Author's Notes: This is a VERY silly little crossover between seaQuest and the campy 1960s Batman TV show. Sadistic Questie and I wrote it as a round robin, so don't be too picky about the details... ;-) Beware, insanity abounds in this little baby! And hey, visit the home of this and many other seaQust fics at our headquarters, ELF Central: http://www.angelfire.com/my/elfcentral!
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A blue-plaid and baggy panted streak dashed through the corridors of seaQuest.
Crew mates plastered themselves against the metallic walls to avoid impact. Upon entering the bridge, the streak came to a halt. Captain Nathan Bridger turned around from talking to an ensign to stare at the
intruder. "Good morning, Lucas," he greeted. Lucas Wolenczak grinned. "Is it true?" He asked hopefully. Still remaining calm, much to the annoyance of Lucas, Bridger smiled. "Is what
true?" Exasperated, Lucas explained, "Are we going on shore leave?" "Oh. Yes," he replied simply as he turned back around. "Captain!" Bridger about faced. He knew he was trying the boy's patience, but it was so
much fun. "Yes?" "Where!?!" "No where special," he shrugged. Lucas was speechless. How could he not see the importance of the matter!?! They
were going on shore leave! Bridger's grin grew wider, "Just Gotham City." "What!?! Gotham City!?! All right!" The teen practically skipped off the
bridge. Tony Picallo leaned over from his console, "Couldn't a done it better myself,
Sir."
Lucas skipped down the hallway back to his quarters. He was so happy, he could hardly contain himself. Shore leave! And, in Gotham City, of all places! He stopped short. And let out a yelp of joy. Ignoring the strange looks of the crew passing by, he continued on to his quarters. They should be used to my antics by now anyway, he thought as he turned the corner.
"Come on, come on..." Lucas paced impatiently in front of the vid link. He couldn't wait to see her again. They hadn't spoken since they had graduated from Stanford together. She had gone back to live with her father and he had gone to on to seaQuest; not the most manageable of long distance relationships.
Finally, the screen beeped and her image replaced the UEO logo on the screen. Barbara Gordon looked up at him surprised. "Lucas?" Is that you? Oh my gosh - it's been forever!"
They smiled at each other for a few moments, each lost in their own memories.
"Well.." She broke the silence then, fiddling with some papers on her desk. "How have you been? You look good."
He felt his cheeks blush red a little and his gaze fell to his feet. "I'm great. I love it here on seaQuest."
Barbara gave him a warm smile, "That's great, Lucas. To tell you the truth, I was wondering what you were going to do after graduation."
"Yeah, well, my dad dumped me here. I didn't think I'd like it, but it's pretty cool. There are a lot of nice people here."
"Speaking of your father, congratulations on his business deal."
"What deal?"
"He made some sort of business contract with Wayne Industries a couple of weeks ago. It was all over the front page of every newspaper in the city."
"I hadn't heard. I don't really hear that much from him down here."
"I can imagine. So, anyway, any particular reason why you called?"
Lucas' manner brightened, "Oh yeah! Guess what!"
"What?"
"We have shore leave and we're going to be docked in Gotham City!"
"You're kidding! This is great! Where are you going to stay?"
"Depends on where the captain will let me stay. I might have to stay in a hotel with the rest of the crew."
Barbara made a disgusted face, "Aww. Well, if you can, see if you could stay with Daddy and me. My apartment is being remodeled, so I'm staying withÊ hi for the time being."
Lucas smiled at the reference. She was over twenty years old and a graduate of Stanford, but she still referred to her father as "Daddy."
"Okay, I'll run it by the captain. Listen, I gotta go. The captain wanted me on the bridge in ten minutes. I'll call you tomorrow, okay?"
"Sure, when do you dock?"
"Day after tomorrow. I can't wait to see you again in person."
"Me too. I'll see you soon!"
She flicked off the vid link and left Lucas staring at a blank screen. He sat there for a couple of minutes before he realized that he still had a stupid grin on his face. Eventually, he got up and headed for the bridge. But before he opened the port to his quarters, he stopped himself.
Thinking out loud, he said, "There's only one thing to do in a situation like this: strut."