Greene hails the distressed ship.

"Hail them, Ama," Greene said, then added, "Audio only..."

Amasova gave the directive to her console, then turned to Greene. "Com open, sir."

"This is Lieutenant Isabelle Ishtar of the U.S.S. Ishtar, we've received your distress call, how may we be of assistance?" Greene called out.

"Oh, thank the deities! I am Angkar Noria, scientist on the Vagateslar! I am trapped in a gravity well in the eye of the graviton pulse! You have to get me and my ship out of here before it's all crushed!" responded the distressed space farer.

Greene turned to Tiloth and asked, "Can we beam him out?"

Tiloth shook her head, "Too much distortion from the gravitons. We could send a shuttle in there and try to two him out."

Greene nodded, then turned to me. I looked up and became entranced in her naked body in full command. She said, "Trask, man a shuttle out there. We'll tether you with a tractor beam so you don't get sucked in as well."

"Aye, sir," I replied and marched out to the shuttle bay.

It wasn't until I was out of the turbolift when I realized I had just marched out nude. I had been riding high on the lieutenant's commands that I totally forgot that I wasn't dressed. I debated going back for my uniform but didn't want to face the embarrassment, plus I wasn't sure how long the alien's craft could last under graviton pressure. I sucked it up and entered the Shuttle bay. Fortunately it was empty at this hour. I powered up the shuttle like I normally would, still being titillated by doing my normal duties completely nude. I sat in the pilot seat and squirmed a bit as I shuttled out. The shuttle shuddered as the tractor beam caught hold of it.

"We'll be able to guide you in with the tractor beam until we hit the eye of the pulse, Linda," Tiloth explained over the com. "Once you pass that threshold, it'll increase the pull immensely, so find the ship, tractor it and back out as soon as you can."

"Understood."

I let the Ishtar guide me toward the center of the storm. Outside was flashes of light that washed over the shuttle in a steady wave. Soon the shuttle reached the center where it strained against the gravimetric wall. The shields began to drain which made me uncomfortable, but the Ishtar pushed me through. On the other side, the shuttle suddenly jerked and I had to engage the engines to keep from getting sucked in. The shields flickered but thankfully stayed on, but my tie to the Ishtar was severed!

My shuttle was getting dragged toward the center even at full impulse. I had to do something to keep this from happening! In a **** effort to get away, I angled myself so that I would run a sort of orbit around the anomaly. That seemed to do the trick as I rode the line between the gravity well and the pulse waves it was emitting. Once I had a handle on that, I scanned for the distressed ship. It was within reach of my tractor, so I grabbed it and pulled it into the orbit with me.

Angkar hailed me. I opened the channel to see a pale purple figure with slitted eyes and a flat nose. "This is Ensign Linda Trask, I'm here to rescue you."

"Your timing is fortuitous, my friend," he said with relief. "But now we are both stuck in the well!"

"I'll leave the rest up to the Ishtar," I replied. "We just have to ride this thing until they figure a way to get us out."

"I'll trust your judgement on the matter, but I appreciate the effort, regardless of the outcome."

"How did you get stuck in here in the first place?"

"I'm afraid I was a little too eager in my studies and came too close to the well than was safe."

There was another shudder and I could see my shuttle shift out to the outer edges of the storm. I checked to see if Angkar's ship was being brought along, but my tether to him was weakening. I shifted over to the tactical console and transferred engine and weapons power over to the tractor beam.

"Angkar, are you still with us?"

Angkar was braced for the rumbling of another well pulse. He then looked up to reply, "Barely, it seems."

"Do you have some sort of tractor beam on your ship? If we latch on together we may be able to get you through with me."

"I'll see what I can do." A moment later he said, "I can use a grav beam to draw my ship to yours, but you'll have to drop your shields."

I gave the option a thought. "We can wait until I'm mostly through the eye, then you activate your beam and hopefully it will slingshot the both of us clear of the well!"

"Agreed. On your command."

It was tense as we both waited for the time to be right. I felt my stomach churn as I thought of dropping my shields under the amount of **** capable of crushing my shuttle in seconds. Still, it made me even more uneasy thinking of leaving the scientist trapped to await the same fate inside the well. Finally, my readings told me I was more than 50% passed the eye. I took a deep breath and dropped the shields.

"Now, Angkar!"

It happened in seconds, but it felt like an eternity. My shuttle began to buckle almost immediately, then it was rammed, sending me flying to the side of the craft. I spun out several times before the stabilizers engaged. I picked myself up and hailed Angkar again.

"Angkar! Are you alright?"

"I am, Linda. Thank you for saving my life... and my research!"

The signal ended as the Ishtar hailed me. "Linda, are you alright?" It was Isa and she looked worried.

"I'm fine, but the shuttle took a few bumps," I replied with a weak smile.

Greene smiled back in relief and said, "Can you run on your own engines or should we tractor you back?"

I walked over to my console and checked. "I should be able to make it back... " I replied.

"We'll see you on board and... put something on before you get to the bridge, we'll be meeting with our guest."

The screen blinked out and I exhaled, sinking into my seat. The events had sent adrenaline throughout my body and I was coming off it with a glow of relief. My hand ran over my breasts to wipe the sweat that had built up there. I noticed that my nipples were stiff and my hand ran down my belly over to my fuzzy mound. My stress levels were abating which only encouraged my sexual urges.