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"Five Times Captain Kirk Saved the Crew and One Time the Crew Saved Captain Kirk"BeautifulAliceSummary: The Captain thinks that the crew could use some more excitement. The crew thinks that their Captain could use an extended stay in the infirmary with Dr. McCoy.
Disclaimers: Star Trek is owned by Gene Rodenberry and JJ Abrams, two of most brilliant writers alive.
WARNINGS: Violence, swearing, hyperthermia, heights, bullying, attempted rape, and several near-death experiences and other things that shall be mentioned within each chapter as I write it.
First time Star Trek fic, as I decided I'd finally jump on the band-wagon here. Took me a while, but I finally thought of a fic that would be a good start into this fandom. I love all things Trek, of course, and it's about damn time that I wrote a fic in response to that.
Part of this is AngelBaby1's fault, due to her fic "Five Times Captain Kirk Almost Died and One Time He Didn't", or something like that. I had quite liked that fic, and it was one of the first that I read. I think the very first Star Trek fic I read was probably her other fic "Atlas". Needless to say, the bug to write ST09 fanfics bit me hard, and out popped this little whirly.
I'll keep this short because I know how people hate author's notes, especially at the top of the story. You can likely skip these, because they're mostly just saying how I'm new to this. I wanted to add that if someone wants to do their own take on this, I don't mind at all. Just lend me a link and let me know how it turns out, kay?
In any case, here's the first chapter of my very first ST09 fanfic. I only have the first three/four chapters written, and there are six parts to this story. It should be an easy matter of just uploading each chapter to the internet, though there might be brief intervals when I can't get online to do so. In any case I hope you enjoy the story, and any comments, reviews, favorites, etc. are much appreciated!
Chapter One: The First Time that Kirk Saves the Crew [Nero doesn't count]
WARNING: For mentions of torture and hyperthermia. (Also hints of Chapel/Spock.)
The first time that Captain James (Jim to his best friends) Tiberius Kirk saved his crew was the Nero incident, though the crew would like to believe that doesn't count since he wasn't made Captain (officially) until AFTER the events had transpired. He admits to this inwardly to himself, but he'd never tell his crew of course. (He'd never live it down.)
Ever since the Nero incident, though, it seemed as though he couldn't get enough excitement. He had always dreamed of doing things like saving Earth, but when it came too actually saving earth, it seemed as though it just was so much more than what he'd dreamed it to be. He hadn't thought that he'd be famous for it either, so when people recognized him [and the crew-especially Spock and Admiral Pike] he was taken by surprise but hardly ever showed it. In Spock's words, he was modest.
The first time that Kirk really saved the crew, however [Nero still didn't count, in the crew's mind] was when the crew had been ambushed and taken to a cell to wait being tortured to death one by one. The guards were mostly waiting for the crew to wake up so that they'd all hear one of their members screaming at the torture, and they were planning on having Spock being tortured first since he "showed no emotion".
Nurse Chapel had unfortunately been with the away team-compromised of Lt. Uhura, Commander Spock, Dr. McCoy, Chief Engineer Scotty, Chekov, Sulu, and Nurse Chapel. The reason for their visit to the planet-a city that the Federation was highly friendly with needed assistance in several different programs of their schools, as there had been an outbreak of sabotage. Though at first the crew hadn't realized this, not until it was as they were sitting in the cell, waiting for rescue or torture whichever came first.
Nurse Chapel was almost last to wake up. It seemed as though Scotty was still passed out, but when Lt. Uhura (a woman who Christine admired) sign-language to her that Scotty was faking to buy them time, she pretended to worry…which wasn't that hard, actually. Christine had woken, and Lt. Uhura had already been waiting at her side. Christine felt awful…her head was pounding and she was very cold and could barely see in their dark cell.
"How are ya, Christine?" Dr. McCoy sounded worried, and she felt like complaining that on her first real away mission she was stuck in a cell with the entire bridge crew.
"My head hurts, feels like I might have a concussion. In fact, I'm positive that I do," She said, shivering. Dr. McCoy slid out of his jacket, and placed it over her, and she thanked him.
"Think nothing of it," He reassured her. "Actually, we're debating about how long it'll take for the Captain to rescue us. I'm surprised that he's not here with us, actually." He said with a scowl.
"Do you think that he's…" She wasn't sure what she was going to say-killed, being held hostage in a different cell, or something worse? She almost started when Commander Spock spoke sounding very stiff even for a Vulcan.
"I had been talking to the Captain before we were ambushed; it is unlikely that he too was captured as he was aboard the Enterprise while I had been talking to him." Commander Spock informed her.
"Oh," Christine said, frowning slightly. She noticed that Commander Spock seemed…stiffer, and somehow much more tense than usual. She had grown used to seeing Spock and the other members of the crew, and then remembered-Commander Spock didn't like the cold. No Vulcan was used to cold, since their temperatures ran hotter than humans did. She was injured, Commander Spock was surely suffering from slowly growing hyperthermia, and the rest of them might need at least one overnight stay in the infirmary-at the very least, they would need an extended checkup in the infirmary. She didn't like the thought.
Chekov and Sulu, she noted with interest, were hunched together over Scotty apparently waiting for him to 'wake up' but the pair of them were whispering in hushed tones about how to get free, or at the very least how to send a message of their coordinates to Kirk-which she had no idea how they were to manage that. Sulu looked gleeful as they were hatching what sounded like a dangerous rescue mission, and Chekov looked excited which didn't seem encouraging. She didn't like danger; after all, she was more for peace and quiet in the infirmary on board the Enterprise.
"You're drifting, Christine, are you all right?" Dr. McCoy asked in concern.
"I'm fine. How long have we been here?" She asked, looking towards Dr. McCoy and Commander Spock. Commander Spock frowned.
"I am not one hundred percent certain, but since I have woken first I have kept track of the length of time we have been within this cell and I have calculated that we have been here approximately 2.3 hours of Earth's time." Commander Spock said. Almost two and a half hours in the cold could certainly cause the Vulcan slight hyperthermia. She wished she could do something for Commander Spock, unfortunately it didn't seem like she had a lot of options. Though she knew that Dr. McCoy knew just as much as she did the danger of the cold around them that poised the threat towards Spock-though the Vulcan showed no signs of it yet, she knew it was only a matter of time before her poor crewmember was going to be shivering. And that was when the real trouble would start.
"Go back to sleep, pretend your unconscious and it would by us some time," She saw Lt. Uhura suggest through her sign-language. She nodded slightly to the Lieutenant and settled into a more comfortable position-which was slightly harder than it looked-and with the coat tucked tight around her and Lieutenant Uhura's jacket supporting her head, she began to slowly drift off and go back to sleep.
When she woke, it was to silence and darkness. At first she thought she was in the infirmary on the Enterprise, and started to smile because here came Captain Kirk with yet another visit to the infirmary and his and Dr. McCoy's interactions were almost always amusing to watch. Instead, she was aware of how dark it was and was barely able to see the others figures. Though she could make out that Commander Spock was next to her…and he was shivering. She must've slept for a good deal of time, she thought worriedly and slowly sat up. Her head wasn't pounding a lot, but the headache was still there. She took off her jacket/blanket, and wrapped it around Commander Spock's shoulders. At first he seemed to still in surprise, and then carefully took hold of the jacket and wrapped it tight around his body. The others were all asleep as well, it seemed.
"If I were human, I would express gratitude," Commander Spock said softly-almost to where she couldn't hear him. She smiled slightly.
"You're part human, and that's human enough for me." She whispered back. Silence passed between them, and she hesitated before asking, "How long have we been here now?"
"Approximately 6.6 hours," Commander Spock informed her, and she blinked in shock. She'd slept that long? Her head wound must be worse than she thought. But then there was the cold to factor in as well, she remembered, and she probably slept to keep herself alive-a natural reaction of the human body to endure extreme discomforts such as frigid air temperatures.
"Any word from our captors?" She asked, softly. Commander Spock hesitated.
"Our captors have appeared once, but everyone except myself was asleep by this point. I had explained to them that since all of you were human, the cold was too much for their bodies to work with. If we were to remain here much longer, we would die of hyperthermia," He said quietly. "Our captors argued with one another, obviously thinking that our loss would be…acceptable. However, it seems that there is someone who is considering 'buying' our way to safety."
"Slave traders?" She whispered, alarmed. Commander Spock nodded once, a tight nod.
"So it would appear. These were also the people who were causing trouble within the city that we were visiting, it seems. They want to become the rulers, and cause mass fear and slavery back into their system of government. Their leader has not yet been revealed, if there is such a person." He added.
She shivered and not from the cold. If Captain Kirk didn't find a way to save them, then they wouldn't make it because they would either freeze to death or be sold as slaves.
It was about an hour later when they were finally rescued. She had stayed awake, keeping an eye on Commander Spock, when a chipper and familiar voice came to her ears. She hastily woke up Dr. McCoy and Lt. Uhura, and they in turn woke Sulu and Chekov. Scotty pretended to be out cold still, and by this point Commander Spock looked slightly blue instead of his usual green. She noticed Dr. McCoy looking quite worried at the pair of them, and wondered how bad she looked.
"…because if you don't release them into my custody, then the Federation is going to come knocking on your doors. They won't bring just the one ship that's in orbit already, they'll bring thousands and the Captains of those ships won't be pleased…" She almost laughed, feeling relieved. Captain Kirk was here to get them out.
Captain Kirk stood in front of the cell, with a bunch of Enterprise's crew/guards, including one she saw who was called Cupcake by the Captain. Though 'Cupcake' had originally hated it, she knew that he was now pleased to get a nickname by the James Kirk. She inwardly smiled at seeing him as well, then a violent shiver from Commander Spock made her turn towards him in worry.
Keys were pressed into the lock of their cell, and their captors looked sour as they were 'escorted' out of their little prison. She stumbled and was dizzy when she stood and had to have assistance in walking out. Commander Spock didn't seem to be any better, and she noticed that the others were all pretty cold and shaky too. She saw Captain Kirk's eyes tighten slightly at seeing how bad they appeared to be.
"Well, gentlemen, it seems that our work here is finished." Captain Kirk said, keeping the smile on his face and his tone just as chipper. "Be grateful that no one of my crew died within your little prison, because as I said-the Federation has thousands of ships and we are not afraid to use our powers against you as a warning…" He said, then nodded to Cupcake, who called to Enterprise to beam them up.
A moment later, and she was aboard the Enterprise safe and warm and it seemed as though she had nothing more to worry about. They were brought to the infirmary where all of them began to undergo treatment for hyperthermia. They were all to stay in bed in the infirmary for the rest of the night and tomorrow, and Commander Spock would need to stay for at least two days more than the rest of them as his temperature had begun to drop dangerously low for a Vulcan. Christine was to stay for almost as long as Commander Spock because she did have the worst concussion out of all of them as well, it seemed.
With almost half a week's recovery, everyone but Christine and Commander Spock were fully recovered from their ordeal. The slave ring leaders were captured and imprisoned though provided with better service than what they had undergone. They were to provide testimony as to what they had went through during trials, though that wouldn't be for another month yet. It seemed as though despite the danger they had gone through, they had still succeeded in finishing the mission that they had started out in.
Christine Chapel, however, could not help but remember how human Commander Spock had seemed when he had shivered (though not complained), and she had wrapped him in a jacket. He had seemed more human than Vulcan in that instance, and she could not help but wonder what it would be like to be at his side when he was warm instead of cold.
This was the first time that Captain Kirk had saved his crew, she thought to himself, and she hoped that it wouldn't be the last…for if there were more cases such as this one, she might-just might-be able to get closer to Commander Spock than she had during this away mission…but for now they were warm and safe and that was all that mattered.
That, and she made sure that she had a perfect view of Captain Kirk and Dr. McCoy hovering over Commander Spock who was quite clearly exasperated that they were spending so much personal time with them, and she was hopeful that they would stay for a while so it would give her an excuse to "study" him and make sure that he too became warm again.
After all, it was her job as a Nurse to make sure that the infirmaries patients were well taken care of. And it was thanks to Captain Kirk that she had the ability to do so.
AN: You know what the word count was for the first chapter? Nearly 2009+words…ha! Take that! *giggles*
