Author's Note:

I'm back everyone. So here is chapter 10 and I apologise for the long wait, things start to get moving in this chapter so it won't be long until the action kicks off. Just a reminder that anything in italics said by Lientov or Pavel is in Russian.

I do not own Star Trek.

Plans Loosen

After Lientov had announced his refusal to ransom Pavel back a shocked silence covered the bridge of the Enterprise. Admiral Archer was the first to recover, "What do you mean that Pavel Chekov is yours?"

Lientov's hard expression remained, "I mean that he is my property and that he will do what I order him to." He leaned back away from the screen, "Pavel has one of the most brilliant minds I've encountered in a child and I would be a fool to give that up. He will obey me and his potential for my use is exceptional so do not try to negotiate him back Archer, you will either get Kirk and Scott or none of them and that is your only choice."

Seeing that there would be no way to get Lientov to back down the admiral spoke again, "So what do you want for Captain Kirk and Mr Scott?"

The other man smiled, "Well Admiral there is only one thing I want in exchange for those two and that is the plans that Starfleet has for the Vengeance."

"The Vengeance!? But how can you be sure we even have those?"

"I'm not an idiot Archer! Marcus would have kept copies of those plans and I know that Starfleet did a thorough investigation of Section 31 so there is no doubt that you have those plans. I'll give you time to think on my offer Admiral but I will not be making another one."

With that Lientov cut the connection leaving a stunned silence. Spock was instantly at the communication station, "Lieutenant Uhura, did you find where the communication was coming from?"

Nyota hesitated before answering, "We managed to pinpoint the signals origin but it seems impossible." She turned to face Spock distress showing plainly in her expression, "It's coming from the middle of a nearby binary star system. There's no way we can do anything to rescue them."

The last few days for Pavel had been painful.

At least once a day Lientov would come to his cell and demand his obedience and would then proceed to beat him whenever he said no or answered back. He was kept going by the thought that although his uncle had come and told him that he was not going to ransom him there was no way any of the Command Crew would be willing to leave him behind, furthermore they had beaten seemingly impossible situations before so there was no reason for them not to do it again and it was this faith that kept his spirits up.

He was physically battered and bruised everywhere and occasionally Lientov would actually break a bone or two when beating him, each time this happened the necessary equipment was brought in to fix it though the bruises were left. He shuffled painfully to try and find a more comfortable position to sit on the floor and let out a small cry. He stopped moving and waited for Lientov to make his usual visit and he was as determined as ever to not give in no matter what.

Down in the other cells on the station Jim was getting frustrated.

He hadn't seen anyone for days except the guards who supplied what they needed for food, hygiene and even to shave without the use of a razor. Unfortunately there had been no opportunity of escape so far and he had hit a dead end in trying to come up with a way. He was certain that there was one and he would not give up until he found it and there was no way he was leaving Pavel or Scotty behind when he found it.

In the next cell Scotty had also been determinedly thinking of an escape route, he'd been studying the force field in the doorway and was confident that he'd found an access point to the its systems in the wall of the cell. The problem was that he had no tools to prise the correct section of the wall off and he couldn't do it with his bare hands, all he needed was a small piece of metal that he could insert through the tiny gap to trip the mechanism holding the panel to the wall. He sighed knowing that he didn't have anything that could do it. He brought his hand down from where it had been rubbing the back of his neck and it brushed against the Starfleet badge on his shirt and he suddenly froze as he was struck by an epiphany, his badge! It may not be the best tool but it could work! Why hadn't he thought of it before, scratch that, why hadn't either him or Jim thought of it before.

He yanked his red shirt off and ripped the badge off it excitedly; with it now in hand he hurried over to the panel and began to work one of the badge's thin points through the small gap. It took time but eventually he tripped the mechanism and the panel came away from the wall, he gently placed it to the side and studied the various electrics and mechanics before him. He soon located the ones he wanted and, throwing caution and safety to the wind, he ripped all the wires out. He was rewarded by the sight of the force field flickering then dying and Scotty punched the air in delight.

Jim was very surprised when the force field over the doorway of his cell suddenly vanished and he was met with the sight of a grinning Scotty wearing a tattered red shirt. He got over his surprise and snapped into action, "Scotty, we're going to need weapons."

"Ah know Jim but ah think we should get out of here before they notice we're gone."

"Good plan but we are not leaving this station without Pavel."

"Ah wouldn't dream of it, lets go get weapons and rescue the laddie."

Wasting no more time they quickly snuck off down the corridor.

Lientov arrived in Pavel's cell looking pleased with himself. "Well Pavel I've just finished speaking to Archer and I believe that this little operation will soon be finished. So soon your two friends will either be traded or dead, as such I'm hoping that you've started to think twice about defying me."

Pavel stood up and faced his uncle answering boldly, "I will not obey you no matter what you do and you do not and will never control me."

Lientov scowled, "How many times do I have to punish you before you realise that what you are doing is foolish. You will obey me!"

Pavel took a step towards him, "Never!"

His uncle strode towards him raising his fist to strike when one of the guards called frantically from the doorway, "Sir, Kirk and Scott have escaped!"

Lientov stopped dead for a moment before spinning to face the man, "Get all available personel looking for them, I want them re-captured alive!"

The man nodded and ran off as Lientov snapped at two other guards, "You two! Bind the boy and bring him, Kirk and Scott are certainly going to try and rescue him so we can use him to re-capture them."

Pavel quickly found himself bound and being hurriedly dragged after his uncle, despite his current position he found himself grinning. If his Papa and Uncle Scotty had escaped then all of Lientov's plans were about to collapse rapidly.

PS-Jim and Scotty have escaped so expect them to cause a lot of trouble next chapter. Please let me know what you thought and I hope I'll update soon.