Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Revelations
Station Log: Captain Benjamin L. Sisko Recording…
Under orders from Starfleet Command the USS Morgan has been rerouted to Deep Space Nine, with no explanation given, however the only statement given is that the Morgan will be dropping off some one of vital importance too Starfleet Security. Myself, Commander Worf and Constable Odo await the arrival of the vessel at a Secured Airlock.
Slowly pacing up and down Captain Sisko awaited the word the Starfleet Vessel had docked, much too his surprise the Starfleet vessel had docked long ago and the Captain of the vessel was ready to enter the old Cardassian space station.
"I don't know why I am here Captain; this seems to be straight forward and not a Security Problem"
"Relax Constable; Command said they wanted a Security officer present"
Slowly the large circular door of the airlock rolled open as a female Starfleet Captain entered the station.
"Captain Sisko, it is good too meet you, I have good things about you"
"Thank you, why are you here?"
"Straight to the point, I can do that. We have come from the front lines; we've been dodging Dominion patrols for several weeks to get here…"
"Why, the Defiant could have met you…" Worf replied quickly.
"True Commander Worf… but this mission is a little different…"
Slowly she turned her head and called out too the security officers behind her.
"Bring him out!"
From behind her a form appeared, and slowly walked onto the deck of the station. Old-fashioned metallic shackles bound his arms and legs as the man slowly and uncomfortably walked onto the station for the first time.
"All this for a simple prisoner transfer?"
"There is nothing simple about this man, Mister?"
"Odo, Constable Odo. Chief of Security, why wasn't I informed?"
"Forgive me Constable Odo. Captain Sisko everything you need too know is in this file"
One of the security officers handed Sisko what appeared too be an old paper file before nodding too their Captain and turning back into the ship behind them.
"What ever this man has done Captain Sisko, it has TOP Priority with Command. My orders are now completed, good luck"
Quickly Odo and Worf grabbed the prisoner and turned towards their Captain with a questioning look.
"Holding Cell Captain?"
"Of course…" Sisko slimed.
For the rest of the afternoon Sisko read the large paper file in his office while keeping one eye on the prisoner in the cells, until finally he reached the most important page, shock ran over his face as he looked down at the file before him as anger swelled in his face.
"Damn it, these orders are three days old!"
Quickly he ran out of his office towards the elevator in Opps and made his way down towards the holding cells.
As per orders, the prisoner would be kept in isolation, with only one trusted guard in the cellblock with him. Entering the security office and almost out of breath he looked down at his Chief of Security with a stern look.
"I need to speak with the prisoner, alone!"
"What?"
"NOW Constable!"
Calmly nodding Odo stood and made his way into the holding cells before dismissing the Bajoran security guard, after nodding too the Captain he turned and left the Cell Block, with a deep sigh the Captain walked too the cell controls and lowered the forcefeild. Slowly the prisoner exited the cell, he was not quiet what a Starfleet Officer would look like, three months of un-kept beard and hair growth with a powerful odour too match. With a half baked smile he left the holding cells and walked towards the Captain before him.
"It's about damned time…" He smirked.
"Who are you? Why are you on my station?"
"Straight too the point, I heard that about you Sisko… All right then, I am Gunnery Sergeant John Webb. I've spent months behind enemy lines setting up for one specific operation; however, I was forced to abandon said mission for one problem that has arisen. Are you familiar with John Barrett?"
"The name sound familiar" Replied Sisko slowly.
"Barrett is a high ranking member of the Federation Council and tipped to be the next President, six weeks ago the Dominion invaded a world on the outskirts of Klingon space, on that world is Alison Barrett, Granddaughter of John Barrett"
Slowly a look of recognition crept across Sisko's face as he shook his head slightly.
"If the Dominion captures her…"
"Sisko if they haven't already, she'll be the perfect bargaining tool for the Dominion. My job is to rescue her, your job is to get me to that planet… quickly"
"Why me? I see, the Cloak on Defiant"
"Exactly, plus you know the region of space… get me in, drop me off and await my signal for extraction"
Sisko laughed as he walked around the dirty man before him as he replied.
"May I suggest you spend a few hours under a sonic shower first"
"Forgive the manner in which I appear Captain, but this mission is of top priority… everything else is second"
One thing Sisko detested was being controlled on his own command, now for some reason a dirty, smelly little man had entered his command and giving out orders. After thinking over his options, he nodded softly to the man before him, carefully he released the shackles from the man before leading him out of the Holding Cells and into the main office of Security, much too the surprise of Constable Odo and his Bajoran guard.
"Captain?"
"He's free too leave Odo"
Quickly Sisko tapped his com badge and spoke out loud.
"Sisko too Opps, have the Defiant ready too leave right away"
"Understood?" Called out Colonel Kira.
"Odo, I want you on and that guard on the Defiant… Webb, follow me"
After a brief pre-launch check the USS Defiant was already in deep space and at warp 6 heading towards the Dominion controlled planet, very little information about the mission was given too the bridge crew as ordered, even the main veiwscreen was deactivated. The only exception of destination orders and too proceed under cloak however, word of the unusual man had rang out through the small crew as Bashir and O'Brian sat next too each other laughing and joked about the man whom had boarded the ship.
"… And did you see the way he was dressed Chief?"
"I know, last time I saw something that looked and smelled that bad, a Klingon was eating it" O'Brien laughed.
"I don't know what is going on, but the tension level on the ship has jumped amazingly, I heard that we are going to capture Weyoun himself"
From the centre seat, Sisko looked to his left at his two officers and barked aloud.
"Doctor, isn't there something you should be doing elsewhere rather then listening to scuttlebutt?"
"Of course, forgive me sir" He replied quickly.
"This time… Let me make one thing straight, we are not going to 'Capture Weyoun' despite what gossip is said around the so called 'Water-cooler' am I clear?"
The sound of the bridge crew agreeing in unison was broken only by the bridge door sliding open and a strange figure entering the bridge, shock rippled over the crew as the dirty, mattered up and smelly man entered the bridge clean-cut and wearing black trousers, black top and a black leather jacket. Slowly he looked around the bridge at the shocked faces before he stopped at one officer. A smile of shock could be seen through the close cut three-day-old stubble as he stepped onto the main bridge and called out in shock.
"Lil' Tigan, Ezri is that you?"
A large smile rippled across her face as she stood and looked at the man walking towards her.
"John Webb? My god!…"
Her face turned from a smile too shock as she continued.
"My god, what the hell are you doing here?"
"Long story…" He smiled. "You've grown up Tigan, and out I see"
"Actually it's Dax now"
"Dax? The symbiont Dax? I thought you had no interest in that"
"Long story John, you look good Webb"
"You too!"
"I hate to break up this re-union but Webb, we are approaching the target" Called out Sisko.
"Of course, proceed as ordered Captain"
Questioning looks came over the crew, as they looked first at the unusual man and then Sisko, awaiting the next order.
"Take us out of Warp Mister Nog, activate main veiwscreen"
Finally, the crew could see the objective as a Dominion controlled planet came into view, nodding to an old friend, Webb walked in front of the helm and looked down at the controls, taking in every piece of information he could before looking back at the captain.
"I assume everything is in order Captain?"
"As requested Gunny, all marking have been removed from the life-pod and a new interface has been installed as requested"
"Perfect, alright listen up people… you are under direct orders from Starfleet Command NOT to disclose any information you may know about this mission, any additional information will go threw me and me alone… any infringement of these orders will result in immediate court-martial and life imprisonment. Mister Klingon, I see you have a problem with this?"
Slowly Worf stood from his console and stood almost nose to nose with Webb as he spoke.
"I do, that Planet IS under the Klingon Empire… why are we here?"
"You have your orders Klingon, I expect you too follow them"
Flames burned in Worf's eyes as he looked directly into Webb's a slight smile crept over Webb's face as Worf growled.
"I would like that, Very Much!"
Smiling slightly Webb maintained his gaze as he spoke harshly.
"Anytime Klingon, anytime" Without breaking his gaze he continued. "Captain, you have your orders sir"
"Ready when you are Gunny" Called out Sisko.
With a half smile Webb left the bridge, as the door closed behind him the bridge crew looked at Dax in shock as she stepped towards Worf, looked up into his eyes, and softly placed her hand on his chest.
"You should be careful Worf…"
"Worry about HIM not me" He said threw gritted teeth.
"No Worf, That man is more then you can handle… if anything trust me on that"
Moments later the life-pod containing Webb ejected from the cloaked Defiant and screamed into the atmosphere of the Dominion controlled Klingon planet and soft-landed near the target co-ordinates, coughing slightly Webb kicked open the door, grabbed his bag and ran into the forest in which he hand landed. Back on Defiant Sisko had called Dax into his cabin to discuss the man on the planet below.
"Alright Dax, time is up… who is that man and what do you know about him?"
"I first met him in New Sydney, I was a girl, Mom was having problems with a rival mining company so she hired some extra muscle as security. Webb came highly recommended, after he took care of the problem he agreed to stay on as a… security consultant, however his actions where a little… dubious"
"What do you mean?"
"In six weeks three rival companies went under after six months… you get the idea. After about a year he was let go as Security consultant, Mom didn't like his way of working. Three weeks after his leaving employment we heard he was a deep cover operative with Starfleet Intelligence, which explained why he disappeared for weeks at a time with no explanation of where he went"
"He was using your family business as a cover for his actions?" Sisko asked quickly.
"Exactly. John Webb is one of the most dangerous Humans I have ever met, but my family always felt safe knowing he was around… he became almost one of the family. Last I heard he was working with some special team deep in side Klingon space during the war with them"
Sisko smiled as much of what he had heard now made sense with his new orders.
"So why stop Worf from putting him in his place?" He chuckled.
"Webb is an expert with just about any weapon, explosive or fighting style… once when I was a child ten armed men from a rival company entered our home as we all sat down for lunch. Webb, was our guest at the time, he looked at Mom and told her to take us up stairs and he would see what was going on. When she wasn't looking, I managed to slip out and see what was going on. Benjamin I had never seen anything like it, before or since he was fast… real fast"
"What happened?" He said with interest.
"We need to redecorate the entire south wing of the house after he was done. But no one challenged us again…"
To the seasoned and battle hardened captain of the Defiant it appeared as if she was talking about a Super-Hero from the old comic books of the twentieth century, yet she had a glint in her eye that he had rarely seen in the hosts of the Dax symbiont.
"…But I will admit too having a little crush on him after that day, so bold, so powerful and fast. I remember I was broken once he was asked to leave a few weeks later"
"Dax, he couldn't have been more then twenty at the time"
"Twenty five actually. He always called me Lil' Tigan…"
Sisko's conversation with his officer and old friend of three life times went on for hours, while on the planet below John Webb ran threw the thick forest until he reached a cliff-face, straight down below was his target a Federation based University. Quickly he tightened the straps of his bag around his waist and shoulder before leaping off the cliff-face and plummeting down towards the ground, at a pre-determined altitude a clear parachute opened and guided him safely too the University Grounds, at the press of a control the parachute zipped back into the bag on his back, smiling slightly too himself he ran the distance to the nearest cover before an old fashioned search light illuminated him.
Quickly using an old style paper map he found the entrance too the heavily guarded building holding the Federation hostages. Using as little Federation technology as possible, and his training he entered the vast building undetected, scrambling threw the ventilation shafts he finally laid eyes on his target, only six highly trained Jem'Hadar soldiers stood in his way. Quickly he scanned the room and picked out his targets as his eyes fell on the one person he was sent to retrieve.
His mind raced with options on how to get this young woman out of the room quickly and safely yet scenario he imagined she was a potential target.
"Screw it!" he muttered too himself.
Carefully he unbuckled the vent he was facing and quickly launched eight stun grenades into the heavily guarded room, seconds the first grenade exploded he dropped into the room and fired his weapon at the guards killing them before the last grenade exploded, using his memory and with his eyes closed he made his way quickly too his target. Swiftly he grabbed her arm and ran for the nearest exit. As her vision cleared shock over came her as she looked into his eyes.
"Jonny?"
"Ali… Let's go, I got a ship in orbit…"
"No! The others. John, they'll be killed" She said quickly.
"My mission is you; I do not have time to take on a babysitting job"
"John… I'm not leaving with out the others!"
Sighing deeply he looked into her eyes and nodded, he knew by now the Dominion would know he is on the planet, but now he had a second objective.
"Ali you are one pain in the ass… but I have my orders"
Quickly he slapped a small communicator on her chest and hit the control, as she disappeared in a transporter haze he looked back into the room and sighed deeply.
"Ahh Crap!"
On board the cloaked Defiant, Sisko sat awaiting the signal from the unusual man whom had beamed down too the planet below, suddenly the form of a young woman appeared on the bridge behind him.
"Security Alert!"
"Stand down Worf" Sisko yelled. "Miss Barrett?"
"Umm… Yeah?"
It seemed like hours as explanations where needed by the commanding officer of the vessel she was on, until finally the silence was broken by a young Ferengi Helm officer who looked up at the veiwscreen in shock as a large explosion rocked the facility on the planet.
"Captain!"
"He's still alive" Called out Alison.
"What the hell was that?" Screamed Sisko.
"A large Anti-matter explosion… Captain we have a problem. Detecting a Jem'Hadar fighter leaving the planet, its heading straight for us"
"Stand by to drop the cloak… all power to weapons and shields…"
On the main veiwscreen, a large explosion blew the enemy fighter apart as the USS Defiant rocked hard to port as once again, shock rang over the crew as the looked at the Captain for the next order, yet a voice rang out over the bridge speakers.
"Webb to Sisko… Get us the hell out of here, as fast as you can. We got a shit storm coming and it ain't good!"
"Where the hell are you Webb?"
"Mess-hall… Go Now!" He yelled out over the bridge speakers.
"Ensign, Maximum Warp… Engage"
Under cloak, the tiny Starfleet vessel disappeared into warp away from the planet, hotly pursued by two enemy ships. It did not take long before the USS Defiant had lost the enemy ships and was on her way back to Deep Space Nine. Now, as far as Sisko was concerned explanations where in order from the Gunnery Sergeant. Swiftly he made his way down to the Mess Hall, as he entered a large crowd had some how beamed aboard with out the internal sensors detecting their arrival. Shocked at the latest development Sisko turned to Webb as Alison Barrett stepped into the room with the Bajoran Security Guard at her side.
"Webb, what the hell is going on. Where did all these people come from?"
"Prisoners Sisko, plus Alison wouldn't leave with out them, are you okay Alison?"
"Fine John, thanks"
Quickly Alison entered the room as Webb walked towards the Captain, with a cocky smile on his face he nodded too Alison.
"You know each other?" Sisko said.
"I guess you could say that Sisko. It's a very long story and one I will not tell. Now how long before we reach that station of yours?"
"About two hours, times up Webb… tell me what this is all about, or I will have you arrested right now!
A sly smile ran over Webb's face as he looked at the Captain, a shiver ran down Sisko's spine as Webb smiled. The confidence in his eyes and after what Dax had told him earlier about him made the Captain second guess his last sentence but now he had too stick by his statement as he slowly reached for the Phaser at his side.
"Don't try is Sisko… I don't want too hurt you, but I will if I have too. Listen Captain, I can't explain what is going on… Simply because I don't know. I was ordered too retrieve Alison… her mother is an old friend of mine. Besides, she wouldn't leave with out her classmates…"
A deep sigh came over the captain as he looked upon the unusual man before him as he continued.
"… I promise you Captain I will send you a copy of my report, right now can you please send up your Doctor, some of these kids took a few hits"
Hours later the Defiant finally docked at the station, as everyone had disembarked from the Defiant and sent home aboard the USS Galaxy, now it was left too the Station crew to pick up the pieces after John Webb had left, the revelation of what Dr Julian Bashir had learned after a medical scan of the unusual Gunnery Sergeant would rock the foundations of what he knew, considering his own back ground. Slowly he made his way towards Opps with two medical Padds in hand, after a brief word with Sisko they had finally entered his office, as the doors closed behind them Bashir spoke with shock in his voice.
"I conducted a scan of Mister Webb before he left, I found something… troubling"
"What are you talking about?" He looked up slowly.
"He appears to be a product of Genetic Engineering…"
"WHAT?"Sisko screamed.
"It's undeniable sir… his Genetic code has been rewritten, not unlike my own. However, the Augmentations have a Starfleet signature too them. I hacked threw as many systems as I could to find out what was going on, but before I was shut out I saw a classified program called 'Project Cold-Front' Apparently Starfleet Intelligence has a number of these people working threw out Federation Space"
Laughing slightly Sisko sat on the sofa as he looked up at his Doctor.
"Now it all makes sense Doctor, everything. How many of these people are out there?"
"Unknown, but I got a list of about ten before I was shut down"
"I'll look into it, thank you"