Disclaimer: I do not own Strange Days at Blake Holsey High or Star Trek: The Next Generation. I do not own phased or thud torpedoes. Those belong to the developers of Star Trek: Bridge Commander and the modders of that game. Of course cannon weapons are the property of Paramount.

A/N: I apologize for not updating, but I forgot about this story before rediscovering it on my system.

On the Enterprise, Troi was talking to the senior staff at 1840 hours.

"Captain, from what I've read about this time period, some children believed in aliens. Due to this find, I believe it may be a child trying to contact us."

"Understood, but..." Picard tapped his commbage "Picard to Crusher, Mr. Crusher report to transporter room 3, you're going to pick up our guest."

"Understood sir, Crusher out." Wesley responded.

"Good Idea, Captain. I recommend Will, myself and Deanna be in the transporter room to receive the person." Beverly said.

"Very well, when he arrives, send him to my ready room. Dismissed" Picard said standing and leaving.

STSTSTST

"You understand the rules regarding first contact Mr. Crusher?" Riker asked.

"Yes, sir," Wesley said stepping on the transporter pad.

"Good. Riker to Bridge, send the message."

"Aye sir, message sent" Data responded over the comm.

"Understood, Chief, Energize." Riker said

A glimmer of light and Wes was gone.

...and a beep came from the base unit as the receive light flashed. Shocked, Lucas received the message:

Surface Communication: 1845 hours, April 7, 2003:

Pursuant to our last message, a member of my crew will be arriving shortly. Due to technical difficulties, we have only located your general area so this message will enable my staff to locate you. Remain where you are. If you can, set your machine to send short "ping" packets...I think that's what they're called. This will enable us to have a continuous signal to track you.

END TRANSMISSION

Lucas sighed, and decided to wait, hoping it wasn't a fraud.

Wesley materialized on a street in the countryside.

"Crusher to Enterprise" he said.

"Enterprise here, we transmitting the continuous signal we're receiving to your tricorder. Enterprise out."

Okay, so...I wonder what this person is like. I hope not someone crazy, like I've read about during this time period. But! I get to make First Contact, Awesome!

He pulled out his tricorder and went in the direction of the signal. He found it lead to a school.

Here we go...

He continued to follow the signal until he found himself outside an office. He could see a person silhouetted against the glass of the door, which said Professor Zachary. He pulled the knob and opened the door...

I waited and wondered what was taking them so long. Suddenly I saw a silhouette of a person against the door. I straightened up and watched as a young man maybe 5 years older than myself walked through the door with a glowing thing in his hand.

"Hello, I am Ensign Wesley Crusher of the U.S.S. Enterprise, but you can call me Wes. you must be the person who sent the message. Who are you?" the strange man "Wesley" said.

After I got over my shock, I quickly responded:

"Oh, um...I'm Lucas Randall, a student here at Blake Holsey Preparatory High School, and member of the science club."

"Pleasure to meet you" Wesley responded, shaking my hand.

I was shocked that none of the messages had been a joke. Wesley however, beckoned me over to him. He grabbed my arm, tapped his badge and said

"Crusher to Enterprise."

"Enterprise here," a voice responded.

"2 to transport" Wesley said. Turning to me he said "Don't move, whatever you do."

Suddenly a white light surrounded me and I went to move when I remembered the warning. Not 5 seconds later, I was standing in some sort of room on a platform with Wesley next to me and 2 people below me. Wesley motioned off the platform and I shakily stepped off.

Riker watched amazed as Wes materialized with a young boy, no older than 15. I wonder why he sent the signal. Wes led the boy of the transporter pad, and Riker, recognizing his cue stepped forward.

"Hello, I am Commander William T. Riker, first officer of the USS Enterprise." Riker said, extending his hand "Welcome aboard, May I inquire as to your name?"

"My name is Lucas Randall." The boy replied nervously

"Do not be frightened, we will not hurt you. I'm Counselor Troi" Deanna piped in.

"Hello, I'm Dr. Crusher, would you mind if I scanned you to see if you are carrying any diseases?"

"She means no harm" Deanna repeated.

Lucas looked at the four people assembled before him, but the way "Counselor Troi" said not to fear, he felt he could trust them. So he gave assent. The doctor pulled out a device that lit up like a Christmas tree and ran it over him before pronouncing him clean.

"Okay, Mr. Randall, you have a meeting with the Captain and the rest of the senior staff which will hopefully explain everything." The person called Commander Riker said. Lucas could only nod.

Lucas was taken out of the room, along a corridor, up an elevator-thing (turbolift) and into a room that had a great view of Earth. Lucas gasped.

"But…How"

"Welcome aboard the Enterprise, I am Captain Jean-Luc Picard, commanding officer." A bald man said to him, stepping in front of him.

"Lucas Randall, Captain"

"Take a seat, Mr. Randall, and we will tell you all about how we came to be here, and the 24th Century, where we come from, and maybe you can help us return home. Then we would like to know more about you."

Lucas sat down and waited and without further ado, Captain Picard told about their mission, the Borg, the vortex and the 24st century in general.

"Now, I must ask you to keep what you have learned a secret, for we are violating our prime directive by telling you this, namely: We must not interfere with the natural development of civilizations. If you tell, it will have serious repercussions." Picard said sternly.

"I understand, sir, and I won't say a word." Lucas replied.

"Very well, tell us about yourself" Picard said.

So, feeling he could trust them, after swearing them to secrecy, he told them about the black hole, Pearadyne and the Science Club. Afterword, Picard gave him a commbadge, showed him how to use it, and told him they'd keep in touch. Lucas was then taken to the transporter room, and after a quick goodbye to Wesley and Riker, was transported to the science office again.

"Wow" Lucas said. He gathered his machine, went outside and retrieved his transmitter and went back to his room, where he chucked it next to all his other inventions. He placed his commbadge on the desk and sat down at the computer, intending to dwell on this in the morning.

That's it for this chapter.