Based on the second season of Star Blazers 2003 by Voyager Entertainment, Inc. Everything else, is mine.
Synopsis: The gun is gone but where are the girls?
Chapter 11
"Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into," Oliver Hardy to Stan Laurel
The twins had made it down the face of the cliff and were unclipping themselves from the rope when the gun blew up. As the rocks heaved, scattering in all directions, they found very little to fend off all the different shapes which battered at their suits and were consequently buried under a layer of rock. Above them, the main gun sat precariously balanced overhead before, it too, made a swan dive into the well. The resulting explosion blew even more rocks until they were buried under some ten feet of rock in a space no bigger than six foot wide by five foot high.
Kat was the first to come to. The girls had taken a beating and the last blast had knocked them out. She sat up in complete darkness. It took a few seconds to register this fact, and then Kat let loose a few chosen words as she turned on her headlamp and surveyed the confines around them. The young woman poked her sister to wakefulness. "Wake up Sleeping Beauty; you've really done it this time."
Colleen swam up to consciousness at being poked. "Hum?" She rolled over then sat up, her hand to her helmet. "You said something. Why are the lights out?"
Kathleen sighed heavily. "Because dear sister, we're buried under a ton or more of rock. I told you I hate heights but especially I hate being buried under rock."
"Seemed like a good idea at the time," stated Colleen rising to her feet. Her hands slid around her suit until a light came on and she was able to study the shelter they were under. The twin paced the area then sat back down. "I guess we have to wait for a while."
Kathleen sniffed. "I don't know about you, but my suit is telling me that I only have a few hours left of air."
"I know, same here," her sister answered quietly. Kat sat down now and sighed. Both realized that if the Yamato couldn't find them, they would be dead in just a few hours.
Colleen found herself thinking of Stephen. Her job was even more dangerous as they were the ones to gather the intelligence for the core intelligence group to make the decisions which had an effect all the ships in the EDC as well as the well being of Earth. She was going to have to it clear to him that this is where she belonged. Her heart was his, her head and her loyalties were to her job.
Overhead a debate was raging.
"We have to look for them!" Sandor told Wildstar. He stood toe to toe with the Captain.
"We have no idea where they could be!" yelled Wildstar back. "They could be anywhere on that rock." His hand gestured at the overhead view of the planetoid. "We have to keep moving, Sandor. Earth is depending on us."
"We just can't leave----" he was cut short when Homer swung his chair around to the arguing men.
"Derek, I've got communications from that ship the Intel people took."
"Put it on screen." Derek looked up as the smaller craft came into their view. The short woman Commander appeared on the screen, her hands crossed over her chest and looking very displeased.
"Aye there Yamato, I understand ye lost me two lasses," she stated. "We've been watchin' ya from the field."
"We aren't sure where they could have gone before the explosion," he told her.
She just waved a dismissive hand. "Then ye don't know our lasses. They're always where the danger is. No worries lad, we'll find 'em. Get ye on yer way now lad and leave the lasses to us."
"We can stay for a while to cover you," offered Derek.
"Naw, we've discovered this wee vessel has a bit of kick to it," she grinned, "don't worry 'bout us."
"No, we are staying," Derek told her. "You kept our back. We need to do the same for you." He gave her a nod. "Just find them."
The lights were beginning to dim. Kathleen lay on the floor, trying very hard to control her breathing. This was not the way she had hoped to die. Not locked in rock without the sky to look at. She had always wanted to face death in a fight or at least old age. This just wasn't fair! There were a great many other things she wanted to do.
"Are ye layin' down on the job?" asked a familiar voice. Kat shot up, looked at her sister who mirrored her excitement.
"Commander Ferguson?" asked Colleen raising to her feet and staring at the ceiling of their rock prison. "Is it really you?"
"Do ye think I'd let two wee lasses on their own? The Captain would haunt my nights, lass. We got a fix on ye so we'll be blowing ye cover. Get back as far as ya can."
They scrambled to the back wall and crouched down then, for the second time, the rocks around them were blown with a precise shot from the small ship. Colleen waved the rock dust from her face plate then climbed the rock slid to stand again in open sky.
Overhead she could see the red bottom of the Yamato gapping open as Black Tigers dropped out with the white LC while the smaller vessel stayed nearby.
Kathleen popped up beside her and began waving wildly. "It's sure good to see you!"
"I guess it's just your lucky day we're here to fetch ya," Hardy told her. "Ya'll gave us a right good scare there."
"It's what we do best," crowed Kathleen as the LC landed nearby kicking up dust.
In the meantime, Colleen was talking to Ferguson on another channel. "We will need to go back to the Yamato to get the rest of our gear."
Ferguson agreed. "Aye, do that lass. 'Ave the doctor check ya out. We only have Nurse Copeland outa Medical left. When ye've been checked out, let the Capt'n of the Yamato know, they'll 'ave to bring ye to the Revenge. We cann' land her just yet and we have no landing craft either."
"Aye, aye."
Once back on board, Colleen and Kathleen were swept off to Medical and this was where Sandor found them sometime later. Kathleen was sitting on one bed, a hospital gown on; a bandage was wrapped around her head, while another snaked down her arm, the twin gave him a smile and a nod as he walked past her.
Sandor found Colleen still in Dr. Sane's office; her ribs were being wrapped by Nova while the Doctor lectured her. "…..now, you can not lift any weights, do any running, or fighting for the next two weeks, young lady."
Colleen stifled her grin, "Yes sir," as he walked in. Nova finished up her bandaging and gave him a tired smile as well. She then nudged the tiny doctor out of the office.
Sandor waited before closing the door. He crossed the floor as Colleen slid off the exam bed, reaching for her ship shirt. The Chief reached it first and helped her pull the shirt on, heard her hiss as she raised her arms, then closed the shirt closed. "I wish you'd go back to Earth."
"I can't, I have a job to do." She had walked away from him in the tiny room to her black bag and was stuffing the bodysuit in, her movements jerked.
"You could have been killed." Sandor turned to face her, his arms crossed across his chest.
She sighed, "So could you at any moment." Colleen pivoted to face him. "We are in a war with an enemy we don't know anything about. My job," she jabbed herself in the chest, "is to find out so we can fight."
"You could leave and do the work from Earth side."
"No, I can't Stephen. I can't leave my job because of danger just like you can't leave the Yamato. Someone has to defeat this new enemy." They stood like piano wires, strung taunt with tension until Colleen deflated first. She crossed the room to stand in front of him, her hands out in front of her.
"Please understand I know that this job is dangerous. This isn't the first time something has happened to me and it won't be the first. I can't let you worry about me forever." She wrapped her arms around him, his arms responded quietly. "I will always love you and this is my way of protecting you. And you really love this ship and its crew, not to mention the Earth."
He breathed in the scent of her hair and let out a gust of breath. "I sometimes wish that I never went on that first mission. I wish we could go back and start again."
"We can't stop time Stephen. Let me go and, if I'm able, I'll see you again when this is over." They stood for a long time, memorizing the feel and smell of the other before Kathleen knock discreetly, opening the door.
"It's time."
Colleen slipped out of Sandor's arms, a soft smile on her face. "Until next time we meet."
He sighed. "I hope so." He nodded at Kathleen. "Take care of her."
She grinned. "I'll do my best but even you know she has a way of finding trouble all by herself."
"Kat!" Colleen hit her sister in the arm. "Actually, it's usually the other way around."
He smiled then and followed them out. Nova was now sitting on the outer bed, a piece of paper clutched in her hand, her face filled with devastation.
"You can't stay?" she pleaded.
Colleen took pity and gave her a hug, "We've got our orders. You have a mission to perform. We'll get in touch once you're back on Earth."
"Promise?"
"Cross my heart and hope to die." Both twins then made the movement and Nova shuddered, "Don't do that."
"I gave you the recipe," Kathleen pointed out, swinging her bag to her shoulder. "Derek is going to love it, I promise. And, when you get back to Earth, I'll make another."
"You better," muttered Nova coming off the bed and throwing her arms around Colleen and then Kathleen. "This ship isn't going to be the same without you two. I'm going to miss you."
"We'll miss you," Colleen told her, her eyes blinking back tears.
Kathleen was flippant. "Especially knowing who is left of our crew." Colleen gave her sister a glare.
"I'll keep my ears open and when you're back, I'll contact you." She then looked long at Sandor before going out the door, her sister trailing behind.
Nova came to stand by the young man. "Will we see them again?"
He sighed. "I don't know Nova. Anything is possible."
"Sandor," she saw his face and wrapped him in her arms. "She'll be alright. She's too canny to get caught. They'll make it."
"I know….I know. But, how do you know?"
She had to grin. "It's just a woman's intuition."
The End…..Maybe