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Nyota rushed through the nearly deserted corridors, the eerie silence pressing onto her ears, filling her brain with tremulous anxiety. She pushed aside her anxiousness and instead focused on finding her target.

She had researched him tirelessly, she knew that he would not leave until everyone aboard had escaped and sensitive data had been secured. She ran down a darkened hallway and past the remains of an ensign who had met his demise at the end of someone's phaser.

Bodies lay in everywhere, all in random places, and all with various degrees of damage. She slid in a pool of blood and nearly fell. She righted herself and continued onward.

The smell of death was heavy in her nose, and the sound of weapon fire was close. She stopped and pressed herself close to the wall. She leaned forward and gave a tentative peek around the corner.

A Legion guard was standing a few feet away, his huge body and thick arms glistening with sweat, blood and gore. His weapon was held aloft and he was pacing slowly back and forth, shooting anyone who dared to come his way.

By Tor! she thought, as she took a deep breath. She steadied her heart rate and then ran with all her might. Her body was a blur as she rushed past in a burst of superhuman speed. Pulses of firepower rained after her, but she surged ahead, heedful of the danger of stopping.

She released a series of death stars at the Legion soldiers she encountered, satisfaction filling her as they reached their mark. She stopped at a panel and quickly hacked into the security system, searching for the Vulcan bio-sign.

She found it in the transport dock on the lower level of the ship. She took off, hurrying down the corridor until she stood at the inner terminal of the dock. She sprinted inside and found Spock rapidly entering in codes outside a small escape vessel.

She approached him boldly, a high energy array raised in one hand. He turned, his expression austere and unworried, as he just as quickly raised his phaser and fired.

Nyota winced and waited for the sting of the blast, but instead heard the body of a Legion guard drop behind her. Surprised, she turned and saw a few more as they began surrounding her, and she backed off towards the center of the room near the transport area. She glanced quickly at Spock and he nodded. They then moved in concert, shooting and fighting the thick swarm of Legion as they attacked.

She and Spock shortened their distance and held the ship at their back as they blasted, fought and swung.

Spock opened the ship's doors just as an intense blast of energy was fired from a Legion member's weapon. It hit Nyota in the chest and she gasped, pain filling her, blurring her vision and making her drop to the ground.

The light around her swirled and filled with indescribable colors. Her body felt heavy and her head felt light. A feeling of euphoria rose within her and she tried to fight it, aware that she was nearing death and was simply compensating for the pain.

Her vision swam and contorted, and she tried desperately to stand, to fight, but found her limbs to be useless and weighted. As the world began to disappear she felt someone lift her up, and pull her backwards. She realized vaguely that Spock had taken her into the ship, and they were now speeding through the realm of space. She could feel the hum of the engines beneath her battered body and then she saw Spock standing over her, his fingers pressing into her wound. She gasped as pain hit her anew, and then darkness overwhelmed her.

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