I'm stepping through the door
And I'm floating in the most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today
Here am I sitting in my tin can
Far above the world
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do

-"Space Oddity" David Bowie

XxxX

The away team walked excitedly from the bridge all dressed up in their official Starfleet uniforms. Usually, they just wore casual clothes, a pleasure they could get away with not being an official part of the Federation fleet, but away missions were special. Missions called for proper proceedings, at least when they were negotiating with other aliens, their presences reflected on the rest of their people; it was best not mess it all up.

Every away mission was at least a little interesting, even when it was for something boring, like trade. The away team for this mission would be: Luffy, Robin, Nami, Sanji, and Zoro, they were all going for different reasons.

Luffy went on all the away missions unless expressly forbidden. He was under the impression that as the captain he must go on all excursions in case something awesome happened. Robin was the diplomat, therefor this sort of thing was her actual job and she loved to be manipulative. Sanji was good for sensing mood changes, which could be good in many scenarios whether it be for danger or for reading lies. Nami was the best at haggling and stealing, although hopefully they wouldn't have to steal anything in this situation. The Federation would throw a fit if they discovered half of the things that Nami had done, but what they didn't know wouldn't hurt them. Zoro was there just in case things got out of hand, this happened way, way too often. Sometimes things would be going just fine and then suddenly, bam, they're under attack. They weren't allowed to go down with any weapons, so having one more person could always be helpful, plus, he was like their security guard, he had to come otherwise he lacked purpose.

"Let's get this done fast," Zoro sighed as they made their way toward the transporter room, "These people seem boring."

"Would you rather them we aiming photon torpedoes at us right now?" Sanji snorted, honestly he was in agreement with the moss head, but he wasn't about to say that. He would claim that these people were the most interesting in the universe just to make Zoro annoyed.

Zoro seemed to consider the question Sanji had posed for a moment, "Yeah," he decided, "but only if we could avoid them and then blast them out of the sky. Happy ending for all- I mean, for us."

"You are a terrible person," Sanji said with a very vulcan degree of emotionlessness plastered across his face, he was mentally preparing himself for the people who awaited them on the surface. He had to reinforce the mental shields to keep himself to himself.

He first had to distance himself from is own emotions, then those of his friends. Currently, that wasn't so hard. He could not sense anything from Nami, because she was part ferengi and she could sense nothing from Robin because she was a romulan. Zoro was on the harder side to read, sometimes Sanji could feel his emotions and other times it was very difficult. He supposed it was due to a biological factor along with a limited emotional range to begin with.

"I like to be entertained," Zoro shrugged, oblivious to Sanji's focus on emotional maintenance.

"Why don't you go entertain yourself by transporting us then," Nami said, as they walked through the automatic door of the transporter room. It wasn't a particularly large room, but it was big enough that they could transport in medium sized cargo comfortably. There was a console full of buttons and screens to set up the transport and the actual pad was near the door. It was up on a raised stage, two lighted circles on the floor marked where they should stand.

They only had two transport spots because that was all Franky had available when he was building the ship. He was always meaning to install more, as this was a bit of an inconvenience, but things always seemed to be getting in the way.

"Why don't you ask mister science over there to do it, isn't that part of his job," Zoro grumbled, jabbing a finger in Sanji's direction.

"Transporters are part of the engineering department, idiot," Sanji said evenly, maintaining his composer completely. Well, maybe not completely, no proper vulcan would call someone an idiot. A proper vulcan would call them an 'individual with an intelligence level below the normal range', but the vulcans were a bunch of pompous pricks anyway.

"Do it, Zoro, or I'll raise your debt," Nami threatened. That was always her go to threat, any excuse to suck profits out if people. Sure, she hadn't been raised on ferengi values, but she had her own rules of acquisition.

Zoro gave in without much protest, transporting them wouldn't be difficult, but as soon as Nami told him to do it all he wanted to do was refuse. "Geez, fine. You just better hope my finger doesn't slip when in adjusting the coordinates." One misplaced number and Nami could find herself floating through the vacuum of space for her remaining moments. He walked over and put the proper coordinates into the machine and waited for Nami and Luffy to go down first. They shimmered blue for a moment as the humming of the transporter did it's job, sending a copy of their atoms into a different place in space. Robin and Sanji followed suit. Once they were both on, Zoro plugged in his own coordinates on a timer and jumped up onto the transport pad. Within seconds he felt the tingle of their particles being scanned and deconstructed, then being pieced back together on the planet's surface; perfection. Technology was a wonderful thing.

The actual destination of their transport was into a hall with a very tall ceiling the color of ivory. The architecture was astoundingly beautiful, but Sanji wasn't currently interested in that, he was more focused on the flow of conciseness around him. It was a little overwhelming at first and he had to stop himself from reaching out to it. There was no telling what might happen if he did that, it could be good or bad. It was better not knowing in this case.

There were two of the aliens in the room, smiling pleasantly at them. "It is good to meet you," one said.

"Nice to meet you too," Luffy laughed.

The other alien spoke hesitantly, "We did not expect that you would bring so many," he was making a nervous motion with his hands to show his anxiousness.

"We can send some back, if you like," Robin said pleasantly. Luffy, Zoro, and if needed, Sanji, could be sent back without much issue.

"No, no, that is not necessary," the first alien said hurriedly, not wanting to offend them, "You may all stay here, but if you could, we would be glad if there were not so many in the room at a time. Our people are very much physically solitary, so many people with such strange minds in one place is a bit shocking on the senses."

Robin nodded in understanding, it took a degree of grace to deal with the quirks of meeting a foreign species, "Very well, how many can be in a room?"

"Two at the most," said the alien who had spoken first apologetically, "The other three will be free to explore our gardens in the mean time.

Robin turned to look to the captain, one eyebrow raised.

"Sanji, Zoro and I can go to the gardens," Luffy decided.

Sanji wanted to protest to leaving the girls, but it was true enough that he wouldn't be much use at the moment and Robin would take care of them, he had underestimated the impact being in this place would have on him, he was too covered in telepathic signatures. Instead, he nodded in time with Zoro. Altogether, the three of them were lead out by one of the aliens down a series of halls and out into a garden filled with all sorts of strange plants.

"Here you are," the alien said, if you need anything-"

"We have communicators," Zoro cut him off, motioning to the small triangular communicator on his chest.

The alien nodded, "Then I will leave you now," he said, turning back toward the direction they had just come from. As soon as he had turned, Luffy sprinter off toward the maze with a whoop of glee; mazes meant adventures.

"What was the deal with that?" Zoro asked, enquiring about the strange aliens, not to Luffy's childishness. He glancing at the retreating figure as the two remaining crew mates began to walk around the maze of a garden. They walked more slowly as Luffy proceeded to make himself lost.

"Maybe they're just a little afraid of foreigners," Sanji suggested.

"Do you think that Robin and Nami will have a problem with them?"

"No, they don't seem hostile," Sanji said, "only nervous." Although, his perception was a little murky at the moment.

"I just hope they're willing to fork over the dilithium to us."

"Agreed."

Zoro cast a look around, "I don't like it here."

"Here on the planet, or here in this maze?"

"In this maze, it's weird."

"I wouldn't think it would seem much different than when you just walk around, seeing as you seem to get yourself lost walking in a straight line."

"Shut up, I do not."

"Don't even try to lie about it, I'm not going to believe you. Maybe your brain just doesn't understand the concept of intentionally getting lost when you do it accidentally so often. I bet you could walk through this maze the first time through with that logic."

"What kind of a vulcan are you, that's about the least logical thing I've ever heard."

"Fine, I was just making conversation, stop being such a dick about it."

Zoro angrily mumbled something but it was lost on Sanji, and they walked silently after that. Normally, this sort of silence would have bothered Sanji, but at the moment he was a little distracted. As the blond walked, he could feel a rising presence on the edges of his consciousness. He could feel it reaching out to him stinger than all the others, but it was like they were being separated by a thin barrier.

This sort of thing was not entirely unusual, these people were deeply telepathic and had been reaching out to him from the moment he touched down. It was like walking through a crowd and having everyone brush their hand against him as he walked by, but he just blocked them out an focused on other things. Right now, he was distracting himself by taking out his tricorder and taking readings of the plants as they walked. Still, this one presence was insistent and difficult to ignore. It kept pressing at him and making his head throb. He lifted a hand to his temple, trying to will away the pain it was causing.

"Are you alright?" Zoro asked, looking at him cautiously.

Sanji hadn't realized it, but he had stopped moving forward. He shook himself, "I'm fine, these people are just a little overwhelming," he replied, trying to keep his voice neural and barely managing it.

Zoro gave him a suspicious look as they continued to walk. The garden was very beautiful, it had peahen hedges that rose up to twice Zoro's size. They were obviously clipped into shape, but they had little flowers on them as well. The flowers were small and back, reminding Zoro's of the old Halloween traditions held on earth. The grass was short and soft as well. Small bugs flutters through the air and filled the air with sound. A symphony of nature, guest starring Luffy as the giggly idiot.

Quite suddenly, there was misstep, Sanji stumbled. His mind was reeling at the sudden burst of pain that rippled through his head. It was like the barrier had been penetrated, letting in a flood of agony as the other consciousness swept in. Or like he had taken a big drink of something and it had gone down to his lungs, instead of his esophagus; it was like choking.

"Hey, what-" Zoro cut himself off as he watched Sanji's face go pale and he started to fall. The swordsman quickly reached out and stopped him from face planting into the floor and tried to figure out what was wrong with him.

The presence was overwhelming, Sanji desperately tried to shove it back, but it just kept pressing into him. It filled his head with a jumble of strange thoughts and emotions. Sanji was drowning, he could feel himself being shoved out of control by the other entity. This sparked a flair of primal fear, he didn't know what would happen if he got pushed out of control and he absolutely did not want to find out. The situation wasn't good, but he didn't have a way to push the entity out, he needed something to focus on, he need an anchor to give him the grounds to push back. He needed to know what was part of him and what was not because he couldn't tell anymore.

Zoro as desperately trying to figure out want the hell was going on. He had nearly given up on trying to help Sanji, when his non-responsive state worsened, and the blond's eyes rolled back and he started twitching. Zoro pressed down the communicator on his chest and called for back up. "Zoro to Luffy. Hey, we have a problem, the cook-" he was cut off when Sanji stretched out his hand and pressed it to the left side of his face, his fingers meeting the psi points and smashing their minds together with a force that made Zoro feel sick. The green haired man was swept up in the mass of emotion and thought that had suddenly taken residence in his mind. He had never been a part of any sort of telepathic meld, if that was what was happening. It was so strange. Was he still in his own mind? It was hard to tell with so much going on.

He could sense Sanji and something else. He wasn't sure how he could tell what either thing was, but somehow he just could. Sanji's presence seemed small next to the other thing. As soon as the contact with Zoro's mind was initiated, Sanji pressed his mind close to Zoro's and started to somehow push the thing back, like he was being used as a backboard to push off of. The thing fought back viciously, pulling up old memories that soon flashed by, and causing a good deal if head pains.

Zoro also started pushing at the thing, once he had figured out how to. He just had to think it and it would be done, but it was like trying to push smoke through a hole in the wall; it didn't make sense and it was extremely hard to do.

When the thing was forced out it left an emptiness behind it, allowing the two remaining minds to relax and flow into the comfortable space. This left only the presences of Sanji and Zoro together in a sea of nothingness. It felt very strange, things moved so quickly that Zoro couldn't understand what was happening. It felt there was too much pressure between them. He could feel Sanji's excitement over pushing the thing back, he echoed the feeling. He reached out toward Sanji's presence, for what he did not know; it just felt like the right thing to do. There was a flash of overwhelming heat and then the contact was abruptly separated as Sanji scrambled back.

XxxX

Consciousness came back like a heavy blanket tossed directly onto the face, Sanji came to very abruptly. He felt strange, his head was throbbing with a horrific amount of pain, and he felt oddly detached from his body. Distantly, he could hear the humming sounds of the med bay. He knew that particular sound a little too well.

Sanji made an effort to push himself up and succeeding in doing so. His head felt like it might explode, but his physical body was fine. He squinted at his surroundings, the light stinging his suddenly sensitive eyes. He was in the med bay back on the ship. Chopper was off to his side, leaning over Zoro, there was no sign of the others.

Upon seeing Sanji sit up, Chopper was sent into adorable worried doctor mode. "Sanji are you okay? What happened? Your brain chemistry is way off."

"I'm fine," Sanji assured the small doctor, "One of the people got into my brain, but it's okay now. I'm fine, everything's-" his breath caught in his throat, something wasn't right, everything wasn't fine.

Chopper was upon him in a second, "Sanji, what's wrong? Talk to me."

Sanji felt a wave of panic and apprehension wash over him, he bit down on his lip, and clenched his hair tightly, pulling slightly. Two very un-Vulcan like reactions to stress. The blond shook his head. "Bad, bad, bad. This is bad." His face showed panic and Choper's words refused to reach him, but after a moment a vulcan calm fell over him. Seconds later, Zoro began to stir.

Zoro awoke feeling like he was one hundred percent at attention, the sort of feeling he would get were he in the middle of a battle zone. His adrenalin was pumping and he was ready to pounce, but his head was filled with cotton. His eyes took a moment to focus as he heard panicky voices next to him. He sat up blearily but frantically eyeing the other occupants of the room.

He blinked, he could still feel Sanji's presence in his head, although much more distant than he had before. He could feel waves of panic radiating through the connection. As soon as he focused on the feeling that was not his, it was shut away from him, although the presence was still there. It was like putting down a curtain, but still seeing the movement behind it.

Zoro's eyes narrowed as he glared over at the blond. 'Want the fuck did you do?' he thought, he wasn't quite awake enough to make his tongue work. From the panicked felling before, he knew the blond must have done something very bad. Although, now he had a very vulcan calm about him. Fucking vulcans, they were always such assholes.

'It's not my fault' the thought was undeniably Sanji's, although Zoro heard it echo through his skull as if was directed to him. He wondered if this was like what people with schizophrenia felt like, hearing voices that aren't their own. It was unnerving and kind of terrifying.

"What the fuck did you do?!" Zoro asked, this time aloud, as he was suddenly aware that Chopper was staring at them in confusion.

"What's he talking about Sanji?" the doctor asked.

Sanji took a deep breath, retaining his calm exterior. "When my mind was attacked I could do nothing to fight back without something to push off of. The marimo just so happened to be there, so I instinctively mind melded with him to fight back. I may have... panicked and in my haste, gone a bit too far." His expression faltered slightly in guilt.

"And what exactly does that mean?" Zoro asked, he had a sinking feeling in his stomach.

"Well," Sanji drawled, "I would appear that I accidentally initiated a mating bond... a little bit." He cringed slightly as the words left his mouth.

"You did what?!" Zoro exclaimed in horror. This was the most horrifying thing that had happened to him in a very long time and it was ten times as horrifying because it was with Sanji. He didn't want to be forever connected to this idiot.

"It's not as bad as it sounds." Sanji held up his hands in defense. "But yeah, it kind of sucks."

"What do you mean, it's not as bad as it sounds? Because it sounds pretty fucking horrible," Zoro said, his voice rising with panic.

Chopper ignored him and asked a more pressing question, "How did this happen? You've mind melded with other people and nothing like this has happened." It was true, Sanji had preformed mind melds before in order to do things like communicate with aliens whose languages did not adapt well to the universal translator, or to seek out memories.

Sanji nodded, "Yeah, but mind melds are kind of dangerous and anything can go wrong. I probably reached out too strongly and made the connection without thinking to push back, and then it grew stronger as the other mind was pushed out. It's not totally my fault though, this only could have happened between two people with highly compatible minds," he finished awkwardly. It wasn't like he wanted this to happen. He had always dreamed of being bonded to a beautiful lady having many blond children, not bonded with Zoro doomed to forever be fighting. When he left vulcan he hadn't been bonded yet, even when many other children had been arranged to marry even before him. His parents kept him unbounded because they weren't sure that he could maintain no emotion while connected. They were afraid he might damage the other member of the bond.

"Have you forgotten who we are, spiral brow? There is no way our minds are compatible," Zoro argued.

Sanji looked annoyed and Zoro could feel the shift of emotions behind his mental shields, although he couldn't tell what they were. It was creepy. "I'm only telling you what I know, marimo, you can't argue with facts. Well, you can but that would be stupid. Physically, our minds fit together, that has nothing to do with how much we hate each other." They actually fit together a little too well, something that made Sanji feel very uneasy, it was not exactly comfortable to think about.

Zoro glared at him, but he didn't know enough on the topic of vulcan mind melds to make an argument. "So, what does a mating bond entail exactly? Because this sounds like some kinky alien bullshit."

Sanji's eyebrow twitched, "I'm just going to ignore your xenophobia and answer that. It's not as bad as it sounds. It just means that we have a strong mental connection, which is why you can feel my presence and before you could sense my emotion. There also appears to be a way of telepathic communication. From what I remember those are kind of rare? I think." His knowledge of his vulcan kin was not especially extensive, it wasn't exactly an open topic; Vulcans were always annoyingly private about everything.

Zoro groaned loudly, his irritation echoing through Sanji's head where there once would have been only limited feeling, "Great, so I have to deal with you constantly being in my head now? Shouldn't be a problem at all," he rolled his eyes, "So, how do we fix it?"

Sanji hesitated. "Well, I could try to break the bond myself."

"Would that be dangerous?" Chopper asked nervously, whenever it came to mind melds vulcans always seemed to be more confident in their abilities than they should be.

"Not it it's weak enough," Sanji reasoned, "If it's too strong we would have to get a vulcan elder to break it and I don't think Luffy wants to turn the ship around." Who knows how long it would take to wait up for them.

"Can you try to break it now?" Zoro asked, not wanting to spend anymore time this close with Sanji.

Sanji shrugged, "Sure, it's better to do it before it had settled in too much. We have to do it in my quarters though, I have to light the incense and meditate."

"Why do you need incense to go into my brain?" Zoro asked, making a face.

"Because it helps me focus, it's calming. Just shut up," Sanji snapped back.

"I want to monitor your condition, just in case," Chopper said worriedly as he ignored their bickering, mind melds could do all sorts of things when they weren't monitored. "And we should probably let the others know that you two are okay. I had them all leave while I was treating you guys.

Sanji smiled at the furry doctor, "Sure thing, but let's get this done first. Come on, marimo," the betazoid-vulcan said, standing and starting toward the door. They walked along the corridor into Sanji's room, it wasn't a long trip and they didn't see anyone in the hallway. Each step of the way, Sanji's head felt a little better, soothed by the new bond. He tried not to think about that so much, soon it would be gone and things would be normal again.

The atmosphere was a good deal hotter in Sanji's room and it smelled like strange spices, but it wasn't unpleasant; it felt more warm and comforting than overpowering. The three of them entered then room and Sanji pulled out two meditation mats, one across from the other. As he and Zoro sat down, Chopper took out a medical tricorder to make sure that their life signs stayed stable. Mind melds were often more trouble than they were worth, even when Vulcans insisted they were safe.

Chopper nodded his readiness to Sanji when he looked up and the blond turned his gaze to Zoro. "Ready?" he asked.

"What's going to happen?" Zoro was an outsider to Vulcan mind voodoo, as he like to call it.

"I'm going to mind meld with you and split the bond," Sanji explained without really explaining anything.

"Will it hurt?" If it did Zoro could take it, he was a big boy.

"Nah, it should be fine," Sanji assured him, although he had no real idea, he hasn't preformed too many mind melds, "Ready?"

"Ready," Zoe sighed, sounding resigned.

Sanji leaned in and lifted his right hand to place over Zoro's psi points. His index finger on the side of his forehead and middle and ring fringes trailing down to the pinky finger on his jaw, his thumb rested against the side of his nose. "My mind to your mind," Sanji said, his eyes sliding closed. Zoro closed his eyes as well, there was the strangest sensation, like him mind was an open door to let Sanji's inside. "Your thoughts to my thoughts," the second line was more a mental thought than a physical recitation. Zoro could feel his prescience again, so close. Having two minds together was about as intimate as things could get and it was very weird to feel so close with Sanji of all people.

Sanji hesitated for a second before seeking out the bond, it was like he was shifting through his mind. Less like he was reading through files, more like the was looking for a box labeled 'bond'. Zoro wasn't exactly sure of what he was supposed to do when suddenly he got the impression from Sanji that he should just stay out of the way while the he looked. Zoro made sure to exaggerate his irritation, just to be a bastard.

When Sanji found the link between them he was surprised by what he saw, Zoro could feel it. It wasn't a physical thing, but it felt like a rope was connecting them. Sanji's side was a deep ocean blue and Zoro's was green like his hair. The weapons specialist felt a trickle of amusement when Sanji first saw it, although that was quick to be shielded away again.

The two sides of the bond started thicker toward the base and twined together thinner in the middle. The link was stronger than Sanji would have through. He watched it for a moment before attempting to sever it. It was like using kiddie scissors to cut industrial strength rope; impossible. Sanji felt a wash of panic when he touched the bond and it only knotted itself together even more. He tried to snap it, but it only kept growing. 'What the fuck-'

And suddenly they were back in the room with Chopper, who looked concerned. Sanji's hand immediately dropped from Zoro's face to look at the doctor.

"Are you two okay?" Chopper said worriedly.

Sanji made an unhappy noise, he was projecting an uncomfortable feeling,
so far as Zoro could tell. That could mean a lot of things.

"We're fine," Zoro answered when it seemed Sanji wouldn't.

"Why did you pull us out?" Sanji asked.

"Your vitals we're starting to fluctuate rather dangerously. I was afraid you might give yourself a stroke or go into cardiac arrest, I don't know much about mind melds. I wish the Vulcans would be more open about this sort of thing," Chopper said, frown deepening.

"I was trying to cut the bond, but I couldn't do it," Sanji breathed, half shocked and half distressed.

"So, what now, we're stuck like this?" Zoro demanded.

"I guess so," Sanji groaned, "Aw fuck, that reminds me, we are technically engaged by vulcan standards. Well, not exactly. It's more than a betrothal but less than a marriage."

Zoro let out a dry laugh, "Great, just fucking great. Are we going to have to go through some bullshit marriage ritual now?"

"I really hope it doesn't last that long," Sanji grimaced, "I'm not going to marry you."

"And I'm definitely not going to marry you."

"Is there anything more we can do?" Chopper asked.

"Not unless we want to turn around and pay the vulcan high council a visit, I'm sure they'd love to see me again," Sanji said sarcastically, then he seemed to realize something, "I bet they would try to fucking arrest me, the fucking pricks."

"Why," Chopper asked.

Sanji pulled at his hair in his agitation, "Because I initiated a mating bond without the permission of the other person, that is one of the worst crimes in vulcan law."

"You mind raped me, didn't you?"
Zoro jabbed a finger at him accusingly.

Sanji glared at him menacingly, "No, that is something different. What I did is more akin to molesting your mind and holding it captive. I mean, that's pretty horrible but at least I'm respecting your boundaries."

"You're a monster," Zoro shook his head mockingly.

"Shut up, I know." Sanji flipped him off.

"Fucking hell, I'm going to be stuck with you in my head forever. This is going to be so annoying."

"You're telling me," Sanji grumbled, "Aw, we're going to have to tell everyone about all of this," Sanji whined.

Fantastic. This wasn't going to be at all uncomfortable.

"We should probably just get that out of the way now," Zoro sighed in resignation.

"Ugh, but I don't want to."

"Come on," Zoro stood and headed toward the exit, the other two following behind him.

They made the trip to the bridge, where they knew Luffy would be along with everyone else. When the door slid open, all faces turned their way. Zoro grimaced, but Sanji's face was blank and his feelings were blocked. When Zoro subconsciously sought after Sanji's reaction he got the impression of being brushed aside by the half Betazoid. It was so weird, he was never going to get used to it.

"Are you guys okay?" asked Luffy.

"Fine," grumbled Sanji, "What happened with the dilithium?"

"They felt so bad that they gave it to us for half of its worth," Nami grinned wildly.

"They hope that you will forgive them and not hold all of their kind to the actions of only one," Robin said lowly, "They seemed genuinely distressed at your harm." She spoke more to Sanji than to Zoro.

The Empath nodded, "I won't hold any grudges against them," he took a deep breath, "but there is something you should know."

"What is it?" Luffy wondered, looking slightly concerned at Sanji's serious tone.

"When I was attacked, I mind melded with Zoro accidentally set up a bond that linked our minds together," he said hurriedly.

"A mating bond?" Robin smirked as if she found the idea incredibly amusing but was fighting hard to maintain her composure.

Sanji nodded reluctantly, making a horrible face, "Yes, although I'd prefer not to call it that. When you say it like that it sounds too sexual."

"So, what does that mean then?" Nami leaned back from the helm seat, craning her neck to get at better look at the two of them.

"It means their brains are connected, that's the vulcan equivalent of being engaged," Chopper explained.

"Probably closer to married than engaged, the bond is too strong to break," Sanji said uncomfortably, shifting from one foot to the other.

"Will this interfere with your duties?" Luffy asked, that was the only thing that really mattered after all.

"No, sir," Sanji said, "We will deal with this as quietly as possible."

A huge smile broke out across Luffy's face, "Then congratulations."

"It's not an actual engagement," Sanji scowled, but he doubted that anyone would listen to him.

XxxX

A/N: I decided to rush this because it was irritating me, there are probably a lot of errors but blah.

I'm pretty sure that Betazoids can actually read Romulans, but Robin's just so mysterious that making her readable would be no fun. They can't read ferengi though.

Star Trek transporters are kind of bullshit when you spend way too much time thinking about it. I decided to set up my own rules of how transport works (it's not all that different).

Also, I kind of made up psi point finger placement but it doesn't really matter because Spock would just grab people's faces sometimes.

Poor boys, sharing the same head space sounds rough *evil grin*

Thanks.