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"Well," Rodney asked. "Who is doing the pranks?"
Radek pushed his glasses up on his nose. "I don't know"
Rodney looked confused. "I thought you said you knew who it was."
Radek ignored Rodney. "I need to get the disk. I left a camera in corridor outside quarters." He looked at the two men over his glasses. "It was tripped last night."
They looked at Radek, then each other and hurried out of the room, people jumping out of the way.
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They followed Zelenka to a room in a little used section of the city. He moved quickly to a table and pulled out a drawer. He stood there for a minute, then started digging. Sheppard got nervous when Radek pulled the drawer out and dumped it out on the table.
"Something wrong?" Rodney sounded nervous.
"Yes." Radek responded. He sounded angry. "The disk is gone." He started pulling out all of the drawers and dumping them on the table as well. Stuff started falling on the floor.
"Did you watch it before you came to tell us?"
"No." His accent was getting thicker.
"Why?" That was all that Rodney got out before John elbowed him.
Sheppard picked a couple of things and set them on the desk. "Do you have another copy?"
Zelenka took his glasses off and rested his face in his hands. "No," he said quietly. He stood there for a minute before he stood.
John slapped the smaller man on the shoulder. "That's all right. We will keep working on it."
Radek looked dejected. "I don't know how much more I can take. I just want this over. I just want to know who this is."
John smiled. "You do know that curiosity killed the cat."
Radek smiled back. "But satisfation brough her back. I will run scans and see if I can find out who took the disk."
The three men walked out together. "Is anyone else hungry? What? It has been hours since I ate."
"Hours?" JOhn responded.
"Well, I have a very delicate system. I could go into hypoglicimic shock."
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Elizabeth stepped around the corner, disk in hand. She tapped it against her hand and then slipped it into a pocket. She smiled as she headed back to her office. She thought for a moment that she was going to be caught. She nearly was. Maybe it was time for a vacation.
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Surprised? I know I was. I hope you liked it. Thank you to all of my faithful readers. She might be back. You never know.