Deep Space Guardian: Season II-Episode 30

[Spellbinder Marik]

DSG, OPS

�Thank you sir. I�m Glad to be here. Also, If it isn�t to much trouble my girlfriend asked me to deliver this.� Cory handed the PADD to the officer.

DSG, Sickbay

Kiris noticed the Romulan patients the doctor had spoken of. Then he saw his mother next to another Romulan who was pushing something on a cart. It was a Cryo stasis tube. Kiris jumped up and ran over to his mother.
�Mother, what are you doing here?� Laura looked at Kiris.
�There isn�t time to tell the story now. We have to get your father onto a biobed, give us a hand.�
Kiris looked into the cryo tube. His father was inside.
�What happened to him?� The Romulan beside Laura spoke.
�He was hit by a disrupter blast. He needs to be resuscitated.�
�He�s dead?�
�Yes, but it may be possible to revive him.� Kiris unlocked the cryo tube and helped the Romulan and Laura hoist the body of N�Tran onto the nearest biobed. Kiris turned to his mother.
�Do you want me to stay?�
�Better do what the doctor says son. There�s nothing you can do for him. If you can get back to duty you�d best do so.� Kiris turned back to the doctor.
�Am I fit to return to Duty?�

[La Forge]

Nautolian Shuttle

Juliana's eye's fluttered open at Captain Xavier's words. She snapped awake, before she groggily looked over to the viewscreen of the cramped Nautolian shuttle.

The shipyard was directly before them. A huge shipyard, indeed. Nautolian ships buzzed about the shipyards. Space was almost completely blocked out by the hundreds of ships. Juliana couldn't believe that they were to destroy the shipyards, with this little trillithium-filled shuttle.

Juliana gulped down a mouthful of saliva before she nervously glanced over at Captain Xavier, who was also looking out at the viewscreen.

"Captain?" Juliana began, her voice shaking, slightly. "That is our target?" Juliana asked the Captain, before looking out back out at the shipyards.

[Lord Borg]

Nautolian Shuttle

T'Sa looked at the view screen and sighed. They had made it this far. There was now, no turning back. T'Sa looked back to Julianna. She was scared. In a way, T'Sa couldn't blame her. Had she been an emotional being, and not the emotional weck of a Vulcan that she is now, she to would be scared. She steped over to Ian.

"This is it..."

[Ziona]

Nautolian Shuttle

Ziona sucked in a breath and sat back in her seat and held her breath. She shut her eyes and opened them again.

"This... this is going to be a tactical nightmare." She whispered, half to herself and half to the crew

[Founder]

-DSG, OPS-

[Spellbinder Marik]

DSG, OPS
�I�ll let her know sir, I do think that she had planned it being here.�
Cory left OPS. He stopped briefly to give the PADD to Tessa who immediately left to get started. Then Cory went to Stellar Cartography.

DSG, Sickbay
�I will. Thanks doc.� Kiris left the sickbay, made a pit stop at his quarters to get into uniform and reported directly to engineering.

DSG, Stellar Cartography

Cory initiated a scan of the Wormhole nearby. He was about to make it open by simulating a ship attempting to pass through it. Before he could do it the sensor array failed. It was the most powerful array in this lab.
�Ensign Taylor to engineering.�
�Go ahead ensign.�
�A sensor array broke down in here. Is someone available to come and repair it?�
�We�ll send someone up right away.�
�Thank you. Taylor out.�

Several minutes later Kiris Ditex entered the lab.

�You called to have a sensor array repaired?�
�Yes.� Cory showed the Lieutenant to the panel.
As Kiris passed by him Cory noticed the points on his ears. Cory quickly grabbed a tricorder and scanned the man.

Bioscan Complete
Romulan/Human Hybrid

Instantly Cory felt a fury towards the man standing at the panel. He wanted to kill him now. The man stepped back from the panel.

�It�ll take several hours to repair. I�ll need to get some equipment from engineering.�
Cory chose his next words very carefully.
�That won�t be nessecary. I�ll just use one of the other arrays.�
�Are you certain?�
�Quite certain, sir.� Kiris sensed some restraint from the man. He was hiding something. Kiris nodded and left the lab.

Hours Later, DSG, The Gemini Consortium

Tessa had done wonders with this place since he�d seen it hours ago. It looked as though she�d actually started a working business. She was also true to her word. He saw games from across the quadrants. Most were Alpha Quadrant games but there were games from the Beta, Gamma and Delta quadrants as well.
Cory approached the desk and sat down. Tessa sat at the other side of the desk.
�How did you come up with the name?�
�I used my Astrological sign and the fact I couldn�t have done it without the help of the Federation. Thus, The Gemini Consortium was born.�
�I see.� Cory was still upset now that he knew there was a Romulan on this station. For all he knew the Romulan was the one who disabled or caused the shutdown of the sensor array.
�Something bothering you?�
�There�s a Romulan serving on the engineering staff. Lieutenant Ditex, I think it was.�
�He was the one who helped me install the Holo-emitters and the Replicators in here.� Tessa realized that she�d made a mistake as soon as she�d stopped speaking.
�He was here?�
�Yes. All he did was help install the Holo-emitters and the Replicators. He doesn�t seem like a spy.�
Moments later Kiris walked in and sat down at a table and began to look around. Cory got up. �I�m going to ask him why he�s here.� Tessa grabbed Corys arm.
�Be decent.� Cory nodded and sat at the same table as Kiris. Kiris looked at the Ensign then activated a chess program from the table holo-emitter. �Up for a game?� Cory nodded. They began to play. Cory studied the man carefully.
�Why are you here?�
�New place. Thought I would check it out.�
�I meant on this station.�
�I was assigned here by Starfleet.�
�We�re you now?� Kiris could sense the Ensigns obvious dislike for him.
�Yes, that�s correct.�
�Aren�t you in fact a Romulan Spy sent here to learn about the Federations tactical and technological advances?� Kiris laughed. If it hadn�t been for years of Starfleet training and a tolerance he�s built up to prejudices like this Kiris would have pounded the kid right here. Kiris moved one of the chess pieces.
�I am not a spy and I don�t know how to prove it to you. I also believe that this is checkmate.� Cory looked at the board. He�d been to intent on not losing his eye contact on Kiris he�d lost the game.
�You cheated.�
�I assure you. I did not.� Cory got up to walk out and intentionally brushed Kiris� chair knocking him onto the floor. That was it. Kiris kicked at Corys feet sending him plummeting to the floor as well. They began wrestling around on the floor. Tessa sighed, she hadn�t wanted this to happen.
�Tessa Plymouth to Station Security, I need someone down here immediately.�

[Founder]

-DSG, The Gemini Consortium-

Several security officers rushed into the room and pulled the two officers apart. The lead security officer shook his head in disgust.

"Two Starfleet officers no less..." He muttered.

He motioned behind him.

"Nothing the brig can't handle." He said.

Kiris and Cory were immediatly dragged away...

[Lord Borg]

Shuttle

T'Sa gripped onto the consol she was near. She looked around not sure what to do. If she tried to do something to the systems, She'd just get in Grey's way. T'Sa went to the area behind Ian's char and looked at the screem. She pointed what appeared to be a Nebula to her.

"There! over there!"

[Spellbinder Marik]

DSG, Brig area

Kiris and Cory had been put into separate cells.
�Great job kid. Thanks to you this�ll be the first bad mark on my record.�
�Probably isn�t the first and probably won�t be the last.� Kiris looked the young man.
�Why did you start the fight with me?�
�I have nothing to say to you.�

[Founder]

-Nautolian Shuttle-

[Ziona]

Nautolian Shuttle

Ziona gripped her controls and, if she had believed in a god, she would have prayed. But instead she simply repeated to herself...

"C'mon... let this work, let this work."

[La Forge]

Nautolian Shuttle

Juliana gulped down a mouthful of saliva and gripped the sides of her seat, with all of her strength, bracing herself for the coming blast. A bead of sweat dripped down from her brow. She was scared. This was her first military operation that she was openly involved in. She didn't know what to do or what to think. She and the others were sitting ducks in the shuttle. One good phaser blast could take them down. And, to make matters worse, Juliana could only sit and watch as the events unfolded. She was useless. In a tactical situation, Juliana was about as helpful as a Ferengi. She was useless. Why had she agreed to accompany the others on the mission, in the first place? To prove herself? Why?

Juliana closed her eyes, out of fear, as the trillithium went off...

[Founder]

-Nautolian Shuttle-

Ian gritted his teeth and didn't realize he had been holding his breath for so long. Even inside of the shuttle, he could hear the explosion from the trillithium. Ship after ship, space dock after space dock exploded in fury. The nebula was only seconds away, but they were still within the range of the shock wave.

"Hang on!!!" Ian screamed.

He diverted all power to the engines and pushed the ship into the nebula just as the shockwave tore the fighter's apart. The wave dissapated quickly, leaving only debris in it's wake...

[La Forge]

Nautolian Shuttle

As the shuttle zoomed into the nebula, leaving the debris of the pursuing Nautolian fighters and the shipyards, themselves, behind them, Juliana breathed a sigh of relief, before she opened her eyes, relieved that the whole ordeal was over. Juliana looked around the silent shuttle for a moment, before speaking, asking what everyone had on their minds.

"Is it over?" Juliana asked, softly. "Did we win?"

[Lord Borg]

Shuttle

T'Sa groaned as she sat up. She heard a voice but didnt know what it was. The suddened bright flash of the shuttle being shoved into the Nebula had slamed T'Sa's secondary eyelids shut. The sound of the shuttle being banged around had filled her hears. She fumbled around and found Ian's chair and pulled her self up. She groaned again as she realized it was Julianna speaking. She shook her head as her vision was clearing.

"Ian...Did we?"

[Founder]

(I'm ending the episode now. I know I'm leaving the Neo, James, Blake, etc part short, but I feel the episode has suffered due mainly because of me. So I'm going to end it.)

-DSG, Quarters-

The doors slid open to reveal...nothing. The quarters were completely empty. Pierre rushed in, waving his tricorder about to get any readings. He went from room to room, searching for anyone, but found absolutely nothing. Neo had tricked them once again. He walked back to Blake and James.

"He isn't in here..." He said.

Which meant that Neo was on the loose...

-USS Scimitar, Bridge-

"They're sending us a message captain." Cruz reported.

She quickly put it on audio.

"Its over," A voice said, "Don't you get it....there are too many of us. The Federation WILL fall. Its no longer a matter of if...but when."

Reed quickly looked at the captain.

"Captain!" He said, "They're is a spike of energy in their warp core!"

A bright light enveloped the viewscreen and a shockwave rammed the ship...

-Nautolian Shuttle-

Ian quickly checked the sensors before replying to either Julianna or T'Sa. Within the nebula, they couldn't get anything, so Ian quickly dragged the shuttle on damaged thrusters back into space. They didn't need sensors to see what had happened. Debris was spread miles across the area of space. They had did it. A victory for the Federation that would slow down Fito's reign.

"This is it," He said, "This is the beginning...of our offense.

-END EPISODE-