Chapter 27: Mercy
October 2413
“Enough!”
The yell from the half-Romulan in a KDF uniform was enough to stop the brawl in an instant. Flanked on either side by an Orion and a rather large alien, the Major stepped forwards into the center of the starbase bar. As she approached the dogpile it slowly cleared, revealing a small redheaded Romulan sitting atop an unconscious Gorn, who looked as though she had just taken a beating from the gaggle of Klingons around her.
Despite her less-than-stellar condition, Kirina smiled up at the Major, with the faux-innocence of a child with her hand in the cookie jar.
“Get her cleaned up, then put her back in her cell,” the large alien commanded to the room, obviously to the Major’s approval. The trio of clearly high-ranking officers turned to depart and amazingly the Klingons, that mere moments ago had been ready to toss the Romulan into the fireplace, obeyed without question.
“Who was that?” Kirina asked absently, out loud, without seriously expecting an answer. To her surprise, she got one.
“Major Tre’lana Corrano.”
The name meant nothing to Kirina, but she decided to press her luck. “Why did she stop you?” she asked the nearest Klingon more directly.
“You belong to her now.”