F for Fishmonger

The Enterprise was on-going some massive repairs after a fallout with an asteroid belt which they apparently warped straight into. Thankfully none of the crew had been fatally injured, but a few were still being treated for injuries. Kirk was surprised at how much damage a large floating rock could actually do to a starship, but he had found out the hard way and now the crew were stuck on space station 3 until repairs had been carried out and they could continue.

Kirk had gotten board of sitting around by himself so he had dragged a few of his crew along to go and check the space station out a little closer. He hadn't really spent much time on them before, usually going back to Earth to make repairs to the ship, but this time the damage was a little more serious so they had to make a stop at the closest Space station to them which turned out to be space station 3.

His little group contained the usual faces on the bridge and a few added extras in the forms of Scotty and Bones, who had gone with some reluctance. Spock had been a little easier to persuade to join them, Kirk making something up about them not actually getting into trouble and instead just having a look around the space station to see what it was like. Bones highly doubted that Jim would be able to keep himself out of trouble for too long and as they walked through the strange crowds he was already waiting for someone to come and shout at them for doing something wrong, but so far Kirk had kept true to his word and they were moving around without doing something wrong.

There were quite a few different shops and interesting stalls on the Spacestation, almost like a little high-street you would go to back on Earth. Space station 3 was one of the biggest in the Alpha Quadrant and it was a place many ships would stop off for a re-fuel or somewhere carrier vessels would drop off and pick up travellers who needed to transfer to another vessel if they wanted to travel to another quadrant. This meant that the space station was always alive with activity with many people coming to try and sell their wares to the unsuspecting public.

Kirk led them through the crowds, stopping every so often to peer in close at one of the stalls. He had a rather amazing look on his face as his fingers riffled through the wares on offer. The other members were scattered about, Sulu and Chekov looking over one particular stall together, Uhura had wandered off by herself towards some rather fancy looking jewellery and Scotty had followed shortly after. Spock had his back turned as he had a conversation with some blue looking guy in some language Kirk couldn't even begin to make a guess at what it was. That left Bones who was still looking a little uncomfortable around the large crowds of people around him.

Unwillingly Kirk grabbed the Medical Officer's sleeve before pulling him over towards one stall which was piled high with all kinds of what Bones was guessing was fish. "Hey what do you think that is?" Kirk asked, jabbing a finger towards a rather, slimy looking fish with rather sharp teeth which looked as though they could easily rip through human skin. It made Bones shudder a little just thinking about it.

"Jim I don't know. I'm a Doctor not a goddamn fishmonger," he responded irritably, eyes moving away from the fish laid out in front of him. He turned his back, folding his arms over his chest as he stared out at the other stalls and Jim continued to stare at the fish. He couldn't get what was so amazing about them, they were just some fish which looked a little different to the fish you would find back on Earth swimming around in the sea.

Finally though, Kirk turned around again and before you knew it Bones had been dragged off to look at some other stall. The Medical Man was really starting to think that he needed to buy a leash off someone at attach it to Kirk before trying the other end to a pole. Maybe it would stop him running around the place like some giddy schoolboy. He had dragged Bones from his research to come and have a look around the space station he didn't really want to be on. He would much rather be cooped up and hidden away back in the Medical bay on the Enterprise or at least looking after those crew still in recovery after the ship's encounter with the asteroid belt, but no. He was stuck walking around after Kirk who was walking around like a kid high on caffeine.

Eventually the group which had set out and had met up again and next they all found themselves sitting, crowded around one table in a restaurant staring at the menu. The only problem was that it was written in multiple languages and had been badly translated into English which was making it confusing for even Spock to try and understand. In the end they just went with the special and hoped for the best.

Whilst they wanted the talk moved onto the things people had bought back at the market. Uhura had got herself a rather nice looking silver bracelet with a starship on it. The reason given behind the purchase was that the starship engraved on the bangle reminded her of the Enterprise. Apparently Scotty had noticed it and pointed it out to her because anything to do with Starships grabbed the Scotsman's attention. Spock then indulged in his delightful conversation with the blue man Kirk had been trying to figure out the identity of and finally Chekov and Sulu talked about what they had found whilst on the prowl and as always it ended with Chekov happily piping up that it was invented in Russia.

"Well I think today has been pretty successful wouldn't you say, Bones?" Kirk's tone was almost cheery as he nudged Bones lightly with his elbow.

Bones scowled, but didn't say anything as he picked up his drink. "I still have better things to be doing," he muttered before taking a large gulp from the glass as finally their meals were served to them. There were a few raised brows from the crew as they stared at the plate of food in front of them. Chekov looked a little disturbed and even Uhura was slowly pushing her plate away from her with one finger. Spock was staring without really blinking and Kirk was the only one who was actually smirking a little bit.

McCoy was the only one who hadn't looked down yet and when he did he felt his face go red. "That bloody fish!"