Summary: A TNG Drabble: a valued crewmember helps to save the Enterprise from danger, once again.
Warning: Drabble
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I see the object, ominous, demanding. It is up to me and me alone to save the ship from a thousand terrible things. This is yet another.
I am cautious. It would not do to have my prey see me.
I crouch to the ground. Still. Then a few steps forward. Silent. Vigilant.
The enemy alien does not comprehend its danger as I crawl ever closer. And closer. Time slows as I prepare to spring and capture it.
A shriek.
Then pandemonium. A woman shouts, "I feel its pain!"
Cold hands capture me.
"Spot, that was Wesley's mouse."
I purr.