-Infection-

Prelude

Ensign Harry Kim sprinted down the hallway, being pursuit by four extremely fast security guards, one of which was Tuvok. They were all gaining on him, and fast. Nearly breathless, he mustered the rest of his strength to yell out to the computer.

"Computer, initiate sequence program Kim alpha!"

-Acknowledged. Secure sequence phase one, initiating. Harry turned a corner, and ripped his comm badge off his chest the moment he started to dematerialize. Tuvok and his security detail rounded the corner only to find an empty corridor and a badge laying on the carpet.

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"Tuvok to Janeway." Kathryn Janeway crossed her arms, and narrowed her eyes as she stared at the master situation monitor on the back wall of the bridge. She was monitoring the security detachments progress.

"Janeway here." She replied to the badge, and pressed a button on the panel.

"It seems he rigged the site to site transporter. He beamed out, and left his comm badge behind."

"Damn. Regroup in Engineering. I will meet you down there. Janeway out."

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Harry materialized in the starboard nacelle control room, and immediately started searching for a tricorder. He found one laying on a control panel, opened it, and keyed in his command codes. The tricorder immediately routed the computers voice to his location, in the absence of his comm badge.

-Phase one complete, initiating phase two, standby. The computer said. Harry leaned up against the wall, and hoped his plan would work.

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Janeway stormed into Engineering, her hand resting on her phaser in its holster. "Report." She commanded to Tuvok and B'Elanna, who were both standing over a panel.

"He managed to enter in a program into the main computer, and I can't isolate it. He has so many security lockouts on it, we cant even see what the program is designed to do." B'Elanna said, without looking up.

"Well we saw what part of his program did, it let him escape. How many other commands does the program have stored in it?" Janeway asked.

"No way to be sure, my guess would be several… its quite a large file." B'Elanna replied.

"Tuvok, we need to find him… now." Janeway said.

"It's not going to be easy, without his comm badge he is proving hard to track." Tuvok replied. "I am setting up the internal sensors to scan for anomalous heat readings… the scans are coming in now." Suddenly, without warning, sparks started flying from behind the warp core.

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-Phase two complete. Internal sensors have been disabled. Standing by for command to initiate phase three. The computer replied in the control room of the nacelle. Harry breathed a sigh of relief… for he had managed to take the sensors out before he was detected. He grabbed a tool kit and quickly went to work, for he knew he didn't have much time left.

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"Damn!" Torres yelled in fury over the destroyed sensory array. "How the hell did he do that?"

"Because he's the best damn ops officer in Starfleet," Janeway said dryly, staring blankly at her tricorder in her hand. "and its our job to retire him." She finished, tapping her hands on the console next to her. "Find him, now."