Some songs live forever...much to the crew's dismay.
Ugh….
Kirk rubbed his throbbing temples with both hands, and noticed that everyone appeared to be doing the same. Even the usually stoic Spock sat with his eyes scrunched together, drawing in one frustrated breath after another.
Chekov covered his ears. "Ughh…it zounds like eet's coming from eweryvhere….." He shared a pained look with Sulu, who nodded and groaned.
"Anything you can do to block it out, Lieutenant?" Kirk asked Uhura.
She swivelled around in her chair, removing her earpiece and rubbing her ears. "Sorry, sir,….the Vrudans are known for having…powerful singing voices."
Not to mention a lousy taste in music. The doors opened, and McCoy strode in. He was wearing a pair of winter ear muffs, but they were doing no good whatsoever, as evidenced by his tight features and gritted teeth.
"It's all your fault, Jim….you just had to go and authorize access to our archived databases!" He stuck his finger in Kirk's face. "I tried tah mitigate the damage, but…" He waved a hand in the air. "No soap."
"My fault?" Kirk crossed his arms. "Explain."
"Seems they found the song in the ship's music library."
``You`re kidding me…..`` Kirk sighed. ``I swear, I didn`t know it was there….`` The apology showed in his eyes.
``I believe you….``
Kirk closed his eyes. ``What exactly did you do, Bones?``
``Thought maybe if I got them good and drunk, they`d fall asleep and shut up. But it didn`t work!`` McCoy huffed. ``They got louder!`` He threw his hands up in the air and strode towards the door. It opened to the sound of….
Nothing.
Everyone looked around, disoriented. McCoy paused in the doorway.
"Is that….silence?`` Sulu asked, stunned.
``I believe it is the cadence of the ship`s systems, Mr. Sulu…`` Spock was as surprised as anyone.
The bridge crew let out a collective sigh of relief. Everybody paused what they were doing to listen to the relative quiet of ambient noise.
It lasted for only 30 seconds before the Vrudans began another rousing chorus of "Tro-lo-lo".
"Ahhhhh ya ya yaaaah, ya ya yaaah, yaaah, ya yah...