�Emma strap yourself in we are out of here.� Merak say running past her and Syvek. He jumps in the pilot�s seat and flips on the intercom. �Ladies this is you captain speaking please strap yourself in because it going to be a bumpy ride.� HE said turning off the comm and punching the throttle.
Gryphon lurched into the air, Merak at the controls feeling a few hit of ground fire paid them no mind. He only concern was getting his people back home unharmed. The burning in his side was getting worse but Merak ignored it, he people where important right now not him. They cleared the planet atmosphere and could see Falcon waiting for them in orbit, she was sitting there like a beacon. She had a few scorch marks on her but other than that she was ready to take them home.
�Can someone take over?� Merak said feeling a little light headed.
�Orion!� Mac nodded to the Klingon while she tried unsuccessfully to stop Merak�s fall.
[Orion]
�Thanks.� He said before passing out and falling out of the chair leaving a streak of blood on the back of the seat.
�DAD!� Emma shouted and struggled to get through the adults.
He can barely hear the scream of his daughter as he collapses to the deck of the cabin. He back covered in blood; the burning he felt was a stray shot hitting him in his lower side. He had thought nothing of it only worrying about getting his people out of there, so it was not until they were safe that he realized he had been hit.
�Orion, take the controls,� Siobhan ripped the helmet from her head, tossed it aside, and knelt beside Merak. �Niko, help me,� she ordered, her voice shaking slightly as she ripped open Merak�s suit. �Merak, can you hear me?�
�Let me see,� Nikito flipped open the medkit, took out his tricorder, and scanned Merak. His brow furrowed.
�What?� Siobhan asked and took a weeping Emma into her arms. She felt the child�s body shiver as she cried.
He stared at the readings a moment more before shaking his head. �Nothing � must be a malfunction in the tricorder,� he replied absently and tapped his commbadge. �Falcon, four to beam up directly sickbay, immediately.�
Deep inside him, the passengers already started working on repairing the damage but they were still unskilled at making repair to the human body, being never designed for something like that. Yet they did their best to stop what bleeding they could.
�Merak, don�t you dare leave me.� Siobhan yelled at him in her mind and reached out to grasp his hand. She had never been one to show her emotions, something Merak had chastised her for many times, and now she wished more than ever that she could show him how she felt.
[Any]
Takahashi, Mac, Emma, and Merak shimmered as their bodies were transported from the Gryphon to the Falcon�s infirmary.
[Benton]