if my actions got you into trouble.” He stated.

She stopped what she was doing and looked at him with a grin. “It’s ok Mr. Jenkins. It was no problem at all. He is a jerk anyways, and please call me Karen.”

David smiled and attempted to sit up in the bed. His arms were a little week and he was having difficulty. “Only if you call me David.” He replied.
Karen crossed the room with a look of concern on her face as David struggled to sit up. “Hold on, don’t strain yourself, you are still pretty week. Let me help you David.” She said with a slight quiver in her voice as she leaned in to help David sit up.

As she got David up into a sitting position and adjusted his pillows so the he could lie against them, David could feel her breasts pressing against his chest. Again his voice got caught in his throat and his pulse began to quicken. After she was finished she stared David in the eyes their faces just inches apart. In a slightly husky voice she asked “Is that better David?”

David replied by leaning in and kissing her soft lips. Karen leaned into his kiss and let out a slight moan as their lips connected. She opened her mouth to allow his tongue access. The kiss only lasted for a few seconds and when it was done both of them were out of breath. Karen could not understand what was coming over her, she had never in her career done anything like this with a patient, but she could not resist, just being in his presence drove her over the edge and erased all sense of reason from her mind. She looked at David and sighed. He smiled at her as he brought his hand to rest on her thigh and began rubbing gently. “David I am sorry, I really need to get back to work, but I will be back in an hour to check up on you.”

David smiled at her and nodded removing his hand for her thigh. Karen stood up and grabbed the IV equipment and walked out of the room on shaky legs. She looked back at David with a grin and a twinkle in her eye “I’ll send a tech in to get the rest of the equipment and have your lunch sent up.” She said as she exited the room.

David smiled and leaned back against his pillows with his arms cupped against the back of the bed. Things were getting interesting indeed.

[Telgar]

Chapter 2

The Remote Interface Unit sat at one of the holographic display stations in the dark room, attempting to access the system in the manner appropriate for its new body. How the Kreg’ar managed to utilize the systems in this archaic manner and why, still escaped its understanding. Its fingers flashed along the digital display in front of it. It looked at the projections which after an hour still displayed the same flashing red words. MORGALON PRESENCE DETECTED, PROTOCOL ALPHA IN EFFECT, PLANET QUARANTINED. The Unit could not get the system to display anything else since it’s returned from its mission on the planet and it was denied access to the mainframes link and to the ships systems. It stood up and paced around the dark room, finally is spoke allowed. “Mainframe why have you disconnected my link, why can I not access the ships systems, what has become of the two humans brought aboard.” Its efforts were rewarded with silence.

The Remote Interface stared out the forward display which showed the Planet below, for a second its thoughts were interrupted as it marveled at the planets beauty, and then it went back to pacing the room. “What am I doing staring at the planet, I have seen it many times, and I must focus. Why would the Mainframe disconnect me, my mission is not complete I still need to contact David again and asses his abilities and the progress of the Nano-Bots. I cannot do that from here.”

As the Unit paced the room some more one of the forward holographic displays when blank and blue lettering started flashing across its screen. “Remote Interface Unit Mark II, Sit at this display.”

The Remote Interface Unit approached the display and sat down. The typing started again as it sat. “Why have you violated the planets quarantine…..Two of the planets life forms have been brought aboard in direct violation of Alpha Protocol?”

“They had witnessed the encounter with the Morgalon. Protocol Gama requires that no inhabitant from a primitive planet see or encounter an advanced life form, all who do are to be processed for memory removal at earliest opportunity. “It replied

“Alpha Protocol supersedes all other protocols; the planet is to remain quarantined until Morgalon presence has been removed. You should have dispatched the witnesses and left the scene.”

“Negative, the Alpha Protocol does not give us the authority to kill civilians or bystanders while engaging the Morgalons. The purpose of the quarantine is to prevent any of the Morgalon Scabs from escaping the planted to infect other populations; the Scabs had been dispatched by the Combat Drones. The threat had been neutralized. The Morgalon had returned to its pocket dimension.”

“Irrelevant, the quarantine was still in effect at the time you brought the life forms here. They may have been infected before you arrived. They must be terminated…”
“Negative, neither you nor I have the authority to terminate a sentient life form other than the Morgalons and their scabs. Termination of sentient life is only authorized at the order of the Commander.”

“This vessel does not have a Commander, all command decisions now default to the mainframe.”

“Except in the case of a mission, following the Command guidelines of the fleet mainframe, then command decisions fall to the Remote Interface Unit assigned to said mission, to ensure proper execution of said mission. I am still the Remote Interface Assigned to this mission, Command Protocols are still mine and I have Identified David Jenkins as Mission Commander, thus transferring command protocols to him.”

“Logic is sound….Command Protocols transferred to David Jenkins; David Jenkins is now recognized as Commander of this vessel. Remote Interface Unit Mark II recognized as Mission Commander ….Fleet protocols in effect….Fleet Protocols supersede Alpha Protocol….Mainframe Link reestablished…..Planetary Quarantine lifted. As this displayed across the screen in front of the Remote Interface Unit, the other displays began to change from the Blinking red letters to their former displays. The red Over head light turned off.

“The Remote interface unit looked around at the room with a slight smile on its lips. “Mainframe let’s get this place ready for the Commander and our guests, lights up, power to all systems, begin startup procedures to all bays and quarters. “ as it said this the displays and lights began to turn on throughout the room, and the Bridge of the ship floating in orbit above the planet came to life with lights and sound.

The Unit looked again at the display. “Mainframe what has been done with the life forms that were brought aboard?”

A calm masculine voice reverberated through the bridge “They have been placed in stasis awaiting the Commanders orders and a medical review.”

The Unit smiled once again and stood up from the station it occupied. “Good.” It said as it looked down at the uniform it wore. “Mainframe transport me to an uncoupled room close to the Commanders location. I think it is time we brought him home.”

[Spaz]

Great start to chapter 2, Telgar. Loved the bickering between the RIU and the mainframe.

[Telgar]

Spaz, on 22 June 2010 - 08:00 AM, said:

Great start to chapter 2, Telgar. Loved the bickering between the RIU and the mainframe.

Thank you Spaz. And guess what You have won the prize I have no idea what the prize is but you have won the prize for discovering what the Remote Interface Unit Mark II's first name is going to be once she gets one. Anyone care to hazard a guess as to the last name?

[Telgar]

David sat in the hospital bed picking through the meal in front of him. His stomach gurgled loudly. He looked up form the meal that he knew he was not going to eat, as a familiar person walked into the room. He could not quite place the face, She was wearing a nurses uniform but something did not fit. It took a few more seconds for David to realize that he was looking at the woman from his dream. She walked around the bed and stood next to David with a grin on her face. “Hello Commander I take it you are feeling better. Initial analysis of your systems show your injuries are repaired and the upgrades have begun.”

David looked her in shock. “I thought you were a dream?” he stated.

“No sir I am quite real and our conversation while you were unconscious did take place. It is understandable why you might have thought it was a dream as it did take place in your mind, but now is not the time or place for us to be having this conversation. There are too many other eyes and ears listening for us to talk freely. Some unfortunate things happened the night you were brought in to this place. Since you are the only person who was on this floor at the time that is not currently missing, there is some suspicion laid on you. As we speak there are three different cammeras and at least four listening devices in or near this room, right now they all are receiving some interference, but we can not keep it up long without raising too much suspicion. I will return tonight during our next window of opportunity and we will discuss things more. Just know we are here and we are watching. Good day Commander.” As she finished what she was saying she vanished from the room in a flash of light.

A few seconds later three orderlies came into the room and began fussing with various pieces of equipment in the room. David watched them as he nibbled at the poor excuse for food he had in his lap. It did not take much for David to notice they were not paying much attention to what they ere looking at and seemed to be observing him. “Can I help you gentlemen?” David asked.

The three quickly looked up from what they were doing and mumbled something about routine checks. They were had just started making their excuses as Karen walked into the room. “ Routine checks my ass, what the hell do you think your doing with that equipment. No one is supposed to touch that without a Dr.'s order and a nurses permission! Let me see you badges NOW!!”
The three orderlies looked at each other and then at Karen. “I said NOW! SECURITY!!” Karen yelled as she hit the nurses call button beside Davids bed.

As Karen called for security the three orderlies attempted to head out the door. Karen stuck her foot out and tripped the first one, as the second approached her her hand flew up and slammed into the man's trakia. The third orderly was stooped short by hospital security as he tried to leave the room. Karen looked down at her hand astonished. “How the hell did I do that?”

The security guard and a pair of real orderlies were rounding up the three false orderlies and broke Karen out of her contemplation. “Nurse Dale these security badges are fake, we will be taking these men to the security station and contacting the authorities if you have nothing else for us.

“No that will be all thank you.” She replied as she began looking over the equipment to ensure no damage was done.

After a few seconds Karen walked back into the hall “Julia can you get a couple techs up here to verify this stuff is working right. I am concerned what exactly those three were up to.”

“No, problem girl, man this sure is a weird week, I tell you, I got some stories to be tellin' my Ma when I get home.” Julia replied from the nurses station.

Karen went back into the room shaking her head with a grin. She went back to the equipment and after a few more seconds cam over to David's bedside. As she approached his bed her face began to flush and her heart fluttered slightly. She was not sure what it was bout him but the more time she spent with him the harder it was to leave. “Are you ok David? Did they do anything to you?” She asked with concern.

“No, Karen I am fine thank you for asking.”He replied taking her hand into his. “There is one thing you could do for me though. Can you please get rid of this.”

David pointed towards the untouched meal sitting in his lap. Karen looked down at the food. Her fingers tingling slightly from the contact with David. For a second she could have sworn she saw a slight glow when their hands touched. Her whole body started tingling shortly afterwords. “David you need to eat something, you will never get your strength back if you don't.”

David smiled up at her, “I can't eat THIS, It foul, can you please get me something else. Maybe from the cafeteria?” He asked

Karen new it was against policy but for some reason she could not bring herself to say no to this man. “Sure no problem, I'll be right back.” as she took the tray from his lap.

As Karen walked out of the room carrying the tray, David once again admired her form. “God she is beautiful.” Was all he could think.

…

Shortly after The Remote Interface Unit returned to the bridge of the ship. A console to its right started beeping loudly and the voice of the mainframe sounded over the ships intercom. “Second source of Kreg'ar DNA detected. Nano-Bots not present in blood stream DNA severely thinned by Human Genome but DNA is present. Mission Commander awaiting instructions.”

The Unit walked over to the display “Show me this source of Kreg'ar DNA.”

The display flickered and brought up a security camera in the hospital, the camera zoomed closely on a female nurse. “Hmmm. Interesting, that is the nurse that has been taking care of the Commander. Monitor this individual and record all activities. I will contact the Commander and notify him of this new development tonight.” It replied with a grin.

This post has been edited by Telgar: 24 June 2010 - 10:58 PM

[Stormrazor]

Finally had a chance to read your latest. I'm enjoying the setup with David and Karen. Good action sequence too! Keep it up!

[Telgar]

Stormrazor, on 28 June 2010 - 07:36 PM, said:

Finally had a chance to read your latest. I'm enjoying the setup with David and Karen. Good action sequence too! Keep it up!

Thank you Stormrazor, now on to the update...

David was awoken from his rest by the sound of people talking quietly. “He can't be put in this room. Mr. Jenkins is not to be disturbed!” He recognized the voice as Karen and she seamed very agitated.

“Look, I am sorry nurse but I have my orders, I was instructed to put this patient in THIS room.” A second male voice responded.”

“Look guys all this fuss is not really nee.....” A third male voice started to say before he was interrupted by both the other two telling him to “Shut Up.” at the same time.

David cleared his throat as he looked up at the three from where he was laying. Karen was standing in front of a gurney attempting to prevent it from entering any further into the room than it already had. The first male was standing behind the gurney obviously trying to get it around Karen into the room and the second male was laying on the gurney. All three were staring right at him. It was one of the funniest things David had seen in a long time and he could not help but start to laugh. The man on the bed looked a little shocked and then after looking at the two fighting over his gurney, he quickly joined in. David managed to get himself under control and wiped the moisture from his eyes as Karen and the Man who David assumed was an Orderly stared at the two laughing patients. “Oh. Oh. Oh My! I have not laughed that hard in a long time. Karen....Its ok let him in, I don't mind.”

“But David....”

“It's ok, I am sure the Orderly is just doing his job and besides there is another bed.” David stated motioning to the empty bed on the other side of the room. “I am sure that they are short of rooms with the other ward shut down.”

Karen stepped out of the orderly’s way, who then proceeded over to the empty bed; he gave Karen a self-righteous smile as he passed her. He helped the patient onto the bed and then left the room with the gurney. Karen immediately went over to David’s side and began apologizing for waking him. David just smiled, patted her lightly on her behind and assured her he was fine and quite happy for the company. “It will be nice to have someone to talk to.”

As Karen left the room David turned to his new roommate. “Hello, my name is David, David Jenkins; it’s nice to meet you.”

The other man looked over at David still chuckling. “My name is Chris, Chris Walker. My friends call me Spaz. Thank you very much I have not laughed like that in weeks.”

“So, Spaz, what brings you to my little slice of heaven?” David asked his new neighbor.

“An accident at work my legs were hurt pretty bad and this hospital supposedly has some of the best orthopedic surgeons in the state.” Spaz replied the humor suddenly dropping from his voice. “How about you?”

“Not much really I collapsed at work and was in a comma for about a week. I woke up a couple of days ago; they have me here for observation while they run tests trying to figure out what happened to me.”

David continued to have pleasant conversation with Spaz for another hour until his thoughts were interrupted by the return of the woman who kept calling him Commander. She entered the room quite cautiously and immediately when to David’s bedside. David looked at her quite puzzled by the way she was acting. “Is something wrong Nurse?” he asked hesitantly.

She looked around the room, her head quirked to one side slightly as if listening for something, and then quickly glanced in Spaz’s direction. Turning towards David she leaned in closely and whispered. Commander there are no more listening devices in your room and all the cameras have been disable. However there are several officers in the hallway, two officers have been in the hall at all times since the night you awoke. For your safety I need to get you out of here. However protocols do not allow for me to just remove you from the room. We are not allowed to use any of our advanced technology in the presence of unadvanced individuals or cultures. What are your orders?”

“David looked up at the nurse with puzzlement and confusion. “What the hell are you talking about?” As David asked this question, the nurse cocked her head once again and suddenly David’s mind was flooded with recollection of their conversation while he was unconscious.

David’s head hurt once again and his eyes felt as if they were about to pop. He quickly grabbed the sides of his head and forgot the urge to gag and scream at the same time. The nurse looked at him with horror and just as quickly as it started the images and memories stopped. “I apologize sir; I had not considered that your implants were not complete enough for the upload. Have I caused you harm?”

David stared at the nurse, his head hurt and he was just as confused as before. “I have no idea what you are talking about?”

“I need to know how you want us to extract you? Wait I have an idea.” She stated as once again her head cocked slightly to the left.
…

David found himself once again standing at the lonely bus station in the middle of a grey fog on the same lonely stretch of road. “We really need to work on your link sir, this just will not do.” The nurse’s voice proclaimed form behind David.

David jumped and spun around. There standing at the entrance to the bus stop was the nurse dressed in the same outfit she was wearing the last time they were here. “How did we get here?” David asked

“We are in your mind sir. This is a virtual representation of you, well at least as you view yourself. It is pretty bleak and dull though. We will defiantly need to work on this. But first we have some matters to discuss.”

David stared at the woman in disbelief. “What!!”

“Sir, as I said last time we were here, you are the descendant of Commander Alexander Jenkins. Commander Jenkins was a member of an ancient race of beings known as the Kreg’ar. Commander Jenkins was the mission commander of a unit of special operatives, sent to this area of space to search out and capture or eliminate any member of another race know as the Morgalons, that they could find. The Kreg’ar and the Morgalons had been at war for thirty years prior. The Kreg’ar were winning the war and had managed to scatter the Morgalons across the galaxy. Commander Jenkins’s unit was one of many that were sent to find and eliminate them before they could pose a threat to other species in the galaxy. According to our records when Commander Jenkins and his unit arrived at Earth, A Morgalon High lord had managed to establish a foothold in the governing body of one of this planets many countries and had managed to start a major world conflict in a bid to establish himself as eventual ruler of the world. During the final battle Commander Jenkins was supposedly lost in battle with the Morgalon. The Morgalon was eventually captured and the puppet leader he had influenced was eliminated quietly.” She said as she began to pace in the bus stop.

“From my investigations, Commander Jenkins was not killed in the fight with the Morgalon only severely injured. His established cover was infallible to the technology of the time and Commander Jenkins was sent to your countries medical facilities for treatment. The genetic differences between your planets species, Humans and the Kreg’ar were so small that the medical technologies of the time took him for human. After Commander Jenkins was treated and released he met your grandmother and fathered your father, before his death in another of your planets many conflicts.” The woman stopped her pacing and began to stare at David.

“After Commander Jenkins’s squad returned the captured Morgalon High Lord to Kreg’ar space, the Morgalons returned in force. They had made pacts with dark powers of the universe and had discovered a way to enslave the living beings they encountered on their travels. The end of the Kreg’ar will have to wait for another time. As my purpose here now is to bring you up to date on the current situation and to get your orders.” She stated.

“My orders. Ok so what is the current situation and what ore your recommendations?” David asked taking a seat at the station.

“Well per standing protocols we are not allowed to take actions that would cause an underdeveloped society or individual witness our advanced technology, the only exception is in order to take actions to defend said society or individuals from the Morgalons. This is what happened the other night when we had our conversation. Morgalons attacked the hospital ward you were on and we took action to save as many as we could, eliminate the threat and deal with any witnesses.”

“Deal with any witnesses?” David replied as he looked up at The Remote Interface Unit. “What exactly was involved in taking care of the witnesses?”

“Nothing sinister, I erased the memories of as many as I could and wiped out all physical evidence.”

“And the ones who’s memory you did not erase?”

“Well six of the people were turned into Morgalon Scabs. It is a form of what you would call a….Zombie, but they are still alive and have all their memories. The Scabs also have a linked mind and are completely subservient to the Morgalons. It was the primary weapon used against the Kreg’ar. They unfortunately had to be destroyed, once an entity is turned into a Scab, nothing can save them. Of the people who were in the Ward at the time only you and two others survived.”

“What happened to those two others?” David asked his voice getting harder.

“They are fine Sir, they were placed in suspended animation and are on the ship awaiting your orders.” The Unit replied taking a step back from David.

“Ok, why were these two taken to the ship instead of having their memories simply erased like the others? David asked as he stood up.

“They had com into direct contact with the Morgalons, the male had an unusual reading coming from him and the female appeared to be injured. We had to ensure that neither one had been infected by the Morgalons before we could release them.”

“Ok, so what does this have to do with me and the hospital? And why are we talking in my mind?

“Well sir I could not risk having your roommate overhear us, right now he is watching us as we talk, but all he sees is you sleeping and me performing my duties as a nurse. Actually I think I am performing the procedures to prepare you for a sponge bath.” She replied with an infectious smile. “I need to know what you want us to do to extradite you from this situation. As far as I can tell your body is perfectly fine, the hospital is delaying your discharge in order for federal agents to complete an investigation on you and on what happened in the other Ward.”
“What are the options?”

“There are three sir. First we could simply beam you and myself from the hospital and erase your roommate’s memories after the fact. I do not recommend this however as it will cause your roommate the same difficulties you are currently having with your government. Second we could bring a dead clone of you down to the room, and you out leaving your dead clone behind. This is also not fully recommended because should you need to interact with your planet in the future, which I am quite certain you will, your seamed resurrection would cause difficulties. The last choice would be for us to simply remove you and your roommate from the room together and deal with the government backlash of your disappearance at a later date, once we came up with a plausible story.”

“None of these options seam very good. I agree with your assessments of the first two and the last one would involve us kidnapping an innocent man. What can you tell me about Mr. Walker?”

“Scanning database... I will need to interface with the hospitals computers…..This may take a few minutes.”

“Well, it’s not like I don’t have the time.” David chuckled as he looked around the bleak landscape.

“I have the information, It seams I will need to access other databases this will take longer as they are very secure and will require discretion to not be discovered.” She replied.

After a few minutes of starring at nothing The Remote interface Unit looked at David “Sir, I have the information. Major Chris Walker of the United States Air Force, according to his records he was a test pilot for an experimental plane. TO access the data on the plane would req…..”
“Don’t worry about the plane.” David Interrupted.”

“Very well sir, as I was saying he was a pilot for their experimental planes. According to his record he was one of their best until six months ago when a mechanical malfunction caused the plane he was in to explode, he was injured while attempting to eject. Shrapnel has lodged itself into his spine and legs. He is able to walk, but has lost fifty percent of his mobility. The Air Force is currently perusing a medical discharge for him; his last chance was an experimental procedure at this hospital. I have analyzed the procedure they want to perform. If they perform the procedure there is an eighty percent likely hood he will never walk again.” She stated coolly

“Then I have made my decision, return me to my body.”

“As you command sir.”

David came to, and looked up at the Remote Interface Unit as it washed his body with a sponge. He was lying naked in a bathtub. David quickly covered himself and asked her to give him some privacy. The Interface Unit smiled and stood up “As you command sir.” It said as it handed him a town and a clean robe, “I will be outside if you need anything.”

David got out of the tub and dried himself off. Putting on the robe he walked back into the room and smiled in Spaz’s direction. Spaz looked up from the paper he was reading and grinned towards David... “That nurse gives me the creeps.”

David chuckled and sat in the chair next to Spaz’s bed. “Spaz I have something I need to tell you. You probably won’t believe me, but hear me out ok.”

[Spaz]

Awesome again Telgar. One question, did David lose his memory about the first encounter with RIU? Again, awesome intro for my character. Love it! MOAR!

[Telgar]

Spaz, on 29 June 2010 - 08:07 PM, said:

Awesome again Telgar. One question, did David lose his memory about the first encounter with RIU? Again, awesome intro for my character. Love it! MOAR!

Thanks Spaz, no David did not loose his memory of the first encounter with RIU, but it became foggy like a dream.

[dragoncop]

I'm back from the mountains and there are more pages. Do I needed to say I'm a sifi nut....GREAT WRITING. Please keep going.

[Sickpuppy]

great work so far telgar, I am very interested to see where this goes

[Telgar]

Thanks Dragoncop and Sickpuppy. I have hit a little writing slump right now but I will get an update soon.

[Telgar]

A small update but an update none the less

David sat next to Spaz’s bed and began to tell him everything that had happened to him over the past few weeks, from his passing out at work to his latest conversation with The Remote Interface Unit. Spaz’ face went through several expressions, starting with humor, moving to disbelief, and ending with a look of awe and a little fear. “You can not be serious.” Spaz finally said after staring at David for a few minutes.

“I am afraid I am, look I did not believe this when I found out about it myself and it was actually happening to me. I can not prove anything to you right now, and I would not have the faintest clue how to if I could. But I have a very important decision that I need to make right now and it will defiantly affect your life, so I thought you should be aware of it.”

Spaz frowned at David for a second and then began to consider what David had told him. “So, from what I understand of what you are telling me, and I don’t understand much, my options are; you leave me here and erase my memory of all of this, which would turn the heat on me? You leave a corpse of yourself here and alter my memories so I think you died in your sleep, which would again turn the heat on me as your room mate? Or We both leave and this nurse friend of yours makes it look like we were discharged from the hospital, I don’t get my surgery, which you say wont work anyways and will likely cost me my ability to walk, and I leave my life friends and family behind forever to join you Lord knows where fighting evil zombies and aliens to defend the earth from their pending invasion?”

“Well I would not have put it that way, but yeah that basically sums it up.” David chuckled

“Ah what the hell it sounds like a lot more fun that the life of a disabled vet, and hell I might get to blow shit up. Let’s go” Spaz replied with a Cheshire grin.

David chuckled and stood from the chair “Ok then, lets get going, you wait here a second while I go get things figured out.”

He walked over to the doorway where the interface unit flipped through is chart attempting to look as inconspicuous as possible while obviously listening in on their conversation. “I know you herd all that so I am not going to waste time explaining things, what’s next?”

She looked up from his chart and smiled at David, and then just as quickly as it appeared it was gone. David noticed the smile and the attempt to hide it and hid a small grin of his own. “I have already begun making the necessary arrangements and changes in the hospitals database. The Mainframe has entered the hospitals security system and is editing the security tapes to show you tow checking out of the hospital and leaving together. Things should be ready shortly.”

“What about the staff. The tapes might show us checking out but the staff will know we never did?” David asked with a hint of concern.

“That will be taken care of as well.” She replied as David quickly glared at her “No one will be harmed I assure you sir, with Nano-Bots and the medical databases we have in the Mainframe, memory manipulation is possible. It takes a little effort and has a few side effects but nothing lasting or truly harmful. We only do it when absolutely necessary, and protecting you is absolutely necessary.”

David shook his head as he walked way from The Remote Interface Unit. “This is war sir, and some times in war casualties happen, and you will have to do things you will not want to and will later regret.” She stated coldly to his retreating back.

[Stormrazor]

Yay! An update! Good job, Telgar!