Author's Note:
Hello one and all and this chapter once again features my OC Ensign Harvard. It's set during the events leading to Rule 33 of the Unofficial Rules and I hope you enjoy it.
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Dragged Into It
Harvard knew that it was a bad idea.
He'd been in one of the rec rooms minding his own business when the Enterprise's youngest crew member came in. Ensign Pavel Chekov had a mischievous grin on his face which was Harvard's first warning, that look meant the teen was planning something.
The boy came straight over to him, "Mr Harvard, do you sink you can help me vith somesing?"
Harvard kept his voice carefully neutral, "What?"
The teen grinned, "I vas sinking about making ze Keptain's shover go cold ven he ees een eet but I don't know how to do eet."
Guessing that this was the latest attack in the ongoing prank war between Kirk, Scotty, Sulu and Chekov Harvard tried to keep himself out of it, "Wouldn't Mr Scott be a better person to ask to help with this?"
"He's too busy planning a big prank for Hikaru."
Chekov was looking at him hopefully and Harvard felt bad for refusing him, "I'm sorry but I don't think this is something I should really be a part of."
The boy's face fell and Harvard felt a twinge of guilt, especially when Chekov began to appeal to him, "Please can you help me, it vont be difficult and ze Keptain will not find out zat you helped me."
Harvard was about to regretfully enforce his refusal when he made the fatal mistake of looking at the boy's face and got the full brunt of the infamous 'puppy eyes'. He tried desperately to find it in himself to stand firm in his decision but he realised that there was no way he could ever refuse that look. As such he sighed and answered, "Ok, how do we do this?"
This was how he found himself near the Captain's quarters half buried in the plumbing waiting for Chekov's signal. He'd been there some time and was starting to get nervous when he heard the teen's voice through his comm., "Do eet now."
He quickly altered the water temperature and hauled himself out into the corridor listening for the results of his work. He didn't have to wait long as the whole corridor heard the shocked scream from the Captain's quarters and Chekov came sprinting down the corridor towards him laughing and shouting, "Eet vorked, eet vorked!"
The boy's victory was short lived as Kirk exploded out of his quarters dripping wet and only wearing his trousers, he spotted Harvard and Pavel and roared at them, "JUST YOU WAIT TILL I GET MY HANDS ON YOU!"
He charged towards him and Harvard and Chekov shared a look before the teen shouted, "RUN!"
They sprinted off down the corridor hotly pursued by a livid Kirk.
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