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A Fear Faced... Is still Fear	By : Kehlan Category: Star Trek > Star Trek Views: 1106 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Shivering again, Kehlan forced her mind back to the present as she watched the Arachnid walk down the ramp, each of its eight legs moving seemingly independently of each other yet cooperating to keep its body perfectly balanced.

Khetara turned to Draka, barely able to repress the shudder that was threatening to run through her body. “We need bigger bug swatters!” she muttered.

Draka could only nod in agreement as the biggest spider she had ever seen began to move towards them. No, she reminded herself, it was an Arachnid, not a spider. There was a difference. She’d heard of this race but never expected to meet one; they did not often come into the Federation, knowing that the majority of bipedal races were both terrified and repulsed by them.

Chrissie was nearest to the Arachnid. Slowly and carefully it approached her until it stood in front of her. Instinctively she took a step backwards, her body rigid with a sudden irrational fear. She was not normally bothered by spiders but this one was big, very big. Sensing her nervousness, Krang stepped closer to his wife, placing a hand on her shoulder. “He won’t hurt you” Krang told her reassuringly but despite his words, his other hand rested on his knife ready to protect her should it become necessary.

Kehlan glanced across at Krang in surprise. When had he arrived? She hadn’t heard or seen him come into the shuttle-bay. Well no wonder, she thought, her attention had been focussed on the Arachnid that even now, was moving away from Chrissie and towards Khetara, somehow knowing that the human woman was not the person it was looking for.

Khetara’s gaze never left the massive Arachnid and as it moved towards her, she remained very still, her body tense, ready to defend herself and her friends if it turned out this… thing… was not friendly. It stopped in front of her, just as it had done with Chrissie, uncomfortably close yet not quite touching her.

Its palps twitched and some instinct told Khetara it was testing her scent. What could it smell, she wondered? Not fear - wariness maybe but not fear. She did not like spiders, hated them in fact. The spiders indigenous to Qo’noS were large, although admittedly nothing like the size of this one, and many of them were dangerous. But fear? No, she was not afraid of spiders.

Khetara was also aware that each of its eyes - and she counted eight of them, arranged around the top of its head so it could see in just about every direction - were focussed on her. Its posture had changed subtly; the Arachnid was no longer relaxed but tense, prepared for hostility and belatedly Khetara recalled an article she had read about this species shortly after first contact had been made. Arachnids were sensitive to even the slightest vibrations, including sound. There was no way it could have avoided hearing her earlier comment.

Emitting a low growling sound, the Arachnid stepped back slightly, moving away from Khetara. It hesitated for a moment, as though deciding which of the remaining women to approach next then inevitably, as she had known it would, it approached Kehlan.

Adrenaline coursed through Kehlan’s body as the fight or flight impulse took hold of her – with a strong emphasis on flight! For a moment, her mind went back to that long ago day, to the thing - things actually, there had been more than one of them - that had been in that cupboard with her. By the time one of the supervisors had found her, she had been a complete wreck, huddled in a corner, her voice hoarse from screaming and her fingers a bloody mess from scratching at the door in a frantic, futile attempt to get out.

The Arachnid could smell her fear, she knew, it must be able to smell it. To her shame and anger, terror was a better word for what she felt. It stopped short, coming nowhere near as close to her as it had to the other two. Oh yes, it knew!

Almost, she let out a whimper. Almost, but not quite. Furious with herself now, she fought for control and turned to face her fear. “Tlhingan jiH!” she muttered under her breath, “I am Klingon!”

Its movements slow and deliberate, the Arachnid stepped closer to her and Kehlan realised it was trying its best not to frighten her further. It made a chittering sound - not the aggressive growl that it given Khetara - this was a softer sound that was almost reassuring in its tone.

To Kehlan’s surprise the Arachnid stepped back again and turned towards the final member of the group. Now it was Draka’s turn to stand still as the great Arachnid tested her scent. Draka stood calmly. She did not fear the Arachnid, it was a sentient being, albeit a very different one. But she was a little unsure of what to do. So she waited.

The Arachnid spent only the briefest moment in front of Draka before turning away from her, as she had guessed it would. She was not the person it sought. They had been told that it was looking for Kehlan and indeed, its reaction to Kehlan had been different to the other two. Why then had it bothered to approach Draka at all, she wondered, if it had already made its choice? The answer to that, she suspected, was very simple. It had not wanted to be rude in missing her out.

Having made its choice, the Arachnid turned back from Draka and retraced its steps towards Kehlan. It stood in front of her for a moment, testing her scent again before making that soft chittering sound again, indicating its satisfaction. It spoke then for the first time, in Federation Standard, its voice that sibilant whisper that had haunted Kehlan’s dreams since her first encounter with the Arachnids. “Hello mother!”
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