DO NOT SPEAK
By Kiddo
Chapter 5
Information:
seaQuest, Lucas Wolenczak. doesn't belong to me. I'm not making any money with this story; it's only for entertainment.
I know that Captain Bridger doesn't play normally chess, he plays poker. But this insn't the TV-show this is fanfiction and in my story he plays chess. :)
A spezial thanks goes to my beta Ket Knits.
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Three months later everything was working normal on the SeaQuest. Lucas had made a lot of progress in this time. He still refused to talk, but he spoke to the people in his own way. He showed many emotions; the only one he still did not ever show to anyone was grief about the death of his parents. Everybody saw that the teenager was very sad, that he wasn't over the death of his parents. It was as if he wanted to forget it.
No crewmember ever had seen the teen cry the whole time he had been on the SeaQuest, there never have been tears. Everybody had learned to pay attention to Lucas' facial expressions and the other things he did. If they did this, they nearly were able to understand what he meant or wanted.
Lucas had the best friendship with Captain Bridger, Dr. Westphalen, Darwin, and to everyone's surprise Lt. Ben Krieg.
Bridger and Westphalen had been worried about the friendship to Benjamin Krieg at the beginning. But they realised that Ben was good for the boy. The first time they had heard their computer genius laughing he had been with Lt. Krieg. That sounded like music to their ears. After that they were not worried about this friendship anymore.
One month ago, Nathan had started to teach the boy chess. The teenager had learned it very fast, and Bridger hadn't a chance against him since. The boy won every game of chess they played.
Captain Bridger and Kristin Westphalen felt very close to the boy. Bridger was closer, for him it was like Lucas was his second son.
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The current orders for the seaQuest were to take three famous scientists, who were afraid of flying, to a meeting. The whole crew was not very happy about this, but this was an order and they had to do it. This was their job.
Lucas was alone in the lab as he looked through a microscope; he was not aware that one of the three scientists had entered the lab and was standing next to him.
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"What are you looking at?" Asked Dr. Steven Dunfield with interest. He was a heavy set, dark haired man.
The teenager didn't hear the question, he was concentrating on his work.
Dr. Dunfield wasn't a person used to being ignored. He got angry and grabbed Lucas by his wrist. "Listen to me Wolenczak, you better answer me when I ask you something."
The boy looked at Dunfield shocked, his wrist hurt and he had no idea how this man got to know his name.
Dunfield didn't let go of Lucas' wrist. "Now answer me?"
Captain Bridger chose that moment to come into the room, he heard Dunfield's last sentence and saw how unsettled Lucas was, "Let go of him and move back two steps."
Steven Dunfield let go of the boy and stepped back. Nathan immediately was at Lucas' side, he stood next to him in such a way, that he could step in front of the boy to protect him at any time.
Bridger looked at Lucas, but kept one eye on Dunfield. "Is everything alright Kiddo?"
The teenager nodded his head, but had one hand at his wrist.
Bridger turned to Dunfield. "What's the meaning of this?" "What do you think you're doing?"
"Little Wolenczak ignored me, he wasn't willing to answer me. So I tried something else."
Lucas jerked at his name. *How does he know my name?*
Captain Bridger thought the same thing. "I'm sure you could do this another way. You don't have to get violent to get somebody notice you."
Dunfield moved his left hand through his hair. "That doesn't explain, that little Wolenczak has been so impolite and didn't gave me an answer."
The usually quiet Captain felt his anger rising, how dare he, nobody had the right to say such a thing to the teenager. "He doesn't speak. How do you know his name?"
"Oh, I worked with his father a sometime ago."
Lucas jerked again. Was this the reason why he thought he had seen the build of the man before. He had never heard the name and the voice before, but he was sure that he had seen him before.
Nathan noticed that something was wrong with the teenager. But he couldn't say what it was. "As long as you are on my submarine, you will never come near Lucas again. Is this clear to you?" Bridger made a mental note in his head to tell Chief Crocker that he should keep an eye on this scientist.
Steven Dunfield nodded his head.
"Leave the lab, Now."
Dr. Dunfield turned and left.
Captain Bridger now was able to get a clear look at his youngest crewmember. "Is everything really alright with you?"
Lucas nodded his head and gave the Captain a smile to tell that he was all right.
"Good, but I don't want you to be alone any place as long as the three scientist are on board."
Lucas looked very annoyed at the Captain and rolled his eyes.
Bridger quickly decided to try a joke and lifted his hands. "Oh, if looks could kill. But Lucas I mean it, this is serious. I know that you are not the person who did something wrong. But I'm worried about you and I care about you," Thinking to himself at the same time *and Dr. Dunfield makes me feel uneasy.* "Please promise me, that you will not be alone any place on the boat and that you'll close the door of your cabin behind you, please can you do this for both of us?"
The teenager nodded his head.
"Good, that makes me feel better. Oh I nearly forgot why I was here, I wanted to have dinner with you. Are you ready?"
Lucas switched the lamp of the microscope off and laid all the things back to their place. Then he nodded to the Captain.
Bridger put his arm around Lucas' shoulders and walked with him out of the lab.
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The senior crew sat together at a big table eating their evening meal.
Dr. MC Clendon and Dr. Franklin Newman, the two other scientists, sat themselves on the last two free chairs.
Dr. Newman, a very tall man, turned to Lucas and the Captain. "We want to apologize for Dr. Dunfield. He is a brilliant scientist, but he is very rude to people."
Lucas nodded to the two scientists, but just like Dunfield they gave him an uneasy feeling. He didn't want to be near them. He was sure that he had seen them before, but he couldn't say where that had been. Newman's voice didn't help him either. He had never heard it before. The teenager thought about the three men the whole time. He didn't listen what the others were saying.
Dr. Clendon was a very muscular person and wore thin black leather gloves. The leather gloves were very modern at the moment. A lot of people were wearing them. But the whole seaQuest crew had the same opinion. They didn't like his gloves and found it very strange.
Dr. Clendon turned to Lucas. "Can you pass me the salt, please?"
The teenager looked at him with wide eyes. He was frozen to the spot. *This Voice.*
Captain Bridger touched Lucas at his right arm. "Lucas, is everything alright?"
The boy jerked and awoke from his frozen state. He looked at the Captain as if he hadn't understood a word. *What?*
"Dr. MC Clendon asked if you could pass him the salt."
The teenager took the salt and gave it to Clendon.
"Thank you." MC Clendon answered.
It didn't take long and the others soon were talking to each other again. But Lucas could only think of one thing. Every time MC Clendon said something he felt like having to run away. He was frightened of him and Dr. Newman. *This voice. I know, I've heard it before, I know it. But why can't I remember where?*
TO BE CONTINUID...
By Kiddo
Chapter 5
Information:
seaQuest, Lucas Wolenczak. doesn't belong to me. I'm not making any money with this story; it's only for entertainment.
I know that Captain Bridger doesn't play normally chess, he plays poker. But this insn't the TV-show this is fanfiction and in my story he plays chess. :)
A spezial thanks goes to my beta Ket Knits.
***************************************************************************
Three months later everything was working normal on the SeaQuest. Lucas had made a lot of progress in this time. He still refused to talk, but he spoke to the people in his own way. He showed many emotions; the only one he still did not ever show to anyone was grief about the death of his parents. Everybody saw that the teenager was very sad, that he wasn't over the death of his parents. It was as if he wanted to forget it.
No crewmember ever had seen the teen cry the whole time he had been on the SeaQuest, there never have been tears. Everybody had learned to pay attention to Lucas' facial expressions and the other things he did. If they did this, they nearly were able to understand what he meant or wanted.
Lucas had the best friendship with Captain Bridger, Dr. Westphalen, Darwin, and to everyone's surprise Lt. Ben Krieg.
Bridger and Westphalen had been worried about the friendship to Benjamin Krieg at the beginning. But they realised that Ben was good for the boy. The first time they had heard their computer genius laughing he had been with Lt. Krieg. That sounded like music to their ears. After that they were not worried about this friendship anymore.
One month ago, Nathan had started to teach the boy chess. The teenager had learned it very fast, and Bridger hadn't a chance against him since. The boy won every game of chess they played.
Captain Bridger and Kristin Westphalen felt very close to the boy. Bridger was closer, for him it was like Lucas was his second son.
****************
The current orders for the seaQuest were to take three famous scientists, who were afraid of flying, to a meeting. The whole crew was not very happy about this, but this was an order and they had to do it. This was their job.
Lucas was alone in the lab as he looked through a microscope; he was not aware that one of the three scientists had entered the lab and was standing next to him.
****************
"What are you looking at?" Asked Dr. Steven Dunfield with interest. He was a heavy set, dark haired man.
The teenager didn't hear the question, he was concentrating on his work.
Dr. Dunfield wasn't a person used to being ignored. He got angry and grabbed Lucas by his wrist. "Listen to me Wolenczak, you better answer me when I ask you something."
The boy looked at Dunfield shocked, his wrist hurt and he had no idea how this man got to know his name.
Dunfield didn't let go of Lucas' wrist. "Now answer me?"
Captain Bridger chose that moment to come into the room, he heard Dunfield's last sentence and saw how unsettled Lucas was, "Let go of him and move back two steps."
Steven Dunfield let go of the boy and stepped back. Nathan immediately was at Lucas' side, he stood next to him in such a way, that he could step in front of the boy to protect him at any time.
Bridger looked at Lucas, but kept one eye on Dunfield. "Is everything alright Kiddo?"
The teenager nodded his head, but had one hand at his wrist.
Bridger turned to Dunfield. "What's the meaning of this?" "What do you think you're doing?"
"Little Wolenczak ignored me, he wasn't willing to answer me. So I tried something else."
Lucas jerked at his name. *How does he know my name?*
Captain Bridger thought the same thing. "I'm sure you could do this another way. You don't have to get violent to get somebody notice you."
Dunfield moved his left hand through his hair. "That doesn't explain, that little Wolenczak has been so impolite and didn't gave me an answer."
The usually quiet Captain felt his anger rising, how dare he, nobody had the right to say such a thing to the teenager. "He doesn't speak. How do you know his name?"
"Oh, I worked with his father a sometime ago."
Lucas jerked again. Was this the reason why he thought he had seen the build of the man before. He had never heard the name and the voice before, but he was sure that he had seen him before.
Nathan noticed that something was wrong with the teenager. But he couldn't say what it was. "As long as you are on my submarine, you will never come near Lucas again. Is this clear to you?" Bridger made a mental note in his head to tell Chief Crocker that he should keep an eye on this scientist.
Steven Dunfield nodded his head.
"Leave the lab, Now."
Dr. Dunfield turned and left.
Captain Bridger now was able to get a clear look at his youngest crewmember. "Is everything really alright with you?"
Lucas nodded his head and gave the Captain a smile to tell that he was all right.
"Good, but I don't want you to be alone any place as long as the three scientist are on board."
Lucas looked very annoyed at the Captain and rolled his eyes.
Bridger quickly decided to try a joke and lifted his hands. "Oh, if looks could kill. But Lucas I mean it, this is serious. I know that you are not the person who did something wrong. But I'm worried about you and I care about you," Thinking to himself at the same time *and Dr. Dunfield makes me feel uneasy.* "Please promise me, that you will not be alone any place on the boat and that you'll close the door of your cabin behind you, please can you do this for both of us?"
The teenager nodded his head.
"Good, that makes me feel better. Oh I nearly forgot why I was here, I wanted to have dinner with you. Are you ready?"
Lucas switched the lamp of the microscope off and laid all the things back to their place. Then he nodded to the Captain.
Bridger put his arm around Lucas' shoulders and walked with him out of the lab.
*****************
The senior crew sat together at a big table eating their evening meal.
Dr. MC Clendon and Dr. Franklin Newman, the two other scientists, sat themselves on the last two free chairs.
Dr. Newman, a very tall man, turned to Lucas and the Captain. "We want to apologize for Dr. Dunfield. He is a brilliant scientist, but he is very rude to people."
Lucas nodded to the two scientists, but just like Dunfield they gave him an uneasy feeling. He didn't want to be near them. He was sure that he had seen them before, but he couldn't say where that had been. Newman's voice didn't help him either. He had never heard it before. The teenager thought about the three men the whole time. He didn't listen what the others were saying.
Dr. Clendon was a very muscular person and wore thin black leather gloves. The leather gloves were very modern at the moment. A lot of people were wearing them. But the whole seaQuest crew had the same opinion. They didn't like his gloves and found it very strange.
Dr. Clendon turned to Lucas. "Can you pass me the salt, please?"
The teenager looked at him with wide eyes. He was frozen to the spot. *This Voice.*
Captain Bridger touched Lucas at his right arm. "Lucas, is everything alright?"
The boy jerked and awoke from his frozen state. He looked at the Captain as if he hadn't understood a word. *What?*
"Dr. MC Clendon asked if you could pass him the salt."
The teenager took the salt and gave it to Clendon.
"Thank you." MC Clendon answered.
It didn't take long and the others soon were talking to each other again. But Lucas could only think of one thing. Every time MC Clendon said something he felt like having to run away. He was frightened of him and Dr. Newman. *This voice. I know, I've heard it before, I know it. But why can't I remember where?*
TO BE CONTINUID...