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Chapter Three: ~Flashback~ Part Two
Pallee frowned, "maybe it's just Nichole kicking up a fuss."
"I hope so. . ." Hoku fingered her phaser, Pallee eyed her.
"You're not gonna shoot her are you?"
"No. Unfortunately." Hoku lifted her hand away and walked over to the cave mouth. It'd gone quiet.
"What can you see?"
"Absolutely Jack." She took a step inside. Pallee followed her, her hand now near her phaser.
"Um. . . should we call them?" She asked, then, raising her voice, "Captain?"
No answer.
"Uh oh." Pallee muttered. Hoku shrugged.
"Maybe they cant hear us?" Hoku muttered, her tone without conviction.
Pallee pushed past her and stalked off into the cave, phaser now in hand. Hoku followed reluctantly, her fear of the dark overly obvious.
"They're not here!" Pallee moaned, "it's.a dead end. . ."
"But I thought they said there was a power source in here." Hoku caught up with her, then gazed at the solid wall. She cocked her head on one side, "Pallee. . . ?"
"Yes?" Pallee asked, sitting down again on another rock.
"Did you ever see a solid wall flicker?"
"Not that I can remember. Sure it's not your torch?" She didn't even turn around.
"I'm pretty sure." Hoku tapped her should. Pallee turned around and looked at where her fellow lost-girl was pointing.
"Oh. . . you're right." She stood, then reached up and touched the shimmering rock face. It emitted several sparks, "hmm. Never seen rock do THAT, either."
"That's because," a different voice said, "it's not rock. Stupid." They turned. A black swathed figure was standing behind them, holding a gun and shaking it's head, "now. If you'll drop your weapons, you can come and join your precious captain."
Both the girls dropped their phasers. The figure walked over to them and knelt beside the rock Pallee'd sat on. Pressing one of it's fingers into a gap, it lifted the top foot of the rock, which was on a hinge, revealing a control panel.
It pressed a few keys, and the rock face disappeared, leaving a gaping corridor in it's wake.
"Walk." The figure hissed, standing behind them.
They walked. The corridor was only about five metres long. It lead out into another cave, illuminated with primitive lanterns hung from the wall. The rest of the away team were there, along with two more swathed figures. How three strangers outpowered six Starfleet officers Hoku never figured out.
"Stand over there." The original figure indicated the little away team crowd. Both girls walked and stood beside them.
"You got caught too, eh?" McCoy asked Pallee. She nodded.
"Now then." The 'it' that had caught Pallee and Hoku stood before the crowd, "why're you here?"
"We picked up an unusal energy reading coming from this planet. Since our records state that there was no life on this planet, we were curious as to what was generating it." Kirk explained, taking a step forwards, "we can leave if you want us to go."
"Oh, no." The figure shook it's head, "you can't GO. You've seen too much."
"We've seen a cave." Pallee muttered, rolling her eyes.
"Which, in your case, is too much. But. . ."
"But what?" Kirk asked.
"Well, In our religion it is. . . necessary to make sacrifices to our God. We haven't for a long time, so. . . if you give us one person, who will be sacrificed, we'll let the rest of you go."
"No deal." Kirk snapped instantly, "I don't sacrifice my crew for my safety."
"Then. . .howabout you?" Figure #1 suggested.
Kirk paused, obviously thinking.
"Jim, no." McCoy shook his head, "you cant and wont."
"I can." Kirk nodded. Sulu shook his head.
"But you wont." He added to his head shaking. Figure #1 sighed.
"Fine. We'll do it our way." He muttered, "we choose the last one who spoke."
Sulu paled slightly. Nichole stamped her foot, "that's not fair!"
"All is fair in the world of religion." Figure #1 nodded to his cronies, "take him over there."
The guards grabbed Sulu, who didn't put up much of a fight, and led him over to one corner, around two feet away from the rest of his crew.
Hoku watched with a knot in her stomach.
'Wait,' her brain murmured, 'tey only asked for one of us, right?'
The guards stood in front of Sulu and levelled their guns. Hoku clenched her fists, trying to decide what to do. She decided more quickly when her eyes saw, in slow motion, when two Laser beams arched out of their guns towards Sulu.
Running forwards, she shoved Sulu out of the way, then felt an explosion of absolute agony arch up her side and black out her brain.
[A/N] Argh! Sorry that was so rubbishy written! Stupid stupid stupid!
Chapter Three: ~Flashback~ Part Two
Pallee frowned, "maybe it's just Nichole kicking up a fuss."
"I hope so. . ." Hoku fingered her phaser, Pallee eyed her.
"You're not gonna shoot her are you?"
"No. Unfortunately." Hoku lifted her hand away and walked over to the cave mouth. It'd gone quiet.
"What can you see?"
"Absolutely Jack." She took a step inside. Pallee followed her, her hand now near her phaser.
"Um. . . should we call them?" She asked, then, raising her voice, "Captain?"
No answer.
"Uh oh." Pallee muttered. Hoku shrugged.
"Maybe they cant hear us?" Hoku muttered, her tone without conviction.
Pallee pushed past her and stalked off into the cave, phaser now in hand. Hoku followed reluctantly, her fear of the dark overly obvious.
"They're not here!" Pallee moaned, "it's.a dead end. . ."
"But I thought they said there was a power source in here." Hoku caught up with her, then gazed at the solid wall. She cocked her head on one side, "Pallee. . . ?"
"Yes?" Pallee asked, sitting down again on another rock.
"Did you ever see a solid wall flicker?"
"Not that I can remember. Sure it's not your torch?" She didn't even turn around.
"I'm pretty sure." Hoku tapped her should. Pallee turned around and looked at where her fellow lost-girl was pointing.
"Oh. . . you're right." She stood, then reached up and touched the shimmering rock face. It emitted several sparks, "hmm. Never seen rock do THAT, either."
"That's because," a different voice said, "it's not rock. Stupid." They turned. A black swathed figure was standing behind them, holding a gun and shaking it's head, "now. If you'll drop your weapons, you can come and join your precious captain."
Both the girls dropped their phasers. The figure walked over to them and knelt beside the rock Pallee'd sat on. Pressing one of it's fingers into a gap, it lifted the top foot of the rock, which was on a hinge, revealing a control panel.
It pressed a few keys, and the rock face disappeared, leaving a gaping corridor in it's wake.
"Walk." The figure hissed, standing behind them.
They walked. The corridor was only about five metres long. It lead out into another cave, illuminated with primitive lanterns hung from the wall. The rest of the away team were there, along with two more swathed figures. How three strangers outpowered six Starfleet officers Hoku never figured out.
"Stand over there." The original figure indicated the little away team crowd. Both girls walked and stood beside them.
"You got caught too, eh?" McCoy asked Pallee. She nodded.
"Now then." The 'it' that had caught Pallee and Hoku stood before the crowd, "why're you here?"
"We picked up an unusal energy reading coming from this planet. Since our records state that there was no life on this planet, we were curious as to what was generating it." Kirk explained, taking a step forwards, "we can leave if you want us to go."
"Oh, no." The figure shook it's head, "you can't GO. You've seen too much."
"We've seen a cave." Pallee muttered, rolling her eyes.
"Which, in your case, is too much. But. . ."
"But what?" Kirk asked.
"Well, In our religion it is. . . necessary to make sacrifices to our God. We haven't for a long time, so. . . if you give us one person, who will be sacrificed, we'll let the rest of you go."
"No deal." Kirk snapped instantly, "I don't sacrifice my crew for my safety."
"Then. . .howabout you?" Figure #1 suggested.
Kirk paused, obviously thinking.
"Jim, no." McCoy shook his head, "you cant and wont."
"I can." Kirk nodded. Sulu shook his head.
"But you wont." He added to his head shaking. Figure #1 sighed.
"Fine. We'll do it our way." He muttered, "we choose the last one who spoke."
Sulu paled slightly. Nichole stamped her foot, "that's not fair!"
"All is fair in the world of religion." Figure #1 nodded to his cronies, "take him over there."
The guards grabbed Sulu, who didn't put up much of a fight, and led him over to one corner, around two feet away from the rest of his crew.
Hoku watched with a knot in her stomach.
'Wait,' her brain murmured, 'tey only asked for one of us, right?'
The guards stood in front of Sulu and levelled their guns. Hoku clenched her fists, trying to decide what to do. She decided more quickly when her eyes saw, in slow motion, when two Laser beams arched out of their guns towards Sulu.
Running forwards, she shoved Sulu out of the way, then felt an explosion of absolute agony arch up her side and black out her brain.
[A/N] Argh! Sorry that was so rubbishy written! Stupid stupid stupid!