We go and see the captain and spend a few minutes telling her what we had found out. Suddenly the whole ship rocks. We walk out of her ready room onto the bridge. "That's one the spider peoples ship," I say. "Spider people?" Tom asks. "That's what I nicknamed them. Captain," I say and turn to face her. "They know our strengths and weaknesses." "Then lets give them no way to use them against us, Mr Tuvok try to disable their weapon systems." A few shots are fired at the ship. We take quite a few hits, causing everyone to be thrown off balance and for a few explosions to occur. "Our weapons are having little effect," Tuvok states an obvious fact. "Mr Paris, get us out of here," the Captain orders. "I'm trying." We take a few more hits. "Captain, I've got reports of hull breaches on decks 2, 3, 4 and 8." Another blast rocks the ship. "I've also got casualty reports coming in, 3 dead, 16 injured, 3 serious." "Thank you Mr Kim," the Captain says. Several shots hit us and several consoles explode. "Shields down to 50%." "Captain, the alien ship is leaving." "Tom, get us out of here." "You don't have to tell me twice." The captain calls a staff meeting and invites me.

"Why did they leave us?" Tom asks. "We were sitting ducks." "Well we seem to be out of their space now," Tuvok replies. "I guess we'll never know."

The End