Kah'Li awoke from an uneasy sleep. She kept thinking of her mother and Pa'El. //Why me?// she though to herself. //Is fate taunting me one more time? Oh look, only the freak survived! Wow, she sure is lucky!// She sighed. If her mother was here, she'd be scolding Kah'Li for thinking like that. //Well, she isn't here is she?// Kah'Li thought to herself. //Maybe that's the way I'm always supposed to be. Alone.//
She sighed and turned back over. //At least Hael and his people are kind. I wonder what would have happened if I had been captured by the Vorilians...// She shook her head. If she kept thinking like this, she'd be paranoid and delusional in no time. She didn't need
that added to her growing pile of problems.
~*~
Jon was getting ready for his shift when his door chime went. "Come in." he called out.
An exhausted Trip walked in. "Cap'n, she's not dead!"
"Who's not dead?" asked Jon carefully.
"Kah'Li! I dreamt about her! She's safe and sound, but she's on another alien ship!"
Jon sighed. He had been afraid of this. "Trip," he started gently, "Kah'Li is dead. You saw the Xyrillian ship, the readings. There were no survivors."
"But Cap'n! You have to believe me! She's not dead! She's still alive, we have to save her!" Trip said, a note of panic in his voice.
"Trip. Kah'Li is dead." Jon said quietly. "I know that it's hard to accept, but it's the truth. Now, why don't you go back to your quarters and get some rest." Jon offered a warm smile to his friend. "We'll talk later, ok?"
Trip looked down at his feet. "Alright. I'll see you later, I guess."
Jon kept the smile on his face. "Good. Now get some rest."
Trip smiled, then headed down the corridor. //Like hell I will.// he thought to himself. He already had a plan forming in his head. He knew where she was, but no one would listen to him. //I'll just have to do it myself.//
~*~
Jon Archer was sitting in his command chair, waiting for the go ahead for warp speed, when T'Pol called out.
"Captain, there seems to be a shuttlepod launching from the ship."
"What?! Can you tell who's on board?"
T'Pol paused a moment, looking at her console. "It appears to be Commander Tucker, sir."
"Captain?" called out Travis.
"Yeah Travis?"
"The pod just went to warp."
"What?! Those pods don't have warp capabilities!"
"Apparently Mr. Tucker changed that, sir." responded Travis.
Jon put his face in his hands. //What else could go wrong today?//
Hoshi coughed nervously. "Captain?" she asked.
"What is it now?" he replied, his voice muffled by his hands.
"We're being contacted by the Vorilians."
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