Chapter 5: Investigation

Captain George and Commander Riker made their way to the Ferengi's quarters. When they got there, Captain George hit the 'doorbell' button.

"Come." They heard from inside.

The door slide open and the two officers stepped inside.

"Hello Mr. Zek." Captain George greeted.

"Hi, wait how do you know my name?" Zek asked.

"From your record that I downloaded after you arrived. Four charges of misdemeanors, two charges of illegal smuggling and one charge of stealing a Romulan Warbird."

"I was found innocent of all those charges, except the last one. You cannot prove that I stole that Warbird. According to the ships logs, they appended it after a visit to the Domory belt." Zek stated bluntly.

"The Domory Belt? What happened to them?" George asked.

"All I know was that they were attacked by a race of aliens that didn't want them there. A nasty race. That's all I know. They took their sensor logs with them, or they erased them, either way, I cannot help you." Zek explained.

"I've gotten most of the systems repaired, Captain." Chief Engineer Jennings informed captain George, who was on the bridge.

"Are we able to go to warp?" The captain asked the Engineer.

"Yes sir. We have full warp capacity." Jennings informed him.

"Thank you, Mr. Jennings. Bridge out." The captain closed the channel. "Miss. Sulu plot a course to starbase 389 and proceed at warp two. Account for the artificial quantum filaments." George ordered.

"Course plotted Captain." The Helmsmen stated.

"Engage." Captain George ordered.

After reaching starbase 389, the five Ferengi were escorted off the ship by chief of security, William Sisko. The Enterprise then left the Starbase and proceeded to the Domory belt.

"Sir we are approaching the belt." Helmsmen Sulu informed the captain.

"Thank you helmsmen. Commander, take us to yellow alert." Captain George told his first officer.

"Yes sir. Yellow alert. All decks report yellow alert sir." Riker told the Captain.

"Thank you. Take us in lieutenant." Captain George ordered.

The ship went in to the belt, the green gases glowing, and several asteroids flew past them.

"Sir, sensors are going offline." Commander Riker informed Captain George.

"Steady." The captain ordered.

The ship then began to rock. Then it was pulled. The ship lunged forward slightly.

"We are being pulled by a tractor beam!" The commander stated.

"Reverse power!" George ordered.

"No effect." Lieutenant Sulu told the captain.

The tractor beam pulled the ship through the Domory belt.

"Sensors are back online sir. I'm ready no star systems in our sensor range, but one life form. Incredibly unusual life form." Commander stated as he relayed the sensor data.

"Sir we are being hailed." The communications officer stated.

"On screen." The captain ordered.

"This is V'ger calling the space craft Enterprise; service number NCC-1701-B. You have invaded my territory too far." V'ger stated.

"If we be allowed to leave, we will not invade again." Captain George told the being.

"No, you must be punished. My friends, the Romulan Empire, told me all about you. Therefore I will give you to them, and they will do what they want to." V'ger explained.

"We didn't mean to…" The channel was cut off, then there was a flash of light, and the Enterprise was surrounded by Romulan Warbirds.

"Shields up, red alert." Captain George ordered.

"We have no power to give to the shields sir!" Commander Riker stated.

"What?" The captain asked.

There was another flash of light, and the next thing he knew, Captain George was lying onto of hot sand, in the middle of no where.