The USS Enterprise had been assigned to the Delta Quadrant, of which was Located more than 5.6 light-years from Earth. They had been deployed on a purely scientific missions, in order to explore on of the main Systems within the Quadrant known as the Alpha-Nygeru system. Little was know about the system, though due to the recent discovery of peculiar life-forms within its regions, Starfleet found it acceptable to send its Flagship out into the starry depths of the Alpha-Nygeru system.

Captain Kirk sat back in his chair, his arms were folded and his legs were crossed professionally. His eyes stared aimlessly into the viewscreen before him. Stars whisked past as they were currently going at Warp Factor five en route for Delta-Qudera IIII the fourth planet from the acclaimed star Alpha-Nygeru. He gave a sigh and turned to the helm.

"Mr. Sulu?" He began indicating the helmsman.

"Yes, sir?"

"Approximate time to arrival?"

"Three minutes, sir."

"Three minutes, fourteen seconds. Please try to be more precise in your calculations." Mr. Spock chided.

The man in the chair couldn't help but laugh at Mr. Spock's always so on-point reactions.

"Yes, Mr. Spock." Captain Kirk noted, smiling broadly. He turned once more to an embarrassed looking pilot, "Thank you Sulu."

"Aye, sir."

Kirk rested his gaze on the rest of his bridge crew for a moment, a few minutes passed before he finally shifted his eyes.

"Sir, dropping from warp in Five... Four... Three... Two... One.."

The dropped from warp and began gliding peacefully towards a brilliantly coloured planet. Its colouration held a dashing orange and a startling almost toxic looking green within its atmospheric clouds.

"Class M planet, Oxygen Nitrogen. Capable of supporting humanoid life, the rings around the planet are not Toxic. Readings indicated life is upon the planet in the western hemisphere. No unorthodox readings."

The voice made Captain Kirk have to think for a moment, until he pinpointed it was Lt. Commander Selar. Selar has caught the common cold of which had made its course throughout the ship for the past few weeks. She had only just recovered, though as a result, her voice was an octave or so lower than it standardly was. He nodded towards the taller woman, acknowledging her report.

Captain Kirk got to his feet, and nodded to the helmsman. "Sulu, standard orbit." He then turned to his First Officer who had made an effort to be facing him when he did so. "Mr. Spock, meet me in the Transporter Room with Lieutenants Mitchell, Harr and Klio."

"Yes, sir."

The Captain surveyed the room, noting those who were on the Bridge before heading slowly towards the 'lft. Sulu rose in order to claim the position he normally did when Jim was off-ship and Mr. Scott was in engineering. "Nope, Selar, you have the conn."

Sulu looked mildly surprised however gratefully relieved at his words. Selar held a stoic stance, merely nodding in response. "Of course, sir." She walked towards the chair hearing the hiss of theturbolift doors indicating James and Spock had left the bridge. Staring at the planet below them for a moment, she sat down, folding her hands across her lap.

"Well that was a welcomed surprise." Sulu commented.

"Please elaborate, Mr. Sulu."

"I have never had the desire to command while Captain Kirk is off-ship. And you outrank me, therefore it is only 'logical' that he chose you." He played with his words in order to tease her. Selar noted this.

"Indeed, I have gone through and completed command school. Next to my education in exnolinguistics, astrophysics, exobiology, engineering and various other topics. However, you are a more experienced officer than I, therefore I found it illogical for him to choose me."

"Well, would you look at that the Hobgoblin admitted to not being the best at something." Dr. McCoy stepped from the 'lift, a broad smile reaching his baby blue eyes.

"I never indicated that I was, Doctor."

"No, perhaps not. The same can't be said for Spock, however." The Doctor stepped down beside Selar.

"I have not heard him ever state such a fact."

McCoy's smile changed to a grin. "It's a joke Selar."

"Ah, a joke. A story with a humorous climax. I do not see the humor."

"Perhaps not, you will, one day."

Selar shook her head. "I do not believe I will ever be able to comprehend you and your race's motives on such matters."

STSTSTSTSTSTS

An hour passed before they had any contact from the landing party, for this time McCoy remained beside Selar as they continued daily routines, as though the Captain and First Officer were still aboard the ship.

"Kirk to Enterprise." The chirp of the comm came through as Selar pressed it with her thumb.

"Enterprise, Lt. Commander Selar here, sir."

"Selar, just making sure the comm is working." With that statement Selar knew something was wrong.

"We will be sure to make contact in the next two hours, if we don't send a security team down to assist us. Things are getting weird down here. The beings here are feline, they are humanoid with bushy tails, fur covering their bodies and exceedingly sharp fangs." His voice lowered to a whisper which told Selar that what he was saying should not be heard by the humanoids.

"They are holding us Captive, we are currently trying to negotiate with them. I can't say more. I'm sorry, standby."

"Standing by, Captain."

The man abruptly ended the communication, this worried the Bridge crew. "Dr. McCoy, you should go prepare your tools." Uhura pointed out.

"Yes, I should." He noted leaving the bridge.

STSTSTSTSTST

Two hours, fifty-four minutes and thirteen seconds later.

Selar sat back in the Captain's chair. Her hands were folded as her middle and index fingers were placed before her mouth in a state of thought. HEr brown eyes were emotionless, cold and hard. She said nothing as she stared without reason into the depths of the abyss before her.

"Sir, it has been two hours, should we contact the captain."

"No, they still have five minutes fifty-four seconds left, we must allot the time to the Captain of which he has asked of us." She replied.

"Very well. Do you think the Captain is alright?"

"Captain Kirk is what you humans deem stubborn. He has stated before that he does not believe in such no-win scenarios. Therefore, in whatever predicament he is not likely to give up until he had either won or escaped it. Not logical, though usually true."

Selar sunk farther into the chair, her mind was whirring through she would not show her worry. Whatever she must say without lying in order to keep the crew calm, she would. Minuted passed as she allowed her mind to sink further into her unconscious. By this time she realized the Captain would not be contacting them for he only had one minute left, less than that.

Selar moved her arm, edging it over towards the panel that lay beside it. Her thumb pressed the comm button. "Selar to Landing Party."

Nothing, cold, stone, nothing.

"Selar to Landing Party, come in Landing Party."

Static, uncontrolled, continuing static. No response.

Selar took note of this, ending the comm. She pressed the in-ship comm. "Lt. Commander Saok, report to the bridge." He bondmate had been promoted in rank in the last six months of which they had both been upon the ship together. This was more fortunate for it helped in many situations.

Moments later a gruff looking Romulan with surprisingly kind grey eyes stepped onto the Bridge. "You asked for my presence, sir?" He emphasized sir, finding it fun to do so.

"Since Mr. Kyle had been transferred, you have been promoted in rank to Chief of Security, if I am to not be mistake, Lt. Commander?"

"Indeed sir?"

"The Captain and an away team consisting of Commander Spock and three lieutenants have beamed aboard the planet. They have not commed us in the two hours of which he allotted them. To this, I am lead to believe that the Captain and the away team are in some sort of danger. Take a Landing Party of six security officers, beam down and discover the problem. Set phasers to stun." She ordered.

Her bondmate nodded turning towards the turbolift, she motioned him over with a wave of her hand at the last minute. He stepped down, coming beside her. She whispered to where he could only hear. "You know the dangers of being a security officer, please be careful. I do not with to lose you." She stated.

Saok nodded, "I will, Selar. Do not worry." He leaned down and kissed her forehead.

"Vulcans do not worry." Saok smiled, leaving the Bridge.

STSTSTST

"Sir!"

Selar turned to the Ensign of which had shouted her name. "Yes, Ensign?"

"Scanners are picking up weird readings on the edge of their range."

"Noted, Ensign. Keep track and continually note upon the current readings." She ordered the Ensign at the science station.

"Report to me, if any changed occur." She added.

Her conversation was cut short by the familiar chirp of the communication chirp. Selar placed her thumb to the panel.

"Klio to Enterprise, Enterprise come in.

"Enterprise, Selar here."

"Selar, the Captain is severely injured, and is now unconscious."

"Why isn't Saok reporting."

"Saok is close to being unconscious he is also badly injured, and so is Mr. Spock. Request for immediate beam up."

"Granted, stay in place, locking on soon."

She ended the connection getting quickly to her feet. "Sulu you have the conn."

She pressed the in-ship comm. "Bridge to Transporter Room."

"Mr. Scott, aye?"

"Mr. Scott lock on to coordinates of the Away team immediately, beam up Captain Kirk, Commander Spock and Mr. Saok first."

"Aye, sir."

She switched. "Bridge to Sickbay."

"Sickbay."

"Dr. McCoy have a medical team standing by in the Transporter room, as soon as possible."

"Yes, sir."

She ended the comm, turning to Sulu before doing her best not to rush towards the Turbolift. She entered the correct deck with her words and was whisked down to the correct deck before getting off. She fastened her pace to a run, dashing through the halls as she ran for the Transporter Room. She dashed through the hissing doors of the Transporter Room, only to find two unconscious men and a severely injured Mr. Spock on the ground.

Captain Kirk had various wounds of which he was bleeding heavily from, his eyes were glazed over before they shut completely. Mr. Spock has gashed of green across his body, green bruises covered his face, arms and legs. Her bondemate was unconscious, his uniform was stained green and ripped to shreds just like Spock's and James's. His face was cut up with marks that would definitely leave scares.

It was horrifying, but Selar kept a stoic face.

The medical team was behind her, they placed the three men onto gearnies before whisking them away to Sickbay. McCoy stood beside a stoic looking Selar, placing a hand on her shoulder. "Just another day on the Enterprise, Kirk goes out an almost gets his away team and himself killed." He hissed, leaving her to follow him team.

STSTSTSTSTS

Selar entered Sickbay a few minutes later, her head was low and her hands were clasp behind her back. She looked around to see that no one was in the main room, she turned and headed for the patients room. There laid three men, each holding severe injuries. Her eyes widened ever-so-slightly at the sigh of her three of her closest people on the brink of death.

She heard footsteps approaching and turned to see Dr. McCoy standing behind her. "Will-?"

"I don't know, we can only hope."

"May I-?"

"Of course, he needs you now more than ever."

She nodded and walked into the room, she sat beside Saok's bed resting her hand beside his. Her eyes were low, as the man lay unconscious. She would sit here the entire night if she had too, she would encourage him on. She wouldn't let him die, any of them. Selar squeezed his hand and saw that Nurse Chapel was coming her way.

"He is conscious enough to hear you." She whispered.

Selar nodded, squeezing his hand more. "Saok, I am aware that you can hear my words. And even you can't comprehend them, that's alright. Just know that there are people in this world that care for you, that need you to keep fighting. I am one of them, stay alive for this ship, this crew, for Starfleet. Stay alive for me." She whispered, a tear falling from her eye.

She didn't receive a response, but she looked at his vital to see that his heart-rate was steadying.

For hours she stayed by his side, her eyes never leaving his body. Her hand remained on top of his, squeezing it every now and then to feel the pulse course through him. His pulse lowered, before highering again. He was continually going from a dangerous to a stable state. His breathing became irregular at time, his heart-rate dropping. This caused Selar to hold her breath, though it then rose again.

This cycle continued through the entire night. It exhausted the Vulcan to her limits, emotionally.

She finally could stay awake no longer, and fell asleep with her head upon his bed, beside his hand. A haunted, dreamless sleep encased her. Her late sickness did not help in the matter.

STSTSTSTSTSTSTST

Something moved, her consciousness came towards her once more. Slowly her eyes opened, she found herself in sickbay, the lights were dimmed. A blanket layed around her. Dr. McCoy must've come in the middle of the night and saw her sleeping. She glanced at Saok, and down at his hand. It moved, she looked up to see two bright grey eyes, glazed with pain, though cheerful.

A smile came across the man's face, is reached his upturned eyebrows. He picked up his hand and traced her face from her pointed ears to her thin jawline. "You're alive.." She whispered.

"Yes.." He smiled brighter, she could see the gashes of green that had since glazed over and now were scabbing upon his face. His leg had been sown where a long gash has cut across it. "I am glad to know you stayed by my side the entire night, I would not have made it through without the kindess, encouragement and love that you sent across the bond." He whispered, lowering his hand.

"I could not live with myself if I had allowed you to die, Saok."

"I know. I know." Her lips twitched ever-so-slightly.

"I do not care about my Vulcan ancestry at this moment, believe me when I say: I love you."

"I love you too." His smiled widened even further.

Doctor McCoy walked in to see this, his own smile brightening. "Well, would you look at that. The Hobgoblin does have feelings."

Selar raised her eyebrown, yet soon realized he wasn't talking about her. She got to her feet, she glanced over to see a Vulcan smiling, Spock was smiling. Both eyebrows shot upwards at the sight, Spock had seen the encounter between the two. He had confirmed that the two were to his liking.

"Dang it." Saok muttered, he lowered his voice to where Selar could only hear. "Spock smiling is kinda creepy."

Selar had to fight the urge not to laugh at this, her lips twitched as she shook her head sitting back down.

I SWEAR THE NEXT CHAPTER IS GOING TO BE SUPPPPPPPPPER HAPPY! NO MORE DYING AND SICKNESS, WELL SADNESS.