Deadlier than a Scorpion's Sting by Kudara

Author:Kudara
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Drama, Romance, In-Progress, FanFiction, StarTrek: Voyager, Seven of Nine
Publisher: www.fanfiction.net
Published: 2006-02-20T16:00:00+00:00

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Stardate 51014.6 (Sun, 06 Jan 2374 07:30 GMT)Monitoring her tricorder closely, Captain Janeway stared skeptically at the rocks lit by the beam of her wristlight. The rock pile blocked what looked like a side passageway off the second large cavern. The obstruction didn't appear to be due to a cave-in, and from what tricorder readings she could get in spite of the fistrum deposits interference, there was no apparent damage to the cavern ceiling in this area or any weakness in the surrounding rock strata.

In fact, the pile of rocks looked suspiciously like they had been piled there from the inside specifically to block off this opening, and working backward from the directions the drone had given them 10 meters in this direction should be the location of Seven of Nine and Lt. Nikoleon. The two facts together lead her to suspect that the obstructed passageway was the correct one.

"Let's move these rocks," Captain Janeway ordered putting her tricorder into a pocket. She picked up a stone from the pile and tossed it aside, and the other members of the rescue team quickly followed suit. Five minutes later, she was able to shine her wrist light into the passageway on the other side, dark metal reflected it back dully and she was able to identify a Borg alcove. With relief she proclaimed, "This is it, let's clear enough for the Doctor to get through."

Knowing that they were close renewed the flagging energy of the rescuers, who had been cutting and shifting rock for over two hours now, and they picked up the pace of their movements.

"Doctor," Janeway called the EMH forward urgently after a few minutes of concentrated effort had cleared an opening at the top of the pile. "That's enough for you to get through," she referred to the size of the opening they had cleared.

The EMH looked at the opening and jerked his head in a brief nod, worried lines etched upon his face. The information the female drone had given them about Lt. Nikoleon's condition had been dire, and since then they had no further contact. "I'll contact you as soon as I evaluate her," he met the worried eyes of the Captain through the clear protective lens which were part of the survival suit she and the rest of the away team were wearing.

Janeway and the others, Lt. Ayala, Ensigns Vorik and Hickman, and Crewmens Dell, Henley, and Jarvis, watched as the Doctor disappeared through the opening they had made. "Alright, lets get the rest of this cleared, we're going to have to carry her out to get a transport lock," Janeway ordered after a moment, grabbing one of the stones as she spoke and handing it back to Crewman Dell. Peripherally, she noticed Ensign Hickman giving the opening one last anxious look before she went back to assisting Lt. Vorik with moving the stones. The two of them had volunteered for the rescue mission, and Janeway was aware that they were both friends of Lt.

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