Disclaimer and AN: I don't own Star Trek, but I'm just borrowing it for a while. Well I'm back! Miss me? Sorry for the LONG delay! It's been a crazy few months…..teaching, going to graduate school, holidays, sickness and overall craziness! But in roughly 8 hours, my summer will officially begin! So here is a short chapter to peak your interest! I promise to update sooner than I have been.

This chapter is for Mina, who has bugged me often, to update this story!

Chapter 21: Stories and Plans

He slowly walked past each of the transference tanks that held a different gifted life form from around the galaxy. It was the life form in the last tank that peaked his interest. He stopped and stood silently in front of the transference tank where the young human woman that they had taken floated lifelessly in the tank.

This human had been changed into the traditional long white gown before being placed into the transference tank. Karrade had thought that she looked beautiful before than, but now she was gorgeous. Her dark blonde hair flowed around her creating the illusion that she was an angel. A beautiful sleeping angel that was going to be his.

"So beautiful," he whispered.

Whatever the outcome of the transference ceremony was, he was going to make damn well sure that this human became his wife. Even if that meant that she had to go through the assimilation process.

But it would be worth it in the end.

"What do you mean, here to help you?" Kirk asked, a bit confused as he and the others were still being held hostage on this mystery planet.

"Just that," the young man said who had interrupted the interrogation. "Are you not part of the Federation?"

"Yeah, but we don't even know where the hell we are!" Kirk responded, getting a bit frustrated.

"I can understand Captain," the young man responded. "But would it help if you were reunited with your men and then explained to where you are?"

"It might."

The young man nodded and led Kirk and his interrogator out of the holding cell where Kirk had been. It wasn't but two rooms down that the rest of the landing party was being held.

"Everyone alright?" Kirk asked. They all nodded. Kirk then turned and looked at the young man who had brought him to where his crewmembers were. "Now you have a lot of explaining to do."

The young man nodded. "This planet is known as Galena. It is one of the prime planets of this galaxy…."

"Sir both the Kzinti and the Talosian have both failed the transference ceremony."

Karrade looked at the young Lieutenant. "There are four life forms left correct?"

"Yes sir."

"I don't care what order the others are done in, but make sure the female human goes last."

"Yes sir."

After listening to the story about Galena's turbulent history from its birth to civil wars to the ideas of assimilation, Kirk was floored by what this planet had gone through. And that was when he realized that he had to help these people win back their planet along with aiding their elders, who from what he and the others had been told, were slowly being poisoned to death. It was during this time that he had managed to formulate a plan in his head about how to infiltrate the domed city that seemed almost impenetrable – or so these resistance members had said.

And if his plan worked out then he and the others would also manage to rescue Spock and Callie.

Once the resistance leader, Caleb, was finished telling his story, Kirk finally spoke up. "Ok here's the best plan that I've come up with…"

AN #2: I promise to explain more of Galena's past to you later on. What I mean by a prime planet was that it was one of the first ones in the galaxy. Hopefully that helps a bit! Remember reviews make me write faster!