A Not So Twisted Fate
Chapter 1 – The Capture
"Captain, we can't take much more of this!" Commander Riker yelled over the hubbub of the bridge. It was just like him to concern others with pointless comments.
"Right, number one. Enseign Crusher, back us out at full impulse. Master Worf, shields to maximum!"
As Captain Jean-Luc Picard continued shouting orders, a volley of responses shot back at him, mostly consisting of "yes captain!" and "minor systems failing, captain!" and "orders, captain!"
A young enseign, Reinsha, cast a terrified look in her friend Wesley Crusher's direction. He was straight faced with his wits about him, calmly backing the ship out of harm's way as he had been ordered. Reinsha, on the other hand, was utterly terrified. She had been in many simulations back at Starfleet, but this was her first real battle. She longed for the humble town in Nevada where she had been born; for the comforting embrace of her mother. How she missed the place of her birth, and her younger brother, now in his first year of training at Starfleet Academy.
She was snapped back to reality as she heard the captain shout her name. Was she being given orders? It couldn't be, this was her first day on the bridge! She was technically only here for observation purposes! She looked around quizzically, having completely missed what she was supposed to do. Lt. Commander Data leapt to her side as the bridge shook from the impact of yet another photon torpedo. She clung to him to keep from being flung across the room as he repeated to her what she had been asked by the captain to do.
"You have to secure anti-matter containment on decks 13 through 17!" He shouted over the chaos around them. Reinsha quickly darted over to the command board, skillfully tapping away at the keys until the computer confirmed that the anti-matter containment field had been secured. She collapsed next to the panel with a sigh of relief when suddenly everything blurred before her. Lt. Commander Data seemed to drift from view as her image flickered from sight. She was so confused. This couldn't be... or could it? The truth suddenly dawned on a horrified Reinsha. She was being transported!
Data quickly made use of his communicator.
"Chief O'Brian, trace all incoming transporter signals."
A reply came back in a few moments time.
"Whoever's been transported out of here is on that romulan ship now, sir."
This information computed in Data's head in one trillionth of a second.
As the commotion started to die down, Data strode quickly to the Captain's side.
"Sir, during the battle enseign Reinsha was transported to the romulan warbird."
Captain Picard stared at the image of the romulan ship growing smaller and smaller in the distance. In the eerie silence, Riker spoke up.
"Should we attempt to persue, sir?"
The reply was muffled and faint, very unlike the usually decisive captain.
"Make it so."
A/N- So what do you think? Am I being true to the characters? Too much or too little of anything? Please let me know, reviews are very much appreciated.
I'll try to add a little Q&A section down here at the bottom of each new chapter if there are any questions from the previous one.
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