For Halloween, Claire decides to give into my
Star Trek
obsession and buy
Star Trek
costumes. We, of course, buy original series costumes because they are the best, and Claire in a skirt is always sexy. We don't buy sexy versions of the costumes like you can find sexy versions of everything online, but instead, we just buy regular costumes. However, that doesn't mean we can't use the costumes for sexy role play. Which is exactly what we do after the last trick or treaters are gone and we've shut off the outside lights. In the past with the little bit of role play we've done, we didn't pretend to be anyone but ourselves. This time however, I suggest we really get into and come up with characters and a scenario. Claire is unsure at first because she thinks it might be silly or awkward or something. It is, but it is also just us so we can laugh at ourselves while we do it. I become James Swaine, Captain of the USS Endurance. She becomes Lieutenant Celeste Rodgers, a linguistics and communications expert. The two of us are returning from an away mission negotiating a peace treaty with an alien race, but when we return to the Endurance, something is wrong.
"Something is wrong," I say looking out the shuttlecraft window at my beautiful ship adrift in space. "Try hailing them again."
"This is the shuttlecraft Appalachian requesting permission to dock," Lieutenant Rodgers repeats again, but there is no answer. "Captain, no one is responding."
"Sensors show that the only systems running on the ship are essential life support systems," I say, turning away from the sensor readout. "Can you still get a connection with the ship's computer?"
"I'll try, sir," she says and turns her chair back to the instrument panel. "I think I've got it."
"Input command code alpha beta three zero six to override the computer and give us access from here," I say and lean forward in my chair. What is going on?
"Done," she says after a moment.
I use the shuttlecraft computer to try and get a better idea of what has happened on the ship. There is a trouble with the computer interlink and I can't access any logs from here, but a scan of the ship reveals everyone is on board with the exception of the two of us on the shuttlecraft. All 435 people are accounted for, but the readings suggest that they are all in a comatose state. The computer detects no abnormalities to speak of, so I turn on a few of the systems and open the docking bay doors to land. I retrieve a phaser for both the lieutenant and I before we disembark the shuttlecraft. The air is warmer and more humid than it should be if the ship was just running on life support. The red alert lights are flashing all through the ship and there is a message on continuous loop calling for a ship-wide quarantine of all non-essential personnel. The ship is in full security lockdown and the bulkheads are sealed. We return to the shuttlecraft to try and use the computer there to override the lockdown, but all command functions have been locked out. It appears I was lucky to simply get the shuttle bay doors open.
"What do we do, Captain?" Lieutenant Rodgers asks me, and like all my crew, she is fearless in the face of the unknown.
"We need to get to engineering to override this lockdown. Then we'll need to get to the bridge to see if we can't find out was is going on," I say and stow my phaser at my side. I get a tricorder from the shuttlecraft and give it to Lieutenant Rodgers. "Use this to keep a continuous scan on all wavelengths and frequencies. I want to know what is going on on my ship."
She grabs it from my hand, and I notice how soft her hands are as they brush against mine. She's painted her nails red to match the red of her uniform. I shake my head and put my mind back on the task ahead of us. I'm able to force the doors into the hallway open, but we are quickly met with several closed bulkheads. Even if we were able to raise them, there would be force fields blocking the way as well. Instead, we'll have to traverse the ship for the time being using the maintenance shafts and Jefferies tubes. I go first and in time we make it to engineering. We've seen no crew members the entire way, and we slip out of the tube into engineering with sweat pouring down our faces. I look around and see three crewmen sprawled across the workstations before spotting my Chief Engineer Angelina Irenka also seemingly unconscious at the main console. We rush to her and Lieutenant Rodgers immediately starts scanning her.
"She's alive, Captain," she says. She scans the others as well. "They all are. They appear to be in a deep REM state. All their functions have slowed to almost nothing, but they are still alive. The strangest thing is that their hearts all appear to be beating in synchronized rhythm at 12 beats per minute."
"Well, at least we know they're alive," I say and look around the room again. "I'll engage the warp core startup sequence. See if you can't access Angelina's engineering logs for a clue." I turn to the main console when the quarantine message plays for what seems like the millionth time. "And stop that damn message," I add. In a moment, the message ends. After a few more minutes, I've restarted the system and the ship begins to come alive. I check the environmental temperature controls to try and cool of the ship only to find that they have already be lowered to the minimum allowed amount. However, it is no where cold as that and it seems to keep getting warmer. I walk over to the lieutenant to check on her progress. She's just pulled up the last engineering log and plays it as I step to her side. My hand accidentally brushes her curvy hip as I stand too close. I take a subtle step away from her and then listen to the log.
"I've disable all but the essential systems," the message says. "We have to conserve as much power as we can. I might be the only one still awake on the ship. I don't know if the captain will be able to help us when he returns. If only we hadn't..." Her voice stops abruptly and the audio log picks up the sound of her body slumping against the console. Then it ends.
"Captain, what is going on?" Lieutenant Rodgers asks me and turns toward me.
"I don't...know," I say. Suddenly my vision is getting blurry. The heat from the room is less imposing and feels more like a cozy warmth. I close my eyes for a moment and feel myself wobble on my feet. I force my eyes open and realize that she has her hands on my shoulders steadying me. "We can't fall unconscious," I say and she nods. "We have to do whatever it takes to stay awake. Do anything you need to do but keep us both awake."
"Yes, sir," she says, but that is the last thing I hear as my vision blurs again.
I feel my body fall to the ground and I fight the sleep coming over me as hard as I can. I feel a light touch on my cheek like the pressure of touching a limb that has been asleep too long. I feel it again and again and I realize that she must be slapping me to keep me awake, but it isn't working. I fall further and further into darkness and I think I'm going to give in when I feel a jolt of energy run through my body. I snap my eyes open and the lieutenant is on top of me with her soft full lips pressed against mine. She's straddling me and my dick is hard and rubbing against her panties under her skirt. She sees my eyes open and scrambles away from me embarrassed.
"Thank you," I say as I collect my breath. It feels like I haven't been breathing.