Revalations

At the back of the Bridge, Captain Marcus Devore sat, hands restrained behind him. Counselor Devore was nowhere to be found. For some reason Captain Lighter kept them relatively seperate, Marc on the Bridge, Sierra somewhere else. However the Captain feared the worst. After all Lieutenant Devore was a beautiful woman, young any man in their right mind would take advantage of a captive/hostage situation.

*If anything happens to her I will kill him !* Thought Devore as he to no avail free himself.

"Captain Lighter." Commander Lewis said grabbing the attention of Devore. Usually when someone calls 'Captain' they are referring to him, but now he was on board another ship- the Lynx. "There is a Federation transponder code bearing 289 mark 4."

"Okay what is the code ?" Asked Lighter wondering who this could be. He knew that the Lynx was virtually untrackable. The warp nacelle let off small neutrenal trails, but Lighter thought that he accounted for that. If so, then why was there a ship, let alone a Federation ship, hot in pursuit. "Is it the Leviathan ?"

"No sir. The sensors are having some trouble detecting it. That would mean that it is a small ship. The Leviathan would be identifiable at this range."

"What is the range ?"

"20 light years."

"On screen, Maximum magnification."

On the screen, a small Federation scout ship was in view. The markings said it was of Starfleet Command, but who could it be this far out. Then suddenly Lighter jumped up from his chair.

"Shields up, Red Alert."

"Sir ?" Lewis asked.

"That is the new Federation scout ship probably of Admiral Leary. Admiral's up at Starfleet Command have a few ships like this for short interplanetary missions, but this one so far out means only one thing- Leary !"

"Very well sir. " Lewis' panel started to blink. "Sir we are being hailed."

"On screen."

The small cockpit of the scout ship displayed an all too familiar face. He sat weary as his face did show.

[Good afternoon Captain, I am Admiral Beard.]

Devore looked in amazement at the viewscreen.