(OOC: A kick in the butt for me as well for not posting for all these days. Also there might be some time frame discrepancies, so bear with them, ok? And Parker, joint next time, ok? =) )

The ship in alert, and neither the captain nor the first officer did any moves. * * Are they playing to see who's tougher? * * Corvette thought as one of his subordinates.

After the meeting had broke, Corvette and Parker exited the room together going over a few ideas that both had for their department. As they rounded the corner, an Ensign nearly bumped into them.

"Sirs, I was just coming down to report that we have new thoron emission readings. ".. the ensign said.

"Why didn't you just use the com system Ensign?" Corvette asked.

"With the saboteur running around the ship, I didn't want to risk the chance of him over hearing that we can track him sir. " the Ensign said a little hesitantly.

"Very good Ensign, that was of course the most logical thing to do. Do you have locations for the new readings?" Parker said cutting off the response from his senior officer.

"Yes sir, It is all contained in this PADD. I have marked the earlier readings in blue, and the newer ones in red. It is also programmed to accept new readings from the internal sensors, and update the display according. " he said.

"Very good Ensign, keep us informed. Dismissed. ".. Parker said.

The Ensign just stood there looking between the two men. Looking more towards their rank pips than there faces. He wasn't sure what to do.

He was receiving an order from a superior officer, but his commanding officer was standing there as well. He had yet to say anything.

"You have your orders, Dismissed Ensign. " Corvette said.

(OOC: There are some events here, portrayed in Parker's last post, although I believe he's mistaking Hawkins (Defender) from Parker (Grail). I'll be replacing them here. )

" May I have a word with you Lt. Parker. " Corvette added.

"Yes sir, although I already know what you are going to say. My behavior as a junior officer to your self was unacceptable. He was reporting ultimately to you, but I took charge of the situation. As you are aware Sir, my history in Starfleet isn't exactly a matter of record. And as you may also be aware, since you have seen my records, I have held the rank of Lt. Commander, and was second officer on a starship. It was my place to give orders and take charge of situations. It was, or should I say is, still my duty in Special OPS as well. I do sometimes forget that since my demotion that there are others above me that are in charge of such matters now. It will not happen again. But let me assure you, that I will not let anything interfere with my mission here. I have seen your records as well, and they indicate you would not either. " Parker said rather matter of factly.

"How could you have seen my records Lt. ?" he asked.

"Lets just say that You are not the only member of special OPS that has special connections with the admiralty. Like I said, it will not happen again. ".. Parker said more than a little hatefully.

"See that it doesn't Lt. Parker. Now I believe we have an intruder to track down. ", * * And a computer hacker also * * Corvette thought to himself.

=/\= "Hunt to Ops duty personnel"

(OPS) "Nazgur here. "

(Hunt) "Nazgur, you and Morliana come with me. We need to trace all new and old thoron emissions on this ship. We may have a saboteur or intruder onboard, but we can't be sure. I'll contact security to assist us. Hunt out. " =/\=

Corvette turned to Castle to ask him about reinforcements, when he remembered about the attempted break-in at Science Lab 14, and decided that security had his hands full with such an investigation. * * We can handle this ourselves. * * Corvette said to himself as he left to meet with his ops guys.

Using both, internal sensors and personal tricorders, they were able to trace the emissions, but not it's source.

=/\= "Nazgur to Hunt. "

(Hunt) "Hunt here. "

(Nazgur) "This is very odd sir. "

(Hunt) "What is?"

(Nazgur) "Well sir, I've been checking the site of the attempted break in and found no thoron emissions inside nor in it's boundaries. "

(Hunt) "I understand. Hunt out. " =/\=

Morliana came down the corridor and met Corvette. "Sir" she spoke, "All thoron emissions seem to be concentrated on the engineering decks and in and out of the Jeffries tubes. "

=/\= "Hunt to Nazgur. Go to main engineering at once and initiate surveillance code delta 2. Hunt out. " =/\=

"Let's go!" Corvette said as they rushed down the corridors into engineering.

All of a sudden, a wave of kinetic energy enveloped Corvette and made him dizzy.

"Are you alright, sir?" Morliana asked helping Corvette to stand up.

"I'm fine. What the hell was that?" Corvette's voice was angry.

"I didn't feel anything, sir. " She responded

=/\= "Hunt to bridge. What did just happened?"

(Bridge) "Sir, we have arrived at the beta quadrant. "

(Hunt) "What?!?!?" =/\=