Trip trick

Posted on Fri Jun 19th, 2009 @ 10:09pm by Lieutenant JG Lucy Carter

288 words; about a 1 minute read

Mission: Behind the Mask of Familiarity
Location: Shuttlebay
Timeline: 64071.76

:ON

Ensign Cox opened a com. channel to the Archimedes and requested permission to land. The shuttle bay doors opened and he guided the shuttle in, Maria Traho sitting next to him glancing at him every so often to remind him she was there and interested.

The shuttle came to a halt on cold metal of the the shuttlebay floor. Maria jumped up and grabbed her bag.

"Thanks everso much, Ray" she pouted. "I really don't know how I could have got here without you."

"No problem, Maria," Ensign Cox smiled at her. "Shall we go an check out your quarters?" He advanced towards her.

"Oh no, Ray, that will never do!" said Maria. "I am just about to start a new job and I don't want to make a bad impression on my first day, do I."

"But I thought... you said...." stuttered the Ensign.

"Thought, what, Ray? I said I needed a trip out here and said I would return the favour. I mean it, too. Next time you want a lift anywhere, just give me a call." She gave him a winning smile and leant forward to give him a soft, tender kiss on the mouth.

Ensign Cox felt enchanted. He stood still as Maria whisked herself out of the shuttle and the next time he saw her, she was waving through the glass at the front. She turned on her heel and the shuttlebay doors closed behind her.

Cox shook his head at having been conned so easily and prepared the launch sequence to return to Earth, where he hoped Starfleet would not have already noticed the absence of their most luxurious shuttle.

:OFF

Post by Lucy Carter
Ship's Counsellor
for
NPC Maria Traho

 

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