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As soon as they materialized on their ship, Ungo and Stronti marched triumphantly in search of the captain. "Are we good, or are we awesome?" Ungo mused.

"We're both!" Stronti answered, grinning broadly, and brandishing the files. Hooting with laughter, they continued down the hallway.

"Hey guys!" someone called from behind, his voice cracked with adolescence.

"Hey, look Stronti, it's the shrimp! What do you want, little fishie?"

"My name is Jehu," said the boy, pouting. Then he pointed at the object in Stronti's hand, and asked curiously, "Are those the Federation's files? I could take them to the captain for you."

"You want a job that actually makes you feel important around here," taunted Stronti. "All right, I suppose it's a good job for a cabin boy to do, so here you go."

"Thanks, I'll get these to Capt. Ahaz right away," Jehu cried as he grabbed the files eagerly.

"Run, shrimp, run!" Ungo and Stronti jeered as Jehu galloped off.

Jehu clenched his hand hard around the files and rolled his eyes. Why did the crew always have to call him that? At fourteen years old, he was the youngest member of Captain Ahaz's disreputable band, but that did not mean he had to be the most ridiculed, too. And it was not just his age they teased him about. An Orion male's hair generally falls out at about eighteen, so of course Jehu was not bald yet. He tried to hide it by wearing his hair in a buzz cut, but that just earned him the dubious nickname of "Baby Buzz".

It was a rotten life for Jehu, aboard the pirate ship, but it was not much better at home. He had run away from home at ten, and however hard life was, he never regretted that decision.

Having arrived at the captain's cabin, Jehu knocked on the door. He heard a muffled scuffling, then a gritty voice yelled irritably, "What?"

"Uh, captain, I brought you the files from the Enterprise."

A quick step from within, then the captain flung open the door. "Great. Come in then, Set the files on that table over there," he grumbled, heading for the comm. unit on the wall.

Jehu laid the files carefully on the table, then he stepped back against the wall, waiting for further instructions. After punching in a number on the comm. unit, Captain Ahaz waited for the connection to be made. Then he said, "Yeah, you the Romulan commander?"

'This is Commander T'aal, of the Romulan warbird N'aoss."

"Well, Commander T'aal, I have some news which may be of interest to you."

"I doubt you would have anything of interest to us, Orion," T'aal said coolly.

" I suppose the military plans of Starfleet Command for the next five years aren't even remotely interesting?"

"The what?" Commander T'aal croaked, then he gulped and restated, "I mean, please repeat yourself."

Ahaz chuckled. "You heard me. So, you want the files?"

A freshly composed T'aal replied, "We would be willing to pay a satisfactory amount for them."

Nodding, Captain Ahaz said, "I thought so. Shall we rendezvous at Jainol's Planet in three hours?"

"Affirmative. We will meet you at fifteen hundred hours."

A sharp click followed, and Ahaz stepped away from the comm. unit, clapping his hands with satisfaction.

"Excellent!" he cried. Then he saw Jehu standing in the corner. "What are you still doing here? Get out before I thrash you, you treacherous little shrimp!"

Aghast, Jehu opened his mouth to explain, but the captain's brows knitted ominously, and he scurried off. "I think the Romulans are going to attack the Federation!" he thought, his buzzed head weighty with the thought.

Meanwhile, the kids were having a wild and uncomfortable ride on the Enterprise shuttlecraft. The shuttle jolted for the umpteenth time, and they heard a thump towards the back. "What was that?" Annie cried wildly.

"That was my head, hitting the ceiling. Didn't you say you knew how to drive this boat, Alfie?" Jimmy grumbled, wincing and rubbing his head.

Scowling, Alfie answered, "I know how the controls work!"

"That's obviously a lot different than actually knowing how to drive it!" Billy muttered.

"If you're so clever, Billy, why don't you try?"

"I'm a passenger, not a taxi driver!"

"Then put a sock in it already!" Alfie roared.

"Did you get that 'passenger, not a driver' phrase from your dad?" Jimmy asked, grinning.

"Duh! Alfie, cut that out!"

Five hectic minutes later, the occupants of the Galileo found themselves hovering outside the hangar bay of the pirate ship. "So, how do we get in?" Jimmy wondered out loud.

"We don't," said Alfie. "The alarm will go off the minute we get in, if we can even open the hangar doors, that is."

"There has to be a way somehow!" Annie moaned.

Alfie scratched his head and thought a minute. "Well, I don't know if it will work, but I could try hacking into the Orion's computer to get the access codes we need, and just run them from the Galileo's computer."

"Don't sit there explaining, just do it!" Annie cried impatiently.

"You guys are the most ungrateful bunch of people I ever met," grumbled Alfie, as he began pushing the colored buttons of the computer.

"Hey, Jimmy, what about the hangar deck guards?" Billy asked suddenly.

"Yeah, what about them?"

"How are we going to get them out of the bay?"

"Leave that to me," Jimmy replied, flashing a cocky grin. He turned to the computer console and said, "Hey, Alfie, grab me the codes to the intercom system while you're on there, will you?"

"Did you want me to get a gallon of milk and a roll of toilet paper, too?" said Alfie, oozing sarcasm.

Jimmy made a face and answered, "No, just the codes will be fine."

"Just thought I'd ask."

"Thanks for the consideration, buddy."

Snickering, Alfie returned to his job. About fifteen minutes later, he announced he had the codes for the hangar doors, the bay alarm, and the intercom. "Woohoo!" Jimmy cried, and sat down at the other computer. He typed in the codes, then he pulled up a microphone, and said in a surprisingly deep, commanding voice, "Will the hangar deck guards please report to their commander? The first one there gets a fabulous prize."

"That's your big ruse?" Billy scoffed.

Jimmy shrugged. "Pirates love stuff. It'll get rid of them for a few minutes."

"I hope so." Billy raised an eyebrow doubtfully, and sat back down.

"Alfie, are you done yet?" Annie asked.

"Yup. I disabled the alarm, and rerouted the door command to the shuttlecraft. Pretty cool, huh?"

"Uh-huh. So you're going to open the doors without us getting caught?" said Annie.

"Alfie sighed. "Yeah, that's about what it amounts to." He whirled his chair around and pushed the appropriate button with a theatrical flourish. The kids watched silently as the big doors slid open in one smooth motion. The well-lighted interior showed up bright and glowing against the cold blackness of space.

"Wow," said Jimmy slowly, "you're good, Alfie."

"Oh yeah," Alfie said smugly, as he started to carefully guide the shuttle through the doors.

"Well, here we go," Annie said softly.

Yay, I'm FINALLY done with chapter 2! That has been one of my major life goals for such a long time. Anyway, keep the reviews coming, they keep the evil monster full that gives me writer's block when he's hungry! Yes, I know I'm weird.

Logan B: Thanx a lot!

Astronomylover: sorry it took awhile, but I'm glad you like it! I'm so glad you like my idea, I always hoped other people would think it was funny too! By the way, like your name, astronomy rocks!

Schematization: Thanks, I am having a lot of fun writing this. And don't worry about Annie, she will be quite happy to supply Jimmy with as much trouble as she can stir up!