The Trek of Ranma Who! – By DS Wynne
Disclaimer: "SM", "R1/2", "ST", "DW" and other genres belong to their respective owners.
Note: This is a multi-genre story.
Part 7
Meanwhile…
"Okay, folks," Ranma yells, as he and the other survivors of the S.S. Titanic run up to the upper deck. The plan was to reach the bridge area where Ranma will help the bridge officer get control of the ship. "Just stay close, and don't run into any trouble-
As soon as the door to the upper deck opens, four "Hosts" appear.
"Ah!" Slade says with a scream.
"I don't have time for this," Ranma says, as he points his 'sonic screw-laser' at the constructs.
ZAP!
"Amazing!" Astrid says, as the Hosts drop lifeless to the ground.
"Never mind the adulation," Ranma says. "Come on!"
"Show off!" Jackie says, as she continued to carry the still weakened, as they arrive to the main service suite.
"Ah, four more of these buggers!" Foom says.
ZAP!
"Not any more," Ranma says, as he turns his instrument towards sealing the doors to the main hall. He then puts away his instrument, and turns to the assembled group.
"Jackie, get the main power couplings working from here; use the steward's help if you are not familiar with these systems."
"Right," Jackie says, as she sits the steward down. She then looks up at Morvin and Foom.
"Watch him, will ya?"
"We can help with the electrical," Morvin says.
"Good."
Jackie turns towards Slade.
"You there!"
"What?" Slade stays.
"Be useful and watch him, will ya?"
"I'm NOT a nursemaid!"
"If you don't, I'll give you five good reasons to do otherwise," Jackie says, as she showed her open hand before folding each finger…until a fist was formed.
"Ah, good point," says Slade as he attends to the needs of the steward.
"We should get an 'SOS' started," Astrid says, as she realizes that the to the system was being diverted. "Damn, we need more power."
"Not to worry," Ranma says, as he tosses his RAZR phone to Morvin. "Morvin, hook the power supply of that to the main system. Be sure to keep the power supply isolated to this room, so we won't loose any juice."
"Right," Morvin says.
"What can Bannaffalatta do?" asks the little red man.
"Um…just hang out with Mister Cooper," Ranma says.l
"Right!"
Shortly there after, Morvin fully powers the room with the use of Ranma's phone.
"Done it!" Morvin yells triumphantly.
"Genius!" says Foom, his wife. "I love you."
"I know."
Astrid begins to fidget with the communications console, and then-
SKREEE!
"-This is 'Ra's Glory'," says a familiar voice. "What is your status?"
"There's a Gao'uld ship approaching!" says the deckhand in fear.
"Cool!" Ranma replied. He then goes over to the communications console. "This is the SS Titanic."
"Ranma is that you?" Hathor says.
This warranted a jealous look on Jackie's face. Hathor, as System Lord, was one of Ranma's wives.
"Um, yes," Ranma says nervously.
"Thank the Maker that you are okay," Hathor says. "Yes, I know you are nearly immortal, but still-"
"Yes, I know. What is your ETA?"
"We should have achieved orbital in five minutes."
"Good," Ranma says. "We have survivors all over the ship."
"Understood. Oh, and Ranma?"
"Yes?"
"I expect to be properly thanked."
"Um," Ranma says, as he felt the 'kill' aura from Jackie.
Meanwhile, while everyone was distracted, Astrid takes one of the teleportation wristbands, used earlier for a tour of London, and places the band on her wrist…
ZAP!
CHOOM!
The power goes out.
"What was that?" Slade says.
Ranma quickly looks around and sees that Astrid was missing.
"Damn it," Ranma says. "Mind the store."
"Where are you going?"
"To stop a foolish girl from getting in the way," Ranma says, as he places both his index and middle on his forehead, and-
ZAP!
Ranma reappears right behind Astrid, who was hiding behind some equipment.
"Astrid-" Ranma began.
Astrid nearly jumps with a startle, but Ranma covered her mouth.
"Shhhh!" Ranma says. "It's just me."
Ranma let's go, and Astrid calms down.
"What's going on?" Ranma asked, as he sees a head in a box that was on wheels.
"Um, Max Capricorn wants to crash the Titanic in order to humiliate the board of directors, as well as collect the insurance money."
"Great-"
"AND NOW, DOCTOR!" Max begins. "THE FUN BEGINS!"
"No-!" the Doctor begins to yell, as the space liner begins to shudder.
Ranma immediately acted, as he bowls over the Hosts holding the Doctor. The Doctor sees him.
"Never mind me!" the Doctor yells. "Keep that engine lit!"
"But how-?"
"You do have access to the power of the Sun, remember?"
"Oh, Rright," Ranma says, as he takes out his henshin rod. "I hate doing this…SOLAR POWER MAKE-UP!"
FWOOSH!
Astrid's eyes bulged, as Ranma becomes "Sailor Helios, the Yellow Lantern"…a buxom, red-haired girl with black/yellow eyes.
"But, how-?"
"Later," 'Helios says, as she took a dive off the ledge, and straight into the heart of the ship. Once in place, she used her powering to create alternate conduits throughout to the ship, where 'Helios could power the ship.
'Doctor,' 'Helios thought. 'I won't be able to help you and do this at the same time…you're on your own."
'Right,' the Doctor replied likewise, just as he was about to reach for his sonic-screwdriver-
Suddenly, the Host grabs the Doctor by the Host.
"Now, Doctor, you will die," Max says. "It's too bad that we couldn't be business partners-"
"MISTER CAPRICORN!"
All eyes turn to Astrid.
"I resign," Astrid says, as she guns the forklift to ram into Capricorn's "cart". All the while Hosts attacked her. In one volley, the brake lines were severed. It was too late before everyone realized that neither Astrid nor Capricorn would survive that day…
TING!
As Astrid fell, her teleporter activates. She then reappears in front of her friends.
"Wha-what-?"
"You're welcome," Jackie says with a smirk. "I knew you would get mixed up in this, so I recalled ya."
"But the Doctor-"
"Astrid!" the Doctor yelled over the communications line. "Is she alright?"
"I am, Doctor!"
"Good, now, everyone, hold on to something, because we have a bumpy ride!"
With the help the Hosts, the Doctor arrives on the Bridge…through the floor deck.
BAM!
"What?" the bridge officer says with shock.
"Midshipman Frank? Good to see you!"
"The Host-"
"Max Capricorn is dead, and now they follow the highest level of authority."
"And who's that?"
"ME. Now hang on-!"
The Doctor purposely dives into the Earth's atmosphere in order to re-ignite the ship engines. Just as they were about to crash over Buckingham Palace, Sailor Helios was able to get the relief she needed to dislodge herself from within the bowels of the ship. She flies underneath and begins to lift the ship.
"Sol, give…me…strength!" Sailor Helios yells, as she began to add her power as a booster for the ship. That way, the Titanic could achieve escape velocity. And as the ship barely scraps the British Queen's palace, 'Helios see the Queen outside in her bathrobe.
"Morning ma'am!" 'Helios says, as she sped away with the Titanic.
"Good morning, and Merry Christmas," the Queen said as she waved. "And the Doctor thanks for the warning."
"I will ma'am…"
And so the crisis was averted on Christmas Day, once again…
Later…
"I…I know I promised you that I would take you with me, but I couldn't stand it if something happened to you," the Doctor says.
"Oh, I see," says Astrid with disappointment.
"However, I do think that there is someone who will need your help," the Doctor says, as he directs Astrid towards Cooper. "Someone will have to make sure that his retirement money goes to good use…"
Earlier, it was learned that Cooper falsified his records as a Terran Historian, which could land him in jail. So, with the help of the Saotomes, Cooper will receive asylum on Earth…with a nice pension.
"Oh, then I can stay on Earth?"
"Yep."
Astrid smiles.
"Well…at least it's a first step in exploring the Universe…"
Later…
"Well, all's well, that ends well," Sailor Helios says, as she enters the TARDIS. It was found on the outskirts of London.
"How come you are still in that form?" the Doctor says, as he goes over the panel of the ship.
"I absorbed a LOT of solar energy," Ranma-onna says. "I'm stuck in this form until I bleed off the excess."
"Huh."
Silence.
"You could have brought Astrid along, you know," Ranma-onna says.
"Yes, but…her innocence would have been lost in the end…just like many of the others," the Doctor says. "I didn't want to spoil that."
Ranma-onna nods her head, and then gives the Doctor a kiss on the cheek.
"Marry Christmas, Doctor," Ranma-onna says, as she places a hand the Doctor's shoulders.
"Huh?"
Ranma-onna points to the mistletoe that was hanging.
"Oh."
Ranma-onna smiles, as she turns. Although she was born a guy, and still sees herself as such, she has long since stop caring about gender-identity issues. Besides, men in the so-called "Old World" have no problem kissing each other on the cheek, right?
Once inside her room, Ranma-onna relaxes…or, at least, she tried to.
"Hello, Ranma," Jackie says, as she reveals herself from underneath her covers.
Ranma-onna notices a second body.
"Who-?"
Hathor reveals herself.
"I haven't forgotten about what I said to you earlier," Hathor says with a smirk.
"Um, I am a girl at the moment, remember? And what about the Titanic?"
"My crew can handle the Titanic, and I don't care if you are female at the moment."
"And besides," Jackie says. "I was teaching Hathor what she needed to know to please you."
"I won't take no for an answer," Hathor says with smirk.
"…"
Tbc.