A little game of hide and seek

Posted on Fri Dec 31st, 2021 @ 11:57am by Lieutenant Commander Deanna Celes & Lieutenant Ayana Hillis & Commander Jonathan Grayson & Lieutenant Commander Callie Raven-Grayson & Lieutenant Commander Shoniara T’ghann-Travis Dr & Ensign Zack Ravencroft & Petty Officer 1st Class Amethyst Reece

Mission: Sinister Intentions
Location: New Krakow, somewhere planetside
Timeline: 3 hours later

{ON}

~In the cave planet side~

Callie awoke with a pounding headache, last she remembered she was running, but she didn’t remember where she was running to or from what. Opening her eyes she was met the sight of an unfamiliar place. She scrambled backwards until her back was against the wall behind the bed she was sitting on.

He saw she was awake. He had set a small fire and provided a sleeping area. “My love, how are you feeling?” He moved towards her to embrace her.

Callie looked at T’Vall, at first her instinct was to run, to hide, but as he touched her she allowed the embrace. Resting her head against T’Vall’s chest. “What happened? I don’t remember coming here.” She massaged her temples. “Jon...who is Jon? There was a woman...she looked familiar?”

He smoothed her hair and slowly reached into her mind. He saw a scramble of memories mostly him but then Jon and Dex. He was so tired and his mind needed rest. He pushed further into her mind and wiped them from it. He placed a vision of them making love. He separated from her. “I love you my wife, come to me” he began to undress her and kiss her body.

For the moment Callie was T’Vall’s once again, she smiled as she accepted T’Vall’s advances returning them willingly. “I love you too T’Vall.” She kissed him lovingly, yet somewhere in the back of her mind her true self was fighting, and she was starting to win.

He picked her up and carried her to the back of the cave laid her down and kissed her neck, he made gentle love to her not knowing it would be the last time. In his mind they would always be together and she would truly call him husband. T’Vall had never felt like this, he was giving up everything for her, even his life.

After they had finished he held her tight to him. He placed his hand on her abdomen and sent his mind into her body searching for any changes. He had almost given up and then, he felt the fertilized ovum move…he was jubilant to find out she was pregnant.

~Back in the Valley ~

Meanwhile after having escorted the female prisoners back to the ship, Amethyst had returned to the away team. “Any updates on finding T’Vall and the Counselor?”

"Celes, Jon and Dex have taken a skimmer to follow the trail. She had it tracked down on her tricorder. I suspect things will get quite interesting once they catch up".

Now that things were calming down, Zack allowed himself to leave his mental state of protecting the team. He sat down on an old chair and observed his wound, it was rather nasty and the burn had several water filled blisters.

”Let me see” Amethyst smiled as she knelt down by Zack. “Ouch! That’s looking pretty sore. I’ll do what I can for you right now, but as I’m sure the doctor would tell you, that will need treatment in Sickbay.” She pulled out her kit and got to work, at least she could take care of the blisters and avoid infection. The skin would need full treatment in Sickbay.

"Thanks." Zack said flatly. His mind was down from the adrenaline trip so he was getting mentally tired having ridden that train for too long.

Ayana looked over at Ravencroft as it looked like his treatment was wrapping up, "If your break is over ensign, we have prisoners to transport up to the brig."

Zack stood up, picked up his rifle, and got ready. "Yes ma'am."

~ on skimmer ~

As Jon piloted the commandeered vessel Celes continued to direct him as she kept tabs with her tricorder. "They seem to have stopped up ahead, about 150 meters. Slow down and we can approach them in relative stealth. I'll do what I can regarding the telepathic bond once we are in range. Remember, the captain wants T'Vall alive, for now at least."

Dex cut in Deanna telepathy will not work on T’Vall maybe Callie. If I can get near him Sam and I have developed a hypo that will when administered should cut his link with Callie so we can work on her. Don’t let him touch you though as he is a touch telepath, Deanna can deal with that.

Jon nodded grimly. His thoughts dark. he wanted this whole horrible affair over. He wanted Callie back at HIS side, she was HIS wife and not hanging off the hip of a kidnapper and rapist.

T’Vall sensed they were coming and told Callie to go towards the back of the cave. There was a small cutting into the rock where one person could hide. He picked up his phaser and kicked the fire out. He backed up towards Callie. There was a possible way out if they could exit the cave. He waited.

*On Skimmer*

Jon slowed the skimmer and let it glide to a stop. He looked at Deanna and Dex. "The bastard doesn't get away this time and we get Callie back safely."

Dex touched him on his shoulder, “we’ll get her back Jon, right now” she felt so much for this man, he would surely break if he did not get her back.

Jon nodded in affirmation of Dex's words. "Right." he replied simply. "What do you need Deanna and I to do?

Simply separate T’Vall from Callie, get him angry, so angry he is unable to think clearly. ” She produced her surprise from her sleeve. I do not think we will be able to get near him so I have my trusty blowpipe sequestered from the Breen when we were there. I have a vial of the drug Sam and I put together to knock him unconscious and will break his current link with Callie. If he touches you Jon he might be able to use his telepathy on you. Deanna is the expert on that so she might be able to.
They are in that cave, can you sense them Deanna?

"They are in the cave. He is hiding, hoping to get a jump on us. He is aware we are near. He just put out a fire. He's armed." Celes opened her eyes as she pulled back telepathically. She looked at Dex, "You say he has a hold over her but it isn't telepathic. If it isn't telepathic, what else could it be at this point? Hypnosis?"

Jon nodded, "I'll get him so mad he can't think straight." Jon promised. Then you can use your blowpipe and knock him out."

Callie hid where T’Vall had told her to hide, inside her mind a war was waging. There was a closeness she could feel, familiar voices, it made her head hurt to try and think. The name came to her again, she closed her eyes and focussed hard *Jon?*

Jon heard Callie's voice in his head and his leaped with joy. *Callie! My sweatheart it's me Jon, your husband. Come to me sweetie.*

Callie clasped at her head, it was pounding so much she could barely think, her nose was starting to bleed as well. Wiping it away she pushed herself free of the crevice, silently creeping around T’Vall she paused before running. She ran like her life depended on it, heading towards the voices that felt so familiar. She ran until she came face to face with those she’d seen before, freezing an arm’s length away covered in perspiration and with her nose still bleeding, she simply stood staring at them.

Jon stared at her for an instant before he reached out and grabbed Callie. "Callie!" He exclaimed happily, his love for her pouring through the single word. He brought her to him holding her tight, she was the most beautiful woman in the world and had always been in his mind. He kissed her forehead. "You are safe now darling."

T’Vall slid down the rocky side of the cave still out of sight of Grayson and Celes. He could not see for the tears in his eyes. But then he threw his mind out to hers treating to reach the area he had modified within her mind. “Callie, don’t leave me. I love you my darling you are carrying our child.”

Callie struggled against Jon’s grasp, T’Vall’s control was pulling her back yet she wanted to stay with Jon. The struggle was all too much as she clutched at her head, screamed and collapsed.

"No Callie! No! He isn't your husband he kidnapped you and raped you!" Jon told her before she collapsed. "You've lost T'vall, Callie is my wife, not yours. You kidnapped and raped her! That isn't love that's enslavement you bastard!"

T’Vall stood all the fight arrogance and bravado gone. Callie she left him for another. In his mind Callie was his and had been since the Academy. He walked towards the cave entrance phaser in hand and blinked at the light coming through the entrance, He hoped Grayson would finish what Callie had started.

Jon rose slowly, looking, making sure Dex and Deanna were in position to take down T'vall. Callie was still out at his feet. She would never feel T'vall's touch on her again. "Drop the phaser T'vall, you lost. It's all over."

“Don’t you want to finish me Jon?” He asked “You have taken my wife and child from me, they are all I have.” His phaser was still in his hand

Dex wondered if he really was that broken or would make a sudden charge. She withdrew her blowpipe and inserted the cartridge.

"Callie was never your wife you son of a bitch! You raped her at the Academy and you added kidnapping and rape now. "So drop the phaser. You're going to stand charges and I hope you rot in hell.''

T’Vall began to walk forward and stretch his arms out towards Callie. “I love you” . Dex blew, he looked at her in surprise as though he had not seen her as he slowly fell to his knees hand to his neck and then to the floor.” “Jon there is a hypo in my bag it is dialed for the right amount of sedative to give Callie give it to her anywhere.”

Jon waste no time with a reply. He scrambled over to Dex's bag, found the hypo and made his way back to Callie. He quickly injected her in the neck. "Done." he told Dex as he looked back at her. "Are you sure he's out? Don't want any repeats of what happened earlier."

Dex went up to him and broke the med tricorder from her pack. His vital signs were fine but his neural output was nil”. “Yes Commander he is out but we need to get him back as soon as possible, she turned to Deanna, he is a telepath but he was controlling the Lieutenant by a neural net overlayed by his thoughts and commands, breaking her free any other way would have risked her sanity. Deanna can you secure him?”

She ran to Callie, “let’s get her lying on the rack inside.”

Jon helped Dex with Callie, getting her over to the rack and placing her gently on it. As Deanna secured T'vall. "Dex, I don't want them anywhere near each other." Then in a softer voice he asked, "Is she going to be alright?" His hand gently brushing Callie's cheek.

Celes stood over T'Vall, her phaser in hand. She looked at the Vulcan, he had caused such pain for so many. In her days working for intelligence he would have been eliminated rather than taking him back. She looked at the phaser in her hand and considered increasing the setting, vaporizing him and being done with him once and for all. She shook her head taking the thought from her mind. Orders were orders, and Shran had ordered him brought back alive. She looked at her phaser, saw it was set to stun, and fired it once at T'Vall, making certain he wouldn't cause her or anyone else any more trouble while they were planetside. She pulled restraints out from her pack and clasped them on T'Vall and then heaved up his limp body and began dragging him outside so they could transport back to the ship.

Jon watched as Deanna shot T'vall making sure he was stunned and then secured the restraints on. A smirk was on his face. She did exactly what he would have done. He turned his attention to Dex. "Thank you Dex, for returning Callie to me. I'll never forget this."

Shon nodded. “We are not out of the woods yet, Callie has suffered enormous physical trauma along with everything else and I do put like the look of her. I would like to get back to the ship as soon as possible.” She ran her scanner over the unconscious Callie once again. “Very much as soon as possible, is the Washington back in Orbit yet?”

"I know you're the doctor Dex but Callie has never looked more beautiful to me. Please keep her safe. I know Henry will be glad to know his mom is back onboard." He looked to Deanna, "Deanna? Is the Washington back in orbit?"

Dex noted how pale Callie was looking. Low blood pressure high pulse rate. She pulled out her assortment of hypos and injected Callie with tri ox compound, and a plasma expander. Commander she is bleeding and I don’t know where from we have to go .”

Jon thought about something T'vall said. "Dex, scan Callie's stomach" He said quietly.

She nodded and performed a deeper scan. “Surak” she whispered. For a moment she forgot the correct from of address “Jon she’s pregnant and she’s bleeding.”

Jon bit back an oath at Dex's statement. He nodded grimly. "Alright, we have to get Callie back to the Washington." He looked to Deanna. "Deanna, where's the Washington?"

"Waiting on us to give them the order to beam us up" she replied as she emerged from the cave with T'Vall. She dropped T'Vall on the ground before her looking a bit tired from carrying the dead weight. "Not sure the captain will be totally happy we are bringing him back. I'm betting he has something dark in store for him though, besides the simplicity of the court martial."

"If it was up to me I'd execute him right here but it's not." Jon tapped his combadge,"Grayson to Washington beam Dex and Callie and myself to Sickbay. T'vall and Deanna to the brig with a full security detachment."


The away team and T'Vall dematerialized in a blue hue, returning to the Washington as ordered. It was up to the medical staff now to deal with the issues surrounding Callie and T'Vall.