Disclaimer: same as always, don't own Enterprise or Trip.
Thanks to: Everyone who reviewed this, it really made my day! And thanks to Chianna as she harassed me about this until I sat down and wrote and wrote.
One last thing; Still don't have a beta, so sorry for any spelling errors. Just really wanted to get this part out.
Courage from the heart.
'Courage is found in unlikely places' - The Lord Of The Rings (J.R.R Tolkien)
Acting Captain Larkin glared at Archer.
"We will give you two hours to return our children." she waved her and, cutting off the communication.
"Take that... thing back to it's cell."
"Captain." The shorter of the two stepped forward. To a humans eye she looked fifteen at most but was probably older. "Captain, do you want me to heal him again?" Larkin's lip raised in a sneer.
"No, I only let you heal him because we needed him alive and conscious." The girl looked horrified and the look in Larkin's eyes softened.
"Look Aurora, they took our children. They took you're friends, my little sister, all of them. They asked for this." Aurora slowly nodded and turned back to Trip who had fainted. She grabbed his arm and with the help of the other alien, dragged him off. When they reached his cell they dropped him and backed away. Aurora looked at him, a pained expression on her face.
"You can feel his pain, can't you." The other stated, rather than asked. Aurora glanced at her.
"Yes. Even when he is out cold I can hear him screaming, just like the last time Larkin 'talked' to him. Oh Alana it hurts." Alana moved closer to Aurora and gripped her by the shoulders.
"I know, I can remember. Don't worry. Just take that tablet I gave you, I think I might have one left."
"But I won't... what if someone is hurt. Until the tablets wear off I won't be able to help them." Alana smiled softly.
"No one will get hurt. Go on." They left the cells and walked along a corridor. Aurora's breath was coming in short gasps as though someone had hit her. They reached her room and looked at each other.
"You are right Alana. I'll take the tablet, then get some sleep."
"I'll wake you in two hours. The tablet will have worn off by then. The children will need you and that human will be gone." Aurora smiled but it didn't seem to reach her eyes. Once inside her room she collapsed onto her bed and immediately fell into an uneasy sleep.
**Flashback**
Larkin stared at Trip in disgust.
"Tell us where they are." Trip looked at her thorough black eyes.
"I keep tellin' ya lady, we don't know 'bout ya kids. Take me back to Enterprise and we will help ya look." Larkin yelled a horrible oath at Trip's words and threw a dagger at him. It hit him in his leg and lodged there. Aurora stared at the human in fascination, she had never seen anyone like him before. Despite all the evidence she believed Trip when he said he didn't know about the kids. Larkin his him again and he began to scream. The screams grew louder and louder...
**End Flashback**
Aurora shoe upwards gasping for breath. It had just been a dream.
//No not a dream, a memory.\\ Aurora shuddered her mind racing. She got up and peered at the time device on her bed. Half an earth hour had passed or for Aurora, one hour. She stumbled towards the door and peered out. The corridor was deserted as she hurried along. After a few minutes of dodging everyone she saw she made it to the rooms where Trip was held. She pushed opened the door a crack and looked in. At one end was the cell. Trip lay crumpled on the floor right where she had left him. In front and a little to the left was a corridor which lead to the guards room. She stood there for a few moments, fear gripping her heart in an iron fist.
//I can do this\\ Aurora began to inch towards the guards' room, her heart pounding in her ears. She cast another look at Trip, who was still lying there helpless. She trembled as a icy finger crawled up her back.
//Why am I doing this?\\ she thought. Yet even as she thought the question she knew the answer. When she had healed Trip she had touched his mind for a second. Images had floated out to her, images and feelings. One of theses images had hit her head on, along with the strongest emotion there was- love.
//Love can be frightening. It's not always a good feeling.\\ Yet she knew that this kind was. It was Trip's love for this person which had made him fight... even if he wasn't aware of the feelings yet. Aurora slid in the guards room and looked around.
"Aurora! What are you doing here?" Aurora jumped and spun to her right. There stood the guard. She took a deep breath, luckily acting was something she was good at.
"I... need your help." she said tearfully. The guard walked up to her, his concern for her showing on his face.
"What's wrong?" Aurora looked at him with a sad expression on her face.
"I'm sorry." She leaned forward and placed her hand on his cheek. "Sleep now." The guard looked at her with a puzzled expression. His eyelids grew heavy and a few seconds later he was sound asleep just like a baby. She removed his card key from his pocket and hurried to Trip's cell. With one sweeping motion she unlocked the door. Aurora looked up and down the corridor, fear dancing in her eyes. If she got caught she would be in a lot of trouble.
//I'll just have to make sure I don't\\ She bent down and felt for a pulse in Trip. She couldn't find one. She bent over him frantically trying to find a trace of life.
"Come on Trip! Don't give up now!" She thumped his chest hoping to hit and restart his heart.
//I just hope it's in the left side of his chest like mine... that is assuming he has one.\\
"I don't want to do this but..." She placed her hands on his chest and blue sparks flew out of them. Trip's body jerked, then fell limp. She placed her ear to his chest and was rewarded with a faint 'thump, thump.' She cupped her hands around his face, taking slow deep breaths. A minute passed and Aurora's face grew paler as the colour crept back into Trip's face.
"I hope that was enough. It will have to do for now." She lay his face back onto the ground and backed away from him. She scanned the room and hurried to the computer on the far wall.
"I hope this works." she muttered.
**Back On The Enterprise.**
"Have you found the frequency yet?" Archer asked. T'pol shock her head.
"I believe they have a rotating frequency to prevent us for dropping there shields."
"Captain, there shields have dropped!" Archer spun and looked at Malcolm.
"Did we do it?"
"No sir. I believe the transporter has just been activated."
"Help! Security to the transporter!" Malcolm left the bridge at a run, heading for the transporter.
"Sir, we are going to warp."
"What!" T'pol stared at him, her face emotionless.
"I repeat sir, we are going to warp."
As Malcolm skidded to a stop near the transporter, his eyes took in the scene in front of him. Lt. Yokes stood to the side not moving a muscle. Trip lay on the floor, his face a mass of bruises. Part of Malcolm's brain stored away the face that there seemed to be bruising on his bruises. The main part of his brain was focused on the alien bending over him. He raised his phaser and fired. She twitched and fell next to Trip, out cold.
"SIR!"
"What?"
"Sir, she was helping him... she's... like a sponge, she can store pain and swap it for heath!" Malcolm stared at her then at Trip.
"Let's get them both to sickbay."
When Aurora came to, she found her self held by two guards.
"Please! You have to let me help him!" She began to struggle, desperate to reach Trip, who lay on a bed.
"He's crashing!" came a voice. All of a sudden there was a swam of people and noise.
"We're losing him!"
"I can't find his pulse!"
"We must stabilise him!"
"He's going south!"
"We have to save him..."
TBC
The next part will be up soon, it's all ready typed, I just need to know people want to know what happens next. So click on that little blue box, as reviews are bread for a writer.
I won't add a clip, if I do you're know what will happen and where's the fun in that? So the more review, the quicker I'll upload it.
I love blackmail...
So read and review! *smiles, gives an evil cackle*
Thanks to: Everyone who reviewed this, it really made my day! And thanks to Chianna as she harassed me about this until I sat down and wrote and wrote.
One last thing; Still don't have a beta, so sorry for any spelling errors. Just really wanted to get this part out.
Courage from the heart.
'Courage is found in unlikely places' - The Lord Of The Rings (J.R.R Tolkien)
Acting Captain Larkin glared at Archer.
"We will give you two hours to return our children." she waved her and, cutting off the communication.
"Take that... thing back to it's cell."
"Captain." The shorter of the two stepped forward. To a humans eye she looked fifteen at most but was probably older. "Captain, do you want me to heal him again?" Larkin's lip raised in a sneer.
"No, I only let you heal him because we needed him alive and conscious." The girl looked horrified and the look in Larkin's eyes softened.
"Look Aurora, they took our children. They took you're friends, my little sister, all of them. They asked for this." Aurora slowly nodded and turned back to Trip who had fainted. She grabbed his arm and with the help of the other alien, dragged him off. When they reached his cell they dropped him and backed away. Aurora looked at him, a pained expression on her face.
"You can feel his pain, can't you." The other stated, rather than asked. Aurora glanced at her.
"Yes. Even when he is out cold I can hear him screaming, just like the last time Larkin 'talked' to him. Oh Alana it hurts." Alana moved closer to Aurora and gripped her by the shoulders.
"I know, I can remember. Don't worry. Just take that tablet I gave you, I think I might have one left."
"But I won't... what if someone is hurt. Until the tablets wear off I won't be able to help them." Alana smiled softly.
"No one will get hurt. Go on." They left the cells and walked along a corridor. Aurora's breath was coming in short gasps as though someone had hit her. They reached her room and looked at each other.
"You are right Alana. I'll take the tablet, then get some sleep."
"I'll wake you in two hours. The tablet will have worn off by then. The children will need you and that human will be gone." Aurora smiled but it didn't seem to reach her eyes. Once inside her room she collapsed onto her bed and immediately fell into an uneasy sleep.
**Flashback**
Larkin stared at Trip in disgust.
"Tell us where they are." Trip looked at her thorough black eyes.
"I keep tellin' ya lady, we don't know 'bout ya kids. Take me back to Enterprise and we will help ya look." Larkin yelled a horrible oath at Trip's words and threw a dagger at him. It hit him in his leg and lodged there. Aurora stared at the human in fascination, she had never seen anyone like him before. Despite all the evidence she believed Trip when he said he didn't know about the kids. Larkin his him again and he began to scream. The screams grew louder and louder...
**End Flashback**
Aurora shoe upwards gasping for breath. It had just been a dream.
//No not a dream, a memory.\\ Aurora shuddered her mind racing. She got up and peered at the time device on her bed. Half an earth hour had passed or for Aurora, one hour. She stumbled towards the door and peered out. The corridor was deserted as she hurried along. After a few minutes of dodging everyone she saw she made it to the rooms where Trip was held. She pushed opened the door a crack and looked in. At one end was the cell. Trip lay crumpled on the floor right where she had left him. In front and a little to the left was a corridor which lead to the guards room. She stood there for a few moments, fear gripping her heart in an iron fist.
//I can do this\\ Aurora began to inch towards the guards' room, her heart pounding in her ears. She cast another look at Trip, who was still lying there helpless. She trembled as a icy finger crawled up her back.
//Why am I doing this?\\ she thought. Yet even as she thought the question she knew the answer. When she had healed Trip she had touched his mind for a second. Images had floated out to her, images and feelings. One of theses images had hit her head on, along with the strongest emotion there was- love.
//Love can be frightening. It's not always a good feeling.\\ Yet she knew that this kind was. It was Trip's love for this person which had made him fight... even if he wasn't aware of the feelings yet. Aurora slid in the guards room and looked around.
"Aurora! What are you doing here?" Aurora jumped and spun to her right. There stood the guard. She took a deep breath, luckily acting was something she was good at.
"I... need your help." she said tearfully. The guard walked up to her, his concern for her showing on his face.
"What's wrong?" Aurora looked at him with a sad expression on her face.
"I'm sorry." She leaned forward and placed her hand on his cheek. "Sleep now." The guard looked at her with a puzzled expression. His eyelids grew heavy and a few seconds later he was sound asleep just like a baby. She removed his card key from his pocket and hurried to Trip's cell. With one sweeping motion she unlocked the door. Aurora looked up and down the corridor, fear dancing in her eyes. If she got caught she would be in a lot of trouble.
//I'll just have to make sure I don't\\ She bent down and felt for a pulse in Trip. She couldn't find one. She bent over him frantically trying to find a trace of life.
"Come on Trip! Don't give up now!" She thumped his chest hoping to hit and restart his heart.
//I just hope it's in the left side of his chest like mine... that is assuming he has one.\\
"I don't want to do this but..." She placed her hands on his chest and blue sparks flew out of them. Trip's body jerked, then fell limp. She placed her ear to his chest and was rewarded with a faint 'thump, thump.' She cupped her hands around his face, taking slow deep breaths. A minute passed and Aurora's face grew paler as the colour crept back into Trip's face.
"I hope that was enough. It will have to do for now." She lay his face back onto the ground and backed away from him. She scanned the room and hurried to the computer on the far wall.
"I hope this works." she muttered.
**Back On The Enterprise.**
"Have you found the frequency yet?" Archer asked. T'pol shock her head.
"I believe they have a rotating frequency to prevent us for dropping there shields."
"Captain, there shields have dropped!" Archer spun and looked at Malcolm.
"Did we do it?"
"No sir. I believe the transporter has just been activated."
"Help! Security to the transporter!" Malcolm left the bridge at a run, heading for the transporter.
"Sir, we are going to warp."
"What!" T'pol stared at him, her face emotionless.
"I repeat sir, we are going to warp."
As Malcolm skidded to a stop near the transporter, his eyes took in the scene in front of him. Lt. Yokes stood to the side not moving a muscle. Trip lay on the floor, his face a mass of bruises. Part of Malcolm's brain stored away the face that there seemed to be bruising on his bruises. The main part of his brain was focused on the alien bending over him. He raised his phaser and fired. She twitched and fell next to Trip, out cold.
"SIR!"
"What?"
"Sir, she was helping him... she's... like a sponge, she can store pain and swap it for heath!" Malcolm stared at her then at Trip.
"Let's get them both to sickbay."
When Aurora came to, she found her self held by two guards.
"Please! You have to let me help him!" She began to struggle, desperate to reach Trip, who lay on a bed.
"He's crashing!" came a voice. All of a sudden there was a swam of people and noise.
"We're losing him!"
"I can't find his pulse!"
"We must stabilise him!"
"He's going south!"
"We have to save him..."
TBC
The next part will be up soon, it's all ready typed, I just need to know people want to know what happens next. So click on that little blue box, as reviews are bread for a writer.
I won't add a clip, if I do you're know what will happen and where's the fun in that? So the more review, the quicker I'll upload it.
I love blackmail...
So read and review! *smiles, gives an evil cackle*
