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Complacent and boring, she cringed at her thoughts. Lieutenant Hoshi Sato could hardly imagine another tour aboard Enterprise. She had already served two and she hadn't figured out how Jonathan Archer had talked her into the second one. He was a sneaky one and whenever he came sauntering down the hall toward her, she made it a point to head in the other direction. She tapped the piece of equipment in her ear as it chirped, picking up subspace static and other noises.
No, she couldn't be a com officer on a submarine and have the opportunity to listen to whale song. She shook her head at the thought and shuddered as the thought of her claustrophobia reminded her why that wasn't such a good idea. She tapped at her ear piece again, the static repeating and her mind continuing to ignore it. Nope, life on a submarine was definitely out of the question.
The repetitive static turned into faint beep and she immediately perked up. She squinted in concentration, blocking out the background noise from the workings of the bridge crew. The faint beep repeated and grew louder.
"Sir," she started as the pattern repeated in her ear. "I'm receiving a transmission."
Captain Jonathan Archer waited for her to add something to her admission.
The pattern repeated again and she shook her head. How did an SOS signal get all the way out here? She glared at Travis's back and looked around for Trip. This must be some sort of elaborate trick, but Trip wasn't on the bridge and he hated missing his own pranks. "It's an SOS, sir, and it's coming from the fourth planet of the Galadin planet."
"Are you sure?" Jon asked in disbelief, coming to the same conclusion Hoshi had.
She didn't know how, but she kept from rolling her eyes in annoyance and routed the transmission to the speakers. The beeping filled the bridge and the captain nodded his head in agreement answering his previous question.
"Travis, plot a course, warp four," Jon stated.
"Aye, sir," the helmsman complied.
-- A strange vibration stirred the air around the man and he stopped tapping the wires to investigate. Inherently, he knew today was different. He could smell it in the air as excitement strummed through his being. He brushed the plush foliage away, making his way toward the alien vibrations, curiosity driving him.
A movement caught his eye and the bushes moved unnaturally, startling him. He jumped behind a sheltering tree and watched in awe as another creature invaded his home.
The creature looked like him and moved like him, but his face and head held various differences. The light speckled skin and vibrant blue eye searched for something, an odd device in his hand. The alien walked toward the man, looking back and forth from the device and his direction.
The man shirked further back into his hiding place, knowing fear for the first time he had come into being. The alien's mouth opened and he looked over his shoulder
His heart pounded in his chest and he wanted to run away. The intruder continued toward his hiding place and he hunched further down, getting ready to flee. Another movement caught the man's attention and another being walked into the small clearing and interacted with the other. She was one of his kind, petite in stature with familiar dark hair.
She turned toward his hiding place, staring at it and quickly glancing down to her handheld machine. She spoke with the other creature, saying what, he had no idea for he was unable to hear.
The woman approached the hiding place and knelt before him, the smell of her permeating his olfactory nerves and easing his sense of alarm. She held her hand out, slowly pushing back the foliage, which concealed him.
He didn't hear her calming voice, yet her posture and motions coaxed him, luring him to her. The man eyed her companion wearily, who had started to back away cautiously, showing the man that he meant no harm.
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Complacent and boring, she cringed at her thoughts. Lieutenant Hoshi Sato could hardly imagine another tour aboard Enterprise. She had already served two and she hadn't figured out how Jonathan Archer had talked her into the second one. He was a sneaky one and whenever he came sauntering down the hall toward her, she made it a point to head in the other direction. She tapped the piece of equipment in her ear as it chirped, picking up subspace static and other noises.
No, she couldn't be a com officer on a submarine and have the opportunity to listen to whale song. She shook her head at the thought and shuddered as the thought of her claustrophobia reminded her why that wasn't such a good idea. She tapped at her ear piece again, the static repeating and her mind continuing to ignore it. Nope, life on a submarine was definitely out of the question.
The repetitive static turned into faint beep and she immediately perked up. She squinted in concentration, blocking out the background noise from the workings of the bridge crew. The faint beep repeated and grew louder.
"Sir," she started as the pattern repeated in her ear. "I'm receiving a transmission."
Captain Jonathan Archer waited for her to add something to her admission.
The pattern repeated again and she shook her head. How did an SOS signal get all the way out here? She glared at Travis's back and looked around for Trip. This must be some sort of elaborate trick, but Trip wasn't on the bridge and he hated missing his own pranks. "It's an SOS, sir, and it's coming from the fourth planet of the Galadin planet."
"Are you sure?" Jon asked in disbelief, coming to the same conclusion Hoshi had.
She didn't know how, but she kept from rolling her eyes in annoyance and routed the transmission to the speakers. The beeping filled the bridge and the captain nodded his head in agreement answering his previous question.
"Travis, plot a course, warp four," Jon stated.
"Aye, sir," the helmsman complied.
-- A strange vibration stirred the air around the man and he stopped tapping the wires to investigate. Inherently, he knew today was different. He could smell it in the air as excitement strummed through his being. He brushed the plush foliage away, making his way toward the alien vibrations, curiosity driving him.
A movement caught his eye and the bushes moved unnaturally, startling him. He jumped behind a sheltering tree and watched in awe as another creature invaded his home.
The creature looked like him and moved like him, but his face and head held various differences. The light speckled skin and vibrant blue eye searched for something, an odd device in his hand. The alien walked toward the man, looking back and forth from the device and his direction.
The man shirked further back into his hiding place, knowing fear for the first time he had come into being. The alien's mouth opened and he looked over his shoulder
His heart pounded in his chest and he wanted to run away. The intruder continued toward his hiding place and he hunched further down, getting ready to flee. Another movement caught the man's attention and another being walked into the small clearing and interacted with the other. She was one of his kind, petite in stature with familiar dark hair.
She turned toward his hiding place, staring at it and quickly glancing down to her handheld machine. She spoke with the other creature, saying what, he had no idea for he was unable to hear.
The woman approached the hiding place and knelt before him, the smell of her permeating his olfactory nerves and easing his sense of alarm. She held her hand out, slowly pushing back the foliage, which concealed him.
He didn't hear her calming voice, yet her posture and motions coaxed him, luring him to her. The man eyed her companion wearily, who had started to back away cautiously, showing the man that he meant no harm.
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