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"On the Edge of Insanity"
(Cont. from "Beyond the Countless and Never Imagined Dimensions of Quantum Mechanics")
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Setting: USS ANUBIS, Bridge
Stardate: 63073.1030

To say that something had happened had been an understatement. Everyone on the Bridge had all of a sudden vanished without the slightest noise, but what troubled Aki most had been that she had been the only one to remain behind.  For one reason or another she had been set aside from the others, either by design or by chance and that was the detail that lingered in the Asian's thoughts.

"Computer," Aki demanded.  "Where are Captain Rikar, Commander Enaii, Lt. Commander Maya, Ensign Dalziel and Ensign Thomas."

=/\= All stated Officers are currently on the bridge, =/\= the computer replied without delay.

"Great," Aki sighed.  "Either I'm losing my mind or the computer is malfunctioning, and I'm not sure which is more desirable."

Out of desperation and hope, the aCSciO had moved to each and every station to confirm that her solitude had not been some sort of optical illusion and to confirm that the computer had been the one in error. From the Science station Aki had made her way to the Helm and finished with the Operations station, where Elliot had been only minutes ago.

"Well if this is a trick or some sort of joke, I am really not finding it amusing," the aCSciO sighed as she sat in the COO's chair.

"Tricks are my speciality," a playful voice was heard saying from the CO's chair. Aki immediately turned to look at that direction to see a strange looking humanoid crutching on top of the Captain's chair.  The primate features of the man made him appear more like a monkey than a human, and strangely enough the aCSciO felt as if she had somehow known this individual.

"Who are you and what have you done with the others?" Aki demanded as she drew her weapon and aimed it at the intruder.

The humanoid smiled and tilted his head in an amused manner. "Professor Isaru would be most displeased with you for not having recognized me," he said as he shifted his position to be on a one-handed hand-stand while still on top of the Captain's chair.

Aki watched with disbelief the humanoid's acrobatics and followed him with her eyes as he leaped to the front of the Bridge with a grace and agility beyond anything humanly possible.  The aCSciO thought carefully at the significance of the name that the man had chosen to mention.  Why had the name of her Ancient EARTH Mythology class been used, then it hit her.  "Wait a minute, you expect me to believe that you are the *Monkey King*?"

"Why not?" The humanoid mischievously replied as he danced from one foot to the next.  "Who else would have the power to do what has been done?  To send your friends into nothingness and leave you here along to figure out what happened and how to fix it."

"I would be more inclined to believe that you are a Q or a Douwd than the legendary Monkey King as described by the ancient tales," Aki said with a dry chuckle.  Although the Humanoid had displayed the mythological being's flare and general likeness, she had been far from accepting that deities actually existed.

"Akira Mitshiba," a commanding voice said, its echo easily filling the entire Bridge of the ANUBIS.  The Ensign turned back to look at the Captain's chair, this time to see some sort of royal figure sitting on it as if it had been a thrown.  "Would you be more willing to believe that I am the Jade Emperor?"

The Ensign remained speechless, dumfounded by what had happened.  Aki had been so stunned by everything that she had not even try to move away from the Monkey King as he came to place his head on her shoulder.

"Well, there goes any chances we had of having a little bit of fun."

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Dawn Bohr <serra.moon.angel@gmail.com>
Ensign Akira 'Aki' Mitshiba
Assistant Chief Science Officer
USS ANUBIS