CHAPTER IV
The burly brawl
After the group of Klingons threw Chekov across the bar, Xon, Sulu, and Uhura all grabbed their phasers and began to fire. The Klingons expertly dodged the blasts and began to rip up the place with their disruptors. The blasts then hit a few bar attendees, who got very angry and began to charge at the Klingons. After that mess, the whole place was in a roar, with no purpose or objective. Xon used his Vulcan strength to toss some of the bar attendees around so he could hide behind a table and communicate with the Enterprise.
"Enterprise", said Xon. "This is Lieutenant Commander Xon. Enterprise, do you read me?"
"Aye, sir", said Scotty.
"Beam us up, Scotty", said Xon.
"I'm afraid I can't", said Scotty.
"Why?" asked Xon.
"We are having a wee bit of trouble up here, sir", said Scotty. "Two Klingon cruisers have attacked our ship, so we raised our shields and are attacking them back."
"That's okay", said Xon. "I'll find a way out of this brawl. Xon out". He then lifted up his phaser and tried to aim at the Klingons, but they were moving too fast without him to be able to get a clear shot. Since the bar ruffians seemed to have no side, the logical thing to do was to set the phaser on stun and try to hit the Klingons even if the ruffians were in the way. Xon did just that, but he hit a Tellarite on accident. The Klingon then noticed and began to charge at Xon. Xon lifted up the table and hurled it at the Klingon, but the Klingon cut it in half with his Bat'Leth. The Klingon then tripped Xon and lifted his sword to slay him when the zing of a phaser came out of nowhere and made the Klingon vaporize. Xon then turned to see Uhura with the phaser in hand.
"I think the appropriate response would be 'That was a hell of a shot'", said Xon.
"Yes", said Uhura. "I think it is". An Orion then tried to strangle Uhura, but Xon leaped at the Orion and began to wrestle with it. There seemed to be no end to the cycle of violence in that bar that day.
Lieutenant Illia was able to be captain for the day, for there were no other senior officers that were doing nothing like she was. Christine Chapel was able to her second in command, while other low-rank officers like Janice Rand and Doris Atkins were able to have high-ranking positions that day. It was a fine two hours for those crewmen, who were able to feel like important, especially Chapel, who rarely ever left Sickbay. After the two hours of feeling high and mighty, a strange report came in from ensign Ray Archer.
"Lieutenant Illia", said ensign Archer, "two Klingon vessels have just de-cloaked in front of us."
"Ignore it", said Illia. "They might be visitors for the space station. Go to yellow alert for the moment."
"Ma'am", said Rand. "They are firing!.
"Red alert!" exclaimed Illia. "RAISE SHEILDS!" But her order was to late. The hit completely destroyed the left nacelle, which left them motionless. The officers were still able to raise the shields, but they were still getting a pounding from the Klingons. "Archer, fire at will".
"Yes ma'am", said Archer. He then began to launch a volley of photon torpedoes and phasers at the Klingons, but a torpedo from the Klingons went past the Enterprise's volley and hit them really hard.
"Damage report", yelled Illia in the comm.
"Scotty here", said Scotty into the comm. "That torpedo hit us pretty bad there, lass. Took out most of our shields. Life support is at 45%. We ain't got no warp power. We might as well be a shuttlecraft in the middle of a Xindi battle!"
"Damn it", said Illia. "We shall..."
"Ma'am", said Archer. "Another Klingon vessel has de-cloaked."
"What the hell?" exclaimed Illia. Then, a mental image of Decker came into her mind, and she had a strange sensation throughout her body. Her mental instincts were kicking in, and it was telling her about he ship. "Wait a minute. Don't fire on that ship. Decker is in it. He is okay. They have come to help us!" The crew then cheered as the new Klingon Bird of Prey fired upon the other vessels, and that hope had finally come.
Once Ksia and his accomplices walked on the bridge of the Klingon warship after their time in sickbay, Ksia gave the command to de-cloak. Kirk then saw an image of the Enterprise being attacked, a sight that did not delight him. He watched the Klingon officers expertly dodge the enemy Klingon ships and fire a barrage of photon torpedoes and phasers, which weakened them to the point of explosion. Kirk was also happy that his crew was able to weaken the enemy ships enough so that Ksia's ship destroyed them, but the sight of the damaged nacelle worried him. Immediately after the two ships were destroyed, there was a loud beeping noise on the Klingon bridge.
"We're being hailed", said a Klingon officer.
"Onscreen", said Ksia. An image of Illia then appeared on the screen, and she immediately stared at Kirk.
"Captain", said Illia. "I see that you are in good shape",
"You too", said Kirk. "I noticed the damaged nacelle."
"I'm sorry I allowed that to happen", said Illia.
"No insult intended", said Kirk. Then, Sulu, Chekov, Uhura, and Xon ran onto the bridge and stared at Kirk. "I see you guys have been keeping busy".
"Agreed", said Xon. "I suggest you beam over here at once. We have something to show you".
"What kind of a something?" asked Kirk.
"Something big", said Chekov. "Something to avert this possible war, or to start it."
The burly brawl
After the group of Klingons threw Chekov across the bar, Xon, Sulu, and Uhura all grabbed their phasers and began to fire. The Klingons expertly dodged the blasts and began to rip up the place with their disruptors. The blasts then hit a few bar attendees, who got very angry and began to charge at the Klingons. After that mess, the whole place was in a roar, with no purpose or objective. Xon used his Vulcan strength to toss some of the bar attendees around so he could hide behind a table and communicate with the Enterprise.
"Enterprise", said Xon. "This is Lieutenant Commander Xon. Enterprise, do you read me?"
"Aye, sir", said Scotty.
"Beam us up, Scotty", said Xon.
"I'm afraid I can't", said Scotty.
"Why?" asked Xon.
"We are having a wee bit of trouble up here, sir", said Scotty. "Two Klingon cruisers have attacked our ship, so we raised our shields and are attacking them back."
"That's okay", said Xon. "I'll find a way out of this brawl. Xon out". He then lifted up his phaser and tried to aim at the Klingons, but they were moving too fast without him to be able to get a clear shot. Since the bar ruffians seemed to have no side, the logical thing to do was to set the phaser on stun and try to hit the Klingons even if the ruffians were in the way. Xon did just that, but he hit a Tellarite on accident. The Klingon then noticed and began to charge at Xon. Xon lifted up the table and hurled it at the Klingon, but the Klingon cut it in half with his Bat'Leth. The Klingon then tripped Xon and lifted his sword to slay him when the zing of a phaser came out of nowhere and made the Klingon vaporize. Xon then turned to see Uhura with the phaser in hand.
"I think the appropriate response would be 'That was a hell of a shot'", said Xon.
"Yes", said Uhura. "I think it is". An Orion then tried to strangle Uhura, but Xon leaped at the Orion and began to wrestle with it. There seemed to be no end to the cycle of violence in that bar that day.
Lieutenant Illia was able to be captain for the day, for there were no other senior officers that were doing nothing like she was. Christine Chapel was able to her second in command, while other low-rank officers like Janice Rand and Doris Atkins were able to have high-ranking positions that day. It was a fine two hours for those crewmen, who were able to feel like important, especially Chapel, who rarely ever left Sickbay. After the two hours of feeling high and mighty, a strange report came in from ensign Ray Archer.
"Lieutenant Illia", said ensign Archer, "two Klingon vessels have just de-cloaked in front of us."
"Ignore it", said Illia. "They might be visitors for the space station. Go to yellow alert for the moment."
"Ma'am", said Rand. "They are firing!.
"Red alert!" exclaimed Illia. "RAISE SHEILDS!" But her order was to late. The hit completely destroyed the left nacelle, which left them motionless. The officers were still able to raise the shields, but they were still getting a pounding from the Klingons. "Archer, fire at will".
"Yes ma'am", said Archer. He then began to launch a volley of photon torpedoes and phasers at the Klingons, but a torpedo from the Klingons went past the Enterprise's volley and hit them really hard.
"Damage report", yelled Illia in the comm.
"Scotty here", said Scotty into the comm. "That torpedo hit us pretty bad there, lass. Took out most of our shields. Life support is at 45%. We ain't got no warp power. We might as well be a shuttlecraft in the middle of a Xindi battle!"
"Damn it", said Illia. "We shall..."
"Ma'am", said Archer. "Another Klingon vessel has de-cloaked."
"What the hell?" exclaimed Illia. Then, a mental image of Decker came into her mind, and she had a strange sensation throughout her body. Her mental instincts were kicking in, and it was telling her about he ship. "Wait a minute. Don't fire on that ship. Decker is in it. He is okay. They have come to help us!" The crew then cheered as the new Klingon Bird of Prey fired upon the other vessels, and that hope had finally come.
Once Ksia and his accomplices walked on the bridge of the Klingon warship after their time in sickbay, Ksia gave the command to de-cloak. Kirk then saw an image of the Enterprise being attacked, a sight that did not delight him. He watched the Klingon officers expertly dodge the enemy Klingon ships and fire a barrage of photon torpedoes and phasers, which weakened them to the point of explosion. Kirk was also happy that his crew was able to weaken the enemy ships enough so that Ksia's ship destroyed them, but the sight of the damaged nacelle worried him. Immediately after the two ships were destroyed, there was a loud beeping noise on the Klingon bridge.
"We're being hailed", said a Klingon officer.
"Onscreen", said Ksia. An image of Illia then appeared on the screen, and she immediately stared at Kirk.
"Captain", said Illia. "I see that you are in good shape",
"You too", said Kirk. "I noticed the damaged nacelle."
"I'm sorry I allowed that to happen", said Illia.
"No insult intended", said Kirk. Then, Sulu, Chekov, Uhura, and Xon ran onto the bridge and stared at Kirk. "I see you guys have been keeping busy".
"Agreed", said Xon. "I suggest you beam over here at once. We have something to show you".
"What kind of a something?" asked Kirk.
"Something big", said Chekov. "Something to avert this possible war, or to start it."