The deputy snapped, looking left toward the top of the spiral staircase. Speaking just loud enough for the chief to hear, he asked, “What was that?”
The Chief sharply asked, “What was what?”
“I thought I saw something over there,”
The Chief looked in the same direction as the deputy, “What?”
“Like a. . . nearly transparent humanoid shape. Seemed like it was looking right back at me. No sound. It just looked like it was standing there–observing us,”
“With all of these special forces guys up here, if there was anyone up here who shouldn't be, they'd be asking for it by doing anything aggressive,”
“Something doesn't feel right,” he turned and proceeded to start an internal security sensor sweep. The sweep started aft at the back of the nacelles and progressed forward at a steady pace. To scan a ship this size—on the standard “Normal” setting—would take about ten minutes, give or take.
Five seconds into the scan, an anomaly blinked on and off Voyager's cutaway side-view diagram in the ventral hull.
Another anomaly, a few decks higher near engineering.
And another, in the saucer section.
“What-the-heck?” The Deputy asked barely loud enough for the Chief to hear.
The Chief overheard and looked at the deputy's computer, watching the deputy point out the different locations on the diagram where the anomalies appeared. The deputy marked them using one of the security tools, and then immediately entered the finding into the ship's security logs.
Over his shoulder, the Chief of Security was shocked to have overheard the special operations team leader give an order for a special operation away team to assemble in shuttle bay one.
They are going in.
*****
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