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Deep Space Noin
Episode 10: Defeated

Ilya had come, Carl was supposedly on the way. Duo held Hilde, Deanna and Daria close to him. Ilya was clutching Deidre and Delilah to her chest and both tried their best to soften the blows that were coming. The ship was being hammered and anything not nailed down became airborne. A third blast came that was so powerful it propelled both Duo and Ilya accross the room. The babies' hums grew in pitch, they sounded like a chorus of whistling teakettles. Duo prayed silently that whoever was on the bridge would get this ship to safety.
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Zechs and Noin were running out of patience. They had sprinted from his quarters to the lift-tube as soon as the ship was hit by the first blast and had been waiting for the tube to arrive for over five minutes now.

When the light next to the lift went on and the doors opened, neither Noin nor Zechs were prepared to see a very singed Quatre Raberba Winner slumped on the floor of the lift.

"Quatre! What happened?!" Noin asked the young ensign, his eyes opened, but they were no more than slits.

"The...bridge. The bridge..." Quatre reached his hand out motioning as if to stop them. "The bridge is...gone." He managed to get out.

"What?! What do you mean the bridge is gone?" Zechs couldn't believe it.

"It's gone. Barely...escaped. Only one. Attack came...out of nowhere. No...time to respond. Trant pushed me...into lift, after first hit. Second destroyed...bridge completely." Quatre couldn't go on. He fell unconcious.
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Relena and Catherine hugged each other tightly as a knife left lying on one of the tables embedded itself into the floor next to Relena's left calf. They had taken shelter under one of the tables in the mess hall, but all of a sudden it didn't seem like such a good spot after all.

"I should go to the bridge." Relena said just before a fourth blast sent a pile of dishes crashing to the floor.

"I'm worried about Trowa." Catherine said. She didn't know how he would be handle the situation. It was possible he was afraid. He never did handle new emotions well and that one would definitely be unpleasant.

They nodded to each other and crept out from under the table. When they opened the doors they saw a man lying in the hallway. He was face down in a pool of blood. The girls cautiously turned him over and saw a gash on his head. Relena and Catherine immediately recognized him. It was Carl. Relena checked his pulse. He had none.
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"We can issue most of the helm commands in engineering." Noin said after she and Zechs had carried Quatre to the sick bay.

"Alright. It's the only choice we've got." Zechs said, soon he and Noin were heading towards engineering. On their way they ran into Relena and Catherine.

"Captain." The girls said in unison.

"Officer Peacecraft, the bridge is gone. Follow Noin and me to engineering. Miss Bloom I want you to find my Security Officer Wufei Chang and Officer Duo Maxwell. Tell them to come to engineering. Mr. Chang should be in the brig. I would assume Mr. Maxwell is in his quarters."

"Yes sir." The girls replied. Relena took off after Noin and Zechs. Catherine went in search of Wufei.
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When they got to engineering Trowa and Heero were busy reconfiguring the work stations. Zechs didn't know how the former Borg knew that the bridge was gone and that all commands would have to be executed here, but it didn't matter. He was just thankful they were there.

"What's the damage?" Noin asked to anyone who could answer.

"The bridge is gone, but they did manage to throw up the shields after the first blast. They are currently holding at 39% but they won't hold out for much longer. We still have no visual of our enemy, whoever it is must have a cloaking device. They seem to know our weak spots as well. He have hull breaches on decks 18-24 and extensive damage to the starboard engine. We can't go into warp drive until it is repaired." Heero told them.

"I see. Relena try to hail our attacker." Zechs said.

"Yes sir." Another blast hit the ship causing Relena to fall into Trowa's arms. She blushed and took her seat.

"Do we have any weapons on line?" The captain asked.

"Yes sir, we have torpedos loaded, but with our enemy cloaked we don't have a target to fire at." Heero said.

"Well where are they shooting from?"

"I'm afraid they are moving around. We can't get a fix."

Wufei walked in and Trowa showed him to his seat. After studying his screen for a minute he said to Noin, "If they are preparing to fire then the hydrogen around thier ship will become ionized. I want you to scan for..."

"Captain," Relena interrupted, "I have a message from our attacker." Zechs nodded at her and all of a sudden the room filled with a familar voice.

"Captain Marquis I have disabled your warp drive and your shields are failing. I will spare you and your crew if you issue your surrender now."

"Trieze, I should have known. I can't belive you followed me here to the Delta quadrant." Zechs' voice was filled with rage.

"Zechs I could not let you run out of our little dispute before a final victor was determined. I ask you again Captain Marquis: will you surrender the Enterprise or will you condemn yourself and your entire crew to death?" If it was just he and Treize he'd fight to the bitter end, but he couldn't play with the lives of his crew like that. They both knew that he had no choice but to surrender.

Zechs lowered his head in defeat. "Officer Peacecraft, issue our surrender."

"Yes sir."

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