Star Trek: The Original Series - 061 - Renegade by Gene Deweese

Author:Gene Deweese [Deweese, Gene]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, General, Science Fiction, Space Opera, Spock (Fictitious Character), Kirk; James T. (Fictitious Character), McCoy; Leonard (Fictitious Character)
ISBN: 9780671658144
Publisher: Star Trek
Published: 1991-01-02T08:00:00+00:00

"I will put you in touch With Bardak," the man said

stiffly."...He is the manager of the satellite.you

can discuss your requirements With him."

And he, too, vanished almost as abruptly as

Kaulidren had.

After the third try With the communicator, Finney

swallowed nervously and looked up at Spock and the

others."...It's not working."

"Perhaps, Mr.finney," Spock said, ignoring

McCoy's derisive snort, "you should take the

time to explain the situation to u.once we know

precisely what you and ex-Commander Carmody and

an unknown number of Klingons have been trying

to accomplish here in the Chyrelkan system, we would

be able to find a solution to our current problem that is

not obvious to yourself."

There is no solution if the code has been

changed," Finney said, shaking his head, the familiar

look of tortured hopelessness returning to his

eyes."...There is simply no way of finding the new

one.and without the code, there's no way to stop what's

going to happen."

"And what the blazes is going to happen,

Finney?"

McCoy asked harshly."...And how soon"...For that

matter, I wouldn't mind knowing whyffWe all wouldn't

mind knowing why we're about to die!"

Finney winced at McCoy's words.under lowered

lids, he saw the others, dozens of them, all

watching him, fear and anger in their eyes.for a long

moment the faces swam before him, ano nymous and

distant, strangers all, even the dozen whose names he

had known for the last three years.

Until-Without warning, one of the faces, one of the

half-dozen young women in the group, leaped out at

him.

It was impossible, but- harsh Jamie.his

daughter's name escaped in a whisper from his suddenly

constricted throat.for a blurred instant the shuttle

vanished from around him, and he was back on the

Enterprise all those years ago, his

sabotage complete, his revenge about to be completed

as Kirk's ship began its catastrophic fall from

orbit.

Then he discovered Jamie was on board, brought

there by Kirk to be destroyed.and now, somehow, he had

brought her here, on this--this-Violently, he shook his

head, sending her imagined face and the dozens of others

spinning away.he clamped his eyes shut against the

sudden vertigo.

Hands were gripping his shoulders, keeping him from

falling as the deck seemed to sway beneath his

feet.

"Finney Are you all right?" It was McCoy's

harsh voice, grating on his ears.

Fearfully, he opened his eyes.the doctor's

face was inches in front of his own, scowling.the

others were once again in the distance, steady, not shifting and

wavering as if in a waking nightmare.

The face he had thought for an instant was his

daughter's was nothing like Jamie's.that had been

delusion, he told himself, dredged up from those other

nightmares that had never completely gone away.

But she was someone's daughter, he suddenly

realized, and that thought brought a sense of reality washing

over him, enveloping him more tightly than the

momentary delusion had, more completely than anything in

his life had done for years.everyone here, everyone whose

imminent death he was responsible for, was someone's

daughter, or son or sister or brother!

All these faces belonged to real p.they were no

longer just names and numbers in the plan- the game of

revenge--he and the commander had worked ou.except for

Kirk and his other enemies on the Enterprise, he

had never had to face any of the anonymous people trapped

by his plans, had never had to look them in the eyes

and-Swallowing, he looked up but still avoided

McCoy's eyes.

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