Editing The Sevant Murders (section)

===Sevant & Nishi, still Searching===

(Planet's surface - Woods, Unknown - Lt Cmdr Sevant & Lt Nishi Nakamura
- 16:20) 

Sevant came to a halt, put the rifle against his shoulder and looked around. The forest was unnaturally quiet, no insects or animals were to be heard, and there was no breeze to speak of to rustle leaves and branches. 

He reached up and tapped his badge, "Sevant to Rivers." He waited a  few seconds, "Sevant to anyone in Base camp, respond." Nothing. "We are officially out of communication," he said as he reached around and pulled out his tricorder. He flicked it on and scanned the surrounding area, then quickly looked down at it. "And, I can see no reason why." 
 
"Doesn't surprise me, this whole place doesn't seem to make sense." 

Nishi could still feel the breeze he noticed before, it wasn't as strong as before, but just as cold. He could feel it on his skin and moving his hair, yet the trees and plants around them were perfectly still. It was as if everything were frozen, no movement, no sound, except for that breeze - no wonder Zzt had found this place disturbing. 
 
He folded up the tricorder and gently put it back in the waistband holster. "We are ten to fifteen minutes from the Tower, keep your eyes open." 

Sevant moved forward again, careful to avoid branches and bushes along with dry patches of leaves and branches that would make excessive noise in his passing. He had no grown up in a forested area, this would not be his choice terrain in combat, but there were things that just could not be changed. 
 
Nishi moved with Sevant, painfully aware of how much noise they were making, moving through this frozen landscape, leaves crushed underfoot, branches that brushed them sounded out of place in this next to silent landscape. He hoped it was just the fact that he was right there causing the sounds, like scratching your ear, the sound can be heard clearly, but not by those around you. 
 
Sevant suddenly stopped again, his hand shot up in a fist and he hunched down beside a tree a moment later. He had heard a *thunk*, very instinct but far away according to his Vulcan hearing. He scanned the trees, trying to find something that looked out of place, but failed. He was just about to stand and continue when another *thunk* sounded through the trees, this time far closer. It sounded to him akin to the hollow thump that had followed Lee being thrown up against a tree by Zzt. It was defiantly an impact sound. 
 
All Nishi could hear was the noises they were making as they moved through the trees, but Sevant suddenly came to a halt, obviously alerted by something, then dropped to the ground. Vulcan's were supposed to have keener hearing than humans, Nishi didn't want to question it, or stand there and see if he could hear anything himself (although, a part of him did consider it), he dropped himself against a nearby tree. 
 
Sevant pulled his phaser up slowly, looking off into the direction he thought he had heard the sound. "Something tells me we are not welcome."

Nishi nodded, switching the safety off on his Phaser rifle, still hesitant, incase whatever was making the noise turned out to be the two missing members of their own crew. 
 
Sevant continued to scan the area, then blinked as he saw a moss-covered rock suddenly lift from the ground, and fling itself against a tree. He pointed in the direction with his phaser as another picked up, and was flung with force against a tree not ten feet from his head. "Back off..." he hissed to Nishi. 

Nishi scrambled around the back of the tree he was using as cover, trying to find an angle where he could see their attackers. He peered out into the trees, but nothing was moving, except for the rocks and branches that launched them selves at himself and Commander Sevant.
Keeping low, Nishi retreated, putting his back against the trunk of the tree for, he called out to Sevant, "Can you see them?"
 
Sevant shook his head, "We go around a different way." he said, as he pointed two fingers off to the right.

(Posted by Trout & Alister)