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[At 2:15AM, the journals suddenly blare out an alarm, followed by this message.]

EMERGENCY. EMERGENCY. This is an emergency.

The following occupants of the Luceti enclosure must report to the teleporters in twenty minutes. You are required as reinforcements in Region 13. Bring all necessary armaments with you. You will be teleported directly into combat.

Anyone who fails to comply will be forcibly escorted to the teleporters by droids.

This is not a drill. I repeat: this is not a drill. You have twenty minutes.

[The message repeats twice more, the alarm continuing until the twenty minutes has elapsed. No questions will be answered.]

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You know, we have got to stop meeting like this.

_{[ Joking. Making light. Hiding behind false smiles, his eyes not reflecting his attempt at mirth. He was serious, inside, but for the moment he needed his shields, his own reassurances because honestly they had no idea what would face them on the other side.

He really hated going in blind. ]}

It would be nice.

[He looks Kirk over. Weapons? Supplies?] I trust this not at all. They have never before put us on such short notice.

_{[ What he could find on short notice. His phaser, basic supplies for
survival - he guessed. For all he knew they could end up in the frozen
wastelands or something. Other than that, no weapon. He wasn't exactly a
sword master. ]}

I know. That's kind of the worrying part. They've never struck me as the type to improvise in our favor.

Oh, if they are calling us like this, they are truly desperate. And dumping us directly into combat. I suspect it shall not be at all pretty.

I can always count on you for that ray of sunshine.

_{[ But he knew what Loki said was true, and expecting anything else was
basically signing your own death warrant. ]}

Cockiness can wait until we've seen the battlefield.

_{[ He nodded, understanding, and glanced at the machines and licked his
lips. Muscles twitched, anxiety touching him again as he contemplated what
could be on the other side. ]}

Here's hoping they want us for more than cannon fodder.

I'd say they're not that big of idiots, but I don't believe that in the slightest.

[He smiles sharply.] There war is not mine. My interest is first survival. I suggest you have the same approach.

_{[ He looked at him, and he wanted to say he would agree, but he wasn't
sure. He didn't know what was on the other side. Right now he did think of
it as survival. He did think of it as needing to make it through as many
days as he had to and then come home.}

But if people needed help on the other side, he was going to give it. ]

Well, like you said, we don't know what's on the other side yet.

Focus.

[He glances toward the end of the hall. Sounds like they're about to move out.]

First. Always. Try not to do anything silly.

Ah, now, that might be asking to much of me, Loki. Have my back?

_{[ He looked at him as he adjusted his things, ready to move out.
]}

I'm a very demanding god.

Fear not. I shall keep an eye on it. I'd hate to see your pretty skin scratched.

_{[ He snorted and shook his head. ]}

You and probably one other, so I'll take it.

Before battle is no time to sound piteous.

It's the perfect time, isn't it? I guess I'm still wishing I was tucked back in bed. The wake-up call wasn't exactly song-birds.

Whine too loudly and it will attract the attention of the enemy.

Let me get it all out now so I don't do that wherever we end up. I'll make it up to you later.

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