Well, it doesn't quite look like I'm going to meet the challenge requirements... Ecpecially the one involving being ready by the 15th. Well, there goes €1,50 for a cup of tea for the winner...

Now, on to the new chapter!

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Three starfleet officers walked towards the exit of the facility. One of them appeared very agitated as he spoke to the one in the golden shirt. While doing so he almost jumped up and down and his face reddened. The two were followed by a third, much quieter one.

He does have a familliar face. The gardner thought as he watched the three go by from his rosebeds. He had raised his hand and three had returned the gesture. All of a sudden the last officer stopped dead in his tracks and stared right at him. At that moment the gardner knew where he'd seen that face before and started to run.

"Jim! We must do something about this! You can't let this go on, it's worse than a nuthouse in medieval earth!" McCoy shouted in one of his moods to Kirk, who only nodded. He knew his friend well, and although he had a very strong point, he just didn't have to shout like that...

Kirk stopped, something was missing. He turned and saw Commander Spock standing still some yards back. He frowned. "Spock, are you comming?" He said loudly. Still no response and with worry, he walked back fast. The doctor, who had fallen silent by that time, followed him and pulled out his o so familliar tricorder.

"Spock." Jim said to his fried who acted as a statue. He looked at him and then to his right and tried to see the point where Spock was staring at. When he turned back and saw the terriefied look on his face, he started shaking him with a grip on his shoulders. Slowly the vulcan started to come round.

"What happened?" Kirk said while he and McCoy stared at their friend.

"I remembered." Spock said simply, he was still a bit shaken and still not fully contious of his surroundings.

"What, what did you remember?" Kirk said hastilly, this was not good.

"I must show you." He murmed. "Can not tell..."

Krik opened his comunicator and spoke to his ship. "Mr. Scott, beam us back immediatelly."

"Aye sir." Came the reply and the fammilliar tingling sound took them away.

On board the two men guided their alien friend to sickbay and set him on a chair in McCoy's office.

"What did you remember?" Kirk asked again after McCoy shrugged when he had scanned Spock.

The vulcan in question didn't answer, but simply raised his hand to Kirk's face and the world arround them was traded for another.

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"I have localised the source of the distress call, captain." A young Spock said without turning his chair to the man in the centre seat.

Kirk took a second to adjust. He was on the bridge of the Enterprise, but not HIS Enterprise. This was the one of Captain Pike, his great precessor. He looked around and besides a very young mr. Spock, he saw an eqally young Uhura and a young version of mr. Scott behind the Engineering station. He then turned to find his private chair occupied by the ledgend himself.

"Thank you mr. Spock, can you give me brief information of the planet and the place where the call was send?"

"The population of this particular planet, Atricu IV, has been rapidly growing for around 50.24 years. The food sources are not enough to feed the whole population and therefore the people are growingly hostile to eachother. Some of them have already migrated to other planets in the neighbourhood, but the most of them seem unwilling to do so. The particulair area from where the call was send has been indicated as very technological developed by the last survey ship that has visited this planet."

"Thank you." Pike answered and sat thoughtfully in his chair. "Mr. Spock, put together a survey-team and beam down to investigate. If you find anything significant, report immediatelly."

"Yes, captain." Spock answered and he entered the turbolift.

Kirk's surroundings went dark but before he knew it, it changed again and he stood besides a team of three ensigns and Spock. The materializing effects just whore off.

The team began to scan the area, but when they came close to one of the warehouses that where palted in the area, they stopped. Kirk went closer to examine their readings, but he didn't actually had to do that. "Spock to captain Pike." The leader of the team said into his comunicator.

"Pike here."

"We have detected large deposits of a chemical fluid. We are entering a building to investigate futher. The transmissions can break up."

"Noted, thank you mr. Spock, Pike out."

The group entered the warehouse on the que of Spock and Kirk followed.

The inside was pitch black. The only light came from the door, but when the men turned to investigate the place, the door fell close. "Please stay calm." Spock said to the ensigns. But before his voice had died out there was phaser fire and Kirk, who did see a bit better than he would have if he had really been there (maybe vulcans can see better in the dark, he thought) saw the three ensigns slumb to the floor, one by one and Spock who was hit too, was being dragged away. The faces of the purpetraitors were all very unclear except for one; the face of the friendly gardner he had seen before on the grounds of the orphanage...

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"Jim! Are you all right?" The voice of McCoy finally got to him. Kirk looked up and saw a very worried doctor."

"Yes Bones, I'm all right. How's Spock?"

"I am fine captain." Came a weak reply from a very light greenish Spock. "Did you see him?"

"Yes, but I think he is'nt around anymore." Kirk replied and it was acknowledged with a nod by the vulcan before him.

"What the hell happened?" McCoy asked while almost jumping up and down. The man must burn a lot of calories, Kirk thought faintly.

Spock nodded and Kirk explained the events he saw. "Amazing!" McCoy said while his jaw kept falling down. "Which means, we're on the right track."

"Can you remember more?" Kirk asked Spcok, who shook his head. "Damn."

"I'll go and ask around for this guy." Kirk said and stood up from his chair. "You'll should inform T'Par." He nodded to the two men and walked out of sickbay.

Spock also stood and entered the ward, leaving the CMO to his paperwork.

The doors of the ward swooshed lose behind him and Spock walked softly to the bed in the corner. He stood still for a moment to marvel at his daughter untill her eyes opened. She blinked twice and in an automatic reflex made herself as small as she could. Spock quickly walked to the side of her bed and lay a comforting hand on her small one. He nodded and she relaxed again.

"We have some news." He said while taking a seat. T'Par stretched herself and sat upwards to listen while Spock told her what happened in a very logical manner.

In the meantime, captain James T. Kirk was checking the local records for the gardner, who he found out to be registered as R. Walkers. He had found out that the man had been employed around 9 years ago and was registered as a refugee from Atricu IV,the planet where Spock was kidnapped. With his starfleet security codes he managed to access the files on Walkers in the local government. To his surprise he found out that they where not the only ones investigating the man. The local authority had registered him as potentially involved with crime...

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Although I won't meet all the requirements, I will keep the others!