Reflections

By Wolvester

I don't own Star Trek or anything else. No money is made off of this story. I'm writing these stories for pure pleasure and my own brand of therapy from the real world. I am Dyslexic and truly can't "see" some of the glaring errors that offend some readers. If you can't stand spelling mistakes, grammatical error, and words used in the wrong context – my stories might not be for you. Special thanks to my beta reader Fate2017! Enjoy!

Summary: A new race has been sent to determine the weaknesses of all known species and the crew of the Enterprise just became the latest part of the collection representing the Federation. Established Spock and Uhura. Kirk/Spock/ McCoy friendship. All the bridge crew will be seen and heard from before it's over.

Chapter 2: Flashbacks

The away team had been in the cages for two days before Mr. Spock was removed. Of course, one of those day everyone had been unconscious. The sounds from the arena were terrible and no one beat the Enforcers, or the group of seven Driggins elite guards. They had learned that the hard way. He had lost two of his security guards to those things before they had taken Spock.

He knew the Vulcan could fight, but he had been missing now for three weeks and 2 days. He admitted privately he was relieved when the bodies were dragged from the arena and his First Officer wasn't among the dead crewman. Spock was a friend now and Kirk admitted to himself privately he cared if Vulcan survived. No one had been taken from their cages, but 6 dead Klingons had been dragged out of the arena for disposal.

Now he was seeing more and more of the crew from the ship transported down by God knows what. Either way, they had to find a way out before the last person was off the Enterprise.

It was currently a rest period and the aliens had left them alone at night in the past. Sulu gave a bird call from his cage, someone had entered the section. His crew was on one side and a group of Klingons were on the other side. Everyone got deadly quiet. The two people didn't move like the alien Driggins, but they didn't know who was coming and in this place, that was dangerous.

The two hooded figures were having trouble walking without shaking, but they were moving reasonable fast. They looked like Driggins in the cloaks, but didn't move like them.

Spock's bloody hands gripped the bars to the cage and he ripped them out of the housing with a frightening strength. Spock walked into the hole he had created. Jim was shocked by his friend's sudden appearance and ease at which Spock had opened the cell. He told the woman with him to continue freeing everyone and moved to the Klingon side of the room and said. "I bring you greeting from Captain Korthos. He will meet us on the landing. I will free you if you give me your blood oath, none of your men will harm any of the crew of the Enterprise. This agreement applies to the duration of our escape and until you have been returned to Klingon space. Failure by any of you to honor your word will result in immediate death by myself or one of my associates. What say you?"

Commander Kalas agreed after all of his men and women had agreed. Spock ripped the cell bars and tore chains apart with his bare hands. McCoy now had a medical kit and was scanning both Spock and the woman. She too was Vulcan, and couldn't stop shaking. McCoy didn't like the way either of their heart rates had shot up while freeing them. Something was seriously wrong with them. Their heads were swinging from side to side and they hissed and snarled from time to time. McCoy couldn't see all of their faces or heads with the hoods from the cloaks covering them.

Jim touched Spock's arm and got knocked on his ass for his trouble. Spock turned extremely pointed teeth and cat slitted eyes toward Kirk and hissed. "Touching me Captain, isn't advisable or even welcome at presence."

McCoy's eyebrows were raised in shock as his observed the behavior. What got his instincts screaming - even more that is - Spock was giving his Wife a wide berth as well. He had ripped off most of their chains and restraints himself, but had the erratic Vulcan woman do any females both Human and Klingon. He had sniffed Uhura, but absolutely no touching was taking place; not the Human version and not the customary Vulcan version. He hadn't offered his wife his two fingers. In fact, Spock was keeping his bloody hands hidden in the folds of his cloak. The same was said for the woman.

Spock's rough voice broke McCoy out of his analysis. "We must leave now...our window to escape will close very soon...come now."

He and the woman turned on their heels and started their jerky movement back down the hallway of the prison block without checking to see if they and the Klingon's were following. Both groups traded a glance and began to follow the pair.

Half way down the hall, the pair hissed again and their hands shot out to an empty cage. Their Vulcan strength was a frightening thing to witness and both groups stopped and took notice of how causally they ripped the metal bars off the cages that had once housed the crews.

The security guard from the Enterprise said. "Shit! I'm glad they are on our side."

McCoy whispered to Jim. "They are both very ill and we need to get out of here sooner rather than later. I don't like either of their scans. Spock's vitals are going all over the place and HE is ignoring Uhura."

The pair had pulled enough bars out so that each member of the party of Humans and Klingons could have their own pipe or club weapon.

Spock was hissing again and he half turned back to the group. "Arm yourself but stick to the shadows and do not attack unless we say. Disobedience in this case will invite death."

He and the woman didn't bother with picking up a bar. They both held a weird shaft looking thing in one hand. It covered part of their hands and forearms. Both Vulcan's made a twisting motion and very wicked looking blades shot out of the devices. The blades were well stained with blood from various races.

In the hallway, they met up with other escapees. The group of Orion, Tellarites, and Andorians lead by a pair of erratic acting Vulcan's and the one Klingon Captain. Everyone was filthy but moving. The group of Vulcan's lead them to what looked like a shuttle bay. It was covered in the blood of the Driggins. The Vulcan's had already secured their escape and it had been very hands on process from the condition of their captured dead bodies.

Spock lead the Humans to four shuttles - two Romulan in design and two Federation. He hit a button threw his sleeve and the doors opened. The other groups were doing the same thing with two Orion and Andorian shuttles. Uhura noticed that Spock was waiting for something as he explained how to operate the Romulan ship. His head was slightly tiled to said as he listened for something.

A growing hissing sound was heard. It got more pronounced and then a massive thud was heard in the shuttle bay. All of the Vulcan's and the Klingon Captain stopped what they were doing and returned outside.

The Vulcan female that had been with Spock spoke. "You made it Brother! Let us go."

The huge Vulcan that met their eyes shook his head and started to speak. He too was shaking erratically but the words he spoke were Romulan not Vulcan. Kirk and his crew drew back as they realized the man, who was well over 7 feet tall with bulk to match, was in fact a Romulan.

Uhura was flipping on the universal translator for the group and it picked up.

"We can't leave yet! They lied to us. The others are alive. We must free them as well. T'Nara is already heading there. We must go now. They know the test drones have escaped the cages and they are coming now."

The group hissed as one. The Vulcan woman said in Romulan. "Are thee sure! They lied to us always, Tork."

The big Romulan moved very fast and dropped into a crouch in front of the other Vulcan. His hood fell down and the Humans could see his full face and head. He's head was clean shaved and very badly bruised. He had two white metal plates covering his front psi points and green hypospray marks littered his neck. His inner eyelids were down and his retina was bright unnatural yellow color like a cat. His figure nails were very sharp and pointed. They looked more like claws than finger nails.

He hissed in all of the Vulcan's faces along with the Captain Korthos revealing very sharp teeth. "I have seen them with my own eyes! Our Blood lives and We will not leave without them. You would condemn them to become us with their cursed Driggins!"

He turned in Spock's direction. "We freed your Humans and they other test drones. Now we will free our own Blood."

Spock started hitting buttons threw his sleeve again. The shuttle bay doors began to open. "Everyone get on the ships. The pressure field will drop in less than two minutes. The only three starships that have survived are the Orion ship - Ladina, the Klingon bird of prey, and the Enterprise. Mr. Scott is awaiting you all. Only the Enterprise is manned with people. All of your other crew members are dead. I have opened the shuttle doors to the other ships' landing bays. The ships are operational, life support is online, and their engines will be online by the time you arrive."

Kirk and crew headed from the shuttle when he noticed Spock hadn't moved. "Your not coming with us, Spock? Your going to find the others?"

Uhura gasped and started to walk towards Spock but Ensign Green, a security guard, pulled her back. Preventing her from leaving the ship. What happened next was a blur of motion.

Ensign Green was on the ground with a fat lip and a black eye. Spock was standing over him in a crouch hissing. His hood had fallen back showing his face. All the Vulcan's had moved and Kirk's crew found themselves relieved of their metal weapons in less than 30 seconds flat. He stared in shock at Mr. Spock.

Spock and all of other Vulcan's all had the same device strapped to their heads as the big Romulan. Spock's eyes were light brown now and slitted like a cat. His inner eyelid was down, so most of his pupil was hidden by it. He had the dangerous looking blade to Green's throat. Spock hissed. "Touch my Bondmate again, Human, and I will slit your throat. Do you understand Ensign Green?"

The boy looked like he was going to piss in his pants but was shaking his head rapidly yes. Spock turned his head to the Captain and met his eyes. Kirk's eyes reflected his horror and shock at what had been done to Spock. Spock's eyes were angry and very alien at the moment. "Correct Captain. We had an agreement that no one would be left behind here. The Driggins have been breeding their Vulcanoid's prisoners with any of the other races that proved themselves in the arena. We had thought none of the children had survived birth. We were wrong and will have to free them before we leave."

McCoy was inching his way to Ensign Green and said. "Spock that's crazy. We need to leave and we can come back from the kids once we all regroup on the ship. What if you run up into those crazy Enforcers the Driggins have around here? All of you are strong, but they are deadly."

All of the Vulcan's and the Romulan laughed. Korthos let a bark of laughter as well. The light bulb went off in Kirk's head and the pieces clicked. "The Enforcers aren't a problem, because you all are the Enforcers."

A group of hissed "yeses" was heard. Spock met Uhura's eyes for minute and then all of them including Korthos leaped an impossible distance to the top of an empty shuttle craft. "Go now! The Driggins are coming and they will kill you if you are still here." Spock's voice was heard saying. The group jumped for the second level and swung over the railing. There were out of sight in a flash of billowing cloaks.

Kirk and the Klingon Commander got all their people moving and out of the Driggins ship. The Orions, Tellarites, and Andorians had already started leaving during the conversation.

Mr. Scott's welcome voice was heard threw the communicator. "Mr. Spock, we have all of the shuttle crafts heading to the correct ships locations except one. It hasn't left the bay. We have all of the ships warp ready and the surprise is waiting for the Driggins on yur word, Sir."

Kirk grabbed the communicator. "Scotty there is a change of plans. Spock and the others are still on that ship. We're going to need weapons and shields for all ships now. Get us on board and update us on how Spock pulled this off."

To Be Continued..

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