Phaser Fight
Page 5
Frantically, you pull your phaser out of your belt, set it on stun, and fire it into the dark water near your feet.
There’s a terrible roar! A second later, an animal with bright, shining eyes, that looks like a cross between an octopus and a gorilla, thrashes up out of the lake.
The beast picks you up and swings you up high over its head. You’re at least fifty feet up in the air when it lets you go!
Fly to page 109!
Page 107
Page 108
“If you’re all alone here, than you won’t mind my looking around,” you announce to Professor Jinks.
“How dare you doubt my word!” he sputters angrily, taking a step in your direction.
The captain steps forward, saying, “I apologize for my crew member!” Then he turns to look at you and says, “I think you ought to take a walk and cool off!”
You’re surprised that Kirk is siding with Jinks. But then the captain winks at you. Now you understand. He wants you to look around without alerting the professor!
Start snooping on page 39.
Page 109
You head for a splashdown in the middle of the lake. It could be worse. At least you got away from that monster.
But as you fall toward the water below, you see a dozen of the same hideous creatures standing up out of the water with their arms out, waiting to catch you! Their bright, glowing eyes blink at you like signal lights—signaling your doom!
The End
Page 110
You take precious time to heat the serum before finally swallowing it.
“Your rime is nearly up,” booms the voice of the alien in your ear. “Prepare to die.”
Suddenly, your beard disappears!
Your back straightens.
Your wrinkled face becomes smooth again.
“Wait!” you cry. “We’ve got the cure!”
After you make more of the serum for the crew, you help the now young Dr. McCoy to fix a batch for the alien. Once you’re given the coordinates, you beam the liquid directly into the alien’s stomach.
“I didn’t think you could do it,” admits the alien. And then the huge bony hand suddenly gets smaller before it disappears. A faint voice reaches your ears: “When I first caught the disease I was very young—and small. Now I shall be young and small once again—thanks to you!”
The End
Page 111
Unfortunately, the alien asked you if you were going to the bridge. You said no. But when the elevator doors open onto the bridge and you step out, the alien who asked the question is enraged. Lying in this alien culture is the worst thing you can do. It’s punishable by death!
Before you can get to the communications area, the alien follows you out onto the bridge and declares for all to hear (except you—because you don’t understand him) that you’re a liar!
The captain grabs you by the arm and asks you if the accusation is true. You have no idea what’s going on. You shook your head no the last time, so this time you try nodding your head yes.
The result? Well, let’s just say that you tried your best until the very…
End
Page 112
These Klingons are quick! They get their weapons out and fire in the blink of an eye. But you were ready for them. You dive to the ground and shoot your phaser at the one closest to the old man. You hit the Klingon square in the chest. He crumples to the ground. It’s a good thing for him that you set your phaser on stun. But the Klingons aren’t so thoughtful Their weapons are set to kill.
A blast by one of your enemies rips into the ground right at your feet, creating a six-foot-deep crater. And just as you fire your phaser, you accidentally slip down into the hole.
You’re in a hole in more ways than one!
Hurry! Turn to page 116!
Page 113
If it’s possible, the situation has gotten even worse. It’s not just one gigantic green hand heading straight for the Enterprise, it’s two! The alien obviously means to make sure that you don’t escape again.
You close your eyes. This is it. But instead of the eternal silence of death, you hear thunderous applause! The alien is clapping its hands! Why? Because it scanned the interior of the Enterprise and discovered that Dr. McCoy’s serum has destroyed the aging disease!
“I’m glad you got away. It would have been a terrible mistake to have killed such a resourceful life form as yourselves,” you hear the alien say in your mind. “And if you’d be so kind,” it adds in a surprisingly gentle voice, “could you fix me a few million gallons of that serum? A body my size needs a lot of medicine.”
“Sure,” you reply, “but please stop applauding. I’m going deaf!”
The End
Page 114
You and Mr. Spock leap on the backs of the enemy soldiers.
With incredible speed, you wrestle a phaser out of one of their hands. And then, before the duplicators can react, you blast all four of the fake Spocks into unconsciousness!
“Hold your fire!” Captain Kirk shouts to his security team. “It looks like they’re the real McCoy—and I don’t mean ‘Bones’!”
“All right, you two, report,” Kirk says with obvious relief in his voice.
You step hack, expecting Mr. Spock to fill the captain in. Instead, the Vulcan says, “The ensign, here, will give you all the details, Captain.”
“Well, go ahead, then,” Kirk orders, waiting for you to speak.
Go on to page 115.
Page 115
You look at Mr. Spock—this Vulcan with whom you’ve shared your adventure. He nods his encouragement. You take a deep breath and tell Captain Kirk everything, finishing up with your belief that the best way to defeat the duplicators is to turn on the Enterprise’s powerful engines—and everything else on the ship—full blast!
Then you turn to Spock arid ask, “Am I right? Is that what you would have said?”
Spock almost smiles. “You’ve done very well,” he says, “for a human.”
“That means be likes you,” the captain says with a grin. You couldn’t have hoped for a better friend!
The End
Page 116
When you fall into the crater, your phaser fires wildly over the heads of the two remaining Klingons, hitting the roof of the cave.
“We’ll bury you!” one of the Klingons says, as he begins to pull the trigger.
But they’re the ones who get buried! The roof above them (where your phaser hit) caves in on top of them!
That was close!
You run over and untie the old man, who announces, “I’m the real Professor Jinks. The Klingons set someone up to impersonate me while using my planet to build synthetic meteors to destroy Federation starships!”
You quickly open your communicator and tell Captain Kirk what you learned. That does it for the Jinks imposter. He’s immediately imprisoned.
The Klingon plan has been stopped in its tracks. Congratulations on your “Enterprising” victory!
The End
Page 117
With all the strength you can muster, you slam your heel into McCoy’s foot. With an animallike shriek, he jumps away from you, holding his aching toes
You’re free! But only for an instant. With hate in his eyes, Bones opens his gaping jaws, trying to sink his sharp teeth into your neck.
At your fingertips is a food tray. On it are two fruits from earth—an apple and a banana. If you stuff one of them in his mouth, you might stop him from biting your throat. Quick, reach out and grab one!
If you reach for the apple turn to page 29.
If you reach for the banana, turn to page 88.
Page 118
Rushing as fast as you can, you race toward the microwave freezer with the vial of serum. But you’re in such a hurry that you slip, and the vial goes flying out of your hands, smashing on the floor!
The next thing that smashes is the Enterprise! Your time is up—in every way!
The End
About the A
uthors and Illustrator
BARTIARA SIEGEL and Scott SIEGEL—sublimely happy couple who live on planet Earth in the city of New York—have written a total of twenty-five books, two-thirds of which have been for young adults. These books are in categories as varied as fantasy, horror, sports, and adventure. Their books for adults include a celebrity biography, a trivia book, and six novels. Barbara and Scott are also the authors of a soon-to-be-published young adult series called Firebrats—the continuing saga of a boy and girl struggling to survive a nuclear war!
GORDON TOMEI studied at the School of Visual Arts and the Art Students League in New York City. He began his art career as a “Fine Artist,” holding gallery exhibitions in the New York area. Three years ago, Mr. Tomei moved into the more exciting and interesting world of commercial illustration, which he now prefers. He recently began illustrating children’s books.