Star Trek: Phoenix-X
"Resurrections, Part II"Scans. The Phoenix-X beamed aboard rock and plant samples and then turned around, warping to Starbase 78. Docking Port 3A, 0200 Hours, Stardate 56993.2.
"Man, this is such an exhausting investigation," Brent complained, entering the starbase's Infirmary with a deep cut in his arm from a work incident.
Doctor Melzine, an old science veteran, approached to help. He suddenly dropped the dermal regeneration tool, startled by a loud bang at the doors. Melzine walked over to the doors to investigate. The doors didn't open. Confused, he tried accessing the controls beside it. "What is this? It's not opening."
Brent courteously picked up the doctor's fallen dermal regeneration laser and then ran over.
"What the—!?" Melzine turned around and saw three out-of-uniform men standing near the medical beds.
"Hello, Doctor Melzine," the main guy, Golex, greeted. Golex nodded to his two men. They went over and grabbed Melzine abruptly.
Brent immediately grabbed one of the guys' arms. "Hey, what do you think you're doing—" But the guy suddenly flung his other arm around, trying to hit Brent. Brent immediately caught it.
"Argh!" The guy complained as he pulled both his arms away.
The other man punched Melzine in the stomach. "Ugh!" Melzine fell to his knees in pain, as the guy grabbed his shirt collar. Golex walked over to Melzine casually and smiled, now the one in power.
Brent swung a punch and blocked a jab from his opponent, who then hopped and kicked Brent in the side. Brent backed up and tapped his commbadge. "Lieutenant Brent to security—" He dodged an incoming punch. "Security, come to Infirmary!" But there was a dampening field.
"Plasmatic Gel Experiment 67," Golex held out a test tube with a gel-like substance inside. "This is a great thing you've created, Doctor. We found that it can be used for Romulan dischargers. It can enhance their firepower." He smirked.
Golex got up and started pacing, playfully tossing the test tube up and down, as Brent and Golex's lackey continued fighting in the background.
"I think it's time you came with us."
"I'm not going anywhere you sick—" Melzine countered before he was punched in the stomach again. "Ergh!!"
Brent spun his dermal regeneration tool around with his fingers and flung his arm around his opponent's face. Then he lasered him in the eye.
Brent spun his dermal regeneration tool around with his fingers and flung his arm around his opponent's face. Then he lasered him in the eye.
"Augh!!" The man immediately covered his eyes in pain, as Brent tactfully kicked him in the stomach and sent the guy into the other guy, who was holding the Doctor. They crashed over onto the floor and Melzine was free.
"You idiots!" Golex yelled at his men. He put the test tube in a side pocket and then approached Brent. "Who do you think you are?"
The other two lackeys got up and surrounded him.
Brent right-hand punched at Golex, but Golex dodged and returned a punch. Brent rotated left, flinging his left arm, backhanding one of the other guys across the face and, while still rotating, arched his right hand over the falling guy to use it to punch the other waiting lackey in the face. "Ugh!!"
"Ooof!!!" After a full rotation, he was facing Golex again.
The other two guys were on the ground, hurt.
Golex punched Brent in the waist and then again in the stomach. Brent flung out both fists as jabs, but Golex tactfully grabbed them and used them to spin Brent around and into a nearby medical bed.
Brent fell back onto it as Golex came over and punched Brent across the face. "Ugg!!!" Blood spilled.
"That'll teach you to mess with me." Golex cracked his knuckles, but Brent, lying on the bed, immediately brought both feet up and slammed them into Golex's knuckles. He then kicked his left foot and then right foot into Golex's stomach.
Golex was punched back as Brent got to his feet and faced Golex again. They exchanged jabs and blocks and redirections until Brent spun Golex to around and kicked him over the med table. Golex tripped right over it and onto the other side, knocked out. "Uuff!!"
Brent looked over at Golex on the floor as Melzine walked over in pain. "Got 'em."
The other guys got up, tapped their control units and all three were beamed out.
"Who were those guys?" Brent asked.
The other two guys were on the ground, hurt.
Golex punched Brent in the waist and then again in the stomach. Brent flung out both fists as jabs, but Golex tactfully grabbed them and used them to spin Brent around and into a nearby medical bed.
Brent fell back onto it as Golex came over and punched Brent across the face. "Ugg!!!" Blood spilled.
"That'll teach you to mess with me." Golex cracked his knuckles, but Brent, lying on the bed, immediately brought both feet up and slammed them into Golex's knuckles. He then kicked his left foot and then right foot into Golex's stomach.
Golex was punched back as Brent got to his feet and faced Golex again. They exchanged jabs and blocks and redirections until Brent spun Golex to around and kicked him over the med table. Golex tripped right over it and onto the other side, knocked out. "Uuff!!"
Brent looked over at Golex on the floor as Melzine walked over in pain. "Got 'em."
The other guys got up, tapped their control units and all three were beamed out.
"Who were those guys?" Brent asked.
Melzine leaned against a bed for support as his stomach ached. "A group of people who seem to know everything that goes on, especially my experiments. Err, listen, you must go. I have to— clean up." He walked around the Infirmary, going through things, preoccupied.
"I'm going to send Security down to protect you." Brent jogged for the back door, still a little weak.
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Brent accessed the main sensor control deck in Operations. He scanned for ion traces or any sub-molecular sign of another ship in the vicinity. Admiral Parsons walked over. "I had the Phoenix-X scan the area too. There's nothing."
Brent looked to the side annoyed that he wasn't getting anywhere. How could anyone cover their tracks so well?
"Why don't you get some rest for now, Lieutenant." Parsons requested.
Brent nodded and left.
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Brent walked around the hall to the back way into the Infirmary. He made his way inside where everything was trashed. Spilled and destroyed test tubes were all over the floor, including four unconscious security officers. "Doctor?" Brent looked around. Melzine was nowhere to be found.
"Lieutenant!" Melzine's voice was heard in the other room.
Brent ran around to see the same guys from before. They were dragging the old man over to Golex. Melzine's blood trailed along the floor.
"Don't let them get th—" Before the old man could finish, the whole group was beamed out.
Brent stopped in mid-run, astonished to have seen them all again. Doctor Melzine was gone.
