Chapter 2

Temple of Boreth

M'lar paced back and forth in front of her father who sat stoically calm on his dais looking down at her. She was building herself into a pretty hot temper tantrum and he waited for the blast of heat from her argument. He folded his elbow on his chair and rested his chin on his palm. He knew there was the first and initial denial of wanting to do something she was totally against, then there was the argument for her not to do it and finally there was the harrumph of final frustration because she was helpless not to do what he wanted her to do. She postured her body before him heaved her breasts then nodded. "Fine, send me away, don't tell me why and just expect me to not resent the shit out of this whole debacle you have created because of your need to show your power." She turned totally dumbfounding her father.

Standing quickly he shouted, "M'LAR! COME BACK HERE." She continued on out of the room and down the hallway allowing her father to bellow his demands she returned to his chambers immediately. She had just done the unexpected, she had given in and he was not prepared for this new mature attitude. Stomping down the stairs of his dais, he got to the hallway and began to follow her down the hallway when a sudden bright flash of light two figures appeared on either side of M'lar. Both were dressed in a translucent silver and black type of uniform that made their bodies appear to shimmer and glow. T'L'th watched in stunned silence as they shot a bright ray into her body, caught her body as it fell into the arms of one of them and as quick they had disappeared. 'GUARDS!" T'L'th began to shout for his guard and M'lar's guard.

"TORK! DOVKA!" He ran to the last place he had seen M'lar before she was taken. K'Ter'r was coming down the hallway hearing the Supreme Cleric shouting and paused watching the supreme cleric nearly mad with rage turned to him. 'GO AFTER HER YOU FOOL! SHE HAS BEEN TAKEN!" He shoved K'Ter'r away from him and turned rushing back to his inner chambers. Followed by a contingent of guards following behind him.

"Okay twerp what the hell just happened?" K'Ter'r was more than confused. Far took control of his body, turned him and walked to the spot where M'lar was taken.

"I suggest sir we get to the Havoq and I should be able to track them." The words were in his mind. However, through his eyes he could see the translucent field of energy that had been left behind by the kidnappers. "We follow that energy signal and we will be able to track M'lar. But it dissipates quickly so we must hurry, may I continue to use your body to do what I do best?" K'Ter'r heaved his own resignation to the inevitable by allowing his symbiotic life form use of his body to track where the kidnappers had taken T'L'th's daughter .

On board the Havoq

"Yes, sure, come on lets go twerp before we loose the trail." Hitting his badge he was immediately transported to his ship and the command chair. To the amazement of his green crew they watched the captain immediately take control of the science station and began to run his fingers quickly over the panels and looking at the readings, then stepping to the navigation station he began to plot a tracking course walking to the command chair he ordered the ship to be cloaked. The sensors activated the ship disappeared from normal view and was no in stealth and cloaked mode. Turning in his chair he spoke abruptly, "Follow that neutron field."

Far was now in control of K'Ter'r and was using his voice to give orders to the crew. They stood back watching their captain and not questioning him or his actions, something told them that he was no longer in control but they kept their thoughts to themselves while they took back their consoles and looked at what he had done. Glancing up at the star field in front of them, they wondered how he was able to send out a sensor that could enhance the oddly colored field of energy they were now following. In silence they watched and they waited, they knew that if anything they would learn something new.

Aboard the shuttle "Iw Cha'nob

HmfiC secured his prisoner in the stasis pod, sat down and waited for Bi'Anka to join him. Setting his course in the nav-com he set back and watched the surrounding area. He was growing impatient when he heard the rear of the shuttle activate and the door opened to allow Bi'Anka covered in blood to enter. Peeling off her uniform she quickly redressed in her dark stealth suit. HmfiC secured the back of the shuttle. Activating the take off sequence for the shuttle he walked over to check on Ce'Zar one more time when he felt the area around him grow cold, his hair on his arms stood and he spun in time to see two figures appear on either side of Bi'Anka, stun her with some kind of weapon grab her and disappear.

The air around him had turned blue with his own Klingon epitaphs as he rushed to the last location of his partner's appearance and felt the residue of energy surround his body. Growling low he walked back to his communications panel and began to send out a coded message to T'L'th notifying him of what just happened, when his transmission was interrupted by disrupter fire from the ground. Taking off he set his shuttle to warp 1 speed and disappeared from the surface heading back to his ship that T'L'th had given to him and Bi'Anka for their use. He did not know what was going on. One thing he did know he would know by the end of this mission. He was not happy as he made his way back to their limited manned ship.

On board the Le' Bortas

Tormaq waited for his commander to arrive in the shuttle bay he was accompanied by the second in command Qavat, they stood uneasy to tell their commander what orders had just been received by the Supreme Cleric himself. When HmfiC exited without Bi'Anka and they saw the look on his face they knew that the crew was in for a hard time. "My Lord HmfiC we have just received new orders from Boreth, the Supreme Cleric T'L'th is wanting you or Lady Bi'Anka to contact him immediately. " The look HmfiC shot at him would have made a lesser warrior tremble. He swallowed hard looking to see if Bi'Anka was coming behind him.

"Secure the prisoner in the prison cell, leave him in stasis. I will be in my quarters, Lady Bi'Anka has been taken." He said nothing more and continued to walk through the pneumatic door, Tormaq followed after instructing Qavat to see to the prisoner, he double timed his steps to catch up with his commander.

"My Lord HmfiC what do you mean she had been taken." HmfiC turned and back handed the second in command sending his flying back and hitting the wall to slide down to the floor. Stopping HmfiC ducked his chin took a deep breath and spoke low.

"I believe I made my words plainly understood Tormaq, two unknowns appeared on the shuttle, and secured Lady Bi'Anka and disappeared. I need to try and follow her signature if we can and I don't need distractions." He turned and watched Tormaq lift his body form the floor and stood shaking his shoulder.

"The reason the cleric has called us back is because two unknowns took M'lar. He needs us all to try and locate her." HmfiC felt as if he had been gut punched. Tormaq watched with open trepidation as HmfiC rushed towards him grabbed him by his uniform and slam him against the wall.

"What did you say?" He stepped in close going almost nose-to-nose glared at the second in command's face, his breath was hot with anger as he snarled his question. He would have felt sorry for his second in command but to make a strong warrior you had to expect this kind of temper from your commander.

"I said the High Cleric has been taken, we have to return to try and locate her, she was kidnapped in front of the Cleric while in temple." He spoke softly his breath against HmfiC's face. HmfiC shoved his second in command back to the wall, turned with a look of undefined anger that was burning hot through his body. He wanted to kill something so it was a good thing Ce'Zar was locked up in stasis.

"Follow me and hurry up." He growled and continued down the hallway to the turbo lift and to his floor of his quarters. Not waiting to see if Tormaq had followed he entered his quarters and went directly to his communications console, tapping in his security codes to a secured channel he waited and then T'L'th's agitated and anger filled features appeared on screen.

"Took you long enough to get back with me." He grumbled, in the background he could see Ashira pacing back and forth filled with anxiety. "I suppose you know what has happened?"

HmfiC nodded he wanted to hear about this before he told him about Bi'Anka. "We were having an argument she left the chambers of judgment and I followed and then . . . I have transmitted the vid recording of the whole situation as it unfolded." HmfiC shifted his fingers to the vid and on another console watched the abduction of the cleric and his frown deepened. They were the same that had come and taken Bi'Anka. "I have an alert out to Janae, and his crew but have not heard anything from them."

"What about K'Ter'r? Does he know?" HmfiC was stalling he could see that if the cleric was taken and her personal bodyguard it might have been retaliation from Daedalus. If that were the case he would be vying for the same thing GowRon. This could get messy. He watched his leader get a scowl and he did pity K'Ter'r for warranting such a look from T'L'th.

"I heard he took off in his ship and we have heard nothing from him since he disappeared. Where is Bi'Anka?" There it was the question he had dreaded was coming and now he had to answer. Taking a slow steady breath he looked down and then up and nailed his gaze to the cleric's. When he took that look he noted that Aisha had been pacing in the rear and now she stopped and was riveted to the screen looking at HmfiC she knew by the look before T'L'th and she slumped down in the chair next to her life mate.

Burying her face in her hands she moaned softly, "No, no, no, not her too! What the hell is going on?" She looked up and pinned her own gaze to HmfiC. T'L'th turned and reached for one of her hands and squeezed it he too wanted to know what was going on.

"My Lord, I don't know what is going on, I do know that we had just secured the oldest son and a brother to Daedalus, and then these two appeared stunned Bi'Anka and took her with them. I came back here immediately." He was feeling angry. He felt he had been caught with his pants down and now he had to tell his Lord, the Supreme Cleric that someone was able to get the High Cleric's lead bodyguard from him. He looked down at the panel he could no longer face the accusing look that Aisha was darting at him from behind her husband.

"Do you think that mongrel is behind this?" T'L'th's voice had dropped low and was near a growl as he thought about the coordinated attack on his house. He watched HmfiC consider his question the look up.

"I don't know but before I get back to Boreth, you will understand this much my Lord T'L'th I will know." He turned to his second in command. "Find K'Ter'r locate him and have him meet with me at a location near wherever he is." Tormaq saluted his commander turned sharply and left the room. "I promise you I will find them both and return them unharmed back to your location my Lord." He stood and bowed to T'L'th and watched the screen go black. Slumping down in his chair; HmFiC leaned back and rubbed his hand over her face and sighed deeply. He just needed a starting point.

Planet Abbrath

Clinical Observation Lab 1

The two male tracers appeared inside the lab holding M'lar over their shoulder, walking to the specimen table they flopped her on the slab and stood back as an army of techs stepped in around her disrobing her and draping her in a silver sensor blanket. The techs held in their hands sensor slips and their fingers were running over there science discs. The mauve haired one walked into the room and took up her position at the head of the table, removing her gloves she laid her fingertips to M'lar's temples and closed her eyes. At first there was no reaction. Mauve colored eyelashes flew wide and her eyes glowed with an intensity and she smiled, nodding her head she turned to those around her and they held up their padds and began to absorb what she was projecting to them from what she was receiving from M'lar. The little sensor padds began to glow and the data began to flow.

This exam lasted for approximately an hour when a blip appeared and two more procurers arrived with Bi'Anka, as they had done with M'lar, they did the same with Bi'Anka and once again another mauve haired one entered the room and she like the first one did the same as before a new team of techs entered with their padds and began to collect the data as they had done from M'lar. This time the excitement level was more intense and the chatter was becoming a buzz in the room as they collected the emotional readings from both women. After they had collected the data they had been searching for, the two teams left the room and a second set of drone like beings entered the room and dressed both women in form fitting silver sensor suits.

Once they were dressed, the drones left the room and both women were then monitored from another room. A door opened and Janae was escorted into the room and left. He looked from Bi'Anka to M'lar and sighed and rolled his eyes. "Oh no you did not do this!" He shouted to the ceiling and looked to the booth at the observers. "What are you trying to do? Do you want to start a riot?" He shouted frustrated and angry. "Look I did not sign up for this and you have no idea what you are about to unleash on your planet if the cleric finds out you are the ones that kidnapped his daughter!" He was ranting and raving when the door slid open and BAMSU10299 entered the room. Appearing to have formed a personality of sorts he smiled looking from M'lar to Bi'Anka.

"You know we should reward you for these two. We have gained so much more emotional values from these new specimens that we have been able to inflect over 10,000 of our kind to give them the experience of feelings. That one is very intelligent and very talented." He pointed to M'lar. He walked to Bi'Anka and gently stroked her face and immediately felt his hand grabbed and he was summarily twisted over the table and thrown against the wall.

Bi'Anka jumped off the table and took up a guarded position over M'lar. "I should have known you were behind this. Have they hurt her?" She growled never taking her eyes from the male she had just tossed across the room. She was curious watching him react to the experience of having just receiving something painful. She would have expected him to charge her but instead he stood up sighed and smiled closed his eyes. The reaction he had received from being tossed was them transmitted mentally to those in the booth. They too were now affected and they each reacted differently than he did at first it was a grimace then a yowl and then laughter erupted from behind the screen.

BAMSU10299 looked at Janae, "They want you and her to fight." He spoke as if it were a clinical experiment. He waited to see what would happen and Janae backed up, raising his palms up he shook his head.

"No, no , no way in hell would I go against her, if you want to experience a fight with her, bring one of your armed units in here and let them fight her, you might find it surprising how she fights." Janae stepped back and once again noted how they were absorbing his reaction to their request and his own emotional response of being overly cautious to not engage Bi'Anka.

Bi'Anka growled low, "What is this place?" She asked and began to look from her quarry to Janae. Both reacted to the soft moan M'lar muttered as she began to come from her comatose position. Both turned with concern and watched anxiously as she lifted her hand to her forehead and then slowly sat up. All eyes were on the reaction of the two other beings to the newly awaken one. The female warrior immediately took up protective but submissive position at her side. The male looked with concern at her reaction to her new situation. When he saw she was unharmed her relaxed and waited for her to recognize him.

"Janae?" She spoke his name confused and curious. "Where are we and why are we here?" Her voice had grown stronger with each word she had spoken and once again there was a bevy of activity as more joined the observers in the booth overhead watching them.

Janae folded his arms over his chest and sighed deeply. "Welcome to Abarrath and I fear we have become guests of this society because they wish to experience emotions something apparently they have been devoid of for some centuries and through us they are beginning to find out what it is to have emotions."

M'lar moaned, "Are they Vulcan?" She asked confused and pushed her hair from her face. Sliding to a standing position she leaned against the table on which she had lain. "If they are Vulcans I may be tempted to shoot them myself." She muttered softly having never understood divorcing emotions to obtain pure logic, which robbed the species of a lot.

Bi'Anka supported her mistress and spoke softly, "They are definitely not Vulcan mistress, they are some kind of odd looking humanoid being that would almost give the appearance of being some type of android type homid."

M'lar finally lifted her chin and turned looking at those in the booth and frowned. She could hear their thoughts although they were not Klingon. It was very unnerving with all their technical speak now flooding her mind. Closing her eyes she took a deep breath and tried to block them out. When one of them realized she could hear them, as suddenly as it was possible to hear them mentally their thoughts were now blocked from her. "She can hear us. Block her now!" That had been said out loud and suddenly she was able to block them from her mind or they were blocking her from their minds. Either way she was now at peace with her surroundings.

Bi'Anka tensed as the BASMU10299 turned and looked curiously at M'lar. He nodded and the door opened and five combat ready units entered the room. "Take her to Clinical Exam Lab Five on the sixth level."

Bi'Anka squared off against the five males and she smiled. M'lar stood next to Bi'Anka, "Leave me at least two." Janae rolled his eyes and stepped back to lean against the wall and fold his arms over his chest and crossed his ankles.

"I don't think they realize they are about to be hurt." He muttered to the BASMU10299, whom Janae had began to call Buddy. 'Buddy' walked to stand as Janae and assumed the same position as Janae.

"The purpose of this stance and the reason?" He asked cordially his whole attitude very much like Janae's.

"To get comfortable for the show. The Volkarian Wolf she bitch; is about to go all old school on your boys. I hope they don't break easy." He spoke under his breath and speaking from the side of his mouth to 'Buddy.'

"I see, well those units are actually synthetic droids with limited intelligence and they were programed to be combat ready. They will not feel pain but will fight until they are no longer able." The way it was said made Janae think he was not worried about his units. He did however lean into Janae and asked softly.

"Will they be all right?"Nodding his head to M'lar and Bi'Anka. He titled his head and watched and then pushed from the wall. Bi'Anka's eyes began to glow yellow, with twin peaks of red hinting at the pupils of her eyes, standing next to M'lar she shifted her stance and began to walk forward and with each step she took she began to shape shift and turn into a two legged female wolf, now standing next to her mistress snarling.

"Remember Bi'Anka, leave me two of them you can have three." M'lar rushed past Bi'Anka and used her forward momentum to propel herself over the two exam beds and landed feet into the chest of the first combat droid. Knocking him backwards into the wall. Flipping her body around she came in low for a punch to the mid section of the male standing next to the one she just decked.

Keeping her attention on her two, she knew that by now Bi'Anka was now in full wolf form and had launched her body at the three M'lar had left her. The combat ready units had been prepared to fight but not a wolf, one had lifted his arm weapon and fired at Bi'Anka who had dodged the weapon fire, grabbed his hand and ripped it from his body. Turning she launched herself at the remaining two.

Janae and 'Buddy' stood and watched, when the one fired on Bi'Anka Janae had pushed from the wall to feel his arm grabbed. "They will be stunned only we do not wish to harm the two most emotionally volatile females. We have been able to infect so many with just a small amount of their emotional tension. It has been very life learning for those of us that have been dry for hundreds of years and right now our Commanders are excited about bringing more like them here. Just how important is the one called M'lar?"

Janae sighed and rolled his eyes; leaned back into the wall and looked at the two women quickly dispatching the five armed combat units. "She is so important that you are risking a lot of armed Klingon Cleric warriors coming to break her out of here and taking her back to her father. She may some day be in charge of the Borethian Council and will supersede her father's position as the Supreme Cleric which is the highest position on Boreth and the second highest on Qo'noS. If you just took her I am pretty sure that they are trying to track her now and when they find her there will be an assault on your planet to get her back."

'Buddy' at this revelation seemed to be all excited and had closed his eyes and Janae suspected he was just transmitting that information to the rest of his people. "They do not think that would be so bad. As a matter of fact two of the tracker tracers have indicated a ship by the name of Havoq has been located entering into our air space and should be here in about twelve parsecs. We will of course be intercepting and taking those on board as our guests."

M'lar had dispatched the last opponent and walked back letting Bi'Anka finish her last one off and stood facing the one called 'Buddy' "Janae?" She looked from Buddy to Janae who pushed off the wall smiling sheepishly.

"Hi boss, um this is my friend 'Buddy'. Buddy, this is my employer M'lar. Um he just told me that we are getting more guests soon, it would seem K'Ter'r and his crew are about to be detained and brought here and they are just dying to learn more about our 'emotions.'"

M'lar looked pointedly at Buddy and folded her arms over her chest and waited for an explanation, when one was not forth coming she asked coldly, "Are you trying to promote a war with my people?"