"Nemesis?" Kirk asked, troubled. I nodded." And he.... single-handedly destroyed London?"
"You've seen the footage. You know what he is capable of. Hell, I bet it was just a figment of his wrath."
"Your tone laced with urgency and your increased speed of speaking suggests that you've been shaken mentally, Mr. Hunter." said Spock.
I looked at him, incredulously." Really, Spock? After seeing that, do you not feel afraid?"
"We as Vulcans have embraced our mind more rather than our heart such that we choose not to feel anything."
"Bullshit." I spat.
"Hey hey hey!" Kirk stood up, trying to resolve the situation." There's no use fighting among ourselves. We can't fall apart at a time like this." He looked at me." Max, I know that you've been shaken after what you saw. This only shows us how important it is for us to survive. Hope is why we fight. Hope is why we'll win. If this footage shows anything, it's that we must double our efforts more in order to resist."
I realized how I was making a scene and a fool of myself. I looked down and shook my head." You're right. I shouldn't have done that."
Kirk patted me on the shoulder." It's fine. So what else do we know about him?"
" He's extremely skilled in combat, way better than an ordinary human. He's fast, agile, flexible and cruel. Even as he strode, you can feel the aura of power radiating from him."
"And from the massacre he made in London it appears that he has a personal vendetta against humans."
"What makes you say that?" Kirk asked.
"Consider this. Even a few months ago we hadn't heard of him. He technically didn't exist. And from the brutal condition he leaves his victims in, you can clearly see that he has a personal grievance. Why else would he name himself after the Greek Goddess of revenge?" I reasoned.
"Nemesis- the inescapable agent of someone or something's downfall."said Spock.
"And in this case- the downfall will be....ours." I aired my thoughts.
We all appeared silent for a moment, contemplating the extraordinary events surrounding us. Kirk spoke," Well, it's a start. This news will be important when we regroup with the main fleet in the Zaman system. Let's hope we-"
Suddenly the proximity scope started beeping like mad. The alarms blared." What the-" Kirk was cut off as a thunderous explosion shook the ship. We tumbled down to our feet.
"Crew what the hell is going on?" Kirk demanded.
"Sir, a lot of ships have appeared on the radar out of nowhere! They're coming in fast, weapons charged!"a frantic engineer called out.
"Shields up red alert! All men to battle positions!Get all weapons ready immediately, hurry!"" He shouted as he jumped into his chair and entered a few commands into the ship mainframe. I turned to the operator." Get us out of here, now!"
A huge boom! shook the ship violently. The vessel rocked precariously before stabilizing, throwing us all sprawling on the floor. On the main screen we spotted a large mothership with hundreds of small one-man fighters surrounding it. They all were firing at us." Shields at 60%!"
"Primary power is failing!"
"Switching to backup."
"Backup power insufficient.."
"Dammit, they got the starboard engine!"
"Shields at 55%!"
"Our weapons are useless against them. They are ray-shielded and steering past our torpedoes!"
Everything around me was a blur as I slowly came to. The commotion, the buzz, the anxiety, all didn't go unnoticed as I slowly scrambled up to my feet. Beside me, I saw Kirk and Spock slowly getting up as well." What's the status?" He asked.
"Shields are holding still but they won't for long. We've lost our starboard engine and warp core. Our weapons are failing against them." Spock rattled off calmly as if he was giving a speech in a morning assembly.
I was about to retort when I saw something dark trickle down from Kirk's head. As I pointed it out to him, he dabbed his finger into the spot and brought it out to see it stained with blood." What the-" and he sprawled on the floor, unconscious.
"Jim!" came out both of our shouts as Spock jumped down to him and tried to stop the bleeding. I raced to help but another shock sent me flying backwards.
"Kirk! Dammit you need to wake up!" Spock shouted as he tried to shake Jim awake. It was the only time I saw him express emotion.
"Sir!" a frantic navigator called out." Our weapons are useless against them. Shields are falling. What do we do??"
"Shut up you!" Uhura snapped." Can't you see he's trying to wake the Captain? There is no one left to order."
I looked around the Bridge, each and every member trying to do their job frantically. Scared for their own lives as well as that of others, they were sparing no expense to do their jobs. But everything was out of order. In chaos. They needed someone to lead them. To supervise and protect.
And so someone shall they get.
"Yes there is." The words slipped out calmly." There's me."
Suddenly all the buzz stopped. Everyone looked at me in awe and shock as if how I'd even dared to say such a thing. But I knew this is not the time for these. Right now, we have to live.
I stepped up and sat on the Captain's chair and logged into the ship's mainframe." Status report, now."
"Shields are at 50% and decreasing. Multiple hull breaches in Decks 7 through 12. We've lost our starboard engine and warp core." Someone called out.
"Divert all remaining power to Port and forward shields and stand by." I ordered as I brought the ship heave to, removing the damaged starboard side to the other way.
The stub one-man fighters swarmed around the enemy mothership like a swarm of bees. Ray-shielded and modified, they used their speed to steer clear of our torpedoes. Phasers and cannons were ineffective.
We have to find a way to beat them.
"Uhura, check their transmissions. See if you can piggyback into their frequency."
"Got it!" She exclaimed." They are using a short-wave frequency to communicate with each other. The command isn't coming from the mothership, it's coming from them. It's like-"
"-like a swarm of bees moving in perfect sync and coordinating with each other?" I asked.
She didn't seem pleased to be interrupted." Yes."
"Mr. Hunter, are you suggesting that if we cut of the frequency, we can destroy the whole swarm?"asked Spock.
"No, I'm thinking of something a little more interesting."
****
General Katara Mersec of the Chitauri stood on the Bridge of her 1000-foot long warship, the Destructor, as she watched the tiny Federation ship struggling against the attacks of her fleet. Her army was too fast for torpedoes and missilies to lock on, and phasers were ineffective against them. She was pleased at the thought of her promotion when she would deliver this news to her Master.
" General their shields are at 50% and dropping. Engines are out of commission."
"Exterminate them. Nobody must be left alive."
"Yes General."
She snickered. Her promotion was at hand.
****
"Tania are you done?" I asked anxiously. I wasn't fully sure how much my plan would work, but she needed to work fast.
"One sec." She grumbled as she typed furiously on the screen." Stop saying the same thing over and over again."
"Shields at 32%!" Someone cried out.
"Tania any time now!" I shouted.
"Forward shields failing!"
"Auxiliary power insufficient!"
Loud alarms blared above our heads.
"Tania!" I shouted.
"Got it!" She pressed one button to start it up.
The loud busting sound of Bullet For My Valentine's "Tears don't Fall" blared from the speakers. The sound was loud and distracting, and I knew that the pilots in the fighters were experiencing the same. Tania had hacked their frequency and instead of each other's commands, they had to listen to the full volume of the famous metal song. That's disastrous during a battle.
"With bloodshot eyes, I watch you sleeping,
The warmth I feel beside me is slowly fading,
Would she hear me,if I called her name?
Would she hold me if she knew my shame?"
"Good choice." I smile while tapping my feet to the song. Tania grins.
"It's working!" Uhura exclaims. Sure enough, we see the fighters in complete disarray, colliding against each other and bursting into flames. Some tried to escape but were caught in the cross-fire. It was utter chaos.
"Your tears don't fall, they crash around me,
Her conscious calls, the guilty to come home
Your tears don't fall, they crash around me,
Her conscious calls, the guilty to come home."
We watched as the entire fleet of the stub fighters demolished in an array of explosions and fire. My insane idea worked!
"Max!" Uhura exclaimed." I have some news. Apparently the same frequency was used for their shipwide communications. I've highjacked it to shut down its shields!"
"Great!" I smile."Charge all weapons and fire at will. No quarters given."
"Yes sir." They all got to work immediately.
"All weapons charged! Running hot!"
"Fire!" I commanded.
A whole barrage of missiles, torpedoes, gunfire, emitted from the Enterprise. Our plasma cannons and phasers fired at their maximum capacity. Missile after missile, torpedo after torpedo, bomb after bomb, the whole fury of our weaponry launched itself against the alien mothership. It stands now chance against us now. It's is doomed.
****
"What do you mean we have no shields?" General Katara Mersec shouted at her operators who were frantically trying to raise their shields up. Just a little while ago, when victory is at hand,she watched her whole fleet getting demolished and destroyed. How those accursed humans succeeded, she didn't care, but they needed their shields.
" General we're trying our best but....but we're failing!" Admiral Heran pleaded.
"Incoming!" Someone shouted. Looking up, the General saw a full-fledged firepower racing towards them. She tried to make a run for the escape pod, but it was too late.
The Destructor exploded with a deafening noise, its flash lighting up the entire system.
****
A cheer went up among the crew of the Enterprise, hurrahs of joy and relief. I sat back on my chair, exhausted after all that happened, and ran a hand over my sweaty forehead. It was a narrow escape.
"We did it!" Tania exclaimed in joy. I laughed at her enthusiasm and stood up. She rushed into my arms and I held her close to me, spinning her around. She laughed." Who knew that your crazy plan would work!"
"Hey, you took a whole lot of time to fix it!" I exclaim.
"Yeah yeah, keep telling yourself that, dumbass." She looked into my eyes as she laughed, and I was momentarily lost by the amount of green in them.
We stopped suddenly, realizing how close we were. Our noses were almost touching. I turned red, and I could swear I saw a bit of pink on her cheeks.
Someone cleared their throat,and we jumped. I let her go as my face turned as red as a tomato. Beside me, I saw her straightening her uniform and trying to be casual, still looking flustered.
Uhura looked at both of us, desperately trying not to laugh."What now?"
I saw everyone else looking at me in anticipation. Looking at them, I took a deep breath. They needed a leader, now more than ever. If I learnt even one thing from Steve, it was that to never give up.
"We need to assess exactly how much damage has been done to the ship. Locate the breaches in the hull and seal them. See if we can repair the starboard engine. I need all injured and hurt personnel to the med bay immediately." I said.
We heard a small cough and turned our heads. Jim had come too under Spock's supervision. The bleeding had stopped and he'd wrapped a makeshift bandage around Kirk's head. Kirk cracked a smile.
"What are you looking at me for? Follow him."
2084 words. Longest chapter ever. Honestly, I didn't expect it to be this long. I know that it's been a while since I've updated but it's kind of difficult to make time. However I hope you like this chapter.
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