Let The Little Ones Sleep
Chapter Three
Irony At It's Best
"The lost children?" Kirk looked at the supposed leader of the little pack of kids. "Yes." The teenager adjusted in the chair a bit. Kirk looked at the teenager "Don't you kids have parents? You all look human."
The teenager then signaled to the children. Kirk looked at the children, as did McCoy and Spock. The children all took off the hoods to their clothes, and pulled their gloves off. The men's eyes widened a bit.
There were three three klingon brothers. Then three Kazons, two boys, and one girl, all related. Four Denobulan children, three boys, one girl. Then a pair of Andorian twins that were girls.
Kirk looked back to the teenager whose face had been shadowed by the wolf's head type part of the hide. It looked like it must've been a cross between a Saber tooth and a wolf from the size of its fangs hung around the teenager's neck.
"Well, young man, you've done a job taking care of all these children." Kirk stated to the teenager. The teenager slipped the wolf hide off, and revealed a feminine face. Kirk looked a bit embarrassed.
"It's alright, I get that a lot." She pulled her hat type thing off her head, and a head of black hair was revealed, as well as a pair of pointed ears. Spock noticed this immedietly.
"You're a Vulcan." He observed the girl for a moment. "Actually, I'm half Vulcan and half human." She responded. McCoy sort of looked at Spock for a moment, then back to the girl.
Kirk wanted to get down to the bottom of this now. "How did all of you get here?" She looked at him. "It's a long story, but I'll tell it anyway." Kirk nodded.
"15 years ago, I was born on a small starship known as the USS Declaration. My father was a full-blooded Vulcan, and my mother was a full-blooded earth woman. My father, being a senator, was being taken to Romulus to negotiate something with the Romulus.
The Declaration was undergoing many problems with warp drive. I was put in a protection pod because I had caught a nasty little virus that would need special medicines not aboard the Declaration.
Eventually, the crew, and passengers aboard the Declaration had to evacuate the ship because of mal-function. It was heading straight towards this planet. I had been left on the ship because there wasn't much space aboard the USS Revere. I had been expected to die within 5 hours of the evacuation anyway, so there was no use in wasting space.
The doctor aboard ship didn't take me out of my pod. He pod was so durable that it knocked it's way through the interior of that deck of the ship, and landed a little ways away from the ship.
After the crash, a little band of Dartiens, those little creatures that captured you, went to the crash sight. They looked around and then they found me. I was taken to the Dartien king; he used his Staff of Tarcus to free me from the pod.
He sensed I was not well and the Dartien people took care of me. They used an elixir to heal me of my virus.
They taught me to walk, talk, hunt, climb, leap, the art of appearing out of nowhere, and how to do a little bit of, as you would call it, magik.
From when I was nine winters old, word of the planet must have gotten out, and few parents dumped their children here. I found them in various places, and various times with the Dartiens."
Spock was watching her carefully, according to his knowledge; he's the only half Vulcan, half human so far. And the description the girl gave of her parents was rather similar to his own.
She walked behind the children. Going to them one by one, introducing them to the Captain, and his crewmembers.
"This is Brian, 6 winters old. His younger brother, Kenneth, 4 winters old, and his older brother, Tyler, 7 winters old." Then she moved on to the three Kazon children. "Then this is Jenna, 3 winters old, her older brothers Jack, and Peter. 6 and eight winters old." Then off to the four Denobulan children. "These four's names are Katie, Joey, Sam, and Ray. Ages in same order are eight, two, five, and four." She then moved on to the Andorian twins. "And these two are Layla, and Debbie both six." All the children smiled to the three men as Kayla walked back to her chair.
"I presume you named them yourself?" Kirk looked at her. "Yes, I found the name's on the ship's old records." She told them. "Kirk looked at her quizzically "How did you learn to read, and speak our language?" She took her coat off, and set it on the chest nest to the rocking chair. "The Dartiens performed a knowledge charm on me that allowed me to gather all knowledge found on the land by just looking at it, holding it, touching it, drinking it, etc. I found the ship, and touched it and all of the knowledge it held has been transferred into me."
Kirk then said, "That's a bit unbelievable, but I'll believe it anyway. And you never told us your name." She looked to him "My Dartien name is Reg'e'yta which means 'One with sharp ears'. My Vulcan name is Harlock, but the children call me by my Vulcan name because they can't pronounce my Dartien one." She slightly smiled.
Spock looked t her, he remembered the name 'Harlock'. His mother, and father had a child that died by that name 15 years ago. His mother told him about it. It was still during the time he was grudged with his father.
While Spock was thinking Kirk introduced the three of them, and Spock was brought back into reality when he was introduced.
Spock looked at Kirk, and then Harlock. "Do you know the names of your parents, Harlock?" Spock asked, a bit of curiosity in his expression. "Sarek, and Amanda." She said.
Spock's eyes widened a bit and so did Kirk's and McCoy's. The other two looked at Spock as well did everyone else.
"What is the problem?" Harlock asked the three. Kirk and McCoy slowly looked at her, and Spock slowly gazed up at her from looking down in thought. "You're my presumed dead sister."
Irony At It's Best
"The lost children?" Kirk looked at the supposed leader of the little pack of kids. "Yes." The teenager adjusted in the chair a bit. Kirk looked at the teenager "Don't you kids have parents? You all look human."
The teenager then signaled to the children. Kirk looked at the children, as did McCoy and Spock. The children all took off the hoods to their clothes, and pulled their gloves off. The men's eyes widened a bit.
There were three three klingon brothers. Then three Kazons, two boys, and one girl, all related. Four Denobulan children, three boys, one girl. Then a pair of Andorian twins that were girls.
Kirk looked back to the teenager whose face had been shadowed by the wolf's head type part of the hide. It looked like it must've been a cross between a Saber tooth and a wolf from the size of its fangs hung around the teenager's neck.
"Well, young man, you've done a job taking care of all these children." Kirk stated to the teenager. The teenager slipped the wolf hide off, and revealed a feminine face. Kirk looked a bit embarrassed.
"It's alright, I get that a lot." She pulled her hat type thing off her head, and a head of black hair was revealed, as well as a pair of pointed ears. Spock noticed this immedietly.
"You're a Vulcan." He observed the girl for a moment. "Actually, I'm half Vulcan and half human." She responded. McCoy sort of looked at Spock for a moment, then back to the girl.
Kirk wanted to get down to the bottom of this now. "How did all of you get here?" She looked at him. "It's a long story, but I'll tell it anyway." Kirk nodded.
"15 years ago, I was born on a small starship known as the USS Declaration. My father was a full-blooded Vulcan, and my mother was a full-blooded earth woman. My father, being a senator, was being taken to Romulus to negotiate something with the Romulus.
The Declaration was undergoing many problems with warp drive. I was put in a protection pod because I had caught a nasty little virus that would need special medicines not aboard the Declaration.
Eventually, the crew, and passengers aboard the Declaration had to evacuate the ship because of mal-function. It was heading straight towards this planet. I had been left on the ship because there wasn't much space aboard the USS Revere. I had been expected to die within 5 hours of the evacuation anyway, so there was no use in wasting space.
The doctor aboard ship didn't take me out of my pod. He pod was so durable that it knocked it's way through the interior of that deck of the ship, and landed a little ways away from the ship.
After the crash, a little band of Dartiens, those little creatures that captured you, went to the crash sight. They looked around and then they found me. I was taken to the Dartien king; he used his Staff of Tarcus to free me from the pod.
He sensed I was not well and the Dartien people took care of me. They used an elixir to heal me of my virus.
They taught me to walk, talk, hunt, climb, leap, the art of appearing out of nowhere, and how to do a little bit of, as you would call it, magik.
From when I was nine winters old, word of the planet must have gotten out, and few parents dumped their children here. I found them in various places, and various times with the Dartiens."
Spock was watching her carefully, according to his knowledge; he's the only half Vulcan, half human so far. And the description the girl gave of her parents was rather similar to his own.
She walked behind the children. Going to them one by one, introducing them to the Captain, and his crewmembers.
"This is Brian, 6 winters old. His younger brother, Kenneth, 4 winters old, and his older brother, Tyler, 7 winters old." Then she moved on to the three Kazon children. "Then this is Jenna, 3 winters old, her older brothers Jack, and Peter. 6 and eight winters old." Then off to the four Denobulan children. "These four's names are Katie, Joey, Sam, and Ray. Ages in same order are eight, two, five, and four." She then moved on to the Andorian twins. "And these two are Layla, and Debbie both six." All the children smiled to the three men as Kayla walked back to her chair.
"I presume you named them yourself?" Kirk looked at her. "Yes, I found the name's on the ship's old records." She told them. "Kirk looked at her quizzically "How did you learn to read, and speak our language?" She took her coat off, and set it on the chest nest to the rocking chair. "The Dartiens performed a knowledge charm on me that allowed me to gather all knowledge found on the land by just looking at it, holding it, touching it, drinking it, etc. I found the ship, and touched it and all of the knowledge it held has been transferred into me."
Kirk then said, "That's a bit unbelievable, but I'll believe it anyway. And you never told us your name." She looked to him "My Dartien name is Reg'e'yta which means 'One with sharp ears'. My Vulcan name is Harlock, but the children call me by my Vulcan name because they can't pronounce my Dartien one." She slightly smiled.
Spock looked t her, he remembered the name 'Harlock'. His mother, and father had a child that died by that name 15 years ago. His mother told him about it. It was still during the time he was grudged with his father.
While Spock was thinking Kirk introduced the three of them, and Spock was brought back into reality when he was introduced.
Spock looked at Kirk, and then Harlock. "Do you know the names of your parents, Harlock?" Spock asked, a bit of curiosity in his expression. "Sarek, and Amanda." She said.
Spock's eyes widened a bit and so did Kirk's and McCoy's. The other two looked at Spock as well did everyone else.
"What is the problem?" Harlock asked the three. Kirk and McCoy slowly looked at her, and Spock slowly gazed up at her from looking down in thought. "You're my presumed dead sister."