"How did you get onboard the Enterprise, Miss Wilcott?" Kirk asked calmly. "My name's Eleanor Wilcott," she told them, her heart hammering with nerves. "Who's this?" McCoy asked, his tone gruff but his voice kind. His two command officers fell into step around her. "Let's take this elsewhere," he said smoothly, and placed a hand on her shoulder to turn her back towards the doors. Elle swallowed hard and took a step back. They were all wearing formal clothes, and that was definitely Spock and Doctor McCoy converging on their captain's position. "Uh, I think I'm lost." She glanced around him, and felt her eyes widen. Captain James Tiberius Kirk as played by William Shatner was frowning at her. "Who are you?" an extremely familiar person asked, coming up to her and giving her an odd look. She entered and thirty-odd people turned to stare at her. She wandered down the hall, and found a door labelled 'Observation Deck.' When she approached it, it slid open. The elevator began to move upwards, and dumped her out onto Deck Three. Take me there." She grabbed the handle as the elevator jolted slightly. "Voiceprint does not match bridge authorization," the computer said. Might as well see this weird illusion through. "Take me to your leader," Elle said, smirking. "Please state your destination," a computerized voice announced, and one of the little handles flashed.Įlle flinched and looked upwards.
I'll go back, I just, needed the restroom.elevator's that way, right?" She hustled around the corner and hopped in the elevator as soon as the automatic doors opened. It was a high tech contraption, but it did the job, and when Elle came back out, he said, "Tell me your delegation so I can comm them, kiddo." Where's the nearest bathroom? I have to go." "Where am I?" she asked, scowling as a headache lanced at her temples. "Which entourage did you come with?" he pressed.Įlle rubbed at her head, feeling strange. "You're not supposed to be in here," he said. "Have I been kidnapped? Is there a bathroom?"Ī man in baggy orange work coveralls came from around the corner. "Hello?" she called, creeping forward cautiously. When she opened her eyes again, she had to pee. She blinked, yawned, and closed her eyes to get rid of the dream. She woke up in a storage room filled with containers. "You, too." Elle went upstairs, brushed her teeth, and went to bed (read as: watched redstone tutorials for an hour and fell asleep). "You're barely a teenager, and I don't want you playing video games all night." "Ma, I'm homeschooled, that's the whole point, remember? Teenagers are night owls? That class lecture is totally gonna be recorded, and I can watch it later when I wake up." I don't want you up till midnight again, then you won't make it to your class on time." Now go to bed." Her mother pointed toward the bathroom. "And we'll go shopping tomorrow for jeans and chocolate and whatever else we need, sound good?"
"Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaa," Elle whined, hanging off her mother's waist and giving her best puppy eyes. Her mother sighed again and checked her email. "Oh, and Old Navy's having a sale, sooooooo, can we go tomorrow, too?" Also that signature is due tomorrow, even though I really don't want to watch some lame video about like, having to shave your legs, so maybe don't reply to my teacher's email?" She bounced on her toes impatiently. "I forgot until I wanted some more chocolate again, and we don't have any. "And you waited until bedtime to tell me this, why?"Įlle smiled innocently. Oh, and we're on rations for chocolate, um, because I ate the rest of the Almond Joys, so. "And you have to sign off on if I can watch the health video next week in class, you know, the puberty one or whatever.