Let The Little Ones Sleep
Chapter Three
Fourteen To Beam Up
Spock settled down. He reminded himself he was a Vulcan. He looked at his newfound sister. They had quite a remarkable resemblance, in fact, she was like a miniature female version of Spock, but her eyes were her mother's. Spock had Sarek's eyes.
Kirk and McCoy looked at Spock, they all looked at each other, seeming to signal something between each other. They all then looked back to Harlock.
"Miss Harlock, under these circumstances, we must take you back. You have parents that are well and alive, and these children will be put in Starfleet's hands." Kirk looked at her. Spock was still a bit too uncomfortable at the moment to say anything. It was just the fact that his sister that was said to be dead is staring at him and two of his good friends.
"I know, and I do understand, Captain, but I must ask that we leave tomorrow. I have much to do in order to leave." She told him. She looked at Spock now "I am glad to see that my family is alive and well, but" then her eyes shifted to Kirk again "I feel that I would be qualified to work as a Starfleet officer." Kirk returned the calm stare "I'll leave it to you and your parents on that decision."
She stood up a bit and looked at the children, she said something in a tongue alien to the three men. The children all sighed and then began to pull their coats, hoods, and mittens on.
McCoy looked at her. "What are you doing?" She looked at the doctor "Sending them to bed." "Why not let them just go back to the ship with us while you stay?" Kirk asked. "That would be a wise thing to do, I never thought of that, but who would put them to bed?" She looked at him. Kirk and Spock looked at Bones.
"I will, I am the doctor after all, and also a father to one of my own." He said that a bit smugly and proudly. "I sense you are all worthy of my trust, so I will let you take them." She looked over at the children and said something else to them in the same odd language. They all got excited.
"But, there is one catch." Kirk stood. "And what is that?" she looked at him; raising a brow in the same manner Spock usually did at certain people or things. "Someone has to stay down here with you. I know that you're used to being on your own, but now that we know of you, we must supervise in a way." Kirk explained. "Logical." Was all she said.
Spock stepped up "I believe the logical candidate would be me, Captain. Due to the fact that I am her sibling." Spock had his hands behind his back. Kirk half smiled "I was just about to order you to it Mr. Spock. You have the order any way."
Kirk then pulled his communicator from his belt and contacted Scotty back on the ship. "Scotty, 14 to beam up." Kirk looked around at the children and at McCoy as he talked on the communicator.
"What?! You got ye a party comin' up, captain?" Scotty said, looking a bit surprised. "Actually, it's more like a daycare class." Kirk smiled a bit. "Oh! Little ones. I see. I can only beam up six at a time, but if ye and the doctor each was holdin' one of 'em, I would only have to beam up two parties of ya." Scotty told him.
"That sounds good, Kirk out." Kirk flipped the communicator shut and looked at bones. "If we each hold one then we can get up there in only two trips." McCoy then looked around and picked up the little Denobulan boy named Joey who was only two. He handed him to Kirk. Kirk looked at the child and smiled. McCoy picked up the little Kazon named Jenna who was three.
"Bones, you go with the first party, I'll go with the second." "Alright, Jim" Bones and 5 of the children stood in a circle. Spock and Harlock watched them form in a circle. Bones and Kirk organized them. Then Kirk called Scotty up and the first group had soon dematerialized.
Kirk organized the other group. Kirk then looked to Spock and Harlock. "Spock, I'll be back tomorrow at noon. Both of you be ready by then." Spock nodded "Yes, Captain." Harlock just watched them. Kirk then signaled for the rest of them that were leaving to be beamed up.
After they were all gone. Harlock sat down again, and looked at her brother. "Sit, Mr. Spock." He just looked back and sat quietly.
They studied each other and then there was an awkward silence. "So, tell me, Mr. Spock, what is it like back on Vulcan?" she asked her brother, curiously. "Please, you may call me by the name of Spock. To answer your question, Vulcan is a desert type planet. Thin air, desert climate, many active volcanoes." He explained.
"What are our parents like?" she then asked, seeming more curious now. Spock looked at her "Sarek is logical, Amanda is logical, and illogical." Harlock then said the one word that proved she was the sister of Spock "Fascinating."
Back on the ship, Dr. McCoy and Kirk were showing the children to the ship's nursery. McCoy assigned a few of his medical crew to keep watch of the children for the next few days.
Kirk and McCoy then were both in the TL. "I wonder if there will be much sibling rivalry between Spock and Harlock." McCoy looked over at Kirk. Kirk looked back. "I think they will get along well. They also look very alike, except their eyes." Kirk replied. "She's like Spock as far as all that whole logical personality thing goes, but she seems a bit like she may have some emotion." McCoy stated.
"This is my stop." McCoy then said as the doors swooshed open. "Night, Bones." Kirk said, and the doors closed after McCoy walked out.
Back in Harlock's home, Spock and Harlock were watching the fire silently. Spock felt a bit compelled to say something.
"It pleases me to find you alive and well, Harlock. It will also please mother and father." He then looked to her as she looked at him. They both looked back at the fire. "It pleases me as well to find my family." Harlock seemed to have a thankful tone in her voice, more than Spock did.
"And I finally got my wish." She said quietly. This interested Spock's curiosity. He then slowly looked over at her. "And what is that, sister." She just kept staring at the fire "All those children I've watched after, all of them have siblings. I was the only one without one, and I had longed to have one, particularly an older one." She just continued to stare at the fire.
"But why?' he asked, still curious. "Because I've always been the oldest one. I've also longed for one because I wished to find someone similar to me in appearance, and the same as me in race." She looked at him at the end of that explanation. He nodded "Logical."
Spock then stood. "I believe this would be the proper time for the both of us to retire for the night." She then stood as well. "Yes, let me show you to the spare room." She then led him into a room, next door to hers. It had a bed, and mattress made of the wool of some sort of livestock animal, and sewn into a mattress shaped set of bear furs. Spock then went to bed after she left the room, and she went to sleep in her room as well.
She stared at her ceiling as she lay in bed. Spock did the same. Both thinking generally the same things.
Fourteen To Beam Up
Spock settled down. He reminded himself he was a Vulcan. He looked at his newfound sister. They had quite a remarkable resemblance, in fact, she was like a miniature female version of Spock, but her eyes were her mother's. Spock had Sarek's eyes.
Kirk and McCoy looked at Spock, they all looked at each other, seeming to signal something between each other. They all then looked back to Harlock.
"Miss Harlock, under these circumstances, we must take you back. You have parents that are well and alive, and these children will be put in Starfleet's hands." Kirk looked at her. Spock was still a bit too uncomfortable at the moment to say anything. It was just the fact that his sister that was said to be dead is staring at him and two of his good friends.
"I know, and I do understand, Captain, but I must ask that we leave tomorrow. I have much to do in order to leave." She told him. She looked at Spock now "I am glad to see that my family is alive and well, but" then her eyes shifted to Kirk again "I feel that I would be qualified to work as a Starfleet officer." Kirk returned the calm stare "I'll leave it to you and your parents on that decision."
She stood up a bit and looked at the children, she said something in a tongue alien to the three men. The children all sighed and then began to pull their coats, hoods, and mittens on.
McCoy looked at her. "What are you doing?" She looked at the doctor "Sending them to bed." "Why not let them just go back to the ship with us while you stay?" Kirk asked. "That would be a wise thing to do, I never thought of that, but who would put them to bed?" She looked at him. Kirk and Spock looked at Bones.
"I will, I am the doctor after all, and also a father to one of my own." He said that a bit smugly and proudly. "I sense you are all worthy of my trust, so I will let you take them." She looked over at the children and said something else to them in the same odd language. They all got excited.
"But, there is one catch." Kirk stood. "And what is that?" she looked at him; raising a brow in the same manner Spock usually did at certain people or things. "Someone has to stay down here with you. I know that you're used to being on your own, but now that we know of you, we must supervise in a way." Kirk explained. "Logical." Was all she said.
Spock stepped up "I believe the logical candidate would be me, Captain. Due to the fact that I am her sibling." Spock had his hands behind his back. Kirk half smiled "I was just about to order you to it Mr. Spock. You have the order any way."
Kirk then pulled his communicator from his belt and contacted Scotty back on the ship. "Scotty, 14 to beam up." Kirk looked around at the children and at McCoy as he talked on the communicator.
"What?! You got ye a party comin' up, captain?" Scotty said, looking a bit surprised. "Actually, it's more like a daycare class." Kirk smiled a bit. "Oh! Little ones. I see. I can only beam up six at a time, but if ye and the doctor each was holdin' one of 'em, I would only have to beam up two parties of ya." Scotty told him.
"That sounds good, Kirk out." Kirk flipped the communicator shut and looked at bones. "If we each hold one then we can get up there in only two trips." McCoy then looked around and picked up the little Denobulan boy named Joey who was only two. He handed him to Kirk. Kirk looked at the child and smiled. McCoy picked up the little Kazon named Jenna who was three.
"Bones, you go with the first party, I'll go with the second." "Alright, Jim" Bones and 5 of the children stood in a circle. Spock and Harlock watched them form in a circle. Bones and Kirk organized them. Then Kirk called Scotty up and the first group had soon dematerialized.
Kirk organized the other group. Kirk then looked to Spock and Harlock. "Spock, I'll be back tomorrow at noon. Both of you be ready by then." Spock nodded "Yes, Captain." Harlock just watched them. Kirk then signaled for the rest of them that were leaving to be beamed up.
After they were all gone. Harlock sat down again, and looked at her brother. "Sit, Mr. Spock." He just looked back and sat quietly.
They studied each other and then there was an awkward silence. "So, tell me, Mr. Spock, what is it like back on Vulcan?" she asked her brother, curiously. "Please, you may call me by the name of Spock. To answer your question, Vulcan is a desert type planet. Thin air, desert climate, many active volcanoes." He explained.
"What are our parents like?" she then asked, seeming more curious now. Spock looked at her "Sarek is logical, Amanda is logical, and illogical." Harlock then said the one word that proved she was the sister of Spock "Fascinating."
Back on the ship, Dr. McCoy and Kirk were showing the children to the ship's nursery. McCoy assigned a few of his medical crew to keep watch of the children for the next few days.
Kirk and McCoy then were both in the TL. "I wonder if there will be much sibling rivalry between Spock and Harlock." McCoy looked over at Kirk. Kirk looked back. "I think they will get along well. They also look very alike, except their eyes." Kirk replied. "She's like Spock as far as all that whole logical personality thing goes, but she seems a bit like she may have some emotion." McCoy stated.
"This is my stop." McCoy then said as the doors swooshed open. "Night, Bones." Kirk said, and the doors closed after McCoy walked out.
Back in Harlock's home, Spock and Harlock were watching the fire silently. Spock felt a bit compelled to say something.
"It pleases me to find you alive and well, Harlock. It will also please mother and father." He then looked to her as she looked at him. They both looked back at the fire. "It pleases me as well to find my family." Harlock seemed to have a thankful tone in her voice, more than Spock did.
"And I finally got my wish." She said quietly. This interested Spock's curiosity. He then slowly looked over at her. "And what is that, sister." She just kept staring at the fire "All those children I've watched after, all of them have siblings. I was the only one without one, and I had longed to have one, particularly an older one." She just continued to stare at the fire.
"But why?' he asked, still curious. "Because I've always been the oldest one. I've also longed for one because I wished to find someone similar to me in appearance, and the same as me in race." She looked at him at the end of that explanation. He nodded "Logical."
Spock then stood. "I believe this would be the proper time for the both of us to retire for the night." She then stood as well. "Yes, let me show you to the spare room." She then led him into a room, next door to hers. It had a bed, and mattress made of the wool of some sort of livestock animal, and sewn into a mattress shaped set of bear furs. Spock then went to bed after she left the room, and she went to sleep in her room as well.
She stared at her ceiling as she lay in bed. Spock did the same. Both thinking generally the same things.