Tag Team in Space by J. Naomi Ay (The Two Moons of Rehnor) and Ahmad Taylor (Dark Side of the Moon) bring you the collaborative adventures of Dr. Jerry Waldman and Sgt. Derrick Thomas.
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Episode 10
Derrick's Secret
Derrick:
I ran passed the head Big Head
and up the tube. I could barely see anything in front of me, but I needed to
put some distance between Jerry, Fogwat and myself. I stumbled a few times over
who knows what, but I was able to guide myself along the electro-magnetic guide
rails the lift ran on. The dim glow from Fogwat’s head grew darker and then it
was gone. I knew I only had a few moments to myself before they would catch up
to me, and I knew that with three eyes, Big Heads had better than average
sight, so I had to act fast if I was going to keep my actions a secret.
I dropped to my knees and began
groping around in the dark. I felt across the ground, moving my way along the
wall of the tube.
“Here we go… Got it” I said under
my breath as my hands located what I was searching for. I found the release
handle, turned it counter-clockwise and pushed in. The door to emergency access
panel slid open and I quickly took a piece of restraining cloth from my bag and
adhered it to the underside of the door. As I pulled the door closed and locked
the handle I could see the dim illumination from Fogwat’s head growing
brighter. I stood up and turned to face my pursuers.
“Hey Derrick, wait up man! Why
would you just run off into the dark like that?” Jerry asked, as he approached
me. He slumped over trying to catch his breathe.
“You should probably sit down a
minute doc, your wounds look like they need some tending to.”
“Phew! You may be right. Thanks
man, here you go” the doctor said, extending some sort of medical kit in my
direction.
“Uh yeah, I’m good man. You get
yourself stitched up there. I mean, you are the doctor aren’t you?” I replied, pushing the kit back at him and rolling
my eyes.
What the hell did he expect me to
do with that? I was in no mood to do triage, and I was certainly not in the
mood for anymore of his sanctimonious speeches about killing those Big Head
freaks. I just needed to be polite enough until I could lead them out of this
tube and away from the chip I had hidden in the emergency access panel.
Jerry had no idea what the true
value of the chip was or what it could really do, because if he did, he would
not be trying to help these stupid Martians hand it over to that interstellar
terrorist. If he knew what my contact had gone through to smuggle the chip out
of that Martian research facility and into my hands so I could get it off this
planet and to some place safe. It was supposed to be a simple hand-off in the
lift, but then genius spilled that blue goo all over the ground and then
everyone was slipping and sliding around. She barely had the chance to pass it
on to me as we tumbling outside the lift. I don’t even know if she was even
able to make it out of the terminal and to safety, but that was no longer my
concern. I had to keep the chip safe until I could figure out a way to get it
off this planet and into the hands of the scientists who could put its power to
good use.
“Well, thanks for all your help
there Derrick. Could you at least give me a hand standing up?” the doctor
whined at me, putting his kit back in his bag, and extending his arm in my
direction.
I had no idea how long it would
take to get us out of this tube, but I hoped my temper would hold long enough.
I reached my hand down and yanked Jerry to his feet.
“Fogwat arm feel funny, many
tingles” the Big Head said, as we noticed his arm had almost grown all the way
back in.
“Alright Fogwat, you got the
light. Lead us out of here. But if I see one more of your Martian buddies, and
they flash those teeth my way; I can promise that your arm won’t be what I cut
off next time. And let’s see how long it takes for your entire head to grow
back!”
“Let’s go people and things… We needed
the get the heck out of dodge and we
need to do it sooner than later” I said, ushering Jerry and Fogwat on.
I made a mental note of the
location of the access panel door, and followed them onward.
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