AN: 'Tis time for another chapter is it not my fellows? I know my last chapter sucked but yea. Oh and if you notice the characters lack a distinct amount of swearing as they probably would have done, it is because I don't swear. I take it into account when people say swearing is the sign of a small mind. But, Kirk will swear in an upcoming chapter, I promise you this, my reader people! So yea. Time to commence with the writing! This chapter will be one of the worst. I honestly have no idea what to do! I know what will come in the next chapter but this one! It irks me and shakes me to my roots! oh well. Let's go.
"59 bottles of beer on the wall," Sang Jackie boredly as she stared at her hands, "59 bottles of beer! Take kidnappers, a clown, mix it up with a frown, you've made a recipe for…ME! Oh, God, I'm so bored, so, so, bored…"
Suddenly the door opened and in walked in an Orion woman.
"Delphie," acknowledged Jackie. Delphie nodded at her and sat down on the chair in the far corner of the room. Her eyes showed mixtures of pity, relief, and hesitance. She opened her mouth to speak when Jackie cut her off.
"I know what you're gonna say. 'I could've bought you more time, you needn't have suffered, blah blah blah,'" she waved her hand as if to swat a fly, "I knew he was coming so does it matter? Besides now you can leave, right?"
The woman nodded reluctantly and opened her mouth again.
"No," Jackie said, "That wouldn't work. You had no belongings to begin with did you? So if you suddenly had a 140 lbs. backpack…"
Her head snapped up from her hands and she looked amused. "No, I'm not reading your mind," she mused, "Simple body language."
The Orion, looking very confused, left without a word.
The preteen sighed and went back to her singing, "58 bottles of beer on the wall, 58 bottles of-"
The door opened again and a tall, hooded figure walked inside.
"You know, that cloak really makes me think 'vampire' whenever I see you. Are you sure you don't want a makeover? I'd be thrilled to help," Jackie remarked as he came into her sightline. Her eyes twinkled the same way Jim's did whenever he was about to prank someone.
The figure hissed and glared at her.
She sighed again, "Not helping the whole 'vampire' thing."
"Are you ready to behave," he asked.
She struck a dramatic pose and declaimed, "Never!"
He grabbed her arm and led her to back into the hallway.
"Dost my eyes deceive me?" cried the girl, "Could it be; the hallway of a thousand doors!?" She shrieked out the last line as if she'd been hit with a phaser and smirked.
The man snarled and dragged her through the hallway. They stopped at a door where he reached into his pocket and fumbled with some keys he produced. Jackie's face whitened as she saw the key he took out and mouthed, 'No freakin way.'
The door opened to reveal a small figure sitting in the middle of the room. Jackie was shoved inside and barely heard the click of the lock as she landed on the figure. It let out a yelp of surprise and looked up.
"Oh no," it suddenly groaned, "I thought you said you would stay out! I go to all the trouble of getting you out of here and this is how you repay me? I have half a mind to…" The conversation went on for several more minutes at which point Jackie put on her most dazzling smile and said, "Miss me?"
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Jim was sitting in his room deciding what to do. He could rescue Jackie or he could leave the brat on Elphus (serves her right for LYING TO ME!).
She's you little sister dipwad! Screeched a voice in the back of his mind, besides, she'll kill you if you don't.
Jim sighed. He would have to get Bones to look into this whole voice in his head thing. He went out to the bridge up to Spock.
He sighed and clenched his teeth, knowing full well what he was about to get himself into. Logic. As if that wasn't enough, Spock would be the person telling the logic. He shuddered at the thought. For Jackie, he had to remind himself to take another step.
"Spock," he said, "What is the-"he pulled a face, "logical thing to do here?"
Spock glanced up quickly and Jim barely had time to see the eyebrows disappearing into his hairline.
"Well, Captain," he said slowly, "I suppose you should rescue her." He was obviously choosing his words carefully.
"Really?" he said sarcastically, "Oh I was wondering about the chess game- YES WE ARE GOING TO RESCUE HER!"
Spock's eyebrows went down a little as he said, "Well, we should go to the planet claiming to be investigating it for something. Can you take it from there?"
Jim was contemplating what Spock had said (for once). "Yea, sure, go."
Spock sauntered off his eyebrows slowly sliding back down his face. Had the captain, of all people, asked him for logical advice? No, surely not, he must have imagined it. Someone must have slipped some chocolate into his lunch.
"Computer," Jim said to the comp., "Set coordinates for Elphus IVX."
He cracked his knuckles and stared out the window at the empty space around him. This is going to be a long day, he decided.
Another AN: Sorry I haven't updated in so long. I started this chapter weeks ago, I've just been really busy. Also sorry Jims part is so short, I just didn't know what to do. Plus it's really hot the air conditioning isn't on and I think I am melting… Oh well, peace out!
