Chapter One:
"I relieve you, Sir."
Admiral Pike smiled and nodded his head slightly, as the boy drew nearer to his wheelchair. "I am relieved..."
"Thank you, Sir."
"Congratulations, Captain...You're Father would be proud!" The Admiral stated, holding out his hand.
Captain James T. Kirk grinned and accepted the hand; to the applause of everyone seated in the auditorium, before turning to a more serious note.
"Requesting permission to leave, Admiral." He stated quietly.
Pike nodded again, before steering his wheelchair away.
"As Captain of the USS Enterprise; I hereby order all crew members to prepare to board shuttlecrafts for departure. The Last one will leave in Forty Five minutes." Kirk told the crowd at large. "Any one not there; don't wait up." He added with a smile.
He watched silently as most of the crowd went to go and get the things they needed before departure. He grinned slightly before making his way up the steps. "Come on, Bones. You got everything? We'll get the first shuttle out."
Bones nodded. "Alright; This, I've been ready for!" He said happily, grabbing his brief case.
They made their way to the first shuttlecraft in relatively good time; not getting stopped on the way.
Kirk made his way to the doorway, nodding to the Barracks Officer as he went past. "Grab a seat." He said to Bones, making his way to the cockpit to see who the pilot was.
"Sulu, I thought you'd be on a later shuttle..." He stated, surprised.
The pilot turned in his seat and smiled, shaking his head. "I wanted the honour of taking our Captain up, myself."
Kirk nodded. "Ok, well; I'll come back when we're ready to head off." He said, patting Sulu on the shoulder before turning around and making his way back to Bones.
"Who's piloting?" Bones asked, probably rechecking his seatbelt for the tenth time.
"Sulu." He said, taking a seat next to the Doctor.
Bones raised his head with a frown. "Wasn't he the one that did the failed speed-jump after we smuggled you on board?" He asked nervously.
Kirk shrugged slightly. "I don't know what you're on about; I was having an extreme allergic reaction at the time; or don't you remember? My hands getting bigger, headache, tongue going numb...ring a bell?"
The Doctor looked around uncomfortably for a moment, before defensively saying; "Well, you're the one that wanted on the Enterprise!"
"Your right. And I thank you for that; just not the way I imagined getting on there; that's all. You made me look like a raving lunatic in front of Uhura."
Bones raised his eyes brows. "You are a raving lunatic." He stated simply, rechecking his strap buckle.
Kirk thought for a moment before nodding. "True. At least I'm an alive, raving lunatic, that's just been promoted to Captain, huh?"
"So you've admitted that there is something off about you, have you?" Asked a voice from behind them.
Kirk turned around to face the doorway of the shuttle. "Uhura. Hi; I didn't see you there."
The Lieutenant smiled slightly, cocking her head to the left slightly. "Well, Captain, unless you have eyes in the back of your head, which from what I've seen of it, you don't, you wouldn't have, would you?"
James nodded slightly. "Touché." He responded with a smile. "Always a pleasure talking to you."
Uhura smiled again and took a seat next to the Captain.
"I'm feeling popular." He said, leaning back in the chair.
Bones rolled his eyes, "It comes with the rank. You do understand there are responsibilities involved in being Captain of a Starship, don't you, James?" He asked.
James nodded with a grin. "Of course. It's a good thing I'm allowed to delegate tasks, isn't it?" He thought for a moment. "Just so I know who's doing what; Chief Medical Officer is you," He nodded to Bones, "Chief Communications Officer is you?" He nodded to Uhura, who nodded back. "Chief Navigations Officer is Chekov, and Chief Pilot is Sulu?"
Bones and Uhura nodded in unison.
"And finally; Chief Engineer is Scotty?"
Bones nodded again.
James frowned. "Just think; we're all fresh out of the Academy!" He looked down at his watch. "I'm expecting them all to be with us shortly." He stated simply.
"As I am Chief Communications Officer, may I ask where we're heading to?" Uhura asked, as she finished strapping herself in.
Kirk leaned his head back against the plastic rest and closed his eyes. "The Enterprise, of course." He responded, grinning.
She rolled her eyes, smiling. "You know what I mean, Sir."
Kirk's eyes shot open. "None of that Sir stuff from you. I don't get it from him," He said, nodding his head back to Bones who had his eyes on the people taking their seats around them, "so I'm not expecting to get it from you. Well...Not unless we're on the Bridge."
Uhura nodded. "Ok. So...what do I call you? Kirk, James or Jimmy?" She asked with a raised eye brow.
The Captain thought for a second. "James."
She nodded. "Ok. Well, I guess as your my Captain now, you can call be my first name; Nyota."
James smiled. "So, what? I've finally earned the right to know it?" He asked, surprised. "Wow; some women are hard to please. I only earn it after saving Earth."
Nyota smiled, shaking her head again. "You didn't earn it because you saved Earth, you earned it because you changed the way I view you."
James frowned, scratching the back of his neck. "Oh, well. I guess that's a compliment...?" He asked.
She rolled her eyes again and nodded. "Of course. The only way you could have changed how I viewed you was for the better."
"Wow. I must have really made an ass out of myself when we first met."
Nyota laughed. "You did get beaten up by four guys!"
"No, I only got hit twice, slammed onto a table and chocked, and only by the fourth guy; I forgot about him. I handled the other three just fine. And while on this topic; isn't that big bold guy assigned to the Enterprise?"
Nyota smiled and nodding. "Yes, Jason's a member of Security. Promise me you won't do anything to him; he was only trying to stick up for me." She asked, watching him.
James thought for a few seconds. "Fine. As long as he makes himself invisible, and doesn't brag about getting in the first punch." He looked around, noticing all of the people strapped in. Standing up and looking down at Bones and Nyota. "Save my seat; I'll be back in a minute, Just telling Sulu to take off." He said, before making his way to the cockpit again, being careful not to bump his head on the beam like he did the first time he got on a shuttle.
"Sulu. We're ready to depart." He stated, poking his head into the small room.
Hikaru Sulu gave a small wave of his hand. "Right you are, Captain."
James nodded to himself as he yet again made his way to his seat. Hearing the door lock into place and seal off the oxygen from coming in and out, he strapped himself in.
He closed his eyes and waited until they arrived at their destination.
In what seemed like no time at all, he was being tapped lightly on the shoulder. Opening his eyes he stared right into a pair belonging to Nyota.
"We're here..." She stated to him quietly, with a light smile gracing her features.
James looked around and noticed everyone disembarking. "Right. Must have drifted off..." He said with a shake of his head. "Come on, let's get to the Bridge; ASAP."
She nodded and stood up straight as he unbuckled his straps. Following him out, they made their way in quick time to the Bridge, where the remaining Chief Officer's had already set up camp.
"Captain." They all said, not necessarily at the same time.
He walked in with Nyota following closely behind him. "Guys." He stated, making his way to his very comfortable Chair in the middle of the room. "How's she doing, Scotty?" He asked, glancing to the Scott's man.
"Ah, Clean bill of health; Obviously, you've got me now!" He stated like he was offended.
At that moment; the elevators on the left side of the room opened revealing; Spock.
"Permission to come aboard, Captain." He asked.
"Permission Granted" James said with a grin.
Spock walked closer to the Captain's Chair and said "As you have as of yet to select a First Officer; respectfully, I would like to submit my candidacy...should you desire, I can provide Character References."
James smiled and stood up. "It would be my honour, Commander."
Spock stared at him hesitantly for a second, before walking off to his new station.
"Right. Are we all set?" He asked everyone.
With them all stating the affirmative, James pressed the Communication Button on the left arm of his chair, having been patched through to Flight Control;
"This is Captain James T. Kirk, of USS Enterprise; Requesting permission to disembark on our Maiden Voyage..."
"Permission Granted, Captain. And Good Luck. Live Long and Prosper!"