[Somewhere Else]
"Impressive!" said Nokall, smiling.
Four Romulan guards layed dead in the security room, which Nokall and Payne had just secured.
"Thank you" said Payne, as he began coughing, putting a hankerchef to his mouth.
Nokall touched his wrist. "Objective 1 completed, unlocking doors to the records room"
"Acknowledged" whispered t`Kleir into her wrist, as she nodded to tr`Ghire, who turned a corner, firing his disruptor at a Romulan guard. Since the alarm hadn't sounded, he assumed that Nokall had disabled the those too.
"It's 45 feet...that way" said t`Kleir as she looked at her tricorder, and pointed down the hallway where the Romulan guard's body layed.
tr`Ghire nodded, and lead the way as they walked towards the records room.
About halfway there, t`Kleir suddenly stopped tr`Ghire's advance, and
whispered to him. "There's two guards, approaching from around the
corner"
tr`Ghire nodded, and put his back against the wall, edging towards that corner. Once there, he peeked his head around, and then blinked, looking back at her. "Na, there isn't"
"Ie, there is" replied t`Kleir.
tr`Ghire shook his head. "Na, I looked for myself. Are au certain au are not simply seeing what au wish to see?"
She gave him a confused look. "What are au talking about?"
"Well, it just seems that ever since au have gotten here, au have been standing behind your father, doing as au please, without any real boundaries. This would make au a security risk"
"I am his daughter, he can trust me"
"Can he?"
Before t`Kleir could answer, Romulan disruptor fire hit the wall across from them, sending to the two to the floor in a defensive position.
Tyrone Kirk elbowed the Romulan guard in the back of the head, and then tripped it to the floor. Upon seeing it was unconscious, he fell back against a wall, holding the knife that had been implanted in his hip by one of the two guards that had attacked him.
Pulling it out without any sign of pain, he continued on his way to the control room, now with an extra Romulan disruptor in his hand.
Turning a corner, he spotted a Romulan guard outside the door. He quickly retreated behind the corner. Luckily, the guard was turned the other way, and did not see Kirk.
Upon realizing this himself, Kirk checked around, and then slowly turned the corner, and went down to one knee, aiming one of the
disruptors at the Romulan.
He missed the first shot, but before the Romulan guard could turn and fire, Kirk shot again, this time striking the guard in the stomach, sending him to the ground, dead.
Going over to the doorway, he saw that the door needed a handprint to be opened. Taking the dead guard's hand, he placed it against the pad, and then pulled the guard out of the way as the doors slowly swooshed open.
Kirk waited for one of the control officers to come out, and when they did, he shot him, at point-blank range.
Turning into the room, Kirk found himself at a slight disadvantage.
Three guards stood at either side of him, aiming disruptors at him, as the four officers on 'control' duty manned their positions.
"tr`Kirk" said one guard, raising his weapon to a firing position, "au are to be killed on sight, as ordered by Empress t`Kazan"
"If you want to take orders from a dictator, then I guess you better fire" replied Kirk.
"Au killed my wife"
"Oh"
Kirk closed his eyes, as the sound of a firing disruptor was heard, but...
Kirk was still alive.
Opening his eyes as he heard a second shot, Kirk noticed two of the guards on the ground, and the third one standing, his weapon now pointed at the control officers.
"I pledge my loyalty to you, tr`Kirk" said the guard.
Kirk nodded. "Well...thanks"
Picking up a weapon, Kirk went over and pressed a comm panel. "Kirk to t`Kleir, status"
"We just finished securing the records room, father" replied t`Kleir. "We have begun downloading all files, but more guards should be here soon"
"Where is Nokall and Payne?"
"Here with us, father. They helped us out of a dangerous situation earlier"
Payne's coughing was heard over the frequency.
"So *who's* in the security room?" asked Kirk.
"Na one"
Kirk sighed. "Then that means they can know where any of us are. Alright, download as much as you can, I'm setting the self destruct for 3 minutes. I'll have the Ju`lang beam us out"
tr`Ghire piped up over the frequency. "But rekkhai, that will give our position to any Warbirds in the area. We will be open to enemy attack"
"I know that, but if we use the site to site transporters we'll be swept up by the blast. Make sure you have the ISDs in your hands in
three minutes, cause we'll be beaming out. Kirk out"
Turning to the guard that had helped him out after setting the
self-destruct, Kirk asked. "So, what is your name, Erein?"
"Olan tr`Mankar, rekkhai" replied the guard, not keeping his eyes off the four controllers in the room.
Kirk smiled slightly. "Well, thanks for helping me"
"I believe in your cause, rekkhai. t`Kazan is leading the Empire into chaos, soon she will be the reason for the destruction of the Rihannsu people"
Kirk nodded. "Well, Erein, I'm glad you're on my side"
tr`Mankar nodded, and turned back to the controllers.
"My *goodness*, there is *loads* of information here!" exclaimed Nokall as he downloaded files onto his ISD, along with the others.
"Just keep downloading, we have less than a minute" replied t`Kleir.
Payne began hacking, as he toppled over onto the ground, still holding his ISD in his hand.
"Get up!" ordered t`Kleir.
"I'm afraid I'm", cough cough, "pre-occupied at the moment, my dear" replied Payne.
"We need that information! Now get u-"
But it was too late, the four suddenly felt the sensation that meant they were being beamed somewhere.
"Welcome back, rekkhai" said an officer on the Ju`lang bridge as Kirk and company came onto the bridge and took up various positions.
"Thank you, erei`Arrain" replied Kirk. "Have we been detected?"
"Ie, rekkhai" said tr`Ghire. "Detecting four Rihannsu Warbirds
decloaking and moving on an intercept course. They will overtake us in
two minutes"
They weren't out of the fire yet.
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