"Luck, be a Lady"
PP: "Operational Inquiry"
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Stardate: 60298.1615
Setting: Oceanic World, outside the downed shuttle
"There!" Luke's voice drifted out from inside the shuttle. "That should do it."
Lea opened her eyes, and looked inside the shuttle to see Luke grinning triumpantly. "Wha-la!" He said, presenting his finished product. "Now... to see if this thing works..." He said as he tapped on the panel next to him. For a few seconds, nothing happened. And then, the thing began to whine. "It's transmitting!!" He exclaimed.
Lea smiled down at him. "I knew you could do it..."
He smiled back at her. And then he glanced back at the transmitter. It was starting to smoke. "Uh oh..."
"Luke!"
With a flash and a whole lot of smoke, the transmitter stopped whining, and with a few more buzzes, it shut down.
Luke's coughing told Lea that he was alright. "Luke, are you ok?"
He stumbled out of the smoke, a little frazzled. "Yeah." He looked back at the transmitter. "I have bad news and good news."
Lea smiled despite the severity of the situation. "Well, the bad news is obvious. What's the good news?"
Luke climbed up to join her on the shuttle top. "Well... we're in this together." He smiled at her.
Lea practically melted inside, looking into Luke's green eyes. She tried to shake herself out of it. "How can you joke at a time like this? We're stranded out here, no food, no water..."
"Well... plenty of water," he grinned.
Once again, her smiled returned. Annoyed with herself for falling victim to his humor, she smacked his arm. "You're not suppose to do that! You're suppose to be upset that we could die here without any hope of rescue, and..."
"Lea," he inturrupted.
The Intel agent turned to Luke and was surprised with a kiss. Her eyes opened wide, and she almost shoved Luke into the ocean.
But she didn't. In fact, she couldn't move. Murmuring a little, she surrendered to the kiss, and responded, contentness filling her up. When they finally parted, Luke whispered softly to her. "I couldn't think of any way better to spend my last few hours than to spend them here with you."
Lea blushed deeply, and before she could respond, Luke kissed her again, softly and romantically.
After they had parted again, they were silent for a minute. Luke had his arm around Lea, holding her close. He finally spoke. "Lea?"
"Hmm?" She managed, snuggled contently against Luke. She looked up into his eyes.
With a very serious look, he spoke. "I was thinking..."
"Yes Luke?"
His face melted from his serious expression into a grin as he spoke. "I think we should draw straws on who eats who."
She stared at him for a long moment.
A second later, Luke landed into the ocean with a splash.
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=/\= YET ANOTHER POST BY =/\=
Christopher B. Del Gesso
{christopher.delgesso@us.army.mil}
POSTING AS
Lt(Jg) Rawyvin Seth
Cheif of Security/Tactical Officer
USS ANUBIS, NCC-18501
AND ON OCCASSION
Luke "Loki" Onison
Terrorist/Criminal Mastermind
Mordsythe - Freelance Agent
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