Wing wrapped a bandage around Nakajima's leg, to stop the bleeding. He smiled, but her face was unwavering. Scary, almost true Vulcan-like. Wing should be proud, but he felt a bit inadequite.
Nakajima simply nodded and said: "Thank you, Lieutenant."
"Kaori?" Wing wondered aloud. "Are you okay?"
Nakajima simply raised an eyebrow in pure Vulcan form. "I am fine, Lieutenant. Carry on with your duties."
Three Negerani came into the aft cabin, one of them slipped a d'artag into his belt sash, and another one, the leader, came forward. "It is time for her to die now. You have nursed her wounds enough."
Wing slowly stood, turning to the Negarani, crouching into a tiger-stance. "If you want to get to the woman, you will have to go through me."
The two flanking militants readied their rifles. However, the leader put up a hand, and their weapons lowered. "Okay," he said, taking his belt off, which holstered his weapon. It hit the deck with a loud clank. "Then I will go through you."
At that moment, the leader unexpectedly lunged at Wing, who dodged the surprise attack with a clean sweep to behind the leader. The leader stopped, and blocked a kick to his back, as he spun and swept Wing's support leg from underneath him. Wing hit the deck with a loud thud, and a slight muffled wince of pain.
A moment later, the leader came around, and threw a foot down to Wing's stomach. Wing rolled out of the way, and performed a perfect, connecting, tornado kick, which sent the leader stumbling back.
Quickly, Wing got to his feet, and entered into a mantis-stance. From there, he waited. And the militant took the bait, as he performed a strange move that Wing had never seen before. It was slow, though. He blocked a single punch, but wasn't ready for a punch-kick combination in some odd fashion that landed on his kidneys.
Wing countered with a round-house kick, followed by a crab-grab with his feet, in an attempt to throw the militant to the deck. It halfway succeeded, but the militant countered with an elbow to Wing's midsection. The scary part was that the move connected at a critical juncture in the move, which sent Wing stumbling to the deck.
The leader jumped forward, and smashed Wing in the stomach. Wing instantly spit-up blood, clutching the militant's leg. With a kick to the head, Wing went unconscious.
As the battle ended, the militant dusted himself off, and took his belt back. "Bring her," he said, not even breaking a sweat. "This man will be next, when he awakens."
The militants grabbed Nakajima, and dragged her to the front cabin.
Suddenly, a jolt caught their attention. The small runabout began to move faster and faster. And in just a few moments, the runabout was back into normal space, at the behest of a tractor beam... of an Akira class Federation Starship.
"Could it be him?" the operations officer asked.
The leader shook his head. "It's not him..."
Suddenly, seven transporter beams appeared in the cabin. Once they took form, one of the militants made for Nakajima's neck with a d'artag. However, he never made it, as one of the Starfleet security officers blasted him with a phaser, sprawling him to the deck.
Several more militants came running forward, attacking the Starfleet intruders. However, they were dealt with swiftly.
As his men died all around him, the lead militant turned to the Starfleet crew, and unstrapped several photon grenades. "They're set to high yield. Drop your weapon or you will all die!"
Making a quick snap decision, one of the Starfleet guards whipped his phaser rifle power up to full power, and shot the Negarani lead militant. He vaporized, along with his bomb.
"Secure the ship!" the officer in charge shouted.
Three medics beamed aboard the Ohio, and immediately tended to a naked, and embarassed, Nakajima. The officer in charge knelt down next to Nakajima, and identified himself. "Lieutenant Charles Benning, Starship Gertland."
Nakajima fainted into Benning's arms. Quickly, he slapped his combadge. "Benning to Gertland, medical emergency."
Station Log, Supplemental.
The Gertland has returned to the station and the survivors are recovering in Sickbay. The damage to the runabout is beling repaired, and refits continue on the Northstar.
A single flame flickered on a small table in front of Nakajima, as she closed her eyes. Her hair, down. Her robe was her mother's family crest. And she closed her eyes, meditating.
However, she was interupted by the door chime.
Blinking once, Nakajima looked up. "Come."
As the doors swished open, Wing entered with some flowers. Nakajima just sat at the table, watching the flame. However, she knew who it was and what he wanted. "Put them on the table by the bedroom."
"How did you know—"
"You are the tenth person to deliver me flowers today," Nakajima admitted. "The last one was from Crewman Santos in Waste Extraction."
"That piece of shit," Wing said with a sarcastic smile. After complying with her request, Wing sat on the other side of the flame, noticing a real book next to the candle. "Teachings of Surak?"
"I have decided to pick it up again," Nakajima said. "I had started to read it when I was in sickbay. Commander Tuvok suggested that I do so."
Wing became a little green. "It seems you have found yourself a new teacher." Said in a harsh voice.
Nakajima snapped out of her flame-trance, and eyeballed Wing. "What was that all about?"
Wing sighed and shook his head. "Nevermind. I'm sorry I interupted your meditation time."
As he began to walk out, Nakajima stood, and grabbed Wing's arm to stop him. It worked. "Now wait a minute. What was that attitude all about?"
Wing put a hand on her other arm, and looked into her eyes. "You have been through a lot. It is normal to want to grasp something like 'Surak' and reject your emotions, and your trauma. It's the same thing that happens when a human gets drunk after his world falls apart-"
"You totally don't get it do you," Nakajima said. "I am dealing with my emotions! You have no clue what is going on inside my head."
"I want to help you deal with them all," Wing said. "Like I have been since I have known you."
"You are my wise teacher, and you will always be my best friend," Nakajima said. "But," surrendering, "you also have to understand my heritage, too. I am Vulcan. I may be human, but I am also Vulcan. I have to deal with these emotions on my own. This time... I need to do so. Please understand me, okay?"
Doc stood in sickbay, staring at a medical padd, when McGawan walked in. "Hey Doc, you wanted to see me?"
Doc nodded and handed McGawan a padd. "What's this?"
"An ultrasound I ran on Commander Nakajima during her time here in sickbay," Doc said. "It's normal to run an ultrasound on victims who have had severe trauma done to certain places on their bodies, such as head, stomach, and so forth."
"Is this growth normal?" McGawan wondered, pointing to a small finger-shapped spot that Doc circled on the padd.
Doc nodded. "For a mother."
McGawan stopped, eyes wide, and shot his gaze straight up at Doc.
Executive Producer
Man of Trek Lore
Cast
Bruce McGawan
Kaori Nakajima
Harry Kim
Tao Xan Nu Wing
Michael Dallas
Special Guests
Denise Oliver
Commander Tuvok
Leader
Operations Militant
Helm Militant
Badass Militant
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