After a few minutes of following the hidden ship VIC's voice chimed up: "The beacon is preparing to enter light speed." Flynn immediately put a halt to his ship. "VIC, can you tell where that ship will come out of light speed at?" Flynn asked. There was a moment of silence before VIC's voice came back. "With a 74 percent certainty." Flynn let out a nervous chuckle. If VIC was wrong, the he would loose his only lead. They could jump right behind the ship, but they would defiantly be noticed or, worse, collide with the ship. "How certain are you of that calculation VIC?" Flynn asked nervously. Silence again. "There is an 82 percent chance that my calculations are correct." VIC chimed.
Flynn buried his face in his hands. VIC was a very basic ship AI. It was the model that came with most all ships, but was usually upgraded. Flynn liked VIC because it didn't try and reason or act on what it thought best. It didn't argue with him. VIC was a simple voice integrated command for the ship and that's why Flynn liked. However, he had never had to trust his life to VIC and he didn't know how eager he was to do that now. "Alright VIC." Flynn said exasperated. "Calculate where they will drop out of light speed at and follow them in ten minutes." Flynn hoped that would give the ship he was chasing enough time to get a good lead on them so they wouldn't see him coming. Slowly the ship's warp drive hummed to life and it shot through the stars. For a little over three hours they traveled. Flynn used the time to read himself for whatever they may find when they dropped out of warp. God knows VIC might have piloted him into a dying star.
The ship dropped out of warp safely over a planet. "Thank you VIC." Flynn said. "Where is the ship." There was a brief moment of silence before VIC replied. "Unknown." Flynn stood up angrily. "What do you mean unknown? Where's the beacon at?" Another pause. "Unknown." VIC chimed. Flynn kicked the base of the chair. "Goddamn machine! What good are you?" Flynn roared. "Unknown." VIC chimed back. "I'm going to erase you." Flynn said angrily. With that, he flopped down, defeated into his chair. Flynn sighed heavily. "Where did you jump us to VIC? Can you tell me that? Are you capable of that function?" The sector map flashed on the screen. Flynn slowly looked up and leaned forward. "What planet are we closest to?" Flynn said with interest. The view zoomed into the planet. Flynn grinned evilly.
"VIC." Flynn started. "Radio down to that planet and tell them we're going to land." As the ship slipped into orbit of the planet a voice broke through on the radio: "State clearance." Flynn cupped his hands on the back of his head and leaned back. "Tell the good doctor that McTaggart is here to see him." There was a long silence before a voice came over the air. "Mc...McTaggart. What do I owe the pleasure?" Flynn spun around in his chair. "Let's skip the formalities doctor. You just had a patient come by. Either picking up or dropping something off. I need to know what."
A long silence fell over the inside of the ship. "That's okay doctor." Flynn sneered. "I have to head to the Federation later today and I'm sure they'd love to know about all of your operations. Don't think your clientele would appreciate the Federation knowing all their secrets. Do you think the Federation would get you first, or your patients?" Another brief silence. "Clearance granted." Came the voice over the radio. Flynn landed and immediately sprang from his ship, pistol in hand. He strode into the office, pushing a small orderly out of the way.Dr. Tomaho stood in the doorway and nervously pointed to a small room.
Flynn stepped in, gun raised at the girl who was obviously recovering from something traumatic. She was laying in a bed and jumped back as Max came in. Max leaned against the door frame, gun softly tapping against his leg. "Tell me sweety, ever heard of a woman named Alyson?"
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