These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Or they were is more accurate. The Starship Enterprise has long since retired, as have I, but there are still some adventures that have yet to be fully documented. What you are about to read is a series of misadventures that we endured during our trip through space. We encountered many things in our journeys, but we never forgot where we came from or what we stood for. We always vowed to stand alongside one another and that was what made us strong. To you readers, I just have this one thing to say. Don't let the world pass you by. Go out into the world and boldly go where no one has gone before.

- James Tiberius Kirk


The Flower Effect: Chapter One

"Spock, I know what I'm doing," said Kirk in an irritated tone as he looked at the tablet clutched in his hands.

"I would normally believe you, but it's rather hard to deny the fact that we've been walking in circles. We've made little progress, Captain."

"I just need to make sure I push the right button...Ah, yes!" The tablet seemed to whir to life in Kirk's hands then, causing a triumphant grin to cross his face. "See, I told you I knew what I was doing."

"Yes, Captain," said Spock then, falling silent once more as he trailed Kirk through the underbrush around them.

Kirk held the tablet out in front of him a bit as they walked, using it to scan the surrounding plant life for the one they needed.

"I still don't understand why Bones isn't here and picking this plant himself. He's the one that needs it, after all. He would know what he is looking for."

"He's a doctor, Captain, not a botanist. I'm sure he would have just as difficult a time as you in locating the plant."

"Yeah, yeah, okay Spock. You can stop kissing up now," said Kirk as a slight smirk flickered across his face then.

He took a sharp left and was soon greeted by a wide array of plants. Kirk's eyes lit up then as he immediately scanned the patch with a renewed vigor.

"Now I know we haven't been here before," said Kirk, watching the screen as it scanned clumps of plants to identify what they were. "Lets see...there's Garlanium, and then there's Bararoot, and oh! There's one Bones should have!"

"You found the plant Bones requested?" asked Spock then as he arched a slim black brow.

"No, I found something even better," said Kirk; a chuckle already tumbling from his lips as he set the tablet down in a patch of grass to be able to closely examine the plant he had been talking about.

The plant that had Kirk mesmerized at the current moment was a slim necked red flower with golden lines shimmering in random strips on the petals. The entire neck of the flower was a royal blue. Contained in that one flower were the three main colors of uniforms on the Enterprise.

"I'd be careful with that plant if I were you, Captain," warned Spock then before moving to pick up the tablet. "You should be wary of any plant you don't know. You have no idea what kind of implications it could -"

Spock's eyes widened then as Kirk completely disregarded what he had just said and moved instead to take a deep whiff of the flower.

"You're very dim-witted sometimes, Captain," remarked Spock with a shake of his head. He moved to scan the patch of flowers to see what the damage would be, and rose his brow a bit at what the screen said.

"What's the look for?" asked Kirk as he stood up with the flower in his hands.

"Captain..." said Spock in a slow voice as he looked back up at Kirk. "Do you feel any different?"

"Different? I feel fine, Spock. You shouldn't worry about what this flower will do to me. It's a flower, for goodness sakes."

"But there is an extensive list of potential side effects, Captain," said Spock, taking a step or two back when Kirk approached him with the flower, "Now I'd advise you to lay the flower down immediately to lessen whatever effects may come of it."

"Fine, fine...Lighten up some Spock, will ya? It's just a flower. Nothing dangerous about that."

Spock just sighed and shook his head as he kept the tablet in his hands to try to locate the plant that Bones was in need of to replenish his medicine supply.

"I've located what we've come for," spoke up Spock after a second, smiling as he bent to grab up a few of the plants. "Ternallea, a plant that pretty much cures everything."

Kirk nodded then as he came to stand alongside Spock and look at the plant that was in his hands.

"That tiny thing is a cure for pretty much everything?"

"You'd be surprised, Captain. Sometimes the most surprising things come from the least expected places."

"I feel a lecture coming on, and I'm telling you right now that I'm not in the mood, Spock. Come on. Lets get back out into the open so that we can be beamed back onto the Enterprise."

Spock nodded as he kept a grip on the plants that he had picked that were in his hands. He handed the tablet back to Kirk and the two of them started to walk back towards the Enterprise. As they walked, Spock was slowly starting to pick up a soft humming noise. Wondering where it was coming from, it took him a moment to realize that the humming was coming from Kirk. He rose a brow and asked, "Captain, why are you humming?"

Kirk didn't realize he was humming until then, and opened his mouth to respond. Instead of being able to respond in a normal manner though, he sang his response at Spock, "'Cause I can't fight this feeling anymore!"

Spock slowed up then at hearing part of the REO Speedwagon song leave his mouth.

"Captain, why are you?..."

"Let it go! Let it go!" sang out Kirk then, singing part of the famous Frozen song.

A serious look passed over Spock's face then as he moved to grab Kirk's wrist and lead him even more quickly back to the clearing.

"I told you to be careful of that flower. This is one of the side effects."

Coming immediately into the clearing with the still humming Kirk looking a bit bewildered by his side, Spock radioed back to the ship.

"Beam us up, Scottie," said Spock. "We have a medical emergency."

Within seconds they were beamed back aboard the Enterprise, and Spock was immediately rushing Kirk towards the medical bay. Bones intercepted them on the way and immediately wondered what was going on.

"I've never seen you move so fast in all my life," commented Bones then.

"We retrieved the plants you requested," started off Spock as he handed them to him, "But we also encountered a problem once we were down there."

"What problem might that be?"

"He can't stop humming and he sings his replies."

"Sings? Are you trying to test out human behavior and tell a joke, Spock?"

"It is below me to joke when such a serious matter is taking place. We can't have a singing captain for the rest of our lives, no matter how amusing it is."

"I suppose you're right there, Spock," sighing Bones moved to grip Kirk by the arm and lead him off down the hall. "Come here, trouble. Lets get you fixed."

"I knew you were trouble when you walked in..." sang Kirk; the Taylor Swift song dropping free from his lips. "So shame on me now...Took me to places I've never been..."

"Kirk, I know you're a Captain, but shut it. Besides, you've been in the medical bay before. This isn't a new place to you. Now..." Bones led Kirk over to one of the beds and had him take a seat, "I'm going to need to run a few tests to see exactly what the source of this problem is."

"Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated?" sang out Kirk; the famous Avril Lavigne song making Bones smirk.

"Yep," said Bones with a chuckle as he began to prep the materials he needed for testing, "This will certainly be interesting to deal with, and I'm not going to let you live this down for a long while, Kirk."