. MAX's face flickered an instant then he said, "Decon in effect, Cargo Bay 1. Good lock on the Away Team and the Core. It's severed, Captain."
. Kat nodded and engaged the transporters.
. Zak barked out, "Medical team to the Cargo Bay! Kat, go!"
. Kat took off like a shot towards the Turbolift and the Captain returned his attention to Relok, trying to remember his First Aid training. He removed his jacket and bunched it up, placing it under Relok's feet, then patted the Vulcan's cheeks. "Come on, Relok, wake up." He looked up, "MAX, did we get the Team?"
. MAX responded, "Stand by." A tense moment passed and then he said, "All biosigns accounted for, in addition to one Core, 118 meters of vines, and approximately 0.6 metric tons of debris."
. Zak's mouth went slack for a second and then he said, "Wait, they got the Core, too? That's awesome!"
. MAX then remarked, "It may be beneficial to open the Cargo Bay airlock to vacuum out the debris."
. Zak stared at him a moment before realizing MAX was joking. He could be like that sometimes. His original programmer thought it would be funny. Zak tapped his commbadge, "Travis, I'll get your report when you've recovered."
Back Home At Least:
. The entire contents of the chamber, Core, Away Team, remnants of the Vine's roots, and some roof debris, shimmered in a transporter beam and rematerialized in the Cargo Bay of the Penumbra!
. Patterson collapsed on top of Carshel and T'Lin where he'd reflexively dived to protect them from a piece of falling roof debris. "Ooof!" he cried.
. Carshel groaned, "Owww, Pat, you're heavy!"
. But T'Lin just grunted, "Oh!" and shoved both men off of her, her Vulcan strength much greater than what a Human her size ought to have. When they were off, she lay there staring blankly at the ceiling.
. Den glanced around, "Oh, look, solid deck plating." And then he quit fighting and passed out.