Star Trek
Rise of the Machines
| C H A P T E R 5 Cortez sat in bed in the Hospital. His head was still in too much pain to think or put everything together. Scars cut across his face. "How are you feeling Mr. Cortez?" Terry's mother, Alexandra smiled. "Fine..." He knew he was paralysed from the chest down, "Now that someone as lovely as yourself has come." Alexandra blushed. "Well, if you need anything, just let me know." She left to the Waiting Area where there was a call for her. Alexandra didn't usually get calls at work. "Hello?" A co-worker handed her the phone. It was not good news. "What do you mean you've been busy? With what!?" Later that night, Terry's mother went to have a word with him. This was the first time she had ever been upset with Terry. "Your Principal called me today. He said your grades were slipping!" She paused. "Terry, if there's something wrong, please talk to me." "It's nothing mom," Terry defended. There was no way he could tell her about the Starship... Unless she found it herself. But she never went to that back forest. "It's just..." that mother of his was just too quick, so he thought up a lie and he thought it up quick, "It's basic teenager growing up stuff, mom. You know." His mother eased up on him. "I'm sorry Terry, I understand. You know that I care about you. But I'm going to have to put my foot down on this. Please do better at school... the important classes, not just the Gym. You know that I really want you to have a good future." "Yeah, yeah." Terry rolled his eyes and left the kitchen. He knew she meant well. Transporters Online. He checked the Sensor console. "I can't believe it, the whole city is outlined on this grid..." He had found this room earlier and figured out some of its controls. There was an idea running through his head all day, as he tapped a few buttons on the panel. It was 9AM and classes were starting. Terry stepped onto the Transporter Padd and was beamed out. He rematerialized in an empty hallway at School, downtown. No one saw him. He looked around. "It worked!" He felt his body, making sure it was still in tact. "I'm alive!" Terry walked into Astronomy Class just in time, and took his seat. The Teacher walked in and begun teaching. Terry was satisfied, and locked in amazement; thinking about the possibilies. The Teacher was going on and on... "There are quite a many stars in our Galaxy." The classroom was dark as he pointed to a map being projected on the chalkboard. "Here is Alpha Centari, and here is Rigel and Vega. Antares is located here." He moved his pointer across the map. "This is Wolf 356. There are still many stars we cannot see." "Oh, don't forget Andor." Terry raised his hand. "There is no such place," the Teacher replied in his monotone voice. "Yeah, and Vulcan is over there!" Terry pointed. This was the truth, it really was. "Terry, that is enough. We have not come across more than what I have here." The Teacher went on. "Now, we will go into a little more detail--" "And you'll find the Klingon homeworld there; and Romulus!" He saw these maps earlier but it was just occuring to him how close these other Planets really were. "Terry, that's enough!" "I'm not making this up, sir... Right here is Cardassia, and Bajor is located here!" He got up. "There's even a Wormhole right here. It leads to the Gamma Quadrant, about sevetny-thousand lightyears away!" "That's impossible, Terry! I've had enough of this. To the Office now!" "But I'm just telling you. Look, Borg space is--" "I don't care! No one disrupts my class! To the Office, now!" "But--?" "Now!!" Terry left class, angry. He was just telling it how it was. He went outside instead and ran into a couple friends sitting at the front stairs-entrance. They were on Study Period. There were a lot of students outside, due its nice day. In the distance through the crowd Terry thought he got a glimpse of someone he saw before. Accross the street, Helana watched. She saw Terry with his friends on the school stairs. If something was up with this kid, his behavior would be most evident in his most social and natural habitat. She staked him out. "Something's up with this kid, I know it..." |
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