A\N: Thanks for reviewing, those of you did! Please keep on reviewing! (sorry it's such a short chapter…)

"Ensign, lock on to the lead ship and fire."

"Aye, sir." The Ensign pressed a few buttons and fired. The beam shot through the air and hit the lead ship, causing it to spin around and half of it burst into flames.

'Good, Ensign!" Niela grinned uncharacteristically.

'Captain!" Kira hurried onto the bridge. "Sir, we received a distress signal from Odo. His runabout is losing power, and he said that they are surrounded by Jem Hadar ships."

Niela ignored her, staring at the screen in front of her and entering in a few keys.

"Sir!" Kira looked a little confused. "Did you hear me?"

"Yes."

"And…?" Kira looked at Niela curiously. "What are we going to do?"

"Leave them. Either they'll find a way out of the mess that they got themselves into, or they'll die."

''they'll die?'" Kira echoed Niela's words. "But…why?"

"I have a duty, not to this crew, or any crew. I have a duty to the people who pay me, and that's Starfleet. My orders are not to go off on some rescue mission when I have a chance to win this war, right here and now."

Kira looked repulsed. "Ever heard of something called 'loyalty'? You know that Odo never wanted to do this thing, but you forced him. You forced him, using his nobility and loyalty to us, as a crew, to manipulate him into agreeing. And now you won't even rescue him!" By the end of her little speech, Kira was almost literally spitting fire.

Niela shrugged. "This is not my problem. I have a war to win."

"Oh, of course. 'Your war'. Well, drop dead, 'Captain'. We are not helping you."

At those words, every single member of the Bridge crew got up and went to stand beside Kira.

Niela didn't lose her cool. She simply nodded distractedly and pressed a few buttons on her padd.

A face appeared in the screen.

Niela smiled. "Ah, Admiral. How good of you to answer right away."

The Ensigns looked at each other and began to whisper amongst themselves. A couple went to their posts again, horrified at the thought of being told off by an admiral. The others just stood there, looking worried.

As Niela began to say something, the ship suddenly rocked with fire. The face disappeared from the screen as all communications systems went out. The crew ran for their posts.

"Raise shields, open fire!"

Niela was back in control…