A few minutes later Captain Holan entered the room. "You will be returned to you rooms in a minute. Do not try to escape. I am sure that your captain has told you what will happen." Kyoto and Lang glanced at each other. "What's going on?" He asked, noticing for the first time the unusual atmosphere in the room. He looked at each one of them in turn. "What's going on?" He asked again.
"Nothing." Bianca said in a surly voice.
"I find that hard to believe." He moved closer and she pressed herself back against the wall. "You still seem scared of me."
Nicoletti stepped between them. "Leave her alone." She had her hand behind her back slightly, holding something.
"What do you have in your hand?" Her eyes narrowed at the question. "Show it to me." He commanded. Nicoletti glanced at the others.
"If you insist." Each of them produced a phaser. Kathryn had brought them over from Voyager. If they had been active as she was transported alarms would have gone off so she just turned them off. Kim had been the one to notice the flaw in their defences. "No," She said as his hand twitched, "Don't try to alert security." He froze. "Now, which way to the nearest transporter room? And don't even try to get us caught or I will shoot you."
"Out of the door, go left; go down the second corridor of your right. It's the third door on your left."
"How many people will be in there?"
"Probably one."
"Good, you're coming with us." She grabbed him by the shoulder and shoved him towards the door. He went unwillingly but didn't try to escape. They stayed close together. A couple of times they met people in the corridors but no-one tried to stop them because of the phaser pointed at their captain's head.
They made it to the transporter room without any incidents. Nicoletti shoved Captain Holan towards the control panel. "Get it working." She snapped. He keyed in his codes reluctantly. "Hurry up." She typed a few pieces of information in and turned. "Get on the transporter then." Once the others were on the pad she started moving backwards, still pointing her phaser at him. Without any sort of warning a dozen or so security guards burst in.
"Stay back or I'll shoot your captain." Nicoletti shouted. The security guards froze. "Stay back." She warned. There was a humming noise from the transporter and lights started to glow. Then all the power cut out. The whole room was plunged into darkness and there was chaos until the emergency lights lit the room. About half the guards were unconscious but the ones who weren't were still holding phasers, unlike Kyoto and Delaney. Three phasers to six are not much good in a fight, Lang thought, annoyed.
"Put the weapons down or we will fire." One of the guards said. He spoke surprisingly softly but his phaser didn't waver. "Now." He waited several seconds. "You were warned." He shot Bianca's leg. She screamed and collapsed, dropping the phaser. Kyoto was nearest her and caught her as she fell. She lowered her to the floor gently. After a few moments Lang and Nicoletti dropped their phasers. The remaining security guards swarmed around them. One tried to pull Kyoto up but she shoved him away and turned straight back to Bianca. Bianca was breathing hard and shaking.
"Abby…" Bianca whispered.
"Yes, Bianca." Abby Kyoto bent her head closer. "Don't worry, I'm here for you."
"Don't…let them…hurt the baby." Her eyes were closing.
"Stay awake, Bianca, stay awake." She turned her head to the side, barely conscious. "Keep your eyes open."
"Get up." Captain Holan said. Kyoto ignored him. "Get up, now."
"Stop it. Can't you see she needs help?" When Kyoto looked up everyone saw that she was crying. "She's just a child. You didn't have to shoot her."
"Get up." He repeated. Kyoto looked down at Bianca. Her eyes were barely open and her breathing was getting shallow and erratic. Carefully, she lifted Bianca's head off her lap and stood up. She gave a tiny whimper as she moved. A security guard pulled her away all of them were taken out of the room.
Captain Holan bent over the girl and checked her pulse. She lay completely still, barely breathing. He tapped his comm. badge and called for her to be beamed to sickbay.