Wings3
"are you thinking what I am thinking?" said Kirk Spock raised an eyebrow. "I am not sure of your meaning" said Spock Kirk looked exasperated. "the prime directive doesn't apply" said Kirk Spock frowned at his captain because he could see where this was heading. "I do not follow your logic" said Spock Kirk gave him that look again. "look just call a senior staff meeting in about.." Kirk looked at his time piece "forty minutes or so" said Kirk
Spock frowned at the man and was still frowning when Kirk walked off down the hall, whistling what sounded like pop goes the weasel. Spock walked back into the sick bay "doctor, the Captain called a staff meeting in forty minutes" said Spock. The doctor nodded without turning around. Spock took a moment to consider the girl. He was still trying to define what he felt on the planet's surface. Had that all been a product of an intense situation or was it something else?
The nurse gave her the last shot on the cart, and she rubbed her arm. She spotted him in the doorway and made a move like she intended to wave. He smiled at her and walked out, tapping his com to inform Uhura to call a staff meeting. He wasn't sure what to make of the whole situation or what he was going to tell Starfleet.
Ali rubbed her arm; it was sore, and she had a bad feeling the woman wasn't done yet. "monitor her until I get back call me the minute anything changes" said McCoy He gave a glance at the girl and found her eyeing the second tray of hypos with trepidation. He smirked and patted her shoulder as he passed by her to head towards the meeting. Chapel walked towards her and scanned her again. So far there was no reaction. "how are you feeling any nausea, dizziness?" said Chapel
"no just a sore arm" said Ali Chapel chuckled, the girl had a good sense of humor. "don't worry were almost done" said Chapel Ali wanted to ask the other woman a question but did not want to do so when the doctor was here in case her concerns were silly. "why so many?" said Ali she figured it was best to start with a safe subject.
"ah just there are so many things out there and we don't want you getting sick or making us sick, just don't ask the doctor he'll have you worried about bleeding out your eyeballs or something" said Chapel. Ali gave the woman a horrified look, bleed out your.. she didn't want to even finish that thought. "may I ask you something?" said Ali
Chapel was looking at the strangely lit board in her hand again. Ali itched to ask what the thing was but there were more important concerns first. "sure go ahead" said Chapel Ali hesitated not sure how to word this. Chapel was waiting for the question. "what are they planning to do with me?" said Ali Okay it wasn't the first question that came to mind, but it was on the list.
"well I imagine that's part of what they are discussing at the meeting" said chapel the woman was slightly frowning, and Ali hoped she had not just offended her. What she really wanted to know was if Spock had made the decision to take her or was someone else responsible. The doctor had sounded quite protective of her for some reason. Could it be they abducted her for him?
"one more if I may?" said Ali "sweetheart ask away, I know you must be scared to death right now" said Chapel Actually she was quite calm all things considering. "Is Spock married?" said Ali or rather she blurted it out. Chapel chuckled and shook her head.
"no but he is seeing Uhura" said Chapel "seeing?" said Ali "yes dating you know in a relationship" said Chapel Ali was thoroughly confused now. "oh is the doctor seeing anyone?" said Ali
Chapel smirked she could tell where this was heading. "nope free as a bird" said Chapel Ali was still a bit confused. The few birds she had seen spent all their time working perhaps that's what she meant. That did not seem all that free to her.
McCoy walked into the ready room and took a seat. The captain and the Vulcan were in their usual spots, but Scotty was also here. McCoy frowned so it was a senior staff meeting. Uhura sat next to her boyfriend, and he looked just as bored as ever.
"all right now that we're all here Scotty you want to explain what you found?" said the Captain
Scotty set the anklet on the table. "it's an electromagnet, from what I garnered from commander Spock's report I believe it is designed to control a certain segment of the population" said Scotty. Spock tensed ever so slightly.
"Spock does this match your earlier conclusions?" said Kirk "yes Captain it does" said Spock Jim took a deep breath. "I took the initiative to send down another away team, this one heavily armed, to the building the girl claims is a museum" said Kirk The com buzzed indicating an incoming call. Uhura tapped a few keys and put it through.
"Well Lt. Nelson, is she telling the truth?" said Kirk "She most certainly is captain I'm looking at it right now. It looks like an early model Daedalus class, but it does have a dilithium matrix and from the readings it is functional. I'm sending you the specs and visual now sir" said Lt Nelson "great, go ahead and wrap things up there and get back we got what we came for" said Kirk
Uhura hit a few more button and a ship came into view on the screen in the room. Kirk looked at Scotty "well?' said kirk "my stars captain that's a bit of history that is, most definitely Daedalus class I'd say second generation, doubt it goes over warp three but yeah it would do warp" said Scotty Numbers scrolled on the screen in front of Scott and he nodded to himself. "so, then we are agreed that this is not a prewarp society as evidenced by that" said Kirk he waved towards the screen.
The others nodded in agreement. "which brings me to our next order of business, the girl, Spock?" said Kirk All eyes turned towards the first officer. "during my brief time on the planet I interacted with the native known as Alisande" said Spock "she was placed in the cell next to mine after I botched my attempt to gain access to the building" said Spock He took a deep breath and ignored the wry grin on his captain's face
"during this interaction I learned a great deal about their culture and Alisande herself" said Spock "Her people practice marriage by capture. She was placed in the adjoining cell for defending herself against what sounded like a sexual assault by their crown prince, they sentenced her to death for this crime" said Spock The last part was said in clipped tones, the only indication that he was angry.
"So it is safe to say returning her is not an option" said Kirk They all gave him a look. "so what are the other options?" said Kirk He looked at bones. "unfortunately she isn't sick enough for me to keep her for more than one more night, I could however add a few tests just to make sure she is safe to have around the crew" said McCoy He was frowning at his pad or rather scowling at it. Kirk looked at his other officers "we could offer her political asylum; since her world is not prewarp and she is a valuable cultural resource" said Uhura
Kirk smiled at her "very good idea, Spock?" said Kirk "I will have it drawn up by this afternoon all they require is the signatures of at least two senior staff" said Spock He was already pulling up the information on Nyota's solution on his Padd "very good, I'll have Chelsey arrange a quarters for the girl as soon as McCoy clears her, and dismissed" said Kirk
Spock shook his head sometimes his captain's unorthodox ways got to him. Mc Coy climbed to his feet, he looked like he was lost in thought. Uhura moved closer to Spock, and he looked up from his Padd to see what she wanted. "she really got to you didn't she?" said Nyota
Spock lowered the Padd and stared intently at Uhura for a few minutes. "her plight and the way they treat their females did incite some emotions in me" said Spock Uhura gave him a sad look. "what emotions?" said Uhura "anger mostly" said Spock "do you want me to talk to her?" said Uhura Spock gave her a strange look
"you are the ships resident xenolinguist, but she does speak earth standard" said Spock she shrugged "yes but she could use a friend right now" said Uhura Spock gave her a look that passed for grateful from him and finished typing in the line he was working on. He gathered up the padd and stood. "I must ask her a few things for this, you are welcome to accompany me if you so wish" said Spock Uhura smiled, and they walked out of the room together. Leaving Bones and the Captain in the room.
"so what do you make of her, Bones?" said Jim McCoy sighed. "she's seems charming and sweet, genuinely curious and I believe quite intelligent" said McCoy He looked at his captain to find Jim grinning at him. "oh no don't you dare, I don't know anything about her, Jim stop looking at me that way" said McCoy "oh come on Bones she's pretty, single and.." said Kirk "utterly vulnerable, no Jim give the girl time to adjust" said McCoy
Kirk sighed "what, I just wanted to make her feel welcome?" said Kirk "we'll be careful, or she'll end up feeling married" said McCoy with a smirk. Jim's face immediately fell "okay, maybe I need to think this through first" said Kirk McCoy patted his shoulder and walked out. "you do that Jim" said McCoy, he shook his head in exasperation as he walked away.
The door to the sick bay slid open and Uhura and Spock walked in. Ali saw them together and instantly got what nurse Chapel had been trying to say about them being together. "Alisande, this is Uhura I wondered if we might converse" said Spock Ali looked confused for a few seconds "con.?" said Ali "it means talk" said Uhura
Uhura smiled at her, and Ali wondered if the woman thought her dense because her culture was not so advanced as this one. "yes of course, Spock right?" said Ali He nodded in her direction. "yes that is correct" said Spock
He was looking at one of those flat screen things in his hands and tapping on it. "what is the name of your world?" said Spock "Phaedara, why?" said Ali "and your species is called the?" said Spock "Phae, spelled with a ph" said Ali
Spock nodded and tapped on some keys. "age?" said Spock She hesitated unsure if she should admit to being so young. "eighteen cycles" said Ali Spock paused and looked up in shock. "a cycle is a year right?" said Uhura Ali nodded yes to her query.
"commander Spock said you spoke a dialect close to what we called Gaelic on our world; languages are my specialty I was wondering if you could teach me yours?" said Uhura Ali smiled at the woman. "I would be honored" said Ali
"Full name?" said Spock " Alisande D'Luna Ryelle" said Ali Spock typed it in "what are you doing?" said Ali "I am writing up a request for political asylum for you" said Spock Her mouth dropped open in shock "then you do not mean to return me?" said Ali She was uncertain whether to weep or jump for joy. "no of course not honey, you're just going to stay right here while the doctor runs a few tests, should take them that long to process the request" said Uhura
"what would happen if they denied it for some reason?" said Ali Spock stopped typing and folded his padd under his arm. "then we would find you a safe place to return you perhaps on another continent" said Spock She looked vaguely relieved, but he could see she was still worried "do not worry the chances of them denying you are less than.03%" said Spock
"and that is good?" said Ali she looked at Uhura for confirmation. "yeah it is don't worry, they rarely say no. Your perfectly safe here so just relax" said Uhura the door slid open again and in walked the doctor. He nodded towards Spock and Uhura. Then walked to the back to confer with nurse Chapel. "that will be all miss..." said Spock "just call me Ali please" said Ali
"Ali it is then, a pleasure to meet you Ali" said Spock He typed a few more things then forwarded it to the captain. The doctor was approaching, so he decided it was best he took his leave "I will see you again Ali, for now I believe the doctor requires your attention" said Spock "we'll speak again" said Uhura and followed Spock out of the room.
She took her leave from him because he was headed for the labs and Uhura was due for her next shift in four hours, so she decided to get some sleep and take a shower.
The doctor took the padd from nurse Chapels hands and read it over. "no reaction that's good" said McCoy He was already thinking up tests that would delay her presence long enough for Starfleet to approve her. Not that he had a shortage of available ones, she was a new species after all. So she would need to be classified. She was staring at him intently with her head tilted sideways.
It was starting to make him nervous. "what are you doing?" said Ali "I am reading the report from your scanners" said McCoy "scanners?" said Ali he pointed to the displays behind her head. She tilted her head to stare at them. To her they looked like just a bunch of blinking lights. "what do they do?" said Ali he smiled at her. "they tell me how your feeling, now sit back please" said McCoy He waved some sort of weird blinking light over her.
