Angelina's eyes glowed mystically (AN: metaphorically, of course) and she tugged at her hair in frustration and realization. "But I was summoned to the bridge, sirs."

"You're a dirty liar!" raged Kirk. "We sent out no such order, miss Luna," he spat.

Angela gasped. She could only see two possibilities in this situation. One was that Kirk was lying to her in order to get her in trouble (which was something he would totally do. He was a horrible captain and deliberately went way out of his way just to victimize Angela. He was jealous of her winning the Kobayashi Maru and the other was that there was something strange going on.

"Sir," she began, holding herself up straight and glaring him in the eye, "In that case, it may be some sort of alien intelligence trying to manipulate me. I am, after all, the last of my race. I'm a very valuable commodity in the right hands. It may be trying to see if it can make me do things I wouldn't do otherwise."

Now, that caught the good Mr. Spock's attention. He had always been very kind to Angela, unlike the rest of the bridge crew, and had been the one who had gotten her assigned to the Enterprise in the first place. In a way, he reminded her of the Anakin she had in her dreams. She dreamed of him every night. Every time, he asked her to save his world. Lately, Anakin had becoming more and more similar to Spock.

Spock looked up. "Captain, this may be exactly what's happening. I have sensed psychic tendrils in my mind as well. Being a touch telepath, they do not affect me as strongly as they would a full telepath like Ms. Luna here." He gave me a private smirk when he knew nobody else was looking.

That might also explain why he was invading her dreams. That would be a much nicer explanation than the one she was thinking... that she was in love. If it was a psychic connection between the two of them, the dreams could be explained away.

But... what if the reason Anakin and Spock were becoming intertwined in her mind was because they were the same person? Spock had many characteristics that reminded her strongly of Anakin. Their personalities were so similar... and After all, Anakin Skywaler had disappeared years ago. If that was true, the psychic controller could have been affecting both of them for much longer than either realized.

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AN: Cliffhanger! I hope this one leaves you on the edge of your seats.