The Final Frontier
DISCLAIMER!!!
Only claim the unoriginal Characters. All Star Trek Originals belong to those who have the rights to them now. Not me…even though I wish I did own them.
-sigh- -.-
Okay, this might be a little confusing at first; only because I am using a couple of characters that are mine from another story. If there is anything you would like me to clear up I'll do so.
Aislyn is meant to be a little contradictory at times. She'll say one thing and do another, its how she is. Expect her to be a little volatile, and expect Spock to be a little OCC.
If there is anything else, let me know. ^^ Enjoy!!! (oh, that goes for Grammar mistakes like wrong words and stuff, it wont be perfect…I know that)
Chapter 1: The Vulcan
There were two of them, two vampires. More than Aislyn Ivoneau wanted to handle at the moment.
After attacking, as was her task, Aislyn found herself on the ground watching the Vampire above her. He was amiably pissed. Hissing at her; spitting. Claudia stood, weaponless, at the back wall, the Vampire's attention on her. Aislyn slowly slid her hand down to her coat. If Claudia could keep his attention for long enough; she might be able to get a shot.
As she gripped the handle of her gun she started to see a little clearer. Thinking that Claudia had started her power she looked back. The Vampire crouched away from them.
"What the hell is that?" Aislyn asked. Claudia stepped forward, completely ignoring the vampire for the moment.
A light had started to form at the top of the building. As it spread it consumed the entire area. Suddenly maddened by the intruding light the Vampire attacked. Claudia went backwards, her head hit the stone floor and Aislyn heard something crack.
"CLAUDIA!!!!" She shot forward to try and grab her friend. The Vampire tackled her and reared his head back. She screamed and the bright light shot downward consuming everything around them. It was then that she blacked out.
(-)
"She's waking up," A voice said.
Aislyn groaned, pain shot through her head as she tried to open her eyes. She felt something stick into her neck and she yelped. Immediately, her sight cleared and she was able to sit up. The whole world was dark, save for a fire glowing next to her.
"Where am I?" she asked. Someone moved next to her and she swung around reaching for her gun. Whoever was there had taken her weapons. Slapping her hands together she closed her eyes and concentrated. Using her hearing alone she was able to pin point where the person was. Standing she shrugged off her jacket and struck two of her fingers against her left fore arm. Turning in a circle she trapped them.
Someone yelled and she heard a vampire growl. Opening her eyes she was met with the most odd of sights.
Standing before her was man…no, alien…he was about six feet tall, with black hair, pale skin, and strangely pointed ears. Dark brown eyes set under arched eyebrows studied her from across the fire.
"Spock, I wonder if she understands us," said another man next to the alien/man.
This man was dark haired also, but with lighter eyes, and a much shorter build. Still, Aislyn was quite sure she could take them both. Even without her weapons.
"I understand you fine," she snapped. "I want to know where my friend is, and my weapons."
The man named Spock arched one of his neat eye brows. "Your…weapons are in the custody of the U.S.S Enterprise, as are you and your….friends."
"I only have one friend," Aislyn snapped. "And I want to know where she is!" The other man took a step forward, only to be stopped by a tirade of flames blocking his path.
"Amazing," he said. "How are you doing this?"
Aislyn blinked in surprise. "Tell, me what I want to know and I might tell you."
"Dr. McCoy, it is only logical that she should know where her friend is," Spock said.
"Yes, yes, but would you first mind telling me your name?" McCoy asked. "And, uh, perhaps toning down the fire…"
"Why? It's not like it's hurting the surrounding area," Aislyn said. She looked around. "In fact…it looks as if this place has been through a fire epidemic already."
"Well, look, I'd like to tend to your medical needs. I am a doctor after all," McCoy said. "I am Leonard McCoy, and this is Spock." He pointed to the strange man standing next to him.
Aislyn sighed. "I guess…." She lowered her hands and the flames disappeared into the ground. Spock took in the surrounding area.
"Fascinating," he whispered. He crouched down and grabbed a handful of the dirt that covered the area.
"What is your name?" Leonard asked.
"Aislyn, Aislyn Ivoneau."
"Well, Aislyn, it's nice to meet you," he put a hand on her shoulder and pushed down. She reacted out of instinct and swung around grabbing his arm and bringing it being his back. Spock jumped and pointed what looked like a computer mouse at her. McCoy gasped in pain and struggled. He tried to reach around with his other hand. Aislyn grabbed it and pinned him on the ground.
"I would insist that you desist and let him go," Spock said.
"Or what, you're going to throw that computer mouse at me?" Aislyn asked.
Spock to a step back, he had never been challenged so frankly by a woman before. Before he could react she shook her head and immediately released the doctor.
"Sorry, but you shouldn't try those things with me…I react out of impulse…" she paused and took a step back. "You caught me by surprise."
"I'm sorry," McCoy said rubbing his wrist. "Where did you learn to do that? I couldn't follow you at all. How you moved."
"Long years of vigorous danger will do that to a girl. It's either kill or be killed where I'm from…speaking of which, where am I?"
"You are on the planet Cados," Spock answered sitting across the fire from them. Aislyn mimicked him and stared into the flames.
"You mean I'm on a whole different planet?"
Both McCoy and Spock shared a look.
"Where are you from? When were you born?" Aislyn looked back at the doctor as he pressed down on her shoulder. She felt another twinge like before and tried to crane her neck to see what he was doing.
"I am from Italy, Rome to be exact…and I was born August 4th 1984…why?"
McCoy stopped rubbing her shoulder and sucked in a deep breath. "Aislyn it is currently the year 23859."
For a moment she stopped breathing. Something she had learned from working with other Vampires. "You mean it's been 21850 years between now and 2009?"
"2009? You are from 2009? Where is that?" McCoy asked.
"That's the year dumb ass, before I was magically transported here I was in the year 2009…speaking of which, you still haven't answered my questions."
"Which were?"
"I believe she inquired about her friend and her weapons," Spock put in. His eyes still hadn't left her and Aislyn was starting to grow tired of his look.
"Has anyone ever told you that it is rude to stare?" she snapped. He raised one eye brow.
"I am not familiar with this. I am merely studying your strange appearance," he said matter of fact.
"This coming from an Alien," she mumbled.
"The correct race would be Vulcan, and I am merely curious about you…I haven't seen anyone create flames out of thin air like so," he said.
Aislyn shook her head. Something snapped next to her and she jumped. From the darkness she could see glowing red eyes appear.
"Shit, the Vampire!" She jumped up and reached for her gun, which wasn't there. "God damn you! Where are my weapons?" She growled stalking towards Spock. The Vulcan stood, a whole foot taller than she was. He reached out for her, trying to stop the onslaught. Aislyn grabbed his arms and, with amazing strength, spun him around, knocking his knees out from under him. She rode him to the ground and lifted both his hands above his head. She was straddling his waist, her face close to his.
"Your weapons are in our custody, they are being looked at as we speak," he said.
"I need them," she hissed. Spock blinked, but said nothing. "That thing that is out there will kill you both if it gets a chance, why did you kill it when you saw it?"
"It was illogical at the time; after all, it is a living creature."
Aislyn growled and lowered her head, her dark hair brushing his face. Spock took in a sharp breath. Emotion…it flared over him and he had to fight it back. No! He wasn't supposed to feel, ever! He was Vulcan, they were impervious to emotions.
"Ms. Ivoneau, if you will please get off me. This position is…uncomfortable, as there is a rock piercing my back."
Aislyn raised her head. He was taken aback at her eyes. They were honey colored, it was the only way Spock could have described them. He stared into them, seeing the depth. She raised an eyebrow and her eyes went blank, all the feeling leaving them the second they made contact.
"Fascinating," he whispered again. Aislyn rolled her eyes then stood slowly, letting him up.
"Look, I don't mean to be forceful, but you both don't understand how dangerous this creature is! You should have killed him the moment he stepped foot here," she said.
Spock looked over at McCoy. "That would be an illogical request, this…creature, has proved to be of no danger to us. If that is the fact, then we should have killed you the moment we saw you too. Yet, we did not," Spock said.
Aislyn sighed. "I understand, but you'll regret it; letting it live along with my self." She went back to the other side of the fire and sat down. Closing her eyes she felt out with her power.
Spock sat across from her, intrigued. "What are you doing?"
Her eyes opened and he went back. If possible, her eyes had grown lighter, as if an invisible fire burned behind them. She blinked once and they dulled.
"Sorry, what did you say?"
"I inquired after what you were doing," he said.
"Oh, it's nothing really. Just a meditation that I was taught to track my surroundings," she said.
"And the results?"
She stretched out her legs and leaned back. "There are three men approaching from the north, and the vampire is circling us. That's all I know."
"She must mean the rest of our search party," McCoy said. Aislyn sat up.
"There are more of you people?" she asked.
"There are 430 of us, on a ship in the sky," McCoy said. She tilted her head.
"I'm from the past, not stupid." Once again, Spock raised his eyebrow.
There was a snap behind them and Aislyn was swiftly on her feet. She lowered herself and had her hands up, ready for a fight. Something growled and a dark shape charged forward. It tackled Aislyn to the ground. Spock and McCoy pulled out their fasers and tried to point it towards the creature.
Aislyn turned the vampire under her and proceeded to shove her fist against his nose. He growled at her and swept his hand out. His claws caught her arm and tore into her flesh. She cried out and raised her right hand. Red flames surrounded her fist, consumed her arm. She screamed and started to bring it down on the vampire's head when he cried out.
"STOP!!!" The suddenness of his voice surprised her.
"What…who are you?" she asked.
"I didn't mean to attack you, I'm just hungry," he whined. Aislyn stood, the flames on her arm still burning.
"Who are you?" she asked again.
The vampire sat up. Once the appearance of the creature had gone, he was little more than a teenager.
"I am your brother…" he said softly.
Aislyn jumped away from him, the flames disappearing.
"What are you talking about?"
"I was trying to tell you about it when your partner attacked me," the boy said.
Aislyn stared at him for a moment, trying to assess whether or not he was telling the truth.
"How do I know this is not a ploy to attack me when I'm off guard?" she asked.
The boy was breathing hard as he raised a hand. "Because I would have done it already," he stated. "You may be fast, but when you're off guard I'm faster. You wouldn't even see me hit."
"Then whatever that vampire flunky of yours told you isn't true, boy. I am the fastest human to ever have graduated from the academy, I know when your kind moves, even when I'm not paying attention," Aislyn stated folding her arms. "What is your name?"
"Nicolas, I came with another Vampire. I think he may have gone up on the ship with your friend, I haven't seen him anywhere and believe me I know he was here," he said.
"Nicolas…that was my brother's name, but that's impossible; he died years ago."
"Doctor McCoy, your patient has started to wake, I think it's time for you all to beam up now."
Aislyn took her eyes off the vampire for a moment to look back at McCoy and Spock.
"What about the rest of the search party, Captain?" McCoy asked.
"They have already been beamed aboard."
Nicolas stood next to Aislyn. "Holy cow," he stated softly. "That was Captain Kirk wasn't it?"
Spock tilted his head at them. "And how would you know that if you are not from this time?"
Nicolas' eyes widened. "Oh, I forgot. I can't tell you that Mr. Spock sorry, but I can promise that it is nothing serious."
Spock raised one angled eye brow as if he didn't believe the boy. Aislyn knew though, she could tell when people where lying and when they were telling the truth…unfortunately.
"Alright Captain, four to beam up," McCoy said.
Spock came up behind Aislyn. "Since you are not accustomed to our way of travel I will beam up with you," he said.
Slowly Aislyn nodded. Spock returned it and wrapped an arm around her. He looked back at McCoy who spoke into the communicator again.
"Alright Scottie, Energize."
(-)
Aislyn felt every cell in her body reform as they landed on what looked like a platform. Once the lights disappeared she noticed that they were not alone in the compact room.
Spock moved away from her and she swayed.
"Are you alright?" McCoy asked putting a hand on her shoulder to steady her.
Aislyn nodded. "Yeah, just a little bit of vertigo. I don't like flying, let alone being teleported."
McCoy nodded and grabbed onto her arm to help her down the stairs. "Well, come on you two. I have to give you both a thorough physical before I can let you wander the ship."
Nicolas followed behind them with a group of people.
"McCoy, status report," said a man with blonde hair to their left. McCoy kept pushing Aislyn forward as he started to relate all his information to who she conceived only to be the captain.
When they arrived in the sick bay Claudia was sitting up in her bed. "Oh Thank God you're alright!" she exclaimed starting to move. One of the medical attendants grabbed her arm. Aislyn broke hold of McCoy and moved to her friend's side.
"You can let go of me, I'm not going anywhere now," Claudia told the guard. When he didn't acknowledge her Aislyn moved towards them. Before anyone could register what she was going to do she grabbed the underside of his arm and squeezed the pressure point just below his elbow. He yelped and Claudia took the advantage to squeeze the point in his hand. He let go and stumbled away from her. Aislyn spun his arm and pushed him towards the group.
"I think that you would be wise to listen to her next time, champ," she told the guard. "The next time you may not be so lucky."
McCoy checked him over and shook his head. "Pride of the Starfleet Academy you are," he said before moving to the two newcomers.
Aislyn sat on the bed next to Claudia as McCoy started testing her and injecting her with various hypos. When he was done with her physical she jumped off the bed.
"Did you have to poke all those things in me?" she asked rubbing her neck.
"It's a precaution. We have 400 people on this ship, I don't want some kind of epidemic to start because of some disease I didn't bother immunizing you all from," Bones said. Claudia laughed.
"The only disease you're gonna get from Aislyn Ivoneau is the stubbornness disease," she said. "We can't carry diseases Doc, being a human that possesses the power of fire has its advantages." She snapped her fingers together and a blue flame erupted from the tips of her fingers.
Bones stared at her hand in fascination. "How the in the hell do you guys do that?" he asked amazed.
Aislyn shrugged. "If we knew we wouldn't tell you anyways."
"As far as we know, it's the coagulants in our blood. They literally boil when we use this power. Our white blood cells are higher than most people," Claudia put in. "But no one is entirely sure why it runs in the blood."
"We're the only two people in Italy who have this power, but so did my dad. Claudia is the anomaly in that; none of her ancestors were Phyrokinetics," Aislyn stated from across the room.
"You're not going to tell him?" Claudia asked. Aislyn looked over at her.
"Tell him what?" she asked.
"About it," the other woman stressed. She waved her hands and Aislyn knew what she was talking about it.
"It's nothing he needs to concern himself about. That is only between Doctor Adien Van Halen and me," Aislyn said irritated.
"Whatever you're keeping from my lead doctor better not have anything to do with us," Jim Kirk said from near the door.
Both Aislyn and Claudia tensed. They hadn't even heard the door open letting Spock and Kirk inside the room.
"It is nothing that has to concern you, Captain, it isn't anything that you will catch," Aislyn snapped quickly. "Like I said, it is only between my doctor and me."
"Well, I am your doctor now Aislyn and I would like to know what you're keeping from me," Bones said crossing his arms.
Aislyn opened her mouth to retort when a large boom shook the ship. She was thrown back into the wall, her head hitting the metal outlaying of the table.
"Captain Kirk and Commander Spock, you are needed on the bridge," a female voice said over the intercom.
Kirk moved to the wall and pressed the button. "Lieutenant what's going on up there?"
The voice came back. "It's something you're going to have to see for yourself Captain…"
Aislyn grabbed onto the table and pulled herself up. She could hear shouting on the other side of the intercom.
"Where the hell am I? Who the hell are you people? Don't touch me!"
Something Crashed.
The Lieutenant's voice came back on. "Captain, I really think you need to come up here, maybe Doctor McCoy too."
Aislyn looked back at Claudia and grinned.
"That was Adien wasn't it?" Claudia asked smiling. She swung the covers back and jumped out of the bed.
"Whoa cowgirl, you shouldn't be out of that bed," Bones said. He made for Claudia. She put up her hands.
"Believe me Doc, if that is Adien on the bridge then you're gonna need all the help you can get with her."
Aislyn laughed. "Yeah, she's a live wire that one."
Nicolas stepped from the side of the room. "Is there anything I can do to help?"
Claudia jumped. "Holy shit, it's the vampire! What the hell did you bring him on board for?" She yelled at Aislyn.
"Because all high and mighty here thinks he's my brother," Aislyn snapped. "And I don't feel bad vibes coming from him so I had no choice but to believe him."
Claudia eyed the youth but nodded her head. "What happened to the second one? There was another one with you," she asked him.
Nicolas shook his head. "I don't know. I lost track of him when we were brought here."
Claudia looked at Aislyn. "Then on top of being on a ship in space, we've got a rouge vampire on our hands."
"Not only a rouge vampire, but a master vampire at that," Nicolas added. "This guy is powerful; I was following him when you guys showed up."
"Aislyn," Claudia warned.
Aislyn held up her hands. "Sheesh, one problem at a time, okay? Let's get Adien calmed down before she kills someone up there." With that she turned and walked towards the Captain and rest of his crew.
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