Rate Of Exchange -- Part Two
"You seem distraught."
Chekov looked up guiltily. Out of consideration for Vulcan sensibilities, he tried to keep his emotions in check while inside the dwelling he shared with Mr. Spock. It would seem he had failed once again.
It must have been pretty bad this time. He hadn't even had the chance to get inside the house. Spock had come out to meet him by the fountain in the front garden.
"I... I..." The ensign struggled to regain control of himself and think of a proper coded phrase for what happened.
"Did you have another incident with Security?"
"No, sir," Chekov assured him, quickly washing the dust off h
Rate of Exchange -- Part I
Chekov knelt in the dirt with this hands crossed behind his head and waited his turn to be searched. He kept his eyes lowered and tried not to hear the tiny noises of distress being made by the young woman in line ahead of him. It was her turn with the security officers. She didn't protest, but little noises -- almost like a puppy might make -- escaped her whenever they...
Chekov squeezed his eyes closed. He had never felt like such a coward in his life. To simply sit there staring at his knees while next to him a woman was being...
"Up" This command was accompanied by a light kick to his backside.
The ensign wa
Rate of Exchange -- Part III
"Zasat spoke to you before lunch?" Spock asked.
It was now late afternoon -- the relatively quiet part of the day. The ensign had finished his deliveries, prepared and cleaned up after the last meal of the day, swept the small workshop attached to the front of the residence, and completed a long list of other chores that would all have to be done again when he got up at sunrise the next morning. He was now sitting on the raised hearth of the large fireplace in the sitting room trying to sew the button back on his jacket. He would have liked to have been sitting in one of the several vacant seats, however, among