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CHAPTER FOUR - ENERGY PAYBACK

USS ENTERPRISE

NCC-1701-B

EXCELSIOR CLASS

Captain John Harriman praised Montgomery Scott for getting the new Enterprise out of the energy ribbon safely, but mourned the loss of the legendary James T. Kirk.

"We're clear! said the helmsman, Ensign Demora Sulu, daughter of Hikaru Sulu.

Scotty looked up, a worried look on his face. "I don't think so, lassie. The ribbon is generating a powerful gravity field, and is sucking us back in!"

Harriman acted quickly. "Warp speed now! Get us out of here at maximum warp!"

"Aye, sir," Scotty responded, quickly punching in the commands.

The Enterprise lurched violently. "Report!" yelled Harriman.

"We've escaped the gravity field, but we've also lost helm control," reported Sulu.

Scott added, "We've ripped a hole in space sir."

"Fire phasers directly into the hole. We need to seal the hole."

Chekov, who had taken the weapons station, said, "Phasers powering up. Firing."

On the screen, the phaser blasts caused a massive explosion. Out of the fireball explosion came a massive energy ball, attracted to the energy field of the Excelsior-class ship. Harriman looked horrified at the oncoming sphere of energy. He opened an internal comm channel to be broadcasted throughout the ship.

"All hands, brace for impact!" Captain Harriman cried.

And then the energy sphere collided with the new starship, and the Enterprise-B disappeared.