Chapter Seven In The Light Of A True Gem

She was making her way over to Gem. Since there would be no one around for the moment. Oddly enough. She made it to her detention cell. When she opened the door with the keys she'd.

Selena was glad gem had no bumps, bruises or any other injuries to worry about. With trying to get to the shuttle craft. Gem looked up from her cot some what surprised to see Selena.

"Selena, where is everyone?" She asked quietly before moving off the cot excited.

"Don't know, and I don't care. Lets get moving before they do realize what's happening." She sighed with a weapon of some sorts in her hands. Both ladies moved off out of the detention cell.

As for the captain. He would be waking up with a raging headache and felt nausea after his work with his engineer. But he'd remembered the Romulan ale given to him a few weeks back to knock him for a loop. But why was he feeling this badly. He'd no idea.

However he looked out at the view port. Grumbling at himself.

There would be a Star Fleet vessel at their port bow. Now this was strange.

Jonas wasn't firing back with the ship's on board main phraser weapons. Seem odd. Thinking something had to be wrong at this point.

He tries to stand up. But his head would be buzzing around to have him dizzy.

However he would be able to move never the less to look for his merchandise Selena and Gem. Along with what is happening with them. He started off into the quiet corridor taking the turbo lift to the lowest level.

This was not a good sign. What could of happened with everyone during the time he would be working down below in engineering?

What he was finding wasn't good. He found three of his crew members dead found on the lower levels. It had looked like some sort of virus had killed them. Strange circle marks on there faces and contorted. As if they were scared out of their minds from inside of their bodies.

He would have to be extremely careful from here on end to come in contact on board the vessel.

The only thing he could think of for the moment. Had to be some of the merchandise this vessel had traded for, along the Romulan neutral zone.

During the past year. He'd heard the rumors about the Federation had to intervene to help the Romulans saving them from a virus almost wiping out their race.

Just maybe they might of contracted it as well during their travels and was never really destroyed by the vaccine developed by the Federation scientists.

Selena tells her to hurry up. She turned around to face her out of breath. "How much longer?" Gem asked.

Selena was small-framed for a Orion. No doubt with great intelligence. She was very good at what she does. She is a under-cover operative for Star Fleet Command. She'd never expected to be saving an empath of all races.

She'd placed the virus into the ventilation system to slow down the Orions in their tracks. And give her finally the chance to get off the vessel since coming abroad three months prior.

She would let Gem know. Who she really is. When they are off this vessel. But the affects for those alive down below. Will only last 12 hours once abroad the shuttle craft Aurora. Selena will be able to send a communications to the Star Fleet vessel on the port bow.

Gem is sitting next to her inside says. "It's probably the Enterprise with Captain James T. Kirk in command."

"Yes, I heard. I will have to explain Gem. Who I am actually. And why no one were able to fired back or come after us in the first place."