Star Trek Hunter
Episode 5: The Fires of Pon Farr
Scene 1: Kauai Island, Hawaii
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Kauai Island, Hawaii
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A steady drizzle gradually soaked the grass and dripped from the fronds of giant palm trees. Behind the Smith estate on Kauai Island, great ridged mountains, partly covered with trees arose like gigantic red and green cathedrals. On the bright orange sand the Hunter's crew, the Smith family and a few other Hawaiians and vulcans were gathered. There was no chanting.
The clouds gradually lifted and the drizzle cleared away. The morning sun made the Pacific Ocean sparkle with a million colors. Members of the Hunter's crew, the Smith family and various friends paddled out into the becalmed ocean, some on surfboards, most in outriggers. Dr. George Smith, a retired music professor, sat behind his wife, Ev'Lon, an elderly vulcan woman, in an outrigger. Their sons, Vuk and Surrol, were seated in front and behind them. T'Lok's brothers' features appeared to have beeen equally blended from their native Hawaiian father and vulcan mother. They paddled out with the rest, forming a ring of surfboards and small boats. Somehow, they managed to join hands until a great, unbroken ring was formed in the calm waters. Stories were passed around the circle, then T'Lok's brothers rowed her parents into the center of the ring, where her mother and father, each holding one handle of the urn that contained her ashes, gradually poured her remains out, onto the water.
George Smith raised his voice, speaking so that everyone could hear him - his strong Hawaiian accent: "This is the place that she loved and this is the place she will remain. To you gathered here, you are now her legacy. May your lives be filled with love and joy as her life was. May you fill the lives of everyone around you with love and joy as she did." His voice cracked and he was unable to go on. Quietly, so that only those close to him could hear, he said, "Aloha, my daughter…" His wife placed her hand on his arm and quietly echoed, "Aloha, my T'Lok."
Dr. Smith regained his composure and found his voice again. "This is not a moment for sadness. This is a moment for joy. Her voice is now this ocean's voice. Listen to her. She is calling you to a life of love and joy. If you make that your life, if you fill your life with love and joy, as she did, you will, as she did, bring that love and joy to the lives around you." He paused to regain his composure again, then managed, "And this world will be better because you were here."
Each outrigger contained bundles of flower petals and those with surf boards had brought many leis. T'Lok's brothers began spreading flower petals over her ashes as they swirled and sank into the clear waters. Within minutes the area had become a giant ring of flower petals and leis, before the people gathered broke ranks and made their way back to shore, skirting the circle to avoid disturbing the brightly colored arrangement floating in the waves.
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