IDChapter28
Jon landed Voyager near the tunnel entrance and disembarked, leaving the two children on board. He looked about carefully, sweeping the area with not only his eyes and ears, but also his mind. Nothing. He found the animal trail and and slid through the brush to the tunnel entrance. Jack met him there.
"All clear, it seems," Jon said with a frown. "Right then, ket's get on with it."
Jon led the way to Voyager as the refuges followed him, and Jack brought up the rear. There were only 15 refuges, so Voyager would not be too taxed for room. Jon and the children had opened up berths which had been used for storage, and moved those items into the hold. The girls had freshened up the rooms while Jon organized the hold and the galley, bringing more food and untensils out of storage. The accomodations would be far smaller than what the refuges were used to, but better than being slaves, Jon mused, especially since it wouldn't be for long.
Only Rose and Isana were left in the tunnels. The only computer systems left were the security system. "Time to take this down, I guess." Isana looked around. This system of tunnels had been her home for several years now. From what the Doctor said, they'd be living in a different set of tunnels now.
"Right then, here we go," Rose started the shutdown sequence. They were taking the security system with them, fortunately no one item was too big to carry, as soon as it was shut down they could dismantle it and carry the parts to Voyager. Jack came back to help while Jon stayed with the ship, answering questions, helping to get people settled in, and keeping a wary eye on Voyager's sensors. Soon most of the parts were sitting near the tunnel entrance, ready to be stowed away on the ship. Isana went back for the last part, and Rose and Jack started carrying items to Voyager. Soon they were nearly finished, and Isana had not yet shown up with the last piece.
"You take this to the ship, I'll help Isana." Rose nodded, and left with the last part. Jack headed down the tunnel quickly. He came to an empty security room, with the last piece of equipment still there, but no Isana. "Maybe she needed the loo," he thought, and checked there. No sign of her. He started getting a very bad feeling, and called her name.
"ISANA!"
"Looking for someone?" A familiar voice came from behind Jack. There stood Koschei, with a blaster aimed at Jack, and two former guards holding a frightened Isana, who was bound and gagged.
"Let her go, Koschei! If you don't, I swear..."
"You swear what?" Koschei interrupted Jack. "In case you hadn't noticed, I hold all the cards right now." A cruel smile came across his face. "I've been looking forward to this for a long time now." Walking over to Isana, he grabbed her face and forced her to look at Jack. "Look well, my dear, because this is the last time you'll see your beloved Captain," he spat. Aiming his blaster at Jack, despite the pleading noises Isana managed through her gag, he fired. Jack gasped and went down, meeting Isana's eyes with sorrow, dying. He had never told her he was immortal.
Koschei took Isana's gag off. "Say goodbye to your lover," he said with satisfaction.
"Koschei," Isana sobbed, "How can you do this, I thought you were my friend."
Koschei slapped Isana's face with all his strength, watching the welts rise. After letting her gasp with pain for a few moments, he seized her jaw with a deathly grip and made her look at him.
"Isana, do I have your full and undivided attention?" he asked icily. She did her best to nod, she couldn't speak yet through the pain.
"Good. I want to make something very, very clear. I am not your friend." He said through clenched teeth, pausing to let that sink in for a moment.
"I AM YOUR MASTER!"