Ancient Blood
Day of Honor #1
The midshipman's voice trickled off as he paused, deeply
disturbed by what he saw out on the water.
"interrupt holoprogram, code Riker Zero One. "
Around Picard and Alexander, the old-style holoprogram slowed to
a crawl, but this time, due to its partial incompatibility with
the modern holosystem, didn't entirely freeze. A cannon puff from
out on the water groaned toward the Justina, its flash of fire
and violence slowed to a long bright yellow slash, and there it
seemed to stay.
To their right, the door to the holodeck appeared, opened, and
William Riker strode through.
"Sorry to interrupt, Captain."
"Mr. Riker," Picard sighed heavily, shaking himself back to his
other world. "Are you dead yet?"
"Yes, sir, I'm dead. Everything went as you planned. The
patroller trick was a good one, sir."
"Thank you. Alexander, why don't you go get lunch while I speak
to Mr. Riker."
Alexander glanced furtively out at the ship and the battle,
clicking along very, very slowly,then shrugged and nodded. He
started to leave, but hesitated one last moment to gaze fondly at
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