Nige woke up and headed for the shower. He went to have some breakfast. He sat down and Torasu jumped up on the table. Nige only stroked his head this morning as the line of skin along his back was slightly off putting. "We'll have to take you to sickbay later, see if Doctor haakon can stimulate some hair growth for you " Nige said in a cutesy voice. Torasu looked at him and then started licking the butter of a piece of Niges toast. Nige left the toast and got up to head for cargo bay four Wait a minute he thought, I don't have to go there this morning. I can have another few minutes here Nige went back to the table, picked up his breakfast dishes and put them back in the replicator to be dematerialised. Torasu had since run of with the piece of toast and was happily licking it clean of butter in a corner. Nige was just about to go and take it from him when the door chime rang. "Come in" he said. It was Dinara. "Good morning" he said standing to give her a kiss. "I can't stop mind, I have to be on the bridge in two minutes."
"No you don't, I cleared it with Tumock, you have a counselling session booked matey" she said with an evil grin.
"Don't I need to book those?" asked Nige starting to panic slightly
"Not when you go out with the ship counsellor. Another disadvantage" she said grinning even more.
"Surely someone else needs counselling on this ship?"
"Nope"
"Nige to Tumock" he said tapping his comm badge. "What time does my shift start today?"
[Right after your counselling session Commander]
"Tumock how could you do this to me?"
[Hahaha. Tumock out]
"Damn him!" Nige bolted for the door
"Computer! Seal doors, clearance Jin-2-7-6" Dinara snapped. The doors shut in front of Nige.
"Computer, override last command, clearance Tyran 72 Alpha." The doors slid open again. "Disadvantage of dating the first officer" he smiled as he left.
"Nige wait" said Dinara running after him. "All you need to do is tell me how you disabled that protector and you can go."
Nige turned and looked into her puppy dog eyes and pouty face "You know, I could never resist that face" he smiled.
"Lets go inside" The two went back into Niges quarters and sat down on the large comfortable sofa. "So carry on from where you left off last night...."
"Well, me and Kira eventually managed to corner the protector in the aft section of the saucer on deck six.... We had him completely blocked off.....
Deck Six....
"Kira, you go left, I'll go right." whispered Nige. The two crept round the corridors and surrounded the protector in a corridor. "We've got you now you!" shouted Nige.
The protector began to mumble something... most likely in an unknown language and then broke out into English. "You may have found me, but believe me this is not the last you will see of us" it said with its mechanical voice. It raised its arm and fired a shot at Nige. Nige rolled to the left and fired a shot while the protector took a shot at Kira. Kira managed to dive behind a bulkhead.
"Computer! Activate force fields on Deck six, section forty-two!" Nige shouted. The force fields shimmered into place and the protector was trapped. "Kira, use the tricorder now!"
Kira tapped frantically at the tricorder, but the protector still functioned. "I don't understand, It's not working!"
"Well, what now?"
"Hold on, I have an idea" said Kira. He raised his hands and energy started to flow between them. "When I say, lower the force fields!"
"Are you crazy?" asked Nige.
"Trust me! ......... Now!"
"Computer, lower force fields on deck six, section forty two!" The force fields disappeared as the protector was engulfed in Kiras energy. Kira was using his energy as a force field to hold the protector in place.
"Now Nige, deactivate it" shouted Kira over the noise as a small hole in the field appeared around the panel where Nige could deactivate the protector from. Nige slowly edged towards the protector still cautious. "Make it quick Nige!" Nige walked up and the protector stared down at him through its evil mechanical eyes. They followed Nige as he moved around to the rear. He took a deep breath, reached through the field and pressed the switch. The sound of the machinery in the protectors body shutting down was apparent and it slumped in the field. Kira released the field and the Protector fell to the ground.
"Nice one Mark" said Nige walking over to shake his hand. Nige got a mild shock from the residual energy as he shook Kiras hand "Oww!"
"Sorry" he said with a smile.
"Remind me to have a word with Benson as to why that tricorder didn't work" laughed Nige. "Nige to Tumock"
[Tumock here]
"The threat has been neutralised on deck six, section forty two. Request a security team to come and move the body back to the cargo bay.
[I'll send a team up now. Good work! I expect a thorough report from you both on my desk tomorrow morning]
"Aye sir" replied Nige. As he and Kira walked off towards engineering.
Nige's Quarters....
"........... and that was it." Nige finished.
"Well, that was definitely an interesting story, but I don't see how that could be causing you to hallucinate. I mean, fair enough that mission was incredibly dangerous, but I cant see anything there that would cause you to hallucinate."
"Maybe because I haven't told you everything..." responded Nige. starting to shake a bit.
"What’s wrong?" asked Dinara grabbing his shaking hand "You can tell me"
"There is this" said Nige walking over to the computer console. He tapped a few buttons to access a file. "Six days ago, this file labelled 'death' appeared in my personal files." Nige accessed the file. It read
---- Lieutenant Nige Tyran.... Twice you and your crew have thwarted our attempts to destroy your ship! For this you shall pay! For now, you can live in peace, but rest assured that some day I shall return for you and finish what I have begun and take revenge against those who have thwarted me! ----
Dinara looked at Nige as a tear rolled down his cheek. "What am I going to do?" he asked turning to Dinara.
"Come on, It's all going to be ok" she said hugging him and rubbing the back of his head. "It will all be alright"