Well, it's been about six months since I posted my last story. But since one of my new year's resolutions is to write more fanfiction (yes, I'm serious), it should not be six more months til I post the next one.
The following story was inspired by this prompt:
I need a laugh
And I had a weird dream so I thought; "Hey wouldn't it be funny if the mirror verse had a fluffy mirror verse." (Yes this is my dream)
So that is what I want. A transporter accident takes Kirk (and an away team up to you) to this universe. I do NOT want Uhura on the team though... I want Mirror her to be there when they are beamed aboard and squealing about the cuteness of it all when Kirk's Boyfriend (McCoy or Spock) tackle glomps him.
Vulcans are huggers (Spock must hugs Kirk even if it is a friendly hug... or perhaps he hugs him to comfort him since he is away from his own crew... poor ittle thing.)
Klingons are super sensitive and cry at the drop of a hate.
Romulans are designers
I would love to see Kirk's reaction to it all. so run with it annon!
Well, what I wrote is basically a rebooted, rewritten version of the TOS episode "Mirror, Mirror," with Kirk ending up a fluffy 'verse, which will be posted in three parts. It's got really light K/S and a whole lot of crack. :) This is part One of Three.
"Kirk to Enterprise."
"Scott here."
"Standby for beam up, Scotty."
"Spock here, Captain."
"Yes, Mr. Spock?"
"May I inquire as to the status of the negotiations between the Halkans?"
Kirk sighed, glancing at the Halkans in question. He spoke into his communicator, "I'm afraid we've reached a stalemate at the moment, Mr. Spock."
"Indeed?"
"They'll deliberate and get back to us tomorrow."
"Are ye ready to beam up now, Captain?"
"Yeah, Scotty, you better beam me up soon," Kirk looked up at the lightning flashing through the sky. "This magnetic storm looks like it's getting worse by the minute."
"Aye, Captain. Preparing for transport."
Flipping his communicator shut, Kirk stood still and waited for the light to surround that let him know he was being transported. As the scenery of Halkan disappeared through the light in Kirk's vision, the transporter room of the Enterprise came into view.
Suddenly, Kirk was hit with a wave of dizziness. He closed his eyes for a moment and then opened them to see the transporter room flash into existence again. The flickering transporter light vanished from around him. Rough beam up, Kirk thought, shaking off the passing dizziness.
Kirk was just about to step off the platform when he was hit with something else. Only this time it wasn't dizziness, it was a body.
"Captain!" came the exclamation from the body that had come out of nowhere to wrap its arms tightly around Kirk's torso. Kirk thought he recognized the voice, yet to hear it coming from someone hugging him so… tightly was … illogical.
Shortly after, Kirk heard a high-pitched squeal come from the other side of the room.
Even though the dizziness had passed, Kirk felt even more disoriented than he had before.
"Uh," he got out, as he struggled to find something to say. The body wrapped around him finally disentangled itself and took a step back. Kirk found himself even more speechless.
Because he had recognized that voice moments before, and it came from exactly who he thought it was: Spock, his Vulcan First Officer.
Spock took a step back from his captain and clasped hands behind his back. "Captain, welcome back," he said, acting as though he had done nothing unusual.
That high-pitched squeal came again and Kirk almost covered his ears as he searched for the source. Next to his Chief Engineer, Scotty, who was standing behind the transporter console, was his Chief Communications Officer.
Only, she didn't look like the Uhura he had left on the ship when he beamed down. Sure, she had on the same red outfit, but instead of her hair pulled up, it was down and curled in tight little ringlets. And in her hair was a giant… red… bow.
"Uhura?" Kirk asked, because he didn't know how to phrase all the questions he actually had.
But if he was expecting Uhura to explain any of the weirdness going on, she just made it weirder and raised more questions. Because at that moment, Uhura, covered her mouth with her hand and let out another one of those squeals.
Uhura uncovered her mouth and looked like she was close to tears as she seemingly struggled to say, "You two… are so…" Here she paused and pressed her lips together as though she might cry. "Cute," she finished, letting out a shaky breath and placed her both her hands over her heart.
"Wha-?" Kirk tried to follow the bizarre sequence of events that was unfolding before him. "You mean me and… Spock?" He glanced over at the Vulcan and the memory of the hug that was momentarily forgotten at the sight of Uhura came rushing back to him.
As uncharacteristic as the hug was and how Uhura was acting, Spock currently looked as stoic as ever. Except for the light in Spock's eyes that indicated he was smiling on the inside, he seemed as emotionless as every other Vulcan.
Uhura nodded emphatically. "Mmmhmm," she said as she let out another squeal. "Cutest. Couple. On. The ship."
Whoa. Wait a minute. This was getting out of hand. "Uh, okay," started Kirk, trying to figure out where he should start. He pointed to Uhura, "What is going on here? Is this some kind of joke? What's with the squealing and that bow in your hair? You look like a… baby doll or something!"
Uhura only furrowed her brow and looked at him quizzically. It's gotta be a joke, thought Kirk. This whole thing's some kind of ship wide prank.
Spock inched closer to Kirk. "Jim, are you alright? You are acting most peculiar."
Kirk snorted. "I'm acting peculiar? Me? Really? You just hugged me. Hugged me. In front of Scotty and Uhura." He swung his gaze onto Uhura. "And Uhura, you're- well, you're-" he gestured up and down, not sure how to finish. Finally, he gave and exclaimed, "The only one that's not acting peculiar here is Scotty!" Kirk suddenly pointed to his Chief Engineer, who had been quiet through the whole exchange making him jump.
Startled, Scotty coughed on the sip he had just taken from a cup on his console. "E-excuse me, sir?"
Kirk just stared at him for a moment, frowning. Then he slowly asked, "Scotty, what's in that cup that you're drinking out of?"
Scotty frowned at his own cup in confusion before brightening and handing it over to his captain. "Why, it's gingerbread herbal tea, sir! Would ye care for a sip?"
Kirk backed away from the cup as though it held poison. "Herbal tea? Bullshit! You don't drink herbal tea! Where's the scotch and the Alderian whiskey everybody knows you're always sneaking in here."
Scotty looked lost. "I- I'm sorry, sir. I'm afraid I don't know what ye mean."
"Perhaps we should call Doctor McCoy," Kirk heard Spock's quiet voice say from beside him. Well, Kirk thought. He had no objections to that. Maybe Bones would make sense out of things. Spock walked behind the console and switched on the intercom. "Spock to sickbay."
It took a couple seconds for the answer. "McCoy here."
"Doctor," Spock glanced up at Kirk. "Your assistance is required in the transporter room."
"Why? Something wrong with Jim?"
Spock hesitated, still looking at Kirk. "I am… not certain."
There was silence on the other end before McCoy's voice rang out, "I'll be there in a moment. McCoy out."
Kirk didn't say anything as Scotty and Spock peered at him worryingly from behind the console. Uhura looked hesitant, but she took a step closer to him.
"Captain," she started cautiously, "why exactly do you find us so peculiar? I mean, you know that Scotty loves herbal teas. You got him a whole case from Alpha Adamo just last month. And me," she looked down at herself, "Well, I haven't changed since we met four years ago."
"And let me guess," said Kirk, raising his eyebrows. "Spock's always been a hugger?"
Uhura looked startled."Well… yes," she answered as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. "I mean, it's Spock," she said as if that explained it all. Kirk, however, didn't think he could hear a statement that made less sense.
As Kirk just stared blankly, Uhura continued on. "Spock and hugs go together like… well, like Vulcans and tribbles!" Uhura giggled. Ah, there it was. The one statement that could make even less sense.
"Uh, huh," said Kirk, not bothering to question. At this point he was waiting for someone to pop out and say 'Surprise, we fooled you!' Because there was no way that any of this could be real. And yet, Kirk glanced over at Spock. Would Spock really do something as human as hugging all for a practical joke? No, Kirk didn't think so. Spock was way too proud of his Vulcan heritage for that.
But then how else could he explain this backwards world? Maybe he was sleeping and this was all a dream? Maybe he was really in sickbay and he was hallucinating all of this?
Just then, McCoy walked in the transporter room, tricorder and medical case in hand. He looked around to the four occupants gathered in the room.
"Well," McCoy questioned, "what's the problem?"
"The Captain," Spock started, and then trailed off and looked at Kirk.
Kirk sighed. "I don't know," he said, shaking his head. "None of this," he gestured all around him, "makes sense."
"Right," McCoy drawled, staring at him. Then he held up his tricorder. "Well, I guess we could start with a neurological scan."
Kirk stood still as McCoy scanned him. McCoy scratched his head as he looked at the tricorder readings. "Your results seem fine," he said. He peered up at Kirk. "Um, what exactly doesn't make sense?"
Kirk let out another small sigh. "Uhura," he said, helplessly. "And Scotty. And Spock."
McCoy laughed. "Spock? Spock usually makes the most sense out of all of us."
"I know!" Finally, thought Kirk. At least someone agreed with him about something. "But, he- Bones, he hugged me."
Now McCoy frowned. "Well, yeah, Jim. Come on, he's a Vulcan. And he's your boyfriend to boot. Of course he hugged you. I mean, it's Spock," McCoy said exactly the same way Uhura said it earlier.
"But that's just it Bones. Vulcans aren't emotional. They're logical. They don't hug!"
"I beg your pardon," Spock interjected, looking slightly miffed. "But hugs are logical. They reduce stress and lower blood pressure and provide cardiovascular benefits. Therefore, they are logical. Especially when one's occupation is aboard a United Federation starship."
"Sure," Kirk said, not sounding convinced.
McCoy held up his tricorder again, and the room was quiet as the whirring noise of the scan filled it. The noise stopped and McCoy brought the tricorder down and sighed. "When was the last time that things… made sense to you."
Kirk thought back. "Look, all I know is that everything was fine when I left the ship. So, whatever happened to," he looked around at everyone, "all of you, it must have happened sometime when I was negotiating with the Halkans."
"Or whatever happened to you," McCoy said. "You don't think the Halkans did something to you while you were down there, do you? Messed with your mind or something?"
Messed with his mind? Kirk didn't think so. But if they did mess with his mind, would Kirk even be able to tell? He shrugged, "I don't know. The Halkans seemed alright. There was nothing really strange about them. That I could tell, anyways."
"Well, what about the planet?" McCoy urged. "Were there any strange plants or life forms you came into contact with?"
Kirk shook his head. "Not that I can recall. The planet seemed normal except for," Kirk snapped his head up in realization. "The ion storm!"
"Aye," Scotty agreed. "That storm is one peculiarity. The Enterprise has been experiencing power surges ever since that storm cropped up an hour ago."
"If it's been affecting the equipment, maybe it affected you somehow, too," McCoy suggested.
"Captain," said Spock, with an urgent tone in his voice, "did anything unusual happen during the beam up process?"
"Beam up…" Kirk repeated quietly. "Yes!" He looked up at the others. "While I was beaming up, I suddenly felt… dizzy. And then… I thought I saw the Enterprise, but then it... flickered away. And when it reappeared, I was… here."
"It is possible," Spock said, looking thoughtful,"that a surge of power caused the transporter beam to… jump and you simply materialized… somewhere else."
"Somewhere else, Mr. Spock?" asked Kirk.
"Somewhere parallel," Spock elaborated. "Another universe that co-exists with this one: occupying the same time frame, but on another dimensional plane. Perhaps your… counterpart, the James Kirk from this universe, beamed up at the precise moment that you did, in your universe. A momentary interdimensional contact which transposed the two of you."
"So, if- if I switched places with… me, then how will I get back to my universe?" Kirk asked. Then dread filled him. "Or will I be stuck here?"
"I believe," said Spock, "that if we are able to determine the exact magnitude of the power fluctuation caused by the magnetic storm, then we might be able to recreate the conditions using the ship's power and possibly," Spock looked up to Kirk, "send you home."
Kirk nodded. "I shall consult the computers and determine the necessary procedure," finished Spock and turned to leave.
"Wait, Spock," McCoy said and held out his arms. Spock turned and went into the doctor's arms, pulling him in for a tight hug.
"Thank you, Doctor," said Spock and he exited the room.
Kirk fainted.
Stay tuned for way more crack in the next chapter!
