From: Joy Phillips (jkphillips82_at_googlemail.com)
Date: Mon Aug 25 2008 - 04:33:45 PDT
"Blue and Scarlet" (Cont'd from "A First Date") Location: USS STONEHENGE Scene: Izshlana's Quarters Stardate: 2.70825.1325 Xordin finished the cage and rocked back on his heals. His daughter watched him intently cuddling the little blue furball in her hands that she'd managed to con him into. He looked around Izzy's quarters and shook his head. "This cage takes up most of your work out space." He pointed out and then fixed his attention on where Izshlana was sat on the floor introducing her little blue furball to Scarlet. "Have you named him yet?" Beltha asked a wide grin on her face. "Have you named yours?" Izzy asked in return an anxious look on her face as Scarlet had taken one sniff at the blouskey (So named because it looked like a cross between a mouse and a monkey and was bright blue.) and then shown her disinterest by curling up in a ball with her tail over her nose and eyes and pointedly ignoring them all. "I'm going to call mine Lizzie because it looks like a little Izzy." Beltha answered Xordin tried to hide a snort of laughter and ended up coughing. "I don't see the resemblance." Izshlana answered her eyes taking in the blue furred one in her hands. "It's not like I'm even blue all that often." She pointed out. "and my tail isn't furry." "It has cute ears, and big eyes and it's bouncy and has a long tail." Beltha explained cheerfully. "You should call yours Blue." Izzy considered that and looked at her two pets. "What do you guys think? Blue?" The newly named blouskey answered her with a nibble of her thumb, Scarlet gave half a little purr stood up stretched her back, put her claws out and then turned around and lay back down again. "Your cage is done." Xordin informed her, he stood up and manhandled the cage, in height it nearly reached the ceiling, width ways it was around 6ft long and its depth was around 2 foot. With a grunt of effort he put it up against a wall and began securing it to the bulkhead. "Thank you for making it." Izzy said seriously. "He didn't have one I liked in the shop." Xordin shrugged his shoulders. "I'm a metalworker; it's nice to do something useful for a change that's actually to do with my proffesion." He looked at the cage and then at the small blouskey. "Well I think it's big enough for him. In fact I think he's likely to disappear in here" Izshlana grinned. "We need some places for him to climb, and a house for him to sleep in and some food and water." Xordin looked from Izzy to his daughter and shook his head, "You're as bad as each other. I'm surprised you even wanted a cage, Beltha is insisting that hers sleeps in her room." "Lizzie will like it in there." Beltha answered with a big smile and cuddled the blouskey to her. Xordin shook his head and then pointed at Izzy. "Anyway I've done my job, decorating is your problem now." Izshlana pulled tongues at Xordin eliciting a giggle of amusement from Beltha. "I'm still worried about Scarlet though." She said softly. "Maybe I should take her to sickbay." =[/\]= Scene: Sickbay TI: Some time later Izshlana watched readouts with wide eyes as Aerdan muttered something about him being a neurosurgeon not a vet. "But you have to look after all these strange aliens, how different can a cat be?" The doctor didn't answer he simply looked up from his diagnostic device, his antenna curled down into his white hair and glared. Izzy bit her lower lip and then looked around the empty sickbay, a couple of nurses shuffled around keeping their voices to a low mutter as they discussed their plans for shore leave once they were done here. The Vulcan aCMO was leaning over the only other patient in the sickbay who was having a broken arm mended after some kind of accident on the moon. . Izshlana finally looked at Aerdan, "It's like the academy library in here, you should play some music." As if to emphasise her point Izzy did a little dance on the spot watching Aerdans antenna intently. "I like the quiet." The doctor answered tersely "I can concentrate better." Izzy scowled but got the hint and went back to being quiet although she did tap her hands aganst her thighs in time to a tune only she could hear. Aerdan finally put the tricorder down and patted the small feline on the head. "Although my equipment is hardly calibrated for use on felines I think it's safe to say that Scarlet is pregnant, you really should have had her neutered." Izzy scowled and looked at the grey cat, "How's that possible?" "Well you see.." Aerdan began a small. Izzy waved her hands… "Nooo. I had this talk with Daisy, I know the biological reasoning, I just meant who's the father." "You're not the only member of this crew to keep pets Izshlana." Aerdan answered her in that low soft lisping tone. "Yeah but I didn't even know she could get out." Izzy poked her bottom lip out in a small pout. "Other than that is she ok?" "Yes, the kittens should arrive in a few weeks; I believe she can look after herself." "But if she needs help I can call you, right?" Izzy looked up at Aerdan with big round eyes. "Right?" He sighed and rolled his eyes. "If she appears to be in distress then call me, yes." He answered and picked the cat up; he stroked her behind the ears and then handed her over. "For now keep her comfortable. She'll eat what she wants when she wants." Izzy nodded and took the cat off him and held it to her chest tickling her under the chin. "Thank you Dr Jos." Izzy smiled up at him. "I'll take her home and make her comfortable." She started to walk away and then stopped and turned around, "Will you be able to do DNA tests on the kittens so I can find the daddy?" Aerdan sighed, his antenna dipped into his hair. "Go away Izzy." "But…" "You're a security officer, I'm sure you can find the father if you really want to." He pointed out and then made a shooing gesture with his hands. "But…" "Izzy." A warning tone crept into his voice. "I'll help you make sure she and the kittens are OK but I'm not wasting sickbay resources on a wild goose chase." Izshlana poked her bottom lip again pouting up at the taller doctor who deliberately turned away from her. "Technically it'd be a cat chase." Izzy retorted to the doctor's back, "And it's someone's pet, so it'd be a tame cat chase." "I'm not listening anymore Izshlana." "Meanie pants." She answered and turned on her heel. Aerdan allowed himself a small smile when he heard the doors swishing closed behind her back as she left and then got on with the tasks he'd been doing before he'd been called on to brush up on his vet techniques. ** Lt JG Izshlana Vort aSec/Tac USS STONEHENGE Commander Katlina Gorman MIA From HyperNews_at_youth.net
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