SKYTREK - CHAPTER 6 (standard:humor, 2869 words) [6/15] show all parts
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Chapter 6 of the Star Trek parody.

CHAPTER SIX 

“Do I love big brother? Of course I do. We're family. Close family. That
doesn't stop me having a good snigger at him though when he makes an 
arse of himself!” 

RICKY 

PART ONE 

Captain Kork leaned forward and peered down into the black depths. His
slight movement caused more of the pillar he was standing on to crumble 
away and they heard the pieces bounce and crash to the bottom. 

“It certainly is a long way down, Jim,” Mr Sprock remarked. 

“Agreed,” replied the Captain, careful not to move again. “Have you any
suggestions?” 

Sprock shook his head and they were both silent awhile as they
cautiously looked round, each trying to find a way out of their 
seemingly impossible predicament. 

They were both standing on very narrow pillars, ten feet apart and
twenty feet from the safety of the arched doorway. Above them, from the 
peephole in the ceiling, the eyes continued to watch. 

“Of course there may be a logical explanation for all of this, Captain,”
Sprock said eventually, staring into the chasm. 

“Which is?” 

“That this is a completely erroneous interpretation presented to our
optical nerves.” 

The Captain frowned at him. 

“An optical illusion, Jim,” Sprock said, translating himself. 

Some more stone crumbled away from around the Captain's feet and crashed
into the depths. 

“It's a very believable optical illusion, Mr Sprock,” he said. 

“Most of them are, Jim.” 

“So what is your explanation then?” 

“I think we may have been hypnotised by Kharg.” 

“Hypnotised? I wasn't aware of any eye contact with him for any length
of time.” 

“I don't think he would have used that method, Jim. He's too clever for
that. I think he's probably done it on a subconscious level without us 
being aware of it.” 

“Would he be capable of that?” 

Sprock nodded. “You saw how easily he imprisoned us earlier – you
against the wall, me in the chair and I saw how he infiltrated your 
memory to find out the whereabouts of the Pendant. To a man who wields 
that kind of power, subconscious hypnosis would be a distinct 
possibility.” 

“All right, I accept your reasoning, Mr Sprock,” the Captain said.
“Kharg has us hypnotised into believing the floor isn't there. How do 
we undo the hypnosis?” 

“There's only one way, Jim,” replied his First Officer. “By
concentrating. We have to concentrate hard and convince our 
subconscious that the floor is actually there.” 

“Considering our lack of alternatives it's certainly worth a try,” said
the Captain. 


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