Well I had planned on Chapter 13 being the last for the Memory Base chapters for a while, that's why it was so sloppy but had to get Rachel's problems out of my system so here's yet another one. Still any and all comments are wanted and welcome though constructive are more so.
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"Alright, what the hell fucking hell HAPPENED???" Athena snarled as her hooved feet thudded across the floor of the Order's Medical Facility towards the unnerved Sentinels. "What the fucking hell did you mentally unbalanced pincushions DO??!"
"We didn't do anything, I SWEAR!!" Stammered Shade as she maintained her position between the furious equine and the other Sentinels. "The Remaker was becoming upset because of the time that was passing in our search for more power generation options and we sugges..."
"Just shut the fucking hell up!" Athena snarled. "YOU listen to ME. IF the captain's been fucked up by that psycho-juice he guzzled, I fuck you up. Comprende?? Now since he's going to sleep himself out, I'm heading over to Africa to make sure all is in readiness for the assault when he finally gets there. But if I hear of any more bullshit from the LOT of you, I'm going to char your minds clean of ANY mental abilities you did have or WILL have. Again, COMPRENDE? Until I get back and Brian wakes up, RACHEL is in charge." And with that she stormed out of the Facility leaving unnerved and upset animorphs in her wake.
"It is quiet interesting that her feet can make noise on these floors, is it not?" Asked the male deer that was in charge of the facility. "This carpeting is supposed to deaden sound but it actually amplified the clop of her hooves."
"Might be interesting to you but doesn't help us one bit!" Snapped one of the Sentinels as he leaned against a bed.
"Yeah." Said another. "The Squirrel Queen, of all beings, to have been put in charge, who's SHE to come HERE and tell US what to do?"
"She's to follow orders just as WE will, that's WHO!" Shade said as she turned towards the bed that Brian had been sleeping on since he had been placed there after he had gotten dizzy and collapsed after downing two of the teas that had been prepared.
"Well at least he suddenly decided NOT to deactivate that limiter that he's got on his neck." Said the first Sentinel.
"Yeah, who knows what would have happened if he had deactivated that disk of metal." Said another Sentinel as she made for the door to go get Rachel.
"Well I CAN tell you one thing that would have happened." Said Shade as she got another blanket out of a closet to wrap up in. "We'd be without the Remaker and we'd be answering to Athena and then his consorts. Hopefully he found what he wanted to find where ever he went. "Hey Nicole, do you have any information on what happened with Ashilon and Icialan?"
"No, I'm sorry but neither Atherian nor Archimedes knows or is willing to admit to knowing what happened after Brian collapsed in the Grand Court. But since both Atherian and Archimedes are still sorting out and delivering MASSIVE amounts of information, neither might have the resources to look through data-files to find out." Said the AI that was in charge of the cavern and its occupants.
GREAT!" Sighed Shade. "Well, at the very least we can take the information about the data overload that's being dealt with that the Remaker FOUND what he was looking for. Well until he sleeps himself out, six hour watch shifts. Pass the word through the ranks, I'll take first watch." She said as she guided a chair from the far side of the room to Brian's bed with her mind.
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"Um excuse me, is anyone here?" Rachel stammered as she, Otulissa and Tiffany slipped into the Medical Facility a short time later.
"Yes, yes there is indeed." Said a deer as she came out of the office that was situated close to the door. "You're Rachel I presume?"
"Uh yeah, um I was told that Athena said 'I' was to be in charge?" Rachel asked looking around wide eyed.
"Thats what she said, she said that, that's what the lady said, she said that." Laughed a voice behind her. "But seriously, since NONE of us want to get on Athena's bad side we had better play nice, so what's your orders?"
"Yeah." Rachel whimpered as she turned to face Shade. "Um listen, I doubt you want me down here any more than I want too be down here in this capacity, so let's just go as slowly and safely as possible! Or is that to much to ask?"
"Not as far as we're concerned but with the Remaker asleep for who know how long, we might not have much of a say in that." Shade said gesturing towards Brian's bed where he was curled up in a ball. "He's only moved three times since he's been here, twice to change position and once to go the restroom."
"Well spread the word to lock this place down as best as can be done." Rachel sighed. "The girls and I can stay here and watch Brian if you want to leave and do whatever you had plans for."
"Just changing some Clouded and Snowy Leopards into Legionnaires and storing more DNA samples." Shade offered as she started to unwrap the blanket from around herself.
"Well, willing to give me a hand in getting comfortable? If the staff in here doesn't mind the back part of their room having some mattresses and blankets thrown together for something more more comfortable than their hard beds." Rachel asked looking around at the beds with disgust.
"Well what did you have in mind?" Asked the deer that was in charged of the facility.
"A mattress or two and a couple of blankets is all it would take." Rachel offered.
"Well let's check and see what we can do. It's not like we're going to have a lot of company in here very soon." Laughed the medical attendant. "Anyway it's for the Remaker."
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