It was around 3:00 AM on the Enterprise, and Captain James T. Kirk, Spock, and Scotty all had night shifts on the Bridge. Scotty kept having trouble staying awake, and fell asleep once and a while, but instantly woke himself back up. Captain Kirk kept awake by propping his head up with his hand and stared at the screen with nothing more than a bunch of stars in view.
"Spock, how much farther until we reach Zorrous?" Captain Kirk questioned, tiredly.
"9 hours, 46 minutes, 32.34 seconds, Captain." Spock answered, sounding awake.
"I'm so…tired," Scotty slurred, falling asleep.
"Tell me about it," Captain Kirk yawned.
"Mr. Spock, aren't yah the least bit of tired?" Scotty questioned.
"Vulcans do not need as much sleep as humans do." Spock commented.
Scotty yawned and fell out of his chair onto his face on the floor. Scotty woke up shortly after and rubbed his nose carefully with his hand.
"Uh…I think I broke my nose, Captain." Scotty moaned, rubbing his nose.
"Probably nothing more than a minor bruise, Scotty." Captain Kirk spoke, drowsy.
"I could sure use a glass of Scotch righta 'bout now." Scotty answered.
"Uh huh," Captain Kirk spoke, dozing off. He quickly snapped himself out of it and desperately tried staying awake.
"What time is it, Mr. Spock," Scotty asked, dozing off.
"3:15 AM, Mr. Scott," Spock answered.
Scotty nodded.
Captain Kirk had fallen to sleep, when a beep came through to him. Someone was wishing to get a hold of him. Captain Kirk shot up awake.
"Huh," Captain Kirk snapped his head and saw the red light beeping. Captain Kirk pushed the button to let the call go through.
"This is the Captain speaking," Captain Kirk spoke, tiredly.
"Captain Kirk…hurry, please," A female's voice screamed.
"What is it," Captain Kirk asked, now wide awake.
"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH," The woman shrieked.
"That's my wife, Sabrina, Captain!" Scotty wailed.
Scotty had recently married his girlfriend, Lieutenant Sabrina Medford, now Sabrina Scott. She worked in Engineering with Scotty and was made second in command, after his old second in command, Mr. Worley, offered his position to Scotty's wife.
"Sabrina, we'll be right down; where are you?" Captain Kirk answered.
"Deck 5, Captain…hurry," Sabrina screamed.
"Come on, men; bring your phasers," Captain Kirk ordered.
Captain Kirk, Spock, and Scotty all grabbed their phasers in a rush and headed straight for the turbo lift.
"Deck 5," Captain Kirk ordered the elevator.
"Oh God, what if something's wrong with Sabrina?" Scotty worried.
"Sabrina will be fine, Scotty," Captain Kirk spoke, calmly.
"This isn't just any crewmember, Captain; we're talking about my wife!" Scotty wailed.
"Mrs. Scott is logically well fit and trained to handle any situation that comes her way, Mr. Scott. I assure you your wife is alright." Spock replied.
"If anything happens to her, I swear on my oath as a Chief Engineering Officer I'll," Scotty was cut off by Captain Kirk.
"Sabrina will be fine, Scotty; I promise." Captain Kirk spoke, reassuring his best friend.
"Yah better hope so, Captain," Scotty growled.
The turbo lift doors opened, and Scotty was the first to run out, desperately searching for his wife.
Captain Kirk and Spock chased after him.
"Sabrina," Scotty cried.
No answer.
"Sabrina…Sabrina, darling, answer me! Sabrina," Scotty wailed. Spock was quick to grab onto Scotty, before he could go any farther, with Captain Kirk on his other side.
"Let me go, let me go; I gotta find my wife. Unhand me, Mr. Spock…Sabrina!" Scotty wailed.
"Scotty, get a hold of yourself." Captain Kirk ordered, harsh.
Scotty began to weep.
"We have to be cautious and well controlled, right now. We could be entering in a very dangerous situation." Captain Kirk spoke, firmly.
"But Sabrina," Scotty whimpered.
"We will find her, Scotty," Captain Kirk ordered.
Scotty swallowed the knot in his throat and nodded.
The three men continued walking in the halls, when they stopped and saw someone lying on the floor in another hallway. Captain Kirk, Spock, and Scotty rushed to them and saw it was a man from security. He was on the floor, his eyes closed, and his skin extremely pale. All men knelt down next to the man, and Captain Kirk grabbed out his communicator.
"Kirk to Sickbay, Kirk to Sickbay; Dr. M'Benga, report to Deck 5, it's an emergency." Captain Kirk ordered. Captain Kirk hung up and went back to staring at the unconscious man.
Dr. Atticus M'Benga was the temporary Chief Medical Officer for Dr. Leonard McCoy, who had just had a baby daughter, Julia Eleanor McCoy. Julia was almost a month old, now, but Dr. McCoy wouldn't be returning to work for another couple of months.
"Where's Sabrina, Captain," Scotty whimpered, not able to hold back from crying much longer.
Captain Kirk scanned around, when he saw someone running towards them.
"Scotty," Sabrina cheered, standing a few feet away from the three men.
Scotty turned around and nearly broke out in tears.
"Sabrina," Scotty wailed.
Scotty and Sabrina ran to each other, then held each other in their arms, and kissed one another.
"Oh thank God yah alright…oh thank yah, God!" Scotty wailed, holding Sabrina tight in his arms.
"Scotty," Sabrina wept.
"Ssshhhhh, it's alright, darling; Scotty's got yah." Scotty softly spoke. Both him and Sabrina continued to hold onto one another, thankful to see one another, again, as Dr. M'Benga ran down the hall with a med bag.
"What happened, Captain Kirk," Dr. M'Benga questioned, kneeling down besides Spock.
"I don't know; Mrs. Scott notified us on the Bridge to come down here immediately." Captain Kirk answered.
Dr. M'Benga began examining the man carefully.
"Darling, what did yah see," Scotty questioned.
"Scotty…it was awful," Sabrina sobbed.
Scotty held Sabrina close to him and hushed her.
"It's alright, darling; I got yah," Scotty softly spoke.
"Mrs. Scott, can you tell us as much as you feel comfortable with saying for tonight?" Captain Kirk asked, softly.
Sabrina took in a huge breath, then swallowed a knot in her throat. She smiled slightly, feeling Scotty's masculine and warm arms around her. She never felt afraid with Scotty by her side.
"I was talking with Ensign Mitchell, as we were going back to our quarters for the night. There was someone in all black standing in the middle of the hall. Ensign Mitchell pushed me out of the way and tried to fire his phaser at him, but…" Sabrina began sobbing hard, again.
"That's alright, Sabrina; that's enough for tonight." Captain Kirk spoke, softly.
Sabrina began sobbing into Scotty's shoulder. Scotty held his startled wife and hushed her, as he hugged her and kissed her, letting her know that he was there and that he loved her.
Dr. M'Benga looked up from examining Ensign Mitchell.
"He's dead, Captain Kirk," Dr. M'Benga softly spoke.
"From what," Captain Kirk questioned.
"Murder,"
"Murder,"
"Yah think someone's a murderer on the Enterprise, Dr. M'Benga?" Scotty questioned.
"Ensign Mitchell was perfectly healthy until now; there are several wounds on his body. He was stabbed to death." Dr. M'Benga answered.
"Who would murder Ensign Mitchell, though?" Sabrina sobbed.
Scotty hushed her, again.
"Scotty, why don't you take Sabrina and yourself up to your quarters for the rest of the night. I think Sabrina could use all the rest she can get." Captain Kirk softly spoke.
Scotty nodded, and walked with his wife to the turbo lift to go to Deck 4.
Captain Kirk, Spock, and Dr. M'Benga rose from Ensign Mitchell's body.
"What do we do, Captain Kirk?" Dr. M'Benga questioned.
"I don't know…this has never happened, before." Captain Kirk answered.
"Captain, we must inform Starfleet Command that Ensign Mitchell has been killed and that there's a possibility of a murderer walking around the ship." Spock answered.
"Yes…I will in the morning…I need to go to sleep, though…or…try, at least." Captain Kirk muttered.
Captain Kirk was about to walk off to the turbo lift, but turned around.
"Spock…may I stay with you, tonight?" Captain Kirk questioned.
Spock raised his eyebrow.
"Shouldn't you stay in your own quarters, Captain?" Spock replied.
"I won't be able to sleep by myself for the rest of the night, knowing there may be a murderer running loose around the ship, Spock." Captain Kirk replied.
Spock nodded.
"Understood, Captain," Spock answered back, calmly.
"Dr. M'Benga…get that body to Sickbay…and then report to your quarters for the rest of the night." Captain Kirk ordered.
"Yes, Captain Kirk," Dr. M'Benga answered.
Captain Kirk and Spock walked off with one another, and Dr. M'Benga brought Ensign Mitchell's body to Sickbay, then went to bed for the night.