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I was beamed down to the rebels' hideout, and was greeted by the leader, Adorjan; we walked into the hideout where the rest of the rebels were. It was a pretty large group, thankfully. It gave me some hope that we had a chance.
The hideout was in a well-hidden cave, which was covered up by trees and bushes. Each of the rebels had what appeared to be a knap sack. Several of the rebels were playing cards, while the rest of them sat around drinking and telling stories. Large rocks served as seats for some of the rebels, and a campfire was the only light in the cave, except for the sun that was shining. Each soldier was covered in grime and dirt. Some had different extremities wrapped in cloth in order to stop the bleeding. What surprised me was that all of them spoke in English. I guessed it was because they wanted to join the Federation, and it would be easier to communicate if they spoke English.
"Everyone, may I have your attention please?" Adorjan called out. Everyone turned their attention over to us, waiting to hear what Adorjan had to say. "This is Lieutenant Espinosa, who has graciously agreed to fill the spot we've needed to fill-"
I guessed the spot he was talking about was the "servant" to the Captain.
"She is from the starship Enterprise, which we will be meeting more of their crew soon," he continued. "I want all of you to be respectful towards her and the rest of the crew." Adorjan looked over at one person in particular as he said that; the person he was looking at smirked, and nodded.
Adorjan turned to me, and asked, "Shall I fill you in on everything we need you to do, as I escort you down towards the base?" I nodded, and we walked out of the cave. "Okay, so what you have to do is take note of where everything is kept, what Captain Csongor is planning, and what he tells his second in command." We stepped over a large fallen tree, before he added, "You will find out what his weaknesses are; also, you will need to steal his letters, along with food, and you will report and bring back everything; but only if you're not being followed. If you are, don't you dare come near us."
I nodded, and made a mental note of everything I needed to do. Would I be glad to do these things? No, I wouldn't; but it's what they need.
After about thirty minutes of walking, we could see the camp. We stopped walking, and Adorjan said, "This is where I leave you. Good luck, Lieutenant Espinosa. We're all counting on you. I hope Captain Kirk was right about you." He pat me on the back, before turning to leave.
Oh great, that probably means I can't screw up. That thought caused my stress levels to rise. How was I expected to be perfect at something I was just thrown into at the last minute? What if I did fail? Would that hurt the rebels' chance of winning this war? You're not going to fail, Jo, stop worrying I told myself as I walked down the hill towards the base camp, where I was greeted by the same soldier as yesterday.
"What are you doing back here?" he grunted, grabbing my arm, and pulled me toward the cabin we'd been in yesterday.
"I'm here for the open servant spot," I answered meekly in the same language. We walked into the cabin, where we found Captain Csongor standing in front of the fireplace, watching the flames dance around each other.
"Captain, the girl from yesterday is here for the position of servant that we've been looking for," the soldier laughed as he said that. "Would you like to shoot her, or should I?"
Captain Csongor pulled out a gun, and pointed it at me. I closed my eyes, and broke into his thoughts- which was surprisingly easy to do. Even though I had told myself I would never do that, this seemed like a case where it was necessary to do; it was one of the times I was glad to be Betazoid. I changed his thoughts from shooting me into giving me the position. I prayed it would work; otherwise, I was toast.
"No, that won't be necessary, Eztli. She's obviously abandoned the Federation for a better cause," Captain Csongor explained. "Isn't that right?" he asked me.
I quickly nodded, relieved that my plan had worked. "Now," he continued, "show-" he paused for a name.
"Johanna Espinosa."
"Johanna," he repeated back to Eztli, "to the kitchen where the rest of the servants are."
Eztli nodded, and began to walk toward the kitchen, expecting me to follow him. We entered into the kitchen where there were three other servants cooking what appeared to be lunch. "Everyone, this is Johanna," Eztli announced. "She is a new servant who will be joining you. Show her what is expected to be done everyday, Aneska."
Aneska nodded, and smiled at me. She was a middle-aged woman with long blonde hair, and skin like the rest of the others: pale. She reminded me of the Norwegian women who would go on vacation to Spain.
I walked over beside her, and she held out a cold, reptilian-like hand out for me to shake. I shook her hand, as she said, "Well, right now, we're preparing lunch for the Captain. Today it's deer." Aneska paused, and asked, "Do you know how to cook?"
I shook my head, and replied, "Not really, I'm a terrible cook."
"Well that's okay," her voice rang out like little bells. "I'll teach you how."
Right then and there, I knew I had made a friend here in this dump. Just being around her was comforting. It gave me hope that things would be okay.
Each day, we did the same monotonous work: clean the cabin, make breakfast, do whatever the Captain orders each of us, make lunch for the Captain, tend to the soldiers, make dinner, take inventory of the storage cabin, and then get ready for bed. Each thing took so much time and effort to do, and yet, the days went by so quickly. Surprisingly enough, a year went by so quickly it caught me off gaurd, and neither side was advancing; they stayed at a stale mate, each side loosing more and more people each day due to infections and the small battles that took place. I was lucky enough, however, that Csongor hadn't caught on to my ulterior motive.
I had managed to gain the trust of Captain Csongor, along with the rest of the soldiers and servants, which was imperative for me to do in order to help out the rebels. However, in order to gain that trust, I underwent some major abuse. The only thing that kept me going was the thought that I was helping out, along with the kindness of Aneska. She had taken on a sort of mother figure towards me. She would watch out for me, and take care of me whenever I was hurt or in trouble.
I was lucky enough to see Kirk three times a week when I went to deliver information to the rebels. The rest of the Enterprise crew was staying with the rebels during our stay, to help them out. We would sit alone at an empty spot, and just talk- which was the only thing we were allowed to do here. We weren't allowed to show any affection towards each other, according to Adorjan; someone might use it against us.
"Are things going better for you down there?" Kirk asked, lifting up my arm, and examining it. There was a newly formed bruise in the shape of a hand there. I pulled my arm away from him.
I nodded, and replied, "Well, as good as it can get, but it's still pretty bad. I swear, about every day, I see someone get tortured to death, even though the majority of the people being tortured are innocent."
Kirk frowned. "That's not good." Leave it to Kirk to point out the obvious. "How'd you get that bruise?" he asked about the bruise on my arm. He looked like he was ready to kill someone. After about a year and a half of being in a relationship with him, I noticed that Kirk was very protective of the ones he cared about.
I sighed, and said, "I tried to stop Csongor from torturing this little boy, and he grabbed my arm really hard, and threw me on the ground out of the way-"
We were interrupted by Adorjan staring down at us, as he said, "Johanna, you should probably head back. It's getting late." I nodded, and sighed again, not wanting to leave Kirk and everyone else.
I smiled over at Kirk, which was the most I could manage without being tempted even more to stay, and quickly left the cave before I changed my mind on the whole helping out thing. I ran through the forest as fast as I could, since walking would take too long. If I was gone even later, I would probably be in trouble.
Unfortunately, I was five minutes late, even though I had been running. Csongor, Eztli, and a couple of other soldiers were standing there, waiting.
"Where were you? You're five minutes late for the dinner you were supposed to be preparing. The rest of the servants were counting on you being there," Captain Csongor yelled, and grabbed my arm where the bruise was; he looked as if he was about to hit me. I flinched, waiting for the blow I knew was about to come. "Where were you, you little bitch?"
"Now there's no need for name calling," I said. "I was just out for a walk since the night was so nice," I tried to explain, but none of them believed me.
"Lies," he yelled back, and slapped me across the face. "Now where were you?"
"I swear, I was just walking through the forest, and I lost track of time-"
"And who gave you permission to go for a walk?" he interrupted. I finally decided to look up at him. His eyes were burning with hatred and anger.
Quietly, I replied, "No one, Captain. I just thought I could since I had some time-"
Csongor seemed to calm down, but I could tell something was up. "Do you realize, Johanna, that there are rebels in the forest who would kill for the information you know?"
Obviously I knew that, seeing as I'd been working with them. "No sir, I didn't," I lied. The soldiers behind him rolled their eyes. How could anyone not know that?
Csongor nodded slowly, obviously not believing me. "Badru, would you take Johanna over to the storage house? I'll be there in a minute, I just need to get some things," he said. The soldier called Badru nodded, and took my arm, steering me over to the storage house.
He waited with me inside the cabin, as I began to panic. Csongor was going to torture me until I told him the truth. I didn't want to undergo that after watching so many people go through that. I knew it was going to happen eventually, but I didn't expect it to happen now.
Well, I hoped you guys like it. Sorry I posted this one a little later than I had promised; it has been a really busy past couple of days. I will try and get the next one out asap, which will hopefully be in two days, but I can't promise anything. As always, review please, it lets me know someone is reading this.
