Cont. chapter One
About an hour after Jack had checked her over, Terri laid down calmly in the link machine. Top scientists at Jupiter station had worked day and night the last month refurbishing and upgrading the machine. When Starfleet received word that the Na'vi people were insisting on an Avatar's use they had to pull the old machine from the Smithsonian and repair and upgrade it, so that it was compatible with Starfleet Technology. They had modified the creation process of the Avatar so that Terri could breathe both the air of the Enterprise and the atmosphere of the planet.
Jack developed the technology that allowed Terri's borg systems to regenerate while she was connected to the Avatar. Terri had a feeling that the Omaticaya people requested that she use an Avatar during the peace and defense talks because they were going to teach her the ways of their people, just as they taught, Jake Sully 200 years ago.
Terri's Avatar was currently out of it's maturation capsule and laying in a holographically created environment close to that of Pandora so that she could get used to using it before her meeting with the Omaticaya leadership the following morning.
"I really wish you would take a security team or at the very least a communicator with you." Jack said as he prepared the Machine.
"The Na'vi's conditions to meeting us were very specific." Terri said. "No technology and I am to come alone... I am only wearing civilian clothes and only taking my Bat'Leth."
"Will wouldn't have let you go alone." Jack whispered.
Terri turned away and fought back tears at the thought of her recently presumed deceased husband and first officer. William Zajac had been visiting his blood brother D'Rahg of the house of Krovaal when his brother's ship was attacked by a mysterious alien ship. The ship was presumed destroyed even though no debris matching the T'Pang's description had been found.
"He's alive, Jack, I can feel it, and after we are done with the Na'vi and the Borg, I am taking the Enterprise to search for him."
"You know what it was that attacked the T'Pang." Jack whispered.
Terri remained silent, she knew it had been the Borg that had gone after D'Rahg's ship because of the communication she still shared with the collective. Starfleet, as they had done to Jean-luc Picard on many occasions, told her that the link she had with the collective wasn't reliable enough to risk the Enterprise on a rescue mission against a Borg Tacticle cube.
"Terri..." Jack whispered. Jack was one of the few people who called her by her name instead of Ma'am or Captain. "You don't have to do this."
"Yes... I do Jack, the Borg got a hold of the Intrepid's database on the Na'vi because of me." Terri whispered. "I can't sacrifice these people just because Will is missing."
"Alright... Clear your mind, like if you were going into a Vulcan Medication." Jack smiled softly.
Terri nodded before