Loving Mary

Chapter 9

The air around onboard the Enterprise held a dramatic aura to it, as the doctors prepared to perform their very first C-Section on royalty. Doctor McCoy would be the one leading it, since he was CMO, and also because he considered Asonia almost as a daughter or sister.

She didn't want a C-Section at first, preferring a natural birth, but as soon as Asonia was told there was a chance of complications, she decided the safer way would be better. She wished that Pavel was there with her, but knew he was needed on the planet.

Soon, they were taking her to an OR, preparing her for the operation that would finally let her hold her baby.

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Keim looked around as the swirling lights disappeared. He was in a cargo bay of some kind. He mentally cursed the engineers who'd been in charge of beaming him to the Enterprise.

They weren't sure where the medical bay was, but those two had assured him it was near where he was to be teleported.

But of course, he'd been sent to the wrong spot.

Sighing, Keim took the phaser from his side holster and tried figure out where he needed to go.

He came across a group getting orders from a very anxious looking man, and could tell he was in charge by the way he yelled at the other people. He had a thick earthen accent, European maybe?

He his behind a pipe until they all dispersed, and made his to the man. He froze when he heard a voice. "Scotty,"

"About time ya got back to me! How is she?" Scotty asked, talking into his communicator.

"Asonia's fine. She's about to go into surgery." The person on the other end of the communicator replied, and the Scotsman seemed relieved.

"Alright. Let me know when I can come visit her and the baby."

Keim narrowed his eyes, and set his phaser to stun. As much as he'd like to kill all the people he came across, that would leave an obvious trail to where he was going. He didn't need that.

The man Scotty was speaking to stopped talking, and he put his communicator back on his belt, and picked up a wrench to start working on a pipe.

Keim jumped out from his hiding spot and pinned Scotty against a ladder, his phaser pressing against the top of his neck. "Where is the medical bay located?"

"Like I would tell you!" Scotty spat, recognizing him the tournament that felt like forever ago.

Keim pressed the phaser harder against the Scotsman's neck, and he swallowed nervously. Sweat began to break out on his forehead as he carefully reached for the wrench he'd dropped on the work table beside him. "L-l-look buddy, can't we..." He stopped and pretended to see someone behind Keim. "Help!"

When the dark haired man turned to stun the person Scotty say, Scotty brought his wrench down on the back of his head. With a sickening clamg, Keim fell to the ground, unconscious.

Scotty sighed in relief, and kicked the phaser from his hand. Then, he took his communicator out. "This is Chief engineer Scott. I need a security escort and med team to my location immediately."

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Pavel adjusted Zaclyn as he carried him to a somewhat safer spot. The older man groaned as he fell back against the fallen table they were using as a shelter. The sound of phaser fire engulfed the room as soldiers and members of the Enterprise battled the attackers.