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KIRK



I don't know about this plan of yours, Jim! Bones said nervously as we were preparing to beam down.

I know you don't trust the transporter, but I can assure you that we are perfectly safe! Besides, I said, grinning, where's your sense of adventure?

At home, he mumbled, with my spare change.

I rolled my eyes and shook my head. He was so impossible sometimes! He was even making me start to doubt my own plan! OK, I thought, we need to do this! We need Caitlin! Spock, are you ready to go?

Yes, Captain, quite ready. I do not, however, think that I will blend in too well with the locals. I am not human, after all, as McCoy is so fond of pointing out.

I chuckled. OK, Scotty! Prepare to beam us down!

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Five minutes later, we found ourselves on a bike path in a little city in Wisconsin.

Well, now all we have to do is find her! She should be right around here, so it won't be too hard! I said as cheerfully as I could.

Oh, yeah. Not hard at all. Finding her will be like finding a needle in a haystack! No problem! Bones said, narrowing his eyes.

I do not understand how finding Captain Kit relates at all to finding a needle in a haystack. Spock said.

Because they are both impossible, you half-breed! McCoy exploded.

Not quite impossible, Doctor, Spock countered.

Not impossible, but quite painful if you find the needle when you least expect it. I smiled. Obviously, they didn't find this very funny. I cleared my throat. Right. Let's start looking. We know her last name, so we can look her up in the phone book. That's what the locals call them, right?

OK, now where are we going to find a phone book, Jim? Bones asked.

Well, why don't we just ask the locals? I said cheerfully. Bones shook his head and rolled his eyes.

I bet they'll really like that! What are they supposed to think? Oh, look! Some kooks just showed up on my doorstep! Let's invite them in for tea!' He gave me a hard look.

Doctor, why did you just say that they would invite us in for tea? I do not believe that humans would invite a complete stranger into their house for a beverage, Spock mused.

They wouldn't! I was being sarcastic! How can you be so ignorant about these things?!

I am not human, as you are so fond of pointing out. Spock said calmly.

Bones, Spock, let's be civilized here! OK, what we are going to do is go into a phone booth and look her up! It will be easy! I said. Little did I know that it would turn out to be the exact opposite.

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10 minutes later, we found ourselves just outside of a hospital, waiting for someone to pick us up. It was starting to get dark outside, and a clear night did not look promising.

Well, I believe they call this hitch hicking.' I said, putting out my thumb at the passing cars. No one stopped. Well, there is another tecnique. Walking. Let's go.

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Half an hour later, we found ourselves outside her door. I took a deep breath. Slowly, I reached out my finger and pressed the doorbell. A younger Caitlin opened the door, looking slightly annoyed. When she say us, her jaw dropped open.

Sam! Stalker! Come quick! You aren't going to believe this!