Here is the highly awaited CHAPTER TWO! :)
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This is un-beta'ed so please forgive me if it's really rough.. I've made you guys wait too long for this. :) I'm searching for one so when I do find one, the more refined copy will come up. :)
One note though. All the italicized moments in the story are Tayla's thoughts unless otherwise mentioned. Just wanted to give you guys that heads up. :)
Oh another note: There is a few cuss words here.. reader beware!
Well, I'm gonna shut up now and let you read on!
Disclaimer: I don't anything but the character Tayla. If I did, the movies would be out already and we'd be having a Star Trek party with all the characters.
"Lieutenant Commander Pike to the Bridge!" She had been on her PADD doing research. She had tried to figure out who that childish cadet was, only to find out, he was the infamous James T. Kirk, womanizer extraordinaire and his friend, was Leonard McCoy, a great doctor. Finally, someone she can relate to. It was hard being intelligent all the time and no one to talk to who would listen. Well, there was her dad, but he always seemed so busy, that she never wanted to bother him.
"Damn it, stupid bed, my knee is not a target!" she exclaimed when she ran into the silver biobed. She bent down to pull down her black boot flap and snuck a quick peek at her knee. A small, reddish circular bruise was appearing on her kneecap..
Well, I'll add that to the first scrape of this Vulcan distress call. I have a feeling this isn't going to be pretty.
The silver, transparent doors opened to reveal the silver pad and its red and blue horizontal stripes around the circular pod. The Lt. Commander keyed in her access code and the machine came to life. She felt herself rising and she closed her eyes for a moment.
I'm finally here.. Finally on a starship. No more practice on Earth side starships.. I'm here, on a real mission. Although, I'm not happy about who is CMO. Very upset about that.
She opened her electric blue eyes as the turbolift doors parted to show the U.S.S. Enterprise Bridge. It was gorgeous. Slick, chrome dashboards, the sleek white, silver and red floors that reminded Tayla of a dance floor, the diagnostic screens showed everything you could need, the chairs were plush black leather with chrome bottoms, and the Captain's chair.. Oh, how she'd kill to sit in that.. Her eyes went from the base of the chair to meet her father's blue eyes. She saw determination and courage in those old eyes. He nodded to her and turned to he rest of his crew on the bridge.
She stepped off the lift and walked towards the back of her father's chair. She placed her hands on the back rims of the plush leather and focused her attention on her Captain. Captain Pike did a quick walk around the bridge, and stopped in front of his chair.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the maiden voyage of our newest flagship deserves more pomp and circumstance that we can afford today. The christening will just have to be our reward for a safe return. Carry on." commanded Captain Christopher Pike. Capt. Pike was a great asset to Starfleet. He became a Captain after only four years. Tayla couldn't help but be proud of her dad but his career had cost her a mother. But this ship, this was the best Starfleet had and her dad was the best.
Sitting down in the Captain's chair, Pike pressed the small comm button on his right arm rest.
"All decks, this is Captain Pike. Prepare for immediate departure."
Looking in front of him, to a young man of an average build, with black hair and facial features, marking him as of Asian heritage, he commanded "Helm, thrusters."
The Helmsman complied. "Moorings retracted, captain, dock control reports ready."
He pressed a few buttons on the helm. "Thrusters fired, separating from space dock."
The crew felt a light movement as the U.S.S. Enterprise pushed back from the Earth starbase and moved towards open space, ready for warp.
"The fleet's cleared space dock, captain. All ships ready for warp." stated the helmsman.
"Set course for Vulcan." commanded the Captain.
"Aye-aye, Captain. Course laid in." replied the helmsman.
We're going to Vulcan. But I just can't shake this feeling, thought Tayla as she looked through the giant panel window in the front of the ship. She watched all the ships getting ready to warp.
"Maximum warp. Punch it." Tayla chose this moment to place her right hand on her father's shoulder, and bent down to whisper something in his ear. "I have a bad feeling about this." Pike placed his own right hand on his daughter's and gave a little squeeze. "We're Starfleet. It's our job to be scared." he whispered back. "Now get back to work, my dear. No socializing now. We'll talk later."
The helmsman pushed the lever as far as it would go. Captain Pike saw the other starships go into warp but became confused when the U.S.S. Enterprise stood still, no movement, whatsoever. The crew became silent, they all turned their eyes to the young helmsman as they became the last and only starship who had not entered warp yet.
"Lieutenant, where's helmsmen McKenna?" questioned Pike, confused and tad bit annoyed.
"He has lung worms sir. He couldn't report to his post. I'm Hikaru Sulu." the young lieutenant replied.
Pike gave Sulu one of his trademark glares.
Oh boy, Faulty boy's gonna get it later. Never mess with Dad and his looks. "You are a pilot right?" questioned Pike.
"Very much so, sir. I'm a... I'm not sure what's wrong." Sulu said, clearly in deep thought.
Pike looked to Commander Spock, sitting on the ledge behind him, to the right. He was getting aggravated, as the rest of the crew could only watch in silence. Clearly, something's up. There's no way it could be the ship.. She's brand new and she's the flagship. If there was something wrong here, we would have caught it when our Engineering team did their final check and double checks.
"Is the parking brake on?" Pike rolled his head in Sulu's direction, looking straight at him.
Sulu turned to face his Captain. "uh..no." he said, with a sarcastic laugh. "I'll figure it out, sir, I just.."
Commander Spock cut him off, "Have you disengaged the external inertial dampener?"
Lieutenant Sulu pressed a few a buttons, as he glared in front, towards the glass window and somehow the problem fixed itself. "Ready for warp, sir."
Sulu's got to learn how to double-check things. That's a basic thing that all helmsman pilots should know. Maybe I could help him out sometime. Make sure he knows everything backwards. Thank goodness for Commander Spock.. Happy he's my boss.
"Let's punch it" commanded Pike, relieved that they had figured out the problem.
Once again, Lieutenant Sulu pressed the level as far as it would go. The U.S.S. Enterprise's warp core sprang to action. Blue beams of light flooded the window and stretched out in front of the ship.
We finally went to warp. Finally!
Meanwhile, in Sick Bay
Bones had taken Kirk to one of the offices in Sick Bay and there, he made Jim change out of his red cadet uniform and into a black long-sleeved shirt with the Starfleet symbol on the chest, black pants, and black shoes. After Bones deemed Jim "passable", he escorted his friend to a biobed.
There, Jim grunted, huffed and puffed about his current predicament. "Bones, how long are these symptoms gonna last. My mouth is itchy again." Jim pointed to his mouth.
"Not for very long." answered Bones. "Because I am going to give you a mild sedative."
"Aw, Bones, come on." Jim plead with Bones, begging him to not administer the sedative.
Bones was steadfast and just glared at Jim. "I wish I didn't know you, Bones. You clearly enjoy this."
"Don't be such an infant, Jim." Bones said angrily and chose this moment to jab the hypo into Jim's neck. He smirked and held up five fingers, mentally making a bet that his friend would be out when he put the first one down.
"Bones..." Jim began to say, but fell back on the bed. He was down before Bones even had the chance to lower his finger.
Un-be-fucking- believable, thought Bones.
Yes, I know it's rough. I'm sorry! But you guys now have Chapter Two!
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