Lost and alone

Posted on Tue Sep 29th, 2020 @ 5:14pm by Lieutenant Commander Alicia Kelea-Salik

Mission: SEASON 4: Episode 1: Know Thy Self!
Location: Station
Timeline: MD2
656 words - 1.3 OF Standard Post Measure

{ON}

Alicia was alone, she'd become seperated from Gary and Tate as they'd tried to escape roundup teams that were going through the station picking off people and taking them who knows where. She thought she heard mention of the arena, it seemed they were wanting the crew to fight one another simply for the entertainment value of it.

Wandering cautiously by herself she tried to stay quiet, all the corridors on the station looked the same she wasn't even sure how to get back to the room that she and Gary had set up for the previous night whilst hiding from the dogs. She reached in her pocket and pulled out the last of the food rations she had, stopping to eat she couldn't help but wonder where Savar was right now she knew he was alive because she could feel him but his location was a mystery.

She ducked back into the dark as voices came closer, two prisoners like herself wondered by chatting as they went. They were mid conversation as they passed her.

"The Captain's woman are you kidding me?!"

"No joke! That traitor Alicia she should never have sided with Taylor!"

"What about the kid?"

"Who cares! It's Taylor's son! He'll grow up to be as ruthless as his father even more so being part Betazoid."

They kept talking as their voices trailed off in the distance. Alicia sat back in shock, it seemed her doppelgänger had a son and Gary's son at that! Admittedly it was Captain Taylor but it came as a shock nonetheless. Given how unpopular the other Alicia sounded she needed to keep a low profile, if otters thought that she was Taylor's woman then they wouldn't think twice about harming her.

Setting off again she kept to the shadows as much as she could, she needed to find more members of the Elyium crew. Just when she thought she was doing well a guard patrol stopped her in her tracks and this time she couldn't hide, the collar she was wearing gave away her position in an instant and she was dragged out into the dim light.

"Well well what do we have here?" The guard smiled as he looked Alicia up and down.

"Seems we've caught the duplicate of Captain Taylor's woman." They looked at each other.

"Get her to the doctor for a medical and an upgraded collar she's a Betazoid."

The guard nodded and shoved her along with his weapon buried in her back. "Don't get any ideas, I'm a good shot and at this distance I won't miss anyway, it'll put a hole right through you!"

Alicia nodded her understanding, at least this way she'd get to see if there were any Fleet people along the way.

As they walked she could see prisoners both in Starfleet uniform and others all being rounded up, those who were putting up a fight were being beaten or if necessary killed. She could hear the cries and s teams of women as they too were rounded up.

"Another batch of women for the slave pens!" The guard grinned. "They'll be inspected, valued and sold on for a good price. You Betazoid's fetch a pretty price for those abilities of yours. Captain Taylor will be looking for a replacement mother for his son and who better than you! Some time in the agony booths and you'll be as obedient as her."

Alicia stopped walking to look through an observation window, but didn't get to look for long as the guard pushed her along roughly.

"Keep going! The doctor is getting paid by the hour for his work and he likes to be kept busy."

As they approached Sickbay the doors opened to reveal a waiting area full of prisoners, some fleet and some not each waiting for their turn to see the doc. She was pushed onto a seat as the guard stood nearby.

{TBC}