Hours later, Scott left her there, asleep in the medicenter, and went to the mess to get some coffee. Now that his romantic interlude was over, he needed to get back to work. And as far as he was concerned, he had only one job to do.
Find Bern.
When he was done fixing coffee, he turned to leave for the brig...and Perseid's voice spoke over the intercom. "Corporal Scott, report to the brig. Corporal Scott to the brig."
"If you insist." Scott shrugged, sipped his coffee, and started down the corridor.
When he got to the brig, the same four guards were still posted outside--but this time, they didn't stand in his way.
In fact, the younger one grinned as he approached. "Did you finally make it to the medicenter? Did you get your surprise?"
"Yeah." Scott stopped and smiled. "It w
