A/N: After much thought I've decided that enough is enough. This story will be posted regularly and I'll finish Nowhere Left while I'm posting. I didn't mention Words of Revolution because that one will be finished pretty quickly. Initially I thought to Post Nowhere Left before finishing posting this , but everybody isn't a Chekov fan and you don't really need to read Nowhere Left before reading this one. At the bottom of each chapter the next date for an update will be listed in bold. Keep in mind I'll try to be as close to this date as possible but due to my schedule the actual post may be 24 hours off either way.

Captain Kirk unsuccessfully tried to avoid a yawn, as he resisted the urge to get up and walk around the bridge for what would be the fifth time in the past hour. The ship had been patrolling several light-years away from the Romulan neutral zone for almost a week and so far they had found nothing. According to Starfleet nothing was exactly what they were supposed to find, but then again Starfleet was never very forthcoming with information. The rumour mill of the fleet however said that they suspected Romulan involvement in a series of ship disappearances and spatial anomalies that had been noted recently. But so far the outcome of the Enterprise's exploration coincided more with Starfleet's view of things then the fleet rumour mill.

"Captain I'm picking up a signal of some sort" Uhura frowned and listened intently to her earpiece.

Kirk immediately straightened from his slouched posture, eager to finally have some excitement after the day's long patrol.

"I can't pinpoint the origin it seems to be coming from a sector of space where there's no object" She said as she ran her fingers glided across her board, watching frequencies and translating

"There is an unknown spatial anomaly developing two light-minutes ahead of us" Spock said his eyes glued to his console.

"On view screen" Kirk said

The view screen blanked out from the regular view of stars to reveal a coruscating bluish-green mass washing across space.

"Several unstable subspace readings and incongruities are developing in the surrounding space" Spock continued "captain the phenomenon is accelerating outwards."

"Mr. Sulu take us away warp 3" Kirk said

"Aye, captain" Sulu, keyed the order into his console and then twisted around as the ship refused to respond. "Warp drive isn't responding, impulse isn't working either"

"Keptain eet's surrounding-" Ensign Chekov's voice was cut off as the ship rocked with enough force to throw more than one crewmember from their seat. On the view screen the centre of the anomaly seemed to bulge outward. The lights dimmed and flickered then cut out all together as the ship rocked again. Several cries of pain could be heard throughout the bridge; the emergency lights flickered on, red lights blinking on and off in the familiar sequence of a red alert as Kirk picked himself off the floor from where he had been thrown.

Kirk jabbed his hand on the console to his chair keying open a channel to engineering. He gripped his chair more tightly as the shipped rocked again, struggling to stay in his seat.

"Scotty what's going on down there?" Kirk said hearing what sounded like explosions, and shouts in the background.

" Uh- This is ensign- Kinitz- Captain.." panted and out of breath voice between gasps ," Mr. Scott is trying to stop the -"

" I'll take that now lad" Scotty's voice cut in breathlessly "captain the engines are down all of them—I dinna know how long it'll be before I can get them on line again" The ship rocked again and the intercom cut out as the lights dimmed . Kirk released the comm button, not bothering to call engineering again.

"Captain I believe we are inside the anomaly. Readings are indicating that several objects are occupying the surrounding space , we are unable to send any transmissions outward beyond a approximately four light-years" Spock replied without turning around from his station.

"Are they ships?" Kirk asked they were close to the neutral zone, who knew what technology the Romulans had developed with Nero's help.

"The sensors indicate planetary system" Spock, said even his Vulcan voice showing a slight hint of bewilderment. "The anomaly is stabilizing" he reported as the ship's motion started to lessen. He pressed something on his console and the viewscreen lit up to show a planet.

"A planet wide distress call is coming through" Uhura's voice rang out. "They're identifying themselves as the T'karis Colony."

"I wasn't aware that any colony had been established this close to the neutral zone " Kirk said.

" There weren't any colonies established this far out" Spock turned away from his console and said "The T'karis colony was the name of a group of Vulcan's that left Vulcan almost 195 years ago"

"Open a channel, Uhura " Kirk ordered.

"This is Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise, a federation star ship, state the nature of your emergency" Kirk stood up.

"They're sending over a visual captain" Uhura said

"On view screen" he said

The image of a planet was replaced with the crackly image of a grim faced middle aged Vulcan. His face was covered in grime and green blood trickled down his face from a gash on his forehead; in the background people were hurrying back and forth carrying wounded people.

"Captain Kirk, I am Solkar , head regent of T'karis we are in dire need of aid. Our people have lived on this planet for almost two centuries trapped inside of a spatial anomaly which prevented us from communicating with the outside world or leaving space" The man coughed then continued. "The planet we are on is experiencing severe gravitational disturbances due to the dimensional shift and our scientists estimate that within three days it will no longer be able to support life, it is estimated that we have approximately 1.3 days before the rift recloses displacing this planet back into exile and dooming us all to death. We ask for your help in assisting us with evacuation."

Kirk glanced back at his science officer for confirmation of the Vulcan's words

"Computer projections extrapolate the planet's inhabitants have approximately 2.12 standard days before the planet is unsuitable for life" Spock said glancing up from his science console.

"Our ship has was damaged when we were caught in the dimensional rift but we will assist with the evacuation as much as possible" Kirk said