The Hula Girl II
“What do you think, darling?”
Skye and Jemma stood at the top of a docking station in Tah’Woh, they were standing on one of the precarious steel pathways that looked over the station. Below them, a newly finished ship was in the process of boarding the rest of it’s crew.
It was a war ship, with black exterior and red seams, its size was probably a little big for what it was being used for, however, it was going to be able to make up for it’s size with it’s speed and weapon ability. Down where the ship’s ramp was lowered, dozens of people, mostly of Naht’Wunan decent were moving up and into the ship that would not only be able to be a place of work but also a home.
At the front of the ship where the designation would be, there were the words “The Hula Girl” welded from the original ship (Not a very easy feat since they had to pull it out of the wreckage), leaving a patch like appearance to the front of the ship. At the end of the name, the symbol II was tacked on with some degree of humor.
The two women stood proudly and examined what they had created and designed together, Skye looked over to the shorter woman and smiled, “I think she’s perfect.”
Jemma kissed her now fiance and then pulled her by her hand down the path, “Lets go.”
Skye followed behind her excitedly and they, after waiting until everyone was on the ship, were the last one to board and closed the ramp. Inside, it was just as large and impressive, with an elegant and minimalistic design, a preparation for what they hoped would be a life that would eventually fill every hall with interesting and beautiful relics.
This was the first time Skye and Jemma had been able to see the ship completely finished and in the process of taking off. They walked to the end of the docking area and went to a lift. It would be able to take them to any part of the ship. Something that they would need since this ship was large enough to have separate sections for nearly everything they could possibly need, from hospital, engineering and mechanical, science, weapons, bridge, and recreational.And that isn’t including the ten floors just dedicated to living areas.
The lift stopped and they walked out onto the floor dedicated to the sciences, they went to the door at the very end to the main lab. Inside, Jemma’s eyes brightened and they marveled at the incredible set up. The leader of the Naht’Wunas, the woman who had spoken first to May, named Vu’Qunuh was leaning over the edge of one of the tables, signing excitedly to Helen.
They looked back at the women when they entered and Vu’Qunah beamed at them, she raised her hands, “This place is truly incredible. There are no limits to what we can learn.”
Helen stood beside her and nodded when she was finished, “Yes, well Vu’Qunah is a skilled scientist even with her limited access to education.”
“It’s us that needs to be thanking you, you and your people loaning us the Silver Tongue is one of the things that made this possible, we could never thank you enough.” Skye shook the leader’s hand and then embraced her.
Then Jemma added, “You are always welcome on the bridge, if you want.”
Vu’Qunah smiled but shook her head and signed, “Thank you but my place is here.”
A rich but slightly robotic voice came through the intercom, “Are we leaving anytime soon or should I take a nap?”
Skye rolled her eyes, “We’ll be there in a sec’ Ku’ut.”
They said their good byes and then went back to the lift headed for the bridge. They wanted to visit Mack in engineering and Trip in Medical and see how they liked their new positions but the I’Nek was right, they really should be getting to their own positions.
Skye turned to Jemma, “We’re going to be able to do a lot of good with this ship. So much more than with the first Hula Girl.” Then she added, “But are you sure we should have named it The Hula Girl II?”
Jemma shrugged, “Well, it is the name of the ship that you first kidnapped me in.”
Skye scoffed, “Is that going to be a thing? Like 20 years from now when I’m like ‘Hey, Jem I don’t really like those curtains’ you’re going to be, like, ‘You kidnapped me, Skye!’ is this a thing?”
The shorter woman doubled over and laughed, “Oh dear..”
“Well, is it?” She asked, grinning wildly as Jemma continued to laugh.
“Well, I suppose if the shoe fits--”
Skye threw her arms up and groaned causing her fiance to laugh even more. When Jemma regained her composure she continued where she had originally left off, “Also, it’s a rather misleading name, don’t you think? People don’t expect to be scared of a ship called the Hula Girl, they won’t think much of her until they’re suddenly in battle with her.”
“Like you?”
Jemma raised an eyebrow but didn’t answer, then the door opened at the bridge of The Hula Girl II and Skye held out her arm, “Captain Simmons?”
Jemma took it with a smile, “Captain Skye.” Then they walked into the command center of their ship.
In the middle of the room, which looked like it came from a 1st class war ship, Ku’ut was standing at her own personal security station. She looked over and rolled her eyes when they entered.
When they came into the room, the woman sitting in the second in command seat stood to greet them, Morse held out her hand and smirked, “Captains.”
She had shown up halfway through the battle as they tried to get out of O’Nah, some of the ship had come from her newly “Found” money with the agreement that she would be able to work with them if she invested a certain amount in this endeavor. Skye had been hesitant but Jemma assured her that Morse was trustworthy, or at least, trustworthy for a pirate.
Skye shook her hand, “Morse.”
Nueh’Nah stood up from where she was sitting at one of the navigational consoles, she ran up and hugged Jemma. The captain stroked her hair sweetly, they had become even closer as Jemma had begun giving her lessons in her spare time, now she was on the bridge with them.
Morse sat back down and Skye and Jemma moved to the middle of the room to look at the viewing screen which showed the void ahead of them. Skye looked down to Jemma, “So, where do you want to go first? We can go to any corner of the universe. Treasure and glory, baby.”
“We’re going to Earth first so that I can pick up my cat and you can explain to my poor parents exactly what’s been happening these past months.”
Skye stared back at the viewing screen with a blank face, then said, "Nueh'nah set the coordinates for earth. And my doom. Warp speed."
Jemma rolled her eyes and grabbed onto Skye's hand, leaning on her shoulder as they began their first adventure in their new life together.