Silkar was furious his rage was so clearly evident that the other vulcans near him stayed as far away as possible particularly the three Vulcans who had been guarding the cell when the Enterprise crew had escaped. "Do you have any idea where they could have gone?" The three dazed men shook their heads, Silkar paced back and forth "so for all we know they could be half-way back to their ship right now and our plan will be ruined all because you couldn't do your jobs. You should be killed" He turned his disruptor on the guards.

One of the Vulcans said boldly, not looking afraid at all "if you weren't Solkar's son you would be killed. You have endangered our plan many times. You have no control. That communications officer is a prime-" The man stopped speaking as he was hit viciously across the face with a disruptor butt.

"Defiance, I like that. " Silkar said looking coolly at the man as green blood streamed down his face and from his mouth.

The man spat at Silkar's feet, "just kill me, I know you're going to do it anyway"

Silkar gave a small smile and said "as you wish" He took his fingers and pressed them to the man's temple then he took the disruptor and placed it in the man's hands, he held the fingers until they clutched them on their own. The guard was still conscious as he stared at Silkar his eyes wide. Then he began to scream, after a minute he stopped.

Silkar said "I'll let you do the honours'." The man's hand slowly began to rise against his will; his arms trembled with the effort as he struggled to control his own body. The disruptor rose until it was level with his head. The man's fingers were still wrapped around the trigger, Silkar hands were at the man's temple. With one final grunt the man lost complete control at that moment his fingers pressed the firing switch. The shot went through leaving half his head blown off. The body swayed for a moment then collapsed. Silkar turned away, he looked down at his clothes which were splattered with gore . He turned to the last guards who were staring at him in horror "you" Silkar said "get me a fresh tunic and pants" . The guards hastened to obey, they realized how close they had been to dying.

Silkar turned to the rest of them and said "one of you find Uhura and tell T'son to meet me in my quarters. " Then he walked away.

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Silkar outlined his plans as he changed his clothes. "Do you understand what you must do?"He said as he pulled his over shirt off and tossed it to the floor. T'son understood and agreed with the plan completely. It also just so happened to be exactly what she wanted .She didn't like how Silkar, who she was betrothed to, had taken to Uhura. His obsession with her was extremely irritating.,. What did that weak, ugly human have in comparison with her?

Since Uhura had arrived he had followed her around surreptitiously. He had been fixated on her, to the point where he refused to mind meld several times, and had all but pushed T'son away. Still, she didn't blame him it was her responsibility as his betrothed to keep his interest and that was what she would do once she had eliminated the competition. She would bring Uhura to her demise and then she and Silkar would be left in peace. He would be hers entirely again.

She didn't say any of this instead she said "I understand completely and as you know am willing to do anything that will ensure our success," as she said the words she slid out the chair she was sitting in and came towards him. She laid her head on his shoulders and let her hands trail down his chest to his fingers . She pulled them up towards her temple and then gently placed hers on his temple. She sent the first brushes of contact, he responded and they both opened allowing their thoughts and minds to mingle on a level known to few species...

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She thought back to that now as she walked up to the human woman. She felt disgust with this creature for even presuming to be her equal. She was careful however to let none of it show on her face as she said "Spock sent me to tell you he wishes to speak with you"

Uhura turned to her and said "really? Tell him he did enough talking already!" She spat the words out, her eyes flashing.

"He said he would like to apologize." T'Son said

she watched the human woman angry resolve start to crumble and continued "he said that he was wrong to be with T'Kas like that but he didn't intend to hurt you and they were only talking" Silkar had briefed her on what had happened, after one of his spies had alerted him. T'Son and Silkar both knew what T'Kas had been trying to do: alert Spock to their plan. But to the human woman it had apparently appeared to be something else entirely.

T'Son added the last piece "He said he didn't want you to leave without knowing that. He said he didn't know when he would see you again" The words which had been so carefully rehearsed brought the desired effect.

Uhura looked teary-eyed as she said "where is he?"

T'Son told her and offered to show the way, after telling Dr. McCoy she'd be gone for a few moments Uhura left with the Vulcan woman leaving the Enterprise crew to finish packing the shuttles. T'Son revelled inside at her success. You weak human. You think you're going to that half-breed mongrel. You're actually going to your own death.

As soon as they had gone far enough that the crew was left behind, T'Son turned on the communications offficer pulling out a disruptor. Uhura was amazingly quick as she realized she had been tricked she lashed out hitting the other woman, and put up a good fight, but T'Son's fury and superior strength soon crushed any resistance. T'Son picked up her disruptor and licked the blood of that trickled down from her spilt lip. She held the disruptor steadily on Uhura. "Just give me a reason." She told the woman.

"We mustn't kill her yet" a voice said from behind her, she turned around recognising Silkar.

"What I thought you said we were going to kill her?"

Silkar shook his head looking amused "I told you what you wanted T'Son. To kill her now would be stupid" he reached out and grabbed the disruptor. "I knew you wouldn't like if you knew what I really had planned."

"And what do you have planned!" T'Son spat realizing she had been tricked

"She will..." he gestured for his guards to pull Uhura up and continued moving forward till he was standing in front of the human woman. He was totally ignoring T'Son now. "be used as bait, but first I'll question her" he reached out a hand and stroked the side of Uhura's face, his hand trailed down her neck and over her chest. She jerked away from his touch. He laughed and told his guards to take her to the cells. He would have to find away to avoid arousing suspicion about Uhura's disappearance, and he had the perfect plan.

Next Chapter update will be within 5-6days. THanks to the few people that review and to my favouriters and followers. So the plot thickens. Silkar has shown his true colours. Uhura had been taken hostage . How will Spock react? And what do you think Silkar's plan to avoid arousing suspicion about Uhura's disappearance is? Reviews are definitely welcome, but I'll still continue updating without them;)