Sentinel pt 2

Posted on Sun Oct 16th, 2022 @ 2:56pm by Commander Antonia 'Tony" Stoffels

Mission: The Lost Brother

Soran pulled the Sargent to his feet and started the lift, The lift doors opened to reveal Commander Stoffels waiting for them. Tony was mortified but had been too frozen to do anything. Part of her greatly disapproved an another part wanted to kick the shit out of the man herself.

Soran frog marched Drew out of the lift and toward the security department, Drew's face was bruised and swollen and he was walking very stiffly. He nodded at Tony.

"The sergeant tripped when he got into the lift." He turned Drew over to a security officer that he assumed Tony had summoned.

"Ren you can't just do that! He could have you up on charges." She whispered. Right then her mother arrived.

"Commander Wagnor, you wanted to see me?" Aleck was still not in uniform.

"Yes ma'am," Soran nodded. "I'll explain everything that's going on here to you in a moment. Commander, please show the Colonel to my office."

"Yes." Tony said. "Come on, mum."

Drew didn't make eye contact with the Colonel, he allowed the security officer to take him to an interview room. Soran put the phaser back in the armory.

Soran went to his office, "I just put Moxley's pet in a cage. We're gonna have to figure out what to do about this.

"What exactly happened just now?" Aleck asked.

"Officially Sergeant Drew tripped getting into the lift and caught the fall of his face." Soran said calmly. "Contrary to what some people seem to believe I have no intention of causing more trouble than I need to. If the situation gets pressed, I have a decent case for self defence against lethal force. As for why I took a marine into custody in the first place Tony show show her the evidence."

Soran leaned back in his seat and took a slow deep breath, he was still dealing with the adrenaline rush of his last encounter. He kept his face neutral in the hopes that the ladies wouldn't notice how shaken he really was.

Tony slowly filled her mother in on what had happened in Nick's room.

"I am sorry but I am finding that hard to believe." Aleck said. "My father can be hard to handle but this doesn't sound like him."

"There's the pad that he got his thumbprint on right in front of you," Soran said. "I know that Moxley has a connection with Drew and he did have that message from him."

Aleck picked up the Padd and studied the message with a frown on her face. "Could this be a set up? I know you don't like my father, but I promise you, this is not his style. Kidnapping Nick and taking him back to the plantation to try to correct our parenting on his own is completely his style. But not this, Ren."

The door opened again and Capelly came in followed by a tall man in a major's uniform. He wore the typical marine crew cut, the blond hair greying at the temples but a not so regular moustache. All in all he oozed authority. That is to anyone not family or close friends.

"Colonel Sorrel. So good to see my chief of staff again."

Aleck froze and took on that deer in headlights look not sure how angry he was.

"It's good to see you Sir," Soran smiled. "I'll be more than happy to lay this mess in your lap."

"Hi daddy." Tony said and went to embrace her father.

Richard smiled. "You and I will talk later in private, colonel." He said to his wife. "Now fill me in on this mess, Ren."

"Of course Richard," Soran Soaring recaps what had happened and handed him the PADD. No I am willing to let you handle this, I don't have any official paperwork on the Sergeant yet. The way I see it the forgery is your business. I'm not pressing charges for assaulting me. He got ahold of my side arm so I was forced to disarm and restrain him."

Richard gave him a long look. He knew the younger man well enough to know he was being fed a lot of bullshit. Tony held her breath. "I will talk to the sergeant. Right now we have to make sure my son is as safe as he can be. Have you been able to find out who was behind the kidnapping?"

"I still think it's Moxley," Soran raised the halting hand. "Please hear me out. When he realized that the rest of the family wasn't on his side, he sent Drew with those forms. He would need the power of attorney to get him transferred to Granite's hospital. It's not just a mental facility it's also an amazing rehab center, a lot of wounded Marines were sent there during the Cardassian Border. I would be very surprised if he doesn't have connections there. They also have a high security wing, where you could easily restrict access to Nick. I wouldn't be surprised if he was planning to meet Nick there and take him to the Plantation, classic misdirection to stop us from interfering. His heart's in the right place. I just wish he'd get his head out of his ass."

There was some snickering behind him.

"Moxley has connections everywhere." Richard agreed. "I will speak with him." He rubbed the bridge of his nose with two fingers. For those who knew him a sign that he was agitated and tired. "But I meant the first kidnapping."

"Moxley won't think of this as kidnapping." He shook his, he couldn't believe he was defending the old bastard. He really did love his family, even the ones he didn't like.

"He really believes he knows best," he explained. "In his misguided way he thinks he's doing what 's best. He's from the old school and he thinks he's practicing tough love. I'm glad we're light years apart or I'd feel compelled to show him my version of tough love."

That made the Stoffels family smile or grin.

"I would like to see that." Aleck said.

"I like that you stand up to granddad." Tony said. "Right now we have to find a way to make him work with us."

"I'll leave that to the rest of you," Soran paused. "The old man will probably insist on an apology from me, that's going to happen.'

"There are moments when you are more like him then you know." Aleck observed.

"Neither of us are willing to back down when it comes to protecting our own," Soran said. "All of my family in chosen family, so that goes double for me."

"Aw Renny." Aleck said. "You are such a sweet boy."

At that point Tony just broke down in a fit of giggles.

"That's not what most of the crew think of me but I'll take it." Soran grinned, he loved the sound of Tony's laugh.


Tag

ooc a good ending? will he contact Moxley?≈ Yes ≈He doesn't have anything to say to him, he wouldn't refuse a call from Moxley though.

I think it would be a fun post :) And I dislike writing solo posts to be honest. ≈ Ok

Can you start? I think he blocked Moxley communication for a few hours?