Trek Tale -- by Steve Sutton
Captains Log: Getting chilly in my old age, putting it on the
fire. We have
picked up unusual energy readings coming from the planet below.
We are
beaming down to investigate.
...Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
McCoy: "Look at those pine trees!"
Kirk: "Those aren't pine trees, Bones. Those are
teenagers."
Spock: "Captain, if we are to divert the asteroid which is
on a collision
course with this planet, we must warp out of orbit within the
next thirty
minutes."
Kirk: "Spock, what are you talking about? We diverted the
asteroid years
ago. Now, we have to find the source of these new energy readings
we're
detecting."
Spock: "My apologies, Captain."
Passing Teen: "Hey, dudes! Nice threads!"
Spock: "Indeed."
McCoy : "Well, they sure look like pine trees."
Kirk: "Bones?"
McCoy: "Oh, it's nothing, Jim. I think it's just this
planet."
Spock: "That's a most curious growth, doctor."
Kirk: "Why, Bones, I believe you've got a pimple!"
Spock: "We won't be able to break it, Captain. I'll phaser
off a specimen."
McCoy: "Now, wait just a darn minute, you pointed-earred
hobgoblin!"
Kirk: "Gentlemen, I think I just found the source of those
readings we
detected."
Spock: "Where, Captain?"
Kirk: "Over there, by that strange creature."
McCoy: "You mean Bill Clinton, Jim?"
Kirk: "No, the other one."
Spock: "Indeed, that odd device does seem to be the source.
It is operating
even now."
Kirk: "Pardon me, sir."
Zonked Teen: "Huh?"
Kirk: "Would you mind turning that down, Starfleet is
complaining."
Zonked Teen: "Uh, sure, man."
Spock: "Readings are returning to normal, Captain."
McCoy: "Can we go home now, Jim?"
Kirk: "I would say we've accomplished our mission."
Spock : "Fascinating! The growth, it's fading."
McCoy: "Glad to hear it."
Spock: "Apparently, the strange vibrations generated by the
device had an
adverse effect on Doctor McCoy's subdermal tissue, causing it to
eject..."
Kirk: "Fascinating, Spock. We'll discuss it in detail,
later."
McCoy: "Oh, joy."
Kirk: "Kirk to Enterprise, Kirk to Enterprise...Mister
Scott, beam us up!"
THE END