Star Trek:
The Kirk Incident
Captain's Log Stardate: 6112.6
As per orders from Starfleet Command, we have been holding position around the planet designated Cigma-Nynar One… by Starfleet command. It is a planet rich in rare minerals which can be modified to produce treatments for several medical conditions. I do not need to tell you how much ships surgeon McCoy is handling this assignment, you would think he is in command himself.
Since there is nothing else to do but sit on my hands and wait, I have joined one of the survey teams, if we can conduct a full survey before a medical or purely science vessel arrives, it make things a lot easier on them.
Looking over the almost idyllic setting of where he stood, James Kirk smiled slightly as the soft winds blew through his hair as he nodded with satisfaction while his crew gathered the mineral ores needed for testing while the excited Doctor McCoy ran around like a first year cadet as he gave orders to anyone listening.
"Jim! What re you doing?" McCoy yelled across the large field before them.
"Just enjoying the view bones… relax, we'll have your samples before the other ships arrive!"
For a moment, he looked at the cynical old doctor as his communicator beeped and the voice of Commander Spock echoed over the channel.
"Enterprise to Captain Kirk, please respond!"
"Kirk here, go ahead Spock!" He said as he flipped open his communicator.
"Captain, sensors are detecting a large storm front heading in your direction. Mister Chekov believes it would be wise to have all crew return onboard the ship before the storm hits"
"How large a storm front Spock, and which direction?" Kirk said calmly.
"Heading towards your direction from the south west of your location Captain, the storm is a class Six-Beta geomagnetic storm Captain, produced by a Coronal mass ejection from this system's primary star. Time to impact upon your location, one hour sir"
"Jim, we can't just leave… the place is a treasure trove of rare minerals" McCoy grunted.
"I'm sorry Bones. Spock, how long will it take to beam everyone off the surface?"
"Thirty-seven minutes and fifteen seconds Captain" Spock said slowly. "Transporter rooms two and three are off-line due to maintenance…"
"Very well Spock, begin alerting the crew for transport back onboard the Enterprise. McCoy, you have until the last moment for gathering your samples. You and I will be the last to leave!"
Quickly, McCoy turned with almost anger in his movements as he walked away mumbling under his breath. Laughing slightly, Kirk looked towards one of his officers as he approached.
"Sulu?"
"I'm beaming up with the first crews sir. I believe it maybe quicker if we use one of the shuttlecraft for evacuation along with the transporter"
"Alright Mister Sulu, just don't tell McCoy. He's a little annoyed at me already for cancelling his little science club" Kirk winked.
After beaming back to Enterprise, Lieutenant Sulu returned to the surface onboard one of the shuttlecraft for evacuation preparations due to the approaching storm which by this time be clearly seen by all personnel as the sky itself seemed to burn as the fiery storm approached swiftly and wind from their location began to pick up speed as it whipped around the canyon in which they stood. With the last of the away team transported onboard the Enterprise, Kirk looked up at the skies as the flames continued on its fast and deadly approach while the latest in the long line of Starfleet shuttlecraft once again touched down before them as Kirk nodded while the last of the crew, McCoy looked at him with sadness in his eyes.
"Don't worry Bones, once this storm has passed we'll return" Kirk yelled.
"I know! It would have been easier if I could ride out the storm in those caves we found earlier, instead of having to trust that Shuttlecraft Sulu picked up!"
"Bones, it's not just any shuttlecraft! It's a Type F refit, we've been working on it for months. Now… get on board before that storm hits!"
Nodding quickly, McCoy stepped into the modified shuttlecraft with Kirk at his side as the doors slide shut and tiny vessel slowly lifted off the ground as the small stub-like wings deployed in a similar configuration to that of the old NX Class Shuttlepods of a century earlier. Slowly and under the expert handling of Lieutenant Sulu, the shuttlecraft arose into the clouds of fire as its shields absorbed the heat and McCoy sat back in his chair as he watched the window before him.
"Nothing to it Doctor, we're going to be fine. Just a little heat that is all" Kirk laughed.
"Did I tell you how much I hate these things?"
"Every damned time you set foot in one, along with the transporter…"
"Alright, enough"
Suddenly, the tiny shuttlecraft rocked hard to port, throwing the crew onto the deck plating hard while Sulu struggled to keep the vessel in the air as he spoke.
"Just a little turbulence… Enterprise, shuttle Cochrane, we are being thrown around down here… I hope you have…"
A loud bang echoed through the ship as alarm klaxons rang out and the ship spun violently to port while Sulu once again fought the controls before he called out.
"Enterprise, we're lost our port engine… starboard is breaking loose"
"Confirmed Shuttlecraft…" Said a Scottish voice. "… I have a transport lock on the three of you now. Stand by"
"Anytime Scotty, the ground is getting damned close!" Kirk yelled.
"Gotcha! Energising"
Instantly, McCoy found himself dissolving under the transporter effect while at his side he saw Kirk undergo the same effect along with Sulu before him until finally the shuttlecraft itself began to break apart around him as it disappeared while he was pulled away by the transporter only to be replaced by the transporter room of the Enterprise, yet now something was different, he felt as if his body was on fire before blackness claimed him.
The muffled sounds of footfalls on the carpeted floor of sickbay slowly faded into his senses along with the every present sound of the vast and powerful engines rumbling as they held the pride of the federation in place above the planet, the whistling and beeping sounds of the medical equipment came into his hearing slowly as finally the sounds of distant voices growing every closer caught his attention as his eyes slowly opened as he heard the sound of Nurse Chapel's voice calling out.
"Mister Spock, Doctor McCoy is awakening!"
"Thank you Nurse" Spock said harshly.
Walking towards McCoy's bedside, Spock examined his eyes as McCoy sat upright slowly and his eyes searched the room for the others whom where in the shuttle craft with him.
"Spock?… why is security here, what's going on?"
"Who are you. I know who you appear to be…" Spock said as he looked into McCoy's eyes.
"Spock, I am in no mood for games, what is wrong with you?"
"What s the current Stardate, what is the name of the commanding officer of your vessel" Spock said as he picked up a medical tricorder and scanned him.
"Spock what? Is this some form of Vulcan Joke?"
"Please answer the question…" Spock said as a security officer approached him.
"Lieutenant Commander Leonard McCoy, Doctor. Chief Medical Officer, USS Enterprise… Current Stardate, unless I am mistaken is 6112.6. Commander officer of Enterprise, Captain Jim Kirk… Spock, what the hell is going on?" McCoy growled, deeply.
"Mister Spock, the results of the Quantum Signature is in line ours, a perfect match like Sulu" Called out a Science officer.
"Quantum Signature? I'll ask again Spock… what the hell is going on?"
"What do you remember during the emergency beam out Doctor?" Spock sad coldly.
"The usual… but then… I felt as if I was being dragged, turn apart until I saw the transporter… Ohh no, not again. Please tell me I did not 'Drop into' another…"
Slowly, Spock stepped at McCoy's side as McCoy saw Sulu sat up on a Bio-Bed while Spock spoke slowly.
"You are where you should be, as is Mister Sulu; however…" Slowly, Spock activated the console with a direct link to the brig. "Captain Kirk as you can see… did not!"
Slowly, McCoy's eyes opened wide with shock as he looked at the screen before him. Stood in the brig of the Enterprise, dressed in Captain Kirk's green wrap around uniform with the Enterprise assignment patch, a young woman stood yelling at the forcefeild before her as the uniform hung off of her body.
"What the hell?" McCoy said in shock. "Who is that? Where is Jim?"
"Unknown Doctor. Mister Scott reports that for a moment, during transport… Captain Kirk appeared on the transporter platform before he faded and the young woman appeared in the Captain's place"
"WHAT?" He yelled in shock.
"Please govern your emotions Doctor. As we speak, Mister Scott is analysing the transporter records. We have attempted to scan the surface of the planet below. Unfortunately, the magnetic storm is deflecting our sensors. We will have to wait for the storm to pass before we can search the location and recover the remains of the shuttlecraft"
McCoy's eyes once again locked onto the screen before him as he studied the young woman on the screen as Spock continued with his lengthy report and a full medical examination of both McCoy and Sulu eventually revealed that they where as they said they are. Both finally released from sickbay upon recognisance of the ship's sensors, McCoy was instantly put to work in discovering who the young woman was and how she arrived onboard the Enterprise in the Captain's place as his first port of call after eight hours of medical exams was the ship's brig. Finally entering the brig, McCoy stopped before the forcefeild as a security guard stood and walked towards him while he reported on the behaviour of the young and unknown woman. For over three hours, McCoy gave her a full medical examination as best as he could with the equipment he brought with him as a startling revelation about her true identity came into the light.
With the senior crew gathered in a briefing room, Doctor McCoy gave the report on his findings of the young woman, much to the shock of the staff themselves.
"… So as you can see from my scans, her brainwave patterns, her D.N.A even her unique Quantum Signature is an exact match…"
"What are you saying Doctor?" Uhura said, almost fearing the answer.
"It is undeniable… this young woman… IS Jim Kirk"
A slight laughter came from behind them as a security guard turned away slightly before he straightened his face and looked back at the Doctor, holding in his laughter while Mister Scott spoke out.
"That coincides with what I have discovered… almost. When I examined the transport records… and triple checked them to make sure, I noticed a 0.57 second gap between the transporter locking onto both the Doctor, Mister Sulu and the Captain. In essence, they where already onboard the Enterprise in the matter stream when the Captain arrived. However, his signal started to degrade slightly… that's when the backups kicked in"
"Should the Captain not have materialised as himself, not this… young woman?" Sulu replied.
"Aye, he should have… unfortunately, the backups where… affected by the storm and they reverted to an earlier state. The last person to beam up before the shuttle crew was Ensign Jones… I don't know how or why yet, but the transporter must have used her transport signature to materialise Captain Kirk using a combined signature" He said with a smirk on his face.
"But, Ensign Jones… is 21 years old!" Uhura said quickly.
"Aye lassie… so is the Captain. It merged her signature with his, creating a new version of Jim Kirk with the opposite gender" Scotty laughed slightly.
"That would agree with my findings Mister Scott" Spock said slowly, as if holding in his own urge to laugh.
"So… captain Kirk is now a 21 year old Woman?" Chekov said.
Laughter filled the room as Spock stood and turned away from the gathered senior crew, his head lowered slightly as they looked up at him. As he was sitting closer to Spock, McCoy thought he could see a slight smile forming over Spock's face before he turned quickly and took a deep breath as he spoke.
"So then the question remains Mister Scott. How do we return the Captain back to his former self?"
"I am… working on it!" Scotty smiled. "… But I can tell you one thing sir. Captain Kirk is a bloody attractive young lassie!"
Almost falling off of their chairs with laughter at Mister Scott's almost dry sense of humour, Spock once again took a deep breath as he looked up at the ceiling with an almost half smile upon his face before he looked back at the laughing chief engineer as he spoke once more.
"Give this top priority Mister Scott. Use any personnel you see fit for this… Project! Lieutenant Wilder, release the Captain from the brig and have… her… report directly to me"
"Aye sir!" The security officer with a smile upon his face.
"I suppose it is Jim's penance for his many years of womanising!" McCoy laughed, once again setting off the command staff into laughter.
"Pity Doctor, he would have liked her!" Scotty laughed.
The full irony of the situation was not lost on anyone as Spock ended the unusual briefing, as the command staff finally left the briefing room, he stood alone as he looked up at the ceiling and when he was sure that no one was watching, a large smile crept over his face as he coughed slightly to hide the slightest release of emotion before he straightened his face and his blue uniform tunic and left the briefing room. However, leaning against the wall of in the corridor, Doctor McCoy laughed slightly as he spoke almost mocking him.
"That must have been some display Spock! What did you do, laugh… wait I heard nothing. You smiled, damn… wish I'd have seen it!"
"Doctor, do you not have some work else where on the ship?" Spock replied.
"Nope! I'm all yours Spock"
"Doctor, perhaps your expertise would be best utilised else where… perhaps assisting Mister Scott with his investigation"
"Ohh come on Spock, let me be in the room when you confront… Jim? What are we calling her now?"
"Very well Doctor. Follow me please!"
"Of course!" McCoy laughed. "Ohh! Some one should inform Ensign Jones that she has a daughter with Captain Kirk!" He laughed as followed Spock through the corridors of the ship.