Hello Stranger

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"What do you want?" Cass demanded as her target assist zeroed in on one of the man's eyes
"You're surrounded" the man ignored her question "Lose the stealth field, or we destroy this" he raised a meaty-looking hand containing the time drive
"What's stopping me just killing the lot of you?" Cass snarled; she was certain she could kill the three men in front of her, but his other, unseen compatriots might prove a problem
"You can't kill us all" the man shrugged "This thing'll be destroyed long before then, now lose the field"
"I prefer to keep it active"
"Have it your way" the man tossed the time drive down onto the floor in front of him with a clatter, and and bought his weapon up to fire a shot into the floor beside it; the blast making the device skitter and spin on the floor
"No! Stop!" Cass cried, her heart suddenly in her mouth
"The next shot won't miss" the man shouted "This STCP shit isn't keyed to us, so we can't use it. You're going to get us out of here and back to the forty third century"
"What about my friends!?"
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"ALERT: WARDEN HAS BEEN DISCONNECTED FROM SYSTEM. ALERT: NO REMAINING COMMAND OFFICERS. SELF-DESTRUCT INITIATED, PLEASE EVACUATE THE STATION IMMEDIATELY. ALL ESCAPE VEHICLES HAVE BEEN UNLOCKED. TWENTY MINUTES UNTIL DETONATION"
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"Fuck 'em"
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As Jaxx sat in self pity watching the other crew members working hard Evelina got on one of the control panels and began looking through the systems for options. As Evelina scrolled through the directories she found something that stood out. Apparently there was a hover platform near by but it had to be operated via remote control since the automated system was down. Evelina then said, “Hey guys I’m sending a hover platform to Cass so she won’t have to run back here. It also has security footage on it.” Evelina used her skills as a navigator to guide the platform towards Cass while avoiding attacks and obstacles.

Meanwhile:

As Cass tried to figure out her next move she saw movement in the shadows behind the thugs trying to threaten her. Cass was out of time and out gunned as she ran many ideas in her head to deal with her problem. Then as if something silent was moving from behind the containers the men began falling down quickly. As the leader of the thugs threatened Cass one more time his head exploded along with the other men next to him. Cass prepared to be attacked as she raised her weapon and prepared her defenses. Suddenly a familiar voice came from the shadows. Williams and Khan emerged from the shadows as Williams said, “Hello stranger long time now see.” Khan asked, “If you don’t mind we can have tea and biscuits later. I think we should get out of here first.”

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