The Birth Of Sheena (Part Two)

Guest Poster: Karena

I stand next to my pumpkin, Wesley, who is just coming round after fainting while I was giving birth to my daughter, Sheena.

"Uhhhh..." he groans, "What happened, honeybunch?"

"Apparently you couldn't take in the gory procedure of what happens when a woman gives birth." I tell him, "Doctor Ted had to stop treating me for a moment and get a couple of nurses to look after you before returning to me!"

"Baby...." Wes says, suddenly recalling why we were in the SickBay, "How did it all go..?"

"Relax, pumpkin." I say, then turn round to get Sheena.



"Here she is." I proudly declare, "This is our daughter Sheena, the latest amazonian princess."

Wes goes all gooey and starts saying ridiculous baby words to her.

"You should be lying in bed, Karena." he says to me, "After all, you've just given birth."

"Us amazons are far tougher than human women." I remind him, "I'll be going on an Away Mission in an hour's time, so you can look after Sheena then."

Beverly comes barging through into the Sickbay.



"How's my baby??" she exclaims.

"It's okay, mom." Wesley calls from his bed, "I'm allright."

"Not YOU!" Beverly says, looking round ar him, "I was talking about my granddaughter Sheena!"

With that, she grasps my child before I can say anything and starts rocking her in her arms.

"Ga, ga, ga goo!" Beverly says, "Who is a lovely girl, then?"

I sigh. Somehow I think Beverly is going to make a lot more casual visits to the USS Rhode Island in the future.

The Birth Of Sheena (Part One)

Guest Poster: Wesley Crusher

After being kidnapped by three power-mad amazons, my honeybunch wife Karena is taken to the SickBay of the USS Rhode Island, where she is about to give birth to our daughter.

"You don't need your spear in the operating theatre." says Doctor Ted, "Leave it outside and I'll ger a nurse too look after it."

Karena is wheeled in.

"How is she, Wes?" says a voice behind me.



"Mom!" I exclaim, "Whar are you doing here?"

"As soon as we heard Karena had been captured, the Enterprise came ro see if we could help." she answers, "However it seems like all was sorted out. I'm glad we came, as my granddaughter will be born soon."

My mom is joined my Captain Picard.

"Don't you think you ought to be in there with her, Wesley?" he asks, "After all, it is your daughter Karena is giving birth to."

"Karena said that amazons don't need the fathers to be with them when that happens." I reply.

"She may say that out of tradition." the Captain continues, "But inwardly, I think she'll want you with her."

So I walk into the SickBay and see Karena lying there. It took a while to get her maternity battle armour off before Doctor Ted could begin. I must admit, I'm feeling a little queasy about it all.



"Wesley!" barks Karena, "An amazon's Life Servant is not meant to be present during the bir..."

"I know, honeybunch." I interrupt, "But I think this is one time when I'm right and I should be with you."

Karena sighs and reluctantly agrees. Right now, she's in no position to contradict me. She starts screaming.

"PUSH!" shounts Doctor Ted.

Karena then starts to shout a lot of unladylike expletives, not the sort an amazonian princess .

"Get this out of me!!!" she exclaims, "Wes, if childbirth is this bad, you can forget about us trying for another! This is daughter is gonna bew an only child!!! ARRRGHHH!"

"I can see the head." the Doctor tells us, "Just a little more, Karena, PUSH!"

Another earsplitting scream comes from Karena, and I go to see Sheena being born.

The blood and gore seem excessive, and as the baby comes, the whole event is too much to take. I didn't know things would be that grisly and feel myself fainting, then falling on the floor.

To be continued....

TWQ: Childhood Reminders

We often see things that remind us of our childhood. TWQ (The Weekend Question) asks what yours are.

What reminds you of your childhood? List as many as you wish.

My answers are:

Doctor Who
Glam rock groups
School grounds & school friends
Thunderbirds
Old photos

Now it's over to you...

The Kidnapping Of Karena (Part Four)

Guest Poster: Karena

It doesn't look like it's going to be my day. I'm being forced to have my baby for the benefit of three amazons who want control of the planet I come from.

I was kidnapped while on an Away Mission with the crew of the USS Rhode Island by Yalana, Felicia and Vorga. They want to look after my daughter, name her Zyra, and put her on the throne, as she will have the right to be there when she grows up. They will control her and the planet.

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Vorga carries me to the operating theatre. I'm powerless to resist as the moment of my daughter's birth isn't far away.

"Don't do anything, Karena." she growls, "We'll soon have that future queen out of you. Look on the bright side. You won't have to worry about raising her. Zyra will have three loving mothers, who will show her all the benefits of ruling a planet with an iron fist and having random executions ro keep any dissenters in line."

"Tyranny..." I say dozily, then am sick all over the floor.

"Ah." now I'll have to clean that up after I've put you in the air locker following the birth of your daughter."

We enter a large room and my spirits fall.



"This looks so primative!" I exclaim, "I can't have Sheena in here!"

"Relax, Karena." Yalana tells me, who has dressed herself in a surgical gown, as the other two amazons have, "I've taken a correspondance course in delivering children surgically."

They throw me on the table like a large lump. Felicia gives the surgical instruments a polish with a dirty rag, and Yalana gets a needle ready.

"Anaethesise her!" she commands, "This will be a great moment when we have Zyra. Hand me the scalpel and I'll begin."

"Do you require any help?" a male voice enquires behind them.



Doctor Ted asks them as a group of burly security officers from the USS Rhode Island come through and grapple the amazons, using a phaser to stop them. Captain Hernandez comes through to me.

"Ensign Karena." she says, "I can see you're ready to have your daughter. We'll beam you up to the more civilised SickBay on the ship, and put these three in a secure jail  somewhere."

I smile slightly, and get ready for beam-up.

Now for the birth!

The Kidnapping Of Karena (Part Three)

Guest Poster: Karena

So here I am, kidnapped by three power-mad amazons, and also heavily pregnant.

Yalana, Felicia and Vorga have kidnapped me so they can raise my daughter who I plan to call Sheena. They will brainwash her with their corrupt ideals then lay claim to the throne of my planet Wondawowman with my daughter whom them want to call Zyra, after our goddess of death and destruction. As my sister is a few minutes younger than me, my daughter will claim the throne. As for what happens to me...I'm probably bound for the airlock!

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I'm still in the brig of the small ship the three amazons are piloting. There is a forcefield stopping me get out, and I can't go near it as it might harm my daughter. I wish I had a phaser with me instead of just a spear.

Still, it could be useful.....

This ship is a cloaked variety, and is getting away from the USS Rhode Island. Flimsy things like following ion emissions are rather unreliable. I need to ger out of here and break that mechanism.

That dodgy looking circuitbox near the ceiling might be the key...



I get the spear and throw it sharply. A moment later, it is all in pieces on the floor and the forcefield has gone. The people who make these brigs don't have much idea. No wonder prisoners are always escaping. Still, on this occasion, I should be grateful. The pain in my stomach is getting worse. I'll be giving birth anytime soon, and I'd rather it be on a starship, than have those three harridans do it.

I stagger into the corridor, thankful that I have my spear to support me. The Control Room is clearly labelled. When I enter, there is a button marked 'CLOAKING DEVICE ON/OFF'.

It's good that these things are so easy to find. I don't want to accidentally press the Self-Destruct.

Still, rather than switching the device from 'on' to 'off', I go by the traditionally more direct method and smash it with my spear.

"So, you've caused us to appear." a gruff, angry voice says from behind.



The muscular Vorga surges forward.

"We'll get that child before they come." she says, "Let's get you to the operating room."

To be continued.....

TWQ: Current Books

As we all read at some point TWQ is asking about what they are right now.

What book are you currently reading? What was the last one, and what do you plan to go on to next?

My answers are:

Currently I'm reading The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters. It's a chilling ghost story that was an entry in the Booker Prize for novls.

Previously, I read The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson, the first in a Swedish crime trilogy.

I plan to return to the second book with The Girl Who Played With Fire.

Now it's over to you...

The Kidnapping Of Karena (Part Two)

Guest Poster: Karena

My husband Wesley Crusher and I have been part of an Away Team surveying the planet Laxos VI. Wes consistantly reminds me not to take on duties like this as I am due to give birth to my daughter Sheena in a few days. However, I remind him that as I am an amazon, we have greater resiliance to such matters than the average homan woman.

The five of us in the Party have just beamed back to our ship, the USS Rhode Island. The only trouble is, I seem to have beamed somewhere else.

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I'm in a cell that is barred by a forcefield. Wherever I am, it's a small ship that must be cloaked, otherwise the Rhode Island would have seen it. From what I can imagine, I've been abducted.

A door opens, and a female figure steps in.



"Felicia!" I exclaim, "So you're doing this?"

"Yes, Karena." the amazon replies , "With Vorga, and my leader Yalana, the three of us will have our revenge on your family for exiling us from Wondawowman."

"You tried to stage a coup and bring down our royal family." I retort, "You're lucky you were not executed."

She laughs, like the mad professor in a bad horror film.

Two other amazons walk in. The muscular Vorga, and the graceful Yalana, their leader.



She looks at my expanded stomach and smiles.

"Well." Yalana comments wryly, "It's easy to see what you and that weedy husband of yours has been up to since our last encounter. Trying to further the Royal Family line on Wondawowman? Well we'll take care of that!"

"What do you mean?" I snap back defensively, "I won't let you harm Sheena."

"Don't worry." she answers, "Your daughter won't be harmed, although we won't give her that name. We intend to see she is born on this ship, then the three of us will look after her, instilling our values into her as she grows up."

"You mean brainwashing." I say angrily, coming against the forcefield and getting a nasty shock.

"It means that Zyra, which is our name for your daughter will have claim to the throne." Yalana tells me, "Though your mother might try and put your sister Nexa on the throne, your daughter Zyra will be ahead of her....under our imfluence. We will rule the planet!"

"I'll stop you..." I say..

"Oh, I don't think you will, Karena." Vorga snarls, "Many mothers can have an accident while giving birth." She snorts and gives a manic laugh.

The three amazons walk out of the room I am held captive. My stomach is starting to ache. The time of delivery can't be too far away. I want to give birth to Sheena, not Zyra!

To be continued after the TWQ.....

The Kidnapping Of Karena (Part One)

Guest Poster: Wesley Crusher

"You really ought to take it easy, honeybunch." I say to my heavily pregnant wife Karena, "You really shouldn't be on an away mission right now."

"Nonsense, pumpkin." she replies, carrying her spear, as the rest of the Away Party scout the surface of Laxos VI, "I'm an amazon, and did perfectly well when I killed those monsters in holodeck practice. besides that, I would have been a widowe had I not speared that Laxon Condor that attacked when we beamed down."

"Maybe you're right." I comment, "But I still think you need to go and see Doctor Ted for a check up. Our daughter will be born in the next few days."



"Very well, Wes." she smiles, "Just for you. I want Sheena to be born safely."

"Sheena?" I ask, "Have you decided the name of our daughter without asking me?"

"Wes." Karena sighs, "You're my Life Servant. They can't have any say in the choosing of an amazonian daughter's name. Only the mother can do that."

I groan "Well, it is a pretty name."

"That's not the reason I chose it, pumpkin." Karena says, "The name Sheena has a noble history on my home planet of Wondawowman. My distant ancestor Queen Sheena the Great was regarded as the greatest ever amazonian warrior. My mother Queen Diana was very proud that I had chosen such an illustrious name."

I realise that I won't get Karena to change her mind over her choice of names. On reflection, it IS a good name.

"Let's head to the beam-up point." I say, "Captain Hernandez will be expecting us there."

The five of us assemble. Amazingly, even the spare people we always take along have survived. It makes a change.



"Five to beam up." the Captain says on her COM and we feel the familiar sound of our atoms being taken apart.

We appear in the transporter room of the Rhode Island.

"Come on, honeybunch I say, you need to go...."

Karena isn't there.

"Where is she?" I ask.

The technician looks desperate.

"I don't know what happened." he says, "Just as I was starting the beaming sequence, an earlier beam focused solely on Ensign Karena and took her away. From what we can see, a small cloaked ship appeared, beamed her off, then cloaked again...all in a couple of seconds."

I start to look frantic, like I used to when my mom was about to take me to the dentist.

"We've gotta find her!" I exclaim, "She'll be giving birth in a few days!"

To be continued...