Akane

"There ya go, all set." The doctor said after running a small machine over my ribs.

"That's some powerful medicine." Odin said from his corner.

"I heard we had some folks who were a bit displaced in time. If you can stay for a little while, I'd like to give each of you a quick check-up."

"If its faster than mending my ribs, I don't see why not." I said. As he opened a small box and held a small device over each of us for a few seconds.

"Well you almost won that round Spock. Early twenty-first century, for the two women, Asian heritage for all three, but this man barely registers as human. Plus his DNA is more consistent with late 12th century. Looks like you owe me some brandy when we get back to Earth." He turned back to Odin. "Now what exactly are you?"

"Well... It's not exactly easy to explain."

"Kid, last week we found a rock that could send people through time. Try me."

"I... I see... Well, it's less that it's hard to explain, and more that I'm not really sure of all the details myself. But I guess the quick version is that I'm the embodiment of Earth or something like that. And there's this other guy who wants to steal my power for himself; and he's pretty ruthless about it. He's slaughtering whole planets just to make sure my friends and I get no help." The doctor turned to Spock.

"Did you know about this?"

"Most of it."

"Does the Captain?"

"Yes."

"Then why on God's green Earth are we going in the wrong direction."

"The Klingons Doctor."

"What the hell is Scotty doing with those shields anyway?"

"I'm sure he is working with maximum efficiency." The doctor just sighed and held a hand out to me.

"Dr. Leonard McCoy, I hope to see you lot down here in better condition next time."

"Right." I shook his and and the three of us headed out back towards our quarters.

"So what we do now Akane?" Shampoo said, as she lazily sprawled out on the bed.

"I don't know. None of us are good with machinery, so we can't really help with the flying or repairs..."

"Doesn't mean we can't just start learning." Odin said.

"I guess?"

"If we're going to try and be allies with these people, I think it would be a good start to learn about their tools."

"I think, that's an excellent idea." I turned to see the captain walk into the room.

"Captain!"

"We're clear of the Klingons for now, so I came down to check on you. I was going to assign new guards, but if you would like to learn, I think we can arrange something, since even if we get back to Federation Space without any further mishaps it will still be a few months. You could at least understand the basics by then."

"Right... Then we leave ourselves in your care." I said bowing.

Ukyo

I sighed deeply, between the heat and Ranma's bitching my wits were worn down. I had been ecstatic when I learned I was going to be given command of a team, even more so when I learned that Ranma was going with me on my first trip out. But since we were heading to familiar territory, according to Tech I had two extras tagging along. Leukos wasn't much of a problem since he seemed to keep to himself, but Pah seemed even more energetic than usual.

We had a long, painful, trek across the desert, but we finally had arrived at Rainbase.

"Water!" Luffy suddenly yelled and rushed into town, just as the rest of us were trying to figure out how to approach stealthily.

"Are you sure we should help these guys?" Ranma asked.

"Let him be, if we're lucky he'll create a diversion for us to slip in unnoticed." Nami said.

"Besides, I don't think we have much room to talk." Leukos said, pointing towards Pah, who was also charging into the city.

"Right..." Ranma said, sighing.

"Crocodile's casino is right at the center of town. We should slip in when the explosions start and make our way there." Nami said, holding out a map.

Unfortunately, no sooner had we slipped into town than Luffy, Usopp and Pah came running towards us, leading a large force of Marines.

"What are you standing there for! Run!"