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Mickie did not know how log she had been out for, but her head felt like it was full of cotton wool. The pain started behind her eyes and moved to encompass her whole head, she had not felt like this since she was at university and she remembered now why she had pretty much stopped drinking.

Sitting up she realised she was in a room no bigger than 10x10 and it was completely bare. Four grey walls no windows hard wooden floor and a single door with a small window just above Mickie's head height. It was cold in there to; Mickie wrapped her arms around herself in an attempt to keep what little heat she still had in.

Walking up to the window Mickie stood on her tiptoes and peered out of the small square portal. She could not see much just the wall opposite her and it was fairly dark wherever she had been put.

Giving up she went and sat with her back to the far wall looking directly at the door, she was not feeling one bit sleepy, in fact her body was on high alert, she realised that she a played right into Sambo's hands, he knew they were on board, all he had to do was find out which ones they were, and she had offered them up on a plate.

"Cody!" Mickie said out loud standing up quickly and pounding on the door. She was frightened for him, where was he? How was he? He was her responsibility and being locked in here she had no way of helping him.

After pounding on the door and shouting herself horse Mickie finally gave up and went and sat back down against the wall. She was actively shivering now and she didn't know how long she had been in here, but she was incredibly thirsty. Knowing that it takes at least four hours without liquid to become thirsty and having been aboard the Intrepid for only twenty minutes her last drink must be between five and six hours ago.

Still it was pointless knowing the time if she was trapped in this room, Mickie pulled her knees up to her chin and rested her forehead on them. Taking in a deep breath she closed her eyes and waited for someone to come for her.

Cody was back in the cell with the other rebels, he had been knocked out by the same loud siren as everyone else, but the guards had not bothered to search him they had just thrown him back into his cell.

Climbing on to unsteady feet Cody stumbled across several fallen bodies who muttered under his intrusion but did not stand up. He made his way over to Mark who was just inside the cell door. It was obvious that with his size and bulk the guards had dropped him as soon as they could close the door behind him.

Cody reached out a hand and shook the large man on the shoulder, looking around to make sure they weren't being watched Cody spoke Mark's name firmly and finally he opened one eye.

"I feel like I have been in a drinking contest with an Irish alcoholic and lost." He said as he pulled himself to an upright sitting position and lent his back against the bars.

"Me too, I think, but I still have the keys and the Captain is not here, I have to try and find her." Cody whispered as he helped Mark to stand.

"Great, maybe she is being kept in the same place he has Beth, she will be on the lowest decks in the isolation units." Mark spoke back in equally hushed tonnes and glanced around at two guards who passed them by with barley a turn of the head.

"Pretty lax on security here, we could probably make a break for it and get the Captain, and your friend before they come back round." Cody said allowing a small smile to cross his lips.

"Yeah remember what happened last time my friend, no I think we need to wait for a distraction." Mark said as he turned and looked around for Michelle, finding her he woke her gently and placed a soft kiss on her forehead.

"Do you think your ship will come for you?" Mark said as Michelle with the help of her husband regained her balance and stood upright leaning on Mark for support.

"No doubt about it, they will come." Cody said his voice not wavering in the slightest and Mark couldn't help but smile at the young man.

"Confidence can be a virtue son, but I always have a plan B." Mark said beckoning to Cody to come to the back so they could hatch plan B.

"Sir there they are long range scanners, about five miles ahead of us, cutting a pretty fast pace. From the looks of it they are doing about thirty knots and they are not alone." Ted said as finally his monitor beeped with the presents of the ship they were perusing.

"How many Mr Debasie?" Randy asked walking towards the window hoping to catch a glimpse of the battle cruiser that had his Captain.

"Jut two sir, but I would exercise caution, they could do a lot of damage to us between them." Ted said as he could sense Randy's inpatients to get there.

"I know Lieutenant thank you for your observations, but right now , we have no idea of the status of our missing crew, which need I remind you includes our Captain." Randy said trying not to sound to angry but failing miserably. He couldn't help it, if he found out that he had just been five minutes too late he would never forgive himself.

"Battle stations, Mr Jericho turbo drive, lets hit them hard and fast." Randy ordered as he sat in his chair as the claxon sounded and the crew rushed to get ready for the on coming battle.

"Load the forward torpedo bays, take out the smaller ship, don't destroy it take out their engines, then get between them and the larger ship." Randy said as he looked at his screens and saw the thirty meter or so gap between the ships. He was betting that the Captain would be on the larger ship, one he recognised from there first encounter in this strange world.

He knew it was a risk he could be doing the completely wrong thing but it was better than doing nothing, he also knew that they would be pretty out numbered once they had the ship and getting their officers back would not be that easy, in fact if he wasn't carful Randy could loose the entire ship here just to rescue two people, but there is a saying in the US Navy Army or Air force and that was never leave a man behind and he would be dammed if he was going to break that motto now.

"Torpedoes ready sir." John said as all his systems had a green light for go.

"Forwards missiles standing by commander." Mike also reported and Ted turned in his chair.

"We are ready commander, now all we have to do is convince them to give us back our Captain."

Randy only paused for a second before standing up and looking at the two ships now looming large in the windows and hesitated even less.

"Fire!"

Mickie didn't realise that she had fallen asleep, but she must have done for she was jolted away by the sound of a large explosion.

"What the hell!" She exclaimed as she ran for the small window but once again saw nothing.

"Hey what's going on?" She yelled out but she did not expect a reply.

"I wouldn't bother no one will here you." Mickie was stunned by the sound of another woman's voice, she had been shouting down the place earlier and she had not spoke up then.

"Who are you?" Mickie called out knowing that these walls were pretty thick and she could only just here the other woman.

"Beth, I think you were supposed to be my rescue party." She said a slight hint of humour I to her voice and Mickie could see the irony in it.

"Yeah I guess so, but maybe our rescue party is being rescued." Mickie said as the sound of gun fire could be heard clamouring right though the depths of the ship.

"Maybe be?" the woman answered but she did not sound too hopeful. From what Mickie had heard though there had been many attempts to rescue this woman and all had failed, she supposed this one was seemed no different.

"If it is my crew I can bet we will be out of here very soon." Mickie said but the woman did not reply this time and Mickie let out a deep breath and looked up at the ceiling as the floor pitched and pushed her against the wall roughly. Using her hand to break her fall Mickie shook out her ankle as she could feel the muscles strain at being tossed around.

"Damm it Randy, try and leave me in one piece." Mickie said to herself as she felt the ship she was on slow down and shudder to a halt.

Cody was opening the door the second the gun fire stated, they had not planned for it to happed quite this quickly but they all wanted out as soon as possible.

The ship was pitching in the water, rolling with the waves off the torpedo shots, but it was the other ship that was taking most of the damage. As Cody ran to the isolation units with Mark he felt their ship finally stop dead in the water, the engines grumbling to a stop as either they were forced that way or purposefully done. Cody didn't have time to wonder as they ran down another staircase into a much darker part of the ship.

There were no windows down here, only a few lights on the walls that just seemed to cast eerie shadows along the narrow corridors.

"Quick, if they find us down here we will have no where to go." Mark said almost pulling him along by the wrist as another explosion shook the ship, this time it was much closer. The air smelt like burnt steal and the acrid smell was making Cody wretch.

"They are firing at us now, I hope your guys know when to stop." Mark said coving his mouth with his sleeve as smoke filled the cabin.

"Me too." Cody replied as they came upon the isolation rooms.

Cody check them all though the window until he found the Captain in the last one on the right and tried some of the keys in the lock.

Her room was free of smoke but she seemed to be unconscious as she was face down on the floor.

"Captain I'm here can you get up?" Cody yelled though the door as he finally found the right key. Mark had been standing opposite him waiting impatiently for the keys as he had found Beth also and he now unlocked her door to. The tall blonde woman came out coughing loudly as she inhaled the smoke in the corridor which was getting increasingly thicker.

Cody was in the room with Mickie, he was bending over her checking her pulse but she had a nasty lump on her head and that seemed the cause of her lack of consciousness.

"Pick her up and come on, or we are all going to die down here." Mark yelled at the floundering young man. Cody didn't need telling twice, scooping Mickie up and lifting her bridle style he ran out of the small room and followed Mark and Beth back up into the light of the upper decks.

"The ship is disabled sir, but they still have weapons, we need to keep out of their rage if possible." John said as the smaller ship began to slow and get left behind. The large of the ships, the high commander's ship was slowing down also, they had realised what had happened and did not want to get too far from their escort.

"Hard to Starboard Mr Jericho end around them come of their port side." Randy barked as the Legacy pitched hard then righted in the water.

"Fire aft torpedo, aim for their weapons Mr Mizanin." Ted shouted as the larger ship started turning in the water also to try and drive them back into the other ship.

There was a sudden silence as the torpedo was launched, the big ship started to turn but was to slow and the torpedo hit the port side of the ship ripping a hole in the side and causing an obvious fire below decks.

"We didn't hit anything major but that fire should keep them busy." Mike said grinning at the damage they had caused.

"Not good enough, I need them unable to move if they can run they can get away." Randy shouted as a missile hit there starboard bow and the Legacy lurched and tipped hard to the left.

"Damm it take that other ship down, I have had it with time lines and future paradoxes, it means nothing if we are dead." Randy yelled above the hissing of a burst pipe and he grasped hold of the tactical station next to Ted.

"Launch another missile Ted aim for their engines and blow a hole in them so big I can see all the way though to the other side." Ted was slightly taken back by the venom in the mans voice, but at this point Ted couldn't blame him. They had done nothing in this world but get shot at and treated like dirt, it was time for some payback.

"Aye sir!" Ted said quickly as he checked the targeting scanners and fired. It took only a few minutes for the crew of the other ship started heading for the life boats and Randy couldn't suppress a grin. Getting on the radio he pushed the button for wide band.

"This is commander Orton you have two of my crew members and I would like them back, if not I will destroy your ship and pick them out of the water later, its up to you." With that Randy sat in his chair to wait for a reply.

Mickie awoke to find herself wrapped around her helms man.

"What's going on." Mickie asked groggily, as she tried to look around her but her vision was swimming and her head pounded like a drum.

"We are getting out of here Captain, you banged your head, just hold on the Legacy is here." Cody said as they made a quick left and though a door where Michelle was waiting for them with a life boat.

Cody let Mickie get to her feet but she seemed unsteady and he helped her in to the small boat.

Looking up she noticed Beth embracing Michelle quickly as they too climbed aboard and Mark started to lower them into the water.

Mickie realised that the firing had stopped for now and she realised that Randy was probably trying to negotiate their freedom right now.

"If only we could let them know we are off the boat." Mickie said to no one in particular but it made Cody have a brain wave. Digging around in his pocket he pulled out the damaged radio.

"Ma'am look I think I can fix it." Cody said showing her the item and Mickie's face lit up almost immediately.

"Good work lieutenant, now as quickly as you can so they don't blow us out of the water too."

"Commander, I am afraid you are mistaken we do not have any of your crew, you have just killed many of our people for no reason." Sambo's voice came over the radio and Randy gave Ted a pair of raised eyebrows and shook his head slightly.

"High commander I am sure you are used to idol killing, but I can assure you we know you have them, so unless you want to spend the next few minutes saying goodbye to the fishes just hand them over and we will leave you alone." Randy said without a hit of amusement in his voice.

"Commander we really do not have them, I am telling the truth, I admit we did but they have escaped when you were firing upon us, they could be dead for all I know."

There was something in Sambo's voice that told Randy he was telling the truth, it was like he was speaking to him as an equal not a slave and he knew that this was not good.

"I need to send over my people to search your ship, we need to find them dead or alive." Randy said finally, but all he got in reply was static.

"Could be their comm. System is down sir they took some pretty heavy damage." John said as Randy watched the ship drift in the water and he thought he had done it, he had killed his own Captain because he had been too concerned with getting some revenge.

"Sir he didn't say no maybe we should at least try to dock with the ship we will soon know if they don't like it." Ted said cautiously from his chair next to randy as he saw the tall mans face darken.

"Ok Mr Jericho set a cause to rendvous with the high commanders' ship…" His voice was stopped by the crackling of the radio and a small voice coming from the other end.

"Turn up the gain Mr Mizanin." Randy barked as he could here the voice of Cody Rhodes clearly now.

"Rhodes to Legacy do you read me?"

"Loud and clear Cody, are you with the Captain?" Randy asked as he tightened his grip on the back of his chair.

"Yeah and a few of the rebels, permission to come aboard Sir?" The young man asked the joy in his voice quite evident.

"Permission granted!" Randy said already heading down for the docking bay and he threw a glance over his shoulder as the lift doors started to close.

"You have the…"

"Yeah yeah." Ted said waving his hand at the disappearing officer as he heard engines roar to life. He looked out of the window and saw the high commanders' ship peel away, it wasn't going fast in fact they could have caught up with them in a second, but Ted decided that could wait for another day. Now was a time to welcome back their missing crew members and maybe some new friends.

End of chapter 7 Randy got Mickie back and now he will have to face her about his actions which almost got them all killed, how is he going to tell her why?

Also now Beth is back will she create a weapon that can destroy the UAN, or maybe she can send the Legacy and her crew home? Maybe she will tell them that it is not possible

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