Acts of Redemption: Star Trek Into Darkness AU (Lots of Khan!)

THE TERRORIST: Part 2

"What plan?"

"Listen. I have a way to make all the fire alarms go off. The place will be evacuated by the time the explosive goes off."

"How?"

"Listen, don't put the ring in a full glass of water. Only put it in a small amount. This will give us extra time and the impact of the explosive will be less damaging. Okay."

He nodded. "Okay."

"Leave the alarms up to me."

***

I sat at the museum coffee shop. To anyone else I looked totally inconspicuous with my my coffee and my Hello Kitty PADD.

So far I had hacked into the security of all large buildings in the area.

I took a sip of coffee and then placed it back on the table. "Here we go."

The alarms blared like crazy. Red lights flashed everywhere. An automated voice was heard through out the museum. "Evacuate immediately!" I looked out the window to see people pouring out into the streets, running away.

The artifacts of the museum had a self protection system. A large square opening appeared in the ground, and the artifacts would slowly descend down into a protected metal vault.

I put my PADD in my backpack and ran with a crowd, out of the coffee shop.

There was a giant red alarm leaver against a light post on the street. I smashed the glass covering and pulled the leaver. The street lights flashed red, warning everyone to not only leave the buildings but the area of the city.

I found my group standing by the entrance of the museum.

"Zara, we have to leave."

"I can't find little Lilly!" There was a wild panic in her eyes.

It felt like a cold stone had just dropped into my stomach. "Go. Take the kids out of this area. I will find Lilly."

I glanced at my watch. Five minutes until the bomb went off. Lilly was no where to be found.

I turned a corner. "Lilly!" I grabbed the screaming child in my hands, and picked her up off the floor.

There was no time to leave!

A telescope was slipping into the ground. I jumped into the metal compartment. It sealed above our heads.

The compartments were designed to protect the muesum's treausres. If there was ever an epidemic, and the human race was wiped out, those that found our planet could see how we lived. We would be remembered.

I wondered how long our oxygen would last in the small metal compartment, not made to house a nurse and a screaming child.

Suddenly I felt the entire metal room shake. Then there was darkness.