Title: "Gateway" 13/45
Author: Quills
Contact:the_quill_pen@yahoo.com
Series: ENT
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Paramount owns Startrek and I derive no financial
gain from this story.
Codes: A, T/Tu, Ma, S, R, P angst, drama, romance, humor,
action/adventure
Summary: Captain Archer is relieved of command for a secret mission
into the 24th Century . To find and stop the Suliban renegade Silik.
While he is gone, a Vulcan Starfleet Captain from the future is given
temporary command of the Enterprise NX-01 with his own orders to to
investigate the 'Temporal Cold War'.
Chapter 13
The enemy fighters made another pass on the 'stone henge' that was barely affording protection for the landing party. Travis, Reed and Sato were surrounded by the deafening roar of cobalt bomb explosions blasting stone
and earth all around them. Their new Captain had managed to make it to the outcropping and assured them he was going to get them out of there.
"I'm telling you we're on our own." yelled Reed over the current volley of explosions.
"No, I don't believe Captain Soma is just going to leave us here." said Hoshi "He wouldn't abandon us."
"You don't even know him!" spat Reed "But it doesn't matter, even if he had a plan there's no way he can get to us with those fighters raining bombs down on us."
"He's right Hosh" said Mayweather "I don't believe the Captain gave up on us, but there's nothing he can do. He's probably busy fighting just to stay alive."
"He ordered us to stay here." insisted the diminutive Ensign
"If we do that we'll be killed." insisted Reed
"And we won't if we go out there?" countered Hoshi pointing to the smoke filled rubble
Reed groaned as the pain in his leg flared. "Hoshi...I'm sorry, but if we stay here we're done for. We have to TRY to find something else."
Hoshi looked at Reed and then Travis. He nodded in agreement.
"Alright, but let me try to contact the Captain." said Hoshi flipping open her communicator "We need to let him know we're moving in case he IS trying to get to us. "
"Sato to Captain Soma." she said into the communicator
She spoke again "Captain Soma, respond please."
She looked at her fellow officers. The look on their faces mirrored the one on her own.
Travis put his hand on her shoulder "Hoshi, we don't know..."
"Give me your scanner." she said
Travis handed her the scanning device. She opened it and ran a bio scan for life forms within the scanners range. She let out a weak but audible sigh.
"The scanner is only picking up three life forms." she said
Reed looked at Hoshi and then Travis "We have to go."
Travis helped Reed to his feet. Ensign Sato ran a scan for the enemy fighters. They were coming back for another run from the planet's southern direction. They would be on them any minute.
"After the next volley, we make a run for those taller columns back that way." he said pointing in the direction they
originally came from.
Hoshi and Travis nodded and they braced themselves for another volley of bombs. The fighters came in lower dropping the cobalt bombs at a much lower altitude causing even greater damage. Whole sections of the circle were completely destroyed.
"Go!" screamed Reed
"But they haven't stop dropping bombs yet." yelled Sato
"Go!" Reed shouted again "Ones coming right at us. I think he's gonna drop one right on us...so move!"
The away team made a run for another cluster of rocks, but were greeted by a flattened expanse of rubble. They couldn't
go back. All they could do was run and hope they escaped the bombs.
The fighter that had been training down on their position adjusted its trajectory and realigned itself for a strafing run on
their new position. The pilot had spotted them in the open ground. They would be easy targets for disrupter fire...bombs or both! The fighter began its descent. It was now lined up to open fire on the unprotected officers. As it closed in, Travis stumbled forward holding the off balanced Reed. The two tumbled to the ground. There was no time to get up and no
where to run. Hoshi, who had taken a fifteen meter lead, turned around and saw her two friends lying on the ground. She looked up and saw the fighter coming in and she screamed franically"NO!!!!"
The fighter closed in and began firing it's disrupter beams, ripping up the earth twenty meters behind them. It was over, the beams would slice right through them. Just then, another of the fighter came screaming in on a horizontal course to the attacking fighter. It let loose a volley of disrupter blasts on one of it's own ships! The disruptor fire destroyed the
entire forward section of the fighter, which went careening off to the opposite side of the henge.
Travis and Reed could here a loud explosion and they knew the fighter had crashed. Attacked and destroyed by one of it's own. "Why?" was all Travis could say.
"Who cares!" said Reed "Let's get out of here."
The two men stood up and Travis helped Reed as they moved as quickly as possible to Hoshi's position.
"Did you see that?" she said as they approached
"Yeah, but we have other things to worry about." said Reed "There aren't too many places left to go and this outcropping is worse than what we left."
"Look, it's the other two fighters." said Travis "Their attacking each other."
"What the hell is going on up there." said Reed
One attack fighter was pursuing the other on the opposite side of the henge. It was closing in on the other craft and firing disruptor blasts. The other fighter was trying to avoid the disruptor fire but couldn't shake its attacker. Any second and it would receive a direct hit on it's engines and be turned into a mass of fiery metal. As the attacking ship trained its fire on the leading ship's engines the lead ship did a rolling maneuver and then unrepentantly flew straight up and back over the attacking ship coming to rest right behind it's engines which it promptly opened fire
on. The engines exploded in a fireball as the attacking ship veered off to avoid the explosion. The fiery ship crashed
into the ground sliding several hundred feet before finally exploding
The victory ship came about and headed for
Reed, Sato and Mayweather's position. The three officers were about to make another last ditched run for it when
they noticed the fighter do something odd. It slowed and then began to descend as it closed in on an open area
roughly ten meters in front of them. The craft activated its thruster controls and settled down on the rubble
covered ground. The Enterprise officers remained in the outcropping. They could hear the whine of servos to
a hatchway door opening. They saw the rear bay hatch coming down and a figure emerged from the darkened interior.
"Do you three have trouble following orders?." came the voice.
"Captain!" cried Hoshi
The Vulcan stepped down the hatch walkway and smiled.
Ensign Sato came running up to him. "H-How?"
Travis, assisting a limping Lt. Reed, caught up. Both were just as surprised and pleased to see Captain Soma.
"How the hell did you get in one of those fighters....sir" said Reed
"We didn't see them land." added Travis
"They didn't land." said Soma
"Then how..." said Hoshi and it dawned on her "The Guardian?"
Soma smiled " I took a reading with your scanner Ensign. The Guardian was still active. My original plan was for
the four of us to use the Guardian to get to Enterprise, but when we were separated I had to modify the plan.
So...I used the Guardian
to board one of the attack fighters and went after the other two. They never knew what hit them."
"What about the pilot of the fighter you boarded?" asked Travis
"Ah...well now there is a very angry Andorian." replied Soma
"Andorian?" said Reed in surprise "I thought for sure it would be Suliban."
"Apparently, the day of mysteries is not over." said Soma "But right now we need to get you in the shuttle
and back to Enterprise."
"Enterprise is ok?" said Hoshi
" 'Ok' is a subjective term Ensign." replied Soma "She's badly damaged but stable. That's all I could make
out before communications failed. We'll try to raise them from orbit. Now, unless the three you would like
to spend some more time taking in the scenery... "
"I think we've had enough of this planet to last us a lifetime, sir." said Travis
TBC....
Author: Quills
Contact:the_quill_pen@yahoo.com
Series: ENT
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Paramount owns Startrek and I derive no financial
gain from this story.
Codes: A, T/Tu, Ma, S, R, P angst, drama, romance, humor,
action/adventure
Summary: Captain Archer is relieved of command for a secret mission
into the 24th Century . To find and stop the Suliban renegade Silik.
While he is gone, a Vulcan Starfleet Captain from the future is given
temporary command of the Enterprise NX-01 with his own orders to to
investigate the 'Temporal Cold War'.
Chapter 13
The enemy fighters made another pass on the 'stone henge' that was barely affording protection for the landing party. Travis, Reed and Sato were surrounded by the deafening roar of cobalt bomb explosions blasting stone
and earth all around them. Their new Captain had managed to make it to the outcropping and assured them he was going to get them out of there.
"I'm telling you we're on our own." yelled Reed over the current volley of explosions.
"No, I don't believe Captain Soma is just going to leave us here." said Hoshi "He wouldn't abandon us."
"You don't even know him!" spat Reed "But it doesn't matter, even if he had a plan there's no way he can get to us with those fighters raining bombs down on us."
"He's right Hosh" said Mayweather "I don't believe the Captain gave up on us, but there's nothing he can do. He's probably busy fighting just to stay alive."
"He ordered us to stay here." insisted the diminutive Ensign
"If we do that we'll be killed." insisted Reed
"And we won't if we go out there?" countered Hoshi pointing to the smoke filled rubble
Reed groaned as the pain in his leg flared. "Hoshi...I'm sorry, but if we stay here we're done for. We have to TRY to find something else."
Hoshi looked at Reed and then Travis. He nodded in agreement.
"Alright, but let me try to contact the Captain." said Hoshi flipping open her communicator "We need to let him know we're moving in case he IS trying to get to us. "
"Sato to Captain Soma." she said into the communicator
She spoke again "Captain Soma, respond please."
She looked at her fellow officers. The look on their faces mirrored the one on her own.
Travis put his hand on her shoulder "Hoshi, we don't know..."
"Give me your scanner." she said
Travis handed her the scanning device. She opened it and ran a bio scan for life forms within the scanners range. She let out a weak but audible sigh.
"The scanner is only picking up three life forms." she said
Reed looked at Hoshi and then Travis "We have to go."
Travis helped Reed to his feet. Ensign Sato ran a scan for the enemy fighters. They were coming back for another run from the planet's southern direction. They would be on them any minute.
"After the next volley, we make a run for those taller columns back that way." he said pointing in the direction they
originally came from.
Hoshi and Travis nodded and they braced themselves for another volley of bombs. The fighters came in lower dropping the cobalt bombs at a much lower altitude causing even greater damage. Whole sections of the circle were completely destroyed.
"Go!" screamed Reed
"But they haven't stop dropping bombs yet." yelled Sato
"Go!" Reed shouted again "Ones coming right at us. I think he's gonna drop one right on us...so move!"
The away team made a run for another cluster of rocks, but were greeted by a flattened expanse of rubble. They couldn't
go back. All they could do was run and hope they escaped the bombs.
The fighter that had been training down on their position adjusted its trajectory and realigned itself for a strafing run on
their new position. The pilot had spotted them in the open ground. They would be easy targets for disrupter fire...bombs or both! The fighter began its descent. It was now lined up to open fire on the unprotected officers. As it closed in, Travis stumbled forward holding the off balanced Reed. The two tumbled to the ground. There was no time to get up and no
where to run. Hoshi, who had taken a fifteen meter lead, turned around and saw her two friends lying on the ground. She looked up and saw the fighter coming in and she screamed franically"NO!!!!"
The fighter closed in and began firing it's disrupter beams, ripping up the earth twenty meters behind them. It was over, the beams would slice right through them. Just then, another of the fighter came screaming in on a horizontal course to the attacking fighter. It let loose a volley of disrupter blasts on one of it's own ships! The disruptor fire destroyed the
entire forward section of the fighter, which went careening off to the opposite side of the henge.
Travis and Reed could here a loud explosion and they knew the fighter had crashed. Attacked and destroyed by one of it's own. "Why?" was all Travis could say.
"Who cares!" said Reed "Let's get out of here."
The two men stood up and Travis helped Reed as they moved as quickly as possible to Hoshi's position.
"Did you see that?" she said as they approached
"Yeah, but we have other things to worry about." said Reed "There aren't too many places left to go and this outcropping is worse than what we left."
"Look, it's the other two fighters." said Travis "Their attacking each other."
"What the hell is going on up there." said Reed
One attack fighter was pursuing the other on the opposite side of the henge. It was closing in on the other craft and firing disruptor blasts. The other fighter was trying to avoid the disruptor fire but couldn't shake its attacker. Any second and it would receive a direct hit on it's engines and be turned into a mass of fiery metal. As the attacking ship trained its fire on the leading ship's engines the lead ship did a rolling maneuver and then unrepentantly flew straight up and back over the attacking ship coming to rest right behind it's engines which it promptly opened fire
on. The engines exploded in a fireball as the attacking ship veered off to avoid the explosion. The fiery ship crashed
into the ground sliding several hundred feet before finally exploding
The victory ship came about and headed for
Reed, Sato and Mayweather's position. The three officers were about to make another last ditched run for it when
they noticed the fighter do something odd. It slowed and then began to descend as it closed in on an open area
roughly ten meters in front of them. The craft activated its thruster controls and settled down on the rubble
covered ground. The Enterprise officers remained in the outcropping. They could hear the whine of servos to
a hatchway door opening. They saw the rear bay hatch coming down and a figure emerged from the darkened interior.
"Do you three have trouble following orders?." came the voice.
"Captain!" cried Hoshi
The Vulcan stepped down the hatch walkway and smiled.
Ensign Sato came running up to him. "H-How?"
Travis, assisting a limping Lt. Reed, caught up. Both were just as surprised and pleased to see Captain Soma.
"How the hell did you get in one of those fighters....sir" said Reed
"We didn't see them land." added Travis
"They didn't land." said Soma
"Then how..." said Hoshi and it dawned on her "The Guardian?"
Soma smiled " I took a reading with your scanner Ensign. The Guardian was still active. My original plan was for
the four of us to use the Guardian to get to Enterprise, but when we were separated I had to modify the plan.
So...I used the Guardian
to board one of the attack fighters and went after the other two. They never knew what hit them."
"What about the pilot of the fighter you boarded?" asked Travis
"Ah...well now there is a very angry Andorian." replied Soma
"Andorian?" said Reed in surprise "I thought for sure it would be Suliban."
"Apparently, the day of mysteries is not over." said Soma "But right now we need to get you in the shuttle
and back to Enterprise."
"Enterprise is ok?" said Hoshi
" 'Ok' is a subjective term Ensign." replied Soma "She's badly damaged but stable. That's all I could make
out before communications failed. We'll try to raise them from orbit. Now, unless the three you would like
to spend some more time taking in the scenery... "
"I think we've had enough of this planet to last us a lifetime, sir." said Travis
TBC....