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Star Trek Reboot Drabble Challenge!

May 13, 2009 12:28

( First, in unrelated news, a quick note about Fringe )

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#13 -- Uhura, there but for the grace of God yahtzee63 May 13 2009, 17:03:29 UTC

ASSIGNMENT: U.S.S. FARRAGUT

When she first read them, the words stung. Nyota hadn't known what to think. Had her Kobayashi Maru score been lower than she'd feared? Was there some gremlin in the works of Starfleet's brand-new flagship? Was Spock doing the whole "I need space" thing?

It turned out to be the opposite - he'd been worried that assigning her to his ship would look like favoritism. One step aboard the Enterprise, and Nyota knew it was everything they'd said it would be. And they had a crisis to deal with: She could find out about her test scores later.

Only in the aftermath of the crisis - with the last dust of Vulcan glittering in space, half the fleet wrecked, billions dead, and the unmistakable sense that she'd aged 20 years in the past two days - did Nyota realize how narrow her escape had been. If she'd been on the Farragut, she'd be dead.

"You got lucky, Spock," she muttered to herself. "Because I would damn sure have come back to haunt you about that one."

Re: #13 -- Uhura, there but for the grace of God saavikam77 May 13 2009, 17:15:57 UTC

Oh, she would SO haunt him. ^_~

Re: #13 -- Uhura, there but for the grace of God yahtzee63 May 13 2009, 17:49:32 UTC

Yeah, he would have spent a lot of time going, "Ghosts are illogical -- nyaaaagh!" At least, on the inside.

Re: #13 -- Uhura, there but for the grace of God galindaxxxx June 6 2009, 19:18:05 UTC

I loved it!

Re: #13 -- Uhura, there but for the grace of God penknife May 13 2009, 19:24:02 UTC

*nods* Oh, she would have.

Re: #13 -- Uhura, there but for the grace of God yahtzee63 May 13 2009, 20:23:43 UTC

Some haunting would be called for.

Re: #13 -- Uhura, there but for the grace of God thistlerose May 13 2009, 20:29:05 UTC

Damn right she would have. :(

Re: #13 -- Uhura, there but for the grace of God yahtzee63 May 13 2009, 20:39:07 UTC

He would have had it coming.

Re: #13 -- Uhura, there but for the grace of God idlerat May 13 2009, 23:33:10 UTC

You win again - "I need space" SNORT

Re: #13 -- Uhura, there but for the grace of God yahtzee63 May 14 2009, 03:06:37 UTC

Spock gotta lotta 'splainin' to do.

Re: #13 -- Uhura, there but for the grace of God st_aurafina May 14 2009, 00:28:45 UTC

Oh, yes. She would have. *hearts Uhura*

Re: #13 -- Uhura, there but for the grace of God yahtzee63 May 14 2009, 03:07:05 UTC

Uhura is very heartable.

Re: #13 -- Uhura, there but for the grace of God heather May 14 2009, 14:48:21 UTC

Loved this!

Re: #13 -- Uhura, there but for the grace of God yahtzee63 May 14 2009, 15:08:45 UTC

Thanks muchly!

Re: #13 -- Uhura, there but for the grace of God amatara May 15 2009, 20:51:14 UTC

This is beautifully written, and spot on. In so few words you manage to capture so much about her: her ambition, her devotion, her strength... I like it very much.

Re: #13 -- Uhura, there but for the grace of God yahtzee63 May 15 2009, 21:16:32 UTC

Thank you so much!

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