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I Will Fight for the Stars
Chapter 21 – Finding the Problem
After a few seconds of falling the ships halted to a stop, suspending them in the air. They knew that they should still be falling, but they weren't.
"The Cryons…" Nyota whispered, being the first one to work it out. "They're holding us, they'll drop us again. It's a form of torture, we know we're going to die but there's nothing we can do about it."
"Where's our power?" Jim demanded and there was scuffle in the darkness before the bridge was lit by a dim red light.
"There's a jam in our power systems captain, the warp core is still functional but the power is unable to travel to anywhere. It's trapped." Spock replied from behind them. "I can fix it but I would need two additional crew members to help me."
"Why?" Nyota asked.
"I would need someone relatively small to get into the tunnel where the power travels and one other person to be there to pull them up quickly before the warp energy travels through. I can delay it for up to one minute once it's functioning again but they would need help getting out. I would operate it from the desk but the tunnel is on the opposite side of the control room."
"I'll do it." Nyota volunteered immediately.
"We do not have time for you to change." Spock replied eyeing her rather short dress and Nyota's head drooped a little.
"Maybe I won't do it…"
"Ella will do it." Jim offered and Ella's head snapped around to glare at him.
"Since when?"
"Ella we need you to!"
"I'm not going to die for this!"
"Ella come on, you can save the ship!"
"Jim I can't! I'm not brave enough, I can't do it." She said, shaking her head before leaning in to whisper to him, "I can't deal with small spaces. I'm claustrophobic."
"Come on Ella please! If you don't do this then we're all gonna die. Bones, take Bones to pull you out. You know what you're doing then and he won't let you die. Come on, if there's anyone on this ship who won't let you die it's him."
She thought for a moment and the ship dropped again, causing another mad scramble. Once it had stopped Ella took a deep breath and nodded, looking to Spock.
"What do I need to do?"
Spock stood and began to walk quickly from the bridge, motioning for Ella to follow. As they walked through the corridors they heard Jim sending Bones to the control room. As Spock led the way Ella began to panic, taking deep breaths she turned to Spock and spoke with a mock confidence.
"Tell me what I need to do."