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 Mackenzie returned to the Robotics Bay once she received a clean bill of health from Amara and the creepy medical droid Ruby. Her tools still lay scattered about as she had not yet finished repairing all the Droids set to be used for this trip. The team would just have to deal with one of the geological data gathering droids as the other two were still on the fritz. Quickly she began to pick up her tools and put them away.  For a moment she hesitated outside the storage room before putting what needed to go in there away. She had to convince herself that it would not lock her in again. She would never hear the end of this from Amara as it was. A second time would be the death of her.

 It  only took about 10 minutes to finish her clean up. She now needed to find Chief TreVayne and convince him that she would be useful on the trip. Usually her presence was not necessary on trips like these but that didn't mean she couldn't find something to do. She smirked to herself as she thought about it. The universe was pretty good at putting her where she needed to be and she counted the crew of the Nyx to be lucky she had gotten herself trapped here. It would have thrown off the entire team if those data droids had not functioned correctly. 

“Noah, could you please tell me the whereabouts of Chief TreVayne?” She asked as she headed out the door and towards the central lifts.

“Of course, Mackenzie. Chief TreVayne is currently located in the Hangar Bay aboard the R207 Beast Command Vehicle.” 
Mackenzie took the central lifts down to the lower level of the Nyx and hooked a left. Several people greeted her as she passed them. She didn't recognise any of them, but she nodded her greets anyway. She didn't stop however and she entered the Hangar Bay. She headed straight for the Beast.  

“Pardon me miss.” One of the guards, a tall, lean build, light brown-skinned man who looked to be in his early twenties was stationed outside of the transport’s main entrance stairway and held a hand out while holding a datapad in the other. The stitched name tag on his uniform read [i]J. Edwards[/i].  “I need to see your boarding pass please.” His tone seemed firm but was still friendly.  

 Mackenzie froze in her tracks. “ Ahhh, about that. I ahh, am here to see Chief TreVayne about a little bit of a misunderstanding and why I don’t currently have a boarding pass. I’ll wait here, if you wouldn’t mind paging him for me. The name is Mackenzie, Mackenzie Newton.” She paused for a moment. “ From Robotics.”

“Storage Locker Girl” The guard said matter-of-factly as he began typing something into his datapad.

 Mackenzie sighed deeply. No doubt that her predicament had spread across the Nyx quickly. She wouldn't be surprised if she became the butt of many security jokes.” Yeah, that’s me. Now, could you please contact Chief TreVayne.”

 The guard smirked at the girl for a moment before nodding in acknowledgement. “Alright, just a minute, Ms Newton.” He said, as switched his comm on. “Chief this is Edwards at the front entrance, over.” The guard continued after confirmation. “There is a ‘Mackenzie Newton’ standing here requesting to see you about a matter regarding her boarding pass, and is fairly insistent.” Again, Edwards paused as he listened, and then a slight smile cracked. “Yes Sir, that would be the same girl.” He said, giving Kenzie a mocking wink. “Ten-Four Chief, I’ll have Ramirez take my post and escort her to you immediately, Edwards out.”

 The Agent keyed in a few more things on the datapad before looking back up at Kenzie with his bright hazel eyes. “Well, looks like it’s your lucky day, Ms Newton. Chief TreVayne will meet you up near the cockpit in ‘Briefing Room A’, but don’t worry, I’ll show you the way.” He said, motioning his hand toward the steps leading up into the Command Vehicle. “After you, ma’am.”

“Much appreciated,” Mackenzie said as she walked passed Edwards up the steps she was directed towards. As she walked, she also watched as the hangar bay bustled with activity. There were a few Droids already in use and she took note of them. Amara had not shown her the inside of the bay during their tour but merely pointed it out to her. 

 Not completely sure where she was headed she looked back to Edwards. “This way?,” she pointed in the direction she thought the briefing room would be.

 The Agent nodded and lead the rest of the way down the corridor toward the front of the vehicle, stopping outside a small room marked “Briefing - A”, and addressing the man standing inside who was currently leaned over a small holo-map in the center of the table.


“Chief, this is-”

“Come on over Ms. Newton” The Chief said abruptly while fidgeting with the device that appeared to be malfunctioning, it's holographic images showing up distorted and noisy. “Maybe you can figure out what's wrong with this damn thing.”

 Edwards turned to Kenzie and smiled. “Alright...then I'll leave you to it. Good luck.” He gave her a quick pat on the shoulder before exiting back down the corridor.

 Mackenzie nodded her thanks to Edwards as he turned to leave the room. She wanted to ask him out to coffee some time, but she realized this was really not the right time to ask. 

 Gavon looked up from what he was doing to address the woman across the table. “I assume you know a thing or two about holo-tech, so this shouldn't be a problem, right?” He said nonchalantly, with an expression was hard to read otherwise.“Oh, and by the way, welcome to the team.”

“Thanks Sir,” Mackenzie said as she turned her attention to the Chief of Security and casually walked up to the table. “ I am thoroughly embarrassed about the inconvenience.” She paused for a moment as she looked over the image projector. Then without warning she slammed the bottom of her fist into the table twice. The image flickered slightly and then solidified. Mackenzie sighed and continued, “ I'd like to blame someone else, but I can't. Its happened before and it more likely will happen again.”
 
 It had not been too difficult for Mackenzie to convince the Security Chief that she could be useful during the away mission.  He didn't seem against the idea to begin with but with knowledge of the misbehaving Droids he seemed apt to have her near by should anything go wrong. 

 Once that was settled, Chief TreVayne explained how the mission would proceed and all the rules that need to be strictly followed. Mackenzie nodded her acceptance of those rules even though she could only remember about half of them when he was done. She was then dismissed to go get the proper Id Badge and get outfitted for the mission. 

 A short time later Mackenzie stood aboard the Beast as it was in was in final preparations to launch. She was more excited than she thought she would. Her mind raced with all the possibilities this planet could represent for adventure and discovery. 

“This is sooo awesome!” she said to Michael who stood beside her.