Chapter Six

Jake and Nog looked terrified. "You've GOT to be kidding, doctor."

Bashir shook his head. "Nope, Odo will have you cleaning his office to running his errands and also assisting him with checking up on Quark."

Nog raised a hand to his head as if to calm a headache.  "Oh, shit." He turned to Jake. "Jake, we need to go and talk to Odo, come on."

Jake and Nog ran out of the infirmary and headed towards Odo's office.

Bashir smiled and shook his head in disapproval as the two mischievous boys ran as fast as they could to Odo.

Bashir turned back to Jahzara. "There's something else I wanted to talk to you about."

Jahzara looked at her uncle questioningly.

"When I was performing surgery on you, I found a Dominion transmitter under your skin. Do you have any idea how it got there?"

Jahzara cocked her head sideways, frowning. "What does it look like?"

Bashir held up a small chip.

Jahzara gasped, she recognized the chip. It looked similar to one that the Dominion had used at their POW work camps.

She, unknowingly to anyone around her, had been there once when the Vulcan that had taken care of her for one week had been kidnapped along with his crew.

She had been micro chipped along with the Vulcan, Sovak, was his name.

"I-I've seen that before."

"How did you get it?"

"It was at a Dominion work camp." Bashir frowned, sitting down in a chair at a nearby console. "We were all micro chipped by the Dominion—even my caretaker Sovak. We were all put to work, except me. I was taken to the Vorta in charge there.

Flashback

"What do you want with us?!?"

"You silly girl, you and the Vulcan were on a mission to Deep Space Nine, right?"

"Yes,"

"And you have been micro chipped, right?"

"Yes, but-"

"Those microchips can do more than just track you. They can help us to beam through any shield and even control your mind."

"You wouldn't dare."

"Not to you, no, but the Vulcan on the other hand…"

"You monster!"

"No, girl, I'm not the monster." The doors opened and two Jem'Hadar walked in. "But they are."

End Flashback

Jahzara was in tears now. "They took me into a cell and they beat me until I fell unconscious. After that, I don't know what they did."

Bashir's stern face now held kindness, a gentle caring look. 

"Jahzara, I'm so sorry." He leaned forward and wrapped his strong masculine arms around his niece.

Jahzara cried for quite awhile until a thought came into her mind.

"Sovak!"

Julian backed away from her, a worried look on his face.

"What about him?"

"He's still in that Dominion camp. I got word shortly after I was let go that the camp had been changed and only Klingons at the camp were supposed to fight or work. Everyone else just did nothing all day."

"Well, we could lead a search party to the borders and see if we can find anything, but I've got a conference on Romulus first. Can it wait for about a week?"

Jahzara nodded. "When can I get up?"

"In a few days." Bashir answered. "I'm leaving in four days so you should be walking by then."

"Alright, then."

Bashir headed to the front of the infirmary. As he was walking out, Jadzia headed in.

"It's alright if I talk to her, isn't it, Julian?"

"Oh, yes of course!" Bashir said, and headed back out to the front of the infirmary.

"Lieutenant! What a wonderful surprise." Jahzara exclaimed as she saw Jadzia entering.

Jadzia looked sternly at Jahzara.

"I told you to call me Jadzia, not Lieutenant."

"Fine. What brings you here?"

"You. How're you feeling?"

Jahzara rolled her eyes.

"Everyone's asking me that today." She sighed. "I'm perfectly fine and will be walking in two days."

"Well, since Julian is leaving in four days, how about after he's gone we go and meet Garak and get those new clothes I promised you?" Jadzia suggested.

Jahzara smiled warmly.

"That'd be great."

(Four days later)

Julian and Jahzara walked down the corridor to the ship that was heading to Romulus. The previous incident had seemed to warm her up towards her uncle and now, she didn't have much of an attitude     problem. But she was still a bit awkward around her uncle.

"You promise to help me find Sovak?"

"Yes, I promise, Jahzara, I will."

"Well, I'll see you in a week, then."

"I guess so."

Julian climbed aboard and waved. "Bye."

"Bye."

The doors slid shut behind Julian, causing the docking bay doors to close also.

Jahzara sighed loudly.

"Computer, locate Jadzia Dax."

"Jadzia Dax is in the infirmary." The dull computer responded.

"Than that's where I'm going."

The infirmary doors opened and Jahzara stepped through them; the first thing she saw was Jadzia.

"Ready?" Jadzia asked.

"More than ever."

"Than let's go."