Chapter Ten: Caught By Spock
I was walking around the engineering until I saw a familiar blonde woman. I walked over to her and saw it was Carol.
"Carol? Carol Marcus?" I asked. She looked at me and her eyes flickered with shock and worry.
"Lydia? What are you doing here? It's not safe," She said.
"I know but, what are you doing here?" I asked.
"I came here to check on the torpedoes. What about you?" She asked me.
"I want revenge on Pike. He was a good man who didn't deserve to die," I said.
"Does my father know you're here?" She asked.
"No," I said awkwardly.
"He doesn't know I'm here either. So, this will be our little secret," She said. I nodded and I turned around to walk, only to see Spock standing there.
"Oh no," I said.
"Mr. Spock. You startled us," Carol said.
"What are you doing, doctor and Lydia?" Spock asked us.
"Getting ice cream," I rolled my eyes at him.
"Verifying that the torpedo's internal…"
"You misunderstand. What are you doing aboard this ship? There is no record of you being assigned to the Enterprise," Spock said.
"Really? That must be some sort of mistake," Carol said trying to cover her story.
"My conclusion as well, Dr. Marcus. Except you have lied about your identity. Wallace is the surname of your mother. I can only assume the Admiral is your father," Spock told Carol.
"Mr. Spock. I am aware that I have no right to ask this of you. But please, he cannot know that I'm here…"
The ship leaned forward suddenly and I fell onto the floor. I groaned in pain and I got up. I help Carol get up and I looked at Spock.
"You are coming with me. The captain must know you are here," Spock said before grabbing my arm. We went to the bridge and I saw Uhura and Bones.
"Where's Spock?" I heard Jim say.
"Here, Captain. Along with a guest," He said. Jim crossed his arms and looked at me.
"I have a really good explanation," I told him.
"I will hear it after this. Spock, you're coming with me to Kronos. Lieutenant, how's your Klingon?" Jim asked.
"It's rusty, but it's good," Uhura said.
"Good, you're coming, too. This isn't going to be a problem, is it, you two working together?" Jim asked.
"Absolutely not," Uhura said. She gave Spock a look and she walked away.
"Unclear," Spock told Jim. Spock started to walk away and Bones walked over to Jim.
"Jim, you're not actually going down there, are you? You don't rob a bank when the getaway car has a flat tire," Bones told Jim.
"I'm sure engineering will have us all patched up by the time we get back. Isn't that right, Mr. Chekov," Jim said into the intercom.
"Yes, Keptain. I'll do my best, sir," Chekov said.
"Mr. Sulu, you have the conn. One we're on route, I want you to transmit a targeted comm. Burst to Harrison's location. You tell him you have a bunch of real big torpedoes pointed at his head and if he doesn't play nice, you're not afraid to use them. Is that a problem?" Jim said.
"No, sir. I've just never sat in the chair before," Sulu told him.
"You're gonna do great," Jim said.
"Jim! Wait!" Bones said stopping him.
"You just sat that man down at a high-stakes poker game with no cards and told him to bluff. Now Sulu's a good man, but he is no captain," Bones told Jim.
"For the next two hours, he is. And enough with the metaphors, all right? That's an order," Jim said.
"I'm in a way younger than you two and I still understood on what you said," I said.
"You are in a big lot of trouble," Bones said.
"I know I am. But Harrison killed Pike and that is not okay," I told Bones.
"Kid, we could get killed by Klingons and let me tell you that they are not nice," Bones told me.
"I understand that Bones," I said.
"Do you?" He asked me.
"Yes!"
"Attention, John Harrison. This is Captain Hikaru Sulu of the U.S.S. Enterprise. A shuttle of highly trained officers is on its way to your location. If you do not surrender to them immediately, I will unleash the entire payload of advanced long-range torpedoes currently locked onto your location. You have two minutes to confirm your compliance. Refusal to do so will result in your obliteration. If you test me, you will fail," Sulu said. After he ended it, Bones looked at him.
"Mr. Sulu, remind me never to piss you off," Bones said.
"Lydia," I looked at Sulu who was looking at me.
"Yes," I said looking at him.
"Why are you on this ship? You know what will happen if you die," He said.
"Harrison killed Pike. Pike helped me when I appeared here. If it wasn't for him, I would be scared and alone," I said.
"Jim would still be mad that you're here," Bones said.
"I know."
"Since you're here, let's go fix up your head. Did you even bother to change your bandages?" Bones asked me.
"No. I was busy crying," I told him.
"Unbelievable," Bones said. We went to the med bay and he started to fix up my head.