Chapter Six
Two days ago, Jaret was attacked and was near death. Now here he was getting ready to confront who had attacked him. It took some convincing on his part to let him handle it and David and Ryan both protested it but they knew that he outranked them and in the back of their heads, they knew that Jaret had to deal with this on his own. It was a matter of honor. He had no intention of letting his attacker get away with this crime; he had to for the safety of the mission. He finished dressing and looked at himself in the mirror. He looked tired and worn out but he sighed and left the bathroom. He walked across his bedroom and entered the living room. On the coffee table was a phaser. He grabbed that and calmly strode to his desk. He turned on his monitor and typed in a few commands. Located his attacker and pre-programmed the transporters to beam him to the location.
Meanwhile, in Main Engineering John was working with a fellow officer. He sighed, what a day he thought to himself. It was getting tougher for him but he was having a hard time dealing with the announcement that happened yesterday. He shook his head to try to clear his thought so he turned to his aide, Ensign Twyla Mosely.
"Do you have the data yet?" asked a tired John.
"Aye sir, sorry to say it but there are no definite changes. What is next to do on our list?" responded Twyla as she handed John the data padd to him.
"Nothing much, but I can do it by myself. Thanks for all the overtime you've been putting in. It's nice to meet someone on this ship besides me that is interested in the mechanical aspects of duty." John replied as he looked at the data padd.
"Alright then sir, shall I be dismissed if there is nothing required of me?" asked Twyla.
"Oh, yes, you are dismissed. Have a good day." muttered John as he waved Twyla away.
Twyla smiled as she turned around but suddenly stopped, she came face to face with a determined but supposed to be dead Capt. Jaret Pieper who was holding a phaser in his hand which was pointing in her direction.
"I believe we have something to discuss about Ensign Mosely?" challenged Jaret smoothly.
"Jaret, what are you doing here? How can you be here? I thought…" shouted John in shock as he heard what was going on behind him.
"Captain, believe me I have no idea what you are referring to?" denied Twyla quickly.
"Well, for starters, you tried to kill me a day or two ago? Maybe you remember that particular event? I mean, it's not that hard to forget?" growled Jaret madly.
"Jaret, you can't be thinking that she's the one who tried to kill you? What's really going on here?" exclaimed John with wide eyes.
"I don't forget a face who tries to kill me. Particularly if the person was holding a knife and plunged it into my chest. That is something you don't forget that easily. Come on Ensign Mosely, lets take a walk to the brig shall we?" asked Jaret politely.
Twyla looked at Jaret and then to John, she was starting to panic and then started to back up, her left hand going behind her back. To Jaret, she looked like she was ready to spring and run. He was poised for anything, his thumb rested lightly on the trigger button of the phaser.
"Twyla, please tell me that you had nothing to do with the attack on Jaret?" pleaded John for answers loudly.
Twyla didn't look at John to respond to his question, and she was ready, she slightly turned to her side but didn't get a chance to go for the run she was planning on. Jaret decided to fire his phaser and stunned her. She fell down to the ground softly and quickly. Jaret heaved a sigh and looked a John who was very disappointed. "I'm very sorry John, I know how you liked her and all, but the fact remains, she is a spy and she did try to kill me. She was almost effective at it but we will know more when she wakes up." Jaret apologized to John with a look of sadness on his face.
John shook his head and looked at Jaret and sighed, "If I knew, I would have dragged her to the brig. I wish we had known about this before hand, that the Romulans might've done something like this? I'm glad you're not dead Jaret; the entire crew was upset by this. Do you realize that now everyone is going to be mad at you or mad at her when they find out that all of this announcement yesterday was a plan to arrest her?"
"We thought we were prepared, but apparently the Romulans had the upper hand in this case. I know that everyone will be surprised, but I had to limit the amount of people that knew about this to prevent any possible leakage of my plans. I wanted to face her by myself. I think I wanted answers but I don't know if she will give it to me." Muttered Jaret sadly.
"Jaret, she might give you something but it won't be what you want to hear." John replied as he gestured for the security team that came down to come forward.
By then, a group of security guard came and the Jaret motioned towards the still form of Ensign Mosely, "Take her to the brig and notify Medic Bay that we have an injured prisoner, and to let me know when she wakes up!"
One of the guards who knelt down by Twyla looked up at the Captain and nodded his affirmation. The other two guards came by and helped the first one to pick up Twyla and carried her gently to the brig.
Jaret turned around
and left Main Engineering, leaving John to deal with his emotions. By the time Jaret turned the corridor to head his way back to the
bridge, he stopped in mid stride. He sighed sadly and leaned
against the wall, and his hands to shake slightly.
He was deeply
disappointed in her, and that one had joined with the purpose of
preventing this ship to reach Romulan Space.
It was the next day that Jaret was in his quarters, eating his lunch in private and reading up on some reports that he had to catch up on. He sighed in frustration over the amount of stuff he had to play catch up on for playing dead for 2 days.
"Bridge to Captain Pieper." interrupted the comlink.
Jaret's hand touched his combadge and he spoke softly, "Yes?"
"We are nearing the planet Aldrea, shall we assume standard orbit?" informed Ryan.
"Great, drop out of warp and inform Lisa that we are entering Aldrea's systems. We owe Lisa that courtesy to check up on any remaining survivors there and to observe the damages for future repairs. I will be on the bridge momentarily." ordered Jaret.
"Aye sir." acknowledged Ryan as he signed off.
Jaret stood up and turned off his monitor and left his meal on the desk. He walked to the door to leave and headed his way towards the turbolift.
Back on the Bridge, Ryan was sitting in
the Captain's chair and was issuing orders.
"Take the ship
into standard orbit around Aldrea. Scan for any signs of Romulans
vessels?"
Ryan felt much better being back in his former rank, playing captain was not easy and he didn't like it one bit. He knew that he's not quite ready yet for that rank privilege.
"No sir, sensors reports zero ship in the vicinity. Sensors do show massive damage to the main city and little damage on the out skirts of the city. We do have life signs, they are human, but we don't know if they require medical help?" reported Lisa.
"Okay, David, put together a security team with Lisa and please informs Tammy to put together a medical team as well. We must do this quickly as we do not want to delay our meeting with the Romulans any longer. Show me on the viewer the damages?" suggested Ryan quickly.
Lisa nodded and type a few commands in her console, and the main viewer showed the main city which was smoldering smoke in the air. There was evidence of an attack from above the city. There were small fires still burning but nothing too dangerous.
Lisa stood up and took her leave of station to join David in the turbolift, the door opened to reveal Jaret in it.
"Sir, we are going down
to the surface to check up on the survivors and see if they need
medical aid. We will be quick and won't stay too long."
informed Ryan as he saw Lisa step aside to let Jaret through and as
soon as Jaret stepped off the turbolift, David and
Lisa stepped in
and the door closed quickly.
Jaret turned to see the main viewer and inhaled sharply, he cursed a blue streak in his head as he couldn't believe how much damage the Romulans have done to the city. He called them cowards for attacking from the ship instead of attacking on the surface. It was the same callous tactic as back on Earth. The Aldreans were definitely caught off guard. He turned around and sat down in his chair.
Ryan noticed Jaret's immediate reaction to the scene on the main viewer. He felt the same way but he also knew that if they don't get back from their meeting with the Romulans, who would help them? He pushed that doubt in the back of his mind and continued to concentrate on his work.
Down on the surface of Aldrea, Lisa got her first shock at seeing how badly the city was damaged in the attack. She wanted to scream and cry but couldn't, not in front of her fellow officers. Trying her best to remain stoic, she turned to David, "Let's split up into teams, keep an eye out for anything. I don't know how upset my people are and they might not know that you're here to help them."
"Agree, you three go in that direction, you three in that direction, I and Lt. Cmdr. Crusher will go this way. Keep your phasers on stun, when we have cleared the area of any intruders, contact the medical personnel, and tell them to beam down at your coordinates. Understand?" ordered David to the security officers. They were all armed with hand phasers and tricorders.
The team split up and left on their assigned tasks. Lisa and David took to their direction north of the city and kept an eye out for anything out of the ordinary.
"I know this is hard on you Lisa, if I was in your shoes, I would be worried big time over my loved ones." consoled David.
"Thank you David and I know what you mean, but right now I have a job to do, I'll do the worrying later." thanked Lisa.
"Okay, I'm picking up life signs up ahead, they're stationary but I don't know if they're hurt or not. You know what? I'm also picking up traces of Romulan DNA but there are none here." informed David.
"Yeah, I've noticed that too. I wouldn't be surprised if they took their dead and wounded back to the ships. I can't see them leaving them here." admitted Lisa.
They soon reached the signal of the life signs, Lisa recognized one of the people in that group, and it was her Mother!
"Mom?" queried Lisa haltingly.
"Lisa, you're okay, where have you've been? I've been worried sick about you! I didn't know if you were captured or killed or injured?" scolded Sherilyn.
"Ma'am, are all the Romulans gone?" asked David who interrupted Lisa before she could answer her mom.
Sherilyn eyed David with great scrutiny and finally noticed the uniform he was wearing, deciding then he was worth the trust to talk to him.
"Mother!" hedged Lisa urgently.
"I'm sorry, I am Dr. Sherilyn Crusher, and you are?" replied Sherilyn stiffly.
"I'm Lt. David Dyck, of the USS Galaxy." introduced David as he held out his hand to shake Sherilyn's hand..
"The Galaxy?" echoed Sherilyn in shock as she shook his hand in return.
"Mom, David is from Earth, they found the Galaxy and they brought it here! That's where I've been the last 10 days." explained Lisa.
"Oh my goodness, and to answer your question sir, no there are no Romulans here, they've all left. They didn't stay very long, or go to the effort of finding all of us." answered Sherilyn.
"Okay, hang on for a minute." asked David as he stepped away from Lisa and her mother, "David to Galaxy."
"Jaret here, what's the news?" asked the voice that belonged to Jaret via the combadge.
"There are no Romulans here, they didn't stay long according to Dr. Crusher, they just grabbed who they can and left, presumably after Lisa's abrupt departure and chased after her. We have a few wounded down here, but on the bright side, it is safe to send the medical personnel here. I'll stay with Lisa and with her mother; it would be advisable to get some more information on what we might have to deal with? Has our traitor woken up yet?" reported David.
"I just signaled the transporter room to start beaming the medical personnel down, Tammy will join you momentarily. As for finding out more about the situation, you have my permission. No, Ensign Mosely has not awaken yet, and it will be some time before she does." chastised Jaret to David.
"Aye sir, Lt. Dyck signing out." sighed David grumpily.
He turned around and just about jumped out of his skin, Tammy was already there and was busily chatting away with Lisa's mother and helping the wounded. Lisa joined David after she had noticed that he was no longer busy.
"I've found out some things from mother." started Lisa sadly.
"Bad news I presume?" queried David quietly.
"Yeah, do you recall the former Captain of the Galaxy?" asked Lisa.
David turned to face Lisa, his face in concentration as he tried to recall the name of the former Captain of the USS Galaxy, "Was it Captain James?"
"You are correct David, he was taken by the Romulans along with several of the original command crew of the Galaxy. That was the first thing the Romulans did when they transported down here." explained Lisa.
"Jaret knows that James is onboard that ship but I don't know if he's aware if the rest of the senior staffs are there too. They might be kept in separate rooms to prevent that knowledge from coming to realization. That makes it sounds like it was pre-planned before hand. Why would they want the senior's officers anyway?" wondered David out loud.
"My guess, they want custody of the Galaxy or something is on board there that they want?" suggested Lisa offhand.
"Good point, and you know what, with that Twyla person in custody, perhaps she will shed some light on Tomahawk's plan." agreed David.
"I hope so for all of our sake, I'm more concerned that she may have planted something." thought Lisa.
"We better have John check things out before we head out of Aldrea's orbit. I'm heading back up to the ship and report to Jaret and John. They are not going to be happy about this." sighed David as he started to walk away from Lisa and headed towards their original beam down coordinates.
Lisa nodded in understanding and walked towards her mother and Tammy. The two of them were in deep discussion and were busy attending the wounded at the same time.
"I'm impressed that you've managed to learn so much in such a short time. Thank you for lending us some medical supplies, it's badly needed as we never expected something of this sort to ever happen." thanked Sherilyn.
"Not a problem, I'm glad we could offer help of any sort. We will be leaving to meet up with the Romulans anyway, to get the rest of your people back." Stated Tammy proudly.
"Mom, we won't be in orbit for a long time, is there anything else you need?" asked Lisa.
"You're going with them?" asked Sherilyn who went into worried mode for her daughter.
"I have to do this mom, this is far important for me not to go. I'm sort of a guide to these people as they are new to this whole thing despite learning so much in such a short time, they need me." replied Lisa adamantly.
"Oh alright,
I can't really stop you can't I? We might need a few supplies,
nothing major, some basic survival supplies. We need blankets,
lights and anything to help us get through the next several days. We
need a way to construct temporary shelter till you
guys get back."
replied Sherilyn.
"Okay, I'll go and arrange for the supplies, Tammy, get your group and any wounded here, it's better to be here as it is near the river and would help with the temporary shelter. I'll be back later to supervise the transfer." recommended Lisa.
"That will be fine, I'll notify my teams." Tammy nodded as she turned back her attention to her tricorder.
Lisa nodded and left Tammy and her mother. Soon she was out of sight and Tammy and Sherilyn continued to treat the wounded.
"You are doing a very brave thing, despite your age. I know I'm worried for my daughter and it's a natural thing to do so. It must have been a hard choice to make, especially for one so young?" murmured Sherilyn.
Tammy stopped looking at her tricorder and looked up and looked at Sherilyn for a minute before replying, "It wasn't a hard choice to make. We all knew in our hearts what we should do. I think this was fated long ago, since the day your ship crashed onto our planet. My parents had a hard time with our choice. They argued, they begged and pleaded for us to stay. I think in the end, they knew that they taught us well. Its not often that people our age get the chance to make this sort of choice. Its just goes to show all of us, we're not limited as we think we are, age or not."
"Thank you so much for reminding me of that. I am proud of Lisa, and I suppose it is just me not thinking right. I never thought Lisa would be into this sort of thing, being an officer. I guess, its in her blood." Sherilyn smiled as she went back to treating her wounded people before her.
"Its more than that Sherilyn, it's in her soul. I know it is. Since we found the ship, I've felt more at home in space than I ever did on Earth." Tammy corrected. She looked up and saw that more of the security teams and medical teams were bringing in more wounded. She sighed, time to get back to work. She rolled her eyes. It's been 10 days since this whole adventure started, and there is still more to come.
Back on the Galaxy, David was busy informing Jaret and John with what he had heard and what Lisa has told him regarding Twyla.
"John, I want you to quickly check everything just in case we might have sabotage. David schedule some more drills, I want to be prepared for anything. Lisa is coming back onboard to deliver supplies to the remaining Aldreans. She will watch the transfer and help them before we leave orbit. John, you have one day to check everything as I don't want to delay any longer with our meeting with the Romulans." commanded Jaret sternly.
"Is that what you want, you got it." agreed John as he left Jaret and David.
"I guess I better see who's on duty and adjust the duty roster for our drills. See you later Jaret." sighed David as he too left.
Jaret
leaned back in his chair and looked out the window of his ready room,
he was concerned over what he heard. He wondered what other
surprises Tomahawk has in store for them? He sighed noisily and
leaned forward and touch the buttons on his computer, he called up
the crew file of Twyla Mosely. He wanted to see her application
and wanted to find out a hint as to what she is planning. David
had already gone through Twyla's quarters and found nothing on her
personal computer, no journal and no evidence of her
betrayal. He re-read her application over and over, hoping that something would
come to him. Then suddenly his combadge beeped. He
touched it and responded, "Jaret here."
"Sir, you told us to let you know when Ensign Mosely is awake?" reported the officer.
"I'll be down there shortly." quickly replied Jaret as he shut the computer off and rushed out of the room. Once he was on the Bridge, he looked to Ryan and nodded and motioned for Tressa to follow him. Tressa got up from her seat next to Ryan and went behind Jaret as he strode up to the turbolifts door. The door opened up to reveal Lisa.
"Lisa are you done on the surface?" asked Jaret curtly.
"Not quite yet sir, I'm here to let you know that the remaining survivors are all treated and resting comfortably. I was just coming on board to get permission to remain down on the surface with our teams to help construct some shelters but in order to do that, I need some supplies from the cargo bays?" asked Lisa.
"I see. After you are done or able to leave the rest of the team to their task, then I want you to assist Lt. Paul, he's checking for possible signs of sabotage and since you know this ship better than us. I want to get out of orbit tomorrow and I want this check completed by then." Advised Jaret.
"Of course sir." agreed Lisa as she stepped aside to let Jaret and Tressa to step inside the turbo lift. Once the door closed, Ryan looked at David and shrugged his shoulders.
"He's always leaving me in charge; there hasn't been a moment that he takes the bridge longer than an hour!" Ryan huffed.
"Look at it this way, you're gaining practical experience now!" laughed Lisa as she walked towards Ryan who was sitting in the chair with a disgruntled look on his face.
Several minutes later, Lisa ran into Jaret and Tressa in the turbolift as they were heading their way to the brig and she was on her way to the cargo bay on the same level.
Inside the turbo lift, Jaret was talking to Lisa about what happened on the surface.
"So your mom is okay with you being onboard here?" asked Jaret with concern.
"Sort of, she didn't want me to risk my life any more than I have to but I told her that it was my choice and that I'm old enough to do what I want. After all, she taught me to follow my heart and that's what I'm doing." stated Lisa firmly.
"Parents in general want
to do everything they can to protect their offspring, it's only
natural that she would feel this way. Actually, since before we
left, I had several crew members come up to me about their own
problems to their parents' reaction to this
situation. Some had
to leave on bad terms and others left on more amicable terms."
murmured Tressa softly.
"I had that problem, my own mom threatened to disown me if I joined up. My father was oddly enough, quiet. I left my home with my mother screaming in the background. I knew what I had to do and I wasn't going to back down." spoke Jaret sadly.
"My own parents were upset at first but after awhile, they were understanding but I know they were very afraid for me. I think every parent is like that now since we departed from Earth." nodded Tressa in agreement.
The turbolift suddenly reached its destination. The door swished open and Lisa stepped out first and turned around to face Jaret and Tressa, " I have no regrets coming here. None, and I have faith in all of us."
Jaret nodded to Lisa and watched her go towards the main cargo bays. He looked to Tressa and motioned for her to go ahead first. She murmured her thanks quietly and stepped out first with Jaret following her. Once they both left the turbo lift, they headed their way to the brig.
Once they arrived at the brig, two security guards were overseeing the prisoner. One of them looked up and stood up from the console.
"Captain Pieper, Dr. Livingston gave her a clean
bill of health, she's fully recovering from her injuries. But she
has not spoken since she woken up." reported
Lt. Elisner.
"Very well, would you and the other officer please leave, we wish to talk to her in private, please remain outside in the hallway." understood Jaret.
"Aye sir, if you need anything, let us know." obeyed Lt. Elisner.
Tressa and Jaret both watched them leave the room. Jaret sighed again and Tressa noticed that he's been doing a lot of that lately.
Tressa looked to Jaret, "What do we do now?" Seeing that Jaret looked at her and he stopped to think for a minute before replying, "We talk and ask questions." growled Jaret as he went to get two empty chairs and placed it in front of the cell where Twyla was looking at them with disdain.
"I see, very direct." noticed Tressa and she went to join Jaret who was sitting down in the chair that was in front of Twyla's cell. She sat down and started feeling very uncomfortable about the tension in the room.
"Okay Twyla, let's start with the most obvious question. Are you working for Tomahawk?" asked Jaret bluntly as he glared back at her. His arms crossed across his chest, his left foot tapping as he waited for her answer. He was mad, and he wanted answers now, not later and he didn't feel like dancing around the subject. He sat straight and tall in his chair, trying to get the message that his body language was saying "Don't Mess with me" look.
Twyla glared back at Jaret; she leaned back on her cot up against the wall. For awhile, it looked like a staring match was going on between the two of them and then, "I'm not just working for Tomahawk, I'm working for the Romulan Empire. I was sworn in as a Romulan agent." snorted Twyla.
"So, you didn't feel any hesitation or doubt about being a double agent? None what so ever in your mind? Are you now comfortable about betraying us and our mission?" asked Tressa curiously.
"I don't call it betraying okay, I'm just following orders." retorted Twyla strongly as she got up from her cot in a fit of anger. They didn't understand her; she wanted to be a part of something, something exciting!
"Okay, fine then, what about betraying your heritage then? You are a citizen of Earth and you do realize that if we're destroyed, the citizen of Aldrea and Earth will be enslaved by the Romulan Empire?" pointed out Jaret.
"If I die here, on board the Galaxy, I'll be hailed as a loyal officer of the Romulan Empire. That's all I care about at this point." glared Twyla angrily.
"Twyla, you won't be hailed as a hero, you'll be known through history as the person who turned her back on her true people. Many people, if there are survivors will curse your name as evil. Is that is what you want as a part of your dying legacy?" asked Tressa as she watched the interaction between Jaret and Twyla.
"Okay, I don't know how I would be perceived of? I just know that I don't regret siding with Tomahawk or the Romulan Empire." Twyla simply stated.
"What about when you were attacking another human being in cold blood? Did you really want to kill a person like that?" asked Tressa softly.
Twyla was stunned by that question. She remained quiet for sometime before answering, "I was just following orders."
Jaret finally had it with her and pushed back his chair and stalked up towards the cell's force field and got right up in front of her face, "Fine, how about another question that you can answer. Did you plant any explosive onboard to sabotage our mission to the Romulan Space?" asked Jaret coldly.
"I'm not saying another word as I don't care what you want out of me, I won't betray the Romulan Empire." sneered Twyla as she crossed her arms in front of her chest indicating that their conversation is over.
Jaret sighed deeply and then looked at her, "I hate to say this Twyla, but you are in a lot of trouble with the law. This is something I can't let you slide on. I'm afraid you will have to remain her for the duration of the mission and when we get back to Earth, you will have to face the music. For that, I hope your faith in the Romulan Empire isn't misplaced. Just so you know you are a pawn just like the citizens of Aldrea are and so are we. If you change your mind about wanting to talk to us, let the guards' know." Jaret hinted as he went back to his chair and faced Tressa who was getting up from her chair with a sad but dismayed look on her face.
The two of them left the brig and allowed the guards to come back and take their post once again. Jaret could feel Twyla boring holes in his back with her eyes. He knew that she couldn't be persuaded that Tomahawk was bad news. He didn't know how she was convinced by him to be assured of her loyalty to him. He just couldn't understand her way of thinking or Tomahawk's way of thinking. He was stopped by Tressa when she placed her hand on one of his shoulders. He stopped and looked at her but part of him couldn't bear to reveal the weakness he was feeling inside, the doubts creeping in the back of his head.
"Jaret, she will come around eventually, so please don't blame yourself for this. I know that Tomahawk will reveal his true nature in time; you just have to be patient. Right now, you have the upper hand, you have her in custody and you weren't killed and for we know, Tomahawk is expecting to hear from her that you were removed." encouraged Tressa.
"I understand Tressa, so we have some planning to do
once we leave Aldrea's orbit. I'm going to head to Twyla's
quarters, she must have had something there. Who knows, maybe David
missed it the first time around. I'll take a look and perhaps I
will find
something." nodded Jaret in understanding.
"Okay, if you need to talk? You know where to find me. You had a terrible trauma happen to you and you need to get this out in the open." offered Tressa.
"Thanks Tressa, I'll think about that." nodded Jaret in appreciation.
Tressa left Jaret and headed back down the corridor towards the turbolifts. Once she was out of Jaret's sight he turned and headed to Main Engineering to see John and Lisa's progress. It never failed him, the amount of trust he has in his people and how he cared for them all. He entered Main Engineering to hear John say something that was music to his ears.
"I'm glad we found it and no wonder why there wasn't anything to find in her quarters when David searched through it." John sighed when he was very happily content at that very moment.
"Found what" asked Jaret which ended up startling both Lisa and John out of their seats.
Lisa looked at Jaret and proudly held up a small device that he didn't recognize.
"Okay, what gives?" asked Jaret confusedly at Lisa.
"You don't know what this is? Jaret haven't you got to the engineering aspects of the notes I gave you before we left Earth?" John groaned in dismay.
"I just haven't found the time to read anything lately. In between dealing with my attack, my death, and my resurrection, sorry John." chuckled Jaret nervously.
"You got homework tonight buddy." whistled John at Jaret which caused Jaret to glare at John.
John realized that he was overstepping his rank and looked at Lisa who rescued him out of his predicament, "Okay, moving on. This little device is a long range communicator. And get this, it also records the date and time of messages received and sent." Explained Lisa.
"You mean, it recorded the orders and all?" asked Jaret.
"We've read through all the orders that have been sent and received in the last 5 days and not all of them are disturbing. When Tomahawk ordered you to be removed at all cost, Twyla did question him on what he meant. He was quite flippant about it and said just to "kill" you. She protested but was reminded of who she worked for and that might've forced her to do this. She's not all that bad Jaret, there is hope. None of the messages have anything to do with sabotage the ship in general yet. The first message talked about a possible one if the mission continued after you were removed. What do you want to do with this?" asked John warily.
"I think it's time we have the upper hand in this
situation. Do you think we can sent a message supposedly from
Twyla informing Tomahawk of my unfortunate demise and that she wants
to inquire on her next set of orders. The more we know of what
is
going to happen, the more we can be prepared for any deceit on
Tomahawk's behalf." smiled Jaret.
"That's not a bad idea. It won't be that hard to forge a message. What do you want us to say exactly when he answers back? And when do you want us to start?" agreed Lisa.
"Right away, I'm going to the bridge and I'm assuming that there is nothing suspicious onboard that could jeopardize our mission?" assumed Jaret.
"You assume correct Jaret, so far everything checks out fine. Tomorrow morning we can leave orbit and head for Romulan space." smiled John.
"Fine then, carry on. I'll see you guys' later." dismissed Jaret as he turned around and left Main Engineering.
Lisa and John looked at each other and started to work on the Captain's plans. They both know he is right and that it was time to get the upper hand here especially when going up against the Romulans.