There was no answer.
He was only met with silence.
The crew sat silently at the bridge; all but the Captain and his first officer were present. The only sounds in the room were the occasional ring or buzz from the computers that seemed to resonate off the still walls. They were all too busy to speak watching, analyzing, attempting to formulate a plan; they could not find any words. Something felt off. Something was not right. They all knew it, but no one wanted to be the one to say it.
Not one of them had reported back in the extended amount of time since they had landed on the planet. It had caused a worry to dwell in the very stomachs of the crew members; as a precaution, or perhaps as a minor comfort, Kirk and Spock's biorhythms were pulled up in plain view on the very main screen of the bridge.
" Something is wrong. Their heart rates are faster than they should be."
" And they should have reported back by now. " Uhura added.
" No, no! " The curly blond spat in a start. The whole of his attention was on the screen, his fingers moving quicker than should even be physically possible. All heads turned to the Russian as he began frantically pressing buttons and touching the screen. Then he froze, eyes stuck on the screen as if in horror.
" Report Chekov. "
He removed his hands from the touch screen and after a battle with his hesitation, and he turned his head to the others. " Access to ze planet's surface has been lost. "
They all stared at each other. The loss of access could mean many things, and none of them were good scenarios. There could have been bugs in the ship's system; the ship could itself be faulty and they had not known it and therefor had never gotten it fixed while at Earth; or, the planet's locals had blocked entry and leave from their planet for whatever reason. No matter what it was, Spock and Kirk were stuck on the planet until the problem was resolved.
" Try to regain access, I'll keep an eye on- "
The audio from the main screen shot through the room, bouncing off the walls in a high-pitched, and quick succession. Each of them were startled, to say the least, their attention being snapped over to the main screen where they discovered Spock's biorhythm to be unstable. The sinusoidal lines were quick in frequency and the readings seemed to spike off the charts. There seemed to be no period between the peaks of the lines as they spiked upwards and downwards in quick succession.
The doctor's eyes widened. " Ah hell, " He managed to mutter.