Far from home
Chapter 2
"Wow! Gamma Quadrant!, did Admiral Fitzpatrick say what the assignment is?" as Uhura pulls out her lounge where.
"All detail documentation of your assignment will arrive before your departure" as Spock continues to touch his pad and gives Nyota more information.
"You are scheduled to rendezvous with the Exeter in 72 hours, 35 minutes..."
"OK, I got that! It sounds like you want to get rid of me."
Spock looked up from his pad and stared at his wife, "Nyota, please do not tease."
She turned as she felt his disappointment through their bond, and felt that he really will miss her. She went to him, sat on his lap and touched foreheads.
"I'm sorry adun I was teasing. I will miss you too, more than you know."
She kisses him tenderly as her hands smoothed up his neck, and his arms wrapped around her waist.
They slowly break from their kiss, staring at each other tenderly.
" I like the way you apologize"' He picks his wife up and carries her to their bed.
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Uhura receives her orders during her shift from Starfleet Command and downloads them onto her pad. She is part excited and part weary leaving the Enterprise.
"Well, Lieutenant, I don't know if the ship can function without you" Kirk turns his chair towards her.
" The communication team is ready and able to fulfill all bridge duty captain."
"Mr. Spock status."
" The Enterprise will be rendezvous with the Exeter in 36 hours, 48 minutes, at our current rate of warp 2."
"I will like to be there early, Mr. Spock" Kirk snaps the side control button to engineering.
"Mr. Scott"
"Yes, Captain."
" Can we get warp 3 to make the rendezvous with the Exeter early?"
"Aye, the ship can take it."
"You heard the man Sulu."
"Aye, sir warp 3."
Kirk stands up from his command chair and heads to Spock's station, leans against the console, folds arms across his chest and smiles at him.
"So, Mr. Spock are you OK with this?"
Spock leans up and looks at the captain, with one of brow shot up.
"Clarify OK?"
" You know, your wife gone for over a month, are you OK with that?
"Lieutenant Uhura is highly qualified in her field in linguistics, space anomalies, and federation and non-federation languages. I am quite pleased that her multiple talents are highly regarded on this mission."
Kirk looks at Spock looking for some form of expression, but his Vulcan friend is a rock.
He laughs and taps Spock on his arm.
"Come on, let's review those documents in the ready room."
Spock and Kirk walk towards the Ready room, Kirk signals Uhura to follow with her Pad.
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The Ready room team reviews the information from the monitors, Uhura notices the hieroglyphics writing on the walls.
"According to the information provided, Ixio an extinct civilization, founded by Dr. Myles Carter, an anthropologist/archaeologist. Dr. Carter is the most esteemed in his field. This excavation will be one of his greatest accomplishment if he can discover their demise."
"I see a pattern in the slides it's almost some form message. It's better if I see it first hand." sighs Uhura.
"It looks you have your work cut out for you, the Federation and Starfleet believe you will be a valuable asset to the team."
Kirk leaned over towards: "Just get it done and get back to us."
"OK, captain" chuckled Uhura.
"by the way, you two are released from duty until departure."
"Thank you, captain," they both said and looked at each other.
