Star Trek: Immortal Coil

Chapter 2

STARBASE 78 sat out in deep space, infested with parked Federation Starships. The MERCEDES and the Klingon Bird of Prey TETEKEN impulsed towards it. They passed by some Hirogen SHIP, which was flaming in plasma from some battle.

Sith was then placed behind a protective Glass Area in the Starbase's Medical Treatment Center. Doctor's and Scientist's scanned and studied him, finding that his metabolism had improved.
Parsons, enters: "It was a great idea to go with the Klingon's to research that Nebula."
-Sith, nods: "...You gotta get me outta here, Admiral. They're stripping me naked and poking me with probes!"
Parsons: "I hear they want to keep you in there another month or so for extended studies."
-Sith: "What!? Admiral, this thing isn't contagious. I feel fine!"
Parsons sighed, looking at Sith. He sympathized, and felt that maybe he was right: "I have to go."

Parsons left the Medical Center. He had an appointment to be at the Starbase's Brig. Behind one of the cells in the Brig was a Hirogen.
Parsons, enters: "...The word is your encounter with us was a complete misunderstanding. I'm sorry, but we're going to have to keep you in here a while longer until I sort things out with Starfleet."
-Matrox: "That is unacceptible."
He looks him over.
-Matrox: "You know, I bet hunting a Human is a great challenge..."
Matrox activated a control unit on his wrist, and depolarized the forcefield.
Parsons, steps back: "--Security!!!"
Matrox grabbed and picked up Parson's by his neck, throwing Parsons into two Security Guards who were about to fire. Matrox then ran out the Brig.

Some of Sith's crew; Lisa, Ace, Raine, and Carlina, came to visit him at the Medical Center. They weren't sure what to think.
Raine: "How did this happen?"
-Sith: "I don't know. Carlina said I could have contracted this a week ago, but where have I been in the past week...?"
Lisa: "Everywhere. We went to that Klingon Outpost... the Asteroid Field... Vulcan..."

Red Alert suddenly went on. The crew left immediately. Sith tended to his own problem; pacing. The last Nurse left the Medical Center for a moment, as Sith noticed the entertainment screen on the wall. He accessed the panel and used his security codes to get to the room's main system.

Matrox, entered another hallway: "Hmph."
He ran into another Security Officer, and head butted him out.

Sith ran out the Medical Center, pushing past a Nurse.
Fade: "Aahh! Security!"

Sith made a run for it. He didn't want to be cooped up in there a second longer.

Matrox: "Argh!!"
Sith slammed into Matrox down another hallway. They crashed into a Weapon's Locker.
Sith: "Auggh! Out of my way!"
He got up and back.
Sith: "What the hell are you?"
Matrox, gets up: "Hirogen... How dare you take me down. No one has ever done that to me!"
Sith, picks up a phaser rifle: "Well I'm proud for me."
He aims the rifle, but Matrox suddenly grabs it, pulling it and Sith towards him, tweaking Sith's finger off the trigger and spinning the rifle to under his own arm.
Sith: "Hey!"
Matrox, aims: "Now you are my prey."
He fires one phaser beam, missing Sith and hitting a panel on a far wall. Sith makes another run for it.

He takes a ladder to a jeffery's tube.
Sith, taps his commbadge: "Sith to Carlina; when did you guys say you were returning to the Ship?"
#Carlina: "In a half hour; but why--"
Sith: "Okay, thanks. Bye!"

Matrox blasted two Security Guards away while walking down a hallway, looking over his tricorder device. He had Sith's lifesigns on a sensor reading.
Matrox: "...Run."

Sith kicked open a hatch and entered a Shuttle Bay. A group of Federation Officers stopped working and recognized him.
Greg: "Hey there he is!"
Jule: "Get him!"

Sith: "Oh crap!"
He went out into the hallway and ran out of there. All the Officer's chased after him.

Meanwhile, Parsons staggered to his feet in the Brig.
Parsons, taps commbadge: "Report!"
#Harvey: "The Hirogen is still on the loose, and Captain Sith has escaped the Medical Center!"
Parsons, turned and breathed deeply in pain: "Hhhh... I knew he was going to do that."

Sith looses the Officer's through the hallways entering Locker Room 4, and checking internal sensors only to find that his hunter is on his way. Sith grabs an Enviromental Suit, puts it on, and runs out to the External Hatch Level 4a.

He opens the Hatch, looking out into space as forcefields automatically go up. He then leaps out into space, activating thrusters on his boots.
Sith: "Hahaha! I lost him."

Matrox fixed himself up and peaked his head out the hatch into space. He got onto an outside repair platform and activated its thrusters. The platform carried him out into space as he aimed the phaser rifle and fired at Sith.

Sith sped away from the beam, to behind the Federation Starship SONY. It had no idea what was going on as Matrox circled his platform around and snuck up behind Sith.

Matrox leaped off the platform and tackled Sith in space. They both went trekking along a straight course until Sith slammed against the hull of the MERCEDES.

Matrox pushed away, backflipping to a good distance and firing his phaser rifle at Sith. Sith was hit in the shoulder, and slammed back against the MERCEDES' hull as oxygen was released from his suit.

Two guys in Federation DEFENSE PODS hovered over and fired at them. Sith was beamed out.

He rematerialized onto the Bridge of the MERCEDES.
Sith: "Hey. You guys saved me!"
Ace, at helm: "Where would you like us to set course, Captain?"
Lisa and Raine awaited orders.
Sith, glanced over at everyone in confusion: "You're helping me? ...Uhh. Cool."
He stood at the center of the Bridge.
Sith: "Engage thrusters."

The MERCEDES undocked and started moving out. Four more guys in DEFENSE POD's swarmed around, firing double phasers at them.

Parsons entered STARBASE 78's Operations Bridge.
Greg: "We had to beam one of the guys from the Pod's back!"
Parsons: "Why?"
Greg: "The Hirogen punched trough the cockpit and took it over."
Parsons: "Override its navigational systems!"
Greg, taps at panels searching: "I can't find his Pod. He must've reconfigured its systems to mask himself from our sensors! The Hirogen's gone!"
Parsons: "Argh!"
Harvey: "Admiral! The Mercedes is leaving!"
The screen clicked on showing this.
Harvey: "Should I send a ship to stop them?"
Parsons took a deep breath, and thought about it. He knew that Sith could take care of himself: "No. ...Leave him."

The MERCEDES ascended out and left STARBASE 78 behind as the last of the DEFENSE POD's fired. The MERCEDES jumped Warp, out of there. Sith took this calm moment to realize his crew's efforts...


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