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Heart Beat by Lina Shay
Chapter Two: Hazy
"Bajoran! Hey, Bajoran! You can come out now."
It was the voice of the farangi captain, so she knew it was all right to reveal herself. She pushed the grate away and climbed out of the life support vent. Dirt and grime covered her clothes and she ached from being cramped in such a small place for so long.
"Where are we?" she muttered, brushing herself off.
"The Ktarian sector," the faragi said with a mouthful of sharp teeth. "We await payment."
"Payment?" Sito asked in confusion. "I thought Jurat Dal paid you before you took me out of cardassian space."
"He paid us half and said you would provide the rest," the faragi told her. "We are out of cardassian space, so pay up."
"I don't have any latnum," Sito insisted.
"What a pity," the faragi said, taking a weapon from behind his back and pointing it at her.
Sito gasped in fright. "If you just take me to Federation space, I'm sure Starfleet will-"
"You aren't going anywhere," the faragi told her, then talked into his communicator. "Prepare to beam the bajoran to the surface."
"You can't just leave me on some destitute planet!" Sito shouted.
"Watch me," the faragi said with a disgusting grin. "Beam her down."
Darkness greeted Taurik yet again. He sat up very slowly. The dream was clearly in his mind. He could remember every word said, every detail. There was one thing which stuck out more than anything else. He knew exactly what he had to do.
Taurik stood up and walked over to his closet. He pulled off his sleeping robe and got into a fresh uniform. He put on his comm badge as usual, hesitated, then pulled it back off. If they knew, they would stop him. Taurik set the badge absently back on his night stand.
Ensign Hulme rubbed his eyes and looked up from his bed at Taurik, saying,"You're up early again?"
Taurik took no notice of his roommate. He just turned and left the quarters. Before the doors closed behind him, Hulme called out, "Where're you going, Taurik?"
Taurik took fast strides through the corridors of the ship until he reached Shuttle Bay two. He walked straight to the wall panel, bypassed the standard security lockout, and opened the shuttle bay doors. When he was finished, Taurik got into one of the shuttles and flew it out into space. He was going over the star charts when Enterprise hailed him. Taurik ignored it. Enterprise's signal forced through to audio only.
"Ensign," came Riker's voice over the hailing frequency. "What are you doing taking a shuttle without authorization? Get back here, now."
Taurik ignored the first officer and set a course. The stars started flying passed. Enterprise locked on the shuttle with a tractor beam. Taurik immediately re-routed energy from the engines and sent a feedback pulse which disabled Enterprise's tractor beam. This did not stop Enterprise from pursuing, nor did it stop Riker's constant orders over hails. Taurik put a mute on the hailing frequency. He couldn't be distracted from what he knew he must do. He had to get to the Ktarian sector.
A/N: Ktarian is a species talked about in Voyager. I think they're an Alpha quadrant people, but I'm not for sure. Anyway, this is just a random solar system where the Ktarians live, but only on one of the planets.