Missing Day 5
Chapter Thirteen
Captain Janeway cringed when the bright light from the exploding ship on the viewscreen filled the room. It was then as she watched the debris fly from the explosion that she realized the gravity of the situation. The Indovians, their once-though friends, were their mortal enemy. She also realized they were in deep trouble, being located deep in the Indovian space. She had been so lost in thought that she jumped slightly when Tom walked up to her.
"Your bleeding." He said, and held up a dermal regenerator. She nodded at him, and he ran it over the cut in her forehead.
Drew stepped down from the command chair and narrowed his eyes at the viewscreen. "There will be more soon. We need to get out of here."
"Voyager!" Janeway jumped up. "I have a ship on AeuDexi Primos, its undergoing repairs in Canacca City."
Drew directed his glare from the viewer to Janeway. "I thank you for coming to our aide. However your vessil is most likely doomed. By now they are missing that warship that we just blew up, and when they find out that you are responsible for seeking out the Enterprise…" He stopped when the floor flashed silver in front of the doors in the back of the room. The captain appeared. He looked them all over for a moment and slowly started walking forward.
"Drew, good to see you again." He spoke slowly.
"Captain Yates," Drew nodded. "This is Kathryn Janeway and her boarding party."
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Chakotay moaned as he rolled over on his side. His body was aching… everywhere.
"Chakotay!" B'Elanna ran up to him, followed by two security officers.
"I'm okay. How is Harry?" He asked as he looked over at Ensign Kim, who was leaned up against the side of the corridor.
"I'm… I'm okay." He whispered. "What the hell was that?" B'Elanna helped them to their feet.
"Someone shot us. It was a xenotrite-based weapon." Chakotay said as he leaned on B'Elanna. It still hurt to walk.
"Xenotrite? We don't have anything on board…"
"I know. Chakotay to bridge… intruder alert."
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Captain Yates sat at briefing room desk tapping his finger on the glass top. Janeway sat on the other side of the desk, and she had just spent the past thirty minutes bringing him up to speed. They were alone in the large Enterprise briefing room, and she could tell he was trying to find the appropriate words. Finally, he chuckled and spoke.
"You know, I always liked Sub-Commander Grant. He seemed honest, and it looks like its paid off. And boy those bastards live a long time, don't they? Hah." He looked out the window. Janeway just sat there, still working scenarios in her head. So far, none of them were working. "We are fucked." Was the conclusion that Captain Yates finally came up with.
"I haven't heard that word in a long time." Janeway remarked, being snapped out of her thoughts.
"Its old. Not many people use it anymore." He replied. "I only use it in extreme cases. This makes the fourth time I've used it in my command."
"All interesting stories, I am sure." Janeway smiled slightly.
"All stories I'll be more than happy to share with you if we get out of here." He replied. They fell in silence again.
Janeway stood up and walked towards the window. She stared off into the endless abyss. "What did you say was wrong with your engines?" She asked.
"It happened when we triggered the buoy and were catapulted into Indovian territory. The Torsion Helix drive is still completely functional. It's the xi-triniton helix generators that were destroyed by our velocity. Without them, this ship can go no faster than warp fifteen."
Janeway turned around on her heels. "Warp fifteen? But infinite velocity is warp ten?"
"In your time frame, yes. We use a different speed measurement system now. Infinite velocity is impossible now due to universal subspace particle radiation. It's a long story."
"Ah. So we cant outrun them on warp fifteen?"
He started laughing at her. "No, no we sure cant."
Janeway turned back to the window. "So we are outmanned, outgunned, and there is no hope of getting home." She spoke softly. She frowned when she realized that Yates didn't respond to her. She turned around once more. He was staring off into space lost in thought. He suddenly jumped up.
"Come with me." He motioned her over. She walked to him, and he cleared his throat. "Relocate us to deck X."
"Deck X?" She started to speak, when they suddenly vanished in a swirl of silver light.
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Ambassador Grant looked at his computer screen with a blank stare. The monitor was showing the security sensors of his level of the building, and he watched six blinking blue dots approach his office. The doors slid open slowly, and the six dots materialized into six military officers.
Grant looked up at the lead military archon, Pertyn Duklont.
"Archon Duklont." Grant said as he stood up.
"Ambassador Grant Reev." Duklont narrowed his eyes at him. He turned around and motioned his men outside. He waited until the door shut before he spoke.
"The warship Telomox was destroyed a few minutes ago in sector twenty six."
Grants heart jumped. They made it! He thought, and then slowly opened his mouth. "By whom?"
Duklont clenched his teeth. "You know damn well by who, old man." Grant stayed silent. "What were you trying to do? The Enterprise has restored full power, and has since cloaked. We have no way of tracking her!" Grant stared at him. "No matter. They will surely be back for the Voyager, which we now have a spy on board. Whatever you were trying to accomplish will be destroyed… forever. Just like it should have been years ago."
Grant stood up quickly. "Listen to me Duklont! The war should have never happened in the first place. I'm trying to undo the damage that we caused to these people! I'm trying to fix-" Duklont stood up and fired his particle weapon at Grant, disintegrating him on contact.
"Not anymore your not." He whispered to the empty room. He turned on his heel, and walked out to his men. "This ends now." He said to them.
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Captain Janeway felt light headed for a moment as she tried to get oriented to her surroundings. The room was pitch dark.
"Don't move!" Captain Dorian Yates instructed her. "Computer, activate illumination."
The small room lit up rapidly. "Welcome to my last resort." He said with a smile. Janeway looked around, and saw a large blank wallscreen on one side of the room, followed by many blank computer panels. On the other wall was a large book case, filled with literature. There was also a small bed, and some clothes laying on the floor. "Sorry about the mess… I'm not in this room very often." He said as he bent down and picked the clothes up, only to toss them onto the bed.
"What is this place?" Janeway asked as she walked up to the bookcase.
"This is my last resort. It's the only room on the ship with no physical access, and it's also the only room that only I can access. Its sort of like my personal hidey-hole." He chuckled at himself, as he walked over to the computer panel.
Janeway raised her eyebrows at him, as she begin appreciate his odd personality. "Why did you bring us here?"
"Because this is also the only room where we have access to the tridecta communication array."
"And that is?" She asked as she leaned over the console to inspect it.
"Its like a long-range subspace transceiver on steroids. Distance knows no meaning to it."
"You mean…" He held up his finger to quiet her. She shut her mouth as he tapped in a few commands.
"This is the Federation Starship Enterprise to GIA control sector alpha. I'm transmitting my temporal code now." Yates spoke.
They sat in silence for a few moments when Janeway started to open her mouth. She stopped however when a burst of static came through the speakers, followed by a very surprised voice.
"Holy shit! Enterprise, we are receiving you! Daniel, go get the Admiral!" The frantic voice on the other end of the line babbled. "Dear God, are you guys all right? It's been eight hundred years!"
"It's a long story. To whom am I speaking with?" Yates asked into the audio-only transmission.
"This is Ensign Bellenger, sir!"
"Well Ensign Bellenger, you tell your Commanding Officer that Captain Dorian Yates says to send in the reinforcements!"
"Hot damn sir, you go it!" Janeway smiled at the eager ensigns voice.
Yates turned to her and smiled. "So how are you liking my last resort room?"