Summary: A different take on a scene from The Voyage Home, in which Spock does some very deliberate acting, but not quite in the way that Kirk intended.

Genre: Humor

Rating: T (only because of drug references)

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters or (sadly) even own the plot to this story—it all goes to the creators of Star Trek, the writers of The Voyage Home, and the creators of Finding Nemo.

Dory's Manifestation

I watched as Spock got out of the truck behind me, glancing back at Jillian in the driver's seat.

She had an annoyed look on her face—unsurprising, considering what Spock and I had just put her through.

"Seriously, though," she said, addressing Spock, "How did you know that Gracie's pregnant? Nobody knows that but me, and some of the staff back at Sausalito."

Spock glanced back at me.

I shrugged, hoping desperately that he would come up with some sort of an exaggeration, even tell her it was a guess, not the full-blown truth about mind-melding with the whale.

Remember who you're supposed to be, Spock, I thought, You're a ditzy guy in a bathrobe who did too much LSD at Berkley in the sixties. Remember the LSD act, please…

Spock turned back to Jillian. "The answer is simple," he said.

I listened, hoping and waiting.

Spock tilted his head to one side, put on this absolutely ridiculous smile, and said, in a loud, wavery voice, "I SPEEEAK WHAAAAALE!"

I slapped a hand to my forehead. Too far, Spock…

FIN