Bioenergy by SeekHim on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

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This scene takes place in my New Start

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Waverider Shuttle
1/8/2259

"I know you told your lifemate that without her your life had little joy," Kirk said softly to Alyen. "But I hope that you can find room for a little awe."

The two of them had hurried back to the front of the Waverider to find Kissi excitedly pointing out unusual energy readings. Upon returning to his station, Alyen had detected bio-energy readings. Something was rapidly approaching them.

Something very small but alive.

Within minutes swarms of dozens of sparkling lights were streaming by the Waverider. Each one was a few feet in diameter, similarly shaped to a starfish and sparkling with light and energy.

Cautiously they had followed the swarms further into the cloud where they had discovered thousands of the lifeforms. All of them swirling and dancing like fireflies in a meadow.

It was stunningly beautiful and all of them had stared wide eyed at the sight.

"Crewman," Kirk murmured to Kissi, "I think we have just found one huge treasure chest."

She nodded, amber eyes as wide as saucers.

They concluded that the lifeforms were cosmozoan; a small spaceborne species that spent their entire lives in the vacuum of space. The Gas Cloud was apparently their home. They wondered why the Saratoga's sensors hadn't picked them up and upon further study, discovered that the lifeforms emitted an electric signature that matched the cloud closely. One had to be very close to detect them.

"Commander Falno was right," Kirk murmured as N'say busily made adjustments to their sensors to better detect the lifeforms.

"Sir?" she inquired.

Kirk smiled. "This is what happens when you take a closer look."

"This is why I joined Starfleet, guys," he whispered to the Mini-Crew. When they all looked at him in question he said, "It wasn't for interstellar politics. It wasn't to fight battles with crazy people from the future."

He looked out the window at the lifeforms. "It was for this."

CHARACTERS

Captain James T. Kirk
Crewman Tuskaro Alyen
Crewman Eeko Nsay
Crewman Vruel Kissi