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Something Buried #3

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"Sir?"

"Yes Mr Killian?" Captain Longström pinched the brow of his nose, feeling tired after a straight sixteen hours.

"Sir. The aft scanner array is detecting a spatial anomaly off the starboard carousel."

"Is this our buried screamer Mr Chance?"

"I believe it is Captain. If I may?" Chance pointed at the weapons station. Longström nodded. "Mr Smith? We need to put a hole in Spacetime at the coordinates Mr Killian has found."

Smith nodded. "Yes sir." He tapped on the console. "Torpedo away sir." The device sped across the space between the ship, and the anomaly. Then it flashed...

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    Neville Hunt over 6 years ago

    Exciting stuff Jeff, particularly after yesterday's space news. Eek! I'm a bit scared now :-(
    (Should it be Mr Chance in Line 6?)

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    Jeff Taylor over 6 years ago

    Yes. Well spotted Neville. I've corrected it. And thank you :)

    Sorry for not continuing sooner, what with Madame Ophelia barrelling through, and the Atlantic Jet stream (Or should I say Scream) firing storm after storm at the UK. It's been a rough week, or two, inside my head. Damnable biology. Can't wait to swap out all the neurons down my left side for some spangly new diodes ;)

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    Jeff Taylor over 6 years ago

    Thanks Drew. Hoo boy! You have no idea what's coming. Hopefully it'll put a smile on some people's faces when they realise where this is happening ;)

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    Jamie Clapperton over 6 years ago

    Yay lovely cliffhanger (Enjoying this catch up by the way) :-)

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    Jeff Taylor over 6 years ago

    Thanks Jamie, Saw that you were on catch-up drabble ;)

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