Pursuit?

Posted on Wed Mar 3rd, 2021 @ 1:29am by Lieutenant Thriss Kla'ren

Mission: The Jungle
Timeline: Current

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It had been a few days since Thriss beamed into the jungle, well at least that's what it seemed like. To be fair, the Andorian lost count. At this point the only other crewmember he found was Commander Vantic. However, they split up to cover more ground, and in case one of them were captured or worse, the other could have a better chance of survival, then if they had stuck together. However, when they did, the Chief of Security was acting somewhat off. However, Kla’ren couldn’t quite put his finger on it. That was nearly two days ago, and Thriss was still decently wounded. The previous night, and the night before, he took shelter on a tree branch, but kept one eye open, just in case someone, or rather something was sneaking up on the Engineer. During the previous day, he spent his time gathering info and recon on the area around him, and he even left the jungle for water in a nearby stream, however, the jungle was decently big, and he didn’t really find anyone.

The previous day he also tried to get the camera back up and running, but he was only able to get the LCARS screen somewhat working, and he even sent it, however, there was some kind of distant earthquake in the mountains that were aways, so he assumed that the floating camera broke again. Now, it was the current day. The Andorian yawned as he sat up carefully on the tree branch. He also managed to get a small plasma pistol from a hunter the previous day, who was also accompanied by a creature similar to the one he encountered during his first day in the jungle. After that encounter he used the creature for dinner and now his breakfast. After he ate, he decided to become mobile again.

A few hours later, he was still somewhat deep in the jungle. To be fair, he had lingered around the tree he slept at for a bit, but ultimately decided that he should be on the move, just in case his position was revealed. He was walking at a fast pace, but slow enough to where he wasn’t running. However, Kla’ren started to hear footsteps coming up behind him, and fast. The Andorian stopped in his tracks, which could have gone south since he was injured. However, he turned his head to face the sound, and he saw what looked like a hunter coming right at him. As soon as he turned his head the hunter ran right past him, nearly tripping over him. Weird. The hunter didn’t even look at him, as he was visible to him. Unless...

“Halderman”, the Andorian said to himself. While he didn’t know him, he knew enough from when he first got to the jungle. In fact, he recollected that the hunter’s face looked like the game master, only confirming his identity. However, Thriss thought for a moment. Why would the game master of all people be disguised as a hunter, let alone be in the game area. Unless he’s after Captain Kaylen. The working cameras were still visible, which meant that they knew exactly where the Captain was. The engineer made a risky decision. He decided to follow Halderman. However, he did decide to wait a bit, in case the game master realized the Andorian was on his tail. So, Lieutenant Kla’ren started his “pursuit”.

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To be continued...