Random: It's the middle of the night and I woke up because I got an idea...
Victoria: Lol, she's typing this on her IPad Mini since she just turned her computer off.
Sapphire: Shh, I wanna know whose kid that Arya girl is...
Victoria: Sapphire, she's YOUR kid.
Sapphire: I know. I mean, who the fuck is—
Random: Ok! Enough! You're ruining my surprise here.
Victoria: Well, it's not really a surprise. We all know she's Ruby's.
Random: ...
Victoria: Is she Ruby's?
Random: *evil smirk*
Sapphire: DON'T LOOK DIRECTLY AT HER! SHE'S TROLLING YOU!
Random: Haha, I'm messing with your MiNdZ...
I don't own Star Trek or Pokemon.
And I don't have a Beta-Reader so… if you can point out my mistakes that would be much appreciated.
Enjoy! C:
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[•◊•||Chapter 9: The Mistake||•◊•]
Gold
"What do you mean 'you're from the future'?" Gold raised a brow, asking most of the landing crew's unspoken question.
"I mean exactly what I said" Arya gave him a look that said 'are-you-stupid?', hugging her drawn up knees. Gold answered by shrugging, eliciting a quiet laugh from the slightly battered girl.
"Well, if you're from the future… why are you here?" Red asked as everyone sat in a loose circle, the rain still falling deafeningly outside the cave.
Arya was quiet for a while, possessively clutching a thread bare gold shirt that looked familiar to some of the more observant crew members.
"Do you want the whole story or a short summary?" she asked, her eyes still flitting between Pearl, Gold, and Sapphire.
Everyone looked to Red – because, duh, he's the Captain – and he nodded at her.
"Tell us everything" his tone was firm but his expression softened when he saw Arya flinching.
"Ok…" she ran a hand across her face, frustrated that she couldn't hide the fact that she flinched. "God, Arya. You're the Captain, act like it…" she said, slapping herself across the face.
Pearl stood up abruptly and went to her side, taking a regenerator out of his med kit to heal her bruises.
"Don't be so hard on yourself" he said, his eyes widening when he raised the back of her too-large blue shirt and saw whip marks.
She pulled her shirt down and – swallowing a sob – threw her arms around Pearl murmuring something indistinguishable.
Pearl heard her anyway and returned her embrace, further surprising the rest of the landing crew.
"What'd she say?" Blue mouthed, curious.
Pearl glared at her but sighed and answered her question anyway while rubbing soothing circles on Arya's back, careful not to touch any of the whip marks.
"Uncle Pearl. Uncle 2309… He doesn't know I'm gone. I never got to say goodbye" Pearl mouthed back slowly so they could understand, earning himself a couple of questioning glances.
Pearl loosened his grip on Arya and let her pull herself together before working on the cuts and bruises that marred her skin.
"In the universe where I come from, you are all going to face a nefarious opponent named Kaios. He's the leader of the Klingon race. And… one of you died while everyone else was taken captive. And after the Klingons defeated you and took the Enterprise in the raid they took over Earth and made everyone their slaves" she explained, drawing a huge star ship in the dirt.
"All of the adults were left on Earth to do the Klingon's bidding, but they took the children up to their ship to raise them as soldiers so they can take over other planets. The ship was called Armageddon" she said, encircling the large drawing of an advanced looking Klingon ship in the dirt.
It was large, to say the least. It looked to be about half the size of Earth and painted pitch black.
"Five years after they took over the Earth I was born. My aunts and my uncles did their best to hide me but when I was four years old they found me playing near a pond and took me up to the ship. That was when I found out I had a brother who has been hiding for all those years too. He tried to defend me when the Klingon Officers found me but he ended up being taken as well. He was nine then…" she said, biting her bottom lip in an attempt to keep herself from crying.
"Go on…" Crystal said, placing her hand on a small of Arya's back to reassure the girl. She nodded at her gratefully.
"When we were taken to the ship we were pitted against kids who were bigger and stronger than us to strengthen us. We had to learn quickly to survive. And then, their scientists discovered a way to… enhance us" she said, staring at her hand.
Gold thought he saw a spark of electricity dance across her fingertips for a while there but he shook his head and decided he was imagining things.
"They injected us with chemicals and gave us dangerous abilities. Some of the other kids died because they couldn't control their new skills. Before we knew it, they were making us fight each other again until it was only me and my brother left but he refused to fight me. We both became Kaios' favorite soldiers so he made us the leaders of all the kids. But we had different plans…" she smiled, the memory must have been fond despite the direness of the situation.
"We lead a rebellion against them and we destroyed the Armageddon. We lead all the kids down to Earth in shuttles. But Kaios got away…" she frowned, clutching the gold shirt in her hands.
"Dad was free to be Captain of the Enterprise without the Klingons ruling over him. He became the Captain and mom was his First Officer. But Kaios shot the Enterprise down and chained our parents. He tied me and my brother to a pole and whipped us in front of them and all the kids before they took us and marooned us on this planet leaving three guards so they knew we couldn't escape..." she ended just as Pearl finished regenerating her injuries.
Everyone was silent for a moment as they let all the information sink in.
"Wh-Where's your brother now?" Dia asked, trying to sound braver than he actually was.
"… he's dead. They burned him and gave me his corpse and everything that was left of his belongings" she said, her voice cracking under the pressure.
"I'm sorry" Diamond said, his head hung low from shame.
"It's ok. He died bravely, like his dad. He still has a chance to live in this universe but I… I'm a mistake. But I'm going to fix it" she said, determined, making the crew from the Enterprise smile.
"But… what do you mean?" Blue asked, still feeling like there was something missing.
"Oh. My brother and I have different fathers. His dad died before he was born. I'm mom's child with a different man" she said informatively.
"So… who is your dad?" Gold asked, all of their gazes turning to her.
"I…" she said, fidgeting under their stares.
"I don't know. I only saw him once when we were being whipped and I never saw him when I was a child" she said, her face devoid of any emotion as everyone else nodded solemnly.
Everyone but Gold.
"Well, we still need to figure out how send word back up to the Enterprise about our coordinates so they can beam us up" Red said, changing the topic.
"I can help. Someone shot down one of the Klingon ships and it crashed somewhere nearby. I could use the parts from the Klingon ship to make a satellite communicator…" Arya suggested, feeding the fire with some wood she managed to bring in before it started raining.
"You know how?" Blue asked, raising a brow speculatively.
"Well, yeah. I tinker… Zeke said it must have been something I inherited from dad" she said, readying herself for the trip out into the rain when she realized the crew from the Enterprise had their brows raised perplexedly.
"My brother's name was Ezekiel. I call him Zeke. And just so you all know, he's buried right over there…" she smiled as they all inched away from the freshly dug mound of soil she had been sleeping on when they got there.
Gold kept his amber gaze on the girl as she prepared to leave.
"Wait, I'll go with you…" he said hurriedly, switching his Phaser from kill to stun.
Ruby regarded him knowingly as he left, he must have known Gold was up to something.
"Tell you later" he mouthed and saluted to his Junior as he drove back into the rain, walking astride Sapphire's mysterious future daughter.
"You know…" he said confidently, breaking the silence.
He turned to see her reaction but she had none, she was blank faced the entire time as if she didn't want to betray her emotions.
"What are you talking about?" she said monotonously as Gold rolled his eyes at her.
"You know who your father is but you don't want to tell us" he insisted, but she remained silent and emotionless.
"I had a theory, but it'd be best not to tell you who I think he was" she said, unable to deny it any longer.
"But, your brother… who is his dad?" he asked as he gazed right into her one visible eye.
Something flickered in her right eye and it hit him.
He didn't know how he had come to the conclusion but it was like lightning striking, quick and doubtless, as if her eye triggered something in him that was painfully similar to kinship. But he wrote it off as hallucination – again – and decided to go with his instincts.
"Your left eye, it's not wounded. It works perfectly…" she backed away from him as he spoke, fear making her eye look wildly at her surroundings. She looked anywhere and everywhere that wasn't directly at Gold.
"So? What are you trying to say?" she asked, nervously looking around as if wanting to find the Klingon ship fast and get it over with.
"I understand now. Your shirt is a standard issue Science Blue Starfleet shirt from the future, I assume that is your brother's shirt since it's too big on you. You said one of us would die, and that your brother's dad died in our first fight with Kaios. That means that whoever it is Sapphire is attracted to now must be his father. I assume that your brother was Ruby's child?" Gold asked, his voice becoming more confident as he went over the facts.
His confidence hardened when she nodded but his face was still grim.
That means Ruby… he shook his head, he won't allow for Ruby to die. That was a different universe.
Maybe she was right about not wanting to tell us… Gold sighed before continuing, wanting to get all the facts so he could get a grasp of the bigger picture.
"But your dad was Captain of the Enterprise under the Klingon rule. The Command Gold shirt you were holding was his, wasn't it?" he prodded, his voice softening when he noticed that she had gone tense.
"…yes" she nodded, holding back a sob.
Gold patted her head and gave her a brotherly half-hug.
She must be terrified. She lost her world… her family… even her brother… he swallowed a lump in his throat and kept talking.
"Your left eye… it's a different color isn't it? It's the color of your father's eyes" he said, in a voice so soft he thought she didn't hear him.
"Yes… But I'd prefer not to let the others know until they're ready" she said. Gold sensed the pleading undertone in her voice that said 'please, don't tell them' and he nodded in agreement.
They wouldn't be able to take this… he thought to himself, steeling himself for his next question.
"What happens to the rest of us in the future?" he said, finally taking the time to search for the Klingon ship.
"Well, Red and Yellow are married" she smiled and Gold couldn't help but laugh.
"I could've told you that. Those two are obviously hooking up sometime soon…"Gold chuckled, wandering mindlessly in the rain next to a girl from the future. He thought about how strange this might have looked to everyone they left behind up in the Enterprise.
"Soon… like, when he gets back on board the Enterprise soon" Gold turned to look at her.
"You're kidding" he said, his eyes wide with amusement and surprise.
"I don't talk bullshit, Gold. I'm serious…" she grinned, comfortable as she cursed.
"Didn't your caretakers ever teach you not to curse?" Gold japed, shoving her playfully to the side.
"Are you serious? Five years living with Uncle Pearl and Aunt Victoria? My first word must have been shit or crap or something…" she retorted, hunching over as she laughed.
"Oh my God, don't tell me they're—" Gold started, running a hand through his hair.
"Getting hitched two years from now" she finished, smiling widely.
"Oh that's rich! We should put up a betting pool… This information will get me some cash if things went my way" Gold said, catching himself before he slipped in the muddy terrain of Saturn V.
"That's not fair at— There it is!" she shouted, running towards the crash site of the Klingon ship. She immediately started picking up the small engine pieces and a radio that was half buried in the sticky soil.
"Hey, slow down, kid" Gold laughed as he took the radio from her and carried some of the other things she felt she needed to make a satellite communicator.
Suddenly, her head snapped up and her one eye scanned the area warily. She picked up a rock and threw it where a small bush grew.
Gold heard the soft sound of footsteps and realized they weren't alone.
He carefully walked back and—
"Look out!"
Arya grabbed Gold's Phaser and shot the Klingon that stood menacingly behind him.
Gold turned abruptly and almost dropped the radio in his hands from shock.
Arya inched closer to him, his Phaser in her tiny hands.
"He must be the pilot for this thing…" she turned to look back at the field of debris before switching his Phaser to kill and shooting the Klingon in the head.
She dropped the Phaser and fell to her knees.
"I killed him…" she came to the realization and her eyes began to water.
"I… I'm a murderer" she said, staring at her hands and the Phaser that she dropped.
Gold put the radio down and knelt down next to her, wrapping his arms around the younger girl and pulling her into his chest as she tried to stop herself from crying.
"Shhh, it's ok. You did the right thing. He was a bad guy. He wanted to kill us…" he tried to convince her but she couldn't stop blaming herself.
"But I killed him!" her voice cracked and Gold pulled her closer, burying his right hand into her hair and his left around her waist.
"It's ok… it's ok now. We're safe." He assured her, his voice soft and reassuring.
"Daddy…" she sobbed before her eyes drifted closed and she fell asleep.
Gold just knelt there for a while, contemplating what she just said.
"No… she just wants her father. I'm not her dad" he convinced himself – deciding to just come back for the radio and all the other stuff later – as he put the hand that was around her waist under her mid-thigh, carrying her back to the cave like she was a child…
Like she was his child.
Gold shook his head and walked back to the cave with Arya sleeping in his arms.
She whimpered, but Gold just spoke softly into her ear… telling her that everything was alright.
"It's ok. You're safe…"
And with that they made their way back to the cave.
•◊• ~ Star Trek ~ •◊•
Unknown
Arya…
A sharp pain coursed through his veins as electricity crawled up his beaten limbs but all he could think of was her.
"Arya… Arya… Arya…" he whispered as his captor continued to torture him.
"You are a stubborn little thing, aren't you?" a voice he knew was his captor said, his footsteps approached his kneeling form but he would not show weakness.
He growled at the source of the voice and spat on his captor's feet.
"Now, now, my pet. That's not the way to treat your king. Just give yourself to me, give up. You will be happy…" his captor tried to convince him but he had bigger things to think about.
I have to tell her… he thought, his mother's final words rang clear in his mind.
He won't forget. He can't.
"Arya…" he muttered a little louder just to piss his abductor off. But his captor just smiled and pressed two fingers against his face; one below his left eye and one above it.
"Don't worry, my pet. You will learn loyalty…" his abductor laughed.
But he ignored the searing pain in his forehead and continued to whisper her name.
"Arya…" he smiled as he fought the darkness that crept into his mind and threatened to take over.
"After all… you were always my favorite soldier" his captor said as the darkness clouded his eyes and he found he could no longer speak.
But deep in an untouchable corner in his mind he whispered her name like she was his only salvation.
Arya…
He struggled for as long as he could against the darkness before falling into it and never surfacing again.
•◊• ~ Star Trek ~ •◊•
Red
He drummed his fingers against the cold cavern walls and yawned.
Gold and Arya left, the Enterprise hasn't tried to comm. them yet, and everyone was bored.
Just as Red was about to speak their comm. units picked up a message from the Enterprise and they all sat and listened.
"Oak to Landing Team. Hey guys, it's me… Green."
Red watched his team from the corner of his eye and saw Blue blink before standing a little straighter. Crystal was listening intently and exchanging looks with Sapphire. But everyone else seemed to be surprised Green was calling them.
And somewhere out there he knew Gold was listening too.
"I know you might not hear me but it's worth a shot, right? If not then I'm just embarrassing myself but I figured you'd want to know just what the fuck is happening up here, especially you Red"
Ruby and Dia seemed taken aback by Green's swearing but he and Blue laughed. Crystal and Sapphire smiled a little, and Ruby remained blank-faced yet strangely observant.
He saw Gold entering the cave again carrying Arya in his arms like a child, his clothes were drenched so he sat by the fire and laid her down on top of a rock with a flat surface so the soil didn't stick to her clothes.
Ruby gave him questioning looks but Gold shrugged him off and mouthed 'later', pointing to his comm. piece as Green began to speak again.
"Anyway, I'm not saying anything else to Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, and Crystal since their significant others are with them, lucky bastards."
"Hey!" Ruby, Sapphire, and Crystal yelled in unison causing Blue, Pearl, and – surprisingly – Gold to glare at them and motion for them to be quiet since Arya was sleeping.
"Who are you and what have you done to Gold?" Ruby asked, surprised Gold would scold them like that.
"Leave alone, Ruby. She needs to sleep…" Gold said firmly, gaining Crystal's attention. She stared at him quizzically and – if Red wasn't mistaken – with a twinge of jealousy.
Red could only laugh at his Juniors' antics.
"Nor am I saying anything to you, Blue, since I have no fucking clue who your significant other is and I don't give a damn. I'm positive you want it to stay that way, you know I'm right. Don't even try that with me, pesky woman"
Blue tried to retaliate but found she had no reply and pouted, crossing her arms. Everyone in the cave gave her knowing looks when her cheeks suddenly became red.
"Shut up" she glared, but they all just laughed which led to Blue, Pearl, and Gold scolding them for being noisy… again.
"By the way Dia, Platinum is in the sick bay."
The atmosphere grew grim again as everyone became quiet. Red looked at Dia sitting in a corner, his raven colored hair shading his eyes so Red couldn't see what it was Dia was feeling.
"The machines fell on her during the Klingon raid. Victoria thinks she has broken or fractured her left leg but she and Emerald have taken care of her. She's sleeping soundly on a Bio Bed in the Med Bay. And she really misses you, but she's confident that you will come back. Please don't disappoint her"
Diamond raised his head and nodded as if Green was actually there.
"Oh, and hey Pearl. I kept my promise"
All heads turned to the smiling doctor who was absentmindedly fixing his med kit.
"She hasn't been doing well but she's trying. You know who I'm talking about. I swear, if you're trying to be oblivious about your attraction to Victoria you're worse than Red."
Red sat up as everyone started laughing quietly, giving Pearl enough time to calm the erratic beating of his heart.
"Hey! I resent that!" he muttered, cursing Green and his match making ways.
Blue is rubbing off on you, Green… Red grinned at the thought.
"Knowing her, you should expect another message like this soon. She's gained too many of my habits and too much of your stubbornness and recklessness, Pearl, if she did – in fact – get that from you. I wouldn't be surprised if she was always that stubborn."
Blue and Pearl rolled their eyes.
"You're off topic, Green. We're talking about Pearl's attraction to Victoria" Blue grinned as Pearl's heart started beating irregularly… again. He scrambled to catch his breath while he glared at Blue.
"She has great aim, perfect for hunting down Klingons."
"Pfft, get to the point, Green. We all know she shot down the bird of prey with Yellow" Crystal interrupted, crossing her arms.
"Are you jealous, Crys?" Gold smirked, wiggling his eyebrow at Crystal.
"No way…" Crystal huffed, turning her head away from Gold as a smile crept across her usually serious face.
"And you'll be happy to know she's been doing your paperwork for you and taking charge with Emerald at the Sick Bay. But—"
Everyone seemed to listen closer, expecting Green to keep talking.
Something's wrong… Red realized, exchanging looks with Blue who had come to the same conclusion.
"—she needs you back, Pearl… Her wound, no one knows how to heal it. It's sparking…"
Red frowned, hearing the undertone of helplessness in his voice as he tried to remain stoic.
"We'll do what we can"
Pearl's expression turned grim as he shut his med kit and retreated to a corner to think. Red and the others watched him go as they waited for Green's next words.
"Red."
And just like that his attention was focused on his comm. piece and Green's voice.
"Yellow won't stop saying your name, you know?"
It was his turn to blush and shift uncomfortably while everyone gave him knowing looks. But he glared at them and willed for Green to keep speaking.
Everyone was shocked he'd be so harsh with his glare but got the message.
They all knew how worried he actually was for Yellow.
"She says it silently, like a prayer. It gives her confidence. She took down a Klingon bird of prey and she has been taking care of the Berlitz sisters. You should be really proud. She's only cried once too—"
Red sighed contentedly and leaned back, happy to know Yellow was doing better than he expected.
"—but it'd be better if you were here to comfort her because I don't know how to do that, Red" Green added.
Red winced at the tone Green was using and frowned.
He didn't like where this was going.
"I think the only reason she has been holding on for so long is the thought of you. That's why she says your name over and over. And yes, I'm sure she doesn't mean the color when she says that. I wish you would get over your obliviousness and go to her once you get back up here because she has been waiting this long and you can't keep doing this to her. You can't keep making her wait for you Red or you'll lose her. And I don't want you to lose her, man…"
Red looked down, lost in thought.
I got it, man. I'll tell her once I get back. I swear… he thought, determined
"We… We'll make sure you get back up here soon. I promise. And I hope that you all are ok down there… I really do."
"Hang in there, Green" Red found himself saying, having a little more respect for him.
"We'll be back before you know it, Green" Blue added, winking at no one in particular.
They laughed, just enjoying each other's company while Arya slept on.
And Red smiled at his crew… his family.
He fell asleep with a smile on his face and thoughts of Yellow waiting for him on the Enterprise.
"Oak out"
→ To be Continued… ←
Random: Thank God! I finished, I was running out of inspiration. (-.-)
I gotta say, though. Gold's scene with Arya was adorable :3
Sapphire: Gross! Gold you pedophile! That's my daughter! :C
Random: Or is she? O.O
Victoria: Would you cut it out… we're still in the middle of trying to figure out who her father is.
Random: Geeheeheehee… good luck with that *evil grin*
Has anyone here watching the Avengers Movie Bloopers?
Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye) said he felt like he was talking to Captain Kirk (Star Trek) whenever he called Captain America 'Captain'. He actually said "is this Star Trek?" XD
And when they were filming the scene where Tony "brings the party" (a.k.a. the giant alien whale) the guy who plays Bruce Banner (*fangirl squeal*) jokingly screams "Dudes, you're on your own!" before fleeing the scene… it was hilarious! XDDDDD
Hahaha! Ok… ok…. I'm done. :)
Until next time~! C:
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Keep it RaNdOm! ;)