Vigilant

Captain Jim Kirk was bored. He desperately wanted some action. A wrestling match with Spock, to spar with Sulu, work in engineering with Scotty. But here he was filling out his fifth PADD for the shift. If he'd been asked if he liked being captain at the moment; the answer would probably be an apple thrown at the person's face. Especially if it was Bones who was asking.

The Chief Medical Officer had pulled his authority and suspended Kirk's favorite activities. All because he had succeeded in avoiding him for a full week for a hypospray. Bones had even changed his diet. The salad yeoman Rand delivered had been left untouched on the arm of the captain's chair.

"Captain you have left your salad untouched for 20.4 minutes. Is something wrong?"

Damn that Vulcan! He probably was amused as hell at Kirk's predicament. Not that he'd ever admit it aloud.

"No Mr. Spock, I'm just busy filling out these reports." Kirk replied, feigning annoyance.

"Unless Starfleet has changed their report forms, you have no excuse for your decrease in productivity. On average you normally have nine reports filled out by now. But so far you've barely started your fifth, and still have seven more to go."

Kirk threw his PADD down on his lap. "I apologize Mr. Spock if I can't be a consistent human for your observing pleasure."

Spock's eyebrow lifted slightly. " Captain I did not mean to offend you. I was merely -"

"Being the goddamned green blooded hobgoblin you always are." Bones interrupted as he quickly jabbed Kirk with a hypo. In a flash Kirk was standing from his chair facing the doctor. A hand to his neck, the PADD fell to the floor forgotten.

"Dammit Bones! That hurt!"

" You could have been done with that a week ago if you weren't such a baby. So quit your bickering. Don't steal my lines, and let me know if you get numb-tongue." The old country doctor crossed his arms. Failing to hide from his scrowl the amusement in his eyes. Around the bridge a few laughs were trying to be covered by coughs. Uhura shook her head and went back to her console. Kirk wheeled on Spock.

"And you! Your supposed to have my back. You distracted me so Bones could stab me."

Spock's eyebrow shot up further, and a small smirk that probably only Kirk would notice slid on his face. "Jim I assure you that I would never try and deceive you."

The bridge erupted with laughter. Kirk gave in and cracked a smile as well. But it quickly faded as an alarm flashed from Sulu's console. "Sir we're coming up on a large starship and the planet K'ean'u."

Kirk set back in his chair. Bringing up the main screen from the controls on his chair. "The problem Mr. Sulu?"

Sulu was still adjusting controls on his console. "The planet is sending out a distress signal sir."

"Is the starship attacking them?"

"I can't tell sir. But scans are showing it has the firepower to wipe out the planet. It's possible but I'm getting interference."

"Lieutenant can you boost the scanners?" Spock asked, coming to stand by McCoy behind the captain's chair.

Sulu shook his head. "I'm trying Commander but there seems to be strong energy readings coming from the ship, causing the interference."

"Shields up. Go to red alert."

"Yes sir! Visual range coming up."

K'ean'u, the desert planet appeared on the screen. Even from the Enterprises position a large storm could be seen tearing across the planet's surface. A black starship larger than the Enterprise hovered in orbit around the planet. Starships that sported black were known to be dangerous. Certainly any ship under the Federation was banned. Kirk might just get his wish for action after all.

TBC…..

A/N: Hi everyone! This is the first FF I've posted so reviews would be appreciated ;D

~Sierra