Vulcan heart part six

“Starship log, lt Lindsay markum reporting. After looking at the files on lt. Tisora,i have decided to go to the serface and look at evidence and intervued witness and principles. I am hoping to get some conclusions to all of this. ” Lindsay said in her log.
She took a travel pod from the x to the obital station and then to the planet. She went to the police beracks. She was escorted to the office of colnel jurat.
“I thank you for meating me colnel!”Lindsay said. “Of course. I intend to coperate with all investigations into this matter!”jurat said. “Does the prosicution consider the matter closed?”she asked. “They feel confident that they know what happened! There are witnesses,she confesed!”jurat said.
“One investigator to another what do you think?”she asked. “Well ! Off the record, i don’t know. I think she is guilty. The evidence says she is guilty,the witnesses say she is guilty,she says she is guilty ,i just don’t know. I would never say that anywhere but hear!”he said. “I can respect that !”she said.
“I have seen some odd things but this is a top one i must say.”the colnel declared.”the thing i don’t understand is where did the pistol come from ?”Lindsay said. “No one knows for sure. No one i intervuer clams to have seen it before the  schoting. I got to say were it not for that,i would be convinced that i know every thing there was to know in this case!”jurat said. “That what i thought!”Lindsay said.
“Was there any prints on it except for tisora?”she asked. “No just her. We checked believe me!”jurat said. “This is odd!”she said. “I know!”he said.
  After talking to the police colnel,Lindsay left the station and headed for the market place.she tried to be a fly on the wall.she tried to observe only. She wanted to see what they would have seen. She wantes to feal what they would have felt that day. She believed that the answers were out there. She juat had to find them.
She was aproched by a shop keaper. She had been lost in thought. “Your from that ship. The sane ship that the killer was on!”a fellow shop keaper said. “Yes i am ! Did you did the event?”she asked. “I did. Odest thing i have ever seen. I have never seen a person killed right in front of me before. Its something i hope i never see again !”everk said. “I’m sure! “Markum said.
“What happened?”she asked. I saw her. She had been at my table with another person,a male. I think he is from your race. Then i was deeling with another customer and i heard the shcot. I looked up and i saw odark dead. “Everk said.
“Did you see the pistol before the schoting?” Lindsay asked. “No but manny murchents have personal protection just in case. We don’t anounce it. Before everk there had never been an incident. I had not seen any weapon around before the scoting. I asumed it was hers!”he said.
She intervewed several witnesses. None of them saw the weapon before the schoting.every one thought it was odd to have a pistol just lying around in plain sight. That was unheard off.
She had gone with the pain staking process of interviwing every murcent and other witnesses. None saw the weapon prior to its use. All implicated tisora as the schoter.
She saw steveren the andorian.she went over to him. “What are you doing hear? Shore leave was cancelled?”she asked. “I did not get that message !”steveren said.
“What are you doing hear?”she asked. “Conducting my own investigation. We andorians are famous for getting information from people ?”he asked. “I have heard that. What have you found ?”she asked.
“I think she was framed?”steveren said. “Come on. Every one saw it. Do you really think the whole market is lying?”she asked. “I discovered that pistol is used by a street gang on trabus five. The trabisians do freqient this world. One of the witnesses was a trabesien. Ardet luton !”steveren said. “Yes i interviewed him. Did not have too much information to contribute i did not already know. ” She said.
“Trabisiens don’t have telipathic abilities but they like to employ those who do. I suspect mind control was used!”steveren said.
“Woa! Slow down! You think that a telipath made people think that tisora fired that schot? ” Lindsay asked. “Either that or they made her fire it?” He said.”come on! That’s obsurd. For what perpouse?”she asked. “I don’t know! “Steveren said.
“The tradisiens and the humans have no contact. Our space are far from each other. “She said.”i have no idea. This is our first clue. Why don’t we what is the human expresion team up!”steveren said. “I don’t know you. We have had quite the discussion about you at eller hq and uspha. We are not totally sure you can be trusted. You did come out of no where!” She said.
“So did you. At least from my perspective. “Steveren said. “You sure this trabisien conection is not a wild ghose chase?”she asked. “What is a wild ghose and what does that have to do with the subject at hand?”the andorian said. “Never mind. Ok lets work together for now. Tick me off your off the team. “She said. “What if you tick me off ? Do i get to boot you off the investigation?”he asked. “Your not off to a good start !”she said.
Lt. Jason boyed tried and tried to see tisora. Apearently she did not want to see him. Finally she relented.
He was escorted into a waiting room. He waited for what seamed like eternity. Finally he heard footsteps. The door opened. She wore a gray and pink prison isue jumpsuit. She had shakles. She sat down. A gourd stood by at a distence.
“I miss you! I was sad that you would not see me! “Jason said. “I considered not seing you. “She said. “I suspected as much. Its me,whatever happened. It does not change us. It does not change our friendship!”Jason said.”i know that. I just find it difficult to talk to you right now. I understand your perspective but try to understand myine.”she said. “I do understand where your coming from. I understand your reasoning but i disagree with it. Don’t shut me out not now!”Jason said. “It is hard for me not to. “She said. “This is not the time to shut me out. This is the time you should embrace me. “He said. “I know but i just can’t. “She said.
“So you don’t think she fired the schot ?”Lindsay asked. “I don’t know but i do have my doubts. “Steveren said. “There were so many witnesses?”she said. “I know. This things smell of a frame up. “Steveren said.
“I am suprised your so quick to defend her. I have heard that the Vulcans and the andorians don’t like each other?”she asked.”our races don’t. I have come to respect her. “He said.
They saw arcon. “You again ? “Arcon said. “That pistol ? Is it one of yours?”Lindsay asked. “Its trabisien. Its not from my afiliation. We mark ours. Those are not our markings. Those markings are from the yocub group. They do not have a presence hear. “Arcon said.
“Your killing me arcon !”she said.”i do have a potential lead. A smugler names yildon. He is frelance. He arived two days before the event!”he said. “Thank you!”steveren said.
Office if jurat
“Yildon is known to us. He has never engaged in criminal activities hear. He has iligitiment interest as well. He builds hospital ,prividea famine relief,medical reserch. He has helped refugues in war torn areas. We keep a close eye on him but there is no evidence he has done anything wrong hear. We have looked!”jurat said.
“The pistol may be conected to him. “Lindsay said. “Why would he leave a pistol near a bizzar?”jurat said. “What if he fired the weapon? ” Steveren asked. “No way! I have witness who saw tisora discharge that energy weapon!”jurat said. “Maybe they thought that?”steveren said. “Mind control . Why? “Jurat said. “I don’t know !”steveren said. “This is a strech. I understand your need to exanerate her but you will have to do better then that!”jurat said.
After
“Come on!”steveren said. “Where?”she said. “To see yeldin. He frequencts a bar not far from hear!”he said. “Your not sugesting we walk up to him and ask him if he framed tisora?”she asked. “No if course not. We can discretly pay attention to his activities. ” He said. “Your going to drive me to drink you know that ?”she asked. “Are you coming ?”he asked. “Yes! I thought i was in charge of this investigation?” She asked.
Bar
They entered. Sure enough he was there. He had several of his alies there. They got a table nearby. Then the table exploded. Steveren threw Lindsay across the room. He bearly made it out. Yeldin was killed instently. There was one servivor. The alien flee the area.
Lindsay and steveren ran after him. Was he a victim or a perpitrator? They tried to find out.
Court room.
“We have heard from friends and coleges of the acused. We have heard from her commanding officer and other superiors. We also heard from the victim’s family . A husband ,a farther,a son,a brother was taken. You were a guest on our world and you deprived us of a precious comadity wutch we would not and could nor replace. I do not enjoy imposing this punishment but i see no orther option available to me. I hearby sentence you to death to be caried out tomorrow at 1600 tomorrow (12pm) . If you believe In an afterlife i hope your soul finds solice there. ” The judge said.

Vulcan heart part four

X 1000
Qurters of lt. Lindsay markum
Lt. Markum loved to paint. It was one of her favorite pass times. She did not think she was very good. She enjoyed doing it. It was for her own enjoyment not for anyone else. She hid it from everyone. She wanted to keep it qiet.
The chime rang. She quickly put the art work away. She got up and went over the door. She unlocked the door. Then she opened the door.
The door opened,she saw on the other side,commander bryce shumar. “Commander! Come on in!”markum said. The commander entered. “Please sit down !”she said. He folowed her invitation and sit down.
“How can i help you commander?”she asked. “Lindsay i need your help!”shumar said. “Sure. I will help any way i can. “She informed him. “A shop keaper on the planet is dead. The perpritrator apears to be lt. Tisora. The evidence clearly shows her as that perpitrator. “Shumar said.
“Do you believe that she did commit this crime?” Lindsay asked. “I tend to think she did baised on the information i have.i know tisora. I know her to be an honorable person. These two things are contridictory. I canot easily dismis either of these things. “He said.
“I see. “Lindsay said. “She has been placed under arest. The captain wants someone to do an independent and inpartial investigation. Sense you just got hear and you have worked for jag you seam a good canidate to conduct an investigation Sutch as this. “Shumar said.
“I will need her service file and personal bio. I will need evaluations as well!” She said. “Of course. Anything you need. “Shumar said.
“I need you to know that i am a straght schoter. I am only interested in the truth. “Lindsay said. “I know. That’s what we both want. You do what you have to. “Shumar said.”i will find the truth whatever it is. “She asured him.
Planet dibiasie four
Captain styles took a traval pod from the obital station to the planet. From there he took a shartle buss to the local police beracks.
There were people everywhere. There was everything from onlookers,curiosity seakers ans media members. The arest had seamed to create interest in the common people and the media. The police was there but held back. The increased presence was a concern but they did not want to surpress the right of the people to know what was going on.
Captain styles arived ans tried to get to the entrence. It was not so easy getting pass the throng. He pushed to get to the door. It was not an easy task. No one seamed to want to move. He finally made it to the ingress.
“I’m sory sir. I must ask you to step back. “The porter said. “Officer i am captain corner styles. I command the ship that tisora served on. I would like to speak to someone in authority. “Styles said.
The porter contacted his imidiate supervisor. Styles was brought into a waiting area. Then he was brought to the officer in charge.
“This is colnel jurnat,commander of beracks 13 for the regional authority of debiedisen public safety and security. “An officer said. “You may wait outside coperal!”the colnel said. The gaurd did so. The door closed.
” it does not look good for your crewman captain. We have multiple witneses who saw your officer open fire on the shopkeper. We have her confesson.”he said.
The lt activated the screen. He saw her and an investigator. “Please begin!”the investigator asked. “I was in the market place. I was with lt. Boyed. I conversed with several murchents. I spoke to the murchent who i later killed briefly. Lt. Boyed left me.i saw a pistol near the murchent. I picked it up and schot him. I was then serounded. Then the police arived”she said.
“Why did you schoot him?”the officer asked. “I don’t know. I remember doing it. I don’t know why. It was like i was watching it happen. I dont remember what i thought or if i thought. “She said.  “Freze program. “It seams like a cut and dry case captain!”jurat said. “What will happen next?”styles asked. “She will apear before a megistrate. The megustrate will decide if he should be refered for proscution. If she is reminded to trial,a jurry will be inpanelled. I must warn you that we do have the death penalty. Our people are not friendly to murder especially muder commited by off worlders. ” Jurat said.
Outside
“Captain this makes no sense!”Jason’s said. “I agree but the evidence seams clear. She did confess. “The captain said.”one question i had is where did the pistol come from?”Jason said.
X1000
Qurters of lt. Lindsay markum
“Computor. Call up service record,lt jr grade tisora!”she said. On the view screen was the oficial file of tisora. 
Born on earth in sanfransisco in the north american association. Her perents were teserek and terara. Her farther was a member of the vulcan vilage assambly and a member of the.sanfransisco bored of supervisors. Her morther was a doctor and served as citty clerk. Tisora attended west point military academy and eller traning institute. She worked for several branches of eller industeries including the space divison. She looked over her comindations and recormendations.and citations witch were manny. This hardly sounded like a cold blooded killer. Lindsay had to learned to always dig deeper. She believed at the end of inocence or nieveity lied the truth.
“Computer. Psicological profile of lt tisora,security overide special investigation clearence gamma ecco, ecco ,tango abraxis.”she said. The profile was typical for a vulcan. She was objective,stoic and even kealed. Nothing that signaled any red flags. There was no concern. She had passed every review including one conducted just before the x.left earth space. Lindsay wanted to know more. She closely scrutinized the reports. She tried to find something ,anything that could shed light on this. So far she came up empty.
Infirmery
“Doctor renelds!”Lindsay said. “Hello lautanent. How can i help you?”she asked. “I have been put in charge in the investigation into the murder on the serface. I need tisora’s medical files. I nead you to turn it over to me!”she said.
“I know the procedure. Those files are usually confidential !”the doctor said. “I know. This is a capital case doctor. I need to look at everything !”Lindsay said. “You need this?”kelly asked. “I would not request it if i did not. “She said.
“I don’t know you. I have no idea if you can be trusted!”kelly said. “Look i have no axe to grind. The first duty of an any eller employee is to the truth. That is all i am interested in. “Lindsay said.
“If she is guilty,you will throw her to the wolves?”the doctor asked. “That is not my call!” Lindsay said. “Of course not!”she said.
“Please i need your files. I will go to the eller’s vp of heath and welness if i have to. I don’t want to go over your head. Please don’t make me. “Lindsay said. “Fine! I will have it transfered to your qurters!”kelly said. “Thank you!”Lindsay said. “Don’t make me regret it!”she said.
She returned to her queters. The files were open. She had injuries from a fall as a kid. This was interesting. She had been injured in a shartle acident over titen a few years erlier.
Flashback
The shartle had left on its traning run. Tisora was an excellent officer. She decided to try out for a special unit,a marine unit traned mostly in search and rescue but also in smal combat opetations sutch as hostege rescue. Tisora had been recomended by her c.o.
“We are now in position !”the co pilot reported. “Ok recruits. The fun begins now and goes down hill from there. Fire after the nightmere!”the commander said.  On the sergent’s order, the team jumped off of the craft. They were all in e.v.a suits. Tisora folowed the orthers. “Sir i am detecting a malfunction in ensign tisora’s suit!”A tech said. “Ensign tisora come back!”the sergent said.
Saturn general hospital
“Your daughter went without oxygen. We do know the extent of the damage for a while!”the doctor said. “Is she awake?”her morther said. ” She is in a coma at present. We are waiting to see what happens!”the doctor said.
  Markum took notes. She spent mounths in rehab. She then decided to rejoin eller industries. Could this be some kind of mentle break down due to her previous truma?
Dibiasie 4
Court room
“Have you been able to see her?”jason asked. “They won’t let me .not until she has been before a controling ligal authority. “Styles said.
The balith called the season to order.”miss tisora you stand acused of premeditated murder. Do you have a decleration?” The judge asked. “Yes i do your justice. I declare that i qm guilty!”she said. Jason heart sank. He wished that this was not happening.
The end.