Spock's head was pounding, he felt as if he'd been hit with a baseball pat. Hard. He kept his eyes closed as he tried to control the pain, breathing deeply in and out. Faintly he heard Jim yell for McCoy.
After a couple seconds Spock had managed to get the pain under control so he slowly opened his eyes and blinked a few times. He was greeted by the sight of Jim, McCoy and Uhura leaning over him,
"Give him some room," McCoy ordered, pushing the other two back slightly. Spock carefully sat up and took in his surroundings,
"Where are we?" he asked Jim. McCoy frowned,
"You don't remember?" He asked. Spock shook his head slightly as McCoy started to scan him with a tricorder.
"On a shuttle going to Vulcan," Jim supplied, shuffling slightly closer. Spock frowned slightly,
"Why are we going to New Vulcan?" he asked.
"New Vulcan?" Uhura questioned as Jim's eyes widened,
"Spock, what's the last thing you remember?" he asked quietly,
"You were holding my hand…" Spock trailed off, but Jim grinned hopefully at him,
"What else was happening?" he prompted. Spock just sat there silently for a second before he slowly said,
"We were sitting together in the front of our shuttle, oil, fuel and radiator fluid were leaking and there was nothing we could do to stop it. You took hold of my hand then I assume the shuttle exploded…" Jim beamed,
"I've missed you so much!" he exclaimed then threw his arms around Spock and, much to Uhura's shock, Spock didn't pull away,
"Careful!" McCoy cried, as his tricorder beeped, "According to this his blood pressure is too high, his heart beat is too fast and his temperature it too low," Jim glanced down at the reading on McCoy's tricorder,
"Yeah, that's normal for him," he said causing McCoy to raise his eyebrows.
"Captain what's going on?" Spock asked as he tried to stand up, however McCoy's hand on his shoulder stopped him from rising,
"Right, well, to put it simply we're in the past," Jim stated causing Spock to raise his eyebrow,
"Please clarify,"
"Three days ago, I woke up in my dorm and Bones told me I'd just done the Kobayashi Maru," Spock's eyes widened slightly,
"So, when you said we were going to Vulcan you actually meant Vulcan?" Jim nodded,
"We can still save it Spock," Jim whispered, "We can still save her." It was then that Uhura decided to interrupt the tender moment,
"What's going on?" she asked. Spock turned to look at her,
"Jim and I were sent back in time by a race called the Tralurian to fix our greatest regrets,"
"Oh!" Jim cried, jumping to his feet, "That explains it! But…why did they feel the need to crash our shuttle to do that?"
"We do not know it was them that destroyed our shuttle," Spock said as he shook McCoy off and stood up, "This may have been their attempt to save us." Before Jim could really digest what Spock had just said Sulu shouted out from the front of the ship,
"We're being hailed!" The four of them all glanced at each other before hurrying off to the front of the ship.
"It's Starfleet," Sulu informed them. Before anyone could say anything, Spock marched over to the communications console and pulled off the front panel. He then plucked two wires out and the communications panel shut down,
"Well that's one way of dealing with that," McCoy sighed. Spock ignored him and sat down in front of the panel,
"Spock?" Jim asked,
"I am fixing it so that we cannot receive any communications from a Starfleet frequency unless it's from the Delta Vega base," Spock turned to Jim, "I am assuming that's part of your plan?" Jim nodded,
"Yeah, I have Scotty on watch," Spock nodded as he stood up and started fiddling with the computer, "I'll fill you in on the full plan the second we have a spare moment,"
"So, we can still send communications?" Uhura asked, leaning over Spock's shoulder,
"Affirmative." Sulu turned to the rest of the crew,
"We have arrived at Vulcan," he announced. Spock turned to Jim. His face seemed blank to everyone but Jim who could see the silent pleading in his eyes. Jim nodded at him,
"Go," he said. Spock spun on his heals and hurried back to the transporter pad,
"Wait you're not going down there are you?" McCoy asked they all followed Spock,
"It'll be safe for the hour or so," Jim said, walking to stand behind the transporter controls. Spock followed him to input the coordinates.
"Do you want me to come with you?" Uhura asked as Spock went to stand on the transporter pad.
"Negative," Spock replied before turning to Jim, missing the flash of hurt in Uhura's eyes, "Energise," he said then he disappeared.
Spock materialised on the surface of a planet he hadn't set foot on in so long. He looked around wanting to take in all of his surroundings. He almost wished it was night time so he could look up and see all the stars in the specific arrangement he never thought he'd see again.
Spock closed his eyes and took a deep breath. Everything was so overwhelming, and he just needed a second to centre himself, his emotions were threatening to spill over and he couldn't let that happen.
After a moment Spock opened his eyes again and then quickly set off down the road. He hoped his parents were at their house as he didn't know where to start looking for them if they weren't. He arrived at their house and hurried up to the front door. He reached out to open the door which, to his relief, wasn't locked and therefore swung open with the slightest push.
"Mother?" Spock called out,
"Spock?" Amanda walked out of the kitchen and smiled. Spock opened his mouth to reply but he couldn't find any words, he just stared at Amanda. His mother was standing there, right in front of him, he could touch her if her just reached out-
"Spock? Are you Ok?" Amanda asked walking towards him. Spock closed his eyes and took a few steady breaths, trying as hard as he could to calm himself down,
"I am well Mother," he replied eventually, as soon as he opened his eyes he could see that Amanda didn't believe him, but he spoke again before she could say anything, "Is Father here?" he asked. Amanda nodded,
"He's upstairs in his office," she replied. Amanda lead Spock upstairs and knocked on a big door at the top of the stair,
"Come in," Amanda pushed the door open to reveal Sarek sitting at his desk,
"Look who's here," Amanda said. Sarek eyed his son standing in the doorway,
"Spock," he said,
"Sarek,"
"What brings you here?"
"I need you to come with me," Spock said, "Vulcan is in grave danger and-" Spock glanced at Amanda, "You will die if you stay here," Sarek raised his eyebrow,
"Clarify,"
"A Romulan named Nero has sworn revenge on a Vulcan and plans to blow up this planet. There is a 67.543% chance he will succeed,"
"The Romulan empire hasn't made any attempt to interact with the Federation in three years,"
"He doesn't work for the Romulan empire," Spock said. Before Sarek could reply Spock's communicator buzzed. Spock pulled it out of his pocket and flipped it open,
"Spock here,"
"Just got a message from Scotty," came Jim's voice, "A ship has just landed on Delta Vega, chances are it's you-know-who so we don't have long. You need to beam back up now,"
"Affirmative, just give me a moment," Spock agreed before shutting his communicator,
"Who was that?" Amanda asked, however before Spock could reply the ground shook. Amanda reached out and grab Spock's arm to steady herself. Spock's communicator went off again,
"Spock, we need to-"
"Affirmative Captain," Spock snapped his communicator shut and turned to his father,
"That was Nero starting a drill to the core of Vulcan," Spock explained, "We need to go now," Sarek stood up and strode towards the door,
"We need to get the High Council," he said,
"No, you need to come with me,"
"It is our duty to protect our culture,"
"It won't matter, there will be nothing to protect," Spock said as the three of them exited the house. Amanda glanced down at Spock's hand on her arm. He hadn't let go of her since the shaking started. Spock opened his communicator once more,
"Spock to Atom,"
"Kirk here,"
"Three to beam up." The three of them shimmered and dematerialised.
The moment they reappeared on the ship Spock jumped off the transporter pad and marched over to Jim. Jim glanced at Amanda then back at Spock,
"Are you Ok?"
"I am fine," Spock replied,
"You're fine?" Jim asked sceptically however Spock ignored him. Suddenly Uhura yelled out from the cockpit,
"We're being hailed," Jim and Spock hurried into the cockpit followed by Amanda and Sarek,
"On screen," Jim said. Nero's face filled the screen,
"Spock," he said in way of greeting. Spock didn't reply,
"Who are you?" McCoy asked,
"I am Nero," he replied. Both McCoy and Uhura glanced at Jim with wide eyes,
"You were right," Uhura gasped quietly however Nero didn't seem at hear her as he turned his attention back to Spock, "There is something I would like you to see," he said,
"I am not interested in anything you could show me," Nero shook his head,
"It doesn't matter what you are interested in Spock, it's about what you deserve! You took everything from me so now I'm going to take everything from you,"
"I haven't taken anything from you," Spock said evenly,
"Not yet, but you will. Now I demand your Captain beam over to my ship,"
"I am the highest ranking Starfleet officer here," Spock said as Jim took hold of his arm,
"Spock you can't,"
"No," Nero said with a slight shake of his head, "I can't have you, you need to see what is about to happen," Nero's eyes fell upon Jim,
"Captain Kirk," he said, "You'll do nicely,"
"Kirk is a Cadet," Spock said, stepping in front of Jim, "with the exception of myself every other member of Starfleet aboard this ship is a cadet,"
"I guess I'll have to wait for the rest of Starfleet then," Nero said, "Keep watching Spock," with that he terminated the transmission. The cockpit was silent however everyone had turned to stare at Spock,
"You're the Vulcan he wants revenge on?" Amanda asked, and Jim squeezed Spock's arm,
"Doctor would you please escort my parents out of the cockpit," Spock said before sitting down in a chair next to Sulu,
"We need to make our move now," Jim said, "Before Star Fleet arrive because as soon as they get here they will be blown up,"
"Can't ve just call them and varn them not to come?" Chekov asked,
"We stole a ship from them, they're not going to listen to us," Jim remark. Spock nodded slightly in agreement before saying.
"Now might be a good time for you to tell me the plan."
