Let's do the timewarp again.
Darth Oddish
2008
The titel of this story is named after one of the songs from the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
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Within this story I disregard the ST:Enterprise episode These are the voyages... and all the events that it includes. I also confirm the relationships between Spock /Chapel and T'Pol/Trip. If you don't like this pairing, please do not read this story.
Thoughts are shown in italics and conversations through a vulcan bond are written in "italics with quotation marks." Underlined sentences are spoken in vulcan, but since I cannot write or speak that language, it will be in English.
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" Capt'n! The engine went offlin'! What's happenin' ?"
Captain Kirk held on to his seat on the bridge while his mind was working overtime. What the hell is happening here? He thought while trying to formulate an answer to his Chief Engineer.
" Can you fix it, Scotty?" He then replied.
" Sorry sir, but I don't even know what's wrong with the thin'!" Came the answer from the com.
" Keptin, Look!" Shouted a voice from behind navigation.
Kirk turned around and watched the viewscreen while it displayed a giant emerging wormhole. "Spock!?" he said while turning his chair and looking questionably at his science officer. The ship was still steerless and out of control.
" I believe that wormhole is emitting radiation from which the particular effects are still unknown. Nevertheless, it is the explanation for the immense power drain from the engine that caused them to go offline." Spock said wile keeping his eyes on his screens. " I also believe it is growing from the power it is draining from our ship."
"Is there anything we can do to stop it?" Kirk said. He was almost on the floor because of the rather violent shakes the ship was now experiencing.
"Negative, Captain." Spock said. He now looked up. "In my opinion, every move we make will increase the wormhole's diameter and the damages to our ship will be more extensive."
"How much time till we hit the thing?" Came a voice from the elevators. It sounded rather irritated.
Without looking to the source, Spock replied: " Estimated time to collision; 52.2 seconds."
This statement was finished with a big bang from an exploding unit and a yelp from the man that was behind it. McCoy raced to him and administered his medicine.
" Coremen to the bridge!" Kirk said in the com. While the doctor was tending his patient.
" 3.4 seconds to collision." The steady voice from the corner said and they all watched the viewscreen which was almost pitch black.
They all clung to their seats and waited for the impact.
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" Captain, the sensors are detecting something unfamiliar." Said the vulcan at the science station.
Captain Jonathan Archer, who was just getting bored signing papers, jumped off his chair and looked at the screen where T'Pol was trying to scan the new phenomenon.
" Tucker to Archer" came the sound from the com.
"Archer here, go ahead Trip" the captain replied while his stare was still fixed at the screen.
" Something is draining power from the engines, I can't find the source!"
" T'Pol?" Archer said while looking at her.
"This wormhole is the source of the drain, but I do not believe it is growing any further." She said while still trying to adjust the sensors.
Suddenly there was a bright flash and a ship emerged from the hole. Within the next few seconds, the hole shrunk and disappeared. The bridge crew looked dazed at the screen. The ship was closer now and the text on the hull said; USS Enterprise NCC-1701.
" What the..." Was the only thing Archer could think, so he just said it.
"Trip, you should come up here..." He said into the com. And closed the link.
In the meantime on the other Enterprise's bridge, the crew was lying on the floor. Kirk was the first one to regain consciousness and looked around. His crew was awakening and the first one he looked at was his science officer. He wanted an explanation and their position. While the rest of the crew was almost on their feet, his first officer was still sitting dazed of the foot of his console. Kirk lifted himself from the floor and approached him, something wasn't right.
"Spock, are you okay?"
The vulcan looked up and saw his captain looking at him with a very worried face. "Yes captain." He said and tried to stand. This wasn't the best idea since he needed the assistance from his friend to complete the move.
"Are you sure?"Kirk said, the concern still embedded in his eyes. But before Spock could answer there was a loud gasp from the other side of the room and McCoy's voice sounded "Look!". They all turned and looked at the screen at which the doctor pointed his outstretched arm.
On the screen was a ship, It was an old NX-class vessel with the name Enterprise painted in big letters on the hull. After a silence there was a beep from the communications panel.
"They're hailing us, captain!" Uhura said. The pitch of her voice indicated that a part of her still thought this was a giant joke.
"On screen" Kirk said with the steadiest voice he could find. Spock was already scanning the vessel, so that problem could wait. He walked to the center seat but didn't sat down. Spock completed his scans and joined him, standing in his position after the captain's chair while McCoy completed the scene.
"The ship is real, captain. Although I cannot confirm it with readings from a nearby planet, since they are too far away, I believe we have been transported back in time to the mid-22nd century." Spock said to Kirk a moment before the viewscreen flashed to the face of another captain.
"I am Captain Archer of the Starship Enterprise, who are you?" Archer couldn't think of any other opening line at this moment what costed him a glare from T'Pol. As far as vulcans could glare anyway. He looked at his viewscreen again and behind him he heard Trip come in. Together they watched the other Enterprise's crew in silence.
How far can we inform them? Kirk thought while formulating an answer. He was looking at one of the most famous captain's in starfleet history, if not THE most famous one.
"I am Captain Kirk of the USS Enterprise, I believe there has been an accident. May we come on board?"
Archer turned and looked at Reed, who after a short look at his screen nodded.
"Are you able to dock?" Archer asked.
"We'll beam aboard. You do have a transporter?" Kirk said, suddenly realizing this was not his century.
"We have, We will meet you there in five minutes. Archer out." He nodded at Hoshi and said "T'Pol, Trip, Malcolm, let's give them a warm welcome. And Malcolm, bring a phaser."
"Aye sir." Came the reply and Malcolm was gone.
"He's too enthusiastic about this..." Trip said while shaking his head. They walked to the turbolift.
"Travis, you have the bridge." Archer said and the doors of the lift closed.
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