Author's Note: I do not own any of the characters of Star Trek: Enterprise. They belong to the creators of the show and to Paramount and or Viacom itself.

Hello everyone. I know it's been awhile, but here is another fan fiction that I wrote for Enterprise after the show had ended a few years ago. This story includes the Challenger crew, who we met in the other fan fiction I wrote "Where Help is Needed Most." This is sort of a Halloween/horror story that attempts to turn both crews against each other. Enjoy!

Enterprise: The Fear Within

Prologue

Footsteps pounded on the cold, steel floors. Two shadows danced on the walls. Another came not too far behind them.

"C'mon, move!" Commander Charles "Trip" Tucker III yelled. His eyes were wide with fear as he looked back to his companion and further back to his pursuer.

His companion, the Captain of the Challenger, stared into his eyes, the same look of fear in them. Her brown hair flailed as she ran, her breath was heavy and the sweat ran down her brow.

"Trip!" she yelled. "We have to stop him! We can't keep running!"

"We stop and he'll take us out," he panted. "Ya know if he does, we can't save 'em, any of 'em." He wiped the sweat of his brow on his arm.

"Trip, let's go," the Captain told him. She grabbed his arm and dragged him towards the nearest corridor.

They pressed their backs against a wall. Their pursuer ran past them. Trip and the Captain held their breaths and kept quiet. They began to reminisce on the past three days and what drove both of the crews to the madness that had gripped everyone, leaving both ships at the mercy of space.

End of Prologue