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- Subject: The Definitive STAR TREK Parody Chapter 16 (DS9)
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- Date: 24 Jan 93 20:16:33 GMT
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- The Definitive STAR TREK Parody
-
- Chapter 16
-
- Answers
-
- It was indeed Ambassador Spock who had spoken. Despite the fact that
- the Excelsior's sensors had shown that there were no survivors and
- despite the fact that he was last known to be on Romulus many sectors
- away, he was here. He wasn't alone either.
-
- "Fine time to talk about logic, Spock! Can't you see the man's upset?"
-
- "Admiral McCoy?!" exclaimed O'Brien, now doubly surprised.
-
- "Not now, Bones, I think Spock's onto something."
-
- "Admiral Kirk?!!" O'Brien was now sure he was seeing ghosts.
-
- "Indeed, Admiral. As I was saying, their behaviour was quite illogical
- indeed."
-
- "Get to the point, Spock!" insisted McCoy.
-
- "But that is my point, Doctor, simply that none of this makes sense."
-
- Kirk nods, his lips pursed. "I see," he says, unpursing his lips.
-
- "What? What do you see?" asked O'Brien.
-
- Kirk explains. "It's like the time when Spock, McCoy and I were camping
- on Earth. Our trip was cut short because Spock's brother had
- commandeered the Enterprise."
-
- "Except I don't have a brother," added Spock.
-
- "So, you see, it never happened," Kirk said in conclusion.
-
- O'Brien couldn't believe what he was hearing. "What's this got to do
- with the Cardassian attack?"
-
- Kirk gestures in reply but McCoy interrupts. "Allow me," he said moving
- forward. "It's Miles, correct?"
-
- "Yes," said O'Brien, wondering how he'd know.
-
- "Your bed is over there, right?" McCoy asks O'Brien.
-
- "Usually," he replies noting that what was his bed is now a split
- mattress on a bent frame.
-
- "You must be feeling tired."
-
- "Admiral, really ..."
-
- "Young man, look at yourself: are you fit to carry on the way you are
- right now?"
-
- O'Brien suddenly became aware of how sluggish his motion was, how he
- barely moved his legs when he walked.
-
- "It's alright son, I'm a doctor. You just lie down over there and
- everything will be alright. I promise."
-
- O'Brien doesn't believe him but moves toward his bed anyway, following
- his suggestion. He feels as though he is floating on air and when he
- settles into bed, it is surprisingly comfortable. Everything seemed to
- go black.
-
-
- O'Brien wakes with a start, disorientated. Everything seems wrong. No,
- he thought, not wrong: everything seems right! The bed, the room,
- everything is back to normal.
-
- "It was all a dream: the Cardassian attacks, the Borg, the Excelsior,
- all of it was a dream." O'Brien then becomes aware of a strange sound:
- it is the sound of running water; Keiko is in the shower. Suddenly, the
- water stops running and Keiko's head emerges.
-
- "Oh, good, you're awake," she says. "Could you be a dear and throw the
- towel to me? I left it on the bed."
-
- O'Brien does so and Keiko reaches out and grabs it. Water drips from
- her upper torso onto the floor.
-
- "You're wet," O'Brien says.
-
- "Of course, silly! That's why I wanted the towel," she replies
- proceeding to dry herself.
-
- "No, I mean you're *very* wet."
-
- Keiko smiles slyly. "Oh, you like that, huh?" she asks discarding the
- towel and moving toward the bed.
-
- "Yes, I do," he answers quite sincerely. "In fact, all of a sudden, I
- feel very much awake."
-
- "Is that so?" she asks rhetorically, sitting down on the bed beside him.
-
- He looks into her eyes. "I love you, Keiko," he says with unmistakable
- adoration.
-
- "I love you too, Miles," she says, gently removing O'Brien's uniform.
-
- "You know, Keiko, being here isn't so bad as long as we're together."
-
- Keiko smiles. "In a moment, you won't care where you are at all."
-
- THE END
-
- Martin Phipps
- SCAVIE AWARD WINNER
- LOULA@hep.physics.mcgill.ca
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