Path: newsspool2.news.atl.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!elnk-pas-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!pd7cy1no!shaw.ca!news3.optonline.net!newshosting.com!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!216.196.98.140.MISMATCH!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!ngpeer.news.aol.com!audrey-m2.news.aol.com!not-for-mail Lines: 57 X-Admin: news@aol.com From: gojirob@aol.comendspam (Rob Morris) Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative Date: 10 Aug 2004 02:03:32 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Subject: NEW TOS-ST6:TUC Drabble, (Kirk, McCoy), PG, 1/1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <20040809220332.19398.00002633@mb-m17.aol.com> Xref: news.earthlink.net alt.startrek.creative:160337 X-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 19:03:54 PDT (newsspool2.news.atl.earthlink.net) Title : A Slow Boat To China Author : Rob Morris Contact : gojirob@aol.comendspam Archive : www.southroad.com/brightfame Series : TOS-Movie Era; ST6:TUC Type : Drabble Characters : Kirk, McCoy Part : 1/1 Rating : PG Summary : While awaiting either rescue or death, Captain Kirk thinks of the -------- A Slow Boat To China by Rob Morris RURA PENTHE, 2293 Kirk awaited the coming of the next day, knowing that Maartia was likely a dupe, and knowing that he was perhaps at the end of his run of luck, not to mention his life, and the life of Leonard McCoy. “Bones?” “Go to sleep, Jim.” He thought about every decision that had brought him there. “You know what I’m gonna tell Spock, if we ever see him again?” McCoy groaned. “That he is and will always be your friend?” “No. What I’m gonna tell him is..." The one prisoner flashed a grim smile at the other. “Nixon was a crook.” -------------------------------------------- "Your would-be attackers don't like you. Your would-be rescuers don't like you. Harry, *most* people don't like you." - Peter Kirk to Harry Mudd, 'Lawful Warrant' NewMessage: