Star Trek DS9 - Terok Nor 3, Dawn of the Eagles by S. D. Perry & Britta Dennison & Gene Rodenberry

Author:S. D. Perry & Britta Dennison & Gene Rodenberry [S. D. Perry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, General, Science Fiction, Media Tie-In, Space Opera, Adventure, Star Trek Fiction
ISBN: 9780743482523
Publisher: Star Trek
Published: 2014-01-15T16:00:00+00:00

“Rom!” Quark was in a foul mood when he opened his door. “You’re supposed to be tending bar!”

“Frool is watching the till, Quark. I have to tell you—”

“Frool is not family, Rom. You get back there right away.”

“But, brother—”

“No buts, Rom, Frool is probably robbing me blind even as we speak!”

“But, brother, there’s a Lurian in the bar.”

Quark’s mood worsened. “Well, get rid of him!”

“But…brother, he’s really…big. And…hairy. He says his name is Morn.”

“All Lurians are big and hairy, Rom, no matter what their names are, and they’re also bad for business.” He waggled his fingers like a squawking puppet. “Jabber jabber jabber. Find someone to deal with him. Maybe you could plant something on him, get him arrested. Now that Thrax is away, it should be easy to concoct a simple frame job.”

“Yes, but, brother—”

“Maybe I should get in touch with that Tarulian trader I did business with last year. We’ve got to make the best of our opportunities while Thrax is off the station.”

“But, brother—”

“What did I tell you about buts?” Quark shoved his brother out into the hall.

“But, brother!” Rom shouted, just before Quark could slide the door closed. “There’s a new chief of security now!”

Quark scowled. “What did you say?”

“There’s a new chief of security now.”

“I don’t believe it,” Quark muttered, and grabbed his jacket. “Come on, Rom. We’re going to the bar. I’ll take care of this Lurian of yours.”

A new chief of security? Quark hoped his brother was mistaken—it certainly wouldn’t be the first time his fool-headed brother was wrong about something. Quark wasn’t sure if a new chief was going to be a bad thing or not. He’d just gotten Thrax sufficiently broken in, really. A new chief might be too quick to make assumptions about a Ferengi businessperson. Assumptions that might be correct, but that was exactly the problem. At least Thrax always gave him the benefit of the doubt, pretended that his race had no bearing on his likelihood of being a suspect for any particular crime. A new security chief might not feel quite the same way.

Rom continued with his blithering as the two made their way down the corridor of the habitat ring and onto the Promenade. “It’s true, brother. Yesterday Dukat hired someone else, to look into a murder investigation.”

“I’ll give him a murder to investigate,” Quark muttered.

Rom ignored him. “He’s not a Cardassian, the new chief. He’s a shape-shifter.”

Quark wasn’t quite listening as the two entered the bar, and he noted that the Lurian in question was indeed big, possibly the biggest Lurian he had ever seen. He sat at the far end of the bar, his massive bulk heaved over a single staggering barstool. Poor barstool. As to his hairiness, well, Quark was less alarmed about that than he was about the bigness, but it did make him seem especially menacing. He was talking up a couple of unwitting Cardassians seated near him at the bar.

In an instant, it dawned on Quark what his brother had just said.

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