Author's Note: Still writing this because I can. Don't own romulans... still.

Zorek was put on a stretcher, rushed out of the mine and beamed directly into the healer's room. The healers instantly gave him their full attention as he was in a critical state and very close to death. Kelaar stayed by Zorek hoping that he would live, but at the same time was very worried that he would die. Tenya shouted orders back and forth and the healers went to do what they told. It was a bit chaotic, but at least it seemed that Zorek may possibly pull through.

"Elements, please let Zorek be okay," Kelaar muttered under his breath and slowly and thanks to the hard work of the healers, Zorek began showing signs of major improvement. Zorek groaned slightly and opened his eyes.

"You're going to be okay, commander," Tenya said relieved to see him improving and glad her statement was no longer a lie.

"Thank you, Tenya," Zorek said.

"Don't mention it, sir. It is my job." Tenya replied.

Zorek turned to Kelaar, "Commander, why are you here?"

"I- I wanted to see if you would be okay, sir. I was worried that you wouldn't make it. I gave Sorya command until further notice." Kelaar replied.

"Thank you for your concern, commander."

"Sir, you might want to know that Sorya and Cubius caught the murderer."

"Good, I'll have to remember to congratulate them for their success."

"Sir?"

"Yes, commander?"

"Thanks again for saving me."

"It was really no trouble."

"No, sir. It was and I appreciate what you did for me. In fact, I got you a little thank you present." Kelaar said showing him a bottle that he was hiding behind his back. It was a bottle of romulan ale that clearly had been saved for years.

"I was saving it for a very special occasion," Kelaar began, "but I thought it would be better for you to have it."

Zorek took the bottle and studied it carefully, "Thank you, my brother. I think we should share it sometime."

Kelaar smiled, "That would be nice, sir."

(STAR TREK)

When Zorek was better, he returned to his command.

"Glad to see you're alright, sir." Rollore commented.

"And you as well," Zorek replied back.

"So what's our next mission, sir?"

"We are to report to outpost number sixteen. There's news of a possible federation starship near there."

"What would a federation ship be doing there? That isn't a good point to attack nor are there any diplomatic discussions held there."

"That's what we're supposed to figure out. Apparently, they had already attacked a harmless vessel and had taken two boys as prisoners."

"But why? What could they possibly be after?"

"I don't know, centurion, and I don't like it." Zorek replied, "Elias, set a coarse and go."

"Yes, sir," Elias said following his orders.

They arrived at outpost sixteen within a few hours.

"Federation starship being picked up by our scanners." Cubius stated.

"Shields up, be on alert, and hail that vessel." Zorek ordered.

"They aren't answering our hails, sir. They're firing up their weapons." Rollore stated.

"Why? What do they want? The federation is so war preventive." Zorek said to himself.

"I suggest evasive maneuvers, sir." Kelaar said.

"Go ahead."

Kelaar took Elias's controls and they dodged the photon torpedoes from the federation vessel.

"Sir, those blasts were aimed to destroy us!" Rollore exclaimed.

"Suggestions?" Zorek asked.

"Don't fight back, sir. I have a feeling this all might be a trap." Kelaar said.

"Continue evading," Zorek ordered, "Kelaar, I need you to come with me."

"What are we going to do, sir?"

"We're going to transport on that ship undetected, find out if they really have kidnapped two boys, rescue them if so, and deter them from the inside."

"Sir, won't they detect us?"

"Not if we use a different frequency that they can't detect."

"Isn't that technology still experimental?"

"Yes, commander. I can get someone else if you aren't up for this."

"A mission isn't a mission without danger. Let's go."

They teleported onto the federation vessel. It took long for them to materialize onto the ship, but they both made it on the vessel whole. The snuck through the ship with their deflectors on stun and made it safely to the brig without any trouble. Their were many security officers in the brig that turned their attention from the two romulan boys to Zorek and Kelaar.

Fire was exchanged back and forth. Zorek and Kelaar dodged the fire and stunned three security guards. One of the remaning officers shot at Zorek and Kelaar stepped in front of it and was hit instead. He fell to the floor pained.

Zorek seemed very angry and quickly shot down the remaining security officers. He went to the control panel and released the two romulan boys. He noticed one of the security officers were dead, but he didn't bother questioning it.

"You two are safe now. The federation can't mess with you anymore." Zorek assured them in romulan.

The younger of the two nodded, "Thank you, sir."

Zorek took out his communicator, "Three to beam up. Please beam up Kelaar to the healers. I'm not coming. I still got work to do."

The children and Kelaar are beamed up. Zorek went on to sabotage the ship alone. He knew a lot about federation starships from training and used that to find empty little tunnels to go through to get to the engine room.

The officers were on alert, but Zorek was sneaky. He managed to adequately mess up the ship without even being seen. The officers there exchanged concerned looks.

"Systems aren't functioning properly. We're going to have to retreat, captain," The head engineer said over his communicator.

Zorek smiled at his success and even managed to change the settings on a teleporter and beam himself back onto his own ship.

"Sir, you did it." Rollore stated, "The federation vessel is retreating."

"The mission was successful. That federation vessel is gone for a time." Zorek said, "I want you to take command so I could thank my left hand man."

"You are referring to Kelaar?" Rollore asked.

"Yes, he took a shot for me. I owe him thanks."

"I will hold command until you return commander."

Zorek went straight to the healer's room to see Kelaar. When Kelaar opened his eyes, Zorek spoke.

"It seems to me my brother that we are now even."

Kelaar smiled, "I wouldn't let my good friend get hurt."

Zorek smiled back, "Neither could I."

"So what's are next mission, sir."

"To investigate a space anomaly."

"Sounds fun."

Author's Note: That's the end of this chapter. I'm certainly having a bit of fun with this. Hope you are too.