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Chapter 4 by ewong ewong

Is she dressed again, or not?

Somehow... not.

"Just...fix the damn shi-" Captain Lance began.

Zaria was waiting for the order to finish before she would warn Ray about tripping over his feet for the 1000th time and walked away. However, it seemed everyone was staring at her. Especially Mick, which made her feel uncomfortable. A chill went up her spine, and she realized the chill was all over her body.

"Is it a bit chilly in here?" Zari asked.

"Well, you definitely look chilly." Sara quipped.

"I can...warm you up, if you like..." Mick grunted, almost smiling.

"Uh, um... " Zari stammered as realization hit her.

"I'm naked, aren't I?" Zari said as she placed an arm over her chest, and a hand between her legs.

Ray and Nate nodded as Sara got a blanket to put on Zari. However, as soon as it was covering her, the same disintegrating procedure that Gideon used to destroy her clothes was being used to destroy the blanket.

"What the hell? Gideon, what do you know of this?" Sara asked.

"I have found an unusual subroutine in my databanks. It seems I am to keep Miss Tomaz naked, no matter what any of you try to do." Gideon explained.

"Who gave that dumb order?" Sara asked.

"Why, it was Miss Tomaz, Captain."

Zari blushed as her secret was revealed. However, now it created the best time to explain her other predicament.

"See, I'm caught in a time loop, and Nate realized it was like Groundhog Day. So, I've been reliving the same hour, and every time, the ship blows up. I've looked everywhere on the ship, and followed everyone to see if they were hiding anything. I've come up empty, and when I got frustrated, Nate suggested I have some fun, without any consequences." Zari explained.

"Oh, you had your partying montage?" Nate asked.

"Uh, yeah. So, I also got bored and figured, why not go naked for a while?! Didn't think it would carry to the next loop." Zari explained.

"Well, it's no use covering up now, as we've seen everything. We should get to work finding the bomb." Sara said.

"Wait, you believe me?" Zari asked, relaxing her arms at her side.

"We've dealt with some weird stuff on this ship and this is weird enough that we should take it seriously. Plus, the fact you're regretting your decision right now is punishment enough for goofing off instead of finding the bomb." Sara explained.

"Right, so I've searched the ship, stalked everyone, and came up empty. Where do you think we should look?" Zari asked.

"I bet you didn't check the trash compactor." Sara smiled.

"Trash compactor? I didn't know we had a trash compactor." Zari asked as Sara led everyone down into the bowels of the ship, where a large metal container with a hatch stood in the middle of the room.

"Well, there it is." Sara said.

Knock Knock

"And, something is in there." Sara said, as she wrenched the door open.

The packed garbage fell out of the container, as did an unexpected agent from the Time Bureau...

Who is it?

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