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Captain's log: Star Date 2534.9

By using the slingshot maneuver, we have gone back in time to 1950's earth to make the study of the Korean War to add information to Memory Alpha's tapes on the era. Our…

Just as Kirk was about the complete the log entry, all the lights went out, even on the computers. The entire bridge was in complete blackness. With darkness pressing against his eyes, Kirk yelled as if he was completely alone, "Scotty! What happened to the power?"

"I don't know sir!" answered Scotty's frantic voice from his station "There was no report of power loss from engineering! We were in full power!

"Jim, what the devil's going on?" inquired McCoy's voice from behind Kirk. Suddenly, there was a thud, a yelp and another thud. On the floor right behind Kirk, McCoy's voice groaned with pain, "Jim, I think I found the railing."

"Sir, without life support systems, we'll either freeze or suffocate to death if we don't burn up in the planet's atmosphere first."

"Thank you, Mister Sulu," Kirk said sarcastically in an icy voice, "You are now appointed to moral officer."

"That would not necessary, Jim," Spock said, "Since without power we are all…"

Spock's voice stopped abruptly. Kirk thought that maybe he did not want to conclude to all the humans that they were all about to die, when all things within his touch disappeared. He was sitting on nothing, simply floating in complete darkness. He felt strangely free of all physical limitations. He could not breathe, but he also did not seem need to. He could not feel his heart, or the blood that was supposed to be coursing through his veins, or any part of his body. From all he could feel, all he was was a mind, floating without body in blackness. All he was a soul, a ghost, nothing but a thoughts and emotions uncontained by a body. Somehow, this did not frighten him; he was going somewhere, traveling through the blackness, though he could not physically feel it, he could sense it. Then he sensed another just like him, coming closer and suddenly it joined with him. Two beings came to be one, much more together than a Vulcan mind meld, much more. It was an experience impossible to put into words. Emotions and memories flashed by, his own and the other's. Then he was himself again, not with the other. There was a burst of white light and he was in a body; all life functions resumed.

He remembered that he had experienced something like that before, but he could not remember when. All he could see was blinding light that made him squint and he heard a voice, a woman.

"Major Burns would like to say something, Corneal Potter."

The room came into focus after a few seconds, and he realized he was in an office, behind a large desk. In front of it, seated in chairs was the woman, who was pretty and blond with black roots, and a man, who had no chin or lips. They were both dressed in old earth army uniforms.

A second later he realized that he was on earth, and those were the uniforms were the ones of the Korean War.

Trying not to reveal his confusion, he said, "Umm… yes, major?" He was taken aback from his change of voice. It was much older and steelier.

The woman continued, "He has made a list of the things incorrect and immoral with this camp."

"Go on," Kirk replied, trying to make sure that he fit what they were seeing him as.

Suddenly the weasel looking man's face went completely blank, a few moments later he came out of it, his eyes squinted as if the light was intensified greatly. As Kirk was watched him, (The woman was ranting about the looseness of discipline, and how two men called "B.J." and "Hawkeye" stripped Major Burns naked in his sleep, put him in a skirt of newspaper and tied him to the flag pole with a cigar and blindfold) Major Burns's eyes turned from the deep blue to serious brown eyes. With a jolt, Kirk realized those were Spock's eyes. Kirk narrowed his eyes in confusion as they turned back to blue. The woman raised her voice and said to Kirk, "Are you even listening to me Corneal Potter?"

"Umm…major," Kirk said, noting the oak leave clusters on her uniform that signified that she was a major. "Would you leave us?"

As she opened her mouth he added, "That is a direct order."

The woman left in a huff through the swinging doors, as Kirk stood. He was much shorter than in his own body, and this body of Corneal Potter was much older and frailer, but strong.

"Spock, is that you?" Kirk questioned.

"Affirmative, sir" Spock replied, "Captain Kirk?"

Kirk felt relief wash over him, "Oh, Spock, I'm glad to see you."

Spock narrowed his eyes slightly in a moment of curiosity, "Were you in some kind of trouble?"

"No, Spock, I'm just glad to see you. I don't want to be the only one on this new adventure."