Tony had arrived outside the "void" when he received the transmission from Jim. "I'm busy just now," he said.

"It may be a trap!" Jim replied.

Tony heard Jim but there was a lot of interference. "What was that?"

Jim heard the staticky reply as he and the others were heading for the lower deck. "Something's interfering with communications," Jim said.

Tony could not hear anymore messages. "Jarvis, what's interfering with communications?" he asked.

"Whatever it is, is being routed through the entire communication system in the station," Jarvis said.

"Can you disrupt it?"

"I'm afraid not. I am detecting several beings coming our way."

"Is it our friends from the Enterprise?"

"No Sir. They are of varying body temperatures different from that of humans."

"So it's aliens."

Tony decided to go ahead with his plan. He aimed his repulsors at the door of the secret room and let a blast go from both at the same time. The door was shards, but then he was hit by a powerful wave that knocked him backward. Tony's ears were ringing from that. "Jarvis, what happened?" he asked.

"Some sort of soundwave, Sir," Jarvis answered. Then there was static. "Sir…"

"Jarvis." Tony only heard static but then another sound came through his intercom system, and he could not move as the veins in his forehead popped out. His suit suddenly opened, and he fell flat on the floor, unable to break his fall. Tony could only remember feeling like that one other time…but how would Hammer get that technology?

Hammer walked up and looked down at Tony. "Well, well, well," he said. "I told you that you wouldn't win. I'll just bet you're trying to figure out how I got that technology." Hammer squatted beside him. "Ivan knows a lot of your father's secrets. Now, we just wait for your friends, which was my deal with my new allies."

Just then, the Klingons walked up. "You are Justin Hammer?" the lead Klingon asked.

"I am."

"Admiral Kirk is likely on his way."

"We're ready for him."

They all looked down at Tony, who was unable to move. "If you can bring our friend here in, and his suit," Hammer said.

Tony could do nothing as one of the Klingons picked him up and took him into the room he had suspected and set him in a chair. Hammer leaned over him and slapped him on both sides of his face. "Are you with us?" he asked. "The great Tony Stark captured by his own technology. I think it won't be long until I get your friends. My new friends here will have what they want, and so will I."

Tony could do nothing but sit there while they went on about their plans. However, he knew the effects of the paralyzer only lasted 15 minutes. A lot could happen in fifteen minutes though. He could not warn Jim Kirk and the others.

Jim and his team which included Artie, Ajah, and Scotty along with Spock and Bones, were on the lower deck of the station now which was Deck 12. Scotty had analyzed the scans and found the area that Tony had described. "If we can get in there, Artie can take over the station," Jim said.

"That's a big if," Bones replied. "How are we supposed to do that? You know they're not gonna throw out a welcome mat."

"I don't know how. We'll have to figure that out."

"Maybe they don't have stun waves like the Monstrosity," Solan said.

"Let's hope not."

As they came to the short corridor where the secret room was located, they stopped. Jim could see that the door had been blasted open, but he could see no one. "I do not believe Mister Stark was successful," Spock said.

"Neither do I," Jim replied.

"I fear we may be in an unwinnable situation."

Jim remembered the time when he would have countered that with I don't believe in no-win scenarios, but right now he felt like they were between a rock and a hard place. "They may know we're out here," he said. "Solan, take Artie, Scotty, and Ajah with you. Activate your black hole devices. Find a way, even if Ajah has to cause an overload." He looked directly at Ajah. "Can you do that?"

Ajah considered that a moment. "I'm sure I can," he said.

"Do it. Go!"

Solan only paused a moment and then he and his team turned and ran back down the corridor…

"What are we gonna do?" Bones asked as he turned to Jim.

"We're gonna be a distraction," Jim replied as he checked his phaser rifle. He could see the worry on Bones' face. "We have to."

"I am with you, Admiral," Spock said.

"Me too," Bones added. "If I have to die, I'd rather not die alone."

Jim rolled his eyes at that. "How comforting, Bones."

They went back to the corridor where their quarry was. They had also activated their black hole devices. Hammer now stood at the door of the room with one of the Nausicaans. "They have stealth technology," Hammer said. "They think they can sneak up here."

"My comrades and I will find them," the Nausicaan replied with his odd accent.

Jim knew that Nausicaan could smell them. However, he thought their suits could stop some of that. They moved back to the next corridor and waited while three Nausicaans ran past in the other corridor.

When they were gone, Jim, Spock, and Bones went to the room where Hammer was. Jim looked in and could see Tony in the chair unmoving. He looked back at Spock and Bones. "They have Tony in there," he whispered. "I'm not sure what they've done to him."

"Come on in guys!" Hammer yelled out the door. "No need to think you're hidden!"

"Cameras," Bones whispered.

"Come on now! No need to linger in doorways."

Jim kept his phaser rifle up as he moved over into the doorway. "You're not gonna win," he said.

Hammer shook his head. "It takes a lot to convince you, doesn't it?" he asked.

"If you think you can keep this station, you're wrong. It's only a matter of time."

"Who's gonna stop me? Your friends have tried." Hammer walked over to Tony and slapped him. "Even your Ironman tried…and failed."

"What have you done to him?"

"The same thing I'm about to do to you."

Suddenly, Jim, Spock, and Bones were hearing a sound, and Jim and Bones could not move or say anything. Jim knew he was falling but he could not brace his fall. Hammer squatted beside him. "Breathe," he said. "We don't want you dead just yet."

Jim thought this was a lot like being stunned but somehow worse, because he knew everything that was happening. The Klingons got Jim and Bones up from the floor and dragged them further into the room. However, Spock had not succumbed to the sound. He had gone back around the corner when he realized Jim and the doctor were incapacitated. He removed his helmet and grabbed his communicator. "Solan," he said quietly.

"Yeah," Solan answered.

"Do not use your intercom system in your helmet. Our adversary has a device to cause paralysis through a sound. Deactivate the intercom."

"Where do they get all this stuff?"

"I believe we are being pursued by true electronic geniuses."

"We're on our way to the main power core," Solan said. "Ajah believes he can overload the whole thing and give that guy a shock at the same time."

"Watch for Nausicaans. They are searching for you. You need to act as soon as possible. They have captured Jim and the doctor."

Solan almost stopped running when heard that. "We'll be there in a few minutes."

As Solan and the others came around to the corridor that would take them to the main power core, there were three Nausicaans waiting for them. Solan activated his helmet as did the others. "You won't win!" Solan declared.

"Solan," one of the Nausicaans said.

"Jaer. I thought you'd be dead by now."

"I would have thought the same thing about you."

Jaer had his lance, and he slammed it into the floor, sending an electrical charge across the deck. It knocked Solan, Artie, and Scotty off their feet, but Ajah absorbed the electrical charge. The Nausicaans were surprised as Ajah fired the charge right back at them. They scattered, and then Solan and the others ran for it.

They soon arrived at the central power core. "Are you sure you can do this?" Solan asked. "Is it safe for you?"

Ajah looked at him with glowing eyes. "I can do it," he said. "Solan…if I don't make it through this, tell Felonia that I love her. There's a ring in my apartment…give it to her."

"What? You mean this is dangerous to you?"

Ajah had his eyes closed as he was becoming an electrical display. "Promise me," he said with his voice sounding electronic.

"You can't do it! Admiral Kirk would never…"

Ajah looked at him through his electrical display. "I have to." With that, he turned and ran toward the core.

"NO! Ajah!"

Solan could not go after him. "What's he doing?" Scotty asked as he and Artie were watching around the corners of the corridor.

Solan did not know how to answer that, but he knew when Ajah arrived at the power core because there was an incredibly bright flash of sparks and light, but Solan's visor shielded his eyes, and he heard a yell of what sounded like agony. He was glad he had the suit on, or he was sure his hair would be standing on end. They ducked behind the next corridor wall.

Ivan Vanko noticed something wrong too late as a powerful electrical charge came through the computer he was using. He was knocked out of the chair he sat in and Hammer was knocked off his feet along with the others in the room who were standing too close. Jim could not move, but he knew Ajah had gotten to that core as he heard alarms start blaring in the station. Then Spock came into the room. "Do not move!" he said as he aimed his phaser rifle at the adversaries. "I assure you I am not using stun."

Hammer glared at Spock, but he could not get up after that big shock. "What have you done to my friends?" Spock asked.

Tony was starting to move slightly, but he could not talk yet. Spock moved over beside him realizing that the effects of the device must have been temporary. His communicator chirped. "Spock here."

"Spock, what's happening there?" Solan asked.

"Our enemies in this room have been incapacitated for the moment."

"I don't know where those Nausicaans went…is the doctor okay?"

"He is unable to move now. Is there a problem?"

"Yeah…Spock, we need the doctor. It's Ajah."

Spock looked at Doctor McCoy who still lay in the floor. "We must contact the Enterprise," he said. "That should not be very difficult now since control of this station is no longer in the hands of our adversaries."

"Right." Solan switched frequencies on the communicator. "Enterprise!"

"We read you," Lieutenant Ashley Jarvis answered. "We just read a huge power surge in there."

"Yeah. Can you transport us? We've taken the station from the bad guys, but we've got problems here."

"I'm not sure we can transport you, but we can bring your ship."

"Ajah needs help now!"

"Can you get him to your ship?"

"I can't even touch him!"

Ashley did not know what that meant. "Give us a moment. We'll try more scans."

Solan looked at Ajah lying on the floor still being shaken by the electrical charges surging through his body, but he also looked burned. "Ajah! Hold on!" Solan said.

"Can't we help him somehow?" Artie asked.

"I don't know of a way."

Scotty did not know of anything that could be done either. "They won't be able to get a lock on him," he said. "We'll have to get him to the Enterprise on a ship."

Solan looked at him. "How do you know?" he asked.

"Don't you remember when Helek was almost killed?"

Solan frowned. "Enterprise!" he said into the communicator. "You will have to send my ship down. You won't be able to get a lock on Ajah in his present condition."

"We'll get your ship on the way now," Ashley replied.

Spock still stood in the room where Jim and the others were. He had cuffed Hammer, Vanko, and the others, who now sat beside the wall glaring at him, and wondering how they had all been taken hostage by one Vulcan. Tony was coming out of his stupor now. "Did we win?" he asked, feeling like he had to force the words out.

"I believe so," Spock replied. "I have relieved them of all their weapons, including this."

Tony looked at the paralyzer, although he could not take it at the moment. "Oh yeah," he said. "That was something invented by my company."

"A very dangerous weapon in the wrong hands."

"I agree. I thought that technology was destroyed."

"Obviously not. We still have not located the three Nausicaans. I am assuming that they are still on the station."

"I can't help you yet," Tony replied. "Where's my suit?"

"It is here, but it does not seem to be activated."

"He did something to it." Tony started moving his hands. "I'm still stiff."

"At least we know it is wearing off." Spock wished he knew where those Nausicaans were, but at least he knew they could not get control of the station again. He went over to Jim who still could not move. "Admiral, the Enterprise will arrive shortly." He could see that Jim was still struggling to move. "You will be able to move after fifteen minutes."

As Jim lay there, he felt miserable but he could do nothing but listen to everyone talking around him. It made him remember when he had been captured by Klingons and could not move. This was not that situation, but it made him severely uncomfortable.

Solan's ship finally arrived at the station and landed in the hangar, as did Grakar's ship. He and several Klingons disembarked. "I am aboard the station, Captain Spock," he said into the communicator.

"There are still three Nausicaans loose aboard the station," Spock replied.

"We will find them. We will also get help to you."

"Thank you."

Grakar turned to his troop of Klingons, giving orders to some to go to Spock, and some to go with him. They would accompany the medical team to get Ajah to Solan's ship. They all began moving down the corridors to their destinations.

As Grakar and his team came around to the next corridor, they met up with the three Nausicaans. "Do you wish to surrender now, or be carried out?" Grakar asked.

Jaer glared at him. "You will be the one carried out!" he declared and sent an electrical charge across the deck.

Luckily, the medical team were wearing electro-suits, and the Klingons were not incredibly affected by the charge. Grakar advanced forward and his bat'leth clanged with the lance of Jaer. The other Klingons engaged the other Nausicaans as well. The only thing that helped Jaer to avoid being sliced was his swiftness as Grakar attacked with fury.

While they fought the Nausicaans, the medical team went on their way to find Solan and the others. When they arrived, they were surprised at the condition of Ajah. He was barely conscious and looked burned, and even his hair was singed which they had never seen in all the time they had known him. However, they were able to get him onto the stretcher and head for the hangar.

"I'm going to help the admiral," Artie said. "I think they need someone to help get this station up and running again before more enemies try to come aboard."

"You could be right," Scotty agreed. "I'll go along."

Solan stopped a moment. "Well, they don't need me for medical treatment," he said. "But they may need us at the hangar. We'll go after we get them there."

"Right."

They all finally made it to the hangar and into Solan's ship. "I'll get them back to the Enterprise," Solan said. "You two go on and find out what's happening."

Artie and Scotty hurried out of the hangar. Solan did not like leaving but he would get them safely to the Enterprise. As he left the station, he could see that the shields were completely down. Anyone could get into the hangar now. He opened a channel to Spock. "Spock," he said.

"Spock here."

"The shields are completely down on the station. Anyone can get in there right now. Artie and Scotty are on their way to you. Maybe we can get some of the technicians from the station to help."

"That is a good idea. Are you on your way to the Enterprise?"

"Yes. We're taking Ajah to the ship. Where is Doctor McCoy?"

"He is here. I am afraid he is unable to help."

"Does he need medical care too?"

"That is unclear at the moment. Simply go about your mission."

"Yes, Sir. I'll be back soon."

Solan docked his ship into the Enterprise shuttle bay and hurried to the Bridge. "Where's Admiral Shapel?" he asked.

"I am here," Shapel answered as he entered the Bridge.

"Admiral, I need to take some of the technicians from the station back so they can work on getting those shields up again."

Shapel nodded. "I will have them meet you in the shuttle bay."

"I'll be there momentarily."

Solan ran from the Bridge and hurried to his own quarters. He grabbed his blaster that he normally carried and a few more weapons. He was afraid they were in for a big fight on that station before it could be powered up again.

As Solan walked into the shuttle bay, he found several technicians waiting for him…and Admiral Shapel. "I shouldn't sit here on this ship and let everyone else fight for my station," Shapel declared. "I'm going back."

"Yes sir," Solan replied. "Let's get aboard."

Just as Solan got out of the Enterprise, an alarm began blaring. "They're coming!" he said. He turned his ship toward the station. "Here we go!"

Solan could see four Klingon warbirds coming. "We're in big trouble!" he said.

Admiral Shapel was looking out the front viewport. "How can we stop them?" he asked.

"However we can. That's all I know." Solan opened a channel to Spock, but he found that the Klingons were already disrupting communications. He slammed his fist onto the console. "I can't even warn them!"

Solan soon landed his ship in the hangar bay and they all hurried from it. "Get to your posts!" he yelled at the others from the station.

Admiral Shapel thought Solan must be used to being in charge. He grabbed a phaser and a phaser rifle himself. "So, where should we go to join this fight?" he asked as he could see two warbirds coming toward the station with nothing to stop them.

"We have to get down there and warn Spock and the others!" Solan declared.

Shapel followed Solan, and they ran all the way to the lower deck where Spock and the others were. Spock was aiming his weapon at the door when they came through, but he saw who was entering. "Spock! There are two Klingon warbirds about to land in the hangar bay!"

Spock was perplexed by that announcement. "Did you bring the technicians?"

"Yes. They're on their way to try and get this station running again."

"Then we will have to fight."

Jim could hear what was happening, and he was starting to be able to move. He had to get up. "What happened to them?" Solan asked as he looked at Jim and Doctor McCoy.

Spock held up the weapon. "This," he said. "And perhaps this weapon may be of benefit to us."

"What is it?" Solan asked.

"It paralyzes for approximately fifteen minutes. However, it did not work on me. I am not certain that it would work on the Klingons but it is worth a try." He showed Solan the earbuds that went with the paralyzer. "These make one immune by blocking out the sound."

"You want me to sneak down there and try to paralyze the Klingons?"

"I'll do it," Tony said as he walked over to them. "I'm the one who brought this trouble here."

"This is not your fault," Spock replied.

"I'll still go with him. I can't use my suit until I figure out how to get it going again." He glared at Hammer who still sat beside the wall in the room. "I will not let him win."

"There is only one pair of earbuds."

"Then one of us will hold their ears."

Tony grabbed the earbuds, and he and Solan ran from the room making sure their weapons were also ready in case their plan did not work. "I'll use the earbuds since I'm gonna use this paralyzer," Tony said.

"Are you sure it'll work if I just hold my ears?" Solan asked.

"If you can't hear it, it can't paralyze you."

They soon came to the hangar bays and stopped behind one of the doors. Tony peeped around the corner to look in. He could see the two odd ships which he assumed were warbirds because they looked like birds, but he did not see anyone in the hangar bay. "They must have already gone out into the station," he said.

Solan looked down the next corridor. "Then our problems have just increased by a big percentage," he said.

"I take it you've fought Klingons before."

"More times than I like to think about."

"And you're still alive, so I guess it's not impossible to beat them."

"No, but it's not easy either."

Solan took out his communicator. "Spock."

"Spock here."

"They've gotten out into the station, Spock. We didn't even see them."

"Thank you for alerting us. I am not certain where they would go, but I do know they would want to take control of this station."

Solan looked at Tony. "Those technicians. They won't be expecting them." Solan switched frequencies as he and Tony started running. "Grakar."

"I am here," Grakar replied.

"There are more Klingons on the station. They may be heading for the control center."

"I have not seen them."

"Where are you located?"

"We just finished with the last Nausicaan. The cowards retreated but we tracked them down. I am not certain of our location, but we are on deck ten."

Solan looked up at the sign on the corner of the wall which said Deck 12. "We're two decks below you," he said. "Fourteen is where the control center is."

"We will meet you there."

Solan and Tony turned down the dark corridor which wound down to the next on the rounded floors of the station. "You got a plan?" Tony asked.

"No," Solan replied. "You?"

"No."

"I guess we'll just wing it then."

Tony was used to having Jarvis to help him and his suit. He tried not to think about that because this was no time to have one of his anxiety attacks. He had no idea what to expect…but he could say one thing for Solan…he was brave.