There and back again (II)
To Jade it seemed like hours, that she had to wait for Tvareks answer. They were to beam down to some coordinates the romulan had given them. “You and two others.”, that were the orders from underground. So they beamed down. Cmdr. MacKinnon, Lt. Lantrys and security officer Phillips. They were set for the worst, but what awaited them at the given coordinates was extraordinary, to say the least. It was an exact replica of the council chambers, which were obviously a few dozen feet above them. Even the light seemed to emerge directly from Romulus’ sun. “Amazing!”, Jade was astounded. Tvarek and a few of his followers were already there and welcomed them to their realm. “You won’t need your weapons. We come unarmed, as your tricorders may have told you by now.”, Tvarek had something intoxicating in his voice, that made the federation officers lower their weapons at once. “Please follow us.”, he said. They went out the council chamber and through a series of tunnels and underground constructions. “Is this a replica of the whole city?”, Jade asked. “Not the whole city, but we are working on it.”, Tvarek smiled as if he were very proud of himself for accomplishing this kind of project. “Your captain is right in here. Please enter.” MacKinnon looked over to her chief of security, who had brought forth her tricorder to scan for Cpt. Martin. “I am reading one human biosign. It is the Captain.” They entered the structure and saw Captain Martin sitting at the far end of the room. An elderly man in a richly decorated dressing gown was sitting beside him. Tvarek took the opportunity to introduce: “May I present ’our’ Praetor.” - “Jade!”, Captain Martin was obviously very delighted to see some of his crew. Then they heard a voice behind one of the large curtains surrounding one of the entrance gateways: “You can’t imagine how long I’ve been waiting for this moment.”