Author's Note:

Hello everyone. Well here is chapter 11 and things really start to get going now. You may have noticed that I've altered the summary for this fic, I've done this since I now feel that the original summary doesn't really fit it anymore. It may not make much difference but it I'd thought I'd mention it in case someone was wondering. Thank you for all your reviews, they have been exceptionally helpful and I hope you like the chapter.

I do not own Star Trek.

Sabotage and a Frightening Change

Jim and Scotty were making their way swiftly through the station.

Initially they were trying to get to Pavel but it soon became clear that Lientov now knew that they had escaped and they both realised that he would make sure that the boy would be very well guarded. As such they decided on a different approach, Jim would head after Lientov and act as a distraction while Scotty made his way to what could be considered to be the station's engineering section.

They had separated after they had acquired what appeared to be a couple of altered Starfleet phasers from two particularly thick henchmen and Scotty was trying to reach his destination as quickly as possible. It was taking longer than he'd hoped but he had no idea how the place was laid out until he'd found an access terminal after a lot of searching, now however he knew exactly where he needed to go so he made his way there as quickly and stealthily as possible.

Jim was being the opposite of stealthy and he was making considerably quicker progress. He had guessed that Lientov would have retreated with Pavel to his personal office so he knew which way he had to go, since they couldn't see any part of the station from the office when they were in there it had to be at the top of the station so all he had to do was head up. His task was to make as big a scene as possible and attract the attention of Lientov and his men, so far it was working perfectly but it meant that he was continuously being pursued but at least they weren't trying to kill him yet.

He rounded a corner and saw two of Lientov's men heading towards him, he managed to stun them both before they could stun him and he carried on to his destination jumping their unconscious bodies as he went. He pressed on hoping that Scotty would complete his part of their plan soon.

On the Enterprise there was a very subdued atmosphere.

After Lientov had cut his comm., Archer and the remainder of the Command Crew had held a meeting along with Lieutenant Hadrian and Lieutenant Bailey, who were acting heads of Engineering and Navigation respectively, and Hendorff. It had been decided that they would head for the binary star system where Lientov appeared to be, they soon reached it and kept a suitable distance away from the stars but there was little they could do even then.

Most of the science and engineering personnel were working under Spock to find a way to reach whatever Lientov had between the two stars but were coming up with nothing, Hikaru and Nyota were at their posts on the bridge while Archer and McCoy had remained in the briefing room.

A dejected silence hung between the two men which Leonard eventually broke, "Admiral, do you think there is anyway to get to whatever Lientov has between those two stars and rescue Jim, Scotty and Pavel?"

Archer looked up at him, "Our scanners can't pierce through the radiation to find anything and the conditions are too extreme for us to send in a shuttle or even a probe. The Enterprise herself can't get too close and we can't beam anyone there if we don't have somewhere safe to send them to, we couldn't beam them through all that interference anyway." He sighed and looked at the veiwscreen which showed the two stars, "Unless something drastic changes the only way to get any of them back safely is to agree to Lientov's demands."

Silence again hung between them as they gazed at the image of the two stars as if they held all the answers.

Scotty had reached the station's engineering section and found that it dwarfed the one on the Enterprise; it also all seemed to be mostly automated which meant that hardly anyone was about allowing Scotty free reign to do as he pleased. He was concerned at first as it was exceptionally dangerous to leave such an important area unguarded, especially when there were two escaped prisoners on the loose, and he was expecting some sort of trap. After careful observation it seemed that the area was indeed clear and he quickly got to work.

The area was so vast it took a while to find the systems for the station's solar collectors and it then took even longer to get a rough idea of how the system functioned. Knowing that he had to be careful he began to work, if he got it right it should weaken the collectors enough to allow a small bit of the heat and radiation from the stars to damage the station. As soon as he was done he made sure that his sabotage couldn't be fixed easily and swiftly moved on to find some sort of communication panel as the warning alarms began.

Pavel had been taken straight to Lientov's office and his arms and hands were still tightly bound, he was currently being held by one of his uncle's men while Lientov himself paced frantically. Pavel watched him worriedly, he'd never seen his uncle like this when he was a child and he was finding it unnerving. His uncle seemed unhinged and as time went by it seemed to be getting worse which was very worrying.

A comm. came through Lientov's desk, "Sir!"

The man almost lunged towards it and frantically responded, "Have you re-captured them?"

"No sir but something has happened to the solar collectors. They've weakened drastically and the station will soon be damaged by the stars!"

As if on cue the room suddenly shook violently and Pavel would've fallen to the floor if his uncle's henchman didn't have such a firm hold of him. Lientov had supported himself with his desk and he snapped at the comm. on it, "Then get us away from these stars immediately. The collectors weaken anymore and we'll be incinerated."

He didn't wait for a reply before cutting the connection and he stared down at the desk muttering, "This is Kirk's doing but I'll show him, I'll show them all. No-one keeps anything from me not Kirk, not Archer, not the Enterprise and certainly not Starfleet. I will have those plans and anyone in my way will be crushed! They think they can stop me but they will fail, it's the only possible outcome since I never lose!"

His mutters had become a rant and he didn't even stop when another comm. came through, "Sir! Kirk is heading towards you and he is armed, we can't stop him sir!"

Lientov suddenly went silent and stood staring out at the two stars which appeared to be moving away as the station fled their close proximity. The man holding Pavel spoke, "Sir, Kirk is coming here. What are your orders?"

Pavel's uncle continued to stare at the stars in silence and the man made to speak again when Lientov finally answered, "I have no orders for you."

Before his henchman could reply Lientov turned and shot him.

Pavel felt the man's grip on him release and dimly heard the thud of his body hitting the floor behind him but all he could do was stare at his uncle who was pointing a phaser directly at him. Lientov slowly came towards him still levelling the phaser directly at him, as he moved he spoke to Pavel his voice low and menacing, "You are coming with me boy and do not even think about trying anything." He turned a small dial on the side of his weapon, "If you do you will greatly regret it. I have increased this weapons power, you try anything and I will obliterate one of your legs with it." He reached Pavel and grabbed him by the back of his neck, "Now WALK!"

Pavel was harshly shoved forward and it was only Lientov's painfully tight grip on the back of his neck that stopped him from tumbling forwards. He quickly got his legs moving as he realised that his situation was now much worse. He didn't know what had suddenly changed but his uncle's actions, the way he was speaking and the look he'd seen in his eyes all pointed to one very frightening truth.

Lientov was now definitely insane.

PS-So there we go and I feel I should say that I initially wasn't planning on making Lientov go completely barmy, it just sort of happened. Please let me know what you thought.