CONTINUING EDUCATION

Door 9

By Kiddo

In Loving Memory of Jonathan Brandis

Disclaimer:

I don't have any rights to the TV show "seaQuest DSV," and I am not making any money by writing this.

A special "Thank You" goes to my wonderful beta-reader Jackie and Lynnp, dolphinology, KatKnits00 and Angeldickens for their Reviews.

I'm sorry for not posting this door/chapter yesterday. I really tried to do this a few times at different times of the day, but for some unknown reason the upload didn't work.

The next day, every team had to master the "Experience Path". For this exercise, the teams all started at different times and had to walk along a certain path. On this path were different stations where they had to complete different tasks.

The "Experience Path" was the only exercise planned for the day. Because of the large number of teams, it would take the entire day for everybody to finish it.

The start time for the seaQuest crew was 1:15 p.m. Exactly at that time, Mr. Grey sent the seaQuest crew on their way.

Ten minutes later, they reached the first station.

A brown-haired woman welcomed them with a friendly smile. She had a few ropes in her hand. "Welcome to the first station. I'm sure that you've all done three-legged races as children. In this game, two people have to stand side by side, and the legs that are touching get tied together at the ankles with a rope. They have to walk from one point to another in this way."

The seaQuest crew nodded in understanding; they all knew this game from their childhood days.

"Today we will do something similar to that. But, it won't be a three-legged race. I would call this 'millipede'. That means that you have to make a line where you all stand side by side, and then I will bind all the legs that are touching together. When I'm done, you have to find a way to walk to a finishing spot that I will show you." She smiled at everyone and waved the ropes around.

It was some time before everyone was tied together and they were ready to start.

The brown-haired woman smiled. "You see, you will only succeed with this task if you set rules for each other and agree to follow them. Lack of control will make this take a lot more time and make it extremely difficult, if not impossible."

It didn't take long for the seaQuest crew to find a way to walk the course successfully.

Written November 2004 – Translated November 2005