YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW

Chapter 1

By Kiddo

Disclaimer:

I have no rights to the TV show "seaQuest DSV," and I am not making any money with this story.

This story is a translation of my German story "Man erntet was man sät," which I wrote for Samusa for her birthday.

„Erinnere was sie sagten: Man erntet was man sät!" -"Man erntet was man sät" by Xavier Naidoo

"Remeber what they said: You reap what you sow!"
-"You reap what you sow" by Xavier Naidoo

„Sieh es als Prüfung und ernte deine Saat." -"Man erntet was man sät" by Xavier Naidoo

"See it as a exam and reap your sow." -"You reap what you sow" by Xavier Naidoo

Lucas Wolenczak bounced up and down on his toes restlessly and fixed his eyes on the seaQuest's docking bay. The blond teenager pulled back the sleeve of his turtelneck, over which he wore his usual baseball shirt, and looked at his watch for what seemed like the 100th time. What was taking the shuttle so long? It should have been there 4 minutes ago! So much for navy punctuality.

About two minutes later, he heard the familiar sound of a shuttle docking and let out a sigh of relief. Maybe this time he would be lucky and what he was waiting for would be on board.

It was another two minutes before the hatch of the shuttle opened and Seaman Peterson and Seaman Wolf stepped out. They were each carrying a large box.

The young computer genius darted towards Peterson, who was carrying the box with letters and packages for the crew. Lucas looked anxiously at the seaman. "Well?" His voice was practically dripping with hope.

But to the teenager's disappointment, Mike Peterson shook his head. "I'm sorry, Lucas, nothing there for you again. I even double-checked everything on the trip back, but there's nothing for a Wolenczak."

The blond teenager made a face. "That can't be! The package should have been here a week ago at least!"

"If you don't believe me you can check it out for yourself," Mike said, a little bit insulted.

Lucas shook his head. "Oh no, I didn't mean it that way. If you say that there is nothing there for me then it's true."

Seaman Peterson nodded, somewhat molified. "By the way, what is so important that it's had you waiting for us after every trip to the main land for the last two weeks?"

The young man sighed. "Three weeks ago, I ordered a computer chip; it's the newest and best that you can buy at the moment. With this chip, my computer will be half a second faster than before. The company that sells it told me that it would take from seven to 14 days for them to send the chip to me. And that was a while ago."

Peterson nodded in understanding but had to stifle the urge to laugh out loud. The computer junkie in Lucas was really coming out. What could be so special about a chip that could make a computer half a second faster? But maybe that was really a lot for a computer freak.

Seaman Wolf, who carried another box out of the shuttle, heard the teenager's last remark. Carefully, he put the box down on the ground. "Maybe they sent you the chip even faster than that; 16 days ago, Mars and Evans made the trip to shore for us because we had to take care of something else. You could ask one of them if there was a package for you. Maybe they just forgot to give it to you."

Lucas nodded, but he really didn't believe that Mars or Evans would forget a thing like that. "Okay, thanks, I'll ask one of them."

"Good luck, Lucas. I'm sure that your package will be here with our next shipment at the latest." Peterson felt real pity as he watched the boy walk away with sagging shoulders.

Lucas was just on his way to see Mars, a member of Chief Crocker' s security team, when he ran into Seaman Nick Evans. "Hi. Seaman Wolf told me that you and Mars made the shuttle run to the mainland for him and Peterson 16 days ago."

Evans nodded. "Yes, Wolf and Peterson had something else to do, so we made the run. Why do you ask? Is something wrong?"

The teen stuffed his hands in the pockets of his jeans. "No, everything is okay. It's just that I've been waiting for a special package for quite some time. Wolf said that I could ask you about it, that maybe it was in the shuttle when you made the trip."

Nick thought about it for a moment, and then his face lit up. "You know, there was something for you; it was a very thin package."

Lucas didn't know if he should be happy or not. After all, there had to be a reason why he hadn't been using the chip for the last 16 days. "And where is the package now?"

"I gave it to Krieg. He told me that he was going to visit you and that he would give it to you. He didn't give it to you?"

The blond teen shook his head. "Obviously not." Oh, Ben was in so much trouble!

"I'm really sorry about that Lucas. I was was sure he would give it you. Otherwise, I would have never given it to him," said the Seaman apologetically.

"It's no problem, you couldn't have known." Lucas turned around determinedly and went in the other direction. But after a few steps, he turned around briefly. "Oh, and thanks for the info."

Seaman Nick Evans watched as their youngest crew member left. Evans didn't want to be in Lt. Krieg's shoes; an outraged and furious teenager was never a good thing. He almost felt pity for the supply officer. Almost.

Without even knocking, Lucas opened the door to Krieg's cabin and looked at him angrily.

Upon hearing the door open, Ben stuffed something into his wardrobe as fast as he could so that nobody could see it. When the moral officer realized that it was just Lucas, he let out a breath of relief. But when he saw the look on the boy's face, he wasn't sure that he shouldn't wish for it to be someone else.

The blond teen closed the door loudly. "Where is it, Ben?"

Lt. Krieg put on a face of pure innocense. "Where is what? You should be a little bit more specific, not everyone is a genius like you."

The look on Lucas's face wasn't getting any friendlier. In fact, it was just the opposite. The fun stopped when it came to his computer. "I'm not up for one of your stupid games, and I don't care about the illegal stuff you just shoved in your wardrobe. I want my package now!"

"Oh that."

"Yes that!" The teen's blue eyes were sparkling furiously.

Krieg slowly got the feeling that maybe it hadn't been such a good idea to hide the package from his friend. But he had done it. It had seemed like a good idea and had brought some variety to their boring, every day life.

After all, it had been quite funny to see how anxious Lucas had gotten while waiting longingly for the chip. "Calm down, kiddo, it was just a little joke." Uh oh... he shouldn't have said that.

If it was even possible, Lucas gave the lieutenant a more withering look than before.The teenager reached his hand out. "If I'm not holding the package in my hand in 15 seconds, I'll tell the captain that you have something illegal going on."

Ben was stunned at the teen's tone of voice. "You wouldn't..." A second look at the young man made him think again. "Okay, you would..."

Lucas just looked at his watch. "9...8..."

"Okay, okay, don't panic." The moral officer walked over to a small dresser and pulled the first drawer open. After a bit of rummaging, he found what he was looking for and ran over to the boy.

"2...1..."

Krieg put his hand out. "Here, take it. You really shouldn't take everything so seriously, you know. After all, you only live once and should try to laugh at as much as you can!"

Lucas took the package and opened the door, but before he left the cabin, he turned around. "You know, I will get my revenge. You will not know when, you will not know where, and you will not know how, but I will get you when you least expect it. And until that time, you will live in constant fear of when it will happen. Everything that goes wrong will make you wonder because you won't know if it has something to do with my revenge." The door slammed shut.

Lt. Krieg was speechless for a moment. No, Lucas couldn't mean that seriously. But on the other hand, he had never seen the teen so angry before. Finally, Ben started to laugh out loud. A very good actor had been lost in the computer genius. Lucas's last remarks sounded like something out of a mafia movie. No, the boy would never get revenge.

On the other side of the door, Lucas heard the laughing. He shook his head in disbelief. Ben would get the surprise of his life.

To Be Continuied…..

Written Summer 2004 – Translated Summer 2005