All had been peacefully boring onboard the SS Enterprise; she wasn't far into her 5 year long trip exploring deep space. Her captain, James T Kirk, was sitting in his chair watching the stars go by at warp speed, heading to their latest coordinates. Commander Spock sat at his station going over a few routine databases about the planet they were heading to, since he knew Kirk had no intention of doing so. Sulu estimated they should arrive in the next 3 hours at current pace so, while all was quiet, Kirk decided to go down to the engineering deck to see how Scotty was getting on- he hoped he wasn't swearing at the machines too much, or the other crew members.

"Mr Spock, you have the Comm.," he said as he exited from the bridge. Spock gave a curt nod of the head before taking a seat in the captain's chair, and resumed looking at the detail in the information, wanting to know every possible detail of the planet – which wasn't much.

Kirk felt the ship slowing as the turbo lift made its way down to engineering. Once out of the lift Kirk picked up his own pace, eventually breaking into a run, wanting to find out what was happening. He had just gotten to engineering as the Enterprise jerked out of warp. Jim was flung into the railings, winding him slightly, and clung to them as the ship continued to rock. When the ship stopped Kirk staggered about slightly with a 'I'm-gonna-kill-Scotty' look before calling out to his chief engineer.

"Scotty! What the hell was that?" he yelled.

"I don't know captain! The ship just stopped moving!" Scotty replied poking his head around the corner, but upon noticing the look on his captain's face, he quickly headed back to the console. "I'll get right on it!" he stammered from behind the corner. Kirk followed rolling his eyes slightly.

"Attention, can the captain please report to the bridge immediately," came the voice of Commander Spock over the intercom. Kirk grabbed Scotty by his red regulation shirt and dragged him towards the turbo lift.

"Talk to me Sulu," Kirk said as he re-entered the bridge.

"According to scanners, all systems seem perfectly able to function properly and we are approximately 1.5 standard hours away from Shelou at warp factor 8, but she refuses to move. It seems as if the Enterprise has put the brakes on and refuses to take them off," Sulu reported as he frantically pressed the buttons on the control panel infront of him.

"So, we're just floating through space? Is that what you're saying?" Kirk asked as he sat in his chair. Sulu nodded his head. Kirk looked to Chekov for confirmation on this report, but Chekov didn't reply. He just stared at the wall infront of him. Kirk tried to grab his attention but he still got no reply from the young ensign.

Chekov continued to look ahead, fascinated by what he was seeing. The young girl stood infront of him as swirls of light danced around her. He face was sad and her wavy hair hung to just above her waist. She held a finger to her lips, as if to say 'shh' but no sound came from her.

"What is she?" Chekov asked cautiously, wondering what this creature before him was. Kirk, Sulu and Spock all looked in the direction in which Chekov was pointing, but all they saw was the screen, and the stars around them.

"Ensign Chekov? What do you see?" Spock asked intrigued at the strange behaviour of his crew member. Chekov opened his mouth to describe the girl, but stopped as she began to shriek. Chekov fell to the floor, covering his ears an attempt to shield himself from the life form. He saw the girl disappear into thin air and he heard the others calling for McCoy before he blacked out.

The bridge became panicked, verging on frantic, as Chekov fell to the floor.

"Dr McCoy, come to the bridge, immediately, bring your medical gear!" Kirk shouted as the crew made sure it was over the intercom. Kirk knelt by Chekov and tried his best to see if he had any injuries, but without any medical training, he began to search the control panel that he was sat at. He looked for anything that seemed out of the ordinary. McCoy arrived on the bridge and immediately began assessing him.

"Bring him to med bay now!" McCoy ordered. A few of the bridge crew members carried Chekov to the turbo lift, where they were greeted by a holo-bed to transport Chekov to the med bay, where further tests can be done. Not long after Chekov and McCoy and left the bridge, engines resumed, causing the crew members to fly back unexpectedly. Sulu hurried to his station only to report they had resumed their previous course, but with extra power. Kirk looked to Scotty, who looked just as confused as he did.