===== Romulan runabout ====== The runabout shook violently again. It was obvious that the Romulan CO took this little trick with Shane's away team disguised as Romulans quite personally. The Warbird fired its distruptors with an immense intensity and the little runabout was of course no match for the mighty romulan cruiser. Originally Shane hoped that the Chimera will fastly recognize their bio signs on the runabout and beam them onboard, but according the bits of infomrations that were to hear from the pilot's cabine, the Chimera wasnt where they expected her to be. Shane's thinking was still a slow one, but he tried to think about the alternatives where teh Chimera might be. But it seemed that the Romulans didnt want to give Shane's team even the littles of a chance. The runabout suffered an another direct hit and the lights started to flicker in a wild dance of light and darkness and several colorfull fountains of sparks errupted from the walls and the ceiling. The runabout was taking its last breath. On the academy Shane spend a lot of time reading logs and reports from various fleet Captains about their missions and especially the passages where the situation they were involved in looked to be hopeless. It was almost a miracle that ALWAYS there was a way to to turn the chances in their favour or some chance that saved the fleeters from certain deafeat or death. It appearead that there was no situation a fleet Captain cant handle. Only today Shane realised that there WERE situation a fleet Captain cant handle. The reason why he havent read about them was ... there was noone left to write a report about the events. It was like now ... their little (stolen) runabout was failing and a mighty emeny was at their tail ... and no support was in sight. Shane felt such a feeling never before ... there was NO ace in his sleeve, nothing that could save his team. Shane doeasnt believe in a god. His personality was a practical one with no desire to pray and believe in anything supernatural, he believes in human abilities and their desire to reach always new levels ... but it looked like a miracle when suddenly ... out of nowhere, the Chimera appeared just some 1000 meters to the left of the runabout. For a moment Shane's mind wondered about the risky maneuver ... 1000 meters were QUITE close, but that wasnt of any importance now ... what WAS of importance was the fact that the Chimera was there. Suddenly a blue-ish haze enveloped Shane's body. Before the runabout's enviroment totally dissapeared from Shane's eyes, he saw a bright light and realised that the shuttle took its final strike. Only a moment later Shane found himself in the sickbay. Shaken by all the events on board the Warbird, the stun grenade and the stimulant MaiKai injected him Shane could stay concious for a while only. Blue/gray walls, bright lights and humans! all around ... ... they were HOME. ===== End of log ===== Cmdr. Shane Guzman XO/ACO USS Chimera