Of Lost Ships and Old Friends
by Rachel (a.k.a. Elf/Vampire/Vulcan/Jedi/Thingy)
Disclaimer: I do not own Star Trek (though that would be cool) and am writing this purely for fun. Don't sue me, I'm broke. The only thing I own is T'Kaia, Europa, and all made up characters and stuff
Disclaimer of a Different Kind: I've only been watching Star Trek since 8:30 PM April 15th this year, so don't expect me to sound like an expert or anything, but it's the coolest thing I've ever seen. If you love my story, or it's awful, please tell me.
Chapter 1: An Old 'Friend'
A usual day on the starship Enterprise. Kirk had just received orders from Starfleet Command to search for the U.S.S Europa, which had failed to report back for over two months on their interstellar exploration mission and was last seen in an entirely remote sector of the galaxy. They had just completed a mission to rescue a colony on a dying planet, so the ship was jam packed, but the order to search for the Europa was a priority order and they could not wait. They were cruising through empty space, sensors on full alert.
The leader of the colonists, Staitaka, an older middle aged human male, approached the captain.
"Please, Captain Kirk, take my people to a starbase! Besides, you won't find anything concerning the Europa anyway," He pleaded. It had been weeks since the colony of 400 had evacuated and the Enterprise had twice the usual amount of personel, everyone except Spock and the Captain had had to share his or her quarters with a colonist.
"Captain," Mr. Spock said suddenly, "Sensors indicate a small ship just ahead, about shuttlecraft size."
Captain Kirk ignored him. got up out of his chair and looked at the readings, then up at the viewing screen. Staitaka left the bridge in a huff. Sure enough, there was a shuttlecraft floating dead in space ahead of them.
"It's markings...it's from the Europa," Kirk observed.
"All power in the shuttlecraft has been directed to the life support systems, and our sensors show no signs of working communications devices aboard. Also, there is only one humanoid life form on the shuttlecraft. One that is alive, but barely functioning," Spock informed him.
"Mr. Sulu, prepare the tractor beam to bring the shuttlecraft aboard." Kirk ordered.
"Yes, Captain," Sulu replied.
"Spock, get McCoy and meet onboard the shuttlecraft as soon as we bring her in."
Spock and Kirk got into the lifts.
When the shuttlecraft was brought onboard, technicians had to be brought over to break inside. As McCoy, Spock, and Kirk arrived, the technicians were busy slicing into the side of the hull.
"The shuttlecraft was sealed from outside, Sir, we can't get her open," one of the technicians told the Captain as the three approached.
McCoy looked quizzically at the Captain. "Sounds like whoever is onboard may have been shut in for a reason. But why?"
"I assume we shall find out," Mr. Spock replied, "They have finished with the hole." Kirk slowly approached the hole in the side of the shuttlecraft and walked in. Spock and McCoy followed.
They found Kirk hunched over a body. He got up and revealed what looked like a Vulcan female. She was absolutely beautiful, at least by human standards. She wore a blue Starfleet uniform, and beside the sharply pointed ears and slightly greenish cast to her pale skin, she looked almost like a human. Her sharp face was framed by shoulder length jet-black hair. Her greenish-brown eyes were glazed over, dazed. Her most noticeable feature was a large green gem she wore around her neck.
All three men (yes, that includes Spock) had expressions of complete shock on their faces. "T'Kaia," Spock whispered softly in disbelief. McCoy knelt down and began checking to see if she was still breathing.
Kirk shot Spock an odd look. "You know her too?"
Spock's eyebrows shot up to just below his hairline. "We grew up together for about seven years, then her family left Vulcan. Then, we trained together at the Starfleet Academy. Her father was human, like my mother, Captain Andrei Jackson of the U.S.S. Straker. When exactly did you meet her, Captain?"
"Uhhh..." Kirk began, not really wanting to tell Spock exactly how well he knew T'Kaia Jackson. They had met on a star base near Rigel about a year ago, and had gotten to know each other quite well.
"T'Kaia? T'Kaia..." McCoy whispered to her. She showed no signs of movement. "We really should get her to sickbay now. There, I could probably revive her."
Kirk was still in a state of disbelief. He shook himself and said "Of course, Bones, sickbay. Just do your best to bring her back."
Several hours later, T'Kaia awoke to find herself in a sickbay that reminded her too much of the Europa. She had a hell of a headache, but was otherwise glad to be in one piece. She looked up in shock to see two old friends and an old flame staring back at her. And yes, T'Kaia is capable of such, she is more emotionally like her human father than her Vulcan mother, who died when T'Kaia was very young and didn't have an opportunity to turn her into a logical robot (or a normal Vulcan, depending on your viewpoint on the issue). Anyway...
"Good Lord," she muttered to herself, "First I'm imprisoned in a shuttlecraft by my own captain, now I wake up to see Bones, Spock, and JIM???" She said these last few words a bit louder. "Are you guys real?"
"I assure you, T'Kaia, we are perfectly real," Mr. Spock replied in his usual logical manner. He gave T'Kaia a look that she remembered quite well. She sighed.
"Okay, I know it's you, Spock. That's exactly how you'd respond. What am I doing here?" T'Kaia asked, looking from McCoy, to Kirk, then back up at Spock.
"That, T'Kaia, is something we were hoping to learn from you," Kirk replied.
She shook her head; she still had a dazed expression. "No, actually, I can barely remember myself. And what I can remember makes no logical sense. The last thing I remember is Captain Ghol sealing me inside the shuttlecraft, but I can't remember why or what was happening."
"So you have no clue where the Europa may be now?" Kirk questioned.
At the sound of the name 'Europa', T'Kaia gave a start. "Nn...nno, I mean, I...I don't know." She began to shake. She made a face, as if swallowing liquid nitrogen. Then, T'Kaia's face went back to it's usual cynical demeanor.
McCoy walked closer to her and rested his hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry, T'Kaia, just try to get some rest."
She smiled up at him. "Okay, Bones, just give me time." T'Kaia stretched for a moment and resettled herself in bed. She shook her head again (a favorite gesture of hers). "My oldest friend, my classmate back at the academy, and Jim Kirk all on the same ship." She shook her head again. "It should be impossible. At least all my other old friends aren't here."
"And who would they be?" Kirk asked half-heartedly.
T'Kaia appeared to be deep in thought. "Good Lord, I know about half the galaxy...but let me see. Well, there's Uhura, she and I shared a room at Starfleet Academy; then there's Montgomery...oh, yes, Scott was his last name. Never met a fellow with better taste in liquor. Then there's old Pavel Chekov, and of course my old sparring partner, Hiraku Sulu. But then again, the odds of me meeting any of them again are approximately 103987508 to one."
Spock raised his eyebrows again; Kirk and McCoy just sort of stared in awed silence.
"Was it something I said?" T'Kaia asked.
The intercom sounded. "Captain Kirk to the bridge please," Uhura called.
Please tell me whether or not I should write the next chapter!
by Rachel (a.k.a. Elf/Vampire/Vulcan/Jedi/Thingy)
Disclaimer: I do not own Star Trek (though that would be cool) and am writing this purely for fun. Don't sue me, I'm broke. The only thing I own is T'Kaia, Europa, and all made up characters and stuff
Disclaimer of a Different Kind: I've only been watching Star Trek since 8:30 PM April 15th this year, so don't expect me to sound like an expert or anything, but it's the coolest thing I've ever seen. If you love my story, or it's awful, please tell me.
Chapter 1: An Old 'Friend'
A usual day on the starship Enterprise. Kirk had just received orders from Starfleet Command to search for the U.S.S Europa, which had failed to report back for over two months on their interstellar exploration mission and was last seen in an entirely remote sector of the galaxy. They had just completed a mission to rescue a colony on a dying planet, so the ship was jam packed, but the order to search for the Europa was a priority order and they could not wait. They were cruising through empty space, sensors on full alert.
The leader of the colonists, Staitaka, an older middle aged human male, approached the captain.
"Please, Captain Kirk, take my people to a starbase! Besides, you won't find anything concerning the Europa anyway," He pleaded. It had been weeks since the colony of 400 had evacuated and the Enterprise had twice the usual amount of personel, everyone except Spock and the Captain had had to share his or her quarters with a colonist.
"Captain," Mr. Spock said suddenly, "Sensors indicate a small ship just ahead, about shuttlecraft size."
Captain Kirk ignored him. got up out of his chair and looked at the readings, then up at the viewing screen. Staitaka left the bridge in a huff. Sure enough, there was a shuttlecraft floating dead in space ahead of them.
"It's markings...it's from the Europa," Kirk observed.
"All power in the shuttlecraft has been directed to the life support systems, and our sensors show no signs of working communications devices aboard. Also, there is only one humanoid life form on the shuttlecraft. One that is alive, but barely functioning," Spock informed him.
"Mr. Sulu, prepare the tractor beam to bring the shuttlecraft aboard." Kirk ordered.
"Yes, Captain," Sulu replied.
"Spock, get McCoy and meet onboard the shuttlecraft as soon as we bring her in."
Spock and Kirk got into the lifts.
When the shuttlecraft was brought onboard, technicians had to be brought over to break inside. As McCoy, Spock, and Kirk arrived, the technicians were busy slicing into the side of the hull.
"The shuttlecraft was sealed from outside, Sir, we can't get her open," one of the technicians told the Captain as the three approached.
McCoy looked quizzically at the Captain. "Sounds like whoever is onboard may have been shut in for a reason. But why?"
"I assume we shall find out," Mr. Spock replied, "They have finished with the hole." Kirk slowly approached the hole in the side of the shuttlecraft and walked in. Spock and McCoy followed.
They found Kirk hunched over a body. He got up and revealed what looked like a Vulcan female. She was absolutely beautiful, at least by human standards. She wore a blue Starfleet uniform, and beside the sharply pointed ears and slightly greenish cast to her pale skin, she looked almost like a human. Her sharp face was framed by shoulder length jet-black hair. Her greenish-brown eyes were glazed over, dazed. Her most noticeable feature was a large green gem she wore around her neck.
All three men (yes, that includes Spock) had expressions of complete shock on their faces. "T'Kaia," Spock whispered softly in disbelief. McCoy knelt down and began checking to see if she was still breathing.
Kirk shot Spock an odd look. "You know her too?"
Spock's eyebrows shot up to just below his hairline. "We grew up together for about seven years, then her family left Vulcan. Then, we trained together at the Starfleet Academy. Her father was human, like my mother, Captain Andrei Jackson of the U.S.S. Straker. When exactly did you meet her, Captain?"
"Uhhh..." Kirk began, not really wanting to tell Spock exactly how well he knew T'Kaia Jackson. They had met on a star base near Rigel about a year ago, and had gotten to know each other quite well.
"T'Kaia? T'Kaia..." McCoy whispered to her. She showed no signs of movement. "We really should get her to sickbay now. There, I could probably revive her."
Kirk was still in a state of disbelief. He shook himself and said "Of course, Bones, sickbay. Just do your best to bring her back."
Several hours later, T'Kaia awoke to find herself in a sickbay that reminded her too much of the Europa. She had a hell of a headache, but was otherwise glad to be in one piece. She looked up in shock to see two old friends and an old flame staring back at her. And yes, T'Kaia is capable of such, she is more emotionally like her human father than her Vulcan mother, who died when T'Kaia was very young and didn't have an opportunity to turn her into a logical robot (or a normal Vulcan, depending on your viewpoint on the issue). Anyway...
"Good Lord," she muttered to herself, "First I'm imprisoned in a shuttlecraft by my own captain, now I wake up to see Bones, Spock, and JIM???" She said these last few words a bit louder. "Are you guys real?"
"I assure you, T'Kaia, we are perfectly real," Mr. Spock replied in his usual logical manner. He gave T'Kaia a look that she remembered quite well. She sighed.
"Okay, I know it's you, Spock. That's exactly how you'd respond. What am I doing here?" T'Kaia asked, looking from McCoy, to Kirk, then back up at Spock.
"That, T'Kaia, is something we were hoping to learn from you," Kirk replied.
She shook her head; she still had a dazed expression. "No, actually, I can barely remember myself. And what I can remember makes no logical sense. The last thing I remember is Captain Ghol sealing me inside the shuttlecraft, but I can't remember why or what was happening."
"So you have no clue where the Europa may be now?" Kirk questioned.
At the sound of the name 'Europa', T'Kaia gave a start. "Nn...nno, I mean, I...I don't know." She began to shake. She made a face, as if swallowing liquid nitrogen. Then, T'Kaia's face went back to it's usual cynical demeanor.
McCoy walked closer to her and rested his hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry, T'Kaia, just try to get some rest."
She smiled up at him. "Okay, Bones, just give me time." T'Kaia stretched for a moment and resettled herself in bed. She shook her head again (a favorite gesture of hers). "My oldest friend, my classmate back at the academy, and Jim Kirk all on the same ship." She shook her head again. "It should be impossible. At least all my other old friends aren't here."
"And who would they be?" Kirk asked half-heartedly.
T'Kaia appeared to be deep in thought. "Good Lord, I know about half the galaxy...but let me see. Well, there's Uhura, she and I shared a room at Starfleet Academy; then there's Montgomery...oh, yes, Scott was his last name. Never met a fellow with better taste in liquor. Then there's old Pavel Chekov, and of course my old sparring partner, Hiraku Sulu. But then again, the odds of me meeting any of them again are approximately 103987508 to one."
Spock raised his eyebrows again; Kirk and McCoy just sort of stared in awed silence.
"Was it something I said?" T'Kaia asked.
The intercom sounded. "Captain Kirk to the bridge please," Uhura called.
Please tell me whether or not I should write the next chapter!