Beeping came from Ops as Kell Perim turned around in her seat in a sense of urgency and faced Captain Allensworth. "Sir, they're firing at us."

A look of alarm fell across Allensworth's face. The Terran Empire wasted little time figuring out who was in orbit.

"Take evasive action. Helm, get us out of orbit. Defensive pattern Kirk Epsilon." He ordered.

"Aye, sir."

The navigator's fingers danced across the control board as the Alexandria moved out of orbit and out of the range of the torpedoes. The torpedoes completely missed the Sovereign class starship. Another set of beeping came from Ops.

"Sir, I'm picking up multiple ships heading in our direction." Perim said without turning around.

"Ours or theirs?"

"Picking up registry…theirs, sir." Perim said.

"Damn." Allensworth said as he looked around. He had to get the ship out of danger but he that would mean he would have to leave the away team behind. Being a captain meant he had to make the hard decisions and this was on of them. "Helm, take us back to our side. We're retreating."

Hoshi turned in her seat. "Sir, what about the away team? We can't just… She started but stopped when he raised his hand slightly.

"I understand your concern but we alone can't stand up against a fleet of ships."

"But, sir we can't just leave them down there." She said standing up.

"We have no way to beam them to the ship with those inhibitors in place."

She ran around her station and stood in front of the captain.

"Sir, we can't…"

Allensworth knew this was hard on her and it was hard on him too. If he had a choice, he'd wait to beam the team back but that choice was not an option and he had to get the ship out of danger and that meant taking it back to their own universe. He still had to maintain order on his ship even if he did agree with what Hoshi was saying.

"Resume your station, Commander, or I'll have you relieved of duty." Allensworth said without raising his voice.

Hoshi stood there for a moment and then returned to her station. She knew that away missions usually involved this type of danger and things could happen.

"Helm,… hit it."

The Alexandria swerved around and leapt into warp. Hoshi watched the view screen as she left Dustin and the rest of the away team behind in the mirror universe.

The warheads slammed into the ground near the away team as they ran in separate directions. Multiple explosions erupted as a result. The ground cannons only fired a few rounds but it was enough to annihilate anything that was in the area.

The smoke settled after awhile and Commander Zofchak awoke under some debris. He brushed it off and saw that the faceplate of his helmet was broken and totally useless. He shed the skydiving suit and revealed his normal uniform. It didn't appear that he had broken or injured any part of his body other than him being a bit sore. He looked around and saw one other body. The body moved and revealed itself to be Lieutenant Fulks. He stood up and his helmet was practically missing.

"Lieutenant, are you all right?" Zofchak asked.

"Yeah, I'm good, sir." He replied taking off his suit.

"Where are the others?"

"I'm not sure. We all took off in separate directions when the torpedoes were headed for us."

Zofchak tapped his comm. badge. "Zofchak to Commander Merriell."

No response. He tapped it again.

"Zofchak to Ensign Stull."

No response. Zofchak gave a worried look to Fulks. Fulks tried to contact them as well but it was to no avail.

"Should we go look for them, sir?"

"No. We need to complete the mission. Once we finish it and then get back to the ship, we'll use the ship's scanners to look for them. That's if we don't figure out what happened to them before then."

Fulks nodded, thinking it was heartless to leave them but he knew they had a mission to carry out and that was priority. He also knew that it was probably hard for Zofchak to leave his friend like this.

"So, where is the place we need to go?" Fulks asked.

Dustin looked around and saw a building nearby. "Over there. My tricorder still works and it says that's the place we need to go."

Fulks nodded as he picked up his fallen phaser rifle.

Dustin made sure they were ready before they made their move. Once he and his subordinate were ready, he said: "Let's move out."

The two of them grabbed their fallen equipment and left the area heading for the compound near by.

Ensign Stull opened her eyes to see Commander Merriell standing over her. She leaned up slowly.

"Are you okay, Michelle?"

"I think so, sir." She looked around and saw the aftermath of the torpedoes hitting the ground. "Where are we?"

"About a dozen or so meters away from where we used to be. My tricorder isn't working so I'm not exactly sure. There is a building over there which might be where we're supposed to go."

"What about the others?"

"Knowing Dustin, he'd want to continue the mission and then look for us. So, he's probably headed there."

"What if they're dead?"

"We'll just figure out a way to complete the mission ourselves." Alex said.

Michelle got to her feet and got rid of her suit.

"Ready?" Merriell asked.

She nodded as she slung her phaser rifle over her shoulder.

"Let's go." Merriell said.