Reunion by Michael Jan Friedman

Author:Michael Jan Friedman
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Science-Fiction:Star Trek
ISBN: 9780743420617
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2000-07-31T10:00:00+00:00

Picard leaned back in his ready-room chair, trying to ignore the damage Greyhorse had inflicted on him. Unfortunately, as his mind cleared, he was becoming that much more aware of the pain. His former shipmates—Idun and Pug-apparently intended to wait with him until Dr. Seiar arrived. Beverly Crusher had wanted to stay as well, but Picard had assured her again that his injuries were not all that serious, and that she was needed more down in sickbay. After all, should past prove to be prologue, she would have her hands full with slipstream-exit victims.

That is, he told himself, if an exit is even possible. The fact that we did it once is no assurance we can do it again. No-he stopped himself. There was no point in entertaining morbid thoughts. The finish line was in sight; all they needed was a little luck and they’d win this race.

“You know,” Pug said, “there are a couple of things you still haven’t told us.” He was standing by the

captain’s desk, addressing Idun, who was halfway across the room gazing into the captain’s aquarium.

The blond woman looked back over her shoulder. “What’s that?” “How you knew where Greyhorse would be holed up. And how you managed to show up when you did.” Picard nodded, reminded that Idun hadn’t finished the story she’d begun in the turbolift. “Yes,” he said, his curiosity aroused, “how did you accomplish all that?” She shrugged, turning to face them. “It really wasn’t all that difficult. I was tipped off by Commander Riker’s warning over the intercom-the one that instructed everyone to remove their communicators. I asked myself why that might be necessary-came up with the fact that the communicators are used to establish beaming coordinates-and realized that someone with dangerous intentions must have gotten hold of a transporter.” Pug grunted. “Good thinking.”

“Indeed,” the captain said. “But to beam yourself into the room which. Dr. Greyhorse had taken over-was Suddenly he stopped, realizing the implications.

“That’s right,” Idun told him. “I had to find another transporter room and stun the operator on duty. Likewise, the security officer who came to provide reinforcements-no doubt following Mr. Worf s orders.” There was a tinge of regret in her voice. “In any case, they should have regained consciousness by now.”

Picard frowned. That wasn’t exactly the kind of thing he liked to hear about-even if it had been a prelude to saving his life. Pug, on the other hand, shook his head in appreciation. “Beautiful. And once you had a transporter, you could use it to trace other transporter activity in the ship. So when you found something going on in room

one, you just set the controls, stepped on the platform, and beamed over.”

“Yes,” Idun said. “Fortunately, Greyhorse planned to use the entire platform in working his revenge on us, so all the stations were operational. Which was a good thing, because I couldn’t have beamed over with any assurance of success otherwise. Having never bcenddon a Galaxy-class ship before, I would only have been guess-+ at the coordinates.

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