Chapter 7 -- Operational Error
Sitting quietly within a darkened office, the security guard relaxed into his chair, sighing quietly as he stared at the numerous screens in front of him. Each showing the quiet, action-less corridors of the long stay wing, the many carpeted corridors and numbered doors built to look akin to planet side hotels. Built from cheap lumber, each plain brown door had anywhere between one and five guests behind it and the corridors had a slightly eerie quietness to them as the carpet damped the noise from those strutting its lengths.
This was a far cry away from the hustle of the mall, the people who came here were looking for somewhere quiet to get away from it all or to just do some work from their personal computers in their own space. This was not the sort of place to get security problems or any kind of excitement at all and as such, its paltry security force was more a formality than anything else, more used to dealing with minor disputes and lost luggage than any sort of violence.
It paid well enough, but it was damn boring work.
The guard sighed again, another shift, another 12 hours of staring at screens and watching absolutely nothing happen. Taking a sip from his coffee, he leaned back into the chair, the fabric creaking slightly under his weight. The security office was small, with only himself present, the other guards were relaxing in the break room as they tended to between the odd patrol.
A pair of knuckles rasped against the door to the office, causing him to slowly spin his chair away from the screens, coffee still in hand.
"Come in!"
The door pushed open and revealed a tall bunny female with brilliant white fur, perfect emerald eyes surrounded with black sclera and a sensual figure, looking like it was trying to pop free of her shirt and miniskirt.
"T-Tani...? Is that you...? You look different!" The guard stumbled over his words, eyes zooming all over her features and figure. "W-What are you doing here?"
"Mind if I come in sweet pea? Thought you might be bored."
"Sure, come on in. You can say that again, sometimes I wish just something would happen in this place, every day is exactly the same!"
She strode forward confidently, hips swinging subtly from side to side. There was no denying it, she was a lot taller than the last time he'd seen her. She pushed his chair back around to face the screens and leaned over him from behind, the guard getting tingles across his skin as he felt her breath dance over him and warm his back.
"It's a little quiet down my way too... who's about tonight?" She pushed her hands onto his shoulders and began to rub his muscles and neck.
"Me, Darel, K.T, couple of newer guys, they've just come back from patrol so they'll be relaxing now. Gotta say Tani, I like this goth look you're rocking. Are those contacts in your eyes?"
"Yeah... glad you like 'em!" She stared at the screens, taking in what information she could. "Say... do you wanna try something for me?"
"I'm on duty at the moment Tani, maybe in a few hours?"
She span his chair around and perched upon his lap, wiggling her hips as she put her arm around his shoulder.
"Oh I would never pull you away from your duties... I know how crazy things get here..." she giggled cutely and watched him as he began to blush, his member beginning to harden as he felt her soft butt cheeks press against his legs. "I just want you to try something me and Mina put together, see how you feel in a few hours? Its nothing crazy, should be fun though!"
The guard seemed intrigued as he heard her pop the lid on a container and she brought her hand up to his face, two of her fingers covered in thick neon blue slime.
"Tani... if you're planning on getting me riled up so I stop by later... I don't really have the money right now..."
"Oh shush, I wouldn't charge you this time if you did pop down after your shift... not if I've been winding you up! What kind of shrewd business woman do you take me for!?" Her fake offence was followed with a dramatic rolling of her piercing eyes.
Before he could argue back too much, she brought her goo covered fingers up to his mouth, tracing the edges of his lips before gently pushing them into his maw. He lapped up the goo, sucking on her fingers and making her giggle as she pulled them free, winking at him and wiggling around on his lap again.
Quickly though, she pulled herself off him and made her way towards the door, making sure to sway her hips once more as she left.
"God dammit Tani... this shift cannot end fast enough... that stuff tasted kinda good, what was it?"
"Top secret. Can't say." She winked again, running a hand down one of her ears playfully before slowly closing the door behind her. "See you soon!"
"Yeah, see you s-soon. I uh.. I feel kinda weird..."
Like the drop of a guillotine, her playful expression ceased immediately upon turning away from the guard. She closed the door behind her quickly, grabbing the handle and twisting it sharply until the metal bent out of shape, sealing the door closed.
"~Camera's will be off in a few minutes once Plasia's goop kicks in, guards aren't due to patrol for another couple of hours yet but they'll be easy pickings in the break room if you wanna get the jump on them, waiting on your call~"
"~CORRUPT THEM ALL! SAVE SOME FRESH BODIES FOR ME! I AM LISTENING TO THEM TALK NOW, BAD-BAD-BAD-BAD, DRASTIC ACTION MAYBE-MAYBE?~"
***Back within the main security station***
"I am NOT letting you put a tracking chip on me, that is NOT the issue here!"
Several worried looking guards were tip toeing around Seeth as she argued loudly with Venner in the middle of the floor, Diego standing to her one side, Geralt and Oxyi on the other.
"And what would you say is the issue here?" Venner stood defiant and calm, even as Seeth stared down at her.
"THAT!" Seeth pointed the cell containing the corrupted rabbit, who was standing idly and staring at the group, her eyes flittering between the different members but mostly focusing on Seeth, her ears twitching as the group spoke. "She is feeding them information! This has already gone too far! Why aren't you taking this seriously?! You need to round up your men and stop this! Or hell, we'll do it!"
"What is there to stop? I don't understand what you're talking about. One drugged up prostitute is not a good enough reason to send the station into lock down." The rat shook her head, placing her hands on her hips firmly.
Before Seeth could retort, Oxyi spoke up, stepping forward towards Venner with a steely gaze.
"What did you do to her?"
"I don't know what you mean." The two met eyes, judging each-other intensely.
"Yes you do. You were eye fucking Plasia since we identified her to you, you knew what size equipment to give them before they arrived- you're screwing with us! You did something to Plasia!" Oxyi scowled as she spoke, exhaling sharply through her nose.
"That is a staunch accusation, I'd suggest holding your tongue before you say something you regret-" Venner scowled back, feeling her thigh for her taser.
"I will not! You're not taking this seriously! You're putting the entire station at risk and you've done something to one of our crew mates! I saw how you were looking at her! You wanted her in a specific room! Why would you care about that unless you were doing something to her in that room specifically?!" Oxyi let her thoughts free, causing a variety of reactions around the room, a lot of the guards seemed to agree with her.
"What the hell did you do to her?!" Diego hissed, stepping forward as well, the group slowly advancing on Venner. The guards around the room went for their weapons but weren't sure what to do and instead, urged the two parties to calm down, looking to keep the peace rather than shoot anyone.
"I didn't do a god-damn thing! You're the ones who brought this aboard the station! How am I responsible for any of it?!" Venner broke her cool composure as the group stared her down.
"Because of you, we need to execute that rabbit in the cell and all the people she's corrupted! How is Plasia staying twisted?! What did you do to her?!" Seeth raised her voice, her bellow causing several guards to shudder and point their weapons.
"E-execute?" Venner stumbled over her words, losing her aggression instantly. "Wh-what do you mean? We can cure her, can't we?!"
"No! Its over, she's already dead! She's just a tool for the enemy now! As is everyone who's been corrupted!" Seeth scowled, clenching her fists. "I need to get into those brothels immediately! I can get them to kill themselves and stop this from growing out of control."
The guards around them asked for the others to confirm if the corruption was incurable, which Geralt and Diego both nodded to, causing the atmosphere in the room to drop quite suddenly. They all turned to face the rabbit, who was staring back at all of them, open mawed and empty eyed.
"B-but she spoke... she spoke to me?" Venner looked at the group with great guilt written all over her, the tone drastically different to just a mere few seconds ago.
"She spoke...?" Seeth questioned, her mind suddenly racing.
"S-she asked where she was... I thought that would mean she was like... still with us?"
"Slaves do not speak. Please do not tell me you told her... please..."
"I pointed her towards the sign for the station.... I don't understand why this is a problem?"
