Briefing Room
1:25 PM.

Kirk sat in the Briefing Room with Spock, Scotty, Keenser and Lieutenant Marcus.

Spock began. "Our scans match to an extent those taken from the Kelvin before its destruction.

If I may hypothesize Captain … I believe we are looking at a Temporal Knot."

Marcus continued. "Think of all possible realities existing in parallel. What we're seeing now is a knot that's
tying them together."

"So this anomaly is a place where all those different realities meet?" Kirk asked. His expression turned thoughtful.
"This could enable something to pass from one reality to another. Like the Nerada and Spock's older self."

Spock nodded, "Indeed. We speculate that the storm-like phenomena is the result of temporal entanglement.
Different realities touching and becoming entangled with each other. I have already detected signs of entanglement
in the ship's systems as we approached the anomaly. For example, programs suddenly routing through different
sections than they did before."

Scotty perked up. "Aye, I've noticed that too! At first I thought it was just Keenser messin about, but over the past
hour I've been getting some very strange warp core readings!

"Bedsheets changing color…" Kirk murmured.

Suddenly the entire ship lurched and the room's windows were flooded with blinding light.

"Bridge, report!" Kirk yelled. "What hit us!?"

Chekov's anxious voice answered. 'Eet's zee anomaly, Keptin! Eet suddenly expanded and now eet's pulleeng us inside eet!"

"On my way!"

Upon reaching the bridge, Kirk noted that they had indeed been pulled inside a writhing mass

of light. The Enterprise lurched and heaved amidst massive lightning flashes. It was like being trapped in a massive
storm at sea.

"Sulu, full impulse!" Kirk shouted. "Get us out of here!"

"It's no use, Captain!" the Helmsman answered; "I'm already at maximum!"

Kirk called Engineering, "Scotty can we go to warp?"

"I wouldn't advise it, Captain! The stress could tear the ship apart! The anomaly's tossin' us around, but it doesn't
seem to be doing a lot of damage. I recommend we cool the engines
and ride it out!"

"I concur with Mr. Scott's assessment," Spock put in. "We may find that the center of the anomaly is less volatile than
the edge and perhaps from there, find a means to escape."

Kirk frowned. "I don't like the idea of just floating on the tide, Spock…but you're right. We'll try to find the eye of the storm.
Mr. Sulu, cut impulse by half and head for the center."

"Aye sir!"

After a few anxious moments Chekov announced, "Keptin, ve are approaching ze center of ze anomaly."

Abruptly the Enterprise's lurching stopped and for an instant it seemed to float in a vast sea of light.

Then abruptly it was once again hurled forward.

"Keptin, ze force of ze storm is pushing us forward! Ve are approaching the other side of ze anomaly now.
Arriveeng in five!…Four!…Three!…Two!…One!"