Captain James Kirk was on the Bridge with his first officer, a Vulcan, Mr. Spock. They were both staring at the screen at the planet they had just gone into orbit with: Peritis VI.
"Didn't Mr. Andrews say he'd be contacted us shortly after we arrived in orbit from Star Base, Spock?" Captain Kirk questioned.
"Correct, Captain," Spock answered.
Captain Kirk looked back at the screen, wondering why Mr. Andrews hadn't called the Enterprise, yet.
"Captain, picking up a video call from Mr. Andrews." Sulu spoke.
"Put him on the main screen, Mr. Sulu." Captain Kirk answered.
A terrified, older man came up on the screen; he was a little older than Dr. Leonard McCoy, the Enterprise's Chief Medical Officer. He was panicked and terrified, deeply, based on the look in his eyes.
"Mr. Andrews, what is it," Captain Kirk questioned.
"Captain Kirk, go away from this planet; continue on to another planet!" Mr. Andrews cried.
"We were ordered by Starfleet Command to come here for a Category 1 distress signal they received. Surely, there must be something wrong down there." Captain Kirk answered.
"Don't come down here; you'll all die!" Mr. Andrews frantically shrieked.
Spock looked at the screen and raised his eyebrow.
"Mr. Andrews…what is it," Captain Kirk questioned.
Mr. Andrews turned to his left and began screaming and shrieking, before the connection was lost.
"Mr. Andrews…Mr. Andrews, can you hear me?!" Captain Kirk commanded.
The connection was lost and the planet and stars returned to the screen's view.
Captain Kirk rose from his chair, panicked.
"What happened, Spock," Captain Kirk questioned.
"Unknown, Captain; the connection was caught off before the scanners could detect anything." Spock answered.
"Something obviously is very wrong, down there." Captain Kirk replied.
"Captain, Mr. Andrews said it was too dangerous to come down to the planet's surface." Chekov exclaimed.
"It would be violating Starfleet Command code of honor to avoid and ignore a Category 1 distress call. Spock, you, I, Dr. McCoy, and Scotty will transport to the planet's surface to figure out what's going on down there and put an end to it. Just in case, make sure we have our finest communicators and phasers." Captain Kirk ordered.
"Affirmative, Captain," Spock replied.
Captain Kirk and Spock walked off of the Bridge and went down to Sickbay to grab Dr. McCoy.
In Sickbay…
Dr. McCoy was being Scotty's therapist, as he was having a once a day talk with Dr. McCoy. Scotty had started these talks with Dr. McCoy, when he became so stressed one day, he just needed to vent his feelings out to someone. Dr. McCoy had always been there to listen to him ever since and give him more than helpful advice.
"And just the fact of having the get up so early ever morning to report to duty is ridiculous; I feel like a packed mule, sometimes!" Scotty spoke, sadly to Dr. McCoy.
Dr. McCoy nodded, listening intently to Scotty.
"Have you ever told Jim this," Dr. McCoy spoke.
"No, McCoy; he'd have my head chopped off like a haggis on the 4th of July!" Scotty cried, making an American holiday reference.
"If you don't tell Jim how you feel, then you're never gonna feel better, Scotty." Dr. McCoy answered, softly.
"I know…but he's the Captain, McCoy."
"I know he is, Scotty; he also happens to be one of my three best friends. But, even friends and co. workers need to express their feelings once and a while."
"Yah think so, McCoy,"
"Trust me, Scotty; you'll feel a whole lot better after you do."
Scotty smiled at Dr. McCoy and nodded, when Captain Kirk and Spock barged into Sickbay.
"Bones, Scotty, grab your best phasers and communicators; we're going down to Peritis VI's surface." Captain Kirk ordered.
"Jim, I'm in the middle of a session with one of my patients." Dr. McCoy answered.
"You'll be in the middle of being fired, if you two don't move it." Captain Kirk commanded.
Dr. McCoy sighed and looked back at Scotty, sympathetically. He smiled, then patted Scotty's hand friendly.
"Don't worry; we'll continue where we left off, later." Dr. McCoy answered, with a friendly smile.
Scotty smiled and nodded.
"Thank yah, Dr. McCoy," Scotty replied.
Dr. McCoy nodded, and the two of them grabbed their equipment and followed Captain Kirk and Spock to the transportation room.