The Three Sisters: First Encounter
By Voyager Queen
* * Mirage's Ship * *
Tom collapsed onto the bed in his new quarters, for the summer anyway.
It's funny, and hour ago he'd been trying to escape from these very same quarters. Now they were his escape, from life, Starfleet, his family. There was a knock on the door and he sat up.
"Come in."
Mirage smiled and walked in. "Are you comfortable?"
Tom looked at her uneasily. An hour ago he was her prisoner. "Yes, thanks. This is fine," he told her cautiously.
"Good. Look, I'm really sorry about what I did, it's just."
Tom shook his head, "Don't worry about it. It all worked out anyway, right?" He couldn't believe his own words. His father would kill him. He just couldn't seem to stay mad at her. she was so perfect.
"Yes, I suppose," she replied awkwardly. "So, how were you able to climb down there and get Evey?" she asked, changing the subject.
"Rock climbing is a hobby of mine."
Mirages eyes sparkled, "Really? I've always wanted to try that."
"Maybe someday I can show you?" Tom flinched, 'maybe someday I can show you?' she was a kidnapper!
She smiled, "I'd like that, but I don't think we'll ever get the chance."
"You're probably right. So what do you want me to do this summer? I know my way around a starship, I could help."
"Thanks for the offer, but the Miser can take car of herself."
"Miser?"
"The ship. That's its name."
"So you're a bounty hunter?" Tom asked.
Mirage laughed. "Well, if you promise never to tell anyone, I became a hunter after I retired from my career in burglary."
"Burglary," Tom echoed.
"Have you ever heard of the infamous cat burglar Mirage?"
Tom gasped. Mirage was the only burglar to evade Starfleet after robbing a Federation museum. "That was you?"
She shrugged, "It seems like a lifetime age."
"How were you able to pull it off? I mean, how did you learn to do the things you do?"
"My father taught me before he died. Both Kade and I are trained burglars, we're training Evey now. Not so she can rob anyone but the things we're teaching her will come in handy."
"Do you think you could teach me?"
Mirage looked at him in disbelief, "Why?"
"Like you said, 'it will come in handy' besides, you're actually my idle."
"What?" she laughed.
"I'm not kidding. I've been studying the Mirage burglaries since the strike at the McAllister mansion."
"How did you know about that? It's never gotten out."
"_____ my dad's an admiral. Sometimes he tells me things. So? Will you teach me?"
Mirage took a moment to think over the unusual request then smiled, "Yea, I'll teach you but it won't be easy."
"We have all summer."
* * Important Info * *
For the next 3 months, Kade and Mirage trained Tom and Evey on how to be a thief, a spy, a shadow, and a mirage. Tom had always been gifted and like everything he ever tried, he picked it up fast. By the end of the summer he was probably a better spy than a Section 31 agent and almost as good as Mirage herself. His skills had surpassed that of Kades after the first two months. Tom also became very close to the sisters. Kade was like another big sister, Evey was like the little sister he never had. Mirage was not like a sister. He was in love with her the first day he met her despite the situation and she finally realized it, almost 3 months later.
* * The Miser * *
Tom and Mirage crashed into the wall of her quarters locked in a passionate kiss. Mirage was in the process of unbuttoning his shirt when he told her to stop.
"What's wrong?"
"It's almost September."
Mirage sighed, "You don't have to go back, Tom. I told you that. You can stay here, with us."
"I know, but I think I need to go back. My parents are probably worried sick about me and I start the Academy in the fall."
Mirage smiled, "I've already trained you better than the Academy ever could."
"I know that. but I was only supposed to be gone for the summer. I have a life to go back to."
"Can you honestly say you want to leave this one?"
"I need to."
"You can't leave, Tom. We need you. I need you."
"I can't stay. We had a deal, remember? I go home, you get your bounty?"
"I don't car about the bounty. Not anymore. All I care about is you."
Tom sighed, "I'm leaving tomorrow. You can drop me off anywhere. It won't be goodbye forever."
"I won't say goodbye. Not even if it isn't for forever."
"I won't stay."
"I'll make you!" she cried desperately.
"You trained me too well to be able to keep me here. I'll find you again, Mirage. You and Kade and Evey but I have to go to the Academy. I've been preparing for it my whole life. And for the first time, I really want to go."
"How will you tell Evey?" she whispered.
"Evey always knew I'd be leaving. I'll say goodbye to her in the morning." Tom kissed her and left her alone in her quarters.
"The prophets be my witness," she said to the darkened quarters. "I won't let you leave here Tom Paris."
* * The Paradox * *
"Captain, we've picked up the Mirage ship on sensors," a young ensign announced. Not fully understanding what he had found.
"Red alert," Captain Kathryn Janeway roared. "Set a course, full speed and hail them."
"They aren't responding, they're fleeing."
"Follow them."
* * The Miser * *
Tom raced out onto the bridge of the Miser, Evey tightly griping his hand.
"What's going on?"
Kade and Mirage barely looked up as Mirage explained, "A Starfleet vessel is pursuing us."
"What?" he asked running to the helm and taking Kade's place. "They're hailing."
"Don't answer them!" Mirage barked.
"But they're probably looking for me!" Tom cried.
"Or they're looking for me," Mirage reminded. "I can't take that chance."
Tom nodded, "We'll never out run them."
"We have to try!" she yelled back.
"I'm telling you, Mirage, this will go a lot easier if you let me talk to them."
"No!"
"There is no other way out of it"
Kade put her hand on Mirage's shoulder. "Let him do it."
Mirage reluctantly nodded and Tom answered the hail and stood. A young auburn haired Captain appeared.
"Tom Paris?" she asked, looking the handsome young man over for injuries.
"The one and the only," he answered with a familiar grin.
"Shut down your engines and prepare to be transported aboard."
"Yes ma'am," Tom answered smartly.
Janeway hadn't expected things to go so smoothly.
Tom cut the engines and Mirage glared at him, "You're just giving in to them? This isn't how I taught you!"
"I'm not giving in Mirage! This was the plan. Kade, lower the shields."
Kade was about to when Mirage shouted, "Don't!" She ripped a phaser out from under her console and aimed it at Tom. "I'll kill you before I'll let you leave."
* * The Paradox * *
"What's going on?" Janeway asked the crew of the U.S.S Paradox impatiently.
"They've gone to all-stop but they haven't lowered the shields."
"Hail them."
"They aren't responding."
Janeway grabbed a phaser. "Can you beam me through the shields?"
"Captain, its very dangerous."
"Can you do it?" she barked.
"Yes."
"Then transport me to their bridge," she ordered.
The crewman nodded and Janeway disappeared.
* * The Miser * *
Tom laughed as Mirage turned the phaser on him, "You're going to kill me? Go ahead."
Evey placed herself in front of Tom. "Don't do this Mirage!" she cried.
"You don't know what's at stake!" she yelled. " I can't allow Tom to leave! They'll kill me!"
"What are you talking about?" Tom yelled back.
This is when Janeway appeared in the center of the bridge. Mirage reaimed her phaser onto the Starfleet Captain. "You can't take him!" she bellowed desperately as Janeway backed up towards Tom.
"His parents are worried. I need to take him home."
"No. He stays here."
Mirage pressed down the trigger. Tom reacted quicker than the others. He pulled Evey aside and stood in front of the Captain, taking the blast meant for her. As he fell backwards Mirage cried out in terror. Kade ran to the nearest console, "The shields are down," she told Janeway.
"Janeway to the Paradox, two to beam directly to sickbay," she said shakily.
"Acknowledged."
* * The Paradox * *
Kathryn left the teenager in her Doctor's care and raced to the bridge.
"What's the status of the other ship?"
"They're preparing to go to warp."
"Transport all aboard and send a security team to the transporter room."
"Captain, there is some kind of dampening field on the bridge. I can't get a lock."
"They've gone to warp!"
"Follow them!" Janeway roared.
* * The Miser * *
"Have you lost your mind?" Kade screamed. "Where the hell are you taking us, Mirage?"
"I won't surrender!" she yelled back aiming the phaser at her sister.
"If you don't pull us out of warp there'll be a core breach! It will destroy both our ships!"
"I know, I'll pull us out before that happens."
Evey slowly crept up behind Mirage as Kade continued to try and reason with her. She lunged at Mirage knocking her to the floor and sending the phaser flying out of her grasp. Kade picked it up and ran to the helm taking them out of warp. A huge swirl of blue appeared on the view screen.
"Oh, hell," whispered Kade.
* * The Paradox * *
"What are they doing?" demanded Janeway.
"They've exited warp but they came out right next to the Bezar wormhole! It's pulling them in!"
"Tractor beam!"
"We can't get close enough without getting pulled in ourselves."
* * The Miser * *
Kade fought with the helm as the Miser rocked but it was futile. The three stood staring as the wormhole engulfed their ship. Once they were through there would be no coming back. Though this side of the wormhole was stable the other wasn't. It jumps from place to place, never the same place twice. Their ship shot through the other side, sending all its occupants to the floor.
Kade picked herself off the ground and looked at her console in disbelief. She turned to her sisters who were attempting to stand.
"We're on the other side of the Galaxy."
To be continued. Stay tuned and please review!
By Voyager Queen
* * Mirage's Ship * *
Tom collapsed onto the bed in his new quarters, for the summer anyway.
It's funny, and hour ago he'd been trying to escape from these very same quarters. Now they were his escape, from life, Starfleet, his family. There was a knock on the door and he sat up.
"Come in."
Mirage smiled and walked in. "Are you comfortable?"
Tom looked at her uneasily. An hour ago he was her prisoner. "Yes, thanks. This is fine," he told her cautiously.
"Good. Look, I'm really sorry about what I did, it's just."
Tom shook his head, "Don't worry about it. It all worked out anyway, right?" He couldn't believe his own words. His father would kill him. He just couldn't seem to stay mad at her. she was so perfect.
"Yes, I suppose," she replied awkwardly. "So, how were you able to climb down there and get Evey?" she asked, changing the subject.
"Rock climbing is a hobby of mine."
Mirages eyes sparkled, "Really? I've always wanted to try that."
"Maybe someday I can show you?" Tom flinched, 'maybe someday I can show you?' she was a kidnapper!
She smiled, "I'd like that, but I don't think we'll ever get the chance."
"You're probably right. So what do you want me to do this summer? I know my way around a starship, I could help."
"Thanks for the offer, but the Miser can take car of herself."
"Miser?"
"The ship. That's its name."
"So you're a bounty hunter?" Tom asked.
Mirage laughed. "Well, if you promise never to tell anyone, I became a hunter after I retired from my career in burglary."
"Burglary," Tom echoed.
"Have you ever heard of the infamous cat burglar Mirage?"
Tom gasped. Mirage was the only burglar to evade Starfleet after robbing a Federation museum. "That was you?"
She shrugged, "It seems like a lifetime age."
"How were you able to pull it off? I mean, how did you learn to do the things you do?"
"My father taught me before he died. Both Kade and I are trained burglars, we're training Evey now. Not so she can rob anyone but the things we're teaching her will come in handy."
"Do you think you could teach me?"
Mirage looked at him in disbelief, "Why?"
"Like you said, 'it will come in handy' besides, you're actually my idle."
"What?" she laughed.
"I'm not kidding. I've been studying the Mirage burglaries since the strike at the McAllister mansion."
"How did you know about that? It's never gotten out."
"_____ my dad's an admiral. Sometimes he tells me things. So? Will you teach me?"
Mirage took a moment to think over the unusual request then smiled, "Yea, I'll teach you but it won't be easy."
"We have all summer."
* * Important Info * *
For the next 3 months, Kade and Mirage trained Tom and Evey on how to be a thief, a spy, a shadow, and a mirage. Tom had always been gifted and like everything he ever tried, he picked it up fast. By the end of the summer he was probably a better spy than a Section 31 agent and almost as good as Mirage herself. His skills had surpassed that of Kades after the first two months. Tom also became very close to the sisters. Kade was like another big sister, Evey was like the little sister he never had. Mirage was not like a sister. He was in love with her the first day he met her despite the situation and she finally realized it, almost 3 months later.
* * The Miser * *
Tom and Mirage crashed into the wall of her quarters locked in a passionate kiss. Mirage was in the process of unbuttoning his shirt when he told her to stop.
"What's wrong?"
"It's almost September."
Mirage sighed, "You don't have to go back, Tom. I told you that. You can stay here, with us."
"I know, but I think I need to go back. My parents are probably worried sick about me and I start the Academy in the fall."
Mirage smiled, "I've already trained you better than the Academy ever could."
"I know that. but I was only supposed to be gone for the summer. I have a life to go back to."
"Can you honestly say you want to leave this one?"
"I need to."
"You can't leave, Tom. We need you. I need you."
"I can't stay. We had a deal, remember? I go home, you get your bounty?"
"I don't car about the bounty. Not anymore. All I care about is you."
Tom sighed, "I'm leaving tomorrow. You can drop me off anywhere. It won't be goodbye forever."
"I won't say goodbye. Not even if it isn't for forever."
"I won't stay."
"I'll make you!" she cried desperately.
"You trained me too well to be able to keep me here. I'll find you again, Mirage. You and Kade and Evey but I have to go to the Academy. I've been preparing for it my whole life. And for the first time, I really want to go."
"How will you tell Evey?" she whispered.
"Evey always knew I'd be leaving. I'll say goodbye to her in the morning." Tom kissed her and left her alone in her quarters.
"The prophets be my witness," she said to the darkened quarters. "I won't let you leave here Tom Paris."
* * The Paradox * *
"Captain, we've picked up the Mirage ship on sensors," a young ensign announced. Not fully understanding what he had found.
"Red alert," Captain Kathryn Janeway roared. "Set a course, full speed and hail them."
"They aren't responding, they're fleeing."
"Follow them."
* * The Miser * *
Tom raced out onto the bridge of the Miser, Evey tightly griping his hand.
"What's going on?"
Kade and Mirage barely looked up as Mirage explained, "A Starfleet vessel is pursuing us."
"What?" he asked running to the helm and taking Kade's place. "They're hailing."
"Don't answer them!" Mirage barked.
"But they're probably looking for me!" Tom cried.
"Or they're looking for me," Mirage reminded. "I can't take that chance."
Tom nodded, "We'll never out run them."
"We have to try!" she yelled back.
"I'm telling you, Mirage, this will go a lot easier if you let me talk to them."
"No!"
"There is no other way out of it"
Kade put her hand on Mirage's shoulder. "Let him do it."
Mirage reluctantly nodded and Tom answered the hail and stood. A young auburn haired Captain appeared.
"Tom Paris?" she asked, looking the handsome young man over for injuries.
"The one and the only," he answered with a familiar grin.
"Shut down your engines and prepare to be transported aboard."
"Yes ma'am," Tom answered smartly.
Janeway hadn't expected things to go so smoothly.
Tom cut the engines and Mirage glared at him, "You're just giving in to them? This isn't how I taught you!"
"I'm not giving in Mirage! This was the plan. Kade, lower the shields."
Kade was about to when Mirage shouted, "Don't!" She ripped a phaser out from under her console and aimed it at Tom. "I'll kill you before I'll let you leave."
* * The Paradox * *
"What's going on?" Janeway asked the crew of the U.S.S Paradox impatiently.
"They've gone to all-stop but they haven't lowered the shields."
"Hail them."
"They aren't responding."
Janeway grabbed a phaser. "Can you beam me through the shields?"
"Captain, its very dangerous."
"Can you do it?" she barked.
"Yes."
"Then transport me to their bridge," she ordered.
The crewman nodded and Janeway disappeared.
* * The Miser * *
Tom laughed as Mirage turned the phaser on him, "You're going to kill me? Go ahead."
Evey placed herself in front of Tom. "Don't do this Mirage!" she cried.
"You don't know what's at stake!" she yelled. " I can't allow Tom to leave! They'll kill me!"
"What are you talking about?" Tom yelled back.
This is when Janeway appeared in the center of the bridge. Mirage reaimed her phaser onto the Starfleet Captain. "You can't take him!" she bellowed desperately as Janeway backed up towards Tom.
"His parents are worried. I need to take him home."
"No. He stays here."
Mirage pressed down the trigger. Tom reacted quicker than the others. He pulled Evey aside and stood in front of the Captain, taking the blast meant for her. As he fell backwards Mirage cried out in terror. Kade ran to the nearest console, "The shields are down," she told Janeway.
"Janeway to the Paradox, two to beam directly to sickbay," she said shakily.
"Acknowledged."
* * The Paradox * *
Kathryn left the teenager in her Doctor's care and raced to the bridge.
"What's the status of the other ship?"
"They're preparing to go to warp."
"Transport all aboard and send a security team to the transporter room."
"Captain, there is some kind of dampening field on the bridge. I can't get a lock."
"They've gone to warp!"
"Follow them!" Janeway roared.
* * The Miser * *
"Have you lost your mind?" Kade screamed. "Where the hell are you taking us, Mirage?"
"I won't surrender!" she yelled back aiming the phaser at her sister.
"If you don't pull us out of warp there'll be a core breach! It will destroy both our ships!"
"I know, I'll pull us out before that happens."
Evey slowly crept up behind Mirage as Kade continued to try and reason with her. She lunged at Mirage knocking her to the floor and sending the phaser flying out of her grasp. Kade picked it up and ran to the helm taking them out of warp. A huge swirl of blue appeared on the view screen.
"Oh, hell," whispered Kade.
* * The Paradox * *
"What are they doing?" demanded Janeway.
"They've exited warp but they came out right next to the Bezar wormhole! It's pulling them in!"
"Tractor beam!"
"We can't get close enough without getting pulled in ourselves."
* * The Miser * *
Kade fought with the helm as the Miser rocked but it was futile. The three stood staring as the wormhole engulfed their ship. Once they were through there would be no coming back. Though this side of the wormhole was stable the other wasn't. It jumps from place to place, never the same place twice. Their ship shot through the other side, sending all its occupants to the floor.
Kade picked herself off the ground and looked at her console in disbelief. She turned to her sisters who were attempting to stand.
"We're on the other side of the Galaxy."
To be continued. Stay tuned and please review!
