The Continuing Story of Deep Space 2: Page 84
Sarah:"Admiral Frances, Ernie and I are all ready to visit the Deep
Space station. Ernie said he even took a bath so will feel nice and
fruity. With Ernie, fruity is a good smell versus some other smells
you won't want to detect from 50 paces. He is already wondering if
there will be anything good to eat. Asked him if he considered there
could be life forms on the Deep Space Station that could find "him"
tasty. He says the rest of the Starchild crew consider him such a
valuable crew member that we would never let him get eaten! Should we
decontaimenate or worry about being exposed to any harmful substances? Has Maccs checked the station for any harmful organisms?"
SETTING: Admiral Arthur arriving aboard Starchild, his ship coming
to a rest in the gleaming bright white landing bay near both Roshi
and Karn's vessels, Frances Straker greeting him with (despite what
you might think by the picture above) a warm smile -- Lt. Katz
standing a her side with Karn, Prince Roshi, Sarah, and even Avaat
also nearby.
And looking about him at the smaller craft parked about Maccs'
hangar bay Admiral Arthur could recognize none of their designs even
though two of the sleek, smallish, craft bore English letters along
their sides spelling out their designations --- "Angel Baby"
& "Diana-C" -- the other two larger, bulkier, craft bearing some
sort of alien script along their edges.
FRANCES (Explaining all she could to Admiral Arthur including the
fact that she, Maccs, and Lt. Katz were from another Earth in
another alternate reality while Karn, Sarah, and Prince Roshi all
came from yet other alternities all together): ". And so here we
are, Admiral -- some sort of power surge yanking us off course
nearly half way out of what Maccs calls the 'Eternal Hub' -- our
original destination being the Earth from which Womankind comes from
in our universe..
"And on that note I appreciate your offer of help in finding our way
back home, not sure however what to request or where to begin."
MACCS (His voice speaking now from high above them all): "Personally, I could use a bite to eat -- some raw materials to replenish my internal systems and duplicator supplies -- plus, if permissible, some background information on this particular reality. I'd be most interested in learning more about the Earth in this particular reality, how it differs from ours. It's herstory, culture, society, etc. Thought it might be a good idea to catalogue the different realities, build up a solid database concerning each, for our eventual return to the Commonwealth".
SARAH (Speaking up also in reply, Admiral Arthur taking note for the
first time the little Ewok and her bat standing near in back of
Frances beside a man wearing glasses, short trimmed beard,
appearing in his early-to-mid 40's -- someone Admiral Straker
introduced as merely "Avaat"): "Admiral Frances, Ernie and I are all
ready to visit the Deep Space station. Ernie said he even took a
bath so will feel nice and fruity. With Ernie, fruity is a good
smell versus some other smells you won't want to detect from 50
paces. He is already wondering if there will be anything good to
eat. Asked him if he considered there could be life forms on the
Deep Space Station that could find "him" tasty. He says the rest of
the Starchild crew considers him such a valuable crew member that we
would never let him get eaten! Should we decontaminate or worry
about being exposed to any harmful substances? Has Maccs checked the
station for any harmful organisms?"
FRANCES (Nodding, thinking out loud): "Actually, Sarah, I think that
might be something we need to discuss with Admiral Arthur -- let him
decide who among us should be allowed to visit his base. And while
you're at it Maccs it might also be a good idea to."
MACCS (interrupting, sounding rather anxious, detecting the same
strange power anomaly that just set off DS-2's claxon at that very
same moment): "Some energy pulse jut spiked off the chart some 7,000
kilometers off my rear starboard engines. Gone now, but."
FRANCES: "Yes, Maccs?"
MACCS: "Ma'am; it bears a close signature trace to the power surge
that drew us off course from the Matriarchate, brought us here."
FRANCES: "But you said it was Sarah's tears that brought us here,
threw us off course. How."
MACCS: "Maybe it's a third tear? Can't be sure".
FRANCES: "Well, make sure. Remain alert. Keep your sensors all
active. In the meantime it might be a wise precaution to keep your
weapons at the ready, shields up, after we've. with Admiral Arthur's
permission, of course... left you for our visit aboard Deep Space 2".
MACCS: "Yes, Ma'am".
<<< And as the two Admirals arranged a visit for Starchild's crew
aboard DS-2. Karn volunteering the services of Warbird1 as
the "shuttle" for their trip there. the Celestial also felt the same
power spike both DS-2 and Starchild picked up on their independent
sensor arrays >>>
THE CELESTIAL (Deciding this required further investigation, able
to "smell" a faint trail left by the power surge neither Maccs nor
DS-2 could detect): "Sorry dear Laddies and Gentlewomen, but I think
this requires a definite look-see".
<<< And with that the Celestial set course in pursuit of the
original source and location of that mysterious energy reading
confounding both Deep Space 2 and Starchild, not sure if it was a
really good idea but feeling at the same time she had no choice.
Hopefully, she'd be seeing Starchild soon again >>>