My time on the Enterprise
Chapter Eight: Interrogation
Natalie was pulled into a room. It had two chairs in the middle of the room. The Romulan that was pulling her by her hurt arm roughly placed her in the first chair he came to. He then strapped down her legs and arms by straps that were on the chair. As he walked away Natalie tried to see if they would loosen any but no luck. The high ranking Romulan sat down in the other chair and looked at her.
"I'm Commander R'lmus of the grand ship your on the Valiant." He began. "Now, Lt. Commander Natalie Sterling, I know that you have something in your possession that belongs to me."
"Your men searched us before they put us in the cells, you know I don't have what ever you want." She said. R'lmus frowned.
"You need to be more cooperative my dear or things could go badly for you and the rest of the survivors." He said snidely.
Natalie wondered why he hadn't thought of her leaving it on the Enterprise, but didn't say anything. R'lmus nodded to the guard that was still in the room. He walked up to her and hit her across the face.
"Where did you hide it!" R'lmus shouted. She tasted blood on her lips and felt some trickle down the side of her face, she glanced over to the guard and noticed that he had held a small knife as he hit her. He must have cut her face with it.
"You're smart, you figure it out yourself." She shot back. That earned her a stab in her shoulder.
Meanwhile on the Enterprise, repairs were going as fast as they could. James was pacing back and forth across the bridge. Every few minutes since the Romulan vessel left he contacted Engineering for an update, Scotty stopped answering him after the fifth time. He was angry at himself for not thinking that they would try something like this. McCoy had come up, he, Spock and the rest of the bridge crew were watching their captain pace back and forth. Finally McCoy had enough, when James came over to where he was standing, he grabbed him by the arm to stop his pacing.
"Stop it." He said.
"Stop what?" James asked.
"The guilt trip you're on." McCoy said.
"It's my fault, Bones." He said. "I should have thought that they would be following us, looking for an appropriate time to strike."
McCoy sighed. "Jim, is this because of that or because you are falling for Lt. Commander Sterling?" He asked gently.
James gave him a hard look. "I'm captain of a ship that let down survivors of an attack." He stated. "I have to get this ship fixed and save them. But not just because of any personal feelings towards any one member of the group."
"Bull." McCoy commented. "I've seen you two together. I've seen the way you acted towards her and looked at her. She is the first woman you've truly fallen in love with and you want to go be that knight in shining armor and rescue her."
James looked at him, angry for a moment. He processed his words and let them sink in. He was right and this wasn't about saving the people that were taken but just to save her. He looked at his watch, it had now been five hours since the attack happened. Five hours that they could have been doing any number of things to them. Just then Scotty called up to the bridge.
"Sir, I fixed the engines enough so we can chase after those Romulans!" He exclaimed.
McCoy let James' arm go. James looked at him and then walked over and sat in the captain's chair.
"Sulu, fastest warp you can manage, let's find that ship." He ordered.
"Yes, sir." Sulu replied.
The Enterprise jumped into warp, they were heading back to Romulan space using sensors to locate the warp field trail that the Romulans left behind. As James watched the stars go by, he wished that he found the ship and saved them, no, her before it was to late.
Back on the Valiant, Natalie had now been thoroughly beaten and one of her legs was now broke. R'lmus looked at her.
"Where is the chip?!" He asked. "This is the last time I ask nicely."
She chuckled at that. "It's on the Enterprise, you dolt." She said. That earned her another hit on the face.
He looked angry, actually he looked to kill. He was about to say something when a blast happened and they dropped out of warp quickly.
"Sir, it's the Enterprise!" One of his men said over the comms.
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