Thank you MerTrexTer for letting me know I accidentally posted chapter two as chapter three! Whoops!

Hey guys, thanks for the reviews! This one has a lot on the Farragut, as promised. This mystery is starting to take shape! I recently discovered that in canon, the Farragut was destroyed during the Nero battle, but... I had already written it. My bad :(

DISCLAIMER: I don't own star trek, or any characters other than Aldana and Addy. Well, I might own the personality of Gerace... I'm not sure. I certainly don't own his name.


Addy's POV, USS Farragut; Stardate 2254.90

I was leaning back in my chair at my desk, silently gloating at the very enthusiastic notes I had received on the report I finished yesterday when Gerace popped up beside me. "What in the world could get you smiling?" He teased with a Tom-Sawyer-esque smile.

"What? Oh- uh, nothing really. Just some notes Aldana gave on my report…" I trailed off awkwardly. Should I apologize for blowing him off yesterday? Is there anything to apologize for about yesterday? If I was so rude to him why is he talking to me again? Is he flirting? No, I'm blowing this way out of proportion. Am I? Is he talking? Shit! He's talking and I haven't been paying attention! Has it been obvious that I haven't been paying attention? I hate social interaction. I'd happily take chemistry over this shit.

"...couldn't account for a difference in the molecular makeup of the samples…" He trailed off as he looked at me expectantly. Wait, is he talking about my soil samples? Holy crap I know this!

"I don't assume the solar flares are the cause of the change in the soil, I think it's another symptom of something bigger. These incidents have been popping up all over the quadrant, there's no way they aren't related. The further we get from Earth the more common they seem to be…" I said while scrolling furiously through my PADD. Once I found what I was looking for, a map of the quadrant marked with similar incidents, I handed it to Gerace.

"All of these incidents are as minor as some funky soil and a temperamental star?" He asked with his eyebrows raised.

"Minor?! This soil isn't funky, it's entire molecular structure has been altered! This planet will be dead in a matter of months, I don't exactly call that minor!" I snapped at him. Sometimes I wonder why I bother trying to be nice. He slowly handed the PADD back to me.

"Sorry, didn't mean to wake the beast." He smirked as he walked away. I wasn't about to dwell on it, because in reality the only thing minor in the situation was the loss of that potential friendship. A whole damn planet, dead, and he's acting as though not only this but all of the other incidents are freaking minor.

"Ensign?" Lieutenant Aldana addressed from the other side of my desk.

"Yes, Lieutenant?" I answered while composing myself.

"Are you alright? You seem a bit, frazzled." She asked, concern evident on her face.

"I'm fine, Lieutenant. Thank you." I responded with a quick nod.

"Okay. I just wanted to let you know that I sent your report to Commander Barrington. He seemed very interested in your theory." She said with a small smile. Screw Gerace, smart people like me well enough.

"Alright, I assume he will be speaking to you on the matter…?" I asked nervously.

"No, Ensign. If the Commander has any questions, which I'm sure he will, he will almost certainly be asking you." She informed me before turning to leave. "Oh, by the way, the USS Enterprise is in this quadrant. We might be meeting with their science officer, Commander Spock, about these incidents. You will more than likely be in on those meetings as well." She mentioned, heading out the door.

"...Right." I said after she left.

Jim's POV, USS Enterprise, Stardate 2254.90

"Captain, we are being hailed by the USS Farragut. They are requesting to speak with yourself and Commander Spock." Uhura called to me impatiently, eager to return to her study of the alien language.

"On the viewscreen." I said simply. Captain Garrovick appeared before me as Spock walked over to stand by my side.

"Hello, Captain Garrovick." I greeted warmly.

"Hello Jim, Commander Spock." He said with a nod of his head.

"Captain." Spock answered.

"What is this about, Garrovick?" I asked.

"Well, I'm not quite sure yet Jim. One of the junior science officers in the labs has been playing around with some soil samples and she's got my science officer in a frenzy." He said shaking his head. "Barrington, come here a minute." A short, stout man appeared at Garrovick's side.

"Yes, Captain?" He asked.

"Barrington, tell Jim and Commander Spock about the soil sample discrepancy." Garrovick ordered. Barrington turned to the screen.

"The molecular structure of the soil sample taken three days ago has been found to be completely different than the soil sample taken from the same location some months ago,"

"How many months, Commander?" Spock interrupted. I internally rolled my eyes.

"Three and an odd number of days. In addition to the soil sample, the star at the center of this system has been experiencing an incredible amount of solar flares. These incidents aren't isolated to this star system, similar happenings have been reported in four other star systems in the quadrant so far." Barrington explained.

"We wanted to know if the Enterprise has run into any of these incidents." Garrovick cut in.

"Well, we haven't run into anything that seems in keeping with soil samples and solar flares, but we have definitely run into something… odd." I answered, wondering if our mysterious pregnancy had anything to do with what Garrovick was looking into.

"I assume you'll elaborate on that in person?" Garrovick asked.

"Absolutely. Your ship or mine?" I asked with a grin.

"Mine, say 09:00 tomorrow?" He suggested.

"Sounds good to me, we'll be beaming over a party of four. Myself, Spock, Lieutenant Uhura and Doctor McCoy." I said.

"Alright, I'll see you tomorrow, kid." Garrovick said with an uncharacteristically warm smile.

"See you tomorrow, old man." I smiled before the communication ended. I could feel the questioning look on Spock's face.

"I served under him on the Farragut for a semester at the Academy, Mr. Spock." I said curtly. He nodded and walked back to the science station. I was all to relieved to be excused of his stare and the uncomfortable heat radiating from him. I briefly wondered if he had a fever, but remembered that he's just Vulcan. Don't Vulcans usually keep their distance? The annoying little voice in the back of my head quirked.

Addy's POV, USS Farragut; Stardate 2254.90

"Ensign Black, do you have a moment?" Commander Barrington asked from the doorway.

"Absolutely Commander." I stood up to respond.

"I wanted to ask you a few questions about your findings relating to the soil samples." He stepped into the room. "You suggest that the cause of the change in the soil is the same thing that has been causing the solar flares, yes?" He asked with his arms held behind his back.

"Yes, sir. The two incidents seem to be occurring far too commonly and always together, I believe it is unrealistic that the two are unrelated." I answered.

"But whatever caused the solar flares did so by affecting the magnetic field around the star, and as far as I know, magnetic fields are not known to change molecules like has been done to the soil." He said as he sat down in the chair of the other side of my desk.

"I agree, it highly suggests that the cause wasn't a coincidental." I said.

"You are speaking far outside of your specialty, Ensign." He said flatly.

"I'm merely extrapolating the data I have. If the two incidents consistently occur together, then they are related. If they cannot both be caused by one accidental thing, then they must have been done intentionally." I asserted. Barrington went quiet for a while.

"The Captain of the Enterprise, as well as the Science Officer and a few other crewmen, will be beaming over for a meeting tomorrow at 09:00. They seem to have encountered something out of the ordinary. You should be there." He left the room.

There were hundreds of crewmen on the Enterprise, what were the chances?


Sooooo, next chapter! Bones and Addy are reunited! Also some other stuff will happen, it'll be fun. I promise. Well, I hope. I have very little control over this story. Que sera, sera. That reminds me, I don't speak Latin. I'm stuck using Google Translate which I know is pathetically wrong a lot of the time, that's why I've been including the translations. If they're only partial translations, that's because that's all that Uhura can decipher. Were I you, I wouldn't even both trying to figure them out. When the aliens are speaking especially, because I randomly change some letters around to make it not Latin anymore. Anyways, PLEASE review! There might be a puppy in it for you if you do!