Forceful Relocation

[Brian Graham 0]

Chief Security Officer's Duty Log

Lieutenant Brian Graham reporting

USS Excalibur

Stardate 200412.15

 

The results had proved less than Brian had hoped for. The Jem'Hadar was quite set on staying in the Cargo Bay, despite Brian's forceful directions to head to the Brig. He supposed that all Jem'Hadar were this stubborn. If his companions had been conscious, Brian would have assumed that the Jem'Hadar did not want to appear weak, but now it looked like the Jem'Hadar just wanted to be difficult. He had this habit of just lying on the deck with his eyes closed, even though Jem'Hadar don't need sleep. Perhaps it was his way of asserting control over the situation, and Brian wasn't amused. This guy possibly knew of the whereabouts of the Excalibur or at least more than what they had to go on at the moment and Brian was not going to carry out an interrogation in a roomful of Jem'Hadar.

 

The door was locked and there was a guard nearby so Brian felt relatively safe. He headed over to the comm panel and hailed the brig, where McKnight was waiting for him to show up with the prisoner. Brian quickly turned down the volume so that hopefully the Jem'Hadar couldn't hear the conversation.

 

"Yes, sir?" McKnight asked, his image coming up on the screen, showing him sitting at one of the consoles in the brig.

"Get ready to activate the holding cell, you won't have much notice," Brian said in a hushed voice.

"Why do you say that?"

"You'll see, stand by."

 

Brian walked over to the guard that was at the door.

 

"Is there a problem Lieutenant?" the guard asked.

"No, head to the transporter room and lock on to my signal. Wait for my command to energize, and beam me to these coordinates."

The guard got a confused look on his face but complied, leaving Brian with a room full of knocked-out Jem'Hadar and one conscious one who was trying to look asleep. Brian caught himself imagining all the Jem'Hadar suddenly regaining consciousness and him being caught in a room full of them. "Swell" he said, though no one heard him. His communicator came online and the guard said he was standing by.

 

"Good," Brian said and walked over to where the Jem'Hadar was. "You will come to the brig, now." Brian commanded, though he hardly expected the Jem'Hadar to listen.

"I will not," the Jem'Hadar First replied, not even bothering to open his eyes.

Brian didn't bother to say anything else. He ripped of his communicator badge and slammed it onto the Jem'Hadar's chest. "Transporter room, energize!" Brian yelled and stepped back.

 

The Jem'Hadar opened his eyes, his attention thoroughly caught, ready to pulverize the guy who had just hit him, until he began to dematerialize from view. Brian quickly turned around and sprinted out of the Cargo Bay.

 

Meanwhile, McKnight sat at the control station of the brig, still trying to figure out what Graham had said. A transporter beam caught his attention, even more so when he realized who was beaming into the room. The materialization sequence complete, the Jem'Hadar turned and jumped for the cell exit, only to crash into the forcefield as McKnight brought his hand down on the field activation control.

 

The doors opened and Brian skidded in, afraid to find McKnight and the Jem'Hadar fighting, but instead saw McKnight sitting at the control station, looking quite pleased with himself. The Jem'Hadar on the other hand, was staring daggers at both of them from the other side of the forcefield.

"That was a pretty good idea sir."

"Well, it worked," Brian commented, his eyes coming to focus on the Jem'Hadar's chest, "except now he has my badge."