Title: The Spirit of Skittles
Author: Smenzer
Rating: PG
Pairing: None; Classic Star Trek
Archive: Yes, please. Let me know if you take it, OK?
Teaser: The Spirit of Skittles is loose on the Starship
Enterprise
Disclaimer: The characters are not mine. They belong to
Paramount Studios. This is just for fun. No money is being made.
Captain's Log: Stardate 23.03.05.1
We are on a routine mapping assignment in the Beta Quadrant.
We have dutifully mapped 20 new systems but found nothing of interest. The last few weeks have been quite and
peaceful but I sense the crew is becoming restless. I, for one, don't mind this
much needed break from chaos. Something is bound to happen soon. Why am I
worried that it's the calm before the storm? Captain James T. Kirk recording.
Captain Kirk closed the metal Captain's Log recording unit
and handed it to the Yeoman standing next to his chair. He leaned back in his
chair and surveyed his bridge. Sulu and Chekov talked to each other softly at
the helm as they performed their duty driving the ship. The main viewer showed
a scene of open space. The stars streaked past as white blurs. Kirk sighed. He
had to admit he was a tad bored. He was about to get a cup of coffee when Mr.
Spock called from his science station.
"Captain," Mr. Spock said from his post at the aft
science station. "I think I may have found something of interest."
Kirk turned his chair to face his half Vulcan Science
Officer, who was also his First Officer. "What is it?"
"It appears to be a new type of interstellar phenomenon
that no one has encountered before. I suggest we get a closer look to study
it."
"Agreed." Kirk gave the order and within a few minutes
the phenomenon was on the main viewer. A long rainbow of colors swirled through
the blackness of space. The colors, bright red, yellow, orange, green and
purple, shimmered and danced. It reminded Kirk a bit of the Northern Lights
from Earth as that it moved. Yet it looked exactly like a rainbow. "Spock,
is that a rainbow?"
Spock bent and peered inside his science viewer.
"Negative Captain. The object is mostly made from sucrose and artificial
food coloring."
"What?" Kirk walked closer to the viewer. He
stared at the rainbow in shock. "Are you saying that's colored sugar out
there?"
"I believe I already said that." Spock raised an
eyebrow and glanced at the dancing colors before their ship.
"Well, whatever it is, it's beautiful!" Lt. Uhura,
the Communications Officer, turned her chair so she could see better.
"How did a rainbow of sugar get out there?" Kirk
asked no one in particular. He didn't really expect an answer.
PLINK! PLINK! PLINK!
Kirk spun at the odd sound on his bridge. His eyes darted
around the circular room. A second later he spotted a small bright yellow
object on his chair. He walked over to it and picked it up. It had a circular
shape and was a bit flat on both sides. The outside was smooth. He held it in
his palm and stared at it. Gripping the tiny object, he searched the floor. He
discovered a purple one on the floor by his chair and a green one had appeared
on the helm. He stared around the bridge in confusion.
PLINK! PLINK! PLINKPLINKPLINKPLINKPLINK!
Kirk stared up at the ceiling in amazement. The tiny colored
objects were falling all over his bridge. They rained onto his chair, the
floor, the bridge equipment. Soon the floor was a wild mosaic of bright colors.
They couldn't possibly be coming out of the ceiling. "Spock! Where are
these things coming from?"
"That is undetermined at this time." Mr. Spock
replied as he studied his science consul. The bright circles rolled down his
back and several were on his head.
"Captain!" Lt. Uhura called. "Reports are
coming in from all over the ship! These colored things are everywhere!"
The bridge door opened and Dr. McCoy stormed in. "Jim!
Some colored dots are all over Sick Bay!" The Doctor stopped as he saw the
condition of the bridge. "Oh, I see they're up here, too."
BANG!
The ceiling seemed to open and zillions of the colored dots
rained down all at once. The weight of it knocked Kirk against his chair. He
struggled to remain upright through the onslaught. When it was done, he stood
waist deep in the bright objects. "Spock! I want an answer NOW!"
"SKITTLES!
SKITTLESSKITTLESSKITTLESSKITTLESSKITTLES!"
A rainbow ball had appeared in the air before Captain Kirk.
The bright colors on it matched the colors on the dots littering his ship. The
colors swirled and flashed rapidly. Kirk straightened himself. He noticed the
intruder alert had not gone off like it should have. He hoped the tiny objects
had not gotten into the machinery. "I'm Captain James T. Kirk of the
Starship Enterprise. Are you the one responsible for these objects?" Kirk
gripped a handful of the circles and held them out before the alien life form.
"SKITTLESSKITTLESSKITTLESSKITTLESSKITTLES!"
"Captain, if I may be of assistance?" Mr. Spock,
like usual, showed no emotion at standing waist deep in colored circles. He
was, after all, a Vulcan! "I believe the entity is referring to a late
Twentieth Century candy from Earth. They apparently had an appearance identical
to the small circular items around us."
"Who are you?" Kirk asked the glowing orb of
colors.
"I'm the Spirit of Skittles!" The entity giggled
and sounded very much like a teenage girl. "I LOVE Skittles! Skittles make
you happy! They taste soooooo good! You have to try them!"
Kirk smiled as the glowing ball of colors zipped around his
bridge happily. "Thank you for sharing your Skittles with us, but this is
a bit too much. Could you please take them back?"
The entity flashed pure white for a second, then the
swirling colors resumed. "Too much? You can NEVER have too many Skittles!
And you poor people didn't have ANY!"
"Too much of anything, even Skittles, is not good for
you." Kirk explained.
"I ate Skittles every day and look what great shape I'm
in!" The entity whirled around in a circle. "First my skin changed
colors! It was soooo cool! Then my body became light and fluffy like a cloud. I
could FLY! And no more SCHOOL...EVER! So now I'm the Spirit of Skittles! I've
been sharing the Universe's greatest discovery with every planet and ship I
meet! Being my own boss is so great! I can stay up as late as I want and eat
Skittles for every meal!"
"Well, this is a bit much." Kirk spread his arms
out and looked up at the Spirit of Skittles. "My crew can't do their jobs.
No one can walk."
The Spirit of Skittles zipped around the bridge once more.
It dipped down near the helm and saw the machine was almost buried under the
tangy candies. Sulu and Chekov were up to their chests in Skittles as the
attempted to clean off their instruments. The entity turned pink and giggled.
"I guess I overdid it!"
"So you'll clean my ship?" Captain Kirk asked.
"Sure! OK!" The Spirit of Skittles flew up toward
the ceiling and passed through the hull of the ship. The candies jumped up off
the floor and followed the entity. As the candies left the ship, each color
sorted itself into each own group. All the reds were gathered together, all the
yellows, and so on as they formed a
rainbow. It was one of the most amazing things Captain Kirk had ever seen in
his career in Starfleet.
"TASTE THE RAINBOW!" The Spirit of Skittles called
to them as the last candies vanished from the bridge.
Kirk picked up a large glass bowl of Skittles that had been
left on his chair as a parting gift. He popped a green one into his mouth and
grinned. The tangy taste of lime exploded across his tongue.
"Well, that went pretty well." Doctor McCoy said
as he moved to stand next to Jim. He tried one of the red Skittles and sucked
on it. "Hmmm...I wonder what flavor this is supposed to be?"
The bridge crew except for Mr. Spock (Vulcans don't eat
sugar) debated the nature of the red Skittle. Lt. Uhura was sure it was Cherry
while Dr. McCoy insisted it was Cranberry. The intercom on Kirk's chair beeped
and he moved to answer it. "Kirk here."
"Captain!" Mr. Scott, the Chief Engineer, complained in his thick Scottish accent.
"That wee beastie did na remove all the candies! It left two storage rooms
and the shuttle bay filled with 'em!"
The End!