yeah, as expected, dont own star trek.
Episode 1-1 The Man Trap
Saya was on the bridge with Spock when they came to orbit planet M113. Kirk, McCoy and Crewman Darnell beamed down to the planet's surface and Saya stood next to Spock in utter fascination watching the view screen as they orbited the planet. Saya asked "so what are we doing here?" quietly to Spock.
"The Captain and are doing a routine medical examination of Crater and his wife." Spock responded.
"oh... the planet is amazing from here."
time passed as they watched the surface and Spock was taking care of some log entries. "Ms Uhura, your last subspace log contained an error in the frequencies column.
Uhura came down and stood beside Spock. " , sometimes I think if I hear that word frequency once more, I'll cry."
Saya gave a puzzled look at the same time Spock asked "Cry?"
With a wink to Saya, Uhura answered "I was just trying to start a conversation."
"Well, since it is illogical for a communications officer to resent the word frequency, I have no answer."
"No, you have an answer. I'm an illogical woman who's beginning to feel too much a part of that communications console. Why don't you tell me I'm an attractive young lady, or ask me if I've ever been in love? Tell me how your planet Vulcan looks on a lazy evening when the moon is full." During this Saya noticed that Spock seemed a little uncomfortable.
"Vulcan has no moon, ." Saya wasn't sure if Uhura was flirting with Spock or if she was playing around. she knew that she had issues reading people's behavior but it was more challenging when she was also in a different time. Spock heard her whisper to herself "Vulcan has no moon?" but said nothing further. 'that was a doge if ever i saw one.' Saya thought to herself as she watched.
"I'm not surprised, ." Uhura said as she went back to her seat. She gave Saya another smile and Saya decided to go over and ask. she was after all a direct person when she wanted to know something.
Uhura smiled at her as she got close. "do you like in a romantic sense?" she softly asked.
"My dear, I just like to play with . I very much doubt anyone can break that hard shell he has put up around himself."
"oh... so why try to get him to be romantic?"
Uhura gave Saya a strange look and laughed "Perhaps you and I should make some girl time. I believe you are in need of a female mentor."
Saya smiled "I was hoping to make friends with you… but i'm not good at social stuff." Spock had listened and cataloged the whole conversation without letting on that he even heard it.
before anything else could be said a crewman over the intercom said "Transporter room to Bridge. Landing party is returning. They report one death."
"Bridge acknowledging." Spock said in his normal emotionless baritone.
with an indignant look Uhura said "I don't believe it."
"Explain." Spock commanded.
"You explain. That means that somebody is dead and you just sit there. It could be Captain Kirk. He's the closest thing you have to a friend." Uhura explained upset.
"Lt., my demonstration of concern will not change what happened. The transporter room is very well manned and they will call if they need my assistance."Spock responded. Saya wondered if Uhura noticed that though Spock said he was not concerned he really was. she didn't understand it but something in his mannerisms spoke volumes.
Uhura's almost angry response told Saya that Uhura didn't notice. Saya wondered if she read the vulcan wrong but she knew that in this instance she could trust her knowledge. A short time later Kirk had asked Spock to look up Borgia plant. Saya quietly looked over his shoulder as he looked. once he found it he informed the Captain through the monitor.
"Borgia plant listed in library record tapes as carbon group three vegetation similar to Earth nightshade family. Alkaloid poison. Chemical structure common to class M planets. About the strange mottling on his facial skin surface. There is no reference to this symptom."
They watched as McCoy said "Hmm. Well then, this man wasn't poisoned."
"Stand by, ." was the last thing they heard as Kirk turned off the monitor. Kirk soon returned to the bridge in a bad mood. Saya wondered if it was because of the dead crewman or something else. She still hadn't quite acknowledged that someone was dead which was helping her cope.
"Message, Captain. Starship base on Caran 4 requesting explanation of our delay here, sir. Space Commander Dominguez says we have supplies he urgently needs." Uhura said.
"Tell Jose he'll get his chili peppers when we get there. Tell him they're prime Mexican reds. I handpicked them myself, but he won't die if he goes a few more days without them. Got it?"
Uhura grinned and answered "Got it, Captain."
"Well?" Kirk said turning to Spock.
"No mistake in our record tapes. Borgia plant. Its sole deadly property is alkaloid poison."
"and Professor Crater and wife?" Kirk asked.
"Check out perfectly. They arrived here nearly five years ago. Visited by various vessels, made fairly heavy shipments out, of artefacts and reports. However, there has been a marked drop in shipments during the last year." Spock said. he heard Saya softly puzzle "maybe there isn't much left to find?"
the com whistle went off and they heard McCoy saying "Dispensary to Captain."
Kirk went to his chair and pressed a button. "Kirk here."
"we found something." McCoy said.
"What is it?"
"I'd rather not put it on the speaker." McCoy responded. Kirk looked at Spock quickly before going to the turbolift. Spock followed and Saya was puzzled by what was something that McCoy wouldn't want the other bridge officers to hear. Unsure of whether she should follow or not, her puzzlement was short lived when Spock said "Please stay close . I do not wish to have to look for you in the midst of attending to my current tasks."
Saya quickly caught the turbolift with them and was thankful that Kirk was concerned enough not to try any of his charming stuff. Thinking about it as she kept up with both long legged men she wondered if flirting was a common thing in this time… then again she didn't know if it was common in her time either.
They got to sickbay and Spock looked at the monitor simply saying "Fascinating."
"So improbable we almost didn't check it." McCoy agreed.
"What?" Kirk asked seemingly a little irritated at not knowing. Saya stayed behind Spock and wondered what the person under the sheet looked like in life.
"Sodium chloride. Not a trace of it." Spock said
McCoy added right on his tail "This man has no salt in his body at all."
Saya barely had time to wonder if that meant the man drown before Kirk demanded "Can you explain that, Doctor?"
"I can't, except that what we normally carry in our bodies is gone from his." McCoy said walking around the table.
"He would die almost instantly." Spock said and Saya wondered if that meant it was painless.
"How? There isn't a mark on his body."
McCoy corrected Kirk "Except the red rings on his face."
"You called that skin mottling."
McCoy gave an almost nervous look "I thought it was, sir. Another error on my part."
"I'm not counting them, Bones. Are you in the mood for an apology?" Kirk said with a genuine smile. Saya was wondering if the mistakes were a really big deal or something but was glad that Kirk was forgiving. it was clear they were good friends.
"Oh, forget it. I probably was mooning over her. I should have been thinking about my job."
"Perhaps you were. Both Nancy and Crater went out of their way to mention one item they needed."
"Salt tablets." Saya watched the back and forth and wondered what was going on.
" , outfit a landing part. We're beaming down with some questions." Saya followed Spock closely but worked to stay out of his way as well. soon the party beamed down again and Spock returned to the bridge. she heard Kirk from the communications " ."
"Standing by."
"Sturgeon, transport a sample of the plant to . We'll check if it's actually the Borgia plant or something we don't understand…. You got that, ?"
"Complete analysis." Communications cut and Spock set to work. Saya watched him but said nothing and stayed out of his way. she didn't want to cause problems.
Communications came back on and Kirk again said " ."
"Spock here."
"Arrange quarters for Professor and . Did you get the plant analysis?"
"It is the Borgia variety, Captain. Could not have caused Darnell's death." Communications closed and Saya again did her best to keep up with Spock in his duties but not get in the way. it did not take long to return to the bridge.
"Kirk to bridge." she soon heard over the com.
"Spock here."
"break out the surface search equipment. I want coordinates on two people."
"Acknowledged." Kirk soon made it back to the bridge. Saya leaned against the wall as she watched Spock doing his check of whatever it was he was using. she was getting fatigued. the constant quick pace was getting to her but she refused to get in the way.
"Something odd, Captain. You said two people."
Kirk came over to look as well. "Professor and Nancy Crater.
"We get a reading on only one person, probably Crater. He's circling as if searching for something."
Kirk commanded "expand search radius." before walking to another station.
"Yes, sir." Spock said as he followed orders.
Lunch was brought and Saya quietly and gratefully ate. Uhura returned looking almost frightened but Saya figured it must be the concern over this killer.
she heard a conversation between the captain and McCoy about and was starting to wonder if there was something about the lady that was connected to Bones in some way. Spock moved from his machine for the first time in quite a bit "The simple fact is unless there is something seriously wrong with the ship's equipment, there is only one person within a one hundred mile circle."
"All right. We'll triangulate on him. We'll let Professor Crater explain what happened to his wife." turning to Uhura he said "remember my instructions, Lt. Keep a tight fix on us. If we let out a yell I want an armed party down there before the echo dies."
As Uhura said "Yes, Captain." Spock was instructing Saya to stay with Uhura until he returned. Saya didn't really know everything going on but had heard there had been at least 3 deaths and was concerned about Spock. she really didn't want anything to happen to her robot guard friend.
A medical alert was announced to the bridge by the person named Sulu. Saya heard Uhura call for McCoy to come to the bridge and the only thing she could think was that another person must have died of whatever killed the first 3. a conversation between Sulu and the captain indicated that whatever it was had beamed up with them earlier. Saya didn't like it but thought it was kind of obvious. Before she could think more on it a general quarters 3 was called and Uhura told her to return to her room and lock the door.
Saya quickly did as she was told. She was worried and exhausted so she grabbed her blanket and pillows and built a little nest in the corner between her bed and the wall. it thankfully made her feel safe enough that combined with the excessive strain she was asleep quite quickly.
Finally everything had been dealt with. Spock returned to the bridge to see Uhura alone. "Where is ?" he asked.
"She was sent to her quarters in light of the general quarters 3, ." Uhura told him.
" go check on her please." Kirk said.
Spock quickly went to her room and requested entrance. he told himself he was not worried because it would be illogical as he did an officer's override to get past the locked door. However as soon as he glanced around the room and failed to see her he had to work to contain his anxiety. Forcing himself to slowly look around the room to find any clues to whether she had even made it, he noticed her blanket was gone.
By this point he had realized that blanket was special to her so she must have it with her. going over to her bed he started to look it over for further clues until he saw her curled in the corner like a cat on her nest of pillows. Gently picking her up and putting her in her bed he softly told her "You don't have to fear. The killer has been dealt with."
As he arranged the blanket around her he saw her smile and mumble " ." He watched her for a moment more before leaving again locking the door after himself. returning to the bridge for the remainder of his shift he notified Kirk and McCoy that she was in her quarters asleep.
*END*