Chapter 2
"Nurse, pass me that data pad," Dr.McCoy said from behind his desk. "The captain wanted a full report on these two and I plan to give it to him, but there isn't much to report. They seem to be just fine, except for that power reading we got from their jewelry. Better make sure he gets the readout of it."
"Doctor, I finished entering the report into the computer," Nurse Chapel said, coming up behind McCoy.
"Good, you can go tell the security guards they can take the ladies to their room."
"Right away, doctor," Chapel said as the door slid open revealing the two security guards, whom McCoy had made wait outside. "You can take the ladies to their rooms now, gentlemen," Chapel said turning to allow the two to enter and walk over to the two ladies.
"O.K., let's go," one of the guards said, as he motioned for the girls to walk in front of him and follow the other guard out of sickbay.
As the doors slid closed behind them, Marie hurried to catch up with the guard in front while Amanda slowed down to walk beside the guard that had been following them. "We can walk by ourselves," both Amanda and Marie flirtingly told the guard they now stood by.
"Sorry, but captain's orders are that we walk to your rooms and stand guard."
"Don't you trust us?" Amanda asked looking at both guards with innocents in her eyes.
"Even if we did trust you, you don't know which room the captain gave you."
Amanda grabbed her necklace and flipped the charm over which started to glow. Both guards stared at the charm with unblinking eyes, "Now what rooms are ours boys?"
"Room 306," the guard replied in a rather dreamy voice.
"Now return to your room 'till the captain wants you."
"Yes, ma'am." Both guards turned and headed off in the direction of their room.
"That was easy enough," Amanda said, flipping her charm back over.
"Good job, Amanda," said Marie, as she walked up to stand next to Amanda.
"Now, Marie, let's go find our room."
On their walk back to their room, Marie and Amanda "borrowed" starfleet uniforms, so they didn't attract too many glances. They entered the room and looked around. Amanda noticed a computer on the far side of the room. "Hey, Marie, do you think you could work with that?" Amanda said motioning towards the computer.
Marie smiled and took out her hair clip. "It would be my pleasure." She walked up and placed her hair clip on the computer pressing a small button on the back, "Now to plan our escape."
"Start by locating engineering, Marie."
"That's too easy, Amanda. Marie took out a small calculator looking thing and plugged it into the computer. I'll set it to voice command for this easy stuff. Computer show me the location of engineering." The location popped up on the screen.
"Perfect, Marie, I think I know how I can keep the Enterprise from leaving orbit until we want it to."
"And now seems to be the best time," Marie said. "The captain and Mr.Spock just beamed back down to the planet's surface to search again for survivors. Pity, they didn't believe us that there were no others."
"Perfect, Marie, and while I'm gone you can work on erasing those medical files about us."
"Of course, Amanda, good luck with the engineering."
"You too, Marie."
Marie watched as her friend left and decided to keep an eye on her. "Computer, keep the left side of the screen on Amanda." The computer blinked and an image of Amanda walking through the halls appeared. She had changed back into her regular clothes. Marie hoped that was part of the plan and not just an unfortunate mistake. "Well, I guess I should get to work on my assignment," she said turning her attention back to her job. "But, computer, keep Amanda on the screen, since my job isn't as hard as Amanda's. I want to see how she handles hers. She typed a few things into the small "calculator" book. Now computer, show me the medical reports of Marie and Amanda who just recently got physicals." The half of the screen that was not showing Amanda appeared with words all over it. "Computer, delete the whole file." The words on the screen disappeared and the words 'file deleted' appeared on the screen. "Now, computer, are there any other files of this report?" the computer blinked and the words, 'Captain's File', appeared on the screen and reported the same thing that the medical record had said. "Shoot, that doctor wasted no time in informing the captain on everything. Computer, delete this file and any other files of the physicals." All files pertaining to the physicals of subjects Marie and Amanda have been deleted. "Well that is done, now to see how Amanda is doing."
Amanda walked into the engineering room and looking around located a person that looked like a chief engineer. "Excuse me, miss, are you lost?" he said walking over to her.
"No, but I just love machinery and this is the best place to see machinery."
"Hey, aren't you one of those people the captain found on the planet?" he said glancing at Amanda.
"Yes, is there a problem with that?" she said returning the look.
"Well, I just didn't know that the captain had let you out of your room."
"Well, he did."
"Then I suppose you can stay. Since you love machinery so much."
"Thank you, but I have a question for you."
"Well, what is it?" he said again turning to face her.
"Are you the chief engineer?" she said smiling.
"Why yes, I am."
"Thank you, I will be quiet while you work." He nodded and smiled before he returned to his work at the controls. Amanda reached down and flipped over her charm that started to glow. She pointed it at the chief who twitched and stopped what he was doing. "Leave engineering and do something else," Marie heard Amanda whisper to the charm that blinked. The man, whom Marie found out was Mr. Scott, turned and left the room. Marie watched as Amanda turned over the charm that stopped glowing immediately. She glanced around to see if anyone else had noticed. No one was in the lower level but there were a few figures on the upper level. As she moved towards the controls slowly, they were so busy they did not notice her. Marie watched as Amanda programmed the ship to stay in orbit, and transferred all controls to their room. Then Amanda left the room and Marie again saw her walking through the halls a bit faster this time but not fast enough to cause a disturbance.
Amanda walked into the room and glanced at the computer screen. She saw a picture of herself, "Marie, I had a feeling you would watch me."
"Well, it was too easy to delete a file, but I did learn some bad news."
"What is it, Marie?" Amanda said sitting down next to Marie.
"The doctor had already sent a copy to the captain which may be dangerous."
"Why do you think that, Marie?" Amanda said leaning forward to glance at the screen.
"Well, the doctor had included the sort of energy our jewelry gave off in his report on us."
"Well, that was already a danger because the doctor and nurse already knew that."
"But I did some exploring and found out that the doctor and the nurse had thought of it as a malfunction, and would probably forget it now that their file is deleted. But Captain Kirk has encountered psychics with that power before, and will probably not forget the reading. When he finds out Mr. Scott left duty in the middle of his shift in the engineering, Kirk may figure us out."
"Why is that such a biggy, Marie?" Amanda said still confused.
"Because Mr. Scott loves his machinery and would never leave in the middle of something. Kirk will probably remember how that power can affect people. Especially if people remember you were in the room at the time the malfunction happened. Kirk and Spock are back aboard and have called a meeting to talk about this malfunction."
"Well, Marie, you know what has to be done with someone that discovers our secrets."
"I remember and I'll be at that meeting to take care of Kirk if he wants to give our secret to the open."
"See that you are, Marie, and this time I get to watch you do the hard work."
"Nurse, pass me that data pad," Dr.McCoy said from behind his desk. "The captain wanted a full report on these two and I plan to give it to him, but there isn't much to report. They seem to be just fine, except for that power reading we got from their jewelry. Better make sure he gets the readout of it."
"Doctor, I finished entering the report into the computer," Nurse Chapel said, coming up behind McCoy.
"Good, you can go tell the security guards they can take the ladies to their room."
"Right away, doctor," Chapel said as the door slid open revealing the two security guards, whom McCoy had made wait outside. "You can take the ladies to their rooms now, gentlemen," Chapel said turning to allow the two to enter and walk over to the two ladies.
"O.K., let's go," one of the guards said, as he motioned for the girls to walk in front of him and follow the other guard out of sickbay.
As the doors slid closed behind them, Marie hurried to catch up with the guard in front while Amanda slowed down to walk beside the guard that had been following them. "We can walk by ourselves," both Amanda and Marie flirtingly told the guard they now stood by.
"Sorry, but captain's orders are that we walk to your rooms and stand guard."
"Don't you trust us?" Amanda asked looking at both guards with innocents in her eyes.
"Even if we did trust you, you don't know which room the captain gave you."
Amanda grabbed her necklace and flipped the charm over which started to glow. Both guards stared at the charm with unblinking eyes, "Now what rooms are ours boys?"
"Room 306," the guard replied in a rather dreamy voice.
"Now return to your room 'till the captain wants you."
"Yes, ma'am." Both guards turned and headed off in the direction of their room.
"That was easy enough," Amanda said, flipping her charm back over.
"Good job, Amanda," said Marie, as she walked up to stand next to Amanda.
"Now, Marie, let's go find our room."
On their walk back to their room, Marie and Amanda "borrowed" starfleet uniforms, so they didn't attract too many glances. They entered the room and looked around. Amanda noticed a computer on the far side of the room. "Hey, Marie, do you think you could work with that?" Amanda said motioning towards the computer.
Marie smiled and took out her hair clip. "It would be my pleasure." She walked up and placed her hair clip on the computer pressing a small button on the back, "Now to plan our escape."
"Start by locating engineering, Marie."
"That's too easy, Amanda. Marie took out a small calculator looking thing and plugged it into the computer. I'll set it to voice command for this easy stuff. Computer show me the location of engineering." The location popped up on the screen.
"Perfect, Marie, I think I know how I can keep the Enterprise from leaving orbit until we want it to."
"And now seems to be the best time," Marie said. "The captain and Mr.Spock just beamed back down to the planet's surface to search again for survivors. Pity, they didn't believe us that there were no others."
"Perfect, Marie, and while I'm gone you can work on erasing those medical files about us."
"Of course, Amanda, good luck with the engineering."
"You too, Marie."
Marie watched as her friend left and decided to keep an eye on her. "Computer, keep the left side of the screen on Amanda." The computer blinked and an image of Amanda walking through the halls appeared. She had changed back into her regular clothes. Marie hoped that was part of the plan and not just an unfortunate mistake. "Well, I guess I should get to work on my assignment," she said turning her attention back to her job. "But, computer, keep Amanda on the screen, since my job isn't as hard as Amanda's. I want to see how she handles hers. She typed a few things into the small "calculator" book. Now computer, show me the medical reports of Marie and Amanda who just recently got physicals." The half of the screen that was not showing Amanda appeared with words all over it. "Computer, delete the whole file." The words on the screen disappeared and the words 'file deleted' appeared on the screen. "Now, computer, are there any other files of this report?" the computer blinked and the words, 'Captain's File', appeared on the screen and reported the same thing that the medical record had said. "Shoot, that doctor wasted no time in informing the captain on everything. Computer, delete this file and any other files of the physicals." All files pertaining to the physicals of subjects Marie and Amanda have been deleted. "Well that is done, now to see how Amanda is doing."
Amanda walked into the engineering room and looking around located a person that looked like a chief engineer. "Excuse me, miss, are you lost?" he said walking over to her.
"No, but I just love machinery and this is the best place to see machinery."
"Hey, aren't you one of those people the captain found on the planet?" he said glancing at Amanda.
"Yes, is there a problem with that?" she said returning the look.
"Well, I just didn't know that the captain had let you out of your room."
"Well, he did."
"Then I suppose you can stay. Since you love machinery so much."
"Thank you, but I have a question for you."
"Well, what is it?" he said again turning to face her.
"Are you the chief engineer?" she said smiling.
"Why yes, I am."
"Thank you, I will be quiet while you work." He nodded and smiled before he returned to his work at the controls. Amanda reached down and flipped over her charm that started to glow. She pointed it at the chief who twitched and stopped what he was doing. "Leave engineering and do something else," Marie heard Amanda whisper to the charm that blinked. The man, whom Marie found out was Mr. Scott, turned and left the room. Marie watched as Amanda turned over the charm that stopped glowing immediately. She glanced around to see if anyone else had noticed. No one was in the lower level but there were a few figures on the upper level. As she moved towards the controls slowly, they were so busy they did not notice her. Marie watched as Amanda programmed the ship to stay in orbit, and transferred all controls to their room. Then Amanda left the room and Marie again saw her walking through the halls a bit faster this time but not fast enough to cause a disturbance.
Amanda walked into the room and glanced at the computer screen. She saw a picture of herself, "Marie, I had a feeling you would watch me."
"Well, it was too easy to delete a file, but I did learn some bad news."
"What is it, Marie?" Amanda said sitting down next to Marie.
"The doctor had already sent a copy to the captain which may be dangerous."
"Why do you think that, Marie?" Amanda said leaning forward to glance at the screen.
"Well, the doctor had included the sort of energy our jewelry gave off in his report on us."
"Well, that was already a danger because the doctor and nurse already knew that."
"But I did some exploring and found out that the doctor and the nurse had thought of it as a malfunction, and would probably forget it now that their file is deleted. But Captain Kirk has encountered psychics with that power before, and will probably not forget the reading. When he finds out Mr. Scott left duty in the middle of his shift in the engineering, Kirk may figure us out."
"Why is that such a biggy, Marie?" Amanda said still confused.
"Because Mr. Scott loves his machinery and would never leave in the middle of something. Kirk will probably remember how that power can affect people. Especially if people remember you were in the room at the time the malfunction happened. Kirk and Spock are back aboard and have called a meeting to talk about this malfunction."
"Well, Marie, you know what has to be done with someone that discovers our secrets."
"I remember and I'll be at that meeting to take care of Kirk if he wants to give our secret to the open."
"See that you are, Marie, and this time I get to watch you do the hard work."