Star Trek: The New Adventures:
Future of the Vampire Hunter
By: Donald Arnold
Stephanie looked at herself in the mirror. She was about to leave for Vulcan with Bill, and wanted to be ready for anything. She reached into her dresser, and pulled out a revolver. She loaded six silver bullets. She put it in her holster.
The transporter beamed materialized on Vulcan. Bill, Stephanie, Spock, and Bones appeared. They followed motorcycle tracks to a cave, where they found Blade. The dilithium mines were quiet, except for a screech from within that no one could find a source location for. Shriek seemed to be responsible for that, it was obvious. The main issue was the growing number of injuries, caused by Morbius. He was being controlled by Shriek. Michael Morbius could be returned to normal if they could capture Shriek, and release him from his control. That would be hard considering they also had to keep Blade from slaughtering Morbius, and Shriek. Stephanie had already started on that by loosening the bolts on blades motorcycle.
Blade mounted. This space crew wasn't going to steal his trophy, the vampires. He himself was a half vampire, so he had some issues. He started up, and starting riding when he was thrown from the bike as parts fell of randomly. He screamed in anger.
The search device to find Morbius was working. He got close, and suddenly the device went crazy. Stephanie grabbed her phaser rifle, and disabled him. The crew ran to him, and forced him to tell them where to find Shriek.
The cave was silent. Stephanie walked in, the others following. Shriek saw them, and screeched. She transformed into a more powerful form of herself. Stephanie was knocked unconcious by Blade. Bill, seeing this pulled out a knife, and slammed Blade against the wall, holding it near Blade's throat saying, "Listen, we have to work together to stop that monster, and free Morbius, but, you ever pull another stunt like that again, I will personally attack you to the point of full weakness." He added, "Got it?" Blade was furious, "Fine, Captain." Bill backed off, and Bones tended to Stephanie.
Bill took his knife, and put it back in the sheath. He grabbed a sword gleaming with solar power, and jumped on a nearbye rock. He slashed away one of Shriek's wings. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" she screeched again. Blade attacked the other wing. Shriek knocked Bill through the air. Stephanie had woken up. Seeing this, she grabbed two solar swords, and a garlic grenade. She ran to Shriek, and got in her face, holding her to a wall with the swords, and said, "If you ever touch my husband again I will take this sword, and run it through your brain." Morbius spoke to Bill, "She has some fight in her. Doesn't she?" Bill knodded, watching Stephanie beat Shriek repeatedly with the swords adding, "Shriek must have said something she didn't like."
Shriek hit the ground, battered to the point of unconciousness. Morbius was returned to normal just as another call came in: Vulture is terrorizing Qo'nos with his technology.
