Leaving the transporter... ...room in reverse, so as to keep at least one eye on the unexpected arrival, L.E.G.get Grotecakes is nearly knocked down by another "red shirt" who scatters his package in the collision. This second ensign immediately forgets his burden as he spies the gold imbedded in the ol? Grote's reddened skin and begins apologizing profusely, "...it'll never happen again Admiral!"
"Hey now, enough of the bowing and scraping. I'm just another red shirt, L(owly).E(ngineering).G(runt)get Grotecakes here. I wouldn't be in such a hurry to enter this here transporter if'n I's you. I was repairing it when it sorta fired itself up. No telling what might be on it's way in there. Let's take it slowly and peek."
One red shirt taking the high peek and the other taking the low peek they spy around the entrance to the transporter room and see...
The half Vulcan science officer picks this moment to tap L.E.G.get Grotecakes? red and gold shoulder, not the least impressed, "is there something you gentlemen need to report?"
Gentleman?
"Hell, I'm no gentleman or any of them other fool things ya' been mentionin'! I'm just a L.E.G.get OOOFer that got a little messed up by this here transporter. It gave me one CRAZY trip too. As for a story...it kinda reminded me once of when I was trippin' on some 'shrooms about sunrise on a drive across the prairies..."
As the L.owlyE.ngineeringG.runt Grotecakes continues with the tale that Mr. Granster wasn't really interested in hearing, the away team heads on into the transporter room not realizing that something or someone had mysteriously materialized after Grotecakes' fix-it job and gold-embedded chain had shorted a circuit. Being truly enraptured by his telling of the escapade from his past, Grotecakes fails to warn the away team.
Pausing for a breath...while in the midst of his flashback, er story, Grotecakes notices the babe that had materialized on the transporter platform. "Hey, these here embedded gold links are good for more than impersonating royalty. I guess they may have done some good for those ol' second hand parts of Scotty's."
Before he can politely wrap up with Mr. Granster and introduce himself to the hot dish, the cap'n and Doc make their move first. "Oh well, whadda ya' expect ya' LowlyEngineeringGrunt? Your hangin' around da wrong crowd to get the babes."
Suddenly the transporter is in operation again and the next arrival is quite the character. "WHO is that? And why does he think this gang would want candy?"
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