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savantesque, some AU ST:TNG with an OFC. :-)
She's on a shuttle when the news comes through. For most citizens of the Federation, the legal ruling's just words on a screen, an interesting philosophical problem, something to debate over dinner. It affects almost no-one. To be precise, it affects just three people - and with the ruling, they're not people anymore anyway.
Sophie leads Lal off the shuttle by the hand. The girl's intensely curious, totally fearless, and a bigger handful than a toddler on animazine. She knows they're in disguise, they've got to hide, but Sophie's petrified the kid's going to do something to attract attention.
All they have to do is get through the spaceport. Once they're out they're off Federation territory and its law no longer applies.
'Just keep walking,' says a voice in Sophie's ear.
For a heart-stopping microsecond she thinks it's the Federation. Then she recognises that soft twang. 'Don't turn around,' says Lore, but Lal's already twisted round to smile up at him while she continues her marionette walk. Sophie gives the girl's hand a warning squeeze and Lal does as she's told.
He stays behind them as they go through incoming passenger processing. It took a lot of money to get the false electronic documents. That wasn't hard for Lore. He's a violent criminal, after all. She knows, with a horror that dries her mouth out, that if anyone tries to stop Sophie and Lal, he will kill them. She looks at the people behind the desks, first a middle-aged woman, then a boy trying to grow his first beard, and she's more frightened for them than for herself.
When they're finally outside, into the morning air, it's like waking up from a nightmare. She and Lore grip each other like a pair of magnets while Lal buzzes around them, taking in the details of her new home, its flying taxis and its twin suns.
'You frightened me half to death, hinnie,' she chides him.
'You're only human,' he says, with one of his bitter, childish laughs. Then, frightened that he's frightened her, he kisses her with as much delicacy as he'd pick up a butterfly in his fingers.
It's far too late for Data. By now, hours after the judgement was handed down, he'll be a collection of components in a Starfleet lab. But she's saved Data's daughter. Lore will do anything to protect the girl. The question now is, can his brother be saved?
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Next cab off the rank:lferion's request for Highlander / Doctor Who: two great tastes that taste great together. ;-)
savantesque, some AU ST:TNG with an OFC. :-)She's on a shuttle when the news comes through. For most citizens of the Federation, the legal ruling's just words on a screen, an interesting philosophical problem, something to debate over dinner. It affects almost no-one. To be precise, it affects just three people - and with the ruling, they're not people anymore anyway.
Sophie leads Lal off the shuttle by the hand. The girl's intensely curious, totally fearless, and a bigger handful than a toddler on animazine. She knows they're in disguise, they've got to hide, but Sophie's petrified the kid's going to do something to attract attention.
All they have to do is get through the spaceport. Once they're out they're off Federation territory and its law no longer applies.
'Just keep walking,' says a voice in Sophie's ear.
For a heart-stopping microsecond she thinks it's the Federation. Then she recognises that soft twang. 'Don't turn around,' says Lore, but Lal's already twisted round to smile up at him while she continues her marionette walk. Sophie gives the girl's hand a warning squeeze and Lal does as she's told.
He stays behind them as they go through incoming passenger processing. It took a lot of money to get the false electronic documents. That wasn't hard for Lore. He's a violent criminal, after all. She knows, with a horror that dries her mouth out, that if anyone tries to stop Sophie and Lal, he will kill them. She looks at the people behind the desks, first a middle-aged woman, then a boy trying to grow his first beard, and she's more frightened for them than for herself.
When they're finally outside, into the morning air, it's like waking up from a nightmare. She and Lore grip each other like a pair of magnets while Lal buzzes around them, taking in the details of her new home, its flying taxis and its twin suns.
'You frightened me half to death, hinnie,' she chides him.
'You're only human,' he says, with one of his bitter, childish laughs. Then, frightened that he's frightened her, he kisses her with as much delicacy as he'd pick up a butterfly in his fingers.
It's far too late for Data. By now, hours after the judgement was handed down, he'll be a collection of components in a Starfleet lab. But she's saved Data's daughter. Lore will do anything to protect the girl. The question now is, can his brother be saved?
__
Next cab off the rank:
lferion's request for Highlander / Doctor Who: two great tastes that taste great together. ;-)