The stars gleamed with radiance that the crew of the U.S.S Enterprise had never seen before. They glowed like blinding beacons, with such intensity that it was almost as if they had come to life. Or at least everyone seemed to think they had.
"The stars, they are alive!"One redshirt exclaimed in awe.
Spock was quick to shoot him a look of disbelief.
"A star is a sphere of plasma, held together by gravity. Such a speculation is impossible."
The redshirt rolled his eyes at Spock. Spock and his logic could sure be annoying.
Spock ignored him and walked up to the screen, where it stood zoomed up on the trio of brightly glowing stars. With a tap of his finger the computer provided him with all the readings and information he could ever need. The only thing missing where the coordinates. Spock stood patiently, his eyes never leaving the screen until with a reassuring ping, the coordinates popped up.
"Captain, we have the coordinates."
"Thank you, Spock. Run them through the computer to see if it is a known destination on the database." Captain James T Kirk said.
"Certainly, sir."
Without hesitation Spock ran off to fufill Kirk's orders. Spock walked swiftly, his strides long and quick. Striding through the long narrow corridors he couldn't help but speculate as to what the stars were. Even he, who had travelled far throughout the universe had never seen the likes of them before. The more he thought, the further he drifted away from a conclusion. Now that he thought about it, the 'stars' did not really resemble stars that much at all. Everyone just automatically assumed that they were just because they shone and had a circular shape. So lost in thought Spock was that he didn't notice everyone around him running up to the screens with astounded expressions upon their faces. By the time he finally realised the commotion happening around him there was already a thick bubble of people gathered around all the screens.
Spock wandered over and pushed through the crowd. The bubble split as people stood aside to let their First Officer through.
What he saw on the screen perplexed his Vulcan brain even more. The 'stars' were morphing! They stretched like a rubber band, their shape narrowing and growing more jagged. The morphing continued until all traces of their earlier circular shape was gone. All that was left now was huge cracks running through space.
The Enterprise quickly became a hive of activity. The 'stars' had left everyone in a buzz. People were bustling about in excitement. Every corridor and every room was bursting with lively chatter. The events that had just transpired had left everyone puzzled and confused. In a fluster of red, blue and yellow, theories went flying across the ship. Most involving more adamant suggestions that the stars were alive. Everyone was eager for an explanation. Naturally, everyone came to Spock.
Rather than admit that he, a man of science, did not know he simply strode past as if the swarm buzzing about him weren't there.
"First Officer Spock, report to the bridge."
Uhura's calm voice resounded throughout the ship. Spock, although already knowing perfectly well that with in minutes of a spectacle such as this command would send for him, used this as an excuse to repel passerbys. With a mutter of 'My expertise is currently required elsewhere' he continued down the impeccable hallways to bridge.