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I walked into the kitchen.
"Anybody hungry?" I asked.
No one answered. I walked into the living room.
"Come on." I said. "You've got to be hungry."
"Well, I guess we are." Dr. McCoy said.
"Good." I walked back into the kitchen.
"Do you need any help?" I heard McCoy ask.
"No, thanks."
My computer chimed just then. I had received and Instant Message from Kayla. As I sat at the computer, Sarah joined the conversation.
ASTERIKS MEAN IM MESSAGES!!!
*Hey, girl* Kayla's name read, which was KirksGirl.
*What's up?* Sarah said, as Sulu4ever.
*Nothing much here.* I should tell you, my screen name is SpocksGirl.
To Kayla, I said, *How's your Scotty?*
*Pretty good.*
By now the space travelers were reading over my shoulder, although they were trying to act like they weren't.
*How's Bones?* Sulu4ever asked.
*Fine.* I typed.
*G2G* Sarah wrote. *TTYL*
*TTYL* Kayla and I responded.
*So, Kirk, what's the deal? I was busy.*
*Whatever.* she typed. *Jack called a town meeting.*
*And?*
*Well, Spocky, he said to stay away from the strangers in town.*
*Thanks.* I typed. *Live long and prosper.*
*KirksGirl, signing out.* Then she was gone.
I got up, and walked into the kitchen, once again. The astronauts followed me. Then they all started asking me questions at the same time.
"Who were you talking to?"
"What do those names mean?"
I pulled some cookie dough ice cream from the freezer, got 5 bowls, and scooped the cold food in them. I pulled 5 spoons, and passed out the ice cream. Then I walked to my computer, and pulled up the town's webpage. Kayla, Sarah, and I had designed it. Kayla updated the news, Sarah updated the designs, and I counted down the days to Halloween.
There it was. Jack's announcement. Suddenly, there was a knock at my door. I rushed over to answer it. I opened the door to reveal David, Captain Kirk's son.
"David! Come in, it's freezing outside."
"Hey, Ivy." He walked in. "I came to talk to you."
"OK. Want some ice cream?"
"Ice cream? It's like 20 below outside." David laughed. "How about some of your famous hot chocolate?"
"Coming right up."
I hurried into the kitchen, only to run into the captain, literally.
"What are you doing?" I asked, upset he had ruined my favorite pants.
"That sounds like my son."
"It is."
Captain Kirk grabbed me and asked, "What have you done to my son?"
"Nothing!" I said. "When people die, they come to Halloween Town, or at least some do."
"Ivy? Are you ok in there?"
"Yeah! Why don't you come on in here?"
"OK." He walked in, and looked unknowingly at his father. "Who's he?"
"You don't know your own father?" Captain Kirk asked.
David turned to me.
"Ivy, who is this guy?"
"He's your dad, David."
The captain still had a hold of me, but he shook me a bit, causing me to stumble, trip over a chair, and land on my ankle. I'm not the most coordinated person in the world, so I fall kinda easy. David rushed over to help me up. I tried to stand on my ankle, but it hurt pretty bad.
"Cripes." I said. "How am I supposed to cheer tomorrow? David, can you help me to my room?"
David took the phrase "help me" as "carry me in my room and put me in my favorite blue chair".
"Thanks, David."
Just then, my phone rang. It was Kayla.
"Hey, K! What's up?"
I just heard sobbing, and a harsh voice.
"Tell me where they are." The voice said.
"I don't know where they are!" Kayla's mom yelled. "I don't even know who they are!"
"Liar!" The voice said again.
Then I heard screaming, and then silence. Then the dial tone came on, and I hung up. I looked at David, who saw the concern on my face.
"What happened?"
"I don't know, but we should go to Kayla's now!"
We hurried out of my room, and started to leave. But just then, the Trekkies had come out of the kitchen.
"Where are you going?" Mr. Spock said.
"I'm going to my friend's house. Something happened."
"Here." Dr. McCoy said, handing me a phaser. "Take this. You may need it."
Just then, I remembered. I had Jack's Soul Robber. I grabbed it, and it wrapped around my wrist. I gave the phaser to David. Then we walked to Kayla's house, as fast as we could. When we reached it, David pulled the phaser out and opened the door slowly.
There in the middle of the floor, was Kayla. She was beaten, bruised, and crying. I ran over to her.
"Kayla!" I said. "Are you ok?"
She just cried. I helped her up off the floor, and walked her to a couch.
"Kayla, did you call Jack?"
"No." She whispered.
"OK. I'll do that right now, and you're staying at my house tonight."
"OK."
David had walked around the house, looking for the intruders, or murderers as we should call them. He returned and told me he saw nothing. I had, by now, called Jack, and he was on his way.
When he came in, he sent me and Kayla to my house, and he sent David to his own house. I led her to my home, and when we got there, I took her upstairs to her favorite guest room, and she fell asleep.
I walked back downstairs, and sat on the couch, my head in my hands.
"Who did this?" I wondered. "Why would anyone kill her parents?"
"Who are you talking to?" Mr. Spock said, walking in. He sat down on the couch next to me.
"Myself." I replied. "Kayla's parents were killed tonight. Kayla's one of my best friends, and she's also in my band. Well, anyway, she called me, and I heard what happened on the phone. Somebody was looking for someone."
I leaned back, thinking. Then it came to me. The astronauts had come, which meant someone was after them, seeing as Kayla's parents were threatened by not knowing who they were.
But who were out to get the crew of the Enterprise? The Klingons! They killed Kayla's parents, thinking they were hiding the crew. Now that I had figured it out, I had to solve the problem.
My first problem was getting to sleep, since I had school in about 4 hours. I led the men to seperate guest rooms, which, thankfully, I had several. Then I hurried into my room, and fell asleep.
I woke up the next morning, remembering that I had to cheer at a football game that night. Not just any football game, it was THE biggest game of the year! I hurriedly dressed in my cheerleading uniform, tiptoed upstairs, woke up Kayla, who got dressed quickly. Then I had to put on my cheerleader makeup, and pull my hair into a ponytail.
Soon, Kayla and I were ready to leave. The game tonight was against the Webster Glen Warriors. I hated this team, because they always hit on the cheerleaders, and they weren't usually in their right minds. Our players have been known to get hurt playing with them. Why we still compete with them, beats me.
I walked to my locker, opened it, stuffed my back pack in it, and pulled out my books I would need for first hour. Unfortunately, I could avoid Barrel. He may be my boyfriend, but I needed to get to class. As usual, there were cheerleaders hanging on him. He didn't seem to notice, and put his arm around me.
"Ready for the game tonight?"
I didn't answer, because as I looked down the hall, I saw Mr. Spock and Captain Kirk coming toward me.
"Cripes." I thought.
"Ivy?" Barrel asked. "Are you awake?"
"Huh?" I said. "Yeah. I'm sorry. I just saw someone I need to talk to. I'll catch ya later."
"OK."
I ran to Kirk and Spock.
"What are you doing here?"
"We need to talk to you."
"Not at my high school! Get back to my house!"
"We want to know what's going on," Kirk said. "And we're not leaving until we get answers."
Just then, I heard two cheerleaders giggling like idiots. I rolled my eyes thinking, "Here come Shock and Danielle."
I pushed the Trekkies into a crowded corner, and I overheard what Shock said to Danielle.
"Did you hear Barrel was gonna break up with Ivy?"
"Yeah. Now maybe I can have a chance at him."
Tears started to well in my eyes, and I turned and led the men to my house. I walked in, and grabbed a pint of ice cream.
"What do you want to know, Kirk?"
"Where are we seems like a good place to start."
"You're in Halloween Town. I am Ivy Sarek. I'm Vulcan, my parents were killed by the Klingons when I was very young. I've lived here ever since."
I stuffed ice cream in my mouth. Someone knocked at my door. I didn't want to answer it, but I did.
That someone turned out to be Barrel.
"What do you want?" I asked, angrily.
"I want to talk to you."
"Why?"
"I know what Shock and Danielle said. Can I come in, please?"
I pushed the door open, and walked over to the couch. Barrel let himself in, and sat by me. Spock and Kirk had gone back into their rooms when Barrel knocked at the door.
"Please, let me explain."
"Go ahead. No one's stopping you."
"It's not true." Barrel started. "What's going around school, it's not true. I love you, Ivy."
The school football star just said he loved me? I was quite stunned, actually.
"Barrel, the Halloween Game is tonight. I'll see you there."
"OK," He said. "You better be there, or else I'll send Lock to come get you."
"I'll be there."
Barrel left, and almost immediately, there was another knock.
It was Sally,with some pancakes.
"I know it's a big game, and I wanted you to eat well."
"Thanks, Mom. I'm kinda busy, so can I grab these and run?"
"Of course. I'll see you later!"
"Bye!"
I set the pancakes with some plates, forks, knives, butter, syrup, and anything else you could possibly want on pancakes, and let the astronauts eat them first. I never ate before a game. I always threw it up.
Instead, I played on my guitar a little bit. Nothing fancy, just some chords, scales, and all that jazz. Then it was time to go to the game. I started to walk out the door, then decided to invite the Trekkies to the game. They agreed, and when I had found new clothes for them, we left my house.
Sarah met us at the gate. Since I was head cheerleader, and Jack's "daughter", I usually got free stuff. Sarah did too. So, I sent McCoy, Scotty, Kirk, and Spock with her, but Spock stayed behind.
"May I ask you a question, Ivy?"
"I'll answer all your questions tomorrow. I need to get down to the game right now."
He seemed satisfied for now, and I led him to where Sarah had taken the others. Then I ran down to the other cheerleaders. We screamed extra loud as the Halloween Town Spooks came onto the field. Then, the Webster Glen Warriors came on the field.
The cheerleaders started cheers as the game started. Me, and a couple other girls started doing flips and getting the crowd pepped up. The players for the Warriors sauntered over, and started flirting with us.
Then, one grabbed me.
"Let go!" I said, struggling.
"No way. You're mine now."
"Let go of me!" I screamed as loud as I could.
Barrel had the ball and was running towards the end zone. Then he heard me screaming. He passed the ball, and ran over to where I was. I was still fighting the Warrior to let me go.
"Man, let go of her." Barrel said.
"Who do you think you are?"
"Her boyfriend, punk. Let go of her!" Barrel said.
"Sorry, dude. She's mine now."
"Sarah!" I screamed. "Help me! Get my dad!" I kept fighting to get loose. I saw Sarah run up the stairs. I also saw Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Scotty, and McCoy coming down the stairs to help me. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw metal gleam, and then I felt the coldness on my leg. Barrel was still trying to get the guy to let go of me.
The next thing I felt was searing pain, and then there was blood flowing down my leg, as the knife was forced through my skin. I was finally released, and I collapsed to the ground, crying.
"What have you done?" Barrel shouted.
Then he attacked the other player. I lay there whimpering, holding my leg. The next thing I knew, Dr. McCoy was there, along with the others.
"Ivy, we're here." The doctor said. "I have to remove this knife. Spock, Jim, make sure she doesn't squirm."
I heard Jack's voice, and I think he broke up the fight, because Barrel was there as the doctor started to pull the knife out. I screamed in pain.
"Leave her alone!" Jack yelled. "Get away from her!"
Jack grasped my other hand, and said, "We'll get you to Dr. Finklestein."
I replied with more sobs. I felt someone pick me up, and I think it was Barrel.
"She shouldn't be moved! She needs treatment now or she'll die!"
"You don't know that! You're not a doctor!"
"Yes, I am! Now put her down!"
I felt Kirk catch me as I fell from Jack. Mr. Spock had used the Vulcan Nerve Pinch on him. Before I blacked out, I heard Kayla and Sarah's voices, and I also heard Captain Kirk say, "Mr. Sulu, prepare to beam aboard 7 people, one critically injured."
I moaned, and wished the knife to be out.
"Ivy," Dr. McCoy said. "I'm going to remove this when we get to a better place."
"Energize." The captain said.
Then all the noise was gone, and I blacked out completely.
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