Star Trek
Okay, so I love Star Trek and I understand that some hard-core Trekkies may not like the ideas I have for this FanFiction but please don't hate on it.
I don't own Star Trek or any related content
This chapter is set after the 2013 film and could contain spoilers for that film so if you haven't seen it/don't want spoilers I would recommend seeing it before continuing reading. But if you don't mind spoilers then go for it and carry on reading!
This chapter is dedicated to Daniel James Gannaway who is obsessed with this story and I think it's only down to him that I've still got the willpower to write every day. So thank you Dan, and when I'm a world famous author it'll be more than a chapter, I'll be sure to dedicate a book to you.
I Will Fight for the Stars
Chapter 10 – Inevitability
Her fingers slipped a little bit more, the wind was so strong and her fingers were almost numb. She was going to fall she could feel it, and when she did she would fall right into the turbine below where she would be shredded to pieces. She let out a little cry, his hand was just above her, and he was begging her to jump. Her legs were dangling uselessly beneath her, the tube was too slippery, and she could hardly hold on let alone manage to jump up to grab onto his hand.
She was going to die.
It was inevitable, she looked up into his face and a mixture of feelings surged through her in one jumbled mess. Anger at what he did; an unforgivable anger that mingled with the pain that he had caused her when he'd done it. And heart-break, the memory of loss and then the joy at reconciliation. But all of this had caused the anger, and now fear. She was scared that he was going to have to deal with her death, she was scared of death.
She didn't know how to hold on much longer, there was always a shot she supposed. A small ray of hope, like a sunbeam in a cellar full of prisoners trapped for eternity. Knowing that her finger were about to give way she took a deep breath and braced her feet against the side of the tube. She looked up to him.
"You promise you'll catch me?" she yelled above the rushing wind and he nodded, speaking quietly but with a promise she could always hear.
"I promise."
So she jumped.
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"Okay. If you had to save one species what would it be? Klingons or Cryons?" Ellarosa Kirk and Dr. Leonard McCoy were walking through the Star-fleet headquarters towards the hanger where they would be transported to the Enterprise. A year had passed since the events that had happened with Kahn and, although she did a damn good job of hiding it, Bones sometimes saw that Ella was still upset by what happened, what she did.
"I wouldn't wanna save either!" he protested but she poked him lightly.
"No you have to pick one!"
"Why?"
"Because that's the game."
"Okay," he said, thinking, she watched him with a smile on her face, "I would save the Cryons." He said with a slight nod and she narrowed her eyes.
"Why?"
"Because they're not half as annoying as the Klingons. The Klingons are all out to start a war that will span across the universe; the Cryons only kill if we get too close. They're peaceful to an extent and aren't particularly keen on war."
She considered his answer for a moment before smiling and nodding, "Very structured argument, well done." She grinned and he grinned back.
"Why? Who would you choose?"
"The Klingons of course." She said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world and he looked at her. They had reached the check in to the shuttle to the enterprise now and as they waited for the attendant to check them in he looked at her, confused.
"Why?"
She had been checked in and was halfway up the steps, the attendant checked him and allowed him through and she stopped and turned to look at him as he asked, she raised an eyebrow with a smile, "Far more inventive methods of torture."
She winked and continued up the steps, he laughed and shook his head before joining her on the shuttle. They sat next to each other in their normal seats behind Jim and Spock who were arguing about something again. They argued a lot, the rest of the crew tried their best to stay out of it. Ella sat by the window and Bones sat next to her, they could hear snippets of the argument in front of them and they heard things about 'a dangerous threat' and Kirk replying that 'it wasn't their problem'. Ella raised an eyebrow to Bones who smirked; they relaxed in their seats and started a conversation about Klingon torture methods as opposed to Cryon torture methods.
The journey was short and soon they were aboard the Enterprise in the loading docks. Ella had to get to the bridge whereas Bones was to make his way to the medical bay. Just before they were to part Bones gently took her arm and brought her away from the crowds into a slightly more secluded part of the deck. It was almost bare and there were only a couple of people around, Bones put his hands on her waist and she grinned winding her own arms around his neck.
"Do your best not to die?" he said to her and she suppressed a giggle.
"I'll do my very best. Although I think that my brother's in a bit of a bad mood, so I'm not sure that I'm gonna last long!" she smiled and he nodded.
"Of course!" he said, feigning seriousness and she laughed before leaning up and kissing him softly. The kiss was slow and sweet, and once it was over she rested her forehead against his, keeping her eyes closed and smiling.
"I really do think I love you…" she whispered and it was his turn to grin.
"I know for certain that I love you…" he replied.
Their perfect moment was ruined but the voice of her brother being broadcast across the ship.
"If anyone has seen Lieutenant Kirk, then please ensure she gets to the bridge. Now. We would very much like to depart."
Ella laughed and pulled back, "He sounds pissed."
"You should go," Bones said nodding, and she nodded her agreement.
"I should go…" she said before darting off, "Bye!" she called over her shoulder. He grinned as he watched her leave. He waved a goodbye before starting off in the direction of the med bay. As he walked he smiled to himself, Ella made him the happiest he'd been in years. And now came five years in space with her. And with her older brother, they still hadn't told Jim that they were officially a couple yet and although he was sure that Jim would probably have already worked it out he knew that he would take the big brother role all too seriously.
He wasn't paying attention to where he was walking and he walked right into her. "Oh I'm sorry!" he apologised quickly but she waved his apology away with a smile. She was pretty, really pretty; she had dark red hair that curled to her shoulders and brilliant green eyes with a bright face. She took his breath away and he found himself blinking a few times.
"Sorry, Dr. McCoy?" she asked and he nodded. "My name is Dr. Brown. I work in the botany lab?"
"Ah yes, Dr. Brown. I remember you. You helped concoct the cure for Jim?"
"Yes, that was me. I'm something of a genius. Although I don't boast about it of course…" she laughed and it proved infectious and he found himself laughing too. "Anyway, I actually have to go!"
"Oh me too!" Bones replied quickly before nodding a goodbye. She walked off in the opposite direction; he stared after her for a moment before blinking a couple of times and continuing his journey to the medical bay. He shook his head as he entered the medical bay, sure enough there was the normal hustle and bustle of a new departure and he joined in, taking charge immediately. They began moving and he grinned, knowing that on the bridge Ella and Jim were probably already bickering.
Sure enough, when Ella arrived on the bridge she apologised instantly which was knocked down by Jim as she took her seat.
"Where were you?" he snapped and she didn't look at him and instead concentrated on her controls.
"If you must know, I had a slight hold up." She muttered, Chekov and Sulu glanced at her but kept themselves to themselves.
"A hold up where? What were you doing?"
"I was helping Bones."
Chekov and Sulu blushed, they both knew her secret.
"Helping Bones how?"
"Just helping Bones. It's really none of your business?" she said, she'd laid in their course and so she turned her chair to look at him. He leaned forward in his own chair, sizing her up.
"As Captain it's completely my business."
"Just because you're in a bad mood it doesn't give you any right to take it out on Me." she snapped and he pressed his lips together.
"Captain, Lieutenant, might it be better to resume your arguments at a more reasonable time?" Spock said from his desk near the back and Ella turned back around.
"Couldn't agree more." She said through gritted teeth.
"Fine." Jim growled and he sat back in his chair. "Take us to maximum warp, punch it." He said to Sulu who obeyed his orders with nothing more than an 'Aye Captain'.
Keeping her head down Ella punched in her coordinates and they warped into space, and into many more adventures than they could imagine.
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