Okay, this follows right after the last chapter.
Disclaimer: As much as I wish I own these characters (and the actors! Oh, yummy...) I don't. However, I do own Niburan and it's inhabitants, the Joremur, Abrigon, Rhododensalvus, and all that other stuff. So no stealing, please!
This chapter is really short, I know. That's why it's immediately following the last chapter. :)
"I know, Pavel, it's silly," I spoke into my communicator, "The Joremur is more concerned about getting into the Federation than he is about Terrorists."
I sighed, moving to sit at the table. The room was clean and white, with a small kitchen and a little bed. Same as Spock's. The only difference was my plate held fruit.
Hmm, must've accidently switched our rooms, I thought silently, picking up a fruit that resembled a prickly pear.
I listened to the Ensign's words for a moment before hearing a knock on the door.
"Sorry, someone's knocking. I'll page you back soon," I interrupted the young Russian, "Uhura out."
"Chekov out."
I couldn't help but smile. Sweet kid.
"One second," I called politely.
It was right after I opened the door that the world went dark.
Minutes passed as I waited at the end of the hall. Precisely four minutes and twenty-seven seconds.
Where was she?
"Do you know which room she was assigned to?" I asked my body guard politely.
"Bel," he said. Yes.
He led me up the hall a small ways, not too far from where my room was. On her door was the roman numeral X.
'X marks the spot,' I thought sarcastically, a colloquialism that she would often use, and knocked on the door.
There was no answer.
"Her guard should be present outside her door, shouldn't he?" I asked him skeptically, the metallic taste of fear coming up my throat.
Not fear for me, but fear for her.
The man pulled out a device similar to an Andorian communicator and spoke into it hastily. I heard the locks click open and immediately opened the door.
But she was gone. Her communicator lay on the table, but her PADD lay broken on the floor beside a half eaten fruit and her hand phaser. He reached down to pick it up.
Still warm. He felt the corner of his lip pull up for a brief moment - of course she wouldn't go without a fight.
Yes, it was a very short chapter, but think of it as an extension of the revious chapter.