Forward My Brave Soldiers" (Part 3 of 3)

The battle was now turning into a hand to hand fight. The two parties of Jem'Hadar were fighting tooth and nail.

Rick saw Gerana fighting with Remata in hand to hand, some thirty feet away. Remata slammed his phaser rifle into Gerana's forehead. Then Remata extracted the bayonet and slammed it into Gerana's chest.

"NO!!!!!" Shale yield very loud, and the other Jem'Hadar who were Loyal to Gerana saw it too, in disbelief.

Rick ran to the fallen fourth and saw he was still breathing, but barely.

"Sorry chief, maybe he was right. I had no right." Gerana then died.

"Now your others will die the same." Remata said.

Then an idea came over Rick, he looked up and saw Remata with a look of over confidence in his face.

Rick pulled out the Knife from his boot and sprung at Remata, slashing his chin and his chest.

"So you challenge me to single combat." Remata said, reaching for his knife.

Rick then threw his knife at Remata and made it's mark, in his forehead. Remata dropped to his knees and fell over dead. The other Jem'Hadar looked at Shale in amazement.

"Now I'm your first and I say this battle is over. You all can serve your own kind, not the Vorta."

After being quite for a few minutes they left the fighting and went to their respective post. Grafton walked out of the ship, blood on his hands and arm. His face smudged with dirt, and uniform with tears and dirt as well.

"Damn you took on the first."

"Yeah but I fought dirty. Only way to win with a beast that size." Shale said pulling the knife out of Remata's head.

The Chief instructed the Jem'Hadar to bury their dead, as a way of showing respect and honoring their sacrifice.

Eight hours later main power was restored to their ship, and Grafton sent a message.

[Captain Devore you won't believe what happened over the past eight and half days.]

Devore sat on the bridge of his ship, in a rather happy state, knowing his crew was alright.

"We will be there in a couple of days. We have to plan on how we are going to get down there without ending up stuck. Devore out."

[Wait sir Chief Shale request that Lieutenant MacLeod be taken out of stasis and be beamed down.]

"Okay very well, I hope it's a good reason."

Three days later the Leviathan arrived and beamed down a few engineers, and Lieutenant Macleod. He was shocked to see Jem'Hadar.

The Chief walked over to him." Mac your problem is your body needs white, like your fellow Jem'Hadar. They also need a man like you, educated in ways not of war, as their first."

"I think you are right my friend. Thank you."

"Shale to Leviathan one to beam up." Rick materialize on the transporter pad, with Captain Devore and Lieutenant Gordon. She ran up to him and gave him a hug.

"Where is Mac ?" Devore asked.

"He has decided to stay behind and lead this Jem'Hadar in a new path." "Their ship will be space worthy in a week, according to my reports. Get cleaned up, and shave. I expect my officers to be a reflection of me.

And I want a report on my desk at 09:00hrs tomorrow understood Chief."

Shale smiled and said."Aye, aye sir."