IC-Ep 4-Back Door(Story/Elizabeth/Lucius/Brook/Heinrich)

[Mr. Handy]

Tertiary Storage - Styx Base, Pluto
0900 GMT - Tuesday, August 9, 2112

Sergeant Heinrich Kohl led Story, Elizabeth, Lucius, Brook, and the Mi-Go through Styx Base, heading first through one tunnel to the hydroponics module, and then through another to the storage module. The sergeant took the group around the curving hall to the door to Tertiary Storage and opened it. This was the room where they had originally arrived, and all looked just as it had before with one vital difference - the TARDIS was gone!

The Mi-Go looked over their shoulders through the door. "Where izzz your vezzzel?" it demanded. "Thizzz izzz a trick!"

[Thorn]

Brook gasps and looks to the sergeant. "Where's the TARDIS?!"

[yockenthwaite]

"Yes it should be here. This is where we left it. Has it been moved?" asks Elizabeth.

[jaysun81]

Story looks around the room attempting to remain calm and collected. "Well... it appears as if someone moved it." Disregarding the Mi-Go's comment Story looks at the Sergeant. "Who has accessed this room since my companions and I left?"

[ImpInTraining]

Lucius looked to the Mi-Go and said, " Calm down, no one is trying to trick anyone. We're just as surprised as you are. We just want to leave your ... lovely homeland." The Roman started walking forward where the T.A.R.D.I.S. once was, his hands outstretched as he hoped that maybe it was still there, just hidden from sight.

[Mr. Handy]

"Someone must have moved it," said Heinrich. "Let me check the security logs." He began typing on a computer display set into the wall near the door while Lucius ran his hands through the spot where the TARDIS had once stood. There was nothing there but empty space.

"The last person to open this door was Major Orlova," said Heinrich after a moment. "It was while you were in custody. I'll ask her." He spoke into his communicator. "Major Orlova, this is Sergeant Kohl. I'm in Tertiary Storage, and there's no sign of the visitors' craft. Was it moved?"

"Yes," she replied. "We took it to the astrophysics lab to run some scans. It should still be there."

"Thank you, ma'am." Heinrich turned to the others. "She took it to the astrophysics lab. We'll have to go through two modules to reach it."

"Very well," said the Mi-Go. "We zzzhall zzzee if it izzz there."

[ImpInTraining]

Lucius frowned, "Kind of intrusive, if you ask me." He looked at Story and said, "Really? Is this what humanity has to look forward to?" He shook his head somewhat disgruntled.

[yockenthwaite]

"I have to agree," says Elizabeth. "Not least because we weren't asked or even informed that our craft was being scanned." She shrugs, before carrying on. "At least it is hopefully safe, and we can find and return to it soon."

[jaysun81]

Prepares to follow Heinrich. "Let's hope it is indeed still there." Looks at Lucius. "They were merely following procedure I'm sure, right Sergeant?"

[Mr. Handy]

"Yes, that's right," said Heinrich. "They had to scan it to make sure it wasn't something dangerous. This way." He led the group back out to the curving hall and around to another airlock. They went through another tunnel to the next module, containing living quarters, before proceeding down yet another connecting tunnel. This one led to the laboratory module, and Heinrich led the way around the hall to the astrophysics lab, which he opened. The room was filled with advanced equipment, and there in front of the scanner was the TARDIS!

"Your craft izzz zzzmall," said the Mi-Go. "It lookzzz like it will barely fit the four of you. How will it fit me azzz well?"

[ImpInTraining]

Lucius asked Story, "Physically moving it won't throw the internal workings off, will it? Is the T.A.R.D.I.S. smart enough to know it's been moved?"

When the Mi-Go asks about the size, he looks to the creature, "What do you mean, fit you? Why would you be going with us?"

[Thorn]

"Yeah," Brook says. "Don't you like live here?"

[jaysun81]

"The TARDIS will indeed be fine. I'm sure she appreciates your concern Lucius." Smiles and then walks over to the TARDIS and lays his hand against the door before turning to look at the Mi-Go. "Yes, what do you mean?"

[Mr. Handy]

"We muzzzt be zzzertain that you do in fact return to Earth," said the Mi-Go, following Story to the TARDIS. "Thizzz izzz why I muzzzt accompany you in your craft. Otherwizzze you could trick uzzz and merely move to another location on Yuggoth. We thought you underzzztood. I will return to Yuggoth later. We are capable of zzzurviving in and flying through zzzpace."

[ImpInTraining]

Lucius asks, "So you are planning on sending one Mi-Go with each ship then?"

[yockenthwaite]

"You didn't say anything about accompanying us in our ship before now," says Elizabeth to the Mi-Go. "It's no wonder therefore we are a bit surprised, to put it politely."

[jaysun81]

Story turns away from the TARDIS door and looks at the Mi-Go. "Are you telling me that as advanced as you Mi-Go are you don't have sensors that would confirm whether or not we've truly left the planet?" Looks at the Sergeant. "If they're planning on hitching a ride in your vessels for a bit you'd better be sure your superiors are okay with that." Story looks down at the small aerosol sprayer which contains the Fungicide for a moment before he looks at his companions. After looking at his companions be returns his attention to the Mi-Go.

OOC,Did Lucius ever get his knife back?

[ImpInTraining]

ooc,Yup.

Lucius looked at the fungicide that Elizabeth grabbed when Story did, and he looked at Elizabeth and nodded.

Lucius stepped closer to the Mi-Go to divert it's attention away from the others, "Yeah... this all seems rather suspicious. If you were going to escort us off the planet, why are you just now making it known? I think you have some sort of ulterior motive... something underhanded, and I won't stand for it. We're leaving, like you said. Let us go and be done with it."

[yockenthwaite]

Elizabeth sees Story and Lucius look pointedly at the fungicide, particularly Lucius looking at the fire extinguisher she carries. Careful not to give anything away to the Mi-Go she readies herself, in case she needs to use it against the Mi-Go.

[Mr. Handy]

"We thought you underzzztood," the Mi-Go repeated, turning to face Lucius. "We are watching the zzzhipzzz. We will know if they change courzzze even though we are not aboard them. They cannot travel inzzztantaneouzzzly. Your vezzzel can. We muzzzt be zzzertain that you leave, and that you do not double back. It izzz you humanzzz that are planning zzzomething underhanded. I am coming with you. Thizzz izzz not open for negotiation."