Chapter 1
"Damn it, William!" Dr. Elders exploded, glaring at the tricorder. He moved it closer to William's right leg, as if trying to physically force the readings to change, the vein in his temple throbbing stressful with every beep flowed from the device.
"How bad is it?" William asked anxiously, the hem of his shirt tucked between his chin and chest. Savin hovered at his side, the small circular protuberance above William's right thigh with a scientific intensity unnerved William, let alone very painful, he could feel the disc pressing uncomfortably against his thigh with every nervous heart beat, something that didn't belong in his body, but was differently there, lodged underneath his skin.
Since coming back from unexplored planet Star Fleet Command had sent the Deer Born to investigate strange looking cave men creatures with spears, disks and odd assortments of weapons.
"Not good!" Dr. Elders said sharply, lowering the tricorder. He pushed up the sleeves of his white under shirt irritably, the fabric clinging to his slightly damp forearm.
The air was some what heavy and still, the rock like quarry seeking through the very walls.
Dr. Elders and William had shed their outer shirts long since, as with the rest of the landing party, where Savin still fully dressed despite the heat disturbed him, ordered the science officer to remove his as well, not paying any attention to the Vulcan's mild protests, that he was well adjusted to such temperatures,
William sighed resignedly, rolling his shirt back down gingerly over his chest before absently running his hand over the tender area, feeling his heart rate push the small disk against his palm with every pulse after being removed from his upper thigh. "So how am I Doc?"
Dr. Elders pinched the bridge of his nose, along with placing a hand on his shoulder. "You'll live Captain, your going to have to take it easy for a few hours beaming back up to the Deer Born to rest, while leaving the rest of the landing party look around."
"It would seem Captain these creatures what ever they are know how to defend themselves for many years, and we need to try and communicate with them to have any further progress with the mission." Savin says quietly surveying the area.
"Come again?" William tries to understand, but with the shot from the hypo spray was making him sleepy.
It was supposed to be a simple landing party mission, There was no prior warning with the attack, when the cave men climbing down with ropes from the rocks to attack the landing party, as with William getting hit in his leg with some sort of a disc like weapon, he had just turned, when he tried to protect himself.
The initial plan was relatively clear from the start...