There is going be a lot of chapters here, folks, so bear with me. I'm only on page 25, and there is 38 total.
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Two figures watched the party as they moved through the forest, keeping up with them silently.
"They know. The Vulcan knows."
The other shook his head. "The Vulcan suspects, or they wouldn't still be down here."
They watched the exchange between the Vulcan and the gold-shirt. "Captain Kirk," the first one said, longing in his voice. "He's worth . . ." He raised his weapon.
"Nothing to us dead," the other snapped, pushing the other's weapon down.
"Why not stun him?"
The other shook his head. "The Vulcan has been known to shake off stuns. Use the tranq darts instead."
"On all of them?"
"Just Kirk and his Vulcan."
"The others?"
"Kill them."
They disappeared back into the underbrush, silent, lest they alert their prey.