Khan's Pressure Point

Chapter Nine: To Infinty and Beyond

        I wake up to see my dad's head on the side of my bed, his hair a little messy. I get up and stretch carefully so to not wake him. I let my fingers run through his hair. It's jet black, like mine, but a little bit more straighter than mine. The scientists said that the added abilities to my genes affected the curls, but said it won't be a problem. Dad slowly lifted his head up towards me without making a sound, and looks at me with a warm smile. the kind of smile he only shows to me.

"Good morning darling, how was your sleep?"

"It was great!"

I reply cheerfully, to show him that I have really rested well. He nods and tells me to take a shower, which I happily oblige.

        After coming out of the shower, I see that Starfleet uniforms were given to me and put them on. It's a black turtleneck with the small Starfleet mark on the right chest, and skinny black pants. I come out of the dressing room to realise that I am identical as what my father is wearing.

"What does the black color mean?" I ask him.

"It means we're baddies." He cooly replies. I keep up with him as he speeds out the door, laughing at his reply.

        We run through the halls and are heading towards the ship, according to dad. After about 10 miutes of running and turning corners, we come across a large group of people, hurrying towards their own ways. Dad takes my hand and drags me through the crowd so not to lose me. In human years, I'm about a teenager, so I did have some embaressment towards his action. He lets go of my hand and I gaze up in awe as dad stops in front of the largest ship.

"She is a beauty!" I exclaim.

"Ya got that right lassy!" I hear a Scottish voice behind and turn to see a man in a red uniform.

"Devlan, this is the chief engineer, Montgomery Scott." Dad says.

"Ya can call me Scotty Devlan, nice meetin' ya!" I shake his hand and smile towards him. Well, he seems fun, I think to myself.

        After me and dad go through administration and some security, we are led to the place called "bridge". The place that the announcement to Jim mentioned. The stiffness in the air made me uneasy, but dad tapped on the back, telling me to relax. I realise I'm not very intimadating at the moment, like what I have been taught my whole life and stiffen myself up a little bit more, but quickly returned to my previous state when I heard dad chuckle.

        "Premission to board the bridge, sir?" The guard in front of us say,

"Granted." says a familiar voice. It was Jim, wearing a yellow uniform and sittimg in the captain's seat.

"Wait, a minute. You're the captain?" I exclaim. I quickly realise that was not the kind of words I should be saying to a captain and cover my mouth with my hands.

Jim laughed a little bit. "Yeah, what did you think I was?"

"Well, judging by the tone of your voice when you talk to women, posture, the number of wrinkles on your clothing, and you hair, I though you were a low-class, butt-chasing drunk." I heard a number of people, including my father hold in their laughter.

"Actually, half right. You forgot the part that I'm handsome, and I'm pretty awesome." I shruged at his answer.

"Alright!" Jim pipes up, "so the main thing that I want to tell you today is that as a member of this crew, I want you, Devlan, to trust us because we trust you, and we'll do anything for you to protect you, and you will do the same for each and everyone of us. We will work together as a family to reach our goals, eliminating The Maker and saving multiple races from desappearing. Am I clear?"

I widened my eyes his eyes, that were once kind and a little loose turn into a great captain's.

"Yes sir!" I replied.

"Alright, Mr. Sulu, ready for warp?,"

The man, Mr. Sulu, as Jim called him replied, "Anytime sir."

"Alright let's punch it."

And off we went into space.