An: The last chapter and I am sorry it took so long, but school has to come first. If you are reading I, Concubine then you are going to see the important bridge that links the two stories together. Remember, I, Concubine is a spin off from this story.
Enjoy this chapter!
A Wrinkle In Time
The Legend of Vulcan
No one had time to mourn Syon's death. Nero had begun attacking the palace with his ship and the Prince and the Enterprise crew had to stop him.
Already much of the palace had been destroyed and the Enterprise was still badly damaged.
Prince Spock and his crew fought Nero using King's Sarek ship and Kirk resumed his duties as captain. Meanwhile, a Pon Farr stricken Spock was left on Vulcan.
"Our shields are too low captain; if Nero hits us again we will be destroyed." Sulu took over for Spock and now wished he were still the Captain.
Kirk hadn't been the same since watching a version of himself die from a horrible disease.
In fact, Sulu noticed none of the crew was the same since getting back and he wondered as to why.
"We got to keep trying, blast his ship again!" Kirk demanded.
The Enterprise fired on the ship but the impact was very little.
Sulu picked up the signal of another ship.
It was Stonn was returned from administering the antidote to Earth.
"Your majesty, I have completed my mission, but on the way back we encountered a problem….. I don't know what happen" Stonn's ship was damage and his malfunctioning communications array made it difficult for anyone to understand him.
"What problem?" Prince Spock who was on the same link asked.
"We were attacked…." Before Stonn could open his mouth, Nero's ship destroyed him.
Kirk managed to hear Stonn mention that there was a problem and wondered as to what it could possibly be. Surely, there shouldn't have been an issue in curing the human population of the disease, but then again so much had happen and he couldn't be sure.
Nero started his barrage of attacks and Kirk knew if he didn't do something soon his ship would be destroyed.
"Channel all power to the shields we can't fire anymore!"
"Yes, Captain!" Sulu answered.
Prince Spock on his ship demanded that all of the ship's energy be directed into one cannon. It was a gamble for if it succeed it would drain the ship of all its power, but at least Nero's ship would either be destroyed or badly damage.
His ship shook under the pressure of all the energy being directed into one location.
"Fire!" He demanded.
Nero was too busy trying to destroy the Enterprise to realize that a massive ball of plasma energy was coming his way. Only when his censors went off did he see what had happen, the Enterprise was being used as bait for the more powerful ship of the Vulcan prince.
Nero ship was blown to pieces.
The light from the blast was blinding and everyone had to cover their eyes. When it was over the Enterprise was too badly damaged from the wave of the blast and the Prince had to beam the crew back over to his ship.
No one said nothing until the Prince still overwhelm with grief for the lost of his son, thanked Kirk.
"You have helped us and now we will help you." Prince Spock bowed, as did his servants.
"Our ship is destroyed and we just want to get back home."
"I understand."
Sulu didn't want to leave before the royal family prepared funeral services for Syon and King Sarek.
"Your majesty, I want to stay until the funeral for these two great men are over." Sulu bowed his head. He missed Syon.
Prince Spock said nothing as he now had to deal to with the aftermath of all that T'Pring and Sybok had done.
(That night)
Spock's Pon Farr was crippling him that was until Amanda was able to get Ny along with him. Ny, who kept her distance from Spock in an attempt to analyze her relationship with him, now understood what was going on with Spock.
In many ways, she pitied him. For in just a few months he witnesses his mother dying, his home world destroyed, and to come to this universe to deal with seeing another version of his mother was too much.
Once Spock explained his situation to Ny, she agreed to help him through it.
Spock kept Ny in his room for hours even in an effort to alleviate the Pon Farr. When it was over, his mind and body became his again, but Ny's was still sore.
"Spock," she asked.
"Yes."
"With everything that has happen do you believe that there is still hope for us?" She curled next to him and her naked body shimmered in the light of the candles.
"Hope is an illogical word. However, if you are worried about our relationship then I can assure you there is nothing to fear. You are my mate and I don't want to lose that." Spock sat up in bed and looked out the window. Since coming back to his senses, he thought about this mission and something nagged at him.
Something that needed an explanation.
"Well, I am going to miss this place. I must admit I enjoyed watching myself give birth to the Prince's son. How ironic that Sulu already knew him."
"Not exactly they were two different people. Or at least they would have been if was not for the older Syon's death."
"Do you think Syon will inherit the throne?"
"I am not sure. Vulcans even in this universe generally are opposed to the idea of interspecies reproduction. The prince still might have to find a proper Vulcan wife to produce an heir."
Ny rolled her eyes.
Spock turned to her.
"I have been thinking about something…"
"You have?"
"Yes, about that transmission from Nyota. Something doesn't add up for me."
Ny was going to ask Spock what he thought was wrong, but Spock quickly dismissed it.
"We must prepare ourselves for the funeral."
(A day later)
Prince Spock's guards had prepared to punish T'Pring for her actions when they discovered that she committed suicide in her cell. In her left hand was a small letter, which the guards gave to the Prince to read:
Farewell, my dearest darling, but the fight isn't over. I am forever!
The Prince growled upon reading her words and knew that T'Pring managed to already sow the seeds of discontent among the other Vulcan families. This meant that in order to maintain peace he would have to marry a Vulcan noble woman, for this was T'Pring's plan to prevent Syon from taking the throne at all costs.
Even in death, T'Pring had to win. Prince Spock understood that T'Pring killed herself to gain loyalty and make herself a martyr for the cause of not allowing any Vulcans of mixed blood to gain the throne. She already had a sizable following of devoted Vulcans who hated humans and these Vulcans were powerful.
However, he couldn't worry about that now.
Sybok was dead. And the king was dead which meant he would become King.
He couldn't afford civil war to break out among the nobles and it pained him to inform Nyota that her son could not inherit the throne.
But he would wait.
The funeral of Syon and the King was small and attended only by noble families. This was the Vulcan way. It made no sense to have large funerals.
Sulu who had been close to Syon wept in silence for his friend and Nyota who did not know her grown son, held the smaller helpless version in her arms.
"Syon, I am going to miss you greatly. You wanted to serve your people and you did that. We owe you a great deal." Sulu chanted a Shinto prayer as everyone lowered their heads.
The Prince cut a piece of his hair and laid it in the coffins of both his father and his son.
"The glory of Vulcan is forever." He whispered in ancient Vulcan.
When it was all done. The Prince presented the crew with a small Vulcan ship.
"This will get you back to your universe."
Kirk shook the Prince's hand.
"Thank you so much. But what are you going to do now?"
Prince Spock looked at Nyota and the infant Syon. "We are going to begin again. I am going to rule and make sure nothing like this ever happens again."
Sulu looked at the infant Syon who smiled at him.
"And what of you guys?" Kirk asked the universe's versions of his crew.
They exchanged glances.
"We are going to stay and perhaps go back to Earth in our own time." Sulu who was still wearing his work shirt answered.
It was a somber goodbye as the crew boarded the Vulcan ship.
Spock looked at Amanda one last time unable to embrace her, because it would be too much. Instead, he stared at her and reminded himself that his own mother was dead. The ship left and the images of Amanda, Nyota, baby Syon and Prince Spock becomes distant and then disappeared all together.
(2 Weeks Later)
"Captain there is something I need to talk to you about."
"Yes, Mr. Spock? Let first say I am glad you are doing well."
"I was re-examining Nyota's message from the files we were able to save from the Enterprise. I noticed that there were several inconsistencies between what she said and what happened."
"Okay." Kirk wasn't sure where this was heading.
"The first was that Nyota claimed that she was now the captain since everyone was dead or dying of the diseases, however, we met versions of Sulu, Kirk, and the Doctor. It also doesn't make any sense to me that she would even be on a ship considering when we met them on Earth they were living in apartment, which means they had no access to getting off the Earth. Also, from our readings the only humans who were infected were them and we maintained to keep it contained until Stonn came back with the cure."
"But, Stonn said something before his ship was destroyed."
"And that isn't all Captain. I also found it illogical that T'Pring would go out of her way to kidnap Syon from 1999 Earth when she could have left both him and his mother to die. Why? Is the question, why Syon? Another thing that made no sense to me is what Nyota said before she died…"
"About Syon?"
"No, she told use to 'reset' our coordinates back to 1999. The use of the word reset is illogical; she was speaking as if she knew if we came back things would change."
"Perhaps, they did change for the better."
"No, that is illogical wishful thinking is a very human trait. I believe that somehow the ion storm must have mixed the messages which means we were never supposed to get it."
"Yes, because we were by then in another Universe and didn't know it."
"Or perhaps the message for the Enterprise that contained the crew just before they were supposed to travel to 1999 Earth, but questions remain, why Earth during this time, why go back for Syon?"
Spock was deep in thought. It was too many questions to answer at one time.
"Perhaps, we were sent back by someone who knew this was going to happen. Someone who already knew the futures of the Prince and of Syon, what if it was a much older version of Syon himself who sent us back?."
Kirk let out a chuckle.
"Oh, please! Why would he do that?"
Spock's face was serious.
"This is a guess, but I don't think it was the Syon Sulu knew that caused all this. Perhaps, it was the infant Syon who perhaps felt threaten by the Syon who was raised by Nero. What if, the Syon raised by Nero was supposed to go against his father and be the downfall of the Vulcan Empire? Perhaps in the time the infant Syon grew up in, he perhaps seized his chance by going back in time, trying to prevent Nyota from giving birth on Earth. But things got complicated when we received the message and when Nero destroyed her ship. Which leads to another question was it really Nero who destroyed the ship?"
Spock was going into circles with his questions and it was confusing the hell out of Kirk.
"There are several problems with your logic Spock, first why would Syon prevent his mother from giving birth to him on Earth? Remember Nyota did give birth to Syon on Earth both times, although the infant Syon was not taken in by Nero since we received the message. The older Syon changed his ways after meeting Sulu and joined with us so, he wasn't a threat. And who else besides Nero would destroy Nyota's ship, if was anyone else perhaps it was Sybok or T'Pring, who knows? It's not even our Universe!"
Spock understood the Captain was becoming annoyed, but he needed to finish his theory.
"If there is a flaw in my logic it is the complications that arise when dealing with multiple universes, however, it can be argued that perhaps our presence changed everything. That Syon was meant to be evil if wasn't for us and that his death would perhaps allow the infant Syon to succeed to the throne. You must remember Captain that they were essentially two different people, now that the infant was taken from Earth. However, the year 1999 confuses me, the Prince said he was on a survey mission to gatherer artifacts, and Nero could have strike then."
Kirk cut him off.
"What good is all this now? Listen, Nero is dead, Sybok is dead, and T'Pring is dead, the good guys won and Syon turned out be a good person after all. We saved the day once again and now the Prince is going to rule with Nyota at his side. If Syon did have something to do with it, we will never know. Now let's worry about getting to our own home."
Kirk was preparing to enjoy himself in the hollodeck until Spock had to ask another question. "One last thing Captain. Have you heard of the Theory of Shared Multiplicity and Energies?"
"No, I haven't." Kirk grumbled.
"I learned it back on Vulcan as a child; It is a theory that states that every living creature shares a link between himself and all the versions of himself across multiple universes. For example, I met a version of myself as a Vulcan prince, while we are two different people; we are connected through a link, which allows us to occupy the same place and time despite being from two different universes. If either the Prince or I dies the resulting energies will be divided among the survivors in the same link, so it will shared among the remaining versions of myself. However, no one knows for sure how many different universes there are, so the exchange of energy could not be directly felt or even noticed unless for some reason, I was in close proximity to the version of myself that died."
"Why are you asking me this?"
"I ask for two reasons. First, you watched yourself die, and I am sure if this theory is accurate you must have felt some exchange of energy that passed from that Kirk to yourself and second since this link is present in everyone it would mean that Syon would exist in our Universe."
Kirk didn't want to admit it but Spock was right. He had felt something when the other Kirk died, but didn't know what it was.
"For Syon to exist that would mean Nyota would have to be….."
"Yes. I am sure that Nyota might be carrying my child, but I can't be sure. However, following this theory, she will give birth to Syon of our universe."
Kirk eyes widen.
"Are you going to tell her?"
Spock shook his head.
"That would be illogical. I can't interfere with what must happen."
Just then, Sulu interrupted the two men.
"Captain we just went through a small ion storm nothing major it didn't even knock out our communications, but we have a visual of something very beautiful!"
A smiled wrapped around Kirk's face.
"Earth!"
The crew hugged each other expect for Nyota who rushed back from sickbay. Morning sickness had been plaguing her ever since she slept with Spock for the first time.
The doctor had run some tests and told her come back later for the results.
"Is everything okay?" Nyota asked Spock.
Spock looked at Nyota and then glanced at her stomach. Something told him she was carrying Syon inside her and for some reason it pleased him greatly.
"We are home." He answered.
"Run a scan, just in case." Kirk joked.
Mr. Jones and Sulu ran a scan and then let out a large yelp.
Something was wrong.
"Captain, I did a reading on the Earth and you are not going to believe this." Sulu gasp.
A dead silence fell on the crew.
"You won't believe what animal is indigenous to this Earth! A goddamn tribble!"
Nyota's mouth fell opened. "What!"
"Yes, according to our readings, tribbles live mostly in warm environments and are concentrated in Australia and Africa. And there is more."
Sulu couldn't believe how the Vulcan ship was able to automatically pick up on the new data about this version of Earth, but he ignored it and read on.
"When looking at the historical archives of Earth, there is no record of a Millennium Crisis or anything else that would rightfully identity this as our Earth. The technology here is also rather primitive despite the current year."
"What is the current year?" Kirk could hear himself whispering the words.
"2050."
"There isn't anything significant about that date in our history. Is there?"
"No, 2063 is when Zefram Cochrane made history with his wrap drive, but that is thirteen years from now."
"Yes, but even so, this Earth is too primitive, it is not our home."
Several members of the junior staff began to cry. After all the trouble, they were still not home.
"We need to find out what Earth is this, perhaps something happen."
Just then, Nyota picked up a signal coming from another ship.
"Captain I a getting a signal from a ship and you won't believe this..."
"Try me."
"It's Vulcan, in fact if I am correct I am picking up on a massive Vulcan armada heading in this direction."
"A Vulcan armada? Impossible? The Vulcan Empire isn't this old, right?" Kirk turned to look at Spock.
Spock was just as confused as everyone else was.
"It would seem Captain that we are again in another universe, Vulcan never had an inter-galactic empire in our Universe, nor did we make contact with humans until after 2063."
No one knew if they should hail the incoming ships or not.
"We are being hailed, but this dialect of Vulcan is unknown to me." Nyota looked at Spock.
Spock sat in Nyota's place and attempted to make contact with the approaching armada.
"Fascinating, it would appear that these Vulcans are speaking an older less complicated dialect of Vulcan. In our universe, Vulcans abandon this dialect because of its aggressive and emotional overtones."
"Aggressive?" Nyota asked.
"Yes, listening to the communications between the other ships it would appear these Vulcans are more of a warrior race, much of their words connote violence or something form of aggression. Not like the dialect we use."
"So they are emotional?"
"Their language evokes feelings of emotions, however, by human standards they would still be considered unemotional, and it appears that these Vulcans are still trying to hail us. Perhaps they think we are with them."
Spock got up and positioned himself in the Captain's position, he wasn't sure what these Vulcans were like or if they even had contact with other species.
Spock spoke in Vulcan, "I am Spock, to whom I am speaking too?"
The image of a Vulcan covered in jewels and wearing a crown came upon the screen.
No one else was able to understand what was being said.
"I am Emperor Solkar, and what kind of ship is that? We weren't aware humans had this kind of technology."
Spock didn't know how to proceed.
"What business do you have with the Earth?
The Emperor seemed offended, but answered.
"We have come to invade it and use the place for intergalactic 'highway' that would connect the Milky Way to the near by galaxy of Orion. I suggest that you leave if you don't want to get involve."
The Emperor left the screen and Spock was speechless.
"What did he say?" Kirk asked.
"Solkar was the name of my grandfather….the theory is correct, he is the Emperor, but this isn't the same universe we left it's another."
"What?" Kirk snapped.
"He is the Emperor of the Vulcans and the armada he is commanding has come to invade the Earth."
"Impossible, where is Syon and Prince Spock!"
Spock shook his head.
"Don't you understand? We aren't even in that universe anymore, this is another completely separate universe, Syon and Prince Spock doesn't exist here, and we must leave."
The ship shook and the crew faced the screen in horror.
The Vulcans who were positioned in various places around the Earth began attacking it.
The armada was overwhelming and in their small ship, the crew could do nothing.
Nyota started to cry and Sulu fell in his seat in despair.
Everyone else including Spock watched as the Vulcans destroyed the humans without mercy.
"They don't stand a chance." Kirk lowered his head.
Spock turned to the crew.
"We can't help them. We must leave to find our own universe."
No one could take their eyes off the sight of the Vulcans firing onto the Earth.
"Set your coordinates and get us the hell out of here." Kirk demanded as he thought of Spock's theory.
As the ship prepared to leave an imaged flashed through Nyota's mind.
An image of herself holding an infant and looking out across the Vulcan desert.
She reached down, touched her stomach, and looked at Spock.
Right then she knew that Syon was growing inside her. Spock's theory was right the link remained in tact.
Everyone knew they had to leave to face the unknown as they started the long journey home. What would this new adventure bring? And just how many universes would they have to travel before finally coming home?
An: I hope you all like! Sorry it took so long, but I wanted to make sure to end it well. If you read I, Concubine then you should see the bridge (the Vulcan invasion in the year 2050 is mention in the first chapter). This means that the crew arrived just time for the invasion. I left a few things open ended especially that idea about Syon, so you guys can figure it out.
Sequel?