Such A Tiny Human"Scotty took me to the big engine! It was huuuuuuuge!" A grinning four-year old Jim animatedly told an acting Captain Spock, stretching his arms as wide as they would go. His giddiness was like a whirl of energy on the bridge and Spock was having difficulty keeping the small human in his lap. Stars sped by on the forward screen as they neared the Andorian homeworld; as Spock simultaneously monitored all stations while keeping up with the running commentary. To say the least, that was the easy part. He leaned away slightly as Jim turned around suddenly, his eyes bright and expectant. "An' after that he took me to Mah-Coy, who put me on a high
The Nightingale ch 7White Collar: The NightingaleChapter Seven "I'm sorry, I still don't understand. What exactly is it that you want from me?" "I need a forgery." "Of what?" Liao silently ordered the woman to cover herself once more. She bent down and picked up her black silk robe. She slipped it back on and went back to staring out the window at the city. Liao walked over to the door and knocked on it with a sharp rap. Hsing came through the door with a long cylinder wrapped in black velvet. She glanced nervously at Neal before handing over the object. Liao carefully removed the velvet sheet revealing a rolled up laminated sheet. He slowly u
The Nightingale ch 6White Collar: The NightingaleChapter Six Elizabeth busied herself in the living room while her husband ate breakfast at the kitchen table while he pretended to read the newspaper. She knew that he was trying his hardest to keep to up appearances. He didn't want her to worry about him, but Elizabeth wasn't falling for it. She knew that he was just waiting for her to announce that she was off to work so that he could bolt to the office to rejoin the hunt for Neal. Although she wasn't due into work for another two hours Elizabeth was getting ready to head out the door so that Peter could do the same. She went over to the sideboard by t
The Nightingale ch 5White Collar: The NightingaleChapter Five Still in his cotton shirt and pajama bottoms Neal lounged in on the plush love-seat staring out over the night time city scape. The lights of New York at night were breathtaking. Neal never understood why so many movies tried to portray New York as a dirty, crime, and corruption riddled slum. In truth New York was like a beautiful women, sure she had her faults and she could be deadly, but the risks were well worth the reward to just bask in her glow. Suddenly Neal's empty stomach protested loudly. He reached up and absent mindedly rubbed a
The Nightingale ch 4White Collar: The NightingaleChapter Four "Damn it, Neal...where are you?" Sitting at his desk Burke put down the initial police report on the Sapphire Waterfall heist. The scene was classic Caffery, no forced entry, no fingerprints, not even a glimpse of him on the security cameras, and no one was hurt. It was as if he had just stepped into the Metropolitan and someone had just handed it to him. The only thing that was out of place were the three human hairs left behind. It would take some time to get back the DNA results, but the length and color matched Caffery's perfectly. Burke reached up and pinched the bridge of his nose an