Dark as Daylight Ch. 09

The words that came out of his mouth were directly from the docks of New Jersey. He had never had the occasion to visit the 'Garden State', but you could not prove it by the language that was pouring out of his mouth. Each and every one of his words were all pointed at Doctor Lincoln Aubrey. The guy was a fucking genius at everything he did, and everything he did on this ship was meant to destroy it. The question still rang in his and everyone else's mind: 'WHY!'

"Monty, get your ass down to engineering now."

"I'm on my way."

Still using her crutches as if they were canes, she walked into engineering, and directly over to the rocket.

"Look at the television monitor, Monty.'

"Is that's a block of C 4, Jack?"

"Yes Captain. The C4 is sitting next to the propellant casing. The 2 blasting caps are connected to the wires that set off the solid rocket booster fuel. When the 'Amminium Perchlorite, Amminium, and Iron Oxide; or simply APCP is hit with a jolt of electricity, it starts to burn, nothing on God's green earth is going to stop it until it runs out."

"I swear, by Her Holiness, there is a conspiracy onboard this ship to drive me crazy. Why couldn't you tell me in the beginning that whatever those long words were was called, 'APCP', Jack. You knew I wasn't going to understand them."

"You are the captain of this ship, Monty. I have to give you all the information I have available to me. After that I can give you the abbreviation you can use. Now if you'll let me into the cage with that prick, you won't need to send him out into space."

"I can't do that Jack. I told you that already. Just tell me how you're going to get rid of that C 4."

"Oh, that's easy, we're just going to remove the blasting caps, cut the wires, and then remove the little clips that are attached to the electrical wire lines. Then you can throw the block of C-4 to him, or bend him over and shove it up his ass."

"It's useless without the blasting caps; correct?"

"Yes Captain, without the blasting caps, it's like Playdough."

"Take it out; have your team check out the rest of the rocket with that thing you have, very carefully. Then meet me at the brig with the 'Playdough'. I think we'll have a little fun with Doctor Aubrey."

"Are we going to play catch?"

"Were even going to let him join us."

"That sounds like fun. I'll meet you there in 15."

Jack yelled out, "Who wants to pull out some C4?"

Nearly the entire engineering section yelled, "ME, ME, ME."

He allowed the youngest member of his staff to do it. He was 17 years old and this was his first experience with the explosive compound.

He opened the access panel, looked at its' position, reached his hand in to the 'blind position' and felt for the blasting caps. He removed them, gave the wires a quick, authoritative jolt, and they came free. Then he pulled off the C4, and removed everything, singlehandedly. He placed everything into a 6-inch square box, and recited to Jack what he had, and what was missing.

"Do you have to remove the needle clips?"

"Not always, sir. However, on a project as important as this one is to everyone on this vessel, I would."

"Do it."

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"Doctor Daniels, this is Captain Jamison. Report to the brig immediately. Bring your kit with you."

"I'm on my way Captain."

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"Get him out of his cell, strip search him. Do an internal body search, and check his room with a fine tooth comb. Look for wires, or discolorations on the floor. Anything that looks out of place, I want to know about it. Don't leave anything in there. No blanket, no sheet, nothing of comfort. I don't want his death to be self-inflicted. His death belongs to the members of this ship, because he tried, and is still trying to kill us."

"Yes Captain."

Doctor Lincoln Aubrey was pulled out of his room in the brig, and humiliated for the next 20 minutes, as he had never been in his entire life. From a life of privilege, at birth, he was now having fingers, hands, and tubes shoved up and down his openings looking for anything that might or could kill him.

When they were finished with him they threw him back in his cell but did not close the door.

"Hannah check his vitals, make sure he will live for the next 2 days."

"Yes Captain."

"Joseph, Stephen, and Will, go in there with her. If he takes any actions towards her, break his fucking arms."

"Yes Captain."

Hannah checked Aubrey. His blood pressure was 210/128. His pulse was 105, and his oxygen intake was 94. He wasn't going to die; just yet.

"Monty, you put him through a lot. His blood pressure is through the roof, his pulse is very high and is oxygen intake is low. If I cared about the bastard, I would put him in the infirmary. As it is I'll stay here and check him in 10 minutes."

"No, you go back to the infirmary. Send a nurse up here to watch over him. All she's going to do is take his vitals. If you are called, in the case of an emergency, you are not to run. You will come up here at a normal pace and then check him. I would like him to live, so I could carry out the sentence of the quorum, but it will save us the time of putting him into a spacesuit if he dies. We just found a block of C-4 attached to the engine of the rocket being sent to Earth. I just wish he would tell us why he's doing this before he dies."

"In his current state a truth serum would work."

"Very good Doctor, and where would I get one of those?"

"Downstairs in the infirmary, where else?"

"We keep truth serums on hand?"

"No we don't keep truth serums on hand. Truth serums are combination of drugs that were made for different purposes. They just found out that these drugs made people less likely to lie."

"How long would it take to make one of these miracle drugs?"

"3, maybe 4 minutes. It may kill him if I give him too much of the drugs."

"I absolve thee; I absolve thee; I absolve thee."

"I'll be right back; I'll bring up the drugs, and do it here."

Monty said, "Bring a bed into the hallway, with a sheet, pillow, and a blanket. Bring 2 buckets of water; one with ice for drinking along with 4 glasses. The other with warm water, 6 small towels, and 4 chairs. Once everything is together, put him on the bed, and use cable ties to attach his legs to the frame of the bed. Don't make them too tight, but make sure he can't get out of them."

It didn't take long for her orders to be carried out.

She was the Senior Captain, who everyone obeyed, but most of all, her entire security team loved her. She was one of them, not one of those prissy scientists, who had no idea of what a workingman did for a living. Dr. Even Luck was the exception to the rule. He worked harder than they did.

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Finch asked Daniel's, "You are going to do what?"

"I'm going to give Aubrey a truth serum."

"That's against the Constitution, without his signature of approval."

"Doctor, you are thinking of the wrong Constitution, on a different planet."

"You're right; I'll go up there with you and watch the action. Just don't give it to me, because Sandy will kill me."

"You are a lying sack of shit. You haven't done anything that woman would disapprove of. Even while you were separated, you didn't fool around."

"How do you know?"

"Did you?"

"No."

"Well, there's your answer."

"I have to go; are you coming Doctor?"

"Who else should we give the truth serum to?"

"I believe it would ease Elizabeth's mind of all the hate, and sexual abuse she saw growing up."

"No, I'm talking about having fun with it. Who was a topless dancer, while she was in college? Who worked for the mob? Stuff like that."

"Joe I'm beginning to worry about you."

Sandy said, "I just found out I'm pregnant again, and now its father has to go into the rubber room. This does not bode well for this pregnancy."

Joe turned, jumped in the air, grabbed his wife and kissed her.

"We're going to have another baby?"

"Who said you were the father? There are many eligible men in this bubble of ours."

"Doctor Daniels, may I borrow your truth serum?"

"Of course you may; but only if we're going to use it on you."

"I'll pass." He got slapped.

"You know I never would do anything that would offend you baby."

"Then why won't you take the test?"

"I don't like needles."

He caught her hand in mid-air, and kissed her. "Would you like to get on to the examination table? I can close the doors, lock them, and put up the sign that says 'Female Examination in Progress. Do Not Enter.' It will give us 30 to 45 minutes to fool around."

"In other words doctor, you want a quickie."

"It's the best I can do, until Doctor Daniels returns."

"Okay, let's rock this place."

"Have a good time you two. I'll be back whenever."

Sandy said, "Let us know how your truth serum works out?"

"You two work out. I'll worry about the truth serum."

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"Hold his arm still Steven. Joe hold his head. I have to get this catheter into a vein."

"No problem Doctor. If he doesn't hold still, I'll just break his fucking arm. It won't inhibit the flow of blood. It will just hurt him that much more."

Aubrey looked into Steven's eyes, and knew the man was not joking. While he was distracted for that split second, Hannah slipped the needle into a good vein, and got a significant blood return. She attached the tube holding the mixture of medications, and began slowly introducing it into his body's system.

"Steve count down from 100 for me please. I have to give him a large dose of this medication, but I have to do it very slowly."

"Okay Doctor here goes: 100- 99- 98- 97- 96- 95-//// 84- 83- 82-81."

"That's all Steve, thank you very much. Now we let the medication take effect. It shouldn't be more than 20 to 25 minutes, before we get the reaction we need."

"I know I'm going to hate myself in a few moments, but I have to ask this question, "What are you using on him?"

"They are pregnancy drugs Monty. When a woman goes into labor, but is less than 6 months pregnant, there is no chance for the fetus to survive. What they do is give her a drug to stop the labor. It's called '3 quinuclidinyl benzilate' and then keep her as inactive as possible. This is 1 of the 2 drugs I'm giving him now. The other one I'm using is an anti-depressant called 'thiopental', which is a very popular drug. It is used all over the world as an anti-depressant. Between the two, we get the truth serum effect.

It was found out, quite accidentally, by a husband who realized his wife might be having the baby of another man. The outcome could have been a terrible, but as he continued asking her questions, he found out she was raped by a man they both knew. He called the police and had them listen to her.

When he asked his wife why she didn't tell him about the rape, she told him she was too embarrassed by it. She found out a month later she was pregnant, and wasn't sure if it was her husband's baby or the other man's. She hoped it was her husband's, but was never sure.

After the baby was born, and the bloodwork was done, it was the husband's baby. The rapist went to prison."

"Monty if you want to ask him questions, you have to keep your voice in a low monotone, and never raise it.

If you can't do that, Jack and you should write your questions down, and let me ask the questions for you. There can be no gaps during the questioning. They have to be continuous, like a conversation. I can fill in some blanks, but it would be better if you handed me question after question, in a contiguous order. Don't ask the question 'WHY', until the very end."

"I don't want you to do it Hannah. I want you to keep him alive so we can question him for as long as we continue to head away from Atwater Luck. You watch his vitals, and continue giving him the medication. I won't do it either, and neither will Jack. We both will kill him. I have two other candidates, but one may still be busy. I'll check."

"Captain Jamison to Captain Elizabeth Thyme; are you finished with your husband?"

"She giggled as she keyed her microphone. Yes, Captain Jamison, he is in his rest period now. How may I help you?"

"Take a shower get dressed and come to the brig. You have 7 minutes."

"Yes Captain, but what am I going to do with the other 3."

"Get down here you evil witch."

She arrived 3 minutes and 45 seconds later; fully dressed, hair combed completely, and her face cheerful.

"Captain Jamison to Adam Finch. State your position?"

"Adam Finch to Captain Jamison; I'm underneath my wife."

"Tell Laura she is needed in the brig in 7 minutes, with or without orgasm."

"You do realize you are not going to be her favorite person, dead or alive."

"I will worry about that later. Just tell her to get her ass in gear, and get here."

She did. He did also. Their hands helped each other, in every way possible, and at 4 minutes 27 seconds, Mount Mauna Loa erupted. It erupted again, again, again, and BANNGGG!

Adam lay unconscious underneath his wife, as she picked up her communicator.

"Laura Finch to Captain Jamison."

"What do you need Laura?"

"I love you Monty. No other words can express my feelings for you at this moment. What you did for Adam and me will forever live in our hearts."

"I don't care where I will live; I need you down here now."

"I will take a quick shower, and throw on some clothes. I will need someone to carry me to the meeting. I have no strength left in my legs, and Adam is unconscious."

"2 security members will be at your door in 30 seconds."

"I should reach the shower in about 30 seconds."

"Move your ass Laura."

"I can't, it's too tired."

"Shower!"

"I'm standing up."

"In 90 seconds, security will be entering your room and pull you down to this meeting."

"I hope no one is prudish, I'll probably be naked."

"Come on baby, I'll help you."

"If you touch me, I will rape you."

"I feel the same way, but I have to go to work soon. Let me get you into the shower. Monty seems to have something on her mind that sounds important."

"Don't touch my breasts, they are on fire. Look at that thing down there; it's already up and looking for more pussy."

"My eyes look at your body, and you have that effect on me every moment of every day, and night. Hold on tight here comes the water."

"Get in here with me."

"We both know what will happen if I do; so behave."

"I got married so I didn't have to behave."

"No, you got married, because you finally fell in love with the right man."

"So help me God, if I find you in that tube holding a block of C 4 in your hands, unable to remove the blasting caps, the wires, and the electrical clips, I'm going to castrate you."

"What if it's not C4?"

"I'll think of another way to hurt you."

"I love the way we make up."

She put her head on his chest, and whispered, "Me too."

There was a loud banging on the door.

"Laura Schiff, this is security, you are needed in the brig area. You have 30 seconds to come out, or we will come in to get you."

Adam yelled, "She will be out."

With history making speed she put on her clothes and shoes, picked up a brush to do her hair on the way to the meeting and kissed Adam goodbye. He walked her to the door with his erection leading the way. He opened it, and the guards blanched as they looked at him in all his glory.

"Here she is guys. Be careful, or she will break you apart."

"Yes sir, we know. They clasped their hands together, making a seat for her. They lifted her off the ground, and walked off towards the elevator. As they reached the brig, her right thigh cramped.

"Put me down, quickly, my right leg is cramping. Who is at the meeting?"

"Monty, Elizabeth, Doctor Daniel's, Doctor Thyme, Colonel Daniel's..."

"Put me on the floor and ask Colonel Daniel's to come here."

"What's up Laura, how can I help you?"

"My right thigh is cramping. Can you help me with it?"

"This will hurt."

"Not nearly as much as this cramp; go ahead Jack, do it."

Jack knelt down, and grabbed her calf. He made sure her leg was absolutely straight, and asked her again if she was ready.

Laura put her hands behind her head, closed her eyes, and put her teeth together as hard as she could.

He moved her calf, left and right, while slipping his left hand up to the knee joint. He extended the leg to its full length, and then again to the point to where the knee was at 90 degrees to vertical.

That's when he did it. With the full force of his body he pushed her knee, calf and thigh up, until the entire leg unit touched her breast. The entire thigh muscle went into cramp mode.

Laura's scream was bloodcurdling. Everyone at the table dropped their heads, and grimaced knowing what she was going through.

Gray knew the pain she was in more than all the others combined. As a competitive athlete, he had been on a trainers table many more times than he cared to remember.

He got up from his seat, walked over, and asked if there was anything he could do.

Through her tears Laura joked, "I would feel much better if you rubbed my breasts."

"You might feel better temporarily. However, when Delicious found out what I did, I would be missing the hand I did it with permanently."

"Yes, I've noticed that she is fiercely protective of what's hers."

"Yes, I believe you would be quite calm, if you were in the cafeteria and saw my wife handling Adam's family jewels, wouldn't you?"

"That would all depend; where were Adam's hands at the time?"

"You couldn't tell for sure. He was either holding Tatum or Truman, or both of Delicious' breasts. Take your pick?"

"In that case, I would probably do to him the same thing I did the night before we were supposed to check our luggage into the spacecraft. He drove home drunk, and parked sideways on the swale. He was the only certified plumber for this spacecraft, and he jeopardized our entire mission.

To be honest, I gave him permission to stay out late that night, and get drunk with his friends. My father was going to be visiting me that evening, and was still with me when Adam drove up.

When he saw the situation, and the fire in my eyes. He said, "Go easy on him."

Adam walked in, said hello to my dad, as my dad walked out of the house, and closed the door.

Adam walked towards me and told me he was drunk. I gave him what my best friend, and security agent, George, trained me to do. I gave him a 'Stevedore's Handshake'. I went to bed, and left Adam on the floor, where he landed, until the...

While Gray and Laura were talking about family and old times, Jack was not wasting his time or talents. He was twisting and kneading her leg muscles, until they were soft and relaxed. When he finished with her right thigh, he tested her left, and began working on it. It took another five minutes, but there would be no more cramping tonight.

"Anytime you two are finished yacking, both your legs are done Laura. You will be cramp free for at least the next twelve to eighteen hours. If you need me after that, I will be in my bed with the new doctor, or in engineering."

Laura stood up and gave Jack a bear hug.

"Thanks Jack, if you need computer or math help, I am your girl."

"I may take you up on that Laura."

"Now that both of you are here, we have Doctor Lincoln Aubrey under sedation. More accurately we have him medicated with a truth serum. I want you to each ask yourself this question: Can you keep your voice at a constant monotone, while asking him questions, regardless of what his answers are. No matter how furious those answers may make you, you must remain calm. Can you do that Elizabeth? Can you do that Laura? It's important you be honest with yourselves, because this involves the safety of the ship. Laura you already know why. Elizabeth I will tell you why now. We believe Doctor Aubrey has planted explosives in the landing gear, or someplace else close by that as we attempted a landing, the ship will crash instead of touching down safely. Having that information, you still have to answer that singular question; can you keep your voice in a monotone while asking Doctor Aubrey questions."