Note: I own nothing involving Star Trek
Leigh frowned as she took in the narrow passage before them. The walls were too tall and slick to try and climb up, and she had no doubt they had snipers set for any who tried. Shaking Nelson's hands off of her arm, she instead gripped the woman's wrist and pulled her along, forcing her to stay behind them with a quick word for her to watch their backs.
Every time they came to a corner, she ducked down, looking around each new corridor with the trained eye of a combat veteran. She also made sure to step very specifically, keeping closer to the sides. No doubt the place was rigged with booby traps and hidden dangers waiting for the unsuspecting to trigger the wire. She had already warned Nelson to step where she stepped and to not touch the walls, no matter what.
It was not long before the screams of the others, frightened and dying, drifted towards them. With every new yell and scream she felt Nelson trembling and trying to break free. Leigh made sure to keep her grip firm.
Taking mental notes she saw where various traps came out of the walls, or from the floor. It wasn't hard considering the old bloodstains. Thankfully the pirates had the courtesy to clean up the corpses from the course.
Of course she knew the further they went without hitting a trap that the inevitability grew for their captors to take matters into their own hands. By her estimate they had managed to get halfway through before the idiots decided to shake things up. A low rumble sounded, growing louder and louder. Leigh looked back to see a giant boulder with what appeared to be spikes rolling at them with incredible speed.
"Shit! Come on," she tugged on Nelson, nearly dragging her as they ran faster. It took all she had not to step on any of the trip wires. Sadly, Nelson's ability to be a klutz struck at the wrong moment and she went down hand pushing on the side of the wall triggering a release. The sound of air shooting alerted Leigh to the danger and she pushed the other girl down to the ground as arrows flew back and forth overhead. Leigh gritted her teeth in pain as Nelson screeched in her ear.
Risking a look she saw the arrows were done, but the boulder was still coming towards them, much closer than before. Cursing again she pulled Nelson to her feet and pulled her onward. They made it to a t-intersection and Leigh chose to go right. Just as she did spikes pushed out from each side of the path creating a barrier and she had only just missed getting skewered, as the cut on her cheek indicated. Others had not avoided the trap according to the decomposing skulls hanging at various heights.
Nelson screamed pulling away from Leigh who was startled enough that she had loosened her grip. The ensign turned tail and ran across the opening towards the other side.
"NO! NELSON," Leigh tried to go after her, but a wall had popped up effectively cutting her off from the other woman. Nelson's shrill scream sounded shortly after, only to choke off into silence. "Damn it!" Her curses were cut short as she remembered the boulder. With no where else to go she pushed against the spikes, finding that they gave way as they were wooden. It took several vicious kicks and hits to break enough wood to allow her passage, each second bringing the deadly boulder closer to her. Just as she slipped through the barrier the boulder slammed into the stone wall.
Leigh only allowed herself a moment to catch her breath and lament Nelson's loss before pushing it to the back of her mind. Right now she had to get through this; she would morn for the girl later. Then again, she might be joining her soon enough.
So forward she went, as she had no other options at the moment. She only ran into a few other obstacles, one involving fire and another taking the form of a rather large vicious animal, which she couldn't name. Each time she gained more wounds, but she got through them all the same. All she got for a reward was for the guards to push her back towards her cell and thrown her inside locking the bars in place.