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==[ORIGINS] USS HOOD: A Stroll - JP== | |||
===by Brian V. Mansur & Lena Rose=== | |||
SD 2261.350 | |||
MD 2.073 | |||
Scene: Internal Surface, Metron Sphere | |||
Lt. Kiska Saxman quietly stood beside Commander Sean Merrick as he | |||
tried to make contact with the Captain's half of the away team. She | |||
felt a little embarrassed about her recent outburst. Normally she | |||
remained calm and in control during a crisis. But then again these | |||
were not your normal circumstances. | |||
She took some comfort at being with the best officers in Starfleet. At | |||
least they would have a fighting chance if they all pulled together … | |||
even if it meant somehow working with the Gorn. After all, they had | |||
each been thrown into the same predicament. Hopefully everyone could | |||
put aside their differences and find a cure so that *everyone* could | |||
survive to live, love, laugh, cry and breathe the breath of life for | |||
years to come. | |||
"I'm not getting through to the other team." Merrick said finally, a | |||
crinkle of annoyance in his forehead. | |||
"Then I guess we will have to do it the old fashion way." Grinned | |||
Kiska, finding her sense of humor again. | |||
Merrick smiled in relief at seeing Kiska return to her usual sweet, | |||
upbeat self. As the others in their group gathered round, he told them | |||
what had gone down and started leading them back towards the landing | |||
zone. All the while Kiska continued to run the medical tricorder over | |||
the terrain. Hopefully some reading or another would be of use to | |||
doctor in finding a treatment. | |||
As they trekked on, Sean occassionally glanced back at his team. | |||
Yoshi seemed to be getting on well with Ensign Forrester. More than | |||
once, Sean saw her reaching out to touch the young man's arm for a few | |||
moments of physical reassurance. Sean privately chuckled at that. If | |||
they lived through this, perhaps those two could have a beautiful life | |||
together. | |||
That thought made him look over at Kiska. Gosh, but she was | |||
breathtaking. Those ice blue eyes, raven hair, gorgeous smile, and | |||
model figure were enough to make any man's heart beat faster. He | |||
couldn't wait to get to know her better. And he guessed that she'd | |||
also be happier for some simple comforting touch on his part. He knew | |||
*he* would. Trouble was, protocol wouldn't permit it. Not within | |||
eyesight of the junior officers anyway. Maybe down the road. He'd be | |||
darned if after all he'd gone through that he was going to lose yet | |||
another girl. Not in this life. | |||
Something of what he was thinking must have seeped over the ether to | |||
Kiska. She said, "Thanks for being calm about this. You're making it | |||
much easier." | |||
Throwing protocol to the wind, he put out a hand and squeezed her arm | |||
for a moment. "I've lost track of the number of times I've played | |||
cards with the Reaper. So it is kind of hard for me to get too worked | |||
up over meeting him again. And so far, we haven't even seen anything | |||
to really get excited about. No bad guys are shooting at us. We're | |||
not dangling off any broken bridges. No one has fallen through a hole | |||
in the ground. Heck, nobody's even sneezed yet." | |||
Kiska giggled. "Yeah, I see your point." | |||
It was, of course, shortly after the warm moment that the first phaser | |||
blast splintered a nearby rock to pieces and sent the entire away team | |||
diving for cover. | |||
NRPG: Less talk. More action needed here. Hey, is anyone else still | |||
playing on this ship besides Lena and me? If you all don't start | |||
writing soon, I swear I'll change the ship's motto to "The Loooove | |||
Boooat! Soon we'll be making another run!" Don't think I won't do | |||
it! | |||
Respectfully Submitted Jointly, | |||
Lena Rose | |||
LTjg. Kiska Saxman | |||
Nurse, USS HOOD NCC-1703 | |||
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& | |||
Brian V. Mansur | |||
LCDR Sean Merrick | |||
FO, USS HOOD, NCC-1703 | |||
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