A Star Trek: The Original Series: A Flag Full of Sta by Brad Ferguson

Author:Brad Ferguson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gallery Books

Chapter Eight

THE DOOR TO THE APARTMENT slid open and there stood G’dath, big and thoroughly intimidating—until he smiled. “Good afternoon, Admiral, Ms. Davis. It is a pleasure to meet you both. Please come in.” He stepped aside and allowed them to enter.

As they did, a gray blur flew out of the apartment, close to the floor, and headed down the hallway toward the lifttube. It startled Davis. “What was that?” she asked.

“That was Leaper,” G’dath said. “My cat.”

Kirk blinked. “Your cat?”

“Yes. A kitten, actually. Will you excuse me for a moment? Ms. Davis, you may put that case down anywhere you choose.” G’dath hurried down the hall toward a small gray thing squatting about ten meters away. Kirk and Davis watched as G’dath reached down, picked up the kitten and spoke to it softly. The kitten wriggled and then settled itself comfortably over G’dath’s shoulder.

“What’s he saying?” Davis whispered.

Kirk grinned faintly. “I don’t think I’ve ever heard Klingonese spoken so softly. I guess you could call it baby talk.”

“The cat enjoys going out into the hallway,” G’dath explained to them as he came back into the apartment and the door closed behind him. “I believe he thinks it is a part of our home that I do not let him enter, which makes him all the more anxious to explore it. But I do wish he would stay inside, for safety.”

The kitten was looking at Davis with wide eyes. “He’s beautiful,” Davis said. She scratched Leaper’s head in just the right spot between his ears, and the little cat closed his eyes in pleasure and began purring more loudly. “When did you get him?”

“Just yesterday, and it was he who acquired me.” He told her the story.

“Now that’s exactly the kind of thing I’d like to work into the interview, G’dath,” Davis said. “It would help people understand you better, sympathize with you more.”

The Klingon suddenly looked nervous. “I hope you do not include any mention of Leaper in your story. Having a pet is against the rules here.”

“Far be it from me to cause you trouble with your landlord,” Nan said. “All right. Where can I set up my equipment?”

“The living room, if you find it suitable.” G’dath gestured with a huge, strong hand.

In a few minutes, Davis had the scanners set up, and they were ready to begin. “Admiral,” she said, “I’m going to have you sit on that other chair back in the dining area, out of scanner range.”

Kirk sat quietly as Davis and G’dath took two chairs in the living room.

“Thanks. All right, I’m going to tell the scanners where we are in the room, so they can find us and track us correctly.” Davis snapped her fingers. “Over here,” she called out. There was the faintest sound of gears moving as both cubes turned this way and that, their glassy square eyes locking onto Nan and G’dath. Davis snapped her fingers and called to them again, but the cubes remained at rest. “That’s it. All set.

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