A/N: As a reminder, this weird version of Star Trek is based on my life, so there's no telling what will happen because life is unpredictable.
Ode to A Starship by Lina Shay
Chapter Forty-Three: Anrew's Brilliant Plan
A relative from the Rukantha province arrived to help mom with the work around the property. I had heard some thing about him that he was very dishonest. The idea that he would share my little hut to me made me nervous. Upon meeting him, my fears were not relieved. Cousin Anrew was dressed like a common klingon with long, black hair. Mom said that he does it because he didn't have love at home, and somehow pretending to be big and bad makes him less vulnerable. I don't understand it.
"You know what would be awsome?" Anrew asked. "We should go out with some plasma charges and see if we can flush out some mole rats."
"Are you insain?" I demanded.
He gave me a grin and nodded. "I'm going. You wanna come?"
"Not particularly," I muttered, staring at a empty datapad I was supposed to use to write a novel.
"All right," He shrugged. "Your loss."
He grabbed a sackel and left the hut. I watched after him a moment. I didn't approve of what he was doing, but I had this bad sort of feeling. Maybe I should go, not to condone or participate, but just to keep him from doing anything truly foolish. I let out a sigh and went after him.
Anrew slipped through the woods noiselessly. I tried to make no noise, but ended up making more noise than I normally would have. Anrew knelt behind a large rock and I fumbled down beside him. He shook his head at me and put a finger to his lips. I looked over the rock to see a cave nearby. Anrew set down his sachel and pulled out a plasma charged. he pushed a few buttons until it started beeping and flashing red lights, and then he tossed it into the cave.
I slapped my hands over my ears as the plasma charge let out a loud blast. Anrew chuckled to himself and I rolled my eyes at him. he looked over the rock and groaned in disappointment.
"No mole-rats," he muttered.
Anrew hopped over the rock and walked over to the cave.
"Anrew, what are you doing?" I cried.
He peered into the cave, shrugged, and started inside. I sprinted over and grabbed him by the arm.
"Stop!" I cried. "You have no idea what could be in there. You should scan it or something."
"A warrior can feel danger in his blood," He smirked. "Then he faces it head-on."
"You're insain!" I shot at him. "You can't go in there."
"If there was anything inside, the plasma charge would have frightened it off," He insisted. "You're so paranoid, cousin Lina."
Anrew kicked a rock into the cave. Suddenly, a wild banta cat the size of a klingon targ leapt out of the cave and landed at our feet. His eyes were red in fury. Anrew and I froze as the cat stood hissing at us.
"I bet I could catch it," Anrew whispered.
"You aren't serious!" I shot back.
"You distract it and I go around the back and grab it," Anrew told me.
Before I could protest, Anrew started inching away from me. The cat's eyes followed him.
"Hey, hey!" I shouted.
The cat's eyes returned to me. I didn't know what to do now.
"So, lived here all your life?" I asked stupidly. "I guess so. I was in Starfleet for a while myself. I got to go a lot of places and meet pretty interesting people."
By this time, Anrew had gotten to the back of the cat. He smiled widely at me and then jumped at the cat. He had a hold on it's tail for a fraction of a second until the cat jumped in fright, landing on me and knocking me to the ground. I covered my face with my arms as the cat scratched at me and Anrew tried to pull it off of me. I tried to peak through my arms, but I saw all the blood dripping down my arms and fainted straightaway.
A/N: Don't worry, that cat that attacked me was a little kitten and he didn't mean to hurt me. He's actually a sweetheart sometimes. But I now have a large scar on my hand from him.