Phoebe wasn't having any luck in the turbolift at all. When she fell from the top of the turbolift and the hatch slammed shut it and now it was jammed. She then reverted back to the banging on the door and screaming, yelling and shouting for help.
Ensign Rostov and Lieutenant Mayweather were walking along a corridor close to the turbolift. It was Rostov that heard the cries.
"Lieutenant, did you hear that?" Rostov said stopping. Travis turned round to look at him.
"Sounds like someone's stuck in the turbolift!" They moved over to the door and listened to the calls. "Oh my god! It's Phoebe! Help me get this door open!" Together Travis and Rostov used all their strength to try and get into the lift shaft. Slowly but surely the door inched open, giving then the chance to get it fully open. Pointing their torches down the shaft they looked down and saw the compartment a few feet below them. It was stuck between two levels.
"Phoebe?" Rostov called down. Both men waited for a reply.
When Phoebe heard her name being called she stopped banging on the doors and looked up at the hatch realising the voice had come from above her.
"Rostov?" She called back.
"Yes it's me! Hold on and we'll get you out of there!" suddenly the lift fell a bit more.
"Please hurry!" She yelled back. Rostov looked at Travis and they began to climb down the ladder towards the lift. Rostov was first down to the hatch and he began to pull at it, but it wouldn't budge. With the extra weight ontop of the lift this time it fell down another foot. Phoebe was now getting rather scared. She was now wishing she had stayed up on the bridge and not walked off.
"These links don't look very secure Lieutenant. I'd suggest that we only have one of us here." Travis nodded and began to climb up the ladder again. He stopped when he was a few rungs away and pointed his torch down onto the hatch so that Rostov could work with more ease. "The damn thing won't budge!" He called back up.
"Why don't you try using phase pistol?" Suggested the helmsman. Rostov nodded. Travis threw down his weapon to the engineer and he fired it at the hatch. When Phoebe heard the noise she backed away as far as she could, reducing the risk of her being hit by the beam.
No one knew what to say. There was a Xindi Reptilian on the bridge holding a woman who Trip believed to be his dead sister.
"What do you want from us?" Archer finally asked, breaking the silence.
"I want you to take me to the nearest habitable planet." Replied the Xindi.
"What do you want go there for?"
"Because I am a prisoner on that other ship. I'm a fugitive. I'll kill this woman if you don't do what I say." He certainly looked like he wasn't a normal member of the Xindi crew. His face had cuts all over it. And his clothes were ripped and torn.
"If you hadn't noticed, we can't go anywhere right now. We don't have any power!" Archer said pointing at the dark surroundings, but keeping his torch fixed on the figures in front of him.
"Of course I can see that. But as soon as you do have power I want you to comply with my terms." Archer nodded slowly, knowing that the Xindi couldn't really see him in the darkness.
"What was your crime?" Archer asked curious to know why he was a prisoner.
"That is none of your concern. Just take me to a planet!" He yelled back, frightening the woman in his arms, making her close her eyes to try and forget what was going on. Trip could see the fear that was in the woman's eyes before she closed them tightly. If there was something he could do he would gladly do it, but from where he was standing it was too risky, and not a lot of the man was visible to be able to be shot at to make him unconscious. He was only wishing that someone with a phase pistol would come through those doors behind him, into the situation area, and shoot him.
"We'll take you to planet, but only if you let her go" Archer said pointing to the woman.
"I won't agree to that. This is the only way I can make sure you do what I say!"
"And the only way we'll do what you say is if you let her go!" The Xindi was now getting annoyed. If he let the woman go he would be taken back to the Xindi ship and most likely be killed. If he didn't he would most likely be killed anyway for being a Xindi.
"Cap'n please I don't think we should be trying to bargain with her life!" As soon as the woman heard the southern accent from the man she knew who it was that was standing in the darkness in front of her.
Rostov was now trying to kick the hatch in, but it wasn't moving too much.
"Why did they have to make these things so hard to break down!" He called up to Travis.
"You're an engineer you tell me!" Rostov managed a little bit of a laugh and suddenly his foot went through the roof of the lift as the hatch went crashing inside the compartment, making the lift fall down a bit more. He leaned down inside holding out a hand.
"Come on Phoebe!" Phoebe jumped up and grabbed his arm. He pulled her up and out of the lift. Suddenly the lift fell a couple more feet. "Come on, quickly up the ladder!" But the lift finally gave way and went crashing to the base of the shaft. Flames leapt high, but luckily they didn't reach high enough to reach the three people clinging onto the ladder at the side. Travis climbed down a bit and held out a hand, helping Phoebe up and out of the shaft. The three sat at the door catching their breath. Rostov put a hand on Phoebe's head. "You ok?"
"Yeah." She nodded slightly hugging Travis.
"Come on let's get to the bridge, find out what's going on." Travis said.
"I'd better get down to engineering, see if I can help get power back online and say that we need a turbolift built. I'll see you later" and Rostov walked away. Travis and Phoebe made their way up to the bridge. They were very close when they started hearing voices. And a voice they knew did not belong to a member of their crew. Travis peeped round a corner and could see the situation. He very quickly hid round the corner again next to Phoebe.
"What's going on?" she whispered.
"It's the Xindi! One's got a woman hostage."
"Mum?" Phoebe asked worried for mother's life. She didn't know what she would do if she lost either her father or mother.
"No it's not Hoshi." Phoebe sighed a little. "I don't know who it is." Travis got his phase pistol out of his belt and changed the setting to stun. He then moved back over to the door and quickly stunned the Xindi just as the lights came back up. The Xindi fell on the floor, luckily not hurting the woman. Malcolm immediately rushed over to the Xindi to check him over.
"Thanks Travis." He said.
"No problem sir." Phoebe moved onto the bridge cautiously. What met her eyes she didn't know how to react as soon as Travis saw it as well he was in shock. Hoshi was kneeling down on the ground next to Trip. He had been stabbed by one of the other Xindi regaining consciousness.
"Dad?" Phoebe said looking at her father. Archer looked at her.
"Travis get her off the bridge." Travis nodded and began to lead Phoebe away, but she wouldn't move.
"No. Let me stay with my dad!"
"Get off the bridge now!" Archer, yelled. Phoebe tried to get to Trip but Travis grabbed her trying to pull her back and off the bridge. She was yelling and screaming wanting to stay with her father. Archer very soon had had enough of her behaviour, took out his phase pistol and shot her. She fell to the ground unconscious. No one dared question his actions, but Hoshi was now quite annoyed that her daughter had been shot by the Admiral. Travis then picked her up and carried her out.