Chapter Four
"At least it's good food," Hoshi mumbled to Liz in-between bites.
Cutler shrugged her shoulders and continued eating.
"Yeah, even we lowly women get food like the men the day before our execution," the blonde replied sarcastically.
Hoshi looked at it as a way to regain their strength and successfully escape this time around. Liz looked somewhat better than before, but was still in worse shape than Hoshi.
They talked about the artifacts they planned on retrieving, speaking in French to avoid detection by the Tralki. As far as Hoshi knew, the Tralki had not figured out French. Liz had learned French in high school but was a bit rusty. It didn't matter too much; Hoshi made sure she understood. There was just too much at stake not to.
Shran had told them before the mission that the missing artifacts included a mask and some jewelry. Liz decided they should look for the artifacts before slipping off into the night. And that was exactly what they planned to do.
***
Hoshi motioned for Liz to tread lightly as they eased past the still-sleeping guard.
The two women snuck around the camp in the trees and found the hut housing the artifacts. They thought it strange there was no door to keep anyone from walking away with the treasure. It was even better that the guard inside was slumped over and sleeping like a baby.
Liz put the items in a bag and passed it over to Hoshi. They tiptoed around like mice trying to avoid a sleeping cat until they were far away from the hut.
When they came to the rope ladder, they climbed down it as quietly as possible. Staring out into the night, they hoped for the darkness to last as long as possible and cover their escape.
***
"We are in the trees, captain," Sub-commander T'Pol briskly reported before ending the transmissions.
T'Pol, Reed and Mayweather headed to the area that they had located the missing crewmembers, making sure they didn't make any noise to stir the camp. As they neared the location, T'Pol scanned for Ensign Sato and Crewman Cutler.
"They are not in the trees anymore," she whispered to the other two.
Reed quietly contacted the ship and had them beamed out of the trees. They couldn't risk leaving the noisier way.
***
The two women desperately tried to hold back their cries of pain as they ran through trees and bushes to put as much distance as possible between them and their captors. They continued their breakneck pace for a long time, all-the-while looking for somewhere they could hide.
The finally found an area that they could hide in until help arrived.
"At least it's good food," Hoshi mumbled to Liz in-between bites.
Cutler shrugged her shoulders and continued eating.
"Yeah, even we lowly women get food like the men the day before our execution," the blonde replied sarcastically.
Hoshi looked at it as a way to regain their strength and successfully escape this time around. Liz looked somewhat better than before, but was still in worse shape than Hoshi.
They talked about the artifacts they planned on retrieving, speaking in French to avoid detection by the Tralki. As far as Hoshi knew, the Tralki had not figured out French. Liz had learned French in high school but was a bit rusty. It didn't matter too much; Hoshi made sure she understood. There was just too much at stake not to.
Shran had told them before the mission that the missing artifacts included a mask and some jewelry. Liz decided they should look for the artifacts before slipping off into the night. And that was exactly what they planned to do.
***
Hoshi motioned for Liz to tread lightly as they eased past the still-sleeping guard.
The two women snuck around the camp in the trees and found the hut housing the artifacts. They thought it strange there was no door to keep anyone from walking away with the treasure. It was even better that the guard inside was slumped over and sleeping like a baby.
Liz put the items in a bag and passed it over to Hoshi. They tiptoed around like mice trying to avoid a sleeping cat until they were far away from the hut.
When they came to the rope ladder, they climbed down it as quietly as possible. Staring out into the night, they hoped for the darkness to last as long as possible and cover their escape.
***
"We are in the trees, captain," Sub-commander T'Pol briskly reported before ending the transmissions.
T'Pol, Reed and Mayweather headed to the area that they had located the missing crewmembers, making sure they didn't make any noise to stir the camp. As they neared the location, T'Pol scanned for Ensign Sato and Crewman Cutler.
"They are not in the trees anymore," she whispered to the other two.
Reed quietly contacted the ship and had them beamed out of the trees. They couldn't risk leaving the noisier way.
***
The two women desperately tried to hold back their cries of pain as they ran through trees and bushes to put as much distance as possible between them and their captors. They continued their breakneck pace for a long time, all-the-while looking for somewhere they could hide.
The finally found an area that they could hide in until help arrived.
