Chapter 2: Remi's Revenge

Remi walked down the hallway past the door that led into the cabin that she shared with the other seven officers and entered the mess hall. She walked to the drink dispenser and ordered a cup of coffee. When it dispensed, she took a seat at one of the tables and addressed the AI.

"Sonya,"

"Yes Remi," Sonya replied instantly.

"Initiate the following commands. Seal the control room door and do not allow override for ten minutes. Drop temperature in control room to minus ten degrees and hold at that temperature for five minutes then restore to normal," Remi ordered.

"Yes captain Remi, commands will be initiated immediately," Sonya answered.

I'll show them. I hope you all get goose bumps on your goose bumps, Remi thought and chuckled evilly.

The temperature began to drop radically in the control room. Soon each breath appeared as they exhaled.

"Sonya temperature is falling in control room. Diagnose problem and restore normal temperature," Stan ordered as he shivered.

"There is no problem. The captain has commanded a temperature of minus ten degrees in control room," Sonya answered.

Although Stan shared command with Remi, his command was over ground forces when they visited other planets and not over the ship itself.

"Sonya, override the captain's command and restore temperature."

"Override not accepted by order of the captain," Sonya spoke.

The temperature continued to fall. "Sonya open control room door," Stan commanded.

"Sorry Stan command not allowed by order of captain," Sonya answered.

The control room occupants were definitely not dressed properly for the minus ten-degree temperature reached. They huddled together to share their body heat as Stan addressed Sonya once more.

"Sonya we are freezing to death in here put me in contact with Remi."

"As you wish Stan."

"This is Remi," Remi said innocently when contact had been established.

"Remi we're fucking freezing our asses off open this door and let us out," Stan ordered.

"Serves you right, all of you," Remi said with a chuckle.

"Please Remi we're sorry," Stan pleaded as his teeth chattered.

"Sonya open the door and let them out and then restore temperature to normal in control room," Remi commanded.

The door irised open and the five shivering people rushed down the hallway into the mess hall and got steaming cups of coffee. They seated themselves and glared at the other occupant who was laughing uncontrollably. When their shivers had subsided and their bodies began to warm once more they first began to snicker and then joined Remi in laughter. At a hand gesture from Stan, Remi joined them and just as she was sitting down Stan rose and kissed her on the cheek.

"Touché," he said.

They were still visiting when Cecil and Katelyn walked in and joined them. They both got drinks sat down and began giving a progress report.

Katelyn who usually went by the nickname of Kate was very short only five feet nothing but she had a very feisty personality that was twice her height. She also shared her mother Suzie's wicked sense of humor. She had shoulder length brunette hair, brown eyes, and perky breasts, which although not as large as the other women's were plenty large for her small size. She wore similar eye shadow as the others but hers was brown. She also wore the same black uniform as the other women. Kate, Cecil, and the Suetros, shared the same parents in fact they called themselves Suetros also.

Cecil was taller than Kate about five feet eight inches but he was still the second shortest person of the eight beings gathered here. He had green eyes and short blonde hair. He wore the same midnight black uniform as the other males.

Stan and Remi were five feet ten inches, the two winged Suetros were six feet tall, and the two Teserain who were six and a half feet tall dwarfed all of them.

The four Suetros shared awesome powers. They were able to control and project the powers of fire, ice, and lightning. The two winged Suetros were able to morph into dragons or a large cat like creature that looked similar to a tiger although it was the size of a small horse and had green with black stripes. Kate and Cecil had the power to heal wounds and the power to teleport themselves or other objects over limited distances.

The rear one quarter of the spaceship was the power plant, which provided propulsion for the craft, and powered everything on board. The next section was the hanger, which had four small ships which would seat six and two which would seat four. The next section was the botanical, filled with plants that would provide food and oxygen. A section ahead of this was the storage and environmental controls, which housed the large contingent of robots. The final front section was for the crew. Among other things, it contained the control room, the mess hall, sleeping quarters, a gymnasium, a large swimming pool, and an entertainment area, all of this divided over five floors. A transport system ran down the center of the ship and allowed access to each section. The ship was much bigger that the giant aircraft carriers that Troy and Kurt talked about which sailed the oceans of their planet.

Cecil and Kate reported on the progress made toward the completion of the ship. The eight visited, ate supper, and then went to the entertainment room. Remi got to her feet and announced her intent to retire. As she made her way to the sleeping quarters, her thoughts filled with plans of things to accomplish tomorrow. She stopped by the showers entrance and stripped, placing her soiled clothing in the receptacle beside it. Her clothes would be cleaned, pressed, and returned to the top of her dresser automatically.