Chapter 4
If only I knew where they where headed, thought Odo to himself.
It didn't help that the ship Quark had sold him was little more than a tin can, the only reason Odo took was because he needed to get on the trail before the feeling left him. Somehow, Odo knew where Kira was, not where the ship was going, just where she was. It was the only reason he hadn't lost them hours ago.
Despite his haste to leave Odo had picked up three things; DS9's log with information on all the ships coming and going from her, crew and passenger manifests from these ships and holo of Kira. The first two where on old Cardassian padd's to stop them from being missed. As it was he thought he would already be missed; there was a senior staff meeting that he had been meant to attend about an hour ago. The third item was an attempt to keep the feeling of Kira's location, so far it hadn't failed him.
She'd moved again. Odo quickly changed his course to follow. As he moved his hands away from the control panel he noticed that there was a slight sheen to them. Soon Odo would have to regenerate, but for the moment he couldn't afford to. If only I knew where they where headed, thought Odo to himself.
Back in the cell, Kira thought she remembered being beaten, it wasn't clear. She still wasn't sure if it had happened or if it was just a memory put there by Ivek. So this is why that machine of his is such a good weapon, you don't have to waste time doing anything to your prisoners, just make them think it might have happened and it'll drive them to madness, thought Kira bitterly.
She looked up as the door opened to admit Ivek. He wasn't wearing his normal Cardassian armour, only what looked like some kind of under suit.
"Guards," he said, "hold the Major down, make sure she can't break free." He turned to Kira, "Don't worry Major, I'm not going to kill you just right now. Oh no, I want you to suffer. You're going to feel more pain than you have ever felt before. It won't be physical pain because you've felt that before, this will be emotional pain. It won't die, it will stay with you for the rest of the pitifully short time you have left alive." And with that he descended on her.
On Deep Space Nine there was trouble on the Promenade,
"Quark, if you don't tell me what you know..." Worf threatened. To accentuate his point he pushed the Ferengi further into the bulkhead.
"I'll tell you, I'll tell you. Just don't hurt me."
Pathetic, thought Worf as he lowered Quark to the ground. "It would be easier for both of us if you told me now." he growled.
"I sold Odo a small shuttle sized ship, he left hours ago. He didn't tell me where he was going." Quark added in quickly.
"Was the ship space worthy?"
"Of course it was. You offend me Worf."
"Are you sure he didn't tell you where he was going?"
"Would I lie to you?"
"Yes, now answer the question."
"He said something about having to 'keep the feeling', but not about where he was going."
"Thank you. It wasn't too hard to tell the truth now was it."
They didn't have much to go on. Worf's information from Quark was all they knew about Odo's situation. Kira's was worse. No one knew where she was. There were, of course, several possibilities, all of which were being followed up.
Sisko had every confidence in his people, but he couldn't help wanting to be out there. Helping them.
The feeling came back again and this time Kira was sure what had happened was real, and wished it wasn't. Ivek had raped her. It had happened to her before, but that had been different. Before it had been one Cardassian sating his lust, this time its sole purpose was to hurt her. It had worked, Kira wanted a hole to appear in the floor and engulf her.
Odo, please be there, please.