PNPC - Lieutenant jg TK Cabrillo - Tick Tock

[Joel Cannistraro]

((Captain's Ready Room, Deck 3, USS Ronin))

TK watched as Rox managed to get the first padd to behave and now started on the next one trying to replicate what she'd done.  

Cabrillo: ::looking around:: I would have gone with a different color scheme myself.

A padd began to beep and TK's attention to the rooms decor shifted back to Rox.

Rox:  Now what!

Cabrillo: Now what, What?

Suddenly, to his amusement one of the padds began to sing.

PADD 1: Bwam, Bwam WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT!

Rox grabbed the padd and pressed it to her abdomen drying to muffle the sound and TK almost started to laugh but stopped himself as she shifted his gaze to the doors leading to the bridge.

PADD1: whoa, whoa, whao-oh.

Rox:  Now what?  

Cabrillo: ::glaring at Rox:: Would you stop saying that. I feel like the Jack in the box is about to spring every time you do that.

Rox: This PADD won't shut up, how do I make it stop?

The look she shot him was almost comical and he would have stuck his tongue out at her if a chirp at the Ready Room doors had not drawn his attention. It was not the normal door chime, something different. TK paused, his breathing nearly stopping. Did the Captain have a warning chirp set up for when someone approached the doors. Sly but clever, giving himself a brief moment to prepare for the interruption that was coming. 

Cabrillo: (whispering) No, no, no, no 

TK moved as quickly as he could to the door and popped open the access panel. As quickly as he could move he pulled one of the isolinear chips causing the door to lock without a command prompt.

Rox: ::whispering:: Stupid thing.  

Cabrillo: (whispering) Now can I rush you?

Rox: ::whispering:: Can we still get out of here?

TK's eye brows narrowed as she shot the same look back at Rox. Thinking that whoever was out there had not yet hit the door chimes. Maybe it had been a false alarm. Maybe it was the Captain returning and now he was locked out of his office. On the other hand it could be one of the ships cleaning bots coming to tidy up. TK was not sure, all he knew if time was ticking away and on sensors there were two large birds in the Ready Room. He grinned at the thought of the look on any officer's face who saw that and tried to figure out what they were looking at.

Rox: ::whispering:: Can we still get out of here?

TK turned his head slowly and twisted slightly off center to look Rox right in the eyes. He loved Rox and her craziness but sometimes he questioned her madness and whether or not she was trying to drive him insane. 

Cabrillo: No, not now. ::beat:: We missed our window so now we have to wait.

Rox:  ::whispering:: Seriously?  I don't think we have 5 minutes.  

Cabrillo: Seriously! 

The door chime sounded again and Rox looked around the room and TK stepped back away from the door. They were about to get caught, TK's eyes darted around the room and as Rox looked for a hiding spot.

Rox: ::whispering::  We need to hide!!

Cabrillo: ::turning to Rox:: You know, now would be a great time to wiggle your nose and make us disappear or something.

TK threw a joking wink at Rox and then stuck out his tongue to provoke her a little more. If they were going to get caught it might as well be fun.

Rox: response

The door chimed a third time and TK turned towards the entrance to the bridge. One chime was maybe an oopsie. Two was unsettling but three meant someone was nosing around. It was time to go and TK knew it. He stepped quickly back over to Rox and grabbed her by the arm and pulled her close to him. 

Cabrillo: Window opens in thirty-seconds. 

Rox: response

Cabrillo: Well, if the door opens you better kiss me like you love me or start throwing stuff like you are kicking me out of your life.

Rox: response

Moments ticked by and they seemed like an eternity. TK eyed the door waiting for the inevitable capture that was coming and then as if time stood on their side, his tricorder beeped and and he slapped the recall button as fast as he could. Within a millisecond the pre-programmed sequencer locked on and began to transport TK and Rox out of the Captain's Ready Room. A brief moment of salvation washed over TK's face as the transporter beam dematerialized the two of them and took them back to safety.

((Queen Bee, Deck 09 Shuttlebay, USS Ronin))

Having escaped back to the Queen Bee, TK stepped from the transporter pad and fell into the closest chair and started laughing. 

Cabrillo: You should have seen the look on your face when I said kiss me or start throwing stuff at me. ::beat::Wish I could be the fly on the wall when all his PADDs start signing.

Rox: response

TK sat up and grinned.

Cabrillo: Still drinking those Blue Squall things?

Rox: response

[[END OF SCENE for TK Cabrillo]]

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Lieutenant jg TK Cabrillo

Engineering Officer

USS Ronin

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