Little Wild Child
Chapter Two A New Animal
Kirk sat in his captain's chair, looking at the planet on the view screen. He looked a bit grim. Starfleet Command had given him and his crew the mission two days ago, to go and find the remains of the USS Dagger on Xales, and give the OK to Starfleet about moving in, and gathering the remains, and the bodies, or staying away from it.
"Standard orbit Mr. Sulu. Spock, you'll beam down with commander Scott, Dr. McCoy, and myself. You have the bridge Mr. Sulu." Kirk said as he began to get up from his chair. He walked toward the TL and Spock got in with him.
Upon arriving in the transporter room, Scotty and McCoy were already their, discussing something, but looked over at Spock, and Kirk once they walked in.
"I can't believe that ship went down like that, Jim." McCoy said, he seemed grim, and saddened. "Well, Bones, these things happen, but it won't happen to us." He said, and then looked over at the officer at the transporter controls. "Energize."
The four men soon found themselves on the planet's surface, and in what seemed to be a jungle. They looked over at the crash site of the USS Dagger, and someone had muttered "My god." Just before they made their way toward it.
Spock was at the south of the ship, looking around, and scanning the area. Scotty was at the west end doing the same. Bones on the east side. Kirk was on the north side, looking around.
The little creature from a coupe of nights ago was on it's way to investigate the thing that fell from the sky, but about 100 yards away from it, it stopped dead in its tracks, and sniffed the air. It smelled a few scents it didn't recognize. But curiosity took charge, and the little creature, cautiously, headed toward the object, and the scents.
"Captain, I'm picking up a humanoid life form nearby." Spock called out to Kirk. Kirk jumped off the side of the crashed ship, and landed next to Spock.
"Where is it coming from?" Kirk asked "The east side of the ship I believe, Captain." Spock said, but as if on cue, they heard Bones calling at them.
The three men were soon on the east side of the ship, and stopped in their tracks when they saw the creature like child on all fours growling at the spooked, and cranky McCoy.
"Jim, I'm tranquilizin' this little monster!" McCoy said as he pulled a hypo out. The creature child soon leapt at him, but soon fell off his chest, and into his arms, fast asleep.
The other three rushed over to him quickly and looked at the little creature. The creature was wearing some kind of animal fur. The fur provided a skirt like clothing, and also covered the chest and back. The planet was a federation planet, used exclusively for earth's wildlife. The fur looked like it might have belonged to a bear.
"What is it Bones?" Kirk asked the doctor, after he set the child on the ground, and began scanning. "A humanoid child, but the race doesn't register on my tricorder." Bones replied. "Should I attempt a mind meld, captain? This child seems only to be around the human age of three or four years. Even if it could talk, it would be hard to understand." Spock stated, as he looked at Kirk. Scotty was inspecting the animal skins the child was wearing.
"Yes, Mr. Spock, proceed." Was all Kirk had to say, and the Vulcan knelt down to the child and began mind melding.
He was going through her memories, they weren't too clear, but still somewhat vivid. First, he saw men who seemed to be performing surgery on the child, at a younger age. He heard the screams, and it was one of the very rare things to almost spook the half- Vulcan known as Spock.
Next, he saw what looked like, through the eyes of the child, her hunting down and slaying different animals, at different times for food, or clothing. The agility, and precise skills of hunting the child developed had fascinated him greatly.
He pulled his hand from the unconscious child's face to hear Scotty say, "Grizzly skins, captain." Spock looked at them as they all quieted and looked at them. He knew they expected him to tell, and he did just that.
"Captain, from what I've seen of the child's memories, she seems to have been abandoned here as a failed experiment. She was left for dead, but the fascinating thing is that a child, this young, and who hasn't had proper tutoring, or schooling, can manage to slay the fiercest beasts from your home planet, Earth." Spock told them. Kirk nodded "Thank you, Mr. Spock." He said gratefully and looked down at the child.
"Now what?" Bones asked his shirt ripped from the child jumping on him. "Well, we can't leave it here. It's obviously an intelligent life form, and thinks we're a new animal." Kirk said. "It may also prove to be a fascinating specimen." Spock said, his hands behind his back.
"It's a child, Spock! Not a scientific experiment!" McCoy growled. "Correction: Not any more." Spock said. McCoy gave him and odd look. Scotty kneeled down to the child and picked it up, the child was a bundle of bear's fur in his arms now. So small, so thickly covered with bear fur in this semi-cool climate.
"It's a healthy weight. And it seems very fast, and precise from the way it attacked the doctor." Scotty said, holding the little bundle in his arms.
"Well, lets take the child back to the ship, and signal Starfleet to move into the crash sight, and we'll also tell them about our little castaway." Kirk said.
Chapter Two A New Animal
Kirk sat in his captain's chair, looking at the planet on the view screen. He looked a bit grim. Starfleet Command had given him and his crew the mission two days ago, to go and find the remains of the USS Dagger on Xales, and give the OK to Starfleet about moving in, and gathering the remains, and the bodies, or staying away from it.
"Standard orbit Mr. Sulu. Spock, you'll beam down with commander Scott, Dr. McCoy, and myself. You have the bridge Mr. Sulu." Kirk said as he began to get up from his chair. He walked toward the TL and Spock got in with him.
Upon arriving in the transporter room, Scotty and McCoy were already their, discussing something, but looked over at Spock, and Kirk once they walked in.
"I can't believe that ship went down like that, Jim." McCoy said, he seemed grim, and saddened. "Well, Bones, these things happen, but it won't happen to us." He said, and then looked over at the officer at the transporter controls. "Energize."
The four men soon found themselves on the planet's surface, and in what seemed to be a jungle. They looked over at the crash site of the USS Dagger, and someone had muttered "My god." Just before they made their way toward it.
Spock was at the south of the ship, looking around, and scanning the area. Scotty was at the west end doing the same. Bones on the east side. Kirk was on the north side, looking around.
The little creature from a coupe of nights ago was on it's way to investigate the thing that fell from the sky, but about 100 yards away from it, it stopped dead in its tracks, and sniffed the air. It smelled a few scents it didn't recognize. But curiosity took charge, and the little creature, cautiously, headed toward the object, and the scents.
"Captain, I'm picking up a humanoid life form nearby." Spock called out to Kirk. Kirk jumped off the side of the crashed ship, and landed next to Spock.
"Where is it coming from?" Kirk asked "The east side of the ship I believe, Captain." Spock said, but as if on cue, they heard Bones calling at them.
The three men were soon on the east side of the ship, and stopped in their tracks when they saw the creature like child on all fours growling at the spooked, and cranky McCoy.
"Jim, I'm tranquilizin' this little monster!" McCoy said as he pulled a hypo out. The creature child soon leapt at him, but soon fell off his chest, and into his arms, fast asleep.
The other three rushed over to him quickly and looked at the little creature. The creature was wearing some kind of animal fur. The fur provided a skirt like clothing, and also covered the chest and back. The planet was a federation planet, used exclusively for earth's wildlife. The fur looked like it might have belonged to a bear.
"What is it Bones?" Kirk asked the doctor, after he set the child on the ground, and began scanning. "A humanoid child, but the race doesn't register on my tricorder." Bones replied. "Should I attempt a mind meld, captain? This child seems only to be around the human age of three or four years. Even if it could talk, it would be hard to understand." Spock stated, as he looked at Kirk. Scotty was inspecting the animal skins the child was wearing.
"Yes, Mr. Spock, proceed." Was all Kirk had to say, and the Vulcan knelt down to the child and began mind melding.
He was going through her memories, they weren't too clear, but still somewhat vivid. First, he saw men who seemed to be performing surgery on the child, at a younger age. He heard the screams, and it was one of the very rare things to almost spook the half- Vulcan known as Spock.
Next, he saw what looked like, through the eyes of the child, her hunting down and slaying different animals, at different times for food, or clothing. The agility, and precise skills of hunting the child developed had fascinated him greatly.
He pulled his hand from the unconscious child's face to hear Scotty say, "Grizzly skins, captain." Spock looked at them as they all quieted and looked at them. He knew they expected him to tell, and he did just that.
"Captain, from what I've seen of the child's memories, she seems to have been abandoned here as a failed experiment. She was left for dead, but the fascinating thing is that a child, this young, and who hasn't had proper tutoring, or schooling, can manage to slay the fiercest beasts from your home planet, Earth." Spock told them. Kirk nodded "Thank you, Mr. Spock." He said gratefully and looked down at the child.
"Now what?" Bones asked his shirt ripped from the child jumping on him. "Well, we can't leave it here. It's obviously an intelligent life form, and thinks we're a new animal." Kirk said. "It may also prove to be a fascinating specimen." Spock said, his hands behind his back.
"It's a child, Spock! Not a scientific experiment!" McCoy growled. "Correction: Not any more." Spock said. McCoy gave him and odd look. Scotty kneeled down to the child and picked it up, the child was a bundle of bear's fur in his arms now. So small, so thickly covered with bear fur in this semi-cool climate.
"It's a healthy weight. And it seems very fast, and precise from the way it attacked the doctor." Scotty said, holding the little bundle in his arms.
"Well, lets take the child back to the ship, and signal Starfleet to move into the crash sight, and we'll also tell them about our little castaway." Kirk said.