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 11

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Chapter 11: Turning The Tide

Simon grabbed the second flash-bang bomb out of his pocket, he also looked at the phaser rifle that was now on his shoulder and he could not believe that he had to sacrifice this new weapon but it would take out all seven of them if it worked. He pulled it off his shoulder Simon started fiddling with the controls as a high-pitched whine almost out of the human hearing range could be heard. He had to time this just right as he took cover around the corner. The whine was getting louder as he knew the guards were waiting for him to come out before pumping him full of phaser shots. He decided now was the time, he pulled the pin on the grenade and waited three seconds, before shouting

"Computer open the door" the door swung open and he threw the grenade down, as there was a horseshoe of unsuspecting guards waiting outside. The door swung open and Simon threw the grenade and then got down covering his ears, the grenade bounced of the doorframe and landed in the centre of the guards' horseshoe.

"Grenade" one of them shouted but before he could really sound out the last part of it, the grenade exploded and a blinding flash engulfed them all. Simon slid out the now absolutely screaming phaser rifle right into the centre of them but before he could give the order to close the door it exploded and he dived behind the wall for cover as all the guards were engulfed in the flames of the explosion and some where sent flying back down the corridor.

Simon decided to stay down for a few more seconds before getting up and looking round at the charred bodies. Simon looked away in disgust before he realised he was still going to have to look at it realising that door was the only way out. He picked up his shotgun and quietly hobbled towards the door looking at their faces as he checked them. Although he could tell they were dead. For the first time he looked at their faces, if they were Borg drones he would not have a problem with it but these people were not drones, they were people and he just could not help be disgusted with himself.

He tried to remind himself this was war and these things needed to be done, he could not politely ask them to leave. Then for the first time his ears cleared after the blast and he heard a high pitched moaning sound he wheeled with shotgun raised. There was one of the guards sprawled on the deck obviously having survived the blast but he was clawing at his face burns all over his face. He was clawing at his face as if trying to tear the burned flesh off but not having much luck. Simon knew what he had to do for one thing he was a solider not a doctor, and the man was probably already going to die. Simon drew one of his Desert Eagles and pointed it at the guard's head. The guard saw through his one remaining eye and the eye looked solemn as if acceptance had taken him, they both knew he was going to die it was just a matter of how much suffering it took before it came. The guard slowly nodded and Simon decided he could not look so he looked away and pulled the trigger and a loud shot just rang through the whole deck.

Simon looked down at the now smoking weapon, he stepped back and placed his head on the bulkhead and slowly slid down to the floor, resting his head on the barrel of the gun. After a few minutes he decided he had to get up and continue before he heard something and he turned around to notice there was a comm badge on one of the dead guards was bleeping, he picked it up of the guard and he tapped it.

"Status report has the man been captured yet!" a voice came over the commlink

"I would guess not" Simon replied

"You would guess not" the Leader shouted "Who the hell is this?"

"Name is Hartstone, Simon D and I am the man you have been looking for all this time."

"What the hell is going on?"

"Your assault teams are dead by the way."

"What!"

"So that puts you down to seven crewmembers by my count now then I am going to propose two options to you and its your choice which one you go for" Simon let this settle before continuing "Ok here goes, Option A: You leave Voyager and tell your people never to bother us again and in return you get to live"

"And Option B"

"Option B is I make you! Now you might be able to see the tide of this battle turning in my favour so might want to give Option A some serious consideration."

"I am going to make you bleed"

"Ok I am going to take that as a vote for Option B, so I'll probably be seeing you real soon" at that point Simon closed the comm link and moved towards another Jeffries tube access port and threw the comm badge to the ground, not needing it, not wanting it.

The Leader was frustrated and rightly so this man who called himself Simon was proving very hard to capture or kill. Those men were supposedly the best the Antillian storm guard has to offer and he kills not one team but two. The Leader decided this Simon had just made this very personal for him. He had to draw him out into the open and he found out just the way to do it. He pressed a few buttons on the command chair as he made a general announcement to his remaining crewmembers

"I want all remaining officers to report to cargo bay 1 and guard the prisoners"

"Bridge to Brig"

"Brig here" a voice responded

"I want you to take all the command officers and put them with the rest of the crew except for the Captain, I want the Captain brought up to me. I am sending someone down to collect her."

"Yes Leader" as the comm channel cut and the guard in the brig set about to his task. The leader turned to the two men remaining on the bridge. He pointed to the one at tactical "You bring the Captain up here and then report with the rest to the Cargo bay guard"

"Yes Leader" the man turned and got into the turbolift

"You" he pointed to the man at ops

"You stay with me and arm yourself"

"Yes Leader" the Leader turned back to the view screen and stared with a slight smile on his face.