A/N: This one is kinda long, but I couldn't update anything earlier before. Something was wrong with the site for me. Anyways, don't panic! The story isn't ending anytime soon!
"Keptin Kirk? Excuse me.."
Everyone turned to look at Chekov, who stood by nervously.
"Yes, Chekov- you don't need to ask permission to…" Jim started, but Chekov cut him off.
"Based on ze Narada's course from Wulcan.. I projected that Nero will trawel past Saturn. If we could drop out of warp behind one of Saturn's moons, say, TItain, the magnetic distortion from the rings will make us inwisible to Nero's sensors. Then we can could follow him to Earth by staying in his blind spot," he said.
Andrea frowned, "Earth? He's going to Earth?" she asked, looking at the men before her.
"What blind spot?" Jim asked.
"It's exhaust wake. We can adjust our shield frequencies, they shouldn't be able to detect us.."
Leo held his hand up, "Wait a minute, does anyone understand what he's sayin'? How old are you ?" he asked, looking at Chekov.
"Sewenteen, Sir,"
Leo shook his head, "Oh good, he's seventeen," he hissed, quickly catching Andrea's eyes.
Shaking her head, "At least smarter than you.." she quipped.
"Doctor, Mr Chekov is correct,"
Everyone turned and was stunned to see Spock standing by. As he and Jim spoke, Andrea pulled Chekov to the side.
"Are you sure it'll work?" she asked.
Chekov nodded and smiled, "Based on my calculations.. we should be able to.. how you say… sneak up on them," he replied.
"Then I'm coming with you," Jim said.
Andrea looked over at him, then at Spock.
"I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it," he responded.
A few minutes later, they were down in the transporter room. Nyota was with Spock, while Andrea stood before Jim.
"I wish I could go with you,' she said.
"If something happened to you, we'd all be in deep shit. Just stay here with Scotty and wait for us," he said.
Andrea nodded, looking down at the floor. Jim put his hands on her shoulders, and she looked up at him.
"I told you I'd bring him back, Andy. No matter what, you're dad will be back here before you know it," he said.
"You better be with him. So help me god, Jim. If you die…" she started off, but was suddenly distracted when Spock and Nyota started kissing.
She and Jim watched, stunned, as they kissed. When they pulled apart, Nyota glanced at Jim before walking out and back up to the bridge. Andrea and Jim looked at each other.
"What? You think I'm gonna give you a kiss like that?" she asked.
She gave him a quick hug and pulled away, "I'll see you soon," she said, before walking towards Scotty.
Scotty sat behind the glass, stunned at the show before him.
"Alrighty then.. if we're ready. Now, if there's any common sense to their ship design, I'll be puttin' ya in a cargo bay. There shouldn't be a soul in sight," he said.
They both nodded, standing still and ready.
"Energize," Jim said.
Scotty hit the transport button, and both Jim and Spock disappeared before their eyes.
"I hope you brought somethin' to keep ye occupied, Lass," Scotty said, as he watched the screens before him.
"How can I relax at a time like this? I'm too worried to even think of anything else," she said, before sitting down by the door.
Scotty turned around, "Are you and Kirk.. a thing?" he asked.
Andrea looked at him, stunned for words, before laughing. "Me and Jim? Oh god no! He's my best friend, well, one of my best friends. I love him dearly, but us together?" she shook her head.
"Well, ye had that sad look like the other lassies get when their men go off," he said.
Andrea snorted, "He still owes me dinner and 50 bucks. So he better not get himself killed up there."
Scotty nodded, "He's quite a handful," he observed.
"Tell me about it. My father would never allow it either. He's the one that got Jim to enlist. Found him bleeding and drooling on a barroom floor," she said.
Scotty turned back to the screens, "Well, that's not very Captain-like," he said with a snort.
"No it's not," she laughed.
They talked some more before falling into a total silence. Scotty waited for the moment Jim ordered a transport, while Andrea waited for their return. It felt like ages had gone by, when the transporter kicked up. Andrea quickly jumped to her feet, and watched as Jim and Spock appeared before him. She let out a gasp, for leaning against Jim, was her father.
"Daddy!" she cried, running towards him.
"And.." he mumbled, as she wrapped his other arm around her shoulder.
"Nice timing, Scotty," Jim said, as they moved off the transport pad.
"I've never beamed two targets from two places onto the same pa d before! That was pretty good!" Scotty beamed, pleased with his good work.
Just then, Leo and a few nurses came running in, ready for whatever damage they had to take care of.
"I've got him, Jim," he said, taking Jim's spot on Christopher's left side.
The nurses began to scan her father, as they moved him out to the lifts.
"We're gonna need gastric stimulators. We need to prep him for surgery now!" Leo barked, as he read the results on one of the scanners.
"What's happened?" Andrea asked, as they moved across medical.
As she and Leo placed Christopher onto a surgical bed, the nurses and other doctors moved about, getting ready to prep him.
"Leo! Answer me!" she shouted.
Christopher took her hand lightly, "It's alright… let him do his job," he said, before groaning in pain.
Andrea looked at him, "What hurts? What did they do?" she asked, but her father continued to groan in pain.
"Andrea I need you to wait outside. I can't have you in here," Leo said, as he took a hypospray from a nurse.
She shook her head, "No! I need to be with him," she said, as her eyes filled with tears.
"You aren't even supposed to be on board the goddamn ship! I can't have you in here, Andrea! Now get the hell outta here!" he shouted.
The ship began to tilt and move onto it's side, causing things to move off counters and slide around in the cabinets. Andrea and Leo held onto Christopher, keeping him from falling off the bed.
"What the hell is he doing up there!" Leo shouted, as the nurses scrambled to get their things together.
Andrea quickly let go of her father and rushed to one of the windows, gasping at what she saw.
"Oh shit! It's gonna pull us in! They made a black hole and we're moving in," she shouted, before rushing back to the table.
The ship began to creak and groan at the pull, and the alarms began to go off. Andrea grasped her father's hand, watching as glass jars continued to fall. She could feel herself slipping, as the ship turned. She looked up and saw that Leo was missing and she began to panic.
"Leo? Leo?" she shouted, as a nurse ran forward, holding onto Christopher's other side.
Suddenly, she felt two arms around her waist, pushing her against the bed.
"Hold on tight," Leo huffed, as the ship continued to tilt.
"Why aren't we at warp?" Andrea asked.
"I don't know! We should've been gone by now!"
Suddenly, there was a bluish-white flash that consumed the sky, making everything painfully bright. With a final jolt, Andrea slammed against the bed and nearly knocked herself and Leo backwards. Breathing heavily, the two stood up straighter and waited.
"This is Kirk- We are moving and everything is fine. Continue what you were doing, we need to get to a base immediately, "
Andrea let out a shaky sigh, and looked at her father.
"What the hell is that boy doing to my ship?" he asked, his teeth clenched in pain.
Andrea let out a relieved laugh, as Leo picked up the hypospray. He then turned to Andrea and Christopher.
"Andrea, I really need you to go outside. I need to get whatever's in him, out. We can't waste anymore time," he said.
She looked up at him, torn between disobeying his rules and staying with her father. She felt a light touch on her arm and looked down at her father.
"Let McCoy do his job. I'm not going anywhere," he said.
Andrea nodded, "You better not. After all of that, I'll be so mad at you," she said, as her eyes welled up again.
Christopher reached up and brushed his knuckles across her cheek softly, "Besides, I haven't even punished you yet. Disobeying my orders. When the hell did you become a smartass?" he asked.
Andrea let out a laugh, "I picked up a few skills here and there," she answered.
"Andrea.." Leo started, but she nodded.
"Alright. I'm going, Leo. But I'll be right out there waiting, so don't keep me waiting too long," she said.
Leo nodded and watched as she bent down to kiss her father's cheek, "I'll see you soon," she said, before moving away.
Leo and Christopher watched as she walked out of the room, greeted by Nyota, who was nearly knocked off her feet by Andrea's hug. Christopher looked away and up at Leo, who was still staring at Andrea.
"Are you "checking" my daughter out, McCoy?" he asked.
Leo jumped and looked down at the Captain, who was slightly smirking.
"You went against regulations too, McCoy. We need to talk about that," he said.
"I hope you're not allergic to anesthetics," he said, before pressing the hypospray to his neck.
As Christopher passed out, Leo shook his head.
"Pike's," he growled, before slipping on the surgical gloves.