A/N What would happen if nuKirk ended up in TOS Universe? Well you are about to find out!
Part 1
Kirk was running for his life. The rest of the landing party had been beamed up, however a malfunction in the transporter had left him stranded on the hostile planet.
He ran and hid behind a bolder, opening his communicator. "Mr. Scott! Beam me aboard immediately!"
"Aye, I'm doing all I can captain" Scotty said sounding stressed.
"Captain," the voice was Spock's "An ion storm is approaching. You will recall the problem we had when we beamed you up under similar conditions before."
"I am well aware of the consequences, Mr. Spock!" Kirk hissed. "However, these Zardonians are out for blood...mine! I'll have to take my chances." He heard the approaching footsteps which were coming closer by the second. He knew that they would kill him as soon as they spotted him.
Kirk slipped around the rock attempting to remain out of the Zardonian's view.
"Mr. Scott!" he whispered "If you don't do it now, you'll be beaming up a body!"
He backed up as the footsteps approached and crouched down, but the Zardonian spotted him.
He had no weapon as his phaser was confiscated by the Zardonian's when the landing party arrived.
"Prepare to die!" the Zardonian hissed. "You will not leave this place alive, spy!"
Kirk stared at the phaser he was pointing wondering if this was truly the end.
Suddenly he felt the familiar tingling of the transporter and fell to the ground as the Zardonian pointed the phaser at him.
Kirk found himself materialized onto the transporter pad and let out a sigh. He looked up and saw Spock and Bones who immediately came to him.
"Are you alright Jim?" Bones asked as Spock helped him to his feet.
"I'm fine, thanks Bones, Spock...and you too Scotty. That was close!"
"Aye captain!" Scotty said grinning.
"Well Mr. Spock" Kirk said walking over to Scotty "I'm glad we didn't end up an an alternate universe like we did during that other ion storm.
"Indeed captain." Spock said.
"Captain!" Scotty exclaimed "Something else is coming through the transporter. I don't understand it. I only beamed you up!"
They watched as someone began to materialize.
"Scotty! It may be one of the Zardonians! They ran over to the transporter to grab the unknown person when they materialized.
Spock stood ready to administer a pinch before the person could get their bearings. However when the person materialized they fell to the pad unconscious.
They were shocked because the person fell face forward and was obviously wearing a Starfleet uniform. Kirk ran over to him and turned him over. It was a young man and he looked very familiar. Spock raised an eyebrow and Bones gasped.
Kirk looked at Bones. "You know him?" he asked noting that Bones seemed to recognize the young man.
"Yes Jim!" Bones said staring at the young man and then back at Jim and then to Spock.
"Jim, it's you!"
"Me?" Kirk said. "This isn't me! I'm me. What are you talking about Bones?"
Bones looked at the young man.
"He's wearing your uniform. It is you Jim...only a younger you!"
Jim looked at his younger self unable to completely accept what Bones had said.
"Let's get him to sickbay! Spock help me. I'm a doctor not a strongman!" Bones said pulling on his arm.
They carried the young man to sickbay and Bones began to examine him.
Kirk turned to Spock. "You don't buy this stuff that this is me, do you Spock."
"Captain, it does appear to be a younger version of yourself. I don't have sufficient data to determine how this occurred. This is unlike the incident when you were split into two persons, because physically, the two were the same. In the previous ion storm, you were transferred to an alternate universe. We most likely will not be able to determine what happened until we can talk to the younger version of yourself, if in fact that is who he is."
Bones spoke up . "He's coming to, Jim"
The young Kirk opened his eyes and seemed confused for a moment. He looked at Bones.
"What happened to me Bones? How did I get to the medical bay? Man, are you sick? You look bad!" he exclaimed and then looked around.
He saw the other Kirk staring at him with an older version of Spock. He put his hand to his head.
"Who are you?" he asked as the other Kirk approached.
"I am Captain James T. Kirk and you are aboard the Starship Enterprise!" he said "Who might you be?"
Young Kirk stared at him a moment. "I am Captain James T. Kirk!" He then pointed at Spock "And that's Spock, accept he looks...older." He then looked at Bones "And you too Bones!"
He was obviously confused. "Am I dreaming? What in the world is going on?"
He tried to sit up and Bones pushed him back down.
"It appears that in beaming up our captain Kirk, you somehow got beamed aboard also, apparently from a different universe. You, obviously are a younger version of our captain."
Young Kirk stared from the other Kirk to Spock and then back at Bones. "If that's so...then how do I get back to my universe. The Enterprise doesn't need two Kirks!" He put his hand to his head as if he had a headache.
"Look, Jim..." Bones said then stopped looking at the older version "Look, I can't call you both Jim...it's confusing!" He pointed to the younger version. "You will be Jimmy for the time being so that I can keep you straight."
Kirk pulled up a chair. He looked at the younger version of himself. Apparently in his world he was already captain of the Enterprise. "We need to have a talk" he said then looked at Bones "If he is up to it."
"He's fine." Bones said.
"How old are you?" the older Kirk asked. "I'm twenty six" his young self replied.
"Twenty six! Did you come straight to the Enterprise after you graduated?" the older Kirk asked.
"Yes."
"There is eleven years difference in our ages. All I accomplished before the coming to the Enterprise, you never experienced. I enlisted in Starfleet because of my father's encouragement." He paused a moment appearing thoughtful.
"I have a question I need to ask you." young Kirk asked quietly.
Kirk looked at him nodding "Go ahead."
The other Kirk could see the pain on his face "What was it like to have a father?"
For several hours Kirk questioned the younger version of himself and found that his life was very different from his own. He could not imagine what it was like not to have a father. His father had been a very important part of his life and was a great influence on him. They even had different birth dates due to his younger self being born on the USS Kelvin, whereas he was born in Iowa. The attack that was made on the Kelvin had sent his mother into labor early. Everything changed because of a madman in young Kirk's universe. Kirk wanted to learn more about this younger version of himself.
"Now, I've answered all of your questions." his younger self said "Now I need you to answer some of mine."
Fair enough" the older version replied. "What do you want to know?"
"Are you and Spock really friends. He tried to kill me in my universe, even though we are now beginning to get along. Of course, he keeps his eye on Nyota whenever I'm around!" he said laughing.
Kirk looked surprised. "Nyota...you mean Uhura? Why is that?"
Young Kirk looked surprised. "You know..."
Kirk looked at him dumbfounded "Know what?"
Young Kirk looked at Bones who shrugged his shoulders "You'll have to elaborate, Jimmy."
"Well in our universe...Spock and Uhura are an item."
Bones coughed and Kirk started laughing in disbelief. "You mean romantically? You're kidding!"
"I gather that's not the case here" young Kirk said smiling.
"I should say not!" Bones snapped "She would never align herself with that unfeeling hobgoblin!"
"Then she's your woman?" young Kirk asked eagerly.
"Of course not!" Kirk snapped "I don't have those type of relationships with my crew!"
"I know...I know!" young Kirk said holding up his hands defensively "It's just that I had a thing for her at the Academy and well...she hated me. Later I found out that she was Spock's girl. Hell, I didn't even know her first name until after I came aboard the Enterprise!"
"She wasn't at the Academy when I attended." the older Kirk said "I did not meet her until I became captain."
"Who's she with then?" young Kirk asked.
"You'll have to ask her!" Bones said "We don't pry into other people's personal life."
"Ah Bones, don't be like that" young Kirk said."I see in both universes you are still touchy!"
"Well in both universes you are still chasing women!" Bones replied tartly.
"But not crew!" the older Kirk responded.
"She's your crew, not mine!" young Kirk replied.
"Look, I'll take you to the bridge." the other Kirk said standing. "I am sure that the word has traveled already as to your identity." Kirk said. He looked at his younger self still unable to grasp it all and led him to the turbolift.
Kirk stepped onto the bridge and felt all eyes on the two of them. Spock looked up from his station.
He watched young Kirk to see what he would do but he remained still. Kirk then walked to the captain's chair and sat down and young Kirk walked over and stood by him.
"I'm surprised." Kirk said looking at him "I half expected you to walk over and sit in the chair before I did."
"Then you don't know yourself very well." young Kirk replied "I would never be so presumptuous. This is your Enterprise, not mine. You are the captain, I am your guest."
"Of course." Kirk said smiling. "That is exactly what I would have done."
Young Kirk looked over at Uhura who was staring at him. He looked at Kirk who was smiling and nodded.
"Hello, Nyota" he said then looked at Spock. She seemed surprised that he knew her name.
"Hello, have we met?" she asked smiling.
"Haven't you heard?" he said taking her hand "I am James T. Kirk from another universe. Apparently my Universe I am captain of the Enterprise eleven years earlier. You, however, are just as beautiful now as you were eleven years younger." He bent down and kissed her hand. She smiled.
"You are quite a charmer in both universes apparently." she said.
"And you are a lot nicer in this universe. I think I like it here." he said still eying Spock out of the corner of his eye.
"Mr. Kirk!" Spock said "I have been reviewing the data pertaining to your transport to our universe."
The younger Kirk almost laughed out loud. He could hear the mild irritation in Spock's voice. Apparently he did have feelings for Uhura in this universe, but he just hadn't acted on them. This could prove very interesting. While he wanted to return to his universe and to his own crew, he wasn't above having a little fun while he was here.
He walked over to Spock and the older Kirk got up and joined them. "Apparently the ion storm is the culprit. We can recreate the conditions with the ships power as we did before. However, timing is everything. There was also another variable. There was a delay between the time our captain Kirk was beamed aboard and approximately eight and one half minutes passed before you were beamed aboard. A review of the records reveals that at the approximate time you were beamed from your universe there was a fluctuation in our transporter. We are still trying to identify that. That too must be recreated in order to get you back to your own universe. Mr. Scott is working on that as we speak.
"Good" Kirk said looking at the young Kirk. "Until Mr. Scott works that out...you are my guest. Just don't try to be captain here." he said smiling.
"I wouldn't think of it." young Kirk said. "I still have a lot of questions for you."
"And" he said turning to Uhura "I have some for you too. Have dinner with me."
"I believe the Lieutenant cannot accept your request." Spock said "We have a lesson this evening"
Young Kirk looked at her "I didn't know that you needed Spock to answer for you."
Nyota looked momentarily confused and then looked at Spock. "I am aware of our music lesson, Mr. Spock and I will be there. However." she said turning to Kirk and smiling "I do have to eat."
Spock raised an eyebrow and did not reply.
The young Kirk snickered to himself. Oh, yeah. This was going to be a lot of fun. He wondered how long Spock had been hiding his feelings for Uhura. She apparently didn't have a clue. Lessons, huh? He couldn't help smiling.
"Oh I'll be sure that she gets to her lesson Mr. Spock" he said " After I'm done, of course."
If looks could kill, he knew he'd be a dead duck right now. Spock looked thoroughly irritated with him. He could tell. Young Kirk lifted her hand kissing it again.
"That's enough Jimmy." the older version said. "Let the Lieutenant complete her duties."
"Of course, captain" he said.
Oh yes. He was going to have a good time on this Enterprise. He walked back over to the other Kirk.
She was still a beauty. She wore her hair differently and she was older, but her legs and that figure was still one to make him salivate. He was going to have a good time making Spock jealous. Who knows, maybe he could get them together before he left. He had yet to tell them that he had already met the older version of Spock in his universe.
The older Spock from his universe had been surprised to learn about the relationship between his younger self and Nyota. He had even sounded as if he regretted not making Nyota his own in his universe. Now he would have that chance. Kirk would make it happen. Young Kirk reasoned that he wasn't doing it for his Spock, he was doing it for the older Spock who had helped him and had told him how to gain the Enterprise from the younger Spock. He owed him that much! Yes, this was going to be a lot of fun and he was going to take full advantage of the situation that presented itself.