Fight or Flight

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Eagle assisted the older man to his feet to take him to where he was to show the team some data they may find interesting.

 

The man lightened up somewhat in his demeanor. "Thank ya bud. It's hard to beleive that they don't like

listening to their people. If they did, it would never have gotten that bad."

 

Looking over at Kat, Eagle asked the old man if he would please allow her give him a medical scan. "She is one of our doctors sir. Please allow her to look at you."

 

The old man snapped back at Eagle as he looked between he and Kat. "Look sonny, I'm just fine. I don't need a young whippersnapper like you telling me what I need to do or have done. If you want to see what Is here, then stop pestering me to be treated by this little kid and her freind." The man points to Kat and towards the door where Samantha had left a few minutes earlier. "Now are we going to go or not?"

 

Looking at the old man, Eagle then asked the old man "What do you prefer to be called sir??. We would like to call you by name instead of Sir."

 

The old man looked oddly at Eagle and then decided that giving him a name, any name would do. If he gave him his real name they may tell someone where he was. He didn't want anyone to know his real name to track him down. "Sonny, you can call me Ken. I'll answer to that."

 

"Very well Ken. As was stated before I am Eagle, Or you may call me James. This is my team member Katherine." He stated as he pointed to Swan. "Shall we go?" he asks pointing to the door opening.

 

"Yes, we can go." The old man starts moving towards the door.

 

Katherine just stands there and listens, not sure how to work with this type of circumstances.

 

Eagle looks at Kat, "Do you have any of that water left?" He asks grinning, smiling and closely watching Ken walk to the door.

 

Kat looks to Eagle oddly and then answers. "Yes Sir I do. I have a small flask in my med bag." She opens her kit and pulls out the small flask and hands it to him. "There you go."

 

Eagle took the bottle of water offered as he followed Ken, and spoke to the old man after he had taken a sip. "Water Ken?"

 

The old man looked back to Eagle and Katherine in the doorway. "No I am fine. If you want answers, stop doddeling and follow me. I will not have you holding me up so I will be captu.. I mean I

dont want them knowing where I am. Now let's move." He then exits the door and rounds a corner.

 

Rounding the corner with Ken, Eagle and Katherine stayed close to him. "Ken I was not wasting time to see you captured old soldier or should I say Sargent. All is well you have nothing to fear from us. We will be joined shortly by the rest of our team so please do not blow a fuse ok?"

 

Ken turns around suddenly, almost being pushed by the two that were following. "Look sonny, I was higher than a Sargent in my field and as far as blowing a fuse, I can hold my tempter. Lets hope you can as

well." The old man had an angry look on his face to be called anything lower than the rank he had worked so hard to make before all happened, landing him here.

 

Kat stops almost as suddenly as Ken did just barely keeping from running into the old man.

 

Chuckling to himself as he followed and looking at Kat. I thought that might get a rise from him. He is military or at least was, probably some kind of underground or some type of resistance fighter, I would estimate. We could learn reams of knowledge from him that a tricorder and a month wouldn't find."

 

Ken moves towards the back of the building they were all in and moves up to a wall that looks to be solid. He then places his hand on a figure and a door moves enough to barely allow him and the others to pass

by. The door closes behind the group and the old man turns, "I was military yes, but there's a lot more to this than it looks sonny. As far as getting a rise out of me, How would you like being called a rank way below the one you had taken 30 years to gain. I think you might also have a problem with that. NOW If you want to see what I have, I advise you to show a bit more respect or you will be shown nothing."

Edited February 29, 2008 by Katherine_Swan