I do not own Sea Quest. I am not making any profit in the writing of this
story. No breach of copyright is intended. Thank you to ItsyBitsy25, Faith
Childrey and Diena Taylor for reviewing the last chapter.
This story is not beta read, I've corrected all the mistakes I've found, sorry for any that are still left.
Chapter two.
"Tim, stop panicking, and close the door! I think Lucas's junk broke his fall anyway."
Lucas gave Miguel an evil look before kneeling down and shaking Ben back in to conciseness. "Ben, wake up buddy." Ben groaned and slowly sat up.
"What happened, why am I sleeping on..." he looked down at the floor, "what am I sleeping on?"
"Junk" said Miguel.
"Some of the most advanced computer technology the UEO has to offer." Corrected Lucas. Not that the bits that ended up on the floor had worked properly, he was a lot more careful with the successful equipment. The things that didn't work to his standard ended up filed on the floor, until he got around to re-designing or improving them.
Tim watched Ben face while the other two argued good-naturedly between themselves. First he saw confusion, then realization, followed by more confusion, insight and finally ending with anger.
In one motion, he saw Ben jump off the floor, grab the front of Lucas's T- shirt and lift the teen off the floor before pushing him none to gently up against the wall.
"Lucas" he said, his face just a few small inches away from the boys surprised expression. "No-one could ever say that I don't have a good sense of humor, and maybe I went a little bit too far on April fools day, but this was not funny. You almost gave me a heart attack! There are some things a man really should not joke about, and this is defiantly one of them."
Tim and Miguel approached slowly, one from each side. "Ben, why don't you let go of Lucas." Cajoled Miguel in that special voice usually reserved for people who are standing on high ledges or holding loaded weapons. "That's right, put him down."
Ben looked from the Lieutenant to the Chief and back again. "It's not funny is it... you didn't think it was funny did you, Tim." Tim O'Neill gently led Ben over to sit on Lucas's bed while Miguel supported a very pale looking Lucas, who was absent-mindedly trying to smooth out the rumples which Ben's fist, had put into his T-shirt.
Lucas tried not to think about how much Ben had reminded him of his father, Dr Wolenczak, when he lost his temper like that, but it was difficult for him to forget his past especially when some thing like this happened to remind him. But deep down Lucas new that Ben was nothing like his father. When he looked into Ben's eyes he saw a man scared almost out of his wits, in his father's eyes there was nothing, no emotion at all. Ben didn't realise what he was doing, Dr Wolenczak knew what he was doing, but didn't seem to realise that it was wrong.
"Ben," said Tim, more then a little shocked by his friend's outburst of violence. "It wasn't a joke, me and Migs overheard Katie talking in the mess. We heard her say she was pregnant. Is it possible you're the father?"
"I'm going to be a Daddy..." Ben's eyes glazed over.
"Ben, are you saying that you and Katie are back together?" Asked Tim.
"I'm going to be a Daddy..."
"Ben, are you sure your the father, have you and Ka-"
"Just what are you trying to imply about my wife Lieutenant?" Shouted Krieg, standing up and looming over the be-spectacled communications officer. "Of course the baby's mine, who else's would it be?"
"Well," said Tim without thinking, "Her and Ford seem to be very good frien- " He tried to cut himself off when his brain caught up with what his mouth was saying, but it was too late.
"I'll kill him!" Ben roared, swinging the door open, and running toward the bridge.
The three remaining men looked at each other in horror, before they all tried to run after Ben Krieg at the same time. After jamming themselves in the doorway, when they all tried to exit at once, they sprinted down the corridor colliding with crewmen and science personnel and yelling apologies behind them.
As they turned left down another corridor they saw Chief Shan blocking Ben's way. They were just in time to see Ben throwing a punch at the security guard. He dodged and caught the punch, twisting it behind the larger mans back with practiced ease.
"Let me go! I'm gonna kill him!" Ben was shouting as Shan grabbed his handcuffs and quickly cuffed Ben's hands behind his back. Shan saw Lucas and the others standing by the corner, and guessed that what ever was going on, they were involved in it somewhere.
"Does any one want to tell me what, exactly, is going on here?" Asked Shan.
"We would really like to, but me and Tim just got off the night shift, we really need to be getting some sleep. Lucas will explain it all to you." Said Miguel, backing off down the corridor as he spoke. Tim gave a half apologetic smile toward Lucas, but never the less felt no inclination to stay and explain, as he followed Ortiz.
Lucas watched open mouthed as his friends disserted him.
"Well, Lucas?"
"I think I might be a good idea if we went somewhere quieter than the corridors to talk about this." Stalled the teen.
"Fine, you can come to security with us, and both of you can explain."
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When they got to the main Security Office, Lucas was just about to start explaining everything when they heard Chief Manilow Crocker making his way to his office.
"Shan, you hear yet?"
"Yes, Chief."
"You wont believe what they've done now, Shan. Just on my way hear I've had half a dozen complaints about Krieg and Lucas running around knocking people over, one of them managed to crash into Dr Turner when he was carrying a mug of coffee and the data for some experiment he's been working on for the last six weeks. Need lees to say he's not at all happy with losing the only copy he has of the data. He's practically demanding that the navy bring back keel haling..."Crocker's voice faded away when he saw Krieg and Wolenczak sitting across the desk from Shan.
Crocker shook his head sadly. He just didn't understand how a military sub had managed to get both the navies worst practical joker, and a civilian who was almost as bad. He took in the handcuffs, and Lucas's sullen expression. "What have they done this time?" he asked Shan.
"As far as I can work out, Lieutenant Krieg wants to kill someone, and Lucas was chancing after him, though I don't know if he was trying to catch him to stop him, or to cheer him on." Shan said smiling at the blush rising on Lucas's fair complexion.
"Ford." Snarled Krieg. "I'm going to kill Ford."
"Krieg, why did you want to kill Commander Ford?" asked Crocker with what patience he could manage.
"Not did, Crocker, do. As soon as you get around to taking these," he indicated over his shoulder to the cuffs, "things, off me I'm going to kill him." By the end of the sentence Ben was standing up and shouting.
Crocker looked none to impressed, "Has he been drinking?" he said to Lucas, who shock his head.
"I think you better start explaining yourselves." He held up a hand as Krieg opened his mouth. "No, Lucas first."
"Well, Chief you see it all started when Ortiz and O'Neill overheard..." as so he explained the whole story to Crocker and Shan, hoping to get Ben out of as much trouble as possible. He left out the way Ben had thrown him against the wall; he had already forgiven his friend.
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"OK Ben, what are you going to do if we let you go?" Asked Crocker after he had heard the full story.
"I'm going to kill Ford." Came the quick reply.
"You just had to pick today to start being honest didn't you," quipped Lucas. He had now been awake for 44 out of the last 48 hours. He was tired and was running out of patience.
"OK," Chief Crocker said, thinking the UEO really didn't pay him enough to deal with thing like this. "There's only one way to sort this out." He reached for his pal, and raised the bridge. "Hello, Commander Ford, would you mind coming down to Security for a few moments... Yes, Commander, it is pretty important... Thank you, Commander, could you have the comms officer send O'Neill and Ortiz down here as well... OK Crocker out."
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"Right, we're all here, what's all this about." Said Ford looking around the now cramped Security office. "What have they done this time?"
"What have I done? You're the one who- mphf" Lucas's hand clamped firmly over Ben's mouth muffled the rest of the sentence.
"I sorry, Commander, Ben's not feeling himself at the moment." The teen explained.
Commander Ford raised an eyebrow, but said nothing.
Chief Crocker looked at the dark skinned Commander and wondered just how to broach the subject.
"Commander, how well do you know Commander Hitchcock?" he asked.
"I really don't see what business that is of yours, Chief." He replied with icy politeness and a stress on the rank.
"Well, it is if your relationship causes security problems on the boat." Came the response.
"I think you had better explain that a little more fully." Said Ford through clenched teeth, struggling not to show his temper. He was a very private person, and was certainly not used to being asked personal questions by a subordinate especially in front of an audience.
Ford listened relatively patiently when, for what seemed to feel like the hundredth time for Lucas he went over the story, with little additions, corrections and interruptions from the others.
"That baby is not mine." Ford said when every one had lapsed into silence.
Krieg looked so shocked, he actually forgot to shout. "How can you disown your own kid? How can you just turn your back on Katie."?
"The reason I know that the child is not mine, Lieutenant, is because Katie and I, are not now, nor have we ever been anything more than good friends." He was talking to Ben, but kept his eyes on O'Neill who had the grace to look embarrassed. His tendency to listen to rumour and gossip was his greatest weakness.
"How good?" queried Lucas.
"Not that good." Said Ford, a wry smile touching him lips.
"So, Krieg," asked Miguel, "Are you and Katie just friends, or...?" he let the sentence trail off.
"Well, we are just friends, but, well... you remember last shore leave, well... I just happened that it was the same date as our wedding anniversary... so I asked Katie out for a meal for old times sake, and one thing led to another..." he also let his sentence trail into silence.
"And that was three weeks ago?" asked Shan. Ben nodded.
"And I'm now going to be a Daddy."
"So what do we all do now?" asked Lucas.
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To be continued...
Please Review. Any comments welcome. I've only got a vague idea of what they decide to do next. If you have any suggestions they're all welcome. Either leave them in a review (hint, hint!) or feel free to e-mail / IM me. Thanks for reading.
This story is not beta read, I've corrected all the mistakes I've found, sorry for any that are still left.
Chapter two.
"Tim, stop panicking, and close the door! I think Lucas's junk broke his fall anyway."
Lucas gave Miguel an evil look before kneeling down and shaking Ben back in to conciseness. "Ben, wake up buddy." Ben groaned and slowly sat up.
"What happened, why am I sleeping on..." he looked down at the floor, "what am I sleeping on?"
"Junk" said Miguel.
"Some of the most advanced computer technology the UEO has to offer." Corrected Lucas. Not that the bits that ended up on the floor had worked properly, he was a lot more careful with the successful equipment. The things that didn't work to his standard ended up filed on the floor, until he got around to re-designing or improving them.
Tim watched Ben face while the other two argued good-naturedly between themselves. First he saw confusion, then realization, followed by more confusion, insight and finally ending with anger.
In one motion, he saw Ben jump off the floor, grab the front of Lucas's T- shirt and lift the teen off the floor before pushing him none to gently up against the wall.
"Lucas" he said, his face just a few small inches away from the boys surprised expression. "No-one could ever say that I don't have a good sense of humor, and maybe I went a little bit too far on April fools day, but this was not funny. You almost gave me a heart attack! There are some things a man really should not joke about, and this is defiantly one of them."
Tim and Miguel approached slowly, one from each side. "Ben, why don't you let go of Lucas." Cajoled Miguel in that special voice usually reserved for people who are standing on high ledges or holding loaded weapons. "That's right, put him down."
Ben looked from the Lieutenant to the Chief and back again. "It's not funny is it... you didn't think it was funny did you, Tim." Tim O'Neill gently led Ben over to sit on Lucas's bed while Miguel supported a very pale looking Lucas, who was absent-mindedly trying to smooth out the rumples which Ben's fist, had put into his T-shirt.
Lucas tried not to think about how much Ben had reminded him of his father, Dr Wolenczak, when he lost his temper like that, but it was difficult for him to forget his past especially when some thing like this happened to remind him. But deep down Lucas new that Ben was nothing like his father. When he looked into Ben's eyes he saw a man scared almost out of his wits, in his father's eyes there was nothing, no emotion at all. Ben didn't realise what he was doing, Dr Wolenczak knew what he was doing, but didn't seem to realise that it was wrong.
"Ben," said Tim, more then a little shocked by his friend's outburst of violence. "It wasn't a joke, me and Migs overheard Katie talking in the mess. We heard her say she was pregnant. Is it possible you're the father?"
"I'm going to be a Daddy..." Ben's eyes glazed over.
"Ben, are you saying that you and Katie are back together?" Asked Tim.
"I'm going to be a Daddy..."
"Ben, are you sure your the father, have you and Ka-"
"Just what are you trying to imply about my wife Lieutenant?" Shouted Krieg, standing up and looming over the be-spectacled communications officer. "Of course the baby's mine, who else's would it be?"
"Well," said Tim without thinking, "Her and Ford seem to be very good frien- " He tried to cut himself off when his brain caught up with what his mouth was saying, but it was too late.
"I'll kill him!" Ben roared, swinging the door open, and running toward the bridge.
The three remaining men looked at each other in horror, before they all tried to run after Ben Krieg at the same time. After jamming themselves in the doorway, when they all tried to exit at once, they sprinted down the corridor colliding with crewmen and science personnel and yelling apologies behind them.
As they turned left down another corridor they saw Chief Shan blocking Ben's way. They were just in time to see Ben throwing a punch at the security guard. He dodged and caught the punch, twisting it behind the larger mans back with practiced ease.
"Let me go! I'm gonna kill him!" Ben was shouting as Shan grabbed his handcuffs and quickly cuffed Ben's hands behind his back. Shan saw Lucas and the others standing by the corner, and guessed that what ever was going on, they were involved in it somewhere.
"Does any one want to tell me what, exactly, is going on here?" Asked Shan.
"We would really like to, but me and Tim just got off the night shift, we really need to be getting some sleep. Lucas will explain it all to you." Said Miguel, backing off down the corridor as he spoke. Tim gave a half apologetic smile toward Lucas, but never the less felt no inclination to stay and explain, as he followed Ortiz.
Lucas watched open mouthed as his friends disserted him.
"Well, Lucas?"
"I think I might be a good idea if we went somewhere quieter than the corridors to talk about this." Stalled the teen.
"Fine, you can come to security with us, and both of you can explain."
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When they got to the main Security Office, Lucas was just about to start explaining everything when they heard Chief Manilow Crocker making his way to his office.
"Shan, you hear yet?"
"Yes, Chief."
"You wont believe what they've done now, Shan. Just on my way hear I've had half a dozen complaints about Krieg and Lucas running around knocking people over, one of them managed to crash into Dr Turner when he was carrying a mug of coffee and the data for some experiment he's been working on for the last six weeks. Need lees to say he's not at all happy with losing the only copy he has of the data. He's practically demanding that the navy bring back keel haling..."Crocker's voice faded away when he saw Krieg and Wolenczak sitting across the desk from Shan.
Crocker shook his head sadly. He just didn't understand how a military sub had managed to get both the navies worst practical joker, and a civilian who was almost as bad. He took in the handcuffs, and Lucas's sullen expression. "What have they done this time?" he asked Shan.
"As far as I can work out, Lieutenant Krieg wants to kill someone, and Lucas was chancing after him, though I don't know if he was trying to catch him to stop him, or to cheer him on." Shan said smiling at the blush rising on Lucas's fair complexion.
"Ford." Snarled Krieg. "I'm going to kill Ford."
"Krieg, why did you want to kill Commander Ford?" asked Crocker with what patience he could manage.
"Not did, Crocker, do. As soon as you get around to taking these," he indicated over his shoulder to the cuffs, "things, off me I'm going to kill him." By the end of the sentence Ben was standing up and shouting.
Crocker looked none to impressed, "Has he been drinking?" he said to Lucas, who shock his head.
"I think you better start explaining yourselves." He held up a hand as Krieg opened his mouth. "No, Lucas first."
"Well, Chief you see it all started when Ortiz and O'Neill overheard..." as so he explained the whole story to Crocker and Shan, hoping to get Ben out of as much trouble as possible. He left out the way Ben had thrown him against the wall; he had already forgiven his friend.
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"OK Ben, what are you going to do if we let you go?" Asked Crocker after he had heard the full story.
"I'm going to kill Ford." Came the quick reply.
"You just had to pick today to start being honest didn't you," quipped Lucas. He had now been awake for 44 out of the last 48 hours. He was tired and was running out of patience.
"OK," Chief Crocker said, thinking the UEO really didn't pay him enough to deal with thing like this. "There's only one way to sort this out." He reached for his pal, and raised the bridge. "Hello, Commander Ford, would you mind coming down to Security for a few moments... Yes, Commander, it is pretty important... Thank you, Commander, could you have the comms officer send O'Neill and Ortiz down here as well... OK Crocker out."
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"Right, we're all here, what's all this about." Said Ford looking around the now cramped Security office. "What have they done this time?"
"What have I done? You're the one who- mphf" Lucas's hand clamped firmly over Ben's mouth muffled the rest of the sentence.
"I sorry, Commander, Ben's not feeling himself at the moment." The teen explained.
Commander Ford raised an eyebrow, but said nothing.
Chief Crocker looked at the dark skinned Commander and wondered just how to broach the subject.
"Commander, how well do you know Commander Hitchcock?" he asked.
"I really don't see what business that is of yours, Chief." He replied with icy politeness and a stress on the rank.
"Well, it is if your relationship causes security problems on the boat." Came the response.
"I think you had better explain that a little more fully." Said Ford through clenched teeth, struggling not to show his temper. He was a very private person, and was certainly not used to being asked personal questions by a subordinate especially in front of an audience.
Ford listened relatively patiently when, for what seemed to feel like the hundredth time for Lucas he went over the story, with little additions, corrections and interruptions from the others.
"That baby is not mine." Ford said when every one had lapsed into silence.
Krieg looked so shocked, he actually forgot to shout. "How can you disown your own kid? How can you just turn your back on Katie."?
"The reason I know that the child is not mine, Lieutenant, is because Katie and I, are not now, nor have we ever been anything more than good friends." He was talking to Ben, but kept his eyes on O'Neill who had the grace to look embarrassed. His tendency to listen to rumour and gossip was his greatest weakness.
"How good?" queried Lucas.
"Not that good." Said Ford, a wry smile touching him lips.
"So, Krieg," asked Miguel, "Are you and Katie just friends, or...?" he let the sentence trail off.
"Well, we are just friends, but, well... you remember last shore leave, well... I just happened that it was the same date as our wedding anniversary... so I asked Katie out for a meal for old times sake, and one thing led to another..." he also let his sentence trail into silence.
"And that was three weeks ago?" asked Shan. Ben nodded.
"And I'm now going to be a Daddy."
"So what do we all do now?" asked Lucas.
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To be continued...
Please Review. Any comments welcome. I've only got a vague idea of what they decide to do next. If you have any suggestions they're all welcome. Either leave them in a review (hint, hint!) or feel free to e-mail / IM me. Thanks for reading.
