"Shall I call you Scotty, or Geordi?"Helen's giggle abruptly cut off as the genius, suddenly at a loss for words, stared open-mouthed at her husband."...r maybe B'Elanna would please you better, hmmm? She was one hell of a Chief Engineer on Voyager."There was a moment before Helen quietly answered, "Baby, that is not funny. I barely know how to check the oil in our SUV. I can not..."Undeterred, Jeff interrupted, "Bullshit." Then with a smile, "The helpless female routine doesn't impress me one. I knew that because it was still lying on the ground where he’d put it down. Someone, and from the sign left behind it looked to be six someones, had attacked him while his attention was taken by dealing with the deer. Somehow they had overpowered him and captured him, and then they’d killed and slaughtered his animal, taking it and the deer along with them when they had left. They’d also taken Sygor with them.“It wasn’t Quantum,” I muttered absentmindedly, speaking to no one in particular.. One Saturday night, I convinced my friends I was staying in because I was too tired to go out. While they prepared for a night on the town, I pretended to get ready for bed: washing my face, brushing my teeth, getting into pyjamas. It was 12:30 by the time they left and I was finally alone. In a flurry, I got changed for the club, ran out the front door, and hailed a taxi. I was nervous. This was it. I was driving to a gay bar. All those days spent reading lesbian websites, all those hours. Jayden walked up to me and sent a hard slap across my face. "You did good whore" he said and with that the three of us left. We headed back to my home in Jayden's car and when we got there I couldn't help but think of what joe was going to think and maybe say about me coming home with a black couple. As we entered I saw that Joe was still lying on the floor as we had left him. Jayden and Laila came over to him, "This your fuckin' man?' Jayden asked me "That's my husband Joe" I replied "Looks.