This is the second story in what will hopefully be a long line of stories. This story continues the adventures of the Lieutenant Simon Hartstone. While not necessary to read the story "Punishment" it would be advisable to set up why this new character is aboard Voyager.

Captured! Chapter 3

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Chapter 3: Sensor Problems

He opened the hatch to allow himself access to deck 6, Simon decided to take a five minute break here, if he was to mount any kind of attack he could not do it wheezing. So he sat down and leaned against the bulkhead. He'd been climbing down for what seemed like hours now.

"Computer what time is it?" Simon asked

"The time is 22:00 hours" the computer responded

"What time was Voyager boarded?" Simon decided he needed this information

"Voyager was boarded at 20:00 hours" the computer responded pertinently. Simon thought he had been climbing a long time and two hours in his book was a long time.

"How many people boarded Voyager" he needed to know what he was up against

"There are 20 unknown alien life signs aboard Voyager" the computer responded, Simon was hoping it was less like 15 or even 10 but he was glad that it wasn't more like 30 or even 50.

"So Voyager hasn't encountered this species before?"

"Negative, Voyager has never encountered this species before" that was a problem Simon thought, if he who he was fighting he could exploit weak spots with their physiology. Simon thought about this and then decided to get moving, he needed to secure some kind of weapon and his quarters was probably the only place he could go. He stood up and tried to shake some life back into his legs, he decided not to sit on the cold steel bulkheads again if he could help it. He opened the access panel to go down the ladder towards deck 7 and started to climb down.

"Leader I believe we have a problem," one the men spoke up who was currently manning the ops station

"What kind of problem?" as the leader walked over from the Captains chair.

"There is a human life sign in the Jeffries tube between decks 6 and 7"

"How is that possible we have every crewmember captured and held" he tapped some controls to bring up a crew count as well as the crew manifest "All the crew members are accounted for how is this possible?"

"Could it be a passenger that we have somehow not taken into account?"

"There are no passengers on this ship and there are no humans apart from these ones in this region of space according to the computer anyway. Check the sensor system there maybe a problem but in the meantime" he tapped the combadge he had taken off Captain Janeway "Ranstain, we may have an intruder in the Jeffries tubes between decks 6 and 7 wait for him to get to deck 7 and apprehend him and take him to Cargo Bay 1"

"Yes leader" the voice replied

"Also get Janeway up here she probably has some answers" he barked to another officer manning one of the mission ops stations at the back, the officer ran in obvious terror and went for the turbolift.

"Good evening Captain how are you," the leader said, Captain Janeway decided not to respond to his attempt at good nature. "It seems we have underestimated some members of your crew"

"What do you mean?" Captain Janeway asked

"Well its seems internal sensors have detected a human life sign in the Jeffries tubes between decks 6 and 7 and I was wondering if you could tell me anything about this"

"I don't know what you're talking about"

"You have an extra man aboard all the sensors say that every member of the crew is in Cargo Bay 1, unless in your case they are in the brig for being somewhat extra dangerous but low and behold an extra man has appeared out of nowhere. WHO IS HE?"

"What extra man?"

"This extra man" he pushed the Captains console round so she could see the sensor data for herself.

"Could it be possible that the sensors are malfunctioning and sending you false signals?"

"We are checking that at this very moment Captain but I don't believe they are malfunctioning and there is an extra man aboard that we have overlooked and don't worry Captain he will be brought in and questioned and then he will be joining you" he waved for her to be escorted out but the Captain turned

"I will warn you about one thing though he doesn't go down easy and he doesn't hesitate to kill" she walked out with her escort. The leader sat back down behind the desk he laughed off the statement from the Captain and thought no man can take on 20 Antillians and win.

In the turbolift Janeway smiled, she knew Simon was a tough son of a gun, she just hoped he could take them down.

Simon was swearing if he got out of this alive he was never going enter one of these damn things ever again. He was nearing the end of this tube and the entrance to deck 7 only one more deck to go he thought to himself and that's what kept him motivated. He was trying to think what his next move should be, trying to think what to do.

"Planning ahead was never my strong point" he said to himself. He opened the hatch and he climbed down onto the deck plating for deck 7 and he heard someone cock a rifle

"Freeze" the stranger said.