Phlox was feeding his distraught animals. The reptile was squealing in his cage, knowing that the ship was travelling faster than it normally did. He was far too afraid to even feed his bat, it was flapping around in its cage so much that it would escape as soon as the doctor would open the lid.
BEEEP! BEEP!
Phlox turned round to look at the monitor. It was silent.
He placed the lid of the cage back and put the food down on a work top, then moved over to the screen, watching it closely.
Nothing. Phlox waited for a couple of minutes, but still nothing happened. He was about to turn back to feeding his animals when he heard it again.
BEEEP! BEEP! A long and a short sound came from the speakers. A smile came across Phlox's face and he immediately headed for a COMM panel, the beeps continuing in the background as he spoke.
"Phlox the to the Bridge." His voice was full of urgency.
"Go ahead!" Came the voice of the captain.
"I am receiving Trix's bio transmitter signal. We are less that one and a half light years away from her."
Archer looked at T'Pol upon hearing this. "Take up out of warp!"
The ship slowly lost speed and soon it was just floating in space.
"Sir! I'm picking up a Suliban Vessel. It matches the hull configuration of the one that attacked us and took Trix!" Lieutenant Reed reported looking at his scans. Archer looked at Reed.
"Set a course! Ready all weapons! Hull plating."
Everyone complied and set to work. It wasn't long before Enterprise arrived at the co-ordinates and saw the vessel on the view screen. Hoshi went to open a COMM signal with the vessel, but instead it engaged in combat with Enterprise. Weapons fire began going all over the place. Some hitting the ships, others missing and disappearing into space.
On the bridge of the Enterprise it was chaos as the Suliban's weapons were doing more damage than the Starfleet officers could achieve.
"Hull plating down to 64" Malcolm cried out as he continued to fire his weapons.
"I believe I have located Trix." The calm Vulcan voice of the science officer called out over the sound of chaos.
"Where?"
"Somewhere on the 4th deck."
Archer smiled and turned to Reed. The Armoury officer quickly stood up and left the bridge, another person taking his place at the tactical station.
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A sudden shudder woke Trix from her sleep. She sat up slightly looking around her. She looked down at he arm and noticed it's colour and that the skin was almost fully healed. A smile came across her face as she realised what was happening.
"Enterprise!" She said. Another shudder made her almost loose her balance as she was just leaning on her arm. Metal groaned and creaked, unused to being battered by weapon's fire.
Biting her lip she began to think what she could do. She looked at the door and saw the control panel to one side. Moving up to it she felt around the edges and found she could just about get her fingernails behind it. With all the strength she had she pulled the panel off. Sparks flew as the electrical current had no where to go and the circuit was broken. A very small flame burned as well. At the same time a loud click noise sounded telling Trix that the door locks had released. She placed her hands at the edge of the door and began to pull. It suddenly flew open and Trix was staring into the face of a Suliban Guard.
Quick as a flash Trix began to fight him, punches and kicks were thrown and she was driven further back into the cell. Trix managed to avoid and block most of her opponents' thrusts, but the guard was just as good. He managed to grab and threw her against the wall. She landed on the ground with a heavy thud. She quickly regained her senses and was able to avoid the next move her opponent tried.
Another shudder as a torpedo hit the Suliban vessel knocked Trix onto the ground as she lost her balance. The guard then saw his chance, while she was unprepared he disappeared. Trix became very alert, keeping her back up against the wall. Her eyes scanning madly across the room, but there was no sign of any movement.
Slowly she edged her way towards the door and once she was close enough she turned and darted out, running along the corridor. She wasn't shot, hit or anything. It's as if the Suliban didn't know what she had just down. She turned her head for a second to check he wasn't following her and then BUMP!
The smacked right into the guard. He grabbed her by her clothes and threw her against the wall. She collapsed on the floor in an unconscious heap. The guard bent down to pick her up and take her back tp her cell, but before he could lay another finger on her and beam of red laser struck him and he fell to one side unconscious.
Lieutenant Reed quickly made his way over o the child.
"Trix?" he put his fingers on her neck to check for a pulse and found a strong beat. "Trix, come on wake up."
The young girl began to stir, her open opened and closed a bit as she was dazed. She then stared at Malcolm. a smile came across her face. "Malcolm!" she threw her arms around him and embraced him in a hug.
"Are you all right?"
"I am now." She replied, still hugging Malcolm. She then pulled out of it and looked into his eyes. Her smile had gone. "But Enterprise has to get away from the Suliban."
"I can't argue with you there." Reed began to stand up, but Trix pulled him back down to the floor.
"There's a reason. I gave 'em the codes for the auto-destruct sequence."
Malcolm looked at her, staring in disbelief. He knew she was being serious. "Why did you that?"
"I had no choice. They drugged me, I tried to stop but I could, I was so weak."
Malcolm looked away for a second and then back Trix, looking into her eyes only to see they were clouding over with tears. Malcolm stood up and held out a hand to help Trix up. "Then we'd better leave quickly."
All Trix could do was nod her head. Together they moved off down the corridors in search of Trip.
