Hello! So this story takes place after STID, and follows the Enterprise after it helps two young girls from a beautiful but scary doom. As you most likely saw in the summary, it is generally romance ordinated but there is going to be a great deal of adventure and fun as well. Though there will not be anything full blown about cough cough "grown up enjoyment" there will be many references. I hope you enjoy the story!

"This cave is huge!" James Tiberius Kirk exclaimed as he looked around the cave he and his landing crew were currently walking through. A few months into their 5 year expedition, the Enterprise had stopped at yet another unknown planet. After being stuck on the bridge for a few weeks, Kirk eagerly went down taking Spock, McCoy, Checov, Uhora, and two security men with him. "And these gems are huge.

"Jim, will you stop acting like a little boy?" McCoy growled and Kirk just laughed in response.

"Captain, why are you so insistent on looking around this cave while we should be looking for the ship that we received a distress signal from?" Spock asked as truly no one wanted to be in this cave.

Yes, it was a beautiful cave. Its walls were a white stone that glistened when the little light from the outside came through the holes. And there were huge deposits of Amber throughout it, gems the size of men. But for some reason, no one could shake a feeling. A feeling that they were all experiencing but just couldn't place.

The hairs on the back of Uhora's neck went up and she quickly looked behind her. But nothing was there.

Chekov, who was slightly ahead of the group suddenly shouted, "Keptin!" Kirk snapped out of his admiring mode and ran to his young navigator. Chekov had been examining one of the gems and upon closer look had discovered something quite shocking.

"By god." McCoy gasped and the others were silent. The Amber was growing around a young girl, part of her face was still showing. They looked at her shocked not knowing what to do. Suddenly her one showing blue eye opened and looked at them panicked. If the 7 of them weren't creeped out enough this would have pushed a normal person over the edge.

Kirk rushed forward and started pulling of the gem that surrounded the young girl saying, "We have to get her out of here!" To his suprise, part of the gem came off, freeing her shoulder. He looked at what was in his hand. "What is this stuff?" He asked, looking at it.

"You don't want to know." The girl replied as a piece was pulled away from her mouth and allowing her to speak. "You really don't want to."

In a few quick moments, they managed to free the girl. "Thank you!" She laughed cheerfully, looking at them. "I am Riley Silver and," Suddenly her eyes widened and she looked around. "Stella."

"Who?" Kirk asked looking at her, but before she responded Riley ran off to another gem a little down the ways.

"Stella!" She cried pulling away some of the same stuff that had been covering her, revealing another girl's face. She was slightly older than Riley, but they looked very similar.

Unlike Riley though she wasn't awake. McCoy quickly checked her. And barely breathing. "We need her out of this now." He curtly commented and in another few moments the older girl was freed. McCoy carefully put her on the ground and continued to check her vitals.

"Stella." Riley cried dropping to her knees to be closer to her older sister.

"She'll be fine." McCoy replied. "She's just unconscious." Riley sighed with relief.

"Does that mean." One of the red shirts slowly commented. "That all of these gems have people inside?" The others looked at him and then around the cave in shock. The cave was covered with the Amber gems.

"You must be joking." Kirk whistled.

Uhora bent down to the young girl who was still sitting by her sister. "What did this to you sweetheart?"

"Uh." Riley started thinking. There was a crash and a hiss further down the cave. Her eyes widened. "That's right. Giant Spider."

"A giant spider did this too you?" Kirk laughed. The rest of his crew was silent. "How?"

"Keptin." Chekov slowly started. "Turn around."

Kirk did so and rather quickly his smile dropped off his face. Slowly coming towards them was a huge spider. And huge means huge.

It was the size of a two story building, though most of it was its long legs. It slowly tilted its head and blinked its many eyes looking at them. Then it opened its huge mouth and hissed.

"That giant spider?" Kirk slowly asked backing up as his crew did the same. McCoy neatly picked up the unconscious girl and Uhora pulled her young sister up as well.

"Uh huh." Riley weakly replied.

"Run!" Kirk howled and they all obeyed. But, when the creature chasing you has legs taller that you yourself, that chase doesn't go all that well. Kirk quickly turned on his comm. "Beam us up, Scotty!"

"We can't captain!" The heavy accented scottish man replied. "You are underground, now why did you go doing that?"

"You've got to be kidding me!" Kirk shouted and he started to run faster.

Riley slowly began to slow down as she looked for something in her pockets. "What are you doing?" Uhora asked, grabbing her jacket in an attempt to keep her away from the monster.

"Last time it surprised me." Riley replied with a slight grin pulling out a lighter. "We set a trap, but weren't expecting for it to attack us first." She looked up. "Just make it past those large rocks and we will be fine."

"What do you mean?" Uhora asked, still completely confused.

Riley's speed appeared to almost double and she replied, "Just keep on going!" She reached the rocks before the others did and then came to a complete halt kneeling on the ground. As soon as the others had all passed her, she lighted something on the ground and then jumped back.

Right before the Spider could follow them, what Riley had light burst into flames. The spider hissed at them, but couldn't find a way through the flames. It hissed again and slowly retreated back into the cave. She smiled ever so slightly, and then turned to the others. "What can I say? Spiders hate fires!" She lightly jogged out of the cave and back into the sunlight and the other quickly joined her.

"How about now, Scotty?" Kirk asked again, and then suddenly Riley gasped.

"Betty!" She cried and suddenly ran down the hill. Kirk looked at the others, not knowing what to do and McCoy lightly put the other still unconscious girl down.

"Captain, we should follow her!" Uhora quickly commented, worried about the younger girl. Kirk nodded and turned to the others.

"Sanders, Peters. You two stay with Bones and make sure the older one's okay. The rest of you with me." He turned down the hill and followed the young adventurous girl.

Rather quickly, they found her standing in front of an extremely damaged ship with her hands on her head.

"Blasted spider." Riley hissed touching the hull of her ship. "Man, I'm sorry Betty! And I just fixed you up too." She sighed and turned around.

"Oh yes." She commented smiling looking at the others standing behind her. "I am Riley Silver! Thank you for saving me and my sister Stella. I'm sure we can repay you some how." She looked back at her ship. "As soon we can get Betty running again of course." She looked at the damage. "Which may take awhile."

"Until then, you and your friend can stay on my ship." Kirk replied. "We can mostly likely bring your shuttle as well and you can work on it up there. It is probably much safer than down here."

"Captain, due to the fact that we have just met this two girls, I as your first mate, high recommend that you retract your previous statement." Spock outright stated, not caring that Riley was standing right there.

"Yeah, who are you guys anyway?" Riley asked slightly tilting her head crossing her arms and looking at them.

Kirk smiled, "I am Captain James T. Kirk of the USS"

"Enterprise!" Riley interrupted her blue eyes wide and sparkling! "You are the famous Captain Kirk. The man who brought down Nero and Khan?"

Kirk smiled wider. "Yes."

"Wow!" Riley giggled. "You are quite famous! Though I should have guessed since you are Starfleet and the Enterprise is the only ship from starfleet that would be out this far."

"Well, my offer still stands." Kirk replied. "Would you like to join us?"

"Captain!" Spock commented but Kirk just waved him off.

Riley clasped her hands together and smiled wider. "Would I ever! The Enterprise is a true piece of art! And you have Montgomery Scott aboard as well! Oh, it would be amazing if I could talk to him, I have been wondering how he managed to figure out theory on subspace travel, because I did not think it was possible until I saw his equation and it all made sense!" Her hand went to her mouth when she saw the other's faces. "Ah, I'm babbling again. Sorry about that." Suddenly her eyes widened and she looked up the path. "Stella!" She cried quickly running to her sister.

"Captain, I do believe this was a major miscalculation on your part. Taking those two girls aboard is not the best of options." Spock commented.

"And what was I supposed to do Spock, leave them here?" Kirk replied patting his first mate on the back. "Besides, she's a kid. What damage could she do?"