Three hours later, Kara (and Marcus) arrive at Newark.
Jumping from Bretonia to Liberty in such a hurry... What's she doing here? were Marcus' thoughts as he exited the shuttle in a subtle manner and quickly moved away to avoid getting seen by the Highlander.
Kara came out and ran towards the corridor to find a place to change. After getting herself sorted out, she came back to the Docking bay and walked to a communications panel. She called towards the Philadelphia and announced that she's ready for pick-up. Meanwhile Marcus kept following her at a safe distance.
Soon , after Eve was almost ready a transmission from Kara telling them she i ready for pick-up.
*Henry, send a Avanger to pick Kara to us and then sedn her to my room.Please?*
*Will be done mam---Then he yelled at the other and said----**You heard her move it and bring the Bretonian lady in...Faster**.
While she was wating for Kara, she decied to hav her to be the first to see her i the dress and all the accessories. She was having emotions.. But she was sure that Kara will be helping her ...
*Ok , ok everybody out , untill Kara arrives and I and her get out of this room , nobody enters , death or alive. Did i maked my self clear?*
*Yes, Eve!*
Now she was wating and in the meen time she decied to put the dress on her...
After seeing her ride is ready, the Highlander quickly entered the vessel and took a seat.
"Lovely outfit, ma'am." - the pilot remarked, while she simply smiled and kept quiet, waiting for the take-off.
Marcus on the other end wasn't sure what to do. He noticed she had changed her clothes, obviously for something important, and he was more than determined to find out at least what exactly is going on. No way he would lose the opportunity to tell Maverick about this kind of story, but the issue was how to continue the chase. Eventually he figured he had nothing to lose if he just tried to pass as a mechanic. He took his 15th patch from his shoulder to avoid any attention and moved towards the Avenger.
"Yo - Officer! Your tail wing seems to leak; want me to check it out?" - he asked with a firm voice, just as the pilot was preparing to start the engines. "What? ... No time to waste. I have to take this lady back to the cap quickly." "How 'bout I come with ya then? I'll at least make sure you don't lose that wing during this flight. And i've been looking forward to see the bays of a cap for some time now anyway." - Marcus replied with a chuckle at the end. "Fine then - hop in the cargo hold."
Thus, he managed to trick the pilot and continue to follow Kara right under her nose. In a matter of minutes, they were both on-board the Philadelphia. .
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LNS-Philadelphia - Deck IV
Kara came out of the Avenger in a lovely pale-yellow dress and an assorted scarf, amazingly undamaged, even after all the pacing around. Sighing in relief, she looked around, trying to shake off any sign of tension.
"This way, ma'am." - an officer stated, pointing the way towards Evelyn's quarters. With no delay, Kara followed the man, while Marcus was just exiting the Avenger's hold.
Since he pretended to be looking at the wing's wiring during the flight, the pilot didn't pay much attention now and Marcus slipped by. Now he had to find a way past the guards.
A few minutes later, Kara arrives to Kairos' room and knocks "You there, Firebird?" .
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Then while she was in the middle of arragin her hair in the requested pony-tail somebody knocked at tthe door , then she knew who was.
*Yeah..Entre..Press the big Purple button next to the door...I am in the middle of making my hair...*Shouted she from theother side of the door. Then Kara enterd and Eve was shocked at her outfit...
*You look so good, hope the officers were nice to you .. they have some lacks on manners....Sorry if anyany one of them has mistreaed you...*Said she worried
After Eve was done with her hair she decied to go and change her outfit ith the dress.
She was hoping Kara is gonna like it
After entering the room, Kara showed her usual smile and replied to Evelyn's compliment "Thank you, the same goes for you. I'm eager to see you in that dress though. And no, the officers were quite alright."
LNS Philadelphia - Deck III
Meanwhile, Marcus saw the opportunity to go into an elevator, eventually reaching Deck III. Moving as silently as he could around empty corridors, he eventually noticed more and more people were starting to come on the ship dressed in rather fancy clothes. So it's a party... - he realized. Knowing what's going on to some extent, he now had to find where was the party being held, so he tailed one of the guests, not knowing he'd end up in the same section as the ship's captain.
While Drew was getting ready to join the guest he decied to take a short trip around the ship to make sure all is fine and they are safe...But soon he ended up in the same room with a young man....
*You there, stop where you are...You seem like a new face here.....*Then he decied to check him from guns or everything that can hurt the guests...But he found something rather intrigating to him....*Hmmm...This is a Colonial Republic Patch, if i am not mistaking......Haha, and you now i will take you the punishment place**He grinns**...Then Drew looked at oe fo the guards and maked him a sign to where to take him...
On the other side... Eve decide to go to the other room and get the dress on her...Now she was expecting Kara's reaction...
*Voila , madame.....This is the dress, and to me looks grate and suits me perfectly.*
"Gods! You look fantastic." Kara began with a small gasp. "I'm glad it fits you. Now how about you dazzle the other guests too?" she chuckled and pointed towards the door, as the party was probably about to get started.
LNS Philadelphia - Deck III
"That's military property. Take your hands off of it." Marcus grunted, grasping his 15th patch and putting it back in his jacket's pocket. Still, he couldn't do much until one of the guards came and took him by the arm to pull him trough one of the corridors.
Great job, Moonbeam... what now? he was wondering.
Soon while Eve and Kara where ready to join the guests , at the door a big black guard knocked.
*Excuse me mam', i have somethign here from Capitain Blake, he told me to send him to you and miss Kara*
*Ok..Bring him in.. and you are dissmised Frank ... Put a cute texudo and join the party , well you cant get there dreesed in the Army uniform...Dismiss.*
*Yes mam' on my way!*Shouted proudly the guard.
Then thought the door , steped a scared like man , more Eve was sure Drew maked fun of him and told him only bad things.....
*Identfy yourself...And more how did you got inside*Said Eve with a superior tone. *Do you know this guy Kara?*
As soon as Marcus entered the room and the two looked at him, he wasn't really sure what was going on. He was expecting some sort of jail-time and then he would get sent back to Coronado, but surely not being brought to the person he chased.
Kara replied to Evelyn's question "I'm not entirely sure... although his face seems familiar. The jacket is awfully like the ones the 15th use though." then she turned to him and continued "You're a Hell's Angel, lad?"
"Eh... yes, miss." he responded slowly. "Then it makes sense. I did hear you folks are laid-back and frequently disobey conduit... but didn't really believe it until now. Either way, i guess there's not much to do now. I'll send a comm. to Pecos to have you taken back to Coronado and face your superiors. I'm pretty sure you weren't authorised for a trip to Liberty." Kara's voice was sharp and echoed into Marcus' ears. Then a short moment of silence ensued.