The Get Away "
By: Ian Hunter, Commanding Officer, [PC]
Jonathan Wright, Executive Officer, [PC]
Teilani Dane, Chief Medical Officer, [PC]
Samantha Carter, Security Officer, [RNPC]
Simon Zent, Chief Science Officer, [PC]

Stardate: 58209.21 1930

==Warehouse District 56, Mars==

Tilly walked briskly down the quiet walkway. A early morning call got her out of bed. Mr. Tagliani was taking out his private shuttle. This was not at all unusual. Tilly liked these kinds of jobs; the work was easy and the tips were usually good.

She had left her house so fast she has not even had a chance to change into her uniform. She clutched it under her arm as she made her way down a short alley toward Mr. Tagliani's warehouse. She decided she would change once she got an board the shuttle. Tilly rounded another corner and to her surprise ran right into a woman standing in her way. Her uniform fell to the ground.

"Excuse me ma'am," she said as she bent over to pick up her uniform. "I did not expect to see anyone here at this time of night."

"No problem. I'm sorry t have startled you," she said. With quick reflexes she quickly snatched the uniform off the ground.

"I have to get to work," Tilly started to protest.

"How your you like the night off," said the woman. She pulled a purse from her pocket.

"What?"

"I would like to take your place tonight," she said opening the purse so that Tilly could see it was full of credits.

"You would? My that is a lot of credits."

"Indeed. They are all yours. All you have to do is give me this Uniform and go home."

"All of them?" It was a lot of money and Tilley could use the money right now.

The raven haired woman nodded as a smile touched her lips, "All of them."

"Deal," said Tilly as she snatched the purse from the woman and quickly headed back home. This was way more money that she would have made in tips.

***

Hunter and Dane arrived at the warehouse where there were to meet Tagliani's assassin, Natasha.

As they walked toward the center of the large complex, they could see the large exquisite shuttle. It was similar to the ones that the Frengi casinos operated.

Natasha, was standing near the entrance with Carter. Hunter and Dane approached without saying a word.

Natasha nodded at them, "We are all ready to so, she said, her voice heavily accented. "This way please." She turned and walked toward the shuttle entrance.

Hunter and Dane boarded the shuttle. Hunter looked around, "Your boss doesn't spare any expense does he?"

Natasha nodded in the direction of a row of luxurious seats. "If you will be seated. We will depart." She closed the shuttle door and then sat down.

A small shiver resonated through the craft and the deck plating although covered with tapestries couldn’t avoid the vibration as the shuttle slowly took off. A slight pull by the Martian atmosphere kept them pinned down in their seats but not for long.

After they were free of the Martian atmosphere a beautiful raven haired woman appeared she offered to take drink orders.

Hunter guarded his reaction to seeing his niece. When she approached him, he nodded and requested a Bajoran tea.

Jax smiled at Hunter and looked at Natasha waiting for her order. Natasha shook her head. Jax disappeared into the luxury shuttles galley.

Jax returned with Hunters tea. She placed a small napkin on the table in front of him and set his tea upon it. "Will there be anything else?"

"No, thank you."

Hunter picked up his tea and sipped it. He noticed a corner of the napkin had been folded over. A small hand written "J" adorned it. When no one was watching, it turned it over discreetly in his hand. It was a note from Jax.

He was to meet Jax at coordinates she had scribbled down.

Hunter shook his head and sighed. There was always something.

Quietly, the Captain sipped his tea has he watched the shuttle progress toward the area the the Zion should be sitting and cloaked.

As it drew near, he stood up and nodded to Natasha. "Well, its time for us to leave," he said retrieving a com-coder from his pocket. He activated the device by keying in a sequence on the device's surface. He nodded for everyone to stand near.

---USS Zion---

Wright watched, from his cloaked vantage point, as the fancy shuttle approached their location. He noticed that it was a very elegant looking shuttle, not one that he would expect to see around here.

"Mister Zent, let's scan that shuttle."

Zent nodded, his fingers manipulated the scanners. "Sir, there are seven life forms on board."

Suddenly, a light flashed on Zent's screen.

"Sir!" said Lt. Zent, "I have a confirmed signal from the away team."

There are 4 lifeforms in close proximity to the signal.

"Lock onto all 4 of them and beam them to transporter room one."

"Aye-aye Sir."

Wright tapped his combadge, "Security to transporter room one."