Chapter 7
The figure froze as soon as Spock stood. It gave off a glowing white light and had long flowing hair and, overall, was humanoid. Her clothed moved around her as if they were floating. She raised her hands with deliberate slowness.
'Do not be alarmed Spock, I only come to help.'
Spock raised an eyebrow, 'Fascinating.' He remarked. 'May I ask who you are and how you come to know my name?'
The woman smiled, 'My name is Lyda and I know your name because I am, as people from this corner of the universe call us, a telepath.'
Spock raised his eyebrow once more. 'Forgive me but as you must also be aware, I too have telepathic abilities and would have been able to detect your presence in my mind.'
'My kind have developed subtle ways of gathering the information that we seek from others minds.' She smiled kindly, 'Now I believe you have a problem with your transporter system on the Enterprise?'
'That is correct.' Spock replied.
'I can easily fix that for you with a single thought if you wish.'
Spock stared into her glowing eyes that were brighter than the rest of her figure, 'And what do you wish in return?'
'Only that you continue your investigations into the creature that you encounted in the generator's tunnel system. There is more to the people who inhabit this planet that meets the eye, the two are connected in some way.'
'Very well, we will do so.' He tilted his head to one side, 'Are you in some way connected with the construction of the generators?'
The woman smiled once more, 'You are most correct Mr. Spock. Now, no more questions, all shall be explained soon. Repairs on your transporter system should be completed in two minutes and you can obtain some medical attention for this young lady.' She looked down at Emily, 'This one is strong, she carries star light in her wake. She will pull through.' And with that the glow that filled the cavern disappeared and the woman herself seemed to float away into nothingness.
For the third time Spock raised his eyebrow, 'Fascinating.'
...
'What the bloody hell is that?' Scott yelped, shocked. One moment he'd been working on the makeshift matter to energy transfer circuit and when he had blinked it was as if the whole thing had been replaced with an entirely new component.
He heard a muffled 'What!?' And a clatter of tools and the Doctor pulled his head out from inside the compartment he had been working in.
The pair looked at each other in disbelief. 'You saw that didn't ya?' Scotty asked.
'Yes, I did. The whole unit just kind of blinked out of existence and then was replaced with a whole new one.'
The Doctor got up and performed a quick diagnostic of the system. 'The whole system is working perfectly, as if it's brand new...'
'That cannae be possible...' The comm unit on the wall beeped, Scotty scrambled to his feet and flicked the switch. 'Scott here, sir.'
'Scotty, how's the transporter?' The Captain asked.
'Funny you ask that Captain, it's all fixed.'
There was a moment of silence followed and then, 'Are you sure about that Mr. Scott?' An incredulous sounding Kirk replied.
'Absolutely positive Captain. We just have to run a few more tests and we can beam Mr. Spock and Em back up.'
'Great work Scotty, and you too Doctor. Be as quick as you can. Kirk out.'
Scott snapped the switch on the comm unit back, 'Ouch, they talk as if we don't know that time is of the essence.' He said shaking his head.
...
Emily awoke with a start, if what she had been doing could be considered sleeping. It had been more a painful sort of state between being conscious and unconscious. One thing was for sure though, she felt awful. She looked up to see Spock crouching
beside her. 'What's up?' She murmured.
'I am just about to contact the Enterprise, the transporters have been fixed.'
Emily looked at him, puzzled. 'But how do you know if you haven't contacted them yet?'
He placed a placating hand on the top of her arm, 'I will explain it all to you later.' He pulled out his communicator just as it went off, 'Spock here.' He answered.
'Spock, this is the Enterprise, the transporter system is ready and operational and is locked on to your coordinates. Transport can begin when you give the command.'
'Acknowledged. Have Doctor McCoy meet us there.' Spock replied added.
Emily struggled to her feet with Spock's help. Once his hand had a secured grip around her waist he spoke into his communicator, 'Energize.' And the familiar feeling of displacement enveloped them both, different coloured lights flashing before their eyes.
...
It seemed like the transporter system was working even more efficiently that it had done before, if that was even possible, Scotty thought as he initiated the transfer. The Doctor had been summoned back up to the Bridge, and as much as he had wanted to stay to see if his companion was alright, he could not ignore the fact that his test results were ready and that he had to fulfill his terms of agreement with the Captain. When the pair materialized on the transporter pads, McCoy was already walking forward, tricorder in hand. 'My god man, what happened?' He looked at his readings, 'We should have bought a whole medical team down here, not just me!'
Spock helped Emily down off the pads, 'It would have added an unnecessary amount of people to the transporter room and your medical team may have been needed elsewhere.' He pulled Emily in front of him and looked down into her face while McCoy injected a hypospray into the side of her arm. 'Emily, I'm going to leave you with Doctor McCoy here and I'll come and visit you later. Please try your upmost to recover.' Emily nodded and gave him a small smile which he returned only slightly (as much as a Vulcan could) with his eyes. With this he handed her over to McCoy who hastily put his tricorder away. As they started out of the transporter room the comm unit on the wall beeped and Spock walked over to it. 'Spock here.'
The worried voice of the Doctor carried through over the intercom, 'How's Em? Is she alright? Do you need me to-' but Spock cut him off.
'She will be quite alright now that she is in the hands of Doctor McCoy. I am coming up to the Bridge now. Spock out.' He flipped the switch back and then turned to Scott, 'You are, doubtlessly, wondering how the transporter system came back online.'
'That's right sir.' Scott replied in bewilderment, 'How on earth did you know that?'
'I will explain once I have checked over the readings of the creature. I will contact you when the time comes.' Spock replied.
Scotty shook his head. Trust a Vulcan to leave him in suspense.
