Star Trek
Reloaded
| CHAPTER 19 The Dominion Timeship sped through space. Lei just looked out the window. Jackie, walked over: "Hey." Lei: "Hey..." Jackie: "Look, I'm sorry but we can't get the Timeship going." She goes over to a console. Jackie: "It looks as if that device sabatoged most of the systems. We don't even have Weapons." Lei: "What are you saying... I'm stuck here?" Jackie and Krone glance at each other, knowing this is true. Lei went to the side: "I can't believe it..." Krone: "That Bird of Prey has the other Timeship. If we get to it, we could bring you back home." Jackie: "I'm not even so sure that's a great idea. You've learned so much about the 24th Century now, if we bring you back we'll be contaminating the timeline." Lei: "You're kidding me. You're not going to let me go back??" Jackie: "It's probably for the best." Krone: "Perhaps I will be able to get the Temporal Chamber online." He left them. Jackie: "Look, Lei. There've been way too many close call time-travel incidents in the past... Way too many." Lei: "Oh, I see how it is. You're willing to help me, but when it comes to time-travel, it's out of the question." Jackie: "I have to stand up for the Temporal Directive. If I didn't, I wouldn't be a very loyal Federation Officer." Lei: "This is my life we're talking about here. I have a life in the 21st Century!" Radien, who was leaning against the wall with his hands cuffed, began laughing: "Heh, heh, heh... And what about me? Don't I get a life?" Jackie and Lei glanced at him. Radien: "Laws, and order. It's nothing but crap in this Century too!" Jackie: "Shut up!" Radien: "...Even if we did go back, my life would be taken away from me. 20 years in prison! People like you, all you want is control. Especially control of my life." Jackie, takes out a phaser: "Yeah, and it's about to end." Lei, stops her: "Hold it!" Jackie, puts it down: "He'll get life on a penial colony." Radien: "Oh joy! ...Perhaps they'll let me play 24th Century solitare!" He adjusted his stance. Radien: "You people are locked in a law and order system that takes you in constant circles... and it's closing in on you as time goes on." Lei grabbed Raiden's shirt in anger. Radien, smiles: "The way I see it, I have no chance of freedom in either Century. So I really don't care where I end up." Lei glances at Jackie: "Is there anywhere we can put this guy?" Jackie: "Let's take a look aorund the ship." They both walk out the small Control Room into a back Control Room. There, the Transporter sits. They make thier way further back, and find a hallway. Lei: "Hm. I guess we never really looked around this Ship." To thier right was a door labelled, Bio-Chamber. They opened it and looked inside. There, rows of bio-chambers circled the room. Jackie: "This is probably where the Jem'Hadar are manufactured." They go into the room across the hall from that, finding a Conference Room. They leave that and re-enter the hallway. At the end of the short corridor, is a split to a back corridor. It is also where the door to the Temporal Engineering room is. There, Krone was going through computer data: "Hey. The Chamber is completely offline. Maybe some kind of energy is supposed to work inside of it...?" He continues working. The form of the corridors is basically a T. The back corrider leads to two ends. On the left end, is where the Weapons Storage locker is. And on the right end, is where the single Brig Cell is. That's where they threw Raiden into. The forcefield went up. Radien: "Aw, you mean I don't get to stay in the Weapons Storage Locker?" Jackie and Lei continued to look around. Jackie: "Where are we going to sleep?" They returned to the main Corridor. On one side was the Conference Room and the other was the Bio-Chamber Room. Beside each of those rooms was an easy access office. One meant for the Vorta, and one for the Founder. Jackie: "I guess in these Offices." Krone steps out Engineering: "They can probably be converted to Quarters." They all stood out in the Main Corridor. Jackie: "We're not planning on staying that long." Lei: "We have to track down that Bird of Prey." Jackie: "No. We have to go back to the Shipyards, and send that criminal to jail." Krone: "If we change course now, we'll never find that Bird of Prey." Lei: "Then I won't be able to go home." Jackie: "No!" Lei: "Jackie, maybe Radien's right. Maybe the system is closing in on us. I remember a time when you'd break that system to go after your friend." Jackie, glances to the side: "....." Lei: "I need your help. If we can travel through time, then maybe we can alter events so that I never left Earth." Jackie takes a moment to accept the situation. She thought her reformation was complete, but it was obviously not: "....Okay." With that, they all headed for the Bridge Control Room. Lei: "Now, track the location of that Bird of Prey." Krone went the Helm and checked. Jackie went to a side panel to maintain the engines. Jackie: "Hey, you can't order us around." Lei: "I outrank you, Ensign." Jackie: "Oh please!" Krone, a signal beeps: "I've found a Warp trail..." Lei: "Accelerate." Jackie: "The word is, Engage." Lei: "Whatever. That's a stupid word... Hey, does this vessel have a name?" Krone: "No." Lei: "Oh... okay." The Dominion Timeship accelerates its speed to Warp 9. |
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