Ch.2 Welcome to Space
Ensign Berkley
I could not be seeing this right. Yep, this can't be real, I have to be dreaming. Ahhhh I am going to be in so much trouble for falling asleep at my station. I need to wake up! I closed my eyes and smacked myself in the face...hard. Face still stinging I opened my eyes and startled when I realized that the vision hadn't gone away. So….I'm not dreaming? There on my transporter pad stood what looked like three small children…small Vulcan children. Not taking my eyes off them I slowly lifted my hand to my badge.
" Ensign Burkley to command"
The badge crackled before responding "Go ahead ensign"
" Sir, we have a problem in transporter room three."
" what kind of a problem?"
"…. I have three Vulcan children in my transporter"
"Three Vulcan children" the voice sounded incredulous.
" Yes, sir" A long silence followed my confirmation.
"When you say children…?" He trailed off
" at least one is a toddler the other two can't be much older" another silence.
Then finally "Are there adult Vulcans?"
Was he serious? If there were adults we wouldn't be having this conversation.
"No sir" I can hear some shuffling and indistinct murmurs in the background for a second then.
" Keep them there. I'm sending someone over."
"Yes sir" I look back up at the transporter. When did I look down? Only to see that the children were no longer there.
"What? Where…?" Out of the corner of my eye I saw the tail end of something small dashing around the edge of the door way and groaned. I am going to be in so much trouble.
I tap my badge. " Ensign Burkley to command"
" What is it now ensign?"
" They're gone sir."
Sebastian's POV
This is fun! I darted around the corner after my sisters and away from the weird yellow man. His pin talks. I want one. It's kinda like those light up shoes except it talks instead of blinks. I look up as Emma tugs on my sleeve. Oooo, that's a lot of boxes. Why are they metal? Wonder where we are.
"Come on" She pulls me down next to her and Jordan behind a box. I look at Jordan for an explanation.
" We gotta get back to the lab before father finds out we left," Jordan explains. "And we can't get seen by the grown ups or we'll get in more trouble."
"Awesome! We'll be like secret agents on a super secret mission!"
I look at Emma after her outburst a little confused. Don't secret agents pretend to be other people? I think we're more like ninjas. Ninjas don't get seen. Jordan doesn't seem to like Emma's idea either.
" This isn't a game. We're already in trouble because you broke the lab. Now we'll be in even bigger trouble. Father probably won't give us dessert for a week. And secret agents have gadgets, we don't."
Her point made she turned to peak around the box. Probably thinking of a way to find our way back. I turned to Emma who was pouting. Maybe she'll see why her idea wasn't good if I tell her mine. I poke her. When she turns to face me I ready my most serious voice.
"Ninjas" I explain.
She looks confused for a moment before her face breaks out in a full grin again. She stares me dead in the eye, fighting her grin trying to look serious, and nods once solemnly. Then her grin is back full force. She puts a finger to her lips and turns to watch Jordan, as if to make sure she didn't notice anything that just happened. I don't think she quite understood what I was trying to say but close enough. Jordan finally turned to face us again. Guess she's done with her plan.
"Alright so here's the plan. First we have to find a map. Best way to do this is find an emergency exit/ evacuation sign map. Those are normally by stairwells, elevators and fire extinguishers. We can then use that map to get back to the lab without being spotted. If we can't find an emergency map then we find an emergency exit door and go outside. Then go around the building until we get back to the front where we first came in. With that we just have to get to fathers office the way we did the first time."
That sounds like a good plan so I nod and Emma gives a thumbs up. Jordan stands cautiously and begins to move around the box. I get up to follow and Emma turns slightly mouthing "ninjas" at me with a grin. When we get into the hallway I notice something awesome.
"Look!" I said pointing at the wall.
The hallway curved so I can't see all the way down it but on the wall of what I could see is a giant TV stretching down hall. We all stopped for a moment to stare. It's super cool and it looks so real. I just wish the volume was on or at least some subtitles because I Love shows about space.
