CHAPTER 4
"Mr. Wolf, are you all right?" Picard was on to the right side of the bed, "When the medical team were taking you away you said that we were in great danger. Actually Mr. Data translated for you. He said you were talking in Wolfon."
"What happened?" There was a confused look on Ruff's face.
"You fainted. Data said he saw a glimpse of something on the screen and suggested that you might have seen it and have a pretty good idea of what it was," answered Doctor Crush whose voice was coming from the foot of the bed. Ruff tried lifting his head but couldn't because it was still so dizzy.
"Oh, I'm sorry, but you can't lift your head because it's restrained so you can't get up. I'll take it off if you don't lift your head and if you stay in that bed," said the doctor.
"All right," he didn't want to argue because his head was pounding and he wanted to rest. Doctor Crusher took the head restraint off and was about to give him a hypo spray when he objected and asked, "What's that?"
"It's cordizine. It's to take away some of the headache," explained Doctor Crusher.
"You mean like GRAcn?"
"A what?"
"It relives the pain from your body and head, like your ancient human medicine, Tylenol."
"I didn't know you studied medicine. Well yes, except this only takes away a headache and it is improved."
"Then proceed, Doctor." He seemed to become lightheaded and fell asleep.
"I know this seems rude, but he reminds me of my old dog when he's asleep," said Beverly, looking at the dog-like person who was almost curled up on the bed. Picard and Crusher went out of sickbay and dimmed the lights.
Commander Riker was at the Bridge, where the warship from earlier had come back and was on the viewing screen, except it did not disappear this time.
"Red alert!" hollered Riker at Lieutenant Worf. Worf came to the Enterprise for a visit and had taken his old place for old times sake. He would return to the station Deep Space Nine in a month.
"Aye, Sir," obeyed the Klingon. Just then Picard came to the Bridge; he had a look of surprise on his face.
"After last time, I thought they'd never come back," exclaimed the captain.
"The ship has brought up its shields," reported Worf, then added, "the scanners almost missed it."
A crimson beam came from the ship. Picard had almost at that very moment ordered Worf to fire, but something told him to wait and see, "Mr. Data, what is it doing?"
"It seems to be constructing something, but the computer cannot identify what it is that the ship is.
constructing," answered the Android.
"The craft is preparing to…" began Worf, he was going to report that the ship was preparing to warp but it had already gone.
"Data, can you identify the construction now?" asked Will Riker. He already knew the answer, but wanted to hear and possibly go and take a look inside the building. He was pretty sure that the captain would say so.
"No, Commander," said Data.
"Will, take a team down to the surface with careful precautions," ordered Picard.
"Yes, sir. Worf, Data, you're with me," said the Commander as he strode to the turbo-lift, Worf and Data also joining him.
The team beamed down, consisting of Riker, Data, Worf, Geordi, and Dr. Crusher.
They beamed outside the building, which has been built on a moon of a planet about ten light-years from the Wolfonian Solar System. Data was scanning the area.
"What is that building made of?" asked Commander Riker.
"Unknown, sir," answered the Android.
The landing team walked around, as Data and Dr. Crusher scanned the area with their Tricorders.
"Be careful, we don't know what it can do," cautioned Riker.
The team circled the entire building; it took them twenty minutes. But took Data only five minutes because quadrupled his speed from the average human and looked thoroughly. To us it would look like as if he only took a glance.
"Commander," Data finally called, "I seemed to have found an entrance."
Data led the party to a side, where they had already looked but had not noticed the door. It had blend in with the rest of the wall because of all the little contraptions set all around the building, which were also on the door.
Data approached the door and pressed a button, which to their amazement was the one that opened the door.
"Riker to Enterprise," said the commander after he beeped his Comm badge.
"Enterprise here," answered the voice of Picard.
"Captain, we've found an entrance to the structure."
"Good, you may proceed carefully, but I advise that a portion of you stay out to keep watch. And keep this Comm link open to report."
"Worf," said Riker, "you stay here to keep guard."
"Aye, sir," said Worf.
All, except Worf, entered the building, with Riker in the lead. It was pitch black inside, with the exception of the light streaming through the doorway. Everybody turned his or her flashlights on. Ahead of them there were two hallways that were so dark that even their flashlights couldn't pierce the engulfing black hallways.
"So, which way should we go?" asked La Forge.
"Let's split up," said Riker, "Data and Doctor Crusher, go left, Geordi and I will go right."
They divided and went through the dark hallways.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Chapter 5 will be of similar size, maybe a bit smaller, but Chapter 6 will probably be the longest chapter yet. I only have up to those two written up so I probably need to start writing Chapter 7 to stay ahead. I don't know how long that will take since I am busy this week more so that the other weeks since I will be going to a prom. I will continue posting, if I can, a chapter per review.
-Lea aka LSR_7