Subject: She was right. It's adorable. ((Ficlet))
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Posted on: 2017-09-14 11:26:00 UTC

[BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP]

[beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep]

Agent Kaitlyn looked up from her book. “Did you hear something?”

Hand still on the red button, Selene rolled her eyes ceilingward. “It’s called a console, Kaitlyn. Remember?”

“Har har.” Kaitlyn found her bookmark and got to her feet. “But seriously, there was a second beep – you heard that, right?”

“Maybe it was an echo,” Selene suggested, tabbing through to the mission details. “Wouldn’t surprise me in this place. Right, looks like we’re heading to-“

“It wasn’t an echo,” Kaitlyn interrupted, frowning. “It came from…” She knelt down and peered under the table.

Selene sighed. “I’ll just sort it out myself, then.”

There was a thud from the table, and then, “Ow. Selene, there’s a thing under here.”

“I’d imagine there is,” Selene agreed. “Probably lots of things. Is it a) alive, b) threatening, or c) amusing?”

Kaitlyn crawled back out and got to her feet. “See for yourself,” she said, dusting herself off.

Selene gave her a level look. “I’m not doing that.”

“Yeah, you are.” Kaitlyn grinned. “It may take a bit of persuasion, but you’ll-“

[beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep]

Selene grumbled and tapped the button again, but the tone carried on for several seconds. When it stopped, she sighed, got to her feet, and walked over.

Kaitlyn beamed at her. “Told you.”

Muttering to herself, Selene bend down and looked into the darkness. There was a long pause, and then she glanced back at her partner. “There’s nothing there.”

Kaitlyn arched an eyebrow. "Yeah there is."

"No," said Selene, standing up, "there isn't."

"There is," Kaitlyn insisted. "It was a little silver box covered in lights. It looked kind of like a console, but… small."

The vampire shrugged. "A reflection, maybe?" she suggested, glancing around. Her gaze lighted on the far corner of the room. "Or… Kaitlyn, are you sure you were looking the right way?"

Kaitlyn snorted. "Well, obviousl- how did it get there?"

She stalked across the room, scowling her finest scowl. The device huddled between a bookshelf and a weapons cabinet did indeed look much like a console; its chrome surfaces gleamed, and the main screen was lit by a pulsating glow.

"This," Kaitlyn said, jabbing a finger at it, "wasn't here. It was under the table."

Selene shook her head, smiling slightly. "How long has it been since you've slept?" she asked. "You can't run on mushroom fumes forever."

"Cheeky." Kaitlyn squatted down and peered at the console. "It's got real buttons and everything. What do you think it is?"

"Probably another DIA monitoring device," Selene said, wandering over. "Can we get on with our mission? We don't want the Hyacinth on our-"

[beep]

Kaitlyn swung back around, pointing an accusing finger at the device. "It beeped! You heard that, right?"

"Obviously." Selene bent over the miniature console. "Perhaps a warning against getting too close?"

"I was closer than this under the table," Kaitlyn disagreed, "and it-"

[beep]

"Stop that!" She glowered at the device. "I'd swear it's deliberately interrup-"

[beep]

"Oh come on!"

Selene sighed and turned away. "Whatever it is, it can wait," she said. "Mission. Come on."

Kaitlyn gave the miniature console one last deeply suspicious look, then got to her feet. "I suppose you're right," she said, walking back towards the main console. "It's going to bug me all mission, though. I wonder who put it th-"

[beeeeeeeeeeep]

"Oh, quiet, you." Kaitlyn glanced over her shoulder, and her eyes widened. "Hey. Hey! Where--? Selene, where'd it go?"




^_^

(This story is canon to Kaitlyn and Selene's timeline, though if mini-consoles don't get used, it's just a weird thing they encountered.)

hS

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