The Peacekeepers. Books 4 - 6. by Ricky Sides

Author:Ricky Sides [Sides, Ricky]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2011-09-30T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Inside the Peacekeeper, Maggie went into the infirmary where a dejected Lieutenant Wilcox lay. He was on medical restriction for the next twelve hours. “Lieutenant, we just dropped off the second group at the other entrance. The control room is a little short handed. Do you feel up to manning a post in the control room?” Maggie asked.

The lieutenant was out of bed in a flash and heading for the door. “Lieutenant,” Maggie said stopping the man.

“You said I could go,” he said plaintively.

“You can go to the control room to man a station, Lieutenant, but don’t you think you should dress first?” she asked and laughed as the lieutenant realized that he was standing in his boxer shorts.

“Thanks, Doc. I’d have felt the fool going into the control room in my skivvies,” the lieutenant said with a grin as he began to get dressed.

When the lieutenant entered the control room, Tim said, “Lieutenant, I’d like you to assist Patricia. You are familiar with her system aren’t you?” Tim asked.

“Yes, sir. I’ll do what I can, but Patricia is ten times better at communications and computers than I’ll ever be,” the lieutenant said sounding dubious.

“I want you to monitor your unit’s helmet cam. I trust Sergeant Thompson. He’s a good man and he needs this experience, so I don’t want you to interfere unless you see him making a serious mistake. Consider this advanced training for your second in command,” Tim explained.

The lieutenant nodded his head in understanding, and then he stepped over to the communications console. Patricia swiveled the monitor around so that he could see the screen as the cameraman followed behind several other team members.

Tim added, “It’s also very good command training for you. I intend to submit your name again for a captaincy someday.”

“Someday I may be ready for that job, sir. But for now, I prefer the strike team duty,” the lieutenant explained. Tim just smiled and looked at his flight instruments to ensure that everything was ready should the ship need to fly at a moment’s notice.

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Sergeant Thompson received word from the Peacekeeper that the other team was now inside the entrance to the cavern. He understood that most likely this meant the cult members were now trapped between two heavily armed peacekeeper forces. He acknowledged the message and moved deeper through the passageway. They had quickly left the manmade section of the cavern, which had made one sharp turn and connected to this passageway. He was immediately presented with a problem because the passage went both to the left, and to the right.

In the Peacekeeper, the lieutenant observed as the sergeant was confronted with the problem. He listened closely as the cameraman picked up Sergeant Thompson’s brief instructions to the men as he said, “Team two, take the left tunnel. I’ll take the right with team one. We proceed down the passageways three hundred feet, and return here to decide which way to go.” The men nodded their understanding and the cameraman followed team one.

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