Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 21:08:23 -0700 Reply-To: Highlander TV show stories Sender: Highlander TV show stories From: Michael Smith Subject: Treklander (ST:TNG/Highlander Crossover) Part 7 (There can be only one...These are the voyages...) T R E K L A N D E R Copyright 1994 John F. Moore III Part 7 After a day and a half, Duncan had learned much about the Clarians and the reasons behind the war between the Tyones and the Feuhl. He and Julia were about to relieve Richie and Lt. Worf when the sound of a phaser dis- charge was heard and Worf flew backwards down the stairs with a burn on his chest. Julia pressed her combadge. "Enterprise, beam Lt. Worf directly to Sick Bay, he's been hit hard by a phaser!" Julia turned to Duncan, but he was already bounding up the stairs. "Richie!" Duncan exited the shelter, but there was no sign of Richie or whoever attacked Lt. Worf. His first thought was that Richie was disintegrated, but if that was so, why was Worf still intact? No, Richie had to be hiding or trying to find whoever attacked the shelter. Drawing his sword, Duncan began searching as well. After a few minutes, he Sensed someone behind a column. "Richie?" he whispered. No answer. He stalked up to the column and whispered Richie's name again. Still no answer. He came around to face whoever was behind the column, and nearly caved in Julia's skull. "Jesus, MacLoud, a simple hello would've done!" she whispered. "Julia, what're you doing out here? You should be guarding the Prima." "I had the Enterprise beam Tu-Jar aboard." "Get there yourself. I don't want to endanger--" "No way, MacLoud! You're not getting away from me that easily. We'll split up and find that bastard." Richie limped back to the shelter to find it empty. *Great!* he thought, *either they're all dead or they left thinking I was. Well, I'm gonna find a way to get home.* Richie limped out to find his hunter. Duncan Sensed someone on the other side of a nearby structure. He hoped it was Richie. He was starting to worry. He'd been searching for over twenty minutes and had found Julia three times, but still hadn't found Richie. He came around and caught the glint of moving steel and ducked just in time as the blade of a sword struck the structure where his neck was a moment ago. "So, Sinor MacLoud, we meet again. Thees time only one of us shall walk away!" Duncan stood poised to face a man he had not seen since the Alamo. Captain Picard entered Sick Bay to see his head of security under a surgical unit. "What's his status, Doctor?" Dr. Cruasher's eyes never left the screen she was looking at. "He was hit by a phaser down there. He's in critical condition, and not improving very well." "Will he be all right?" "I don't know. He was hit square ion the chest. Whoever hit him was an excellent shot and knew exactly where to hit him. If not for Ensign Cathaway's quick response he'd be dead." Picard pressed his combadge. "Picard to Bridge." `Riker here.' "Any word from the Away Team since the attack on Lt. Worf?" `Ensign Cathaway had Prima Tu-Jar beamed aboard and said she was going to try to capture whoever attacked the Away Team, thinking it might be a link to whoever renewed conflicts down there.' "Keep track of her. And send down a security detail to help in the search. Picard out." Julia ran to the sound of steel on steel. She was stopped by Richard. "What's going on?" "Mac's found our attacker...an Immortal." "How do you know that?" "I Sensed him just before Worf was hit. How is he?" "He was barely alive when I had him returned to the ship." "And the Prima?" "Safe. We've got to help Duncan!" "It's his fight. We can't interfere. It's part of the Rules, you know that." "But--" Julia watched helplessly as she saw Duncan gaining an upper hand, backing his foe against one of the columns. Suddenly Duncan was thrown back by a phaser discharge. The other Immortal holsered his phaser and sauntered up to Duncan. "So sinor MacLoud, eet seems that you fell for the same treeck twice, eh?" The Immortal poised over Duncan for the Final Strike. "NO!" Julia screamed as she charged him. Throwing her fury behind her, she knocked the Immortal back. But he was quick to recover and hit her behind the neck with his sword, sending her reeling. "You should not be so queek to die, sinorita," he said as he swung his sword to her neck... ...And was blown back by a phaser blast. Three officers from the Enterprise rushed into the battlesite. "Away team to Enterprise. Six to beam up and one to beam to the Brig." =========================================================================