Out Of Thin Air

Posted on Sun Apr 10th, 2016 @ 10:13pm by Lieutenant General Jewel 'M'lara' Dartt & Fleet Admiral Mike K`Wor Bremer & Major General Thomas Jackson & Captain R'nard Lokran & Brigadier General David Hurd Sr & Major Patrick McMichaels & Commander Jonathan Roebuck IV & Master Warrant Officer Gaius Aquila & `Doctor`

3,619 words; about a 18 minute read

Mission: Episode 90 - The Great Relink
Location: Marine Country, Level 40
Timeline: Starbase 400, Timeline: MD4 2345 hr

On-

After finishing and filing the amount of work that had accumulated while he had been away, Hurd stood, stretched, and made his way out of his office, thinking of nothing but getting home to his wife and child. Walking down the corridor to the turbolift, he noticed it seemed abnormally quiet, but attributed it to the late hour. Rounding a corner, he was caught off-guard as a fist slammed into his face, breaking his nose and making him see stars, and throwing him off balance. Trying to get into a fighting stance, he was kicked in the chest, which flung him into the bulkhead. As he slid to the deck, his vision still obscured by blood and the blows he had taken to the face, he heard the feet of whomever had attacked him running off the other way down the hall. Barley hanging on to consciousness, he tapped his combadge and said, not caring who heard, ''This is Lt. Col. Hurd, i have been attacked and need help, Im near bulkhead 9, section 22 baker in Marine country''. Not bothering to close it, he concentrated on staying awake.

Hurd's message was heard by the assigned Staff Duty NCO for the night. He immediately alerted the Sergeant of the Guard to send some Marines to that section, since it was in Marine Country. He then placed the QRF on Stand To, and then notified the assigned Duty Officer. It did not take long for the Sergeant of the Guard, along with some Marine Sentries to arrive to the section.

=/\=Sergeant Lang to Ops, Security Alert! Colonel Hurd was attacked, and is down, Level 40, Section 22B. Requesting Medical.=/\=

Bremer was in Ops, he'd stayed late to keep on eye on sensors watching the Dominion ship and the escorting Starfleet ships...and the following Cardassian ship make their way back toward DS9 and the Wormhole. Mike wanted to go himself, but knew he had trained Officers that could handle it. "Roebuck, go. Have Commander Lokran meet you there and report back to me.

Roebuck nodded, logged out of Tactical Two then looked over at th'Qaonit at Tactical One, "Tactical is yours Ensign." He grabbed a phaser from the weapons locker, entered the turbolift, and tapped his commbadge. "Roebuck to Lokran..."


Meanwhile, Jackson was already turned in for the night when his intercom started chirping.

=/\=Jackson here=/\=

=/\=Lieutenant Strolh here. Colonel Hurd was assaulted in Marine Country. A Security Alert was called.=/\=

=/\=I am on my way. Jackson out.=/\=

Jackson got up, got dressed, and was out the door with his side arm in minutes.

Still struggling to stay awake, Hurd pulled his side-arm in case whoever had waylayed him came back.

The responding Marines found the Colonel, slumped against the bulkhead, with his phaser out. Lieutenant Strolh motioned with open arms, "Colonel, it will be alright. We are the good guys."

His speech slurring, bload pouring from the gash on his head, Hurd said, ''G-et that man''.


Jewel was in her quarters when she heard David over the comm, she looked at the nanny, "I'll return soon." She said as she walked quickly out of her quarters. She was still in uniform, she had her phaser in her hand in case. When she arrived she seen an Lieutenant and David laying on the floor blood on his face. "David...David...." Jewel repeated as she looked at him out of it.

She looked at the Lieutenant, "Report!" She said as she then seen General Jackson arrive as well.

The Lieutenant waited a few seconds for Jackson to get within earshot before answering. "Sir, we arrived minutes ago. We found the XO seated against the bulkhead, only semi-concious. We have a corpsman checking him now. Marine country is sealed off, and Security has been alerted."

Jax gave Jewel a nod, and thanked the young Lieutenant. He then walked over to the Colonel. "David, what happened?"

Trying to focus, Hurd said, ''J-jumped, single assaliant, t-t-ink 31'', Hurd said slurring his voice, slumping back aginst the bulkhead again.

Jax thought to himself, "31, as in Section 31?!?" Before he had a chance to say anything...

"Jackson you might want to notify Admiral Bremer, I am going with David to the Medical Bay. Also, find out who did this.." She said looking at Jackson then tapped her commbadge, "Two to beam directly to Sickbay," Jewel replied as they were soon transported to the medical bay where David would receive care.

"Yes Sir", Jax replied. Before the couple even beamed out, he turned to the Lieutenant. "Lieutenant Strolh, I want you to activate a company, and start tearing this place apart for the suspect. Coordinate with Star Fleet Security."
The Liuetenant saluted, "Yes Sir!"

Jax stepped into his office, and pressed his intercom button, =/\=Jackson to Admiral Bremer.=/\=

Mike was pacing in Ops when his commbadge beeped. "Bremer here."

"Colonel Hurd was assaulted in Marine Country, Level 40. I THINK David mentioned that the assailant is from Section 31. Marine Country is sealed off, and a Security Alert was called. I am having a Company search for anyone suspicious, but we will need a description of the attacker from Hurd, who is in Medical. "

"Understood." Mike replied. "We heard Hurd's initial call for help up here. I sent Roebuck down to assist and he was calling in Commander Lokran. With Marine Country locked down I'll have Roebuck lock down the next adjacent ten levels above and below and deactivate all turbolifts and transporters in the area." Mike paused a moment, Marine Country was Levels Forty through Fifty-six. "I would highly suggest allowing Commander Lokran to pursue the attacker when he's located."

Jackson responded, "Yes Admiral, I understand. One more thing, I do have the QRF and MARSOC if you think they are needed."

"Understood. We've locked down the Docking Bay as well as all Shuttle and Runabout bays, so no one is leaving the Station." Mike didn't like the idea of a Section 31 Operative aboard the Station. Thoughts rushed through his mind. Was here he to keep on eye on Odo and the other Founder on their visit? To keep an eye on Kratz before he left with Odo? To try and break Clark out of the Brig since he himself used to be with Section 31 before leaving Starfleet? To verify the Mirror Universe Bremer really did leave the Station? The timing couldn't be worse.

"Get that description." Mike added.

"It will be done", Jax answered.


Main Sickbay

Trying to stand, his face becoming red with rage, Hurd said, ''I dont need a damn Medic, i want to wrap my hands around that guys throat and press until he turns blue!!!!''

Sternly Jewel looked at him, "You're in sick bay and your not going anywhere General Jackson and the team will handle this. Your getting checked out and resting and that's an order." Jewel stated looking at him, "now lay down and let the doctor fix you up." She said looking at the EMH and giving him the nod.

David sat bolt ulpright, blinded by rage, and said, ''Make me!!''

The EMH looked at David for a moment then reached over and grabbed a hypo. "This hypo is set for Ambizine, which is a rather potent sedative."

Taking a deep breathe she took the hypo from the doctor, "David if that's the way it's got to be then fine," She stated as she pressed the hypo to his neck. "This is for your own good and you'll be able to settle down and heal." Jewel replied as what was in the hypospray was a tranquilizer or a nice sleeping medicine that took effect immediately.

David looked at them both, his wife and the EMH, for what seemed an eternity, but in reality was only a few seconds. As he looked at them, a smile spread across his face as the looks on their faces changed from concern to a frown as whatever they had given him did not work. Looking Jewel straight in the eyes, he said, as calmy as he could, ''We need to talk, in private, the man who hit me. He is not the only one who is, or shall i say was 31 on this station''

The EMH was rather surprised the Ambizine didn't totally knock out his patent, he reset the hypo for another, slightly heavier dose and was ready to inject it as needed while he scanned over him with a medical tricorder in his other hand. "Broken nose, concussion, one broken rib, two others bruised."

Jewel sighed as she told the doctor to wait on the spray and just treat his wounds while he talks.

Minutes later, Jackson walked into the Medical Bay, with two PADDS in his hands. He spoke to Jewel first. "Jewel, we need to get a description of the assailant from David, so we know who to search for."

Hurd slowly turned his head, his mind in a haze, and stuttered, ''G-General, we have a serious problem, that man was 31, and whats more i trained him''

Hurd's familiarity with his attacker will be helpful, Jax thought. "David, who is he, what's his name?" He was already making notes into one of his PADDS.

Hurd turned his head to side, looking at the bulkhead. Outwardly he said, ''Honestly, i knever knew his real name, thats not how 31 operates'' ''But i can tell you, if he is here, there is a reason, my guess is all this stuff going on with the Founders, Dominion, and all that.'' Hurd went silent for a moment, his eyes growing wide, reliving, in his mind, the nightmare that had been his years in 31, all the carnage they had caused, lives they had destroyed, laws and oaths they pushed aside in the name of the ''Greater Good'', a line which Hurd himself had never bought, most all of this unknown to anyone. It was a nightmare he had been living with for many, many years. Turning his head back to face those in the room, he said,his eyes still wide, sweat draining down his face, ''He is here, and believe me, he will stop at nothing, including destroying this base and killing everyone here, in order to accomplish whatever sick, twisted, perverted goals
he has''.

Jackson said, "Colonel, let's try this by suspect's Race, Height, Weight, Hair Color, Clothing, etc..."

'' Maybe 6 and a half feet, looked like a Starfleet uniform, thats all i remember''.

Jackson thought that this was not getting them anywhere. He needed another way to get a more specific description.

=/\=Jackson to Major T'Lyn, report to Medical ASAP!=/\=

"On my way General," T'Lyn stated as she made her way to the Medical bay.

=/\=Jackson to Commander Lokran, the only description I have so far is someone in a Star Fleet uniform, around 6 and a half feet tall. I will update you as soon as I get more information=/\=

=^= "Underrstood, sirr." said R'nard. "I will be waiting. Lokrran out.=^= He had not been idle. He had the decks shut down, as well as the transporters and shuttle bays. He was studying the input from the security cameras. A sneaky customer indeed. It occurred to him, could it be a changeling?

=/\=Jackson to Admiral Bremer. Still working on getting a specific description of the attacker. Due to the possibility that this might be a Section 31 plant, I suggest raising the base's security posture, and placing guards in all sensitive areas.=/\=

"Already on it General. Any updates on a description of the attacker, or Hurd's condition?" Mike replied.

=/\=All I can get so far is a 6 and a half foot person dressed in a Star Fleet uniform. I am getting Major T'Lyn down here to see if she could extract a better description. I passed what I have to Commander Lokran. Colonel Hurd is still disoriented, medical treatment is in progress.=/\=

"Understood, keep me posted. Bremer out." Mike tapped his commbadge to close the channel. Mike walked over to Tactical II, and sent a message to T'Lar, Pike, and K'Temoc to make them aware. He knew they would soon be in Ops too wanting to help.

T'Lyn walked in and found General Jackson and Hurd as well as Colonel Hurd, "You wanted me sir?" She asked looking at him.

Jackson was grateful for the Major's timely arrival. "Major, our XO was assaulted in Marine Country. The assailant is possible a Section 31 operative who intends to possibly harm the star base. Colonel Hurd's description of his attacker is vague to say the least. I need you to work some of that Vulcan magic to get a better description of the attacker, with the Colonel's permission, of course."

She raised an eyebrow then looked at General Hurd and Colonel Hurd, Jewel just nodded and then looked at her husband, "Well she's your only hope to identifying the person so we can catch him.

Looking at the three, Hurd said, ''If you are intending to do whai think you are, then i outright refuse it, and as i said a few moments ago, i was 31 myself, i trained the man, and the way he disabled me is almost textbook to the way i taught him to do it, so give me somthing to get me better or at least on my feet, and let me help you catch him'',

Jackson interjected. "Colonel Hurd! How could you help us find the attacker if we do not have a clue what, or who we are looking for? And if you trained the man, you know his name. If you trained him, you know what he looks like. Am I safe to assume these things?!? Now give us the information that you selectively remember."

''How?, its simple, i know the man, i know his habits, his training and all that.''' ''And if you are insinuating, General, what i think you are, you are wrong, dead wrong. ''My loyalty is with the Corps, The Federation, and Starfleet, and in an answer to your questions, i do not 'Selectively'' remember anything, i tell the whole truth 100 percent of the time, and as for his appearance, i knew what he looked like the, but now who knows?'' Growing angry, he continued, ''Section 31'S M.O. is to do very, very extensive plastic surgery after each and every assignment, weather training or real, so complex in fact it goes right down to the micro-cellular structure of Dna, making it very, very hard to detect, almost impossible in fact''. Pulling himself upright, he looked the General straight in the face and said, ''I do not appreciate my loyalty being questioned''

Jackson returned Hurd's gaze with an ice cold stare. "Well, they did not blind fold you both when you were training him. You said yourself that you know the man. You either know him, or you don't. Give us his name at the time for starters, and we go from there. Give us nothing, and this search ends before it continues. Otherwise, I call it as I see it."

''His name, at the time, was Banal, Jai Banal'', Hurd said, fire in his eyes. Looking the General up and down, Hurd said, his voice ice calm, ''Then what are you questioning, General?''

Jewel now was getting furious at David, "enough you will cooperate with what General Jackson wants. If you don't I will throw you in the brig for insubordination. Am I being very clear?" Jewel said in a tone that would send chills up anyone's back. She also leaned towards David's ear and whispered, "if you don't me and Jr will be gone." She said so pissed off at David she stormed out of the Medical bay before she snapped more.

''What in the hell is going on around here?'', Hurd muttered to himself. He just shook his head and dropped his gaze to the floor.

Jackson tapped on his combadge while David spoke with his "other superior officer". =/\=Jackson to Lokran. We have a name. The original identity of the assailant is Jai Banal. He may have had his appearance and DNA altered since he joined Section 31, but punching up his file would give us something to start with.=/\=

=^= "Understood." said R'nard. "I will look him up. Lokrran out.=^= He looked up the file and scanned it. He found many interesting things which he passed on.

He then looked at T'Lyn. "Major, stick around in case the Colonel decides to go with the meld, or tell you something more substantial about his attacker."

T'Lyn nodded as she looked at both of them.

"David, you are pretty much stuck in here until you are medically cleared, AND you cooperate with the Major, either verbally, or mentally to HER satisfaction. Sorry to put you in the ringer, but that's an order."

''I understand the Medical part sir, i do, but seriously?'' ''I have given you all the information i have''.

"Sir if I may say something," T'Lyn stated looking at the Colonel. "I will only do a meld just to find what your attacker looks like, I won't look for anything else I promise sir." She said looks at him, "if I don't see it I'll stop and let Jackson know," She said.

Hurd sighed and said, ''While i will allow this, i want it on the record i hold this in contempt''.

"Sir, I am doing this to help you and everyone find the attacker, so he doesn't do it again. I am doing this as what you humans say as a friend sir." T'Lyn stated as she started the meld, after a while she got a small glimps on the person that attacked Hurd, it wasn't much but it was something. She quickly broke the link and looked at Hurd, "I got a small glimps of him sir." She said looking at him, "I am going to go inform General Jackson and Security. I am sure you will be out of here in no time sir." She said as she then disappeared out of sickbay.

Looking the Doctor, he asked, ''Can i leave now?''

"Soon, I am almost done." the EMH stated then didn't say anything else.

Jackson then stepped out of Medical, and started his way to Marine Country. This was going to be a long night.

=/\=Jackson to McMichaels, deploy the QRF company to assist in the search. Fleet Security will have suspect information shortly.=/\=

=/\=McMichaels here. Acknowledged General. QRF Alpha being deployed immediately=/\=

=/\=Jackson to Aquila, activate MARSOC. I want them in Marine Briefing 1 in 30 minutes=/\=

=/\=Aquila to Jackson, roger that.=/\=

Jackson made it into his office. His orderly was there due to the Security Alert. "Sergeant, I need a pot of coffee, the real stuff. Serve it black."

R'nard was trotting down a hall with the information, and searching for the assailant when he suddenly was picked up by the tail. That was a mistake, as it was one of the first lessons he had learned from Master B'roo at the Tralazar monastery, so they wouldn't be rendered helpless by that.

He struck, hitting the pressure points on his assailant. Whoever it was released him, collapsing on the ground, paralyzed. R'nard bounced off the ground.

"Securrity override on trransporter, Authorization Lokrran Q-98Z5. Two to beam to Sickbay. Maintain lock on trransporters after transport."

They beamed to Sickbay. "Establish forcefield around this biobed." He twisted the assailant's wrist, releasing him from the paralysis and stepped out of the forcefield, re-establishing it after he stepped out.

The duty Nurse stepped out, and came back with two Marines who were posted to guard the area. They trained their rifles at the biobed.


Marine Country

T'Lyn ran into General's office, "Sir I got a brief glimps of the attacker, it isn't much but it's more then what we had before sir." She said looking at the General. She turned to the computer and activated a program that will create a person on certain descriptions and brought up a holographic image of the attacker. "Here is the Attacker sir," she said.

"Thank you Major. Excellent job."

She nodded, "It is not the one that Lokran brought to sickbay either, so that might be the accomplice. So, I also send someone to interrogate that person." T'Lyn added.

Jackson was startled for a second. "Another one huh? Okay then, handle it, and let me know what information we can squeeze out of that one."

Jackson looked at the image, and typed in the commands to send copies of the image to Ops, Security, Marine Briefing, and every common area monitor in Marine Country.

=/\=Jackson to Lokran, I just sent a composite of the assailant to Security.=/\=

=^= Thank you, sirr, I have it and will aid in the search.=^= He memorized the picture.

Then Jackson tapped the intercom for Marine Country. =/\=Attention Marines. When you look at the image on your displays, commit that face to memory. His name is Jai Banal. This assailant attacked one of our own this night. I want him, alive if possible, and I want him now. If sighted, please inform me, Commander Lokran, and Colonel Hurd immediately."

=^=McMichaels to 1Lt Masters=^=

=^=Masters here, Cap'n=^=

=^=QRF Alpha is ACTIVE. This is NOT a drill. I repeat. This is NOT a drill. Target info being uploaded now. Track and apprehend alive. Repeat. Alive=^=

=^=Aye, Aye Captain=^=

=^=McMichaels out=^=

=^=McMichaels to Jackson. Alpha platoon deployed, General=^=

=/\=Jackson to Medical, as soon as you clear him, release Colonel Hurd.=/\=

"He's good to go," the EMH stated looking at the Colonel. "I suggest you don't get hit for awhile, anything more and you could be in big trouble." He stated looking at him seriously.

''Ok''

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