Haunting Secrets
By Crimson & Chrome 42
Disclaimer—I don't own seaQuest or any of its related characters or anything else that you might find familiar. I'm just borrowing them—so don't sue; I doubt you'd win.
Chapter 1~ I'm so scared that the way that I feel is written all over my face ~
17-year-old Lucas Walenczeck sat hunched over a microscope in his quarters, he shared with his best friend, Ben Kreig, viewing slides that he had just prepared. He'd been up for 15 hours straight, and he hadn't eaten a bite of food since he'd started his research.
He sat up smiling. His other best friend, Alexia Carson's smiling face appeared in his mind. She was the one singing. She'd given him the CD after her last singing competition. The song she was singing summed up how he felt about her.
His smile widened as remembered Captain Bridger's 16-year-old niece.
~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~
Alexia was standing in the cockpit of a small sub. She was going to visit her Uncle Nate, on the SeaQuest, along with all of her friends. Well, actually, she was going to surprise Lucas and Ben; Uncle Nate said they were very lonely.
Before she knew it, Alexia was docking on the SeaQuest. 'That didn't take long', she thought, surprised.
Her uncle was there to greet her, "Hi Alex! Have a nice trip?" he asked cheerfully.
"Y…" she was cut off by a loud squeal.
"Alex!" Ben Kreig shouted running up to her.
Laughing at him she said, "Hi Ben! How goes it?"
Commander Ford came up before he could answer her. "Hi Alex, was your trip ok?" he asked.
"Yep! It didn't take as long as usual." She replied.
"Wait a sec; did everybody know that you were coming?" Ben asked indignantly.
"No, Lucas doesn't know." Alexia replied.
"Oh, like that's so much better! How long are you staying?"
"I don't know yet. I have all the time in the world."
"Really?"
"Yep."
"Alex, would you go check up on Lucas, please?" her uncle asked.
"Sure! Where is he?" she asked.
"Uh, he's in his quarters, I think." He answered. He turned to Ben, "I know you're happy to see Alex and want to visit with her, but you're still on duty. There will be time for that later since she'll be staying in you guys' room."
"Really?" Ben asked, definitely cheered up at this news.
"Uh, guys, I hat to do this, but how're you gonna fit another bed in there?" Alexia asked.
"Already taken care of. How do you feel about your old camping cot?" Captain Bridger asked.
"I was wondering where that went! Next time I try to go see Greg, I'm gonna have call you first." Alex said.
"Alex, you don't have to sleep on that cot, you can have my bed."
"Ben, get back to work, please." Captain Bridger said pleadingly. Ben got to work, as he was told. Bridger turned to look at Alex. She threw up her hands; "I'm going! I'm going!" she said.
~~~*~~~
When Alexia got to Lucas' and Ben's quarters she knocked.
"C'mon in!" Lucas said through the door. He supposed that it was someone coming to make sure he'd eaten.
Alex walked into the room; he didn't hear her coma in. She walked over to him, lean over his shoulder and said, "What'cha workin' on?"
"Lexi!" Lucas said, turning around to look at her. "What are you doing here?"
"Apparently interrupting everybody's work." She replied.
"Huh?"
"Never mind, so have you eaten?"
"Not in 15 hours."
"Dad-gum-it! I hopin' you'd eaten since I had."
"You haven't eaten?"
"Not since breakfast yesterday."
"C'mon you're going to eat. That's longer than I've ever gone without food. You must be starving!"
"Not really, no."
"Well, you're eating anyway."
~~~*~~~
When Alexia and Lucas got to the mess hall, they could feel people's eyes on them. Lucas was hungrier than he thought.
When Lucas went back for seconds, Nathan came over to her, "How in the world did you get Lucas to eat?" he asked in amazement.
"I told him how long it'd been since I'd eaten." She replied absently.
"And how long had it been since you'd eaten?"
"Breakfast, yesterday."
"What!"
"Sorry, but I didn't exactly have time to eat. There were more important things to be care of."
"Oh, really? Like what?"
"Yeah, like what?" Lucas said, he's come back, and his plate was overflowing with food.
"Connor." Alex said simply. She knew her uncle would know what she meant, without explaining. Lucas, on the other hand, was a different story.
"Connor?" he repeated. He looked questioningly at from Alex to the Captain and back again. He did not get an answer, however. Nathan and Alexia pretended not to notice.
~~~*~~~
After awhile Alex and Lucas were both finished with their food. They got up to leave. In the hall, they ran into somebody.
"So Lucas, who's your friend?" the guy asked, looking at Alex.
"When did you guys get new crew members?" Alex asked.
"Last month." Lucas said through gritted teeth.
"So, what's your name?" the asked.
"Alex."
"Well, Alex. Would you like to go out with me?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"'Cause I've I got a boyfriend." Alexia said. Commander Ford came up to them.
"Get to work Anderson." He said firmly.
"Yes, sir." Anderson said, with one last look at Alex and Lucas.
After Anderson and Ford left, Lucas asked. "When'd you get a boyfriend?"
"I didn't. I just told 'im that." Lexi said.
"If you say so. Where're you staying?" By this time they had reached Lucas's cabin, he opened the door and his question was answered. Alexia's camping cot was set up in the corner of the room, with Ben lying on it.
"Now I see why you like this cot so much." Ben said. "It's really comfortable.
"You're staying here?" Lucas asked.
"Yeah, you should be lonely more often, if I find a piece of my missing camping equipment."
"Huh?"
"Forget it." Ben said.
"What do you 2 know that I don't?" Lucas said suspiciously.
"Nothing." They said together.
"Ben…" he said in one of those 'I don't believe you' voices.
Lexi walked over to Ben and whispered, "So Uncle Nate told ya, huh?"
"Yeah."
"What did he tell you?"
"The part about the Boy Scouts."
"What are you 2 talking about?" Lucas asked.
She let out a sigh of relief. "Good, he didn't tell you everything."
"There's more?"
"Yeah, lot's more.'
"What?"
"Forget it. Now, get off my cot."
"Ahhh, c'mon," Ben whined, "let me sleep on it. Please?"
"No."
"No."
"Please?" he asked, sticking out his bottom lip in a puppy dog pout.
~~~*~~~ The Middle of the Night ~~~*~~~
(Dream Sequence)
Snap! The flash went off on the camera.
"(Giggle) Bri, don't do that! You know I hate having my picture taken."
"C'mon, Lexi, I've got to have a picture of you for my vacation."
"Well now you've got one. So no more pictures, deal?"
"Deal."
"Hi Hunter! What are you doing here?"
"You know very well what I'm doing here." Hunter snapped.
Alex set up fast. Sweat was pouring off her body and she was shaking.
A.N. I realize that Captain Bridger more than likely wouldn't let his niece sleep in a room with two guys, but since this is fiction and I'm the writer, everyone is just going to have to deal with it. Besides It's kinda important to the plot. Also, I am aware that it's very unlikely that Alexia would be allowed onto the ship for an extended period of time, but again, I am the writer and I can do whatever I like. Oh, and Alex looks older than she really is, so I hope that explains the complaint about fully grown man hitting on a 16-year-old girl, but then again, you find all kinds.