Beta Quadrant
Last Known Location of USS Titan
Fifty Six Hours Later
The USS Aventine flew searching these coordinates for the last ten hours sending out the Aventine's shuttles, runabout and flyer class to search the surrounding systems.
Captain Ezri Dax sat in her ready room going over the sensor logs from the shuttles when the door chime sounded.
"Come." She said.
The doors parted an in walked her First Officer Commander Sam Bowers.
"Sam, Tell me you found something."
"The Sahara just sent us this sensor image. It looks like one of the Caeliar tunnels if you ask me." He said handing his captain the padd.
As Ezri read the information she realised that he was right. "Yepp, definitely one of the tunnels. But how can that be, I thought the Caeliar sealed them all off when they left the galaxy?"
"Maybe they missed one."
"Any ideas where it leads?" She asked.
"You're going to love this." He said handing her a second padd.
Before Ezri could respond after reading it the com activated.
"Bridge to Captain Dax" said the voice of Lt. Commander Gruhn Helkara. The Aventine's Chief Science and Second Officer.
"Go ahead Commander."
"Sensors are picking up a ship exiting slipstream."
At this Ezri and Bowers both entered the Bridge to see a Sovereign class starship appear on the viewscrean.
"It's the Enterprise, Captain." Said Lt. Lonnoc Kedair, Aventine's Chief Tactical Officer.
"Hail Them."
The main viewer changed to show Captain Picard standing next to Commander Worf on the Main Bridge of the Enterprise.
Captain Dax, it's good to see you again. Have you found anything? Picard asked.
"Sort of. How would you feel like taking a trip to the Delta Quadrant Captain?"
=/\=
Tom Paris walked into the Briefing Room with the other Captain's and XO's of the fleet as well as the fleet's commander and Chief Engineer.
The room had been rebuilt after the Borg invasion. With a new triangular table with a holographic emitter in the centre.
The rest of the fleet had just joined Voyager and Captain Eden began the briefing.
"So. What do we know about how Titan got here?" Eden asked.
"It looks like she flew through some sort of subspace tunnel." Chakotay said.
"What about the crew?"
"The Doctor has informd me that the Titan crew is responding well to treatment but we won't be able figure out who attacked Titan until they wake up." Said Commander Clarissa Glenn, CO of the Galen.
"Status on the repairs?"
"It's taking a while as we're not entirely sure how bad it is until we can get the main computer back online." B'Elanna said. "There is some sort of AI unit aboard but its offline right now."
Eden turned to Paris and asked "Any idea who attacked them?"
At first Tom did not hear her but then snapped out of his thoughts to answer.
"Scans can't tell yet but we're getting there."
"Alright, we'll spread the fleet around the Titan. B'Elanna, I want you, Nancy and the crew of the Achilles to continue repairs." Eden said.
The Achilles is a vessel designed to be another ship assigned to work manned by the Starfleet Corps of Engineers. Equipped with industrial replicators and spare parts.
As the officers filed out of the room Tom left to the shuttle bay.
=/\=
When Tom entered the shuttle bay he went straight to the Home Free. The small ship that B'Elanna built during the time that she and Miral were in exile. He entered the Home Free and went into the cockpit.
As he sat at the communication controls he activated the subspace com.
"Father Targ to God of Sword. Need clarification on glyph." Tom said transmitting the message and symbol he found in the crib of Tasha Troi.
=/\=
Tom went about the next few days and knew that if his theory was correct, he would only have one choice.
Three Days Later.
Tom sat in the Home Free when the com panel activated.
'God of Sword to Father Targ. Emblem matches that of Fek'lhr'
Tom sighed and leaned back into his chair, his choice was now clear to him. He only now had to say goodbye to his wife and daughter.
AN:
JUST A LITTLE CORRECTION THE ENSIGN AT OPS IS CALLED LASREN AND NOT LARSEN.
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW Fek'lhr IS WHO GUARDS THE GATES OF KLINGON HELL – (Gre'thor).
IF ANYONE WANTS TO KNOW, GOD OF SWORD IS KAHLESS.
