Hoshi's Cot, Town Hall, Friday morning

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Hoshi was having another nightmare about the evil reptile-men. Sadly, they weren't a figment of her imagination. Someone was telepathically projecting the images into her mind from a planet far away.

The Xindi-Insectoid representative was having an argument with the leader of the Xindi-Reptilians and although Hoshi could do nothing but watch and listen, she understood everything they said. It only made sense. She had been studying their language for months now at Captain Archer's insistence.

"Dolim, why have you dissolved the Xindi council? You know we need three codes to launch the weapon and between us, there's only two. And why have you brought the human female?" asked the Insectoid.

"This is the female that accompanied Archer when he appeared before the Xindi Council. She was able to pick up all five Xindi languages faster than many of our own offspring," answered Dolim, leader of the Reptilians. "She can de-crypt the third launch code and give it to us."

"Why would she willingly help us destroy her world?" growled the Insectoid leader.

"Because I've injected her with a neural parasite to break down her resistance," said Dolim. "She is weak and helpless, unable to fight back against our mind probes. She will give us the third launch code, and then we will destroy Earth and eliminate the threat forever!"

There was a third alien in the room, one that the others didn't seem to notice. He stepped forward and laid one hand on Hoshi's forehead. He didn't speak so much as he projected his thoughts into her head. They do not understand like I do that you have a very unique mind, Hoshi, he said. You must fight back. You will survive this.

Now the Reptilians were leading her through corridors aboard the Xindi superweapon as it traveled towards Earth. They were taking her to a control room to have her continue working on the third code, she realized. There was an opening in the bulkhead, protected by a short railing, that led straight to the reactor core, if she remembered from Degra's blueprints. Hoshi meekly followed her captors, but as the group passed the opening, she broke free and jumped over the railing. They couldn't get the launch code from her if she was dead...

But she wasn't. Now she was locked in a small cell, barely conscious, unable to move, when a group of human commandos entered her room. "Ensign Sato, are you able to walk?" asked the lead commando. She could only groan in pain. "Kemper, get back to the beam-out point and notify Captain Archer that we've recovered Ensign Sato."

"Yes, Major Hayes."

The major picked her up and carried her out of the room. "It's going to be alright," he tried to reassure her as the group made its way through the corridors. "Doctor Phlox will be able to fix you up in no time."

There was the sound of weapons fire, and Hayes and his team quickly took cover. "Enterprise, this is Hayes. We're pinned down by enemy fire and could really use a change of scenery."

"Stand by. We're under attack and the transporter just went off-line."

"That's just great," Hayes said to no one in particular. "Chang, Cole, make sure you protect Ensign Sato."

"Hayes, this is Tucker. We have the transporter back online. I'm beaming you back now."

But it was too late for Major Hayes. Hoshi watched in horror as a weapons blast went through the man's torso. Fractions of a second later, she heard the beam-out process begin, and the next thing she knew, Major Hayes was collapsing on the transporter platform aboard Enterprise.

[Taken from the Enterprise episodes Exile and Countdown but re-worked to fit my needs. Credit goes to Manny Coto and Bermaga. Hoshi is in her cot in Town Hall, of course. NFI, NFB, OOC welcome] 

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