"We're going down, down in an earlier round, and sugar we're going down swingin'"

The mission was meant to be an easy one. Meant to be being the important part. Easy enough that the Enterprise had sent just a two man team, Kirk and Bones, down to the planet, minimally armed. At this point, Jim wasn't sure what his first mistake had been. Going down to the planet with only Bones, or not bothering to come more heavily armed. If only he would've thought of that before they had left the ship. Before beaming down to a supposedly uninhabited planet, and before walking straight into a Klingon trap. If only.

…..

"Oh come on, Bones! Give him a break," Jim called from the transporter pad. They were supposed to have left over five minutes ago, but Bones and Spock had yet to stop arguing about Spock's involvement in the mission. Spock had been injured on their last mission, one that had gone…. Slightly…. Awry, and Bones was refusing to clear him to go on this mission. Not that Jim blamed him, Spock still looked like hell, but this mission was more Spock's area of expertise, rather than Jim's or Bone's. They were simply going to beam down to the planet, collect samples of things like the water and foliage, and then beam right back up to the ship. The most they had to worry about was any creatures they encountered, but the planet wasn't said to house anything they couldn't handle.

"Doctor, given the nature of the mission it would only be logical for me to come along."

"Given the nature of your body, it would be logical for you to go back to the sick bay, you pointy eared idiot."

"I don't see the point in name calling in the present situ-"

Bones cut him off. "You're not going, Spock. As much as I'd love to throw a party over your death, I'd rather not do it today."

Spock, for once, stayed quiet, and looked to Jim for help. The fact that Bones was doing the same thing made the situation less than easy. Jim looked between them for a moment before setting his eyes on Bones. Bones stared back at him, obviously exasperated. "I am not looking after both of you. I am not worrying about that hobgoblin bleeding out from a re-opened wound while I worry about you dying of anaphylactic shock from some weird ass foreign thing!" Jim sighed, looking back to Spock. "All right, all right. Sorry, Spock, but you're hanging back for this one. I can't risk losing my first officer. There'll be a thousand more missions like this, you'll be just fine missing out on this one." He made his way off the transporter pad, and carefully patted Spock's shoulder.

Scotty asked if they were ready, and after getting a nod of approval from Bones, Jim reclaimed his spot on the transporter pad. Bones followed suit, and the two of them beamed down to a disaster they never saw coming.

….

Everything was fine at first, perfect really. They trudged through a dense forest, collecting samples along the way. They teased each other back and forth, and at one point Bones even threatened to shove Jim into an oddly colored river they passed by. They continued their adventure until they decided they had enough samples to call it a day and head back to the ship. That's when the problems started. Bones tried to contact the Enterprise to get the two of them beamed back up to the ship, and he wasn't getting through.

"I don't know, Jim, there must be some kind of interference."

"But there isn't anything here that should cause interference."

"Everything was fine where we beamed down so maybe we shou-"

Jim shushed him and held a hand up to him, more or less telling him to shut the hell up. "Did you hear that?" he asked. Bones looked at him, confused. "Hear what?" The rustling noise that made Jim cut Bones off to begin with came again. "That sound," Jim said, putting his hand on his phaser. "It's too loud to be anything native here. I don't like this, Bones." The rustling grew and spread to circle them. The two men backed up to stand against each other, back to back, phasers drawn and ready. When they saw what they were facing, they were screwed and they knew it. They were surrounded. Surrounded by Klingons.