Panache-Star Trek Fanfic
I have a new story, "Panache". Here it is.
PANACHE
BY
LCAMILE
FANDOM: AU ST:TOS
SUMMARY: Sallie joins her first Federation ship while her pon farr approaches; Brazil deals with her relationship with McCoy.
RATING: PG
PAIRING: McCoy/OFC, Spock/OFC
NOTES: Post-Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
SERIES: SMOOTH THUNDER
DISCLAIMER: STAR TREK IS PROPERTY OF PARAMOUNT STUDIOS AND GENE RODDENBERRY ENTERPRISES.
CHAPTER I-NARRATOR’S STORY
Nurse Turret handed CMO Perch results from Brazil’s finished routine physical. The young physician remarked that she was effortlessly healthy. Moreover, she told that she was well enough to have plastic surgery on both her nose and eyebrows. Brazil joyfully repudiated since she liked her unique appearance. She stepped down from the bio-bed and straightened her uniform. Brazil recently accepted her transfer to the Enterprise. She would leave the next day to start her new post there. As she walked to her quarters, she began to think about I-Ajo, a small city near a Vulcan rain forest. The rain forest and the semi-famous city shared the same name. Moreover, it was her parents’ hometown. She visited there several times. The conurbation was one of the many cities that didn’t practice pure logic.
Later that evening, Brazil went over her reports before she left for graveyard duty. She was third in command on the Bridge during that shift. She gave the reports to the acting captain before she briefly exchanged greetings with the some of the relief officers. Many of the crewmembers were still recovering from the recent war games. The games were unsuspecting since the ships’ captains knew about them. However, the Yorktown was the only starship that became accidentally involved in the war games. Moreover, the lone starship fought back and defended the two mock rebel ships with a secret weapon. Recently, it was discovered that the most of the ships’ weapons were sabotaged. It was part of a plot of revenge for the failed Babel mission by a group of Orion spies posing as several crewmembers. Later some were among the causalities of the deadly war games while the rest went into Federation custody.
Two weeks afterwards, Brazil ran her fingers through her mane after she returned to her new quarters. It was formerly Decker’s quarters. Strangely, it still had his scent although only the Vulcan female crewmembers, except Brazil, noticed it. The full Vulcan lost her scent of smell and her eyebrows in a shuttlecraft accident while she was a teen. The Starfleet engineer sat down in her desk chair as she began to ponder about her recent encounter with McCoy. He was flirting with her on the Bridge. She calmly brushed him off as she fought with the embarrassment. Luckily, no one noticed.
She entered her bedroom and began to look at her reflection. The foundation make-up covered her slightly burned forehead while it heightened her smooth light cooper complexion and other exotic delicate features. P’ik Cosmetics was a semi-famous Vulcan Make-up brand, which Brazil solely used. As she undid her bun, her rich coffee straight locks fell softly on her shoulders. Her soft brown eyes shimmered as her large pointed ears peeked through her mane. Her Starfleet uniform fitted almost flawlessly on her 5’6 gentle curvy yet lean frame. Her full olive lips curved into a crocodile smile. Shortly later the smile became an average close smile. For the next five moments, she practiced several more smiles. She loved facial exercises as she did them privately. She rarely showed them since she secretly didn’t use pure logic.
Since her return to the Enterprise, there weren’t any away missions. On her off time, she was usually with Sally and some old friends. She was rarely alone in public. However, the Starfleet Headquarters constantly contracted her. Now they seemed like a nuisance since the calls were congrats and offers. Recently they offered her a commander position on the USS Elmore but she declined.
Meanwhile, Sallie began to feel the early effects of the pon farr. She could no longer use the special herbal tea to calm the urges. She wiped the beads of sweat with a towel as she tried to collect herself in her lavatory. She stepped out and went to Sickbay. As she arrived, she found McCoy and Chapel talking. Chapel noticed her first and greeted her. McCoy followed with a smile.
“Will you examine me please ? I think that I am not well,” said Sally in a somewhat shaky voice.
Shortly afterwards, she lay on the bio-bed after the examination was finished. She sat up and waited for the results. It was true. She had the pon farr. She looked at them calmly and told them that there was no available mate since her chosen mate broke the engagement by marrying someone else. With her smooth chocolate complexion and silky mezzo-alto voice, McCoy found hard why she was rejected since he saw recently several early photos of the young Encumberian. His blue Southern eyes looked up and down at her somewhat bulky Starfleet uniform. The tall yet curvy full-blooded Vulcan had just lost over 10 pounds because of her pon farr. She ate very little yet drank a lot of water, milk, and juices. Her black thick yet straight shoulder-length mane was in a rather feathery French roll with a crooked middle part. Clear lip gloss covered her full lips as the Sickbay’s soft lights emphasized slightly her long yet slightly wide nose, black eyes, and high cheekbones.
She stepped down and tucked a loose lock behind her ear. She concentrated hard and stopped her shakes temporarily. As she began to leave, Spock arrived for his routine physical. When his scent hit her nose, she gave an odd small jump. Her dark complexion flushed light jade. She turned around briefly to compose herself again. She walked past Spock and returned to her quarters.
Later that evening, she sat on her bed and listened to her music disks while she wore a beige tank top, dark knee-length shorts, clear lip moisturizer, and dark front-zip twill Keds as her long mane hung down with a crooked middle part. Smoky Water, her hometown of Encumberia began to conquer her mind. The beautiful small city was a mixture of Malibu and Nashville, Tennessee while the Federation planet, itself, was an Ancient Western-like world that was discovered by Captain Archer and NX-001 Enterprise crew. Brazil entered Sally’s quarters as Sally turned off her music disk player. Brazil wore wine-colored hooded sweats, clear lip gloss, and matching Starfleet sneakers while her mane hung down with a left part. She just learned about Sally’s pon farr. They had a brief conversation yet the pon farr wasn’t part of it. Sally put on blue/yellow Starfleet-styled hooded cloth jogging suit. They left to lounge around. As they walked down the corridor, they turned several crewmembers’ heads.
CHAPTER II-NARRATOR’S STORY
Over a week passed as Brazil helped Sally deal with her pon farr. Strangely, only a few of the crewmembers knew about that. Brazil recently discovered that Kirk and Spock found out after they saw her lose control while she shared a Turbo-lift with them five days earlier. It was several hours after the crew regained the ship when a group of alien outlaws tried to seize the ship. Kirk suspected that it was an inside job since they knew their way around many important areas of the ship and came from a semi-automated freighter ship.
Sally’s primitive side totally took over again later that day when she got in a knife fight with a rouge nurse after Sally walked in on her and Chapel as she assaulted Chapel. Sally broke the attacker’s arm and a medical table. During the grapple, the young Vulcan smashed several bottles on the lowlife. After the troublemaker was finally restrained, Sally put her two fingers on the female perpetrator’s temple and learned of the upcoming destruction of the Enterprise and other depraved plans. At the same time, more outlaws secretly beamed on the ship after the ship’s systems malfunctioned. Plaser blasts filled the darkness as the murderous group detected beings with their night visors. Brazil hid in the freezer as she listened to weapon fire and voices. Several moments later, the freezer opened as a couple of scoundrels entered it. Quickly she subjugated them and took both their weapons and night visors.
As Brazil quietly moved through the ship, a corridor on an upper deck detonated. It left Kirk and McCoy unconscious while Spock narrowly escaped. He hid as he heard voices. They were lower deck officers. A couple of them were slightly injured during the blast. A lowly medical female officer checked on Kirk and McCoy and gave them some treatment with an emergency medical kit. Spock slowly emerged as a male security officer aimed his phaser at him but cautiously lowered it.
The Starfleet officers moved about somewhat quietly as the ship slowly became repaired. Scotty and a small crew already retained control of the Engineering Room. The chief engineer contacted Spock with their wrist communicators and told him about the ship’s updates as Sulu became acting captain of the Bridge. While the conversation ended, Spock began to hear Sally’s voice in his mind. She was trying to contact him telepathically. She did it many times before successfully while they were on New Vulcan. Several seconds later, he became to understand her clearly.
The next day, the surviving outlaws as well as traitorous crewmembers were finally in Federation custody. Brazil, Sally, and the lower deck officers were awarded greatly for their help. It was also discovered that the rogue nurse that attacked Chapel was actually the ring leader. Kirk and many other crewmembers were glad that it was finally over. However, it caused him to fill many long reports.
As Sally’s pon farr continued, McCoy and Brazil tried to figure out how to fully handle it. They both agreed to find Sally a mate and confronted her about it. There was a moment of silence as Sally wondered if Spock was available. Just then, Spock entered Sally’s quarters. They all looked at him briefly. Then Brazil and McCoy looked at each other before their eyes went to Sally.
“Bingo, I think that we found him,” he thought as he smiled. For a brief second, Sally saw Brazil smiled slightly before the tiny gleam disappeared.
“Did she just beam?” She asked thoughtfully.
“Yes, I did Sal.” She responded pensively.
“This is getting bizarre,” she thought as she went to Spock and put her hand on his arm. She softly placed her forehead on his. His dark bangs were soft yet his scent was overwhelming. With her free hand, she stroked softly the back of his neck as her fingers gently played with his hair.
“They’re watching,” he spoke contemplatively.
“I know,” she answered broodingly.
Brazil calmly took McCoy’s hand and left. As the door closed, they stood there while she continued to hold his hand. McCoy began to speak but Brazil put her free hand on his lips and whispered in his ear. Her full lips lightly tapped his ear as he listened carefully with a warm smile. Just then her eyes looked up and noticed Kirk smiling.
“Jim,” he spoke when he finally noticed his old friend, “I didn’t see you there.”
Sally’s door opened and Spock came out. With his hand clasped behind his back, he told that he became Sally’s mate for her pon farr. He secretly thrilled that Kirk was there with them. Without a beat, Kirk accepted it and let the couple have time with each other. He gave them four days maximum and let them have a guest quarters for their privacy.
“It seems that you two are next,” Kirk remarked as he looked at McCoy and Brazil. Spock looked at them all momentarily before he returned to Sally. He told her the news shortly after the door closed behind him. Before he was able to say more, she gave him his passionate kiss with her arms around his neck.
CHAPTER IV-NARRATOR’S STORY
Brazil helped with the preparations for Sally’s mating day. She was glad that Spock was accepted as the mate. As she returned to her quarters, she saw a brief faded reflection of her alter self. Before she was first transferred from the Enterprise, she had her last away mission with McCoy. They posed as a married couple. It was part of investigation of an important diplomat’s murder. He was one of the main supporters of a Federation planet candidate. For her disguise, she had foundation make-up and draw on human eyebrows. Moreover, she wore a lot of flexible fashionable headbands and stylish rather long dresses.
For her, it was a break from her ugly divorce. She was only married for over one year and still had the ring. Surprisingly, McCoy was among the several who were supportive. Many lost some respect toward her former husband, Ben Sparrow when his several extramarital affairs surfaced. Recently, it was learned that the marriage was for his career and status.
The mission was rather long although it gave her relationship with McCoy a hint of romance. Moreover, she helped find the murderer. It was the ambassador’s main assistant. He did it for profit and revenge since he stated that the emissary was a downright nuisance. The secondary assistant became acting ambassador and helped the planet become accepted as part of the Federation.
Brazil tucked a lock behind her ear as she stretched for a brief moment after she began to think about her first pon farr. It was two months after Spock’s pon farr. She learned that his chosen mate dumped him for another and was forced to fight Kirk. He secretly hated her for that as he still tried to fully recover from the shame. While they worked together in Engineering for a special project with Scotty, he secretly knew about her pon farr yet he never mentioned it. Her pon farr ended without any problems as she dealt it with a male pleasure mannequin. She received it from Earth while she was still Starfleet cadet. The flexible realistic mannequin was now in her closet as he remained in its special case.
The young Starfleet officer went over her communications. Most of them were from Starfleet. The rest were personal. She responded to all to them. Shortly afterwards, she did her recent reports as she drank Vulcan coffee from a somewhat large Starfleet mug.
Later that evening, dark eyes opened and looked about in the darkness. Sally detected strong sexual scent as Spock stirred slightly with his arm around her. The dark cover was to his waist as light sweat privileged his dark hairy chest. Sally noticed the fading sexual mist as it clouded the guest quarters. She looked at Spock briefly and returned to slumber.
The next day, Brazil went to the Turbo-lift and found Kirk and McCoy. They exchanged greetings as she adjusted faintly her light-colored Starfleet pliant headband. They noticed that she had painted on Vulcan eyebrows while she wore a standard engineering uniform and clear lip gloss. Her artificial eyebrows amused them as they went to the Bridge. She read their thoughts as she went to her post.
Later that day, McCoy entered Brazil’s quarters. He asked her out during her routine physical. She accepted as a couple of nurses watched. When she sat up on the bio-bed, the nurses were professional as they helped McCoy. As she left, Chapel smiled at her and joked about Bones’ “girlfriend” to a male nurse as he handed her a medical file.
THE END