p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Marla grabbed her things in a hurry, leaving a few books behind her. The rest of the supplies were already at the Enterprise. She had her title, which for awhile her entire family wondered if she had wasted so much of her life on. The white room caught her shadow, a curvy figure under a red dress with a Federation pin gold and aglow. The room had a few hover boxes that she threw more stuff on, and hastily pushed out of her quarters. Red hair was pulled into a bun, and her legs were long with small boots that pushed the heavy load out and into the hallway. There was a small window of time and it was clicking away!br /"I need to get this on board! Lets go Marla! We can do this..!"br /It took several hard pushes but it finally stabilized, and the duo making its way down the hallway was met with people complaining that kept getting in the way. Sure, this wasn't the most professional thing she'd done but all that was tossed out of the /"I'm sorry! Excuse me! Let me through! Emergency!"br /Red hair was piled hastily in a bun up top her head, one of the few things people would call memorable about /Memorable. About my hair. That would be the end on that list. Almost there..!br /The doors backlogged, opening at halfway to allow her limited space onto the elevator. She knew it would have been better to get this done earlier, but nobody knew what was going through Captain Kirk's mind. The whole mission was hush hush. In fact the red head had spoken to him personally, where Kirk had the same attitude her classmates did: Earth Historian on treks into space seemed ridiculously silly. Which of course, made her angry. The floors passed by in blue light, until she was in line for item check to the Enterprise. By that time, Marla was sick of /Better than /She thought ruefully to /Just across the band of scanners, a recognizable face was in the crowd. br /"MARLA! MARLA I'm here!"br /"Oh thank God. Leila! Grab what you can as it passes inspection!"br /"You got it."br /Leila June eagerly took stock of a few items and arranged the boxes till she was hand carrying what she could. Taking on more than she could see over, Marla chastised her and took two boxes back to the /"They're getting really picky. They are saying we have less than 30 minutes before we're out of here."br /Marla shook her head, eyes shining with a mix of brown and muddled /"Then lets get this taken care of right away."br /The half latina was dressed in a blue outfit, being a yeoman./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Marla held her forehead, and listened to the piles of trash bags pile up on one /"You over packed. Again. We can't share a room like this together."br /Leila folded her arms over her small chest and swished her ponytail in a /"I will make it work. You know I can. If I have to-"br /"You'll sleep on it. That's fine. It won't do if they have inspections though Leila."br /Her form bent over the bags and started stacking /"I couldn't decide what to bring with me, since this is my first time on the Enterprise. I just have this feeling that I'm nowhere near ready for this trip. Its in my gut? I can't ignore it?"br /Marla was busy organizing her things and taking out some of her /"I need a space cleared for my creative spirit Leila."br /"Attention to all Enterprise Crew, we will be departing in 15 minutes."br /"No, no don't touch anything Leila. Let me do it really quick."br /Leila sat down, opened the fridge compartment and pulled out a /"Are you really drinking right now?"br /Leila June was hurt and pouted in her own way, tipping the bottle /"YEP. Since we're heading into unknown territory I brought a little alcohol."br /Marla fussed with her hair and straightened the edge of her /"Let me guess- Enron is aboard. That's the only logical choice Leila! Come on you really underdo it with the guy. He really likes you."br /Leila drank more and motioned a hand like it was talking /"H..Here. Help me with this real quick..!"br /"Shit! Marla I told you to stay out of my stuff."br /The two women had a collide, landing on top of each other. Leila /Marla gave her a kiss on the nose and went back to work, while Leila rubbed her face with her palms and took directions appropriately. By the time the ship was leaving the docks, they were sitting in their shared quarters and quietly waiting the jump to light /"Do you think they'll let us know what we're doing? I am still so upset over the loss of Pike-"br /Leila yawned and /"Probably the closer we get to it. I have a bad feeling about it."br /"How bad is bad.."br /"Its like I said I feel like there's nothing I can do to be prepared on this trip.. I've surrounded myself with different outfits, items, even stuff to keep me awake."br /Marla rubbed her palms on her /"So you think its some type of warning?"br /"My morning started with burnt breakfast. I didn't see that coming."br /"But you aren't disqualifying it as ESP."br /"...I hate when people call it that. I get it once or twice a year tops."br /"But they're usually accurate. Like the fire on your dad's ranch."br /"I'm going for another beer."br /"No, no you are not."br /Marla straddled Leila's lap and ran her fingertips over her chest lightly. They sat quietly together before Leila angled her face to kiss Marla's. It was a tender /"You taste like beer."br /"You taste like Marla."br /They laughed, and then hugged each other /"We're so lucky Enron got us a place to share. He's expecting to taking me out to dinner when possible. I had to agree."br /Marla /"Out of curiosity, did you see Spock earlier?"br /"Oh yeah, something about torpedoes. Really hush hush. He's kind of handsome when nobody's watching."br /A pillow made its way into Leila June's face, /"He's dating Uhura-"br /"Yeah I know. I would never date someone so off my usual wavelength."br /"If you aren't interested in Enron, I might be."br /"Seriously?"br /"Yes he's a nice guy. You keep using him he's going to figure it out Leila."br /Leila did some real work and they were quietly listening to the hum of the ship./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"When they overheard that the prisoner was coming on board, everyone gathered. Marla and Leila held hands, watching this man inbetween the whole security force they could muster. His hair was slicked back, which Leila muttered to Marla and she nodded. It was definitely /Then for a few short moments blue-green eyes settled on Marla's face, and landed on Leila's. They both held hands tightly, as the Latina felt a wave of apprehension wash over /"His eyes are so cold."br /Marla's voice was unafraid, chattering with other people around them about the prisoner. They got what they /Leila wandered off, half in and out of consciousness. Marla ran after her, and directed them both to the turbolift. When it opened, Spock, Captain Kirk, and Dr McCoy came /"Are you okay Yeoman?"br /"She needs something to eat. She'll be fine sir."br /"Take her to the medbay if it gets worse. I'll be there within the hour. Feel better."br /The doors shut and they were /"How the fuck am I a functioning person?"br /Marla took Leila's face into her /"Get ahold of yourself right this instant. You cannot be on this ship and struggle with ESP or space sickness. This is the last time I'll run after you. Ok?"br /Leila groaned, staring up at her friend and sometimes /"Ok Marla."/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Marla held her forehead, and listened to the piles of trash bags pile up on one /"You over packed. Again. We can't share a room like this together."br /Leila folded her arms over her small chest and swished her ponytail in a /"I will make it work. You know I can. If I have to-"br /"You'll sleep on it. That's fine. It won't do if they have inspections though Leila."br /Her form bent over the bags and started stacking /"I couldn't decide what to bring with me, since this is my first time on the Enterprise. I just have this feeling that I'm nowhere near ready for this trip. Its in my gut? I can't ignore it?"br /Marla was busy organizing her things and taking out some of her /"I need a space cleared for my creative spirit Leila."br /"Attention to all Enterprise Crew, we will be departing in 15 minutes."br /"No, no don't touch anything Leila. Let me do it really quick."br /Leila sat down, opened the fridge compartment and pulled out a /"Are you really drinking right now?"br /Leila June was hurt and pouted in her own way, tipping the bottle /"YEP. Since we're heading into unknown territory I brought a little alcohol."br /Marla fussed with her hair and straightened the edge of her /"Let me guess- Enron is aboard. That's the only logical choice Leila! Come on you really underdo it with the guy. He really likes you."br /Leila drank more and motioned a hand like it was talking /"H..Here. Help me with this real quick..!"br /"Shit! Marla I told you to stay out of my stuff."br /The two women had a collide, landing on top of each other. Leila /Marla gave her a kiss on the nose and went back to work, while Leila rubbed her face with her palms and took directions appropriately. By the time the ship was leaving the docks, they were sitting in their shared quarters and quietly waiting the jump to light /"Do you think they'll let us know what we're doing? I am still so upset over the loss of Pike-"br /Leila yawned and /"Probably the closer we get to it. I have a bad feeling about it."br /"How bad is bad.."br /"Its like I said I feel like there's nothing I can do to be prepared on this trip.. I've surrounded myself with different outfits, items, even stuff to keep me awake."br /Marla rubbed her palms on her /"So you think its some type of warning?"br /"My morning started with burnt breakfast. I didn't see that coming."br /"But you aren't disqualifying it as ESP."br /"...I hate when people call it that. I get it once or twice a year tops."br /"But they're usually accurate. Like the fire on your dad's ranch."br /"I'm going for another beer."br /"No, no you are not."br /Marla straddled Leila's lap and ran her fingertips over her chest lightly. They sat quietly together before Leila angled her face to kiss Marla's. It was a tender /"You taste like beer."br /"You taste like Marla."br /They laughed, and then hugged each other /"We're so lucky Enron got us a place to share. He's expecting to taking me out to dinner when possible. I had to agree."br /Marla /"Out of curiosity, did you see Spock earlier?"br /"Oh yeah, something about torpedoes. Really hush hush. He's kind of handsome when nobody's watching."br /A pillow made its way into Leila June's face, /"He's dating Uhura-"br /"Yeah I know. I would never date someone so off my usual wavelength."br /"If you aren't interested in Enron, I might be."br /"Seriously?"br /"Yes he's a nice guy. You keep using him he's going to figure it out Leila."br /Leila did some real work and they were quietly listening to the hum of the ship./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"The ride was long and quiet. The two women stayed in their room for a long time. Leila crashed out on two trashbags of clothing, and Marla sat up painting another fascinating figure of /When Captain Kirk gave his announcement, you could almost sense the edge of adrenaline with the edge of a sword. None of what they did would help much. Leila was called to take some reports on the usual weak spot she'd grown to love and hate. Marla was painting with so much red, like blood, and it was really coming together./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"When they overheard that the prisoner was coming on board, everyone gathered. Marla and Leila held hands, watching this man inbetween the whole security force they could muster. His hair was slicked back, which Leila muttered to Marla and she nodded. It was definitely /Then for a few short moments blue-green eyes settled on Marla's face, and landed on Leila's. They both held hands tightly, as the Latina felt a wave of apprehension wash over /"His eyes are so cold."br /Marla's voice was unafraid, chattering with other people around them about the prisoner. They got what they /Leila wandered off, half in and out of consciousness. Marla ran after her, and directed them both to the turbolift. When it opened, Spock, Captain Kirk, and Dr McCoy came /"Are you okay Yeoman?"br /"She needs something to eat. She'll be fine sir."br /"Take her to the medbay if it gets worse. I'll be there within the hour. Feel better."br /The doors shut and they were /"How the fuck am I a functioning person?"br /Marla took Leila's face into her /"Get ahold of yourself right this instant. You cannot be on this ship and struggle with ESP or space sickness. This is the last time I'll run after you. Ok?"br /Leila groaned, staring up at her friend and sometimes /"Ok Marla."/p
