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Vespa V - A Need to get Away

Posted June 11, 2019, 8:50 p.m. by Lieutenant Commander Jarred Alindor (Chief Engineer) (Steven Sigle)

Posted by Ensign Kalani Kāne (Science Officer) in Vespa V - A Need to get Away

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Jarred Alindor (Chief Engineer) in Vespa V - A Need to get Away

Posted by Ensign Kalani Kāne (Science Officer) in Vespa V - A Need to get Away
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“Oh sugar honey iced tea, we are going to die… that’s it we are going to die… see this is why I hunted. I could go out in the woods and shoot things and prevent them from blowing me up… or learning how to wield tools… you want planet of the apes ‘cause babe this how you get planet of the apes… or planet of the Kalani’s cause I am going to name them after you… yep I saw them first so I get to name them, that’s how it works right? I am going to name them Kalani’s then I am going to shoot them for taking me out on trips where I could be eating by them!” Jarred said, his voice growing in volume as he felt more irate as he stood there. They needed to do something, just sitting here waiting for them to notice them wasn’t going to work.

Alindor, CE

“Hey,” she said spinning to face Jarred. “That is what you call a magical weekend. You take me out into the wilderness for a little waterfall action and then shoot me,” Kalani’s voice cracked a bit from the hot whisper to a low volume shout. “No wonder why I was able to snap you up with a smile and jelly donut!”

“I didn’t take you out here! You invited me silly, you said you wanted to study the planet, and now you got us stranded here!” he said, his voice raised as he looked at her like she had a second head for blaming him on this all. He just came here to bond with her, she came to study and learn. At this point neither seemed to be going according to plan.

As if to punctuate the tone of Jarred’s words, a loud boom echoed through the jungle throwing Jarred and Kalani back and off their feet as if they were a stunt double in a high budget holomovie. The energy wave that hit them was hard and fast but not dangerous enough to cause any physical damage. It was as if a tornado touched down inches from them blowing foliage, leaves, and loose dirt in all directions. Birds and other insects took to the skies around them screeching and buzzing terrified by the sudden sound that had permeated their idyllic jungle setting. Small rodents that had no been flung to the far corners of the jungle darted backward not caring if they crossed the weird hairless apes that were tramping about the area like they owned it.

The distance Kalani and Jarred traveled was only about three feet and Jarred would find he was lying in a soft bed of moss luckily missing anything that could have impaled him or broken any bones. The force of the blast was not enough, however, to clear out the jungles thick vegetative growth. Once the shock wave rolled through, the plants, ferns, and branches moved back to their upright position obscuring any visual of the village. As the local wildlife slowly settled an eerie quiet would have filled the jungle. Like being in the eye of a hurricane the jungle was now deathly silent.

Ensign Kalani Kane, science

Jarred felt his ears ringing as he began to get up, dazed and disoriented he stumbled like a gorilla trying to walk on two legs as he lumbered around as he began to get his bearings. His vision felt blurred as it slowly began to focus, the sound quieting as he began looking around as he began to assess what just happened. “Dear god.” he shouted, louder than he intended as blinked slowly as things finally slid back into place as he began to take notice that Kalani was no where near him.

“Kalani!?” he shouted, fear beginning to fill his mind as he looked around, shocked and startled as he began to notice she was no where around here.

“Kal this isn’t funny, where are you?” he said louder as he looked to see where she might have gone, seeing if there was any clues in the wreckage around him.

Alindor, CE

A soft shout could be heard when the area around him was quiet. It had a soft echoing quality to it as if she was talking into a tin can from down the hall. “Jarred. Jarred. I’m stuck,” she kept repeating over and over. At times a few more words were added indicating she was also hoping he was okay then alternating with cursing about faulty engineering equipment.

“Jarred. Jarred this is not funny.” Her voice was a bit louder but starting to edge with hints of trepidation. “Jarred please be okay. I need you to be okay. Answer me Alindor,” she belted out as the panic replaced the concern. A scratching sound followed by crumbling seemed to fill the dead space between her words seeking for him to reply to her calls.

“Jarred I need help,” she said before letting out a small yelp.

Ensign Kalani Kane science

Jarred heard the soft nose as he began walking towards it. He could hear the shouts a bit louder, getting closer he began to look around. “Kalani? Sweetie where are you?” he shouted loud. He wish he had a tricorder, anything to help him. “Keep shouting love, I will follow your voice… unless there is a hole then try not to get me to fall in it too!”

Alindor, CE

“I’m down here,” she yelled hearing her voice crack a bit. Running her fingers through her hair, Kalani took a deep and calming breath. She could feel the stress and frustration of the situation pulling her out of rational thought. His voice seemed to come from everywhere and nowhere as it echoed around her. The hot, humid environment of the jungle had been replaced by a cold, damp moistness. Reaching her hand out, Kalani gingerly touched the walls looking for a vine or root she could use to pull herself out of the hole she was in. It was hard to see what was around her. Only a small sliver of light pierced the blackness of the underground cavern she was standing in. If Jarred couldn’t find her, Kalani was in a lot of trouble. The hole she fell through was small. Maybe a meter wide at best. It was just big enough to swallow a person yet small enough Jarred could miss it by a single footfall. “Jarr.....ed,” she bit her lip hard. She had been trapped once like this in the jungle. She had almost died. Now it was happening again. “Jarred. Jarred,” she yelled feeling panic lace her words. As she yelled, her fingers brushed a thick vine along the dirt wall of the pit she was standing in. Wrapping her hands around it, Kalani planted her feet and tried to pull herself up. Pain shot through her body like a knife. Gritting her teeth, Kalani let out a groan and tried again to pull herself up. The pain was in her elbow.

“Jarred,” Kalani yelled out again. From the top side of the cavern, Jarred would hear her yet it would be muffled. If he looked close enough however, he would see something moving on the jungle floor. It was as thick as a snake but clearly a gnarled root. One end had its tendrils wrapped around the bases of several trees and rocks. The other end seemed to disappear amid the ground litter, plants, and flowers.

Ensign Kalani Kane

Jared began following the voice of Kalani as he trekked through the forest. She was getting louder but he couldn’t find her anywhere he could see, just brush and trees darted his view as worry began to set. “Lani… baby I can’t see you… anywh…” suddenly as Jarred turned a corner around a tree a loud collapse as he fell beneath the earth. With a sharp thud he landed as he felt the ground was soft and silky as he began to push up, only to find two large mounds right where his hands landed.

“Jarred I’m he,” she started to reply but was sharply cut off from her response. A deep moan replaced any word that had been forming in her throat.

“Lani” Jarred said as his eyes began to focus, finding himself on top of her in a most compromising position as he quickly rolled to the side. “I’m so sorry… you… are you hurt?” He quickly added, realizing he had just landed square on top of her made him worry if he had compacted her injuries even worse as he helped her to sit up.

Alindor, CE

“No but I think I just went from a D to a B,” she groaned with a half laugh lying on the soft moss of the cavern floor. “If you are okay with that then yes I am fine.” She let him right her and spent a long moment looking at his face. It didn’t matter how he had gotten down here. What mattered was that he was down here with her. “You certainly know how to knock a girl off her feet,” Kalani teased him.

The smile started to fade the longer she looked at him. It was replaced with a tightness in her jaw. Her breathing pattern changed from a normal rhythm to one where she was trying to control the inhales and exhales. She swallowed hard once and they threw her arms around his neck. Not saying a word she buried her face into the crook where his neck and shoulders met. Sitting in silence she took a moment to steady her breathing yet the unease rhythm was now showing on her body. She tried not to shake but it was useless. “I thought you weren’t going to find me,” she said in a low tone. Her voice was muffled as she spoke into his neck. He would also feel a wetness spreading in this area. It was familiar to most men and often made them extremely uncomfortable. Kalani had no idea if it would make Jarred feel this way or not so she decided to give him an out.

“Lani…” he said softly as he brushed her head softly, letting his head rest on the top of hers. Everything had gone awry, and it was natural to feel scared. He couldn’t deny he was worried himself. This was a big planet and they were quite literally naked and afraid like that old horrible Earth tv show Lani showed him. She played it to try and tell him the dangers of the wild and not preparing, now he wondered if this was somehow some horrible misshapen plan she concocted to recant that show.

Jarred darted his eyes around a bit, trying to see if there was hidden cameras he wasn’t aware of. Shaking his head feeling silly even thinking that he pulled her in tighter as he let everything go and just let them comfort each other.

“Don’t cry baby, I would move heaven and Earth to find you…” he said softly as he pulled him off, his shoulder wet from her tears as he looked into her eyes as he placed both hands on her face as he used his thumbs to wipe away the tears softly that had rolled down her cheeks.

“And I am not crying because I am scared. There is current research that when humans cry in response to stress, their tears contain a number of stress hormones and other chemicals. I am just detoxifying,” Kalani stated trying to sound unemotional. The truth was Kalani was scared. Never did she go out into the field like this without having someone know the general area they were in. She had Jarred were alone on the surface when the shuttle dropped them off and now seemed to be below the surface. When she was on Ravi V it took the team hours to realize the research party was overdue before they sent rescuers. The crew of the Saracen only would know they dropped them off at one location and she and Jarred were not there when pick up time was scheduled. “Just give me a second okay. I think I got something in my eye,” she gave him another out. Kalani could not let Alindor think she lost it at the first sign of trouble. They were still in the “hi I’m Jarred. Hi I am Kalani stage”.

Ensign Kalani Kane science

“Baby… you don’t have to be some tough queen trying to prove you got this… I’m scared too… but we can do this. We are Starfleets finest… we have some rags… and…” Jarred looked around trying to find something near him. Spotting a rock he picked it up, “I got a rock… and… if they come near me I will do like this.” he said as he did some palm strikes with the rock in his hand. Truth was he knew better attacks but hoped the silliness of him making a fool of himself could help to cheer her up some.

“And if you find a rock we can get a spear and then we are heavily armed… we got this babe… come on pet we will be alright my love.”

Alindor, CE


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