CHAPTER 1

"Captain's Log, Stardate 43127.8. A couple crew members are to be sent on an expedition to observe the unknown inhabitants of the planet Milima Hatari, I included. Doctor Leonard McCoy and Hikaru Sulu will be accompanying me on this mission."

"Ready to beam down, sir?" asked Scotty in his thick Scottish accent looking at the three crew members suited up in their starfleet uniforms ready to explore the unknown.

"Sure as he-," the captain momentarily paused as he received that eyebrow from Spock,"-ck. Sure as heck, Scotty." Jim glared at Spock. Lately Spock had been getting onto Jim for cursing and he didn't have a clue why.

"Very well then, sir. Just give me a moment to calibrate the sens-"

"Wait!" Sulu interrupted,"I'll be right back. Ehh- I forgot to use the restroom." He said awkwardly while everyone gave him strange looks.

Bones impatiently grumbled as he rolled his eyes but then widened them in realization,"Oh I forgot something too." He said as his face turned a little red from embarrassment.

"Dammit, man. You've got to be better prepared. And where did Scotty go?" Jim glared at Bones as he quickly ran out of the transport room.

"Um he said he went to get something." Replied one of the crew members staring at his PADD. He was clearly more interested in whatever he was looking at than anything that was going on around him.

"You've got to be kidding me." Jim laughed and rubbed his hands down his tired face.

He glanced down at his feet for a moment and when he looked back up he saw some commotion and felt himself begin to teleport. The white, glowing rings surrounding his body began to form as he hear that light ringing noise.

"Spock! What the-" Jim yelled as he began to dematerialize.

"Jim!" Spock called, reaching after him, but he had already completely dissolved.

"HELL!" He finished his sentence as he fell through the air.

Falling maybe 8 feet from the ground was terrifying. He hit the rocky surface of what seemed to be a mountain and rolled down its steep decline. His shirt was snagged on rocks and sticks as he toppled over them, and he knew there would be large bruises from them later. Something very sharp snagged his side, which sent a searing pain across his entire torso until finally he hit a large rock at the bottom that halted his insane tumble but resulted in a blow to the head.

'Agh ' he groaned and grabbed the back of his head while he attempted to blink away the fuzzy black spots that danced in his vision. It was like the image of a television that lost its signal, his vision slowly began to fade, but he didn't lose consciousness. Jim was hit by that horrible sensation of almost fainting accompanied by a wave of nausea. After a blow to the head like this it was expected that this would happen. Jim bent over and vomited away from himself. This is not a good sign he thought as he tried to spit the horrible taste out of his mouth. Deep breaths he told himself, Calm down.

"Mr. Scott, we have been approached by a serious dilemma." Spock informed Scotty, who was jogging back into the transport room.

"Yeah? Whit kin'?" Scotty asked with a hint of amusement in his voice.

"It appears that the Captain has been beamed down to the planet without proper synchronization."

"What?" Scotty raised his voice,"Who did it? How did thes happen?

"Well, Mr. Scott, I fear you would not believe me if I told you."

"Oh come on, Spock it cannae be that crazy, we are in the middle of space for pete's sake!"

"Well we were interrupted by something I could not distinguish. It all happened so fast. The controls were tampered with and before we knew it the captain was gone."

"You're right." Scotty bit his lip.

"About what, Mr. Scott?" Spock raised an eyebrow quizzically.

"I don't believe you."