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"Improved Madness"
(Cont. from "Counsellors Don't Go Crazy, Do They?")
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Setting: USS ANUBIS, Bridge
Stardate: 63073.1040

Aki rolled her eyes out of frustration as she made her way to the back of the bridge.  To have one mythological being following her every step had been bad enough, but to have two such beings on her heels had been nothing short of madness.  If only they had not been so intent on arguing with one another maybe this whole situation could have been interesting or maybe even enjoyable on some level.

"So what do you people do for fun?" The Monkey King asked as he bounced from the top of one work station to the next.  The creature's agility had been truly amazing, but with other things on her mind the aCSciO had not taken the time to be impressed by the being's acrobatics.

"Ensign Mitshiba is busy trying to find a solution to this problem," the Jade Emperor replied with a scowl.  "A problem that I am certain you have caused through your childish ways."

"I am sorry if my idea of fun extends beyond sitting on a throne and sipping tea," the acrobatic deity said while he performed a one-handed hand-stand on the main science console.  "Some of us do know how to have fun."

When the console suddenly turned off the Monkey King leaped in a single bound onto the top of the CO's chair while appearing as innocent as possible.

"You are only good at creating mischief," the Jade Emperor huffed as he followed Aki to the station.  "You never take a moment to consider the price others must pay of your amusement."

"Here we go again," the Monkey King sighed as he purposely fell from the top of the chair onto the floor, the nimble being having easily landed on his feet after an acrobatic flip.  "You would have me be responsible for all of the trouble in this universe.  It is so much easier to blame someone else instead of finding the true cause of the problem."

"Will you two be quiet!" Aki snapped, the argument between the two mythical beings having worn out the Ensign's patience.  "I'm trying to figure out what is wrong with this console."

"He must have touched something that he was not supposed to," the Emperor said in an accusing tone as he glanced at the Monkey King who had bounced onto the Flight Control Station.

[[Why couldn't it have been Fek-Lar instead of those two,]] Aki sighed silently.  [[At least he would have been easier to deal with.  Heck, any deity of the underworld would have been better than this.]]  The aCSciO though as she continued to analyze the science station and the odd pattern in which it had been turning itself on and off.

As time passed and she carefully studied the strange console, Ensign Mitshiba did not realize that the Bridge had unexpectedly grown quiet. When this stillness became more than a passing thought, Aki looked up and discovered that the two oriental deities had vanished to instead be replaced by a single, far more menacing one.

[[No one is going to believe me,]] the Ensign sighed as she closed her eyes for a moment.  [[Not even Eve is going to accept this for what it is and will likely have me committed to the psych ward of the nearest starbase.]]

The imposing jackal-headed figure that had appeared in the middle of the Bridge tilted his head ever so slightly as he gazed onto the discouraged form of the aCSciO.  The surroundings had felt oddly familiar to the Egyptian deity, even more so since a likeness of him had been painted on the wall by his right.

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