My mind was slowly getting back together with my inner Sarek guiding me. He found wounds and worries and slowly, but steady closed them. I was focusing on the next step. Every shuttle was designed to transport its passengers to the nearest space station or Starfleet ship. The nearest space station would be on a nearby ice planet, but we had been on the other side of Vulcan, so the shuttle must have been sent in the other direction. And if that was true, the nearest space station would be on a desert planet, two days away with the speed of this bloody shuttle. Sarek scolded at me for swearing. I just smiled at him.

I heard my PADD beginning to beep. My eyes flew open, just to see a huge white planet coming closer. The shuttle suddenly announced: "Estimated time to landing; 30 seconds. Please secure all persons and objects." Apparently it had decided for the ice planet instead.

"Dammit! Amgreth! Snap out of it, and secure T'Lila!" Amgreth moved swiftly and pushed T'Lila back, activating the automatic seatbelt. I grabbed my PADD, and closed my eyes as the shuttle began to shake as the planet's gravity pulled us down. I felt one of the kids grab my hand and squish it.

The landing was hard. And I banged my head again, as my head flew back at the impact. The seatbelt loosened and the shuttle announced:" The closest Federation Space Station is 2 km south-east. Live long and prosper."

To think the computer was programmed to register Vulcans onboard, but not to warn us sooner would be hilarious. Tomorrow. Right now I felt like tearing it apart and make a dumpster out of it.

"Are you guys all right?" My throat was dry, and I wished I had a smoothie. Or just orange juice, I could live with that.

"We are all right, but I cannot say the same about you, Miss Melander. Your wound is bleeding again." I didn't need to lift my hand; I could feel the blood running slowly down my face. Irk.

"Yeah, let's just wait with that till we get to the station. And quit the Miss thing, call me Tamsu"

"I do not understand the meaning of calling you Tamsu, Miss Melander, when you yourself said it was not your given name." Amgreths stone face moved an inch.

"It was given to me by a Vulcan, and it is Vulcan, so why not? You are Vulcan, so call me by my Vulcan name."

"Are you serious? Did a Vulcan give you the name Dancer?" I smiled at T'Lilas question

"Yeah, I actually studied different form of dances till I was 16. I still dance sometimes, but only for fun."

Amgreth nodded and helped T'Lila up. Apparently he did not see the point of discussing if coordinated body movements could be counted as fun. Surok looked at me an extra time, but got up to the door. When he grabbed the door handle, a cabinet in the wall opened. A shelf with winter jackets and small backpacks appeared. Surok took a pair and disappeared out of the door.

It was when I realized the idea of 3 kids is equal 2 grownups didn't really work in practice. There were only 3 jackets. Amgreth was fast to say that I was wounded and should not deal with hypothermia also. I told him I also knew that Vulcans has a higher body temperature, and that they were fast to get hypothermia when exposed to cold. I underlined it was an illogical, but very sweet offer, and that quickly shut him up. I grinned at him. Vulcans were so cute, when they got embarrassed. It always made my day to make Spock blush green. It looked absolutely hilarious.

As we walked I cursed Starfleet uniforms again. The boots were fantastic: No matter how many times I dropped something in lab, my feet were never hurt. But I was going to kill the designer for leaving my knees bare. Surok had surprisingly insisted that while he kept the jacket, I should wear his dark brown robe. For him it went to his feet, but for me it went just where the boots stopped. It had wide arms, which sent the chilly wind in, but it was defiantly better than nothing.

The walk was quick, especially because all the kids knew with way south-east was; I was the idiot on this trip. I had told them to get going while I checked the shuttle for anything else we could use. When I stepped out I thought they were gone. And when I turned around and saw them walking in the right direction.

Just great Saga, so much for sleeping in the navigation course. I had nearly failed the whole class, if it wasn't because I had hijacked that Russian newcomer at the library to help me study. It really paid up to visit it sometimes. You always find the cute ones in the science-department. I really had to thank him again, and say sorry for making him faint.

We reached what I would think would be the station. The kids stopped in front of it. My teeth were chattering and I tried to keep myself warm by jumping around. T'Lila was looking at me what I think must have been concern, but I couldn't manage to send her smile. Amgreth moved closer and knocked on the wall. I hoped somebody would be there. He kept knocking for a while. I was just about to suggest going back, standing still was worse than walking, when there came a loud noise from the inside. A door suddenly opened and a man looked out.

"Christ, I thought some monster was knockin' the door. And when it's just kids! Come in, ye lettin' the warm go out!" the Scottish accent was funny, and I tried giving him a smile, but I must have failed miserably, because he took an extra look at me before closing the door behind us. He walked down a corridor, signaling us to follow. The corridor ended at a workshop.

He began scrambling around in the workshop, while shouting.

"Whatcha doin' out in the cold? I thought ye Vulcans hate the cold. Yer parents shouldn't leave ye on this planet, the monsters gonna get yer ears". I saw Surok grab his ears before Amgreth shot him a look.

"Hey! Stop-p calling me a child! I-I'm 26, and I'm an ensign… And human! Who are you, anyway?" I tried to speak clearly, but my teeth wouldn't stop chattering.

His head popped up. "Really? Sorry, lass, the height and clothes say otherwise. My name is Montgomey Scott, but call me Scotty." He came back from the back with something.

"Here ye go, a warm cup of tea, and a wee bit of scotch for the ensign!" He handed us four cups. I tried not to burn my lips, as I gulped it down. A fire ran down my throat and down to my stomach

"Soo, you didn't bring food with ye?" His eyes glittered with a childish hope for a moment but were disappointed by the kids' blank stare at him.

I began to fell drowsy all of sudden. The cocktail of alcohol and having a head injury was bad. I saw the room fall to its side and suddenly felt the cool floor on my cheek.

Maybe it was just me falling.

"The scotch goes straight to the blood, eh?" He looked rather tall standing all the way up there.

"Tamsu, are you able to stand?" Even Amgreth looked tall. A Starfleet uniform and he could be Spocks twin.

"I don't feel that good." My head was spinning and I swear, I could see Orion and Cassiopeia dance tango.

Scotty bended over me and looked at my head.

"That's some wound you have there. Keenser! Get aff that thing and get the medical kit!" I turned my head and saw the alien. Cute. I sent him a smile, but it turned into a grimace as the pain in my head increased. My vision began to blur and I drifted off in the darkness.