Chapter 1

"Keptin, I'm picking up a life signature on ze planet," Ensign Chekov called out to everyone's surprise. For, on the file they had on the planet currently in front of them it had said that it was uninhabited.

"Can you distinguish any known species from the signatures?" Kirk asked him from his post in the captain's chair.

After a few moments of silence, except for the sound of Chekhov checking something on his screen, a call of, "No, Keptin," rang out from Chekhov.

"Are there any transmissions in the area? Lieutenant," Kirk said turning to look at Lieutenant Uhura.

After a few more moments of silence Uhura spoke up saying, "None captain." Ok, so a new species. We have to go check it out. No transmissions mean they are simple and haven't yet invented a way to transmit, but that doesn't mean they aren't dangerous. As this thought process went through his mind he made a mental list of people to bring on the away mission.

"Lieutenants Uhura and Sulu meet me at the transporter room in twenty minutes. Spock you have the com," he said and with that stood up and walked of the bridge.

Twenty minutes later Kirk, Sulu, Uhura, a science officer, and half a dozen security ensigns meet up in the transporter room.

"Ok! So, we're going to beam down to the surface of this planet and try to find this new species we found on the scanners. We do not know if they are hostile, in fact we don't know anything about them, that is why you are here," Kirk said gesturing to Sulu and the security, "Let's do this," and then they all headed onto the transporter pad. "We ready Scotty?"

"Ready when you are captain," Scotty answered.

"Energize," Kirk replied and with a 'Good luck' from Scotty energy swirled around the ten people standing there and then they were on the surface of the planet. The plant was a very humid place that looked like a jungle almost.

"Enterprise to Kirk," Spock's voice crackled out of Kirk's com.

"Kirk here,"

"If you head North you should find the life forms in 3.1 miles."

"Thank you . Kirk out. Ok, this way," Kirk said leading the group North. They walked in silence for a while with the occasional gasp from the science officer, Ensign Ramirez, Kirk thought, when he saw a new plant or other thing of scientific interest.

"This is your first away mission isn't it?" he asked the ensign after he gasped yet again. The ensign looked at him after a moment realizing that he had been talking to him. After yet another moment he nodded his head. Jim continued talking then with a smile, "Well I hope your enjoying it."

As the ensign started to open his mouth to reply Kirk noticed too late a movement in the trees behind Ramirez. Before he could do anything there was a thing flying through the air hitting the ensign in the back, killing him instantly. The ensign fell forward onto his stomach and Kirk saw that it was a pretty big sized dart that had killed the science officer. Almost inadvertently Kirk made a small squeak of surprise. Immediately everyone was on high-alert.

"What happened?" Uhura breathlessly asked, in a voice so quiet it was almost a whisper, glancing at the body of the ensign and then to Kirk.

"The species. Their in the trees. They killed him with some kind of dart," Kirk explained. One of the security looked like he was about to say something, but instead after a moment coughed out blood and fell forward as well. There was a arrow in the back of his neck. They were surrounded.

They had no idea where their now enemies actually were, so they couldn't fight them and they couldn't try to run without probably running right to the arms of the enemy. The only choice now was to call the Enterprise.

At this thought Kirk fumbled for this communicator and said very slowly into it, "Kirk to Enterprise. Beam us up." Right as he finished his sentence they heard another whistling sound from his left and then the ensign standing next to him fell to the ground with the others.

Yet another whistling sound and the sound of a body falling accompanied Spock's reply, "Enterprise to Kirk. We're having trouble locking onto your position. Give us a minute"

There was a soft grunt from a woman standing next to Uhura as she fell as well. The situation was getting desperate.

"We don't have a minute!" Kirk urged into his com. All of the sudden there was a little cry of pain from Uhura and she was also fell to the ground along with one of the two security officers left. Oh God. Don't be dead, he thought as he bent down to feel her pulse, Spock would kill me. Luckily she wasn't dead. For some reason she was just asleep.

He heard a cry of 'Captain!' and turned around to see the last of the security officers that had come with jump in front of him and take a dart right to the chest. He took the dart that was meant for him. He would be dead now if this ensign hadn't jumped in front of him and he didn't even know the man's name.

Suddenly Sulu was on the ground beside him and luckily he also seemed to be only unconcious. Then, there was a prick on the side of his neck. He hadn't even heard the tell-tell whistling sound of the incoming dart. He slowly reached up to his neck and pulled the dart out. His vision was starting to go, but he could tell that the dart that he had been hit with was smaller than all the others.

He fell onto his back as his vision went completely black and the last thing he heard before his consciousness fully slipped away was Spock's urgent voice over his com saing, "Enterprise to Kirk. Kirk come in. K…" Then he was fully unconscious.

Hey guys. So, sorry it took me so long to update. I was busy with school and I also had no idea where I was going with this story. So, here you go. I hope you guys like it. Thank you to all those who followed, and reviewed.

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