Lost – Chapter 6
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Previously
"I know, but you know my people have a saying, 'seize the now'. We may not know what the future holds but we have the now."
Sirius wasn't entirely happy with that answer but before he could say anything more L'kor kissed him. As always the kiss ended in her sharp teeth biting his lip hard enough to almost draw blood.
"You minx," complained Sirius as he pulled her close.
Romulan Warbird Navetar
Senator Velnar was very, very angry although only his closest subordinates would recognise the emotion on his cold, expressionless face. His initial plan had failed. As had his plan to salvage the situation, ships and lives had been lost and soon he would need to report to the senate.
It was inconceivable that his ship had failed to destroy a science station. Then another embarrassing failure followed when an entire squadron had failed to take a single outdated Klingon ship.
Still there were positives. The initial intelligence reports he received claimed that the Federation scientists had achieved a successful transit through the portal. His latest reports were much more to his liking. The Federation had done nothing the portal had activated itself. Two magical's had somehow found their way through and survived. The fact was that t added credence to the Master's theory and weight to his arguments.
His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of someone entering. He didn't need to ask who it was only one person on the ship would dare enter his cabin unannounced.
"What have you discovered?" asked Velnar his voice betraying none of the frustration and anger he was feeling.
"They are still aboard the Klingon ship and apparently have revealed their powers to both the Klingon and Starfleet crews. This adds a new wrinkle to our plans."
Velnar turned to face his unwelcome visitor; his mask of calm was gone.
"A 'wrinkle to our plans' are you insane? If the humans discover how the portal works they may, no they will duplicate their success then where will you be? How will your Kilhra'eri remain a secret?"
"My dear Senator do you think so little of my powers. What are one man and boy going to be able to do against the Kilhra'eri? We number in the hundreds. No Senator they are no threat to us but I agree that it would be better if they were to disappear before any new investigation begins."
Velnar frowned as he locked in to the expressionless face before him. "I don't have enough ships left to trouble a Galaxy class vessel and to be honest I am loathe to be seen requesting more resources, such a request would draw more scrutiny from the Praetor."
"Leave it to me Senator. The Kilhra'eri will see to it."
"See that you do Dracos, see that you do."
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USS Enterprise – Conference room C
"Mass Murder!" exclaimed a shocked Troi.
"Counsellor, Sirius Black was posthumously exonerated in 1997 and the numerous arrest warrants cancelled. However there are many discrepancies in this time period's records and I am unable to locate any details pertaining to this apparent miscarriage of justice."
'Well that is a relief Data. I was worried for a moment there." Troi sounded relieved.
"I recommend we tread softly around this topic, Mister Data I would like you to continue your database search and see if you can uncover anything else."
"Yes Captain, I did uncover a missing person file posted with Interpol for one Harry James Potter. It was issued in 1996 but again there is little detail and no image. The date of birth is the same, it is therefore very probable that it refers to the Harry Potter currently onboard the Kaveth Nar ."
"So the dates match up with the dates supplied by Sirius. It would appear that they did disappear in the past and appear hundreds of years in the future. Does anybody have a suggestion as to how?" asked Picard.
"Perhaps this was something the Tal Sigma scientists were looking in to," offered La Forge.
"I still think Sirius and Harry know more than they are telling us and as yet we have had only a limited dialogue, I would like to work with them to build some trust between us" Troi looked to Picard "With your permission."
"Of course counsellor"
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IKS Kaveth Nar – D'Mek's cabin
D'Mek gestured for the two humans standing in his doorway to approach. "Come in Sirius and you too Harry, sit we need to talk."
As they sat at the small metal table Harry was wondering why Sirius looked so nervous.
"Firstly on behalf of the Empire I wish to thank you both for your efforts in getting the Kaveth Nar operational in record time."
Sirius laughed, "We were saving our butts as well. You're welcome though."
"Secondly I want to ask for your assistance with the joint investigation. I have agreed to work with Picard to uncover what the Romulans are up to. I want to know if you are willing to work with them. I'm still willing to offer asylum to both of you if you want it but Picard is insistent that they have the opportunity to work with you both."
Sirius frowned and looked to Harry before turning back to answer D'Mek.
"Tell me Commander D'Mek do you trust Picard and his crew?" he asked.
"Picard is a well know in the Empire. As decorated Starfleet officer he has proven his honour on more than one occasion. So in this yes I trust him to tread an honourable path."
Sirius shifted uncomfortably in his seat. "What have they asked for?"
"They want you to spend sometime aboard Enterprise. I would guess they mean to try and influence you to trust them." D'Mek help up an armoured hand. "I know you have reason to be distrustful of the Federation, good reason but we need to work with them on this."
Sirius smiled at the 'we' and was about to beg off when Harry spoke up.
"I'll go Padfoot, I mean if they just want to get to know us and find out what happened. I can go through that with them as well as you, besides that will give you more alone time with L'kor." Harry was smirking at his godfathers ears went red and threw a hasty glance at D'Mek.
D'Mek however merely looked amused for a moment before outlining the 'familiarisation strategy' the Captain of theEnterprisehad recommended. It seems that they had suggested a stay aboard theEnterprisewhile the two vessels travelled to the Tal Sigma system. There to be given the opportunity to see a more positive side of the Federation and Starfleet. They had even suggested that Harry may like to interact with a few of the families on board as well as the crew so that he could meet people his own age.
"When?" asked Harry.
"We are about to get underway but it doesn't really matter, we will be at least two weeks in transit even at our top speed."
Harry turned to face Sirius, "You okay with this Sirius?"
Sirius had seen Harry smile when people his own age were mentioned and swallowed his half formed protest and simply nodded.
"Very well Harry report to the transporter room and I'll let theEnterpriseknow." D'Mek stood up and as they all left the cabin Harry fired off a shot at Sirius.
"I did have one question D'Mek" Harry asked in an innocent voice.
"Yes?"
"Can Humans and Klingons have a baby together?"
"I believe so, why do you ask?"
Harry looked to Sirius and watched his godfather turn a slight reddish colour before answering D'Mek.
"Oh I just wasn't sure and knowing that Klingons don't believe in birth control I just wanted to, you know indulge my curiosity. In fact I did read about…" Harry didn't get any further as Sirius had taken off toward engineering.
"Mischief managed," whispered Harry.
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USS Enterprise - Transporter Room
"Welcome aboard the Enterprise Harry," said Troi with a warm smile.
"Thanks Counsellor Troi" answered Harry politely.
"Please just Deanna no need to be formal. Now if you would like to follow me I'll show you to the guest quarters we have assigned you for your stay. Then I'll give you a quick tour of the ship and introduce you to some of the crew and families on board."
Harry followed Deanna as she led him through the ship. Harry immediately noticed that the Enterprise was a lot larger and more specious than the Klingon ship. Wide corridors and light colours also made it seem less warlike. The guest quarters were great in fact it was probably the largest room he had ever had that he didn't have to share with four others.
The next stop on the tour was a recreational space called ten forward where he could eat, drink, relax and socialise. Harry had been very unimpressed with Klingon food and had been looking forward to trying out the food replicator in his room but this place meant companionship at meal times, he added ten forward to his list.
Two hours later Harry was sitting in a comfortable chair in Captain Picard's Ready room feeling somewhat like he was back at Hogwarts in a teachers office.
"Firstly Harry welcome aboard the Enterprise, I am very grateful that you accepted our hospitality." Picard smiled at the teen sitting stiff backed in the chair.
"Thank you for the great room and the tour, Deanna was a fabulous tour guide," answered Harry in his talking to teacher's voice.
"Well let's hope you enjoy tomorrows activities as well. I believe that you will have the opportunity to meet some of our older students living aboard, and their families of course."
"I am sure I will Captain."
"There was one other thing Mister Potter that I am a bit hesitant to bring up. We did search of our records and found very few records pertaining to Sirius or yourself. Although, there were several old arrest warrants for Sirius."
Harry started to voice a protest but Picard spoke before he could say anything.
"There were also records of him being exonerated posthumousl. No what concerns me is the lack of records. We were trying to find out if you had any ahh relatives or descendants we could contact for you but without some more information I fear even Mister Data will fail."
Harry stiffened in his chair, which did not go unnoticed by Picard but the Starfleet officer was unsure of why.
"That's okay Captain I'm a orphan and frankly my only living relatives were…..not people I would want to meet again. To be honest I am just as happy to not meet their descendants."
Harry's voice was polite but Picard detected an undercurrent similar to when Picard himself spoke of his estranged brother. It might be better he thought to leave this topic alone.
"Very well Harry I respect that. Now I believe that you have been scheduled to attend a few classes with our senior students so we had better make sure I am the cause of you being late to class."
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USS Enterprise - Classroom
Harry was literally mortified by how little he knew. He was currently attending a science lesson with four teenagers that lived aboard Enterprise.
Class started well enough. Harry was introduced as a survivor of an accident; he met the four other students and sat down. Within five minutes Harry was starting to sweat and began trying to channel the Weasley twins in the hope of thinking of a good excuse to leave. The teacher and her students had been welcoming and friendly but he was just plain out of his depth. He didn't understand the terms or to be honest the broad principles. He settled on simply trying to look attentive and praying that he wasn't asked any questions. He was startled when someone touched his hand gently.
"Harry?" asked a female voice.
Harry turned to see one of his 'classmates' Emma looking at his with a slight smile on her face.
"You looked like you were frozen in place there Harry."
"Sorry, it was just a bit umm new to me I haven't studied much science stuff."
"Oh sorry I didn't mean that I just wanted to let you know class has finished that's all. Did you need to be somewhere else? Need directions or anything?" Emma was talking quickly and he realised she was nervous.
"No I think I'm a free man now. I was going to head down to Ten Forward for a snack. What about you?"
"I was going to swim some laps and have a sunbake."
"What? does the Enterprise have a pool?" asked Harry.
"No the holodeck silly," Emma's smile took any sting out of her words.
"Oh right Deanna mentioned them but I didn't get to see them."
"Why don't you come with me. I'll show you around and you can have a snack and a swim."
Harry was saved from answering as Mrs Reynolds the teacher engaged Harry in a conversation about his educational needs. During the conversation Emma slipped out of the room. Ten long minutes later Harry made his escape and was surprised to see Emma waiting for him outside the classroom.
"You waited?" exclaimed Harry, then mentally slapped him self for the witless observation.
"I did, so you up for a swim?"
Harry was going to say no but Emma seemed determined and she was a pretty girl with reddish blond hair, pale blue eyes and an athletic figure. It's not like it was a date or anything so why not?
"I'm not a great swimmer Emma, but yeah that sounds great."
Emma smiled and threaded her arm through Harry's.
"Well Mister Potter perhaps it's time you learnt how to swim well. Luckily I was a representative swimmer in my youth. I one a 3rd place ribbon when I was six."
"Sounds good," agreed a laughing Harry.
Perhaps this trip might be fun after all thought Harry with a small smile.
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Romulan Scout Ship
"Is everything in place?"
"Yes, our sensor shield is operating and we have locked on to a signature on both ships."
"Very well, disrupt their sensors and then two teams flash in and stun them, then flash out. Don't bother with anything else just get the two of them."
"I want them alive, and I don't particularly care about collateral damage just get them back here. We cannot afford to fail too much is at stake."
"I understand, we are ready"
"Proceed."
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USS Enterprise – Holodeck 2
Harry had been amazed at the pool area the holodeck produced and had quickly changed in to some swim shorts, grabbed a towel and joined Emma at a table. She ordered two fruit juices and as they waited the two teens chatted about some of Emma's adventures in the Holodeck. When Harry's juice arrived he was stunned at how fresh it tasted. It was like it was fresh squeezed.
They finished their drinks and Emma stood up and took off the light robe she had been wearing revealing a modest two piece swimsuit. It had been at that moment that Harry realised that he would have to take his t-shirt off.
His excitement quickly evaporated and he started feeling knew he had scars and he knew they looked bad. Voldermort, the Basilisk and the Dursleys had all left him with ugly scars. His friends never mentioned them but he had to look in the mirror every day. He looked to where Emma was laying her towel on a sun chair and picked up his towel and walked over to sit on the chair next to hers.
"You go Emma I'll watch for a while."
"Are you okay Harry?"
Harry's "I'm fine" must have sounded a bit strained as Emma walked a few steps toward him.
"Don't be nervous Harry you can't get hurt on the holodeck. It's a great place to learn to swim." Emma said with a gentle smile.
"It's not that, um well you see I've got scars and I'm not that keen to you know show people."
"I know you were in some sort of accident, did you think I'd point and laugh?" Emma sounded upset at his inference.
"No I….look Emma I know they look terrible I just hate when people stare at me." Harry turned away from Emma and looked at the pool.
"Show me" said Emma in a quite voice.
"What?"
"Show me and then we can get back to having a swim."
"Are you serious?"
"Harry I think you and I could be friends but if that's going to happen you need to understand that I'm no fair weather friend. If you have some scars so what? So show me and we'll move on."
Slowly, and not really sure why; Harry pulled off his shirt his eyes on the ground.
"They are not so bad Harry."
"I just hate seeing people's reaction to them."
"Harry look at me, please"
Harry looked up and saw Emma looking at him with understanding in her eyes.
"Harry you look fine, so what you have some scars, you know" said Emma with a small smile "some girls like scars"
Harry looked at her smiling face and burst out laughing.
"What?" demanded Emma.
"I can't believe you said that," said a laughing Harry.
Before Emma could answer Harry surged forward and threw her to the side, she caught a glimpse of red before she slammed in to a table. She landed on her knees with her breath knocked out of her but uninjured thanks to the holodeck safety protocols. As she gathered her wits and looked around she saw two Romulans walking toward Harry who was backing away from them.
"Harry run," she screamed in warning.
"Come with us or we will kill her," said one of the Romulans as he pointed his weapon at Emma.
"What do you want?" asked Harry as he continued to back away, stopping as he reached his towel.
"You Potter," said the Romulan as he and his comrade raised their weapons and fired at both teens.
"Accio Emma" screamed Harry as rolled away from the blast.
Emma screamed as she flew toward Harry, who caught her but was knocked off his feet.
"Protego," Harry cast a defensive shield as he lay on the ground.
Harry rose to his feet as he concentrated on holding his shield in place knowing the Romulans disruptors would not be able to penetrate. Then to his horror both of the Romulans drew out what appeared to be wands. Shocked Harry momentarily lost concentration and his shield flickered and faded.
Harry was stunned they were wizards! The first Romulan cast a stunner which Harry barely managed to dodge pulling Emma with him. The second pointed his wand at Harry and cast the imperious curse.
"Imperio"
Put down your wand, put down your wand a voice insisted.
'Bugger that' thought Harry as he brought his wand up.
"Reducto" screamed Harry. His spell struck the Romulan in the forehead blasting him backward.
"Sectumsempra"
Harry screamed as a huge gash appeared on his chest from the Romulans spell.
"Expulso," gasped Harry blasting the second Romulan backwards.
Harry fell to his knees in pain, trying to stay conscious and keep his wand on the two Romulan wizards. He heard someone crying and turned, the pain spiked and he blacked out.
Harry lay in Emma's lap a she held a blood soaked towel to his chest. He was very pale and every breath left him coughing and gasping for air. Emma tried once more to call for help but again the computer didn't respond.
She looked to her left where two unmoving bodies lay on yellow and black grid floor in spreading pools of blood.
The she looked back to Harry and hoped some one would come to help soon.