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*Rolls eyes* Of course not.
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Reviewer Replies -
-MySchemingMind: Heh... thanks. I guess I kind of forgot to give the walrus- people a name... maybe I'll change that sometime. This story is actually almost done.
-Unrealistic: Yeah, this half might be a bit difficult. At least Roberts and McCoy are back. :) Happy reading.
-Ariennye: Agh, stupid typos. Maybe I should change that one. Too bad I'm lazy. Enjoy this chapter.
-Broken Infinity: Thank you. I'm not sure if I like caesar (sp?) salad, but if that's a compliment I'll take your word for it. :) I think my cliffhangers have become more evil, because I haven't been updating. A soggy! [I'm sorry!]
-mzsnaz: I know, I was thinking the same thing as I wrote the last chapter. :)
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A/N: I'm so sorry for the long wait... My Star Trek Muse died for a while, but it's back. And this story is too. Enjoy!
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*** Identity Crisis ***
Chapter Fourteen - Walrus-Person in the Freezer
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"How far, exactly, can you see?" Spock asked the walrus-creature.
the walrus-thing said.
Spock let out a small groan. Small enough that the only human who might have picked up on it would have been Doctor McCoy when he was trying to catch Spock doing something human.
In any case, with the walrus-person's bad eyesight, this would be much more difficult than it had originally seemed. Perhaps it would have been better if McCoy and Roberts had gone and brought Chekov back themselves.
"Can you hide us from the Enterprise?" Spock asked. At all costs he couldn't be beamed up to the Enterprise and lose his chance to be himself again.
the walrus-person said, sliding down a hill. I They were fairly close to Chekov now, close enough that Spock could pick up some of his own features.
But it would be some time before the walrus-thing could see Chekov.
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"We have arrived at Seti Olan Two," Sulu reported.
"Good," Kirk said. "Ensign Yeager," he nodded at the woman who had taken over the science station in both Spock and Chekov's absence, "Get a lock on Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy, Ensign Chekov, and Ensign Roberts. Tell whoever is in the transporter room to beam them up at those coordinates."
"Yes sir," the ensign said.
"Sulu, you've got the bridge," Kirk said. He headed down to the transporter room.
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Mr. Kyle pulled lever that would beam up the landing party. Soon five beams of light sparkled into existence.
Five!
Kirk watched as Spock, McCoy, Chekov, Roberts, and what appeared to be some sort of walrus-like creature appeared on the transporter pads.
Kirk watched as Chekov yelled "Now!" and Spock bounded off the transporter pad.
Of course, in actuality, Spock was yelling "Now!" and Chekov was running. Yet even as this happened the walrus-thing was drooping, apparently unconscious. McCoy had run over to Spock and the walrus-thing. Roberts, for a moment, had seemed unsure of what to do, then had followed McCoy.
To Kirk, it was a scene of utmost confusion. If things had seemed strange the first time they had been beamed up, than he didn't know what to call this. And what was that big creature next to Chekov? For that matter, what had happened to Chekov (Spock) this time?
"Jim!" McCoy yelled, at least sounding like McCoy, "Get this person somewhere cold! I don't care where!"
"What? Bones, what is going on?"
"Just do it, dammit. Do you want her to die? She can't stand the temperature on this ship."
Kirk didn't want anyone to die. "Will the freezer suffice?"
"It should," McCoy told him.
"Mr. Kyle!" Kirk commanded, "Beam that... thing to the freezer. Chekov, Bones, get off the transporter pad!"
Kirk watched McCoy pull Chekov away. It seemed as if he hadn't responded to his own name. Which brought back memories of the last beam up, and THAT confusion.
The walrus-thing disappeared.
"Now, Bones, Spock, could you tell me what's going on?" Kirk asked. "Wait... Spock? Where did Spock go?"
"I believe you should find him before we explain," Chekov said. "It is undoubtedly a long story and I would really rather prefer we did not go over it here."
Where was Chekov's accent? Kirk wondered, but wherever it had gone, Chekov was right. They had to find Spock.
Now that he thought about it, Chekov sounded suspiciously like Spock... What the hell was going on?
"Jim," McCoy said, "I understand everything is a little bit confusing, but we all need a trip to sickbay..."
"What? Oh, yes," he said. "You," he motioned to a small group of red- shirts, "A few of you help these men to Sickbay, the rest of you come with me. We've got to find Spock."
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Finding "Spock" wouldn't as easy as it might have seemed. The Enterprise was fairly big, and Chekov was very determined not to be found. And, because of the walrus-person's problem interacting with the relative heat of the Enterprise, it looked as if Chekov would stay determined.
He armed himself with two phasers, knowing that soon there would be a group of people trying to find him. Luckily, he had Spock's Vulcan strength, but it looked as if that might not be enough. He couldn't be found or he'd have to give this body up...
He was hiding in a Jeffries Tube right now, but he knew it would not last. He would have to get off the Enterprise somehow. Maybe he could steal a shuttlecraft...? There would be no use staying Vulcan if he had so stay in hiding as well.
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"I think we should tell Jim-Captain Kirk to you, Roberts-what's going on," McCoy said. "Chekov is dangerous right now, especially in your body, Spock. He won't take kindly to being 'found.'"
"But he'll think we're crazy!" Roberts exclaimed.
"I must agree with the doctor," Spock said. "At this point, he is probably beginning to doubt our sanity. In any case, he is wondering what is going on. Certainly is I was Captain I would be. Any explanation now hold more credibility than it would have before, because he is looking for an answer. Especially with the help of the walrus-like entity from Seti Olan Two."
"Nurse coming," Roberts said. Both he and McCoy went to their own sickbay beds. They had come around Spock's to talk, as he could not move, but they did not want anyone to hear their conversations until they decided it should be so.
"You look like you got hit in the head with a couple of rocks!" Nurse Chapel told McCoy.
"Hailstones," he said. "They get pretty big on that planet."
"I'll bet," Nurse Chapel agreed.
"Well," she said a few minutes later, "You're free to go."
McCoy was glad of this; he had to check up on the walrus-thing in the freezer. He hoped it hadn't been a mistake to send her there. But she couldn't go back to the planet, not yet.
Luckily, the freezer was big, and about the same temperature as the planet below. Also, it was not currently holding anything (it was often used to transport medicines and things like that that needed the cold), and there was plenty of room for the walrus-thing.
McCoy opened the door, and shivered; he had somehow managed to forget to bring a coat. At least there was no wind.
There was the walrus-thing. She didn't seem to have moved. McCoy knelt over her, wishing he'd brought his medical tricorder. Actually, he wished he'd at least brought SOMETHING. He had walked over to the freezer from sickbay, not wanting to leave the walrus-thing alone too long.
Now that he was here he didn't know what to do. He realized stupidly that he would have to go back and get his medical supplies. And a coat...
A few minutes later he was back again. Looking at the readings on his tricorder, he realized that he had no idea what to do. What were normal readings?
This brought him to the conclusion that his tricorder was, in fact, unnecessary.
He walked up to the walrus thing and touched her blubbery hide with one hand. (He marveled to see all of his fingers back; he'd hated that aspect of Roberts' body)
something yelled at him. He felt almost blown back by the feel of it. This was not going to work very well.
"I just want to help," he said tentatively.
The thought that was blasted at him seemed to be the equivalent of a human yell. Was the creature mad at him? Or was this natural?
He needed a telepath. Hopefully Spock would be released from sickbay soon enough. McCoy left the freezer again.
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Kirk rounded a corner and saw a flash of field-jacket brown and blue. Spock! Spock rounded the corner quickly, and Kirk ran to catch up. He almost banged into him; it seemed that Spock was not moving very fast. Kirk turned him around-
--and faced McCoy.
"Where the hell do you think you're going?" he exploded, seeing the CMO's field jacket and medical supplies. Could McCoy be beaming Down AGAIN?
"I was going back to sickbay, if you don't mind," McCoy said in his best annoyed tone.
"Then why the field jacket and supplies?"
"I just came from the freezer where there's an angry walrus-person from that planet, Seti-whatever."
Kirk glared.
"You know what, Jim, I think we all have some explaining to do. Spock and Ensign Roberts will have to help me do it. Come along to sickbay, why don't ya."
Kirk nodded. "Yes, you certain DO have some explaining-SPOCK and Ensign Roberts?"
"I told you we have some explaining to do. Why don't you tell your red- shirts to stop looking for Chekov-er, Spock."
Kirk agreed. He wanted an explanation.
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Roberts was about to leave sickbay when Kirk and McCoy entered, but Kirk sat him down again.
"Doctor McCoy says you all have some explaining to do. I suggest you start now."
They began with the dreams, then the memories, then the switching of bodies (Roberts laughed as he remembered how much Nurse Chapel had liked Pirates of Orion: The Game). They continued on to tell about what had happened on Seti Olan Two and the walrus-people. Then their second trip to the planet, finally bringing the story up to the present.
Kirk sat back and considered this for a moment. This was a lot to take in... McCoy and Chekov-no, that was Spock-watched him intently.
"So do you believe us?" McCoy asked.
"I... guess so," Kirk said. After all, why fake something like this. "But wait... you said that at first you couldn't talk about who you really are."
"Well, that's right!" McCoy said. "The walrus-people must have fixed that. Damn nice of them if you think about it."
"Captain, if you still doubt us, I'm sure there is a way that you could verify my identity."
Kirk thought for a moment. "Well... if you're really Spock, you'll know the answer to this: When we were going to Babel with your mother and father, what did Bones ask your mother about your past?"
"I believe he asked if I 'played' like 'normal' human children did. I may not have the wording exactly, but I believe that is the 'basic gist' of it."
"I believe you," Kirk said.
"Uh, Jim?" McCoy broke in. "I need to borrow Spock for a moment."
"Why?"
"The walrus-person in the freezer seems to be, um, resisting me. I need the help of a telepath, and Spock is the only one I can think of right now."
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When Kirk, Spock and McCoy made it to the freezer (Kirk had, for some reason, insisted on coming) the walrus-thing still hadn't moved. Spock had been given somewhat old-fashioned crutches; they hadn't healed his leg yet, but the nurse had understood that he needed to go.
He hopped over to the walrus-thing and placed his fingers on her temples. He pulled them back immediately.
"Her mind is set on full force to keep everyone away, and the experience is somewhat like what I discovered before we beamed down to Seti Olan Two," Spock reported. "There is a very powerful presence here, and I cannot penetrate at all without serious damage to my mind."
"Well, since we should probably avoid that, I guess we'll have to wait until she wakes up herself," McCoy said. "Ah yes. Jim, you do agree, right?"
"Yes, Bones, I agree."
They had just begun the trip back to sickbay when an anonymous ensign ran up to them. "There you are, sir!" he said. "I'm supposed to tell you that someone just left in a shuttlecraft."
"Chekov," Spock muttered.
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Please review.
*Rolls eyes* Of course not.
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Reviewer Replies -
-MySchemingMind: Heh... thanks. I guess I kind of forgot to give the walrus- people a name... maybe I'll change that sometime. This story is actually almost done.
-Unrealistic: Yeah, this half might be a bit difficult. At least Roberts and McCoy are back. :) Happy reading.
-Ariennye: Agh, stupid typos. Maybe I should change that one. Too bad I'm lazy. Enjoy this chapter.
-Broken Infinity: Thank you. I'm not sure if I like caesar (sp?) salad, but if that's a compliment I'll take your word for it. :) I think my cliffhangers have become more evil, because I haven't been updating. A soggy! [I'm sorry!]
-mzsnaz: I know, I was thinking the same thing as I wrote the last chapter. :)
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A/N: I'm so sorry for the long wait... My Star Trek Muse died for a while, but it's back. And this story is too. Enjoy!
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*** Identity Crisis ***
Chapter Fourteen - Walrus-Person in the Freezer
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"How far, exactly, can you see?" Spock asked the walrus-creature.
the walrus-thing said.
Spock let out a small groan. Small enough that the only human who might have picked up on it would have been Doctor McCoy when he was trying to catch Spock doing something human.
In any case, with the walrus-person's bad eyesight, this would be much more difficult than it had originally seemed. Perhaps it would have been better if McCoy and Roberts had gone and brought Chekov back themselves.
"Can you hide us from the Enterprise?" Spock asked. At all costs he couldn't be beamed up to the Enterprise and lose his chance to be himself again.
the walrus-person said, sliding down a hill. I They were fairly close to Chekov now, close enough that Spock could pick up some of his own features.
But it would be some time before the walrus-thing could see Chekov.
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"We have arrived at Seti Olan Two," Sulu reported.
"Good," Kirk said. "Ensign Yeager," he nodded at the woman who had taken over the science station in both Spock and Chekov's absence, "Get a lock on Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy, Ensign Chekov, and Ensign Roberts. Tell whoever is in the transporter room to beam them up at those coordinates."
"Yes sir," the ensign said.
"Sulu, you've got the bridge," Kirk said. He headed down to the transporter room.
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Mr. Kyle pulled lever that would beam up the landing party. Soon five beams of light sparkled into existence.
Five!
Kirk watched as Spock, McCoy, Chekov, Roberts, and what appeared to be some sort of walrus-like creature appeared on the transporter pads.
Kirk watched as Chekov yelled "Now!" and Spock bounded off the transporter pad.
Of course, in actuality, Spock was yelling "Now!" and Chekov was running. Yet even as this happened the walrus-thing was drooping, apparently unconscious. McCoy had run over to Spock and the walrus-thing. Roberts, for a moment, had seemed unsure of what to do, then had followed McCoy.
To Kirk, it was a scene of utmost confusion. If things had seemed strange the first time they had been beamed up, than he didn't know what to call this. And what was that big creature next to Chekov? For that matter, what had happened to Chekov (Spock) this time?
"Jim!" McCoy yelled, at least sounding like McCoy, "Get this person somewhere cold! I don't care where!"
"What? Bones, what is going on?"
"Just do it, dammit. Do you want her to die? She can't stand the temperature on this ship."
Kirk didn't want anyone to die. "Will the freezer suffice?"
"It should," McCoy told him.
"Mr. Kyle!" Kirk commanded, "Beam that... thing to the freezer. Chekov, Bones, get off the transporter pad!"
Kirk watched McCoy pull Chekov away. It seemed as if he hadn't responded to his own name. Which brought back memories of the last beam up, and THAT confusion.
The walrus-thing disappeared.
"Now, Bones, Spock, could you tell me what's going on?" Kirk asked. "Wait... Spock? Where did Spock go?"
"I believe you should find him before we explain," Chekov said. "It is undoubtedly a long story and I would really rather prefer we did not go over it here."
Where was Chekov's accent? Kirk wondered, but wherever it had gone, Chekov was right. They had to find Spock.
Now that he thought about it, Chekov sounded suspiciously like Spock... What the hell was going on?
"Jim," McCoy said, "I understand everything is a little bit confusing, but we all need a trip to sickbay..."
"What? Oh, yes," he said. "You," he motioned to a small group of red- shirts, "A few of you help these men to Sickbay, the rest of you come with me. We've got to find Spock."
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Finding "Spock" wouldn't as easy as it might have seemed. The Enterprise was fairly big, and Chekov was very determined not to be found. And, because of the walrus-person's problem interacting with the relative heat of the Enterprise, it looked as if Chekov would stay determined.
He armed himself with two phasers, knowing that soon there would be a group of people trying to find him. Luckily, he had Spock's Vulcan strength, but it looked as if that might not be enough. He couldn't be found or he'd have to give this body up...
He was hiding in a Jeffries Tube right now, but he knew it would not last. He would have to get off the Enterprise somehow. Maybe he could steal a shuttlecraft...? There would be no use staying Vulcan if he had so stay in hiding as well.
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"I think we should tell Jim-Captain Kirk to you, Roberts-what's going on," McCoy said. "Chekov is dangerous right now, especially in your body, Spock. He won't take kindly to being 'found.'"
"But he'll think we're crazy!" Roberts exclaimed.
"I must agree with the doctor," Spock said. "At this point, he is probably beginning to doubt our sanity. In any case, he is wondering what is going on. Certainly is I was Captain I would be. Any explanation now hold more credibility than it would have before, because he is looking for an answer. Especially with the help of the walrus-like entity from Seti Olan Two."
"Nurse coming," Roberts said. Both he and McCoy went to their own sickbay beds. They had come around Spock's to talk, as he could not move, but they did not want anyone to hear their conversations until they decided it should be so.
"You look like you got hit in the head with a couple of rocks!" Nurse Chapel told McCoy.
"Hailstones," he said. "They get pretty big on that planet."
"I'll bet," Nurse Chapel agreed.
"Well," she said a few minutes later, "You're free to go."
McCoy was glad of this; he had to check up on the walrus-thing in the freezer. He hoped it hadn't been a mistake to send her there. But she couldn't go back to the planet, not yet.
Luckily, the freezer was big, and about the same temperature as the planet below. Also, it was not currently holding anything (it was often used to transport medicines and things like that that needed the cold), and there was plenty of room for the walrus-thing.
McCoy opened the door, and shivered; he had somehow managed to forget to bring a coat. At least there was no wind.
There was the walrus-thing. She didn't seem to have moved. McCoy knelt over her, wishing he'd brought his medical tricorder. Actually, he wished he'd at least brought SOMETHING. He had walked over to the freezer from sickbay, not wanting to leave the walrus-thing alone too long.
Now that he was here he didn't know what to do. He realized stupidly that he would have to go back and get his medical supplies. And a coat...
A few minutes later he was back again. Looking at the readings on his tricorder, he realized that he had no idea what to do. What were normal readings?
This brought him to the conclusion that his tricorder was, in fact, unnecessary.
He walked up to the walrus thing and touched her blubbery hide with one hand. (He marveled to see all of his fingers back; he'd hated that aspect of Roberts' body)
something yelled at him. He felt almost blown back by the feel of it. This was not going to work very well.
"I just want to help," he said tentatively.
The thought that was blasted at him seemed to be the equivalent of a human yell. Was the creature mad at him? Or was this natural?
He needed a telepath. Hopefully Spock would be released from sickbay soon enough. McCoy left the freezer again.
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Kirk rounded a corner and saw a flash of field-jacket brown and blue. Spock! Spock rounded the corner quickly, and Kirk ran to catch up. He almost banged into him; it seemed that Spock was not moving very fast. Kirk turned him around-
--and faced McCoy.
"Where the hell do you think you're going?" he exploded, seeing the CMO's field jacket and medical supplies. Could McCoy be beaming Down AGAIN?
"I was going back to sickbay, if you don't mind," McCoy said in his best annoyed tone.
"Then why the field jacket and supplies?"
"I just came from the freezer where there's an angry walrus-person from that planet, Seti-whatever."
Kirk glared.
"You know what, Jim, I think we all have some explaining to do. Spock and Ensign Roberts will have to help me do it. Come along to sickbay, why don't ya."
Kirk nodded. "Yes, you certain DO have some explaining-SPOCK and Ensign Roberts?"
"I told you we have some explaining to do. Why don't you tell your red- shirts to stop looking for Chekov-er, Spock."
Kirk agreed. He wanted an explanation.
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Roberts was about to leave sickbay when Kirk and McCoy entered, but Kirk sat him down again.
"Doctor McCoy says you all have some explaining to do. I suggest you start now."
They began with the dreams, then the memories, then the switching of bodies (Roberts laughed as he remembered how much Nurse Chapel had liked Pirates of Orion: The Game). They continued on to tell about what had happened on Seti Olan Two and the walrus-people. Then their second trip to the planet, finally bringing the story up to the present.
Kirk sat back and considered this for a moment. This was a lot to take in... McCoy and Chekov-no, that was Spock-watched him intently.
"So do you believe us?" McCoy asked.
"I... guess so," Kirk said. After all, why fake something like this. "But wait... you said that at first you couldn't talk about who you really are."
"Well, that's right!" McCoy said. "The walrus-people must have fixed that. Damn nice of them if you think about it."
"Captain, if you still doubt us, I'm sure there is a way that you could verify my identity."
Kirk thought for a moment. "Well... if you're really Spock, you'll know the answer to this: When we were going to Babel with your mother and father, what did Bones ask your mother about your past?"
"I believe he asked if I 'played' like 'normal' human children did. I may not have the wording exactly, but I believe that is the 'basic gist' of it."
"I believe you," Kirk said.
"Uh, Jim?" McCoy broke in. "I need to borrow Spock for a moment."
"Why?"
"The walrus-person in the freezer seems to be, um, resisting me. I need the help of a telepath, and Spock is the only one I can think of right now."
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When Kirk, Spock and McCoy made it to the freezer (Kirk had, for some reason, insisted on coming) the walrus-thing still hadn't moved. Spock had been given somewhat old-fashioned crutches; they hadn't healed his leg yet, but the nurse had understood that he needed to go.
He hopped over to the walrus-thing and placed his fingers on her temples. He pulled them back immediately.
"Her mind is set on full force to keep everyone away, and the experience is somewhat like what I discovered before we beamed down to Seti Olan Two," Spock reported. "There is a very powerful presence here, and I cannot penetrate at all without serious damage to my mind."
"Well, since we should probably avoid that, I guess we'll have to wait until she wakes up herself," McCoy said. "Ah yes. Jim, you do agree, right?"
"Yes, Bones, I agree."
They had just begun the trip back to sickbay when an anonymous ensign ran up to them. "There you are, sir!" he said. "I'm supposed to tell you that someone just left in a shuttlecraft."
"Chekov," Spock muttered.
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Please review.