Well, this one came up rather quickly. I guess I will do anything to get away from studying for Finals. Shudder. Hope you enjoy and let me know what you all think!
In Sick Bay
Stella Silver laid in a bed shifting uncomfortably. She raised her hand to block the annoying light that was beaming straight into her barely open.
McCoy noticing this action quickly jogged to the side of her bed. "Your up." He commented. "How are you feeling?"
"Horrible." Stella replied grumbling. "Where am I?" She asked slowly sitting up and looking around. Her eyes widened. "Where is Riley?" She asked with a panic. "What happened to that damn spider."
"You're in the sickbay of the enterprise." McCoy replied keeping his voice calm to calm the freaking out girl. "Your sister is safe, she's in the other room. Would you like me to go get her?"
"Yes please, sir." Stella replied holding her head in her hand as she tried to swing her legs off the bed to stand.
"Don't move, you are in no condition to." McCoy ordered. "And don't sir me, I'm just a Doctor." He flipped open his comm. "Jim, the older one is up and asking for her sister."
"We'll be there in a few, Bones." Kirk's voice replied and McCoy shut it off and turned back to Stella.
"Where am I again, sir?" She asked, still trying to clear her head but at this point she was struggling to think straight.
"The Uss Enterprise. And I said to call me doc" McCoy replied, moving closer to her. "Does anything hurt?"
"My head." Stella responded still holding her head in her hands.
"Understandable." McCoy commented nodding to himself. "Anything else?"
"No." Stella replied. "Where is Riley?"
McCoy pulled back and replied, "She should be coming soon." Just as he finished speaking, the door opened and Riley rushed into the room with Kirk walking behind her.
"Stella!" She commented happily giving her sister a tight hug. Stella just patted her head in response. "I was so worried. You were out forever!"
"How long, doctor?" She asked turning to the man still standing next to her.
"Only a few hours." He replied going back to his desk to complete some paper work.
Riley pulled back and gave her sister a huge smile.
"How did we end up on the Enterprise?" Stella asked looking around.
"Well." Riley started. "We got attacked by that giant spider right, well it tried to turn us into giant amber things to do who knows what and I don't even want to think about it and some people rescued us and then they are super nice and."
"Riley." Stella sighed. "Breath."
Riley obeyed and continued. "And this man," she indicated to Kirk who was behind her, "Is Captain Kirk and he was nice enough to welcome us aboard his ship until I can fix Betty." She sighed. "Which may take awhile."
Kirk took this time to introduce himself as he took a step forward and held out his hand. "Captain James Kirk."
"Stella Silver, sir." Stella replied shaking his hand. "Thank you for all that you have done for us sir."
"Of course." Kirk replied with a nod and a smile.
Stella smiled back and then winced. McCoy was over there in seconds. "Your head?" He asked shining a light into her eyes.
"Yeah." Stella muttered as her headache had turned into a full blown migraine.
"Why don't you lay back down, and gets some more rest." McCoy commented and Stella obeyed.
"See you later sis!" Riley giggled with a wave and then she ducked out of sick bay.
A Little While Later
Riley skipped down the halls of the Enterprise looking for something to do. She came upon a large doorway with a sign above it that said "Mess Hall". Smiling she opened the door and went inside.
The mess hall was empty except for two men who were sitting off to the side in one of the tables. She recognized the younger of the two as one of the men at the landing party but not the older asain one, so she headed over.
"Hello!" She commented cheerfully sitting down across from them. "I'm Riley Silver, nice to meet you!"
"Hikaru Sulu." The older of the two replied with a nod.
"Pavel Chekov." The younger added.
"You were the one who found me right?" Riley asked and Chekov slowly noded. "Thank you for that!" Riley continued with a huge smile and Chekov responded with a smaller one.
Sensing his friends nervousness, Sulu asked, "So you were one of the sisters that came up from the planet?"
"Yep!" Riley giggled, "I'm the younger one."
"Forgive me for asking." Sulu started. "But how old are you? You look very young to be traveling is space."
"Yeah." Riley laughed. "I look younger than I am, but I'm 17."
"Really?" Sulu asked, "That's only a year younger than Chekov here."
"Cool!" Riley giggled and Chekov smiled again. "How did you manage to get through starfleet at such a young age?"
"I joined very young." Chekov replied his accent slightly heavier than normal.
"Cool accent!" Riley giggled and Chekov couldn't help but blush. "Where are you from?"
"Russia." Chekov replied and Riley thought for a second.
"Russia. That's on Earth right?" She asked and when he nodded she continued. "I've never been to Earth, though I've heard it is rather beautiful."
"Really?" Sulu asked rather surprised. Generally every human has seen Earth at least once, even those who lived in far away colonies.
"Yep." Riley giggled. "Well, I'm not human after all!"
"You're not?" Sulu and Chekov gasped together.
Recovering from his outburst Sulu quickly recovered, "Sorry, it is simply that you look like you are."
"Yeah, we get that a lot!" Riley giggled.
"If you are not human, then what are you?" A voice behind her asked. Riley turned around to discover Spock.
"Kalinian." Riley replied with a smile.
Kirk sat down next to her. "Cool, what's that?"
Before Riley could reply, Spock did. "They are a warrior race that hails from the planet Kallia. Though I am surprised to find one this far out, it is quite rare for them to travel into space."
Riley shrugged. "Well, I'm special and one of the first of my people that actually understands all this space stuff."
"Why is that?" Chekov asked.
Riley smiled. "Cause I'm a genius. And Kalinains are very big on fighting, while I prefer to think. So I was one of the first to actually sit down and look at this stuff. It makes perfect sense once you do."
At this very moment, Scotty walked by and Kirk quickly called him over. "Scotty, there is someone here that is a major fan of yours."
Riley jumped up and grasped his hands shaking them. "Montgomery Scott, I'm Riley Silver and how in the world did you come up your theory on subspace travel. No one thought it was possible, and then like boom you are there saying it is. Of course your first equation was flawed, it was rather close to the real thing, wouldn't you say!"
Scotty smiled. "Well, Lassy, it is quite nice to have someone who actually understands all this stuff. It kind of went like this."
Thats when the others turned around knowing the words that would follow that explanation would all be engineering stuff that no one other that Chekov would understand. But of course he had already heard this explanation many times.
"Seems like she is fitting right in." Kirk laughed and the others nodded.
Back to the Sick bay at the Same Time
Stella laid on the bed in complete silence to the point where McCoy was starting to get uncomfortable. He normally enjoyed silence, but something about this one was just wrong.
"So, how did you end up encased in Amber in the first place?" He asked. Riley had already answered the question for him for his paperwork, but hey a conversation is a conversation.
"There was a big spider." Stella replied. "A valtgonia, I believe is it's scientific name. We were told to find out why all of the explorers in the caves had not returned and found the spider when we did. Riley laid a trap, but as we were returning to our ship for more supplies the spider attacked us. It then brought us back to its cave to suffer the fate of those before us."
"Alright." McCoy replied, adding the name of the creature on the paper. Riley hadn't mentioned that part. The two continued to sit in silence. Then the doors opened and Riley rushed back inside.
"Stella, Stella, Stella!" She cried. "You would never guess who I just met. Montgomery Scott! Or Scotty as he wants to be called. But he's awesome and he explained his whole theory to me and it was really cool!" She smiled at her sister who was just looking at her. "Oh, and Kirk said he could give us a tour, and you could come along too if the Doctor said it was okay."
"Its not." McCoy replied not even looking up. "She is in no condition to be running around the ship."
"But please?" Riley sighed.
"Don't turn around." Stella whispered to herself but McCoy did anyway not hearing her. Then he saw her puppy face. "Told you."
"Please?" She asked again and McCoy sighed. She reminded him of his daughter, whom he had never been able to say no to.
"Fine." He sighed shaking his head. "But, I'm coming too to keep an eye on her."
"Yeah!" Riley cheered as Stella jumped off the bed. "Come on, Stells, it's gonna be fun!" She ran out the door with Stella and McCoy close behind her.
Later In Engineering
The door to engineering opened and Kirk, Spock, Riley, Stella, Uhura, and McCoy stepped out. "And this is engineering."
"Cool!" Riley giggled and rushed away from the group to get a closer look. She stopped in the middle of a pathway and looked around rather confused.
"Is something wrong, Riley?" Uhura asked, worried about the young girl.
She looked back at the others. "Is something wrong with her?" The others just looked at her confused.
"Wrong with her?" Scotty gasped coming out from around some pipes. "What do you mean, Lass? She's in great condition."
"There's a little jerk." Riley replied looking at the pipes. "It's easiest to feel right here, but it's been bothering me since I get aboard."
Scotty and Kirk walked over to where she was standing, worried about their ship.
"I don't feel anything." Kirk sighed, confused.
"By golly, you're right!" Scotty exclaimed looking around as well. I didn't notice this before." He then looked at the younger girl. "But what could possibly cause this?" He asked before looking around at at the pipes that surrounded them.
Riley frowned still looking around. "The only thing I could think of is a shift in the piping, but that is not something easily done. Unless."
They suddenly looked at each other, and exclaimed together. "The AWC57 pipe!" Scotty dashed off to fix the problem, but Riley not knowing where it was stayed behind.
"AW what what?" Kirk asked still confused.
Riley looked at him and smiled. "It's the only pipe that is able to move on its own, because it is supposed to. It does this rotating thing depending on where the gas it holds needs to go. But sometimes, it doesn't always connect right and then it is screwed up. All ships have them."
"Uh huh." Kirk replied, truly not understanding a word that she had just said. She just smiled at his cluelessness.
Scotty returned a few moments later and threw his arm around the young girl. "I like this lassy. Captain can she help me out for as long as she is aboard?"
"Of Course!" Kirk replied.
"Captain!" Spock commented. "Are you sure that is the wisest?"
Stella quickly added, "Riley, what happened to fixing Betty?"
"I can do both!" Riley giggled and her sister just sighed.
I know, I know. Long chapter but very little romantic action. But I'm getting there, I promise. Well, you are all here for a reason and if there is anything you will like to see happen let me know and I'll do my best. :)