From jupiter2@ma.ultranet.com Sat Jan 24 17:42:09 1998 Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 11:31:10 -0500 From: Diena Taylor Reply-To: seaquest-ff@stgenesis.org To: seaQuest-ff@stgenesis.org Subject: [seaQuest-ff] The Social Phenomenon of Post Adolescence Dislaimers are in the Prolouge ************************* CHAPTER 2 ~Hello, and on behalf of UEO, I welcome you to the _seaQuest_. Jeez, that's dumb.~ Lucas Wolenczak stood in the docking bay, rocking back and forth on his heels, waiting for the shuttle. After a few minutes of watching the teen, Ben Krieg came up behind him and firmly put both hands on Lucas' shoulders. "Cut it out," he said. "You're making me seasick." Lucas shrugged out of Ben's grip. "What are you so nervous about anyway?" Ben asked. Lucas shook his head. ~Like _you'd_ understand.~ "Why am _I_ meeting them? Why not Bridger or Ford?" Before Ben could answer, alarms went off and Lucas heard the pnuematic _hiss_ of the shuttle docking. The bay door opened, and the familiar recorded voice came over the loudspeakers, saying, "All visitors please report to UEO customs with innauculation papers before proceeding. All visitors please report to UEO customs with innauculation papers before proceeding." And then they were standing there, in front of him, looking around in awe. ~Calm down, people. It's just the docking bay.~ Lucas didn't understand why the highlight of a lot of people's visits to the _seaQuest_ was the docking bay. Beside him, Ben cleared his throat to get the visitors' attention. They all turned and looked at them. Lucas was about to say "Hello, and on behalf of the UEO we welcome you to the _seaQuest_," but then he saw _her_. The tall one, with the bright red hair. The boy with the camera snapped a picture, bringing lucas back to reality. But he still couldn't keep his eyes off _her_. "Um..." Lucas said. "Hi. I'm Lucas Wolenczak, and this is Lt. Ben Krieg." The adult that came with the small group stepped foreward to shake Lucas' hand. "I'm Mr.... Katimski," he said. "Are you... a runner up from one of... the other schools?" Lucas and Ben looked at each other. Lucas smiled. "No," he said. "I'm the Chief Computer Analyst." The short girl with the long blond hair and the bleached streak giggled and said to the boy standing next to her -- who was wearing eyeliner, Lucas noticed, "Told you!" Katimski nodded, more in confusion than understanding. "Well," he said. Lucas shrugged. "Well... Um, do you want me to show you to your quarter... or do you want the tour now?" There was a lot of nervous murmuring and glances around that were so much a part of teenage group decision-making. Finally, the gril with the red hair spoke. "Um, whatever's easier for you." Lucas couldn't believe it. _She_ talked to him. "Well, I'll just give you the tour on the way to your quarters. Most of the good stuff is that way anyway." It was a lie, but Lucas wanted to spend some more time with _her_. It suddenly occured to him that he didn't even know her name. "What's your name?" he found himself asking. The red-head smiled shyly. "I'm Angela," she said. "And this is Brian, Rickie, and Rayanne." The blond girl -- Rayanne -- grinned at the photographer -- Brian. "Why didn't you tell me?" she asked. Brian just snapped her picture. ********************* What does everyone think? Diena **************** "Is this the part where we clap?" --Dagwood "Life is the performance, not the rehearsal." --unknown --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: seaQuest-ff-unsubscribe@stgenesis.org For additional commands, e-mail: seaQuest-ff-help@stgenesis.org