Author Topic: The Vendetta (Open) (Read 1595 times)

Ilana Telak · « **Reply #3 on:** June 07, 2014, 08:29:29 am »

[Senior Officer Quarters]

Ilana lay stretched out on the rock she kept in her quarters, snoozing contentedly under her heat lamp. The humans kept the ship so cold. For a humanoid with cold-blooded ancestors, that was pretty dire.

Since she had the bad habit of working herself into the ground, she barely stirred as the door into her quarters slid open. Fortunately, the weeper plant that had been a gift from Raynor started shrieking at the intruder. The sound of the plant in distress was enough to rouse Ilana from her sleep. Spying two humanoids in the dim red light from the heat lamp, she scrambled off the rock, heading for a nearby table where she had left her commbadge.

One of the intruders got there first, swiping the badge out of her reach just before she could get to it, swiftly backhanding the Cardassian, sending her crashing down to the deck, dark blood streaming from her nose. The impact dazed her briefly, keeping her from getting back to her feet for a handful of precious heartbeats. Thankfully, Sasha sensed her owner's distress. The huge burmese python rose up, striking one of the intruders and quickly wrapping her long, powerful body around him, constricting as she went.

The second intruder ignored his comrade's plight, focusing on binding Ilana while she was down. She tried to fight back, but her weak, skinny frame was easily overwhelmed. Her hands were bound along with her ankles before she was dragged out of her quarters.

[Stafford's Quarters]

Ilana's captor easily tossed the Cardassian down next to the counselor before he went to join the Rutian at the console. "I got the Cardassian," he reported, "but Samson was taken down by a serpent of some kind in her quarters."

Malcolm Adeyemi · « **Reply #4 on:** June 09, 2014, 07:27:05 am »

Ilana Telak · « **Reply #5 on:** June 09, 2014, 01:12:26 pm »

As the two Rutians discussed their fallen comrade, Ilana felt a surge of fear for the giant python in her quarters. However, if they were only concerned with making sure that their comrade was dead, then Sasha should be safe, she reasoned with herself. She would have made the kill, sniffed it, then probably just slithered away without eating her prey.

Turning her attention to the Rutian who had stayed behind to make sure that his captives weren't going anywhere, she blinked a few times as he asked what they had done to deserve being hunted down like this. She shrugged one shoulder.

"I am a C-C-Cardassian r-r-refugee. I c-can g-g-give y-you a l-l-list of p-p-people wh-who w-w-would l-like m-m-my h-head on a p-p-platter."

Malcolm Adeyemi · « **Reply #6 on:** June 09, 2014, 02:00:09 pm »

Ilana Telak · « **Reply #7 on:** June 09, 2014, 02:29:17 pm »

The Cardassian narrowed her eyes at the Rutian as he implied that her status as a refugee from the Cardassian Union was a good thing. To her, it was perhaps one of the worst things to have happened to her.

She listened to the banter going on between Commander Stafford and the Rutian, committing the conversation to memory. It was a useful trait that most Cardassians had: an absolutely stellar memory. Her jaw dropped as she heard Luke offer the Rutians the ship. She brought her bound legs up, kicking him sharply.

"Y-y-you w-will d-d-do n-no s-s-such th-th-thing!"