Dangers of Distractions
Chapter 25
Spock immediately returned to the ship. A search party would need to be formed and Captain Kirk needed to be found.
The crew members in the transporter room looked at Spock expectantly but he removed silent. He moved from the transporter room at a startlingly quick pace, heading for the bridge.
The door opened for him and he stood next to Amanda, who was seated in the captain's chair.
"Commander Williams, I need to speak with you privately," he said, his voice more somber than usual.
Amanda nodded. "Mr. Chekov, you have the conn."
Spock waited for Amanda to stand and Uhura watched the two of them leave the bridge.
Out in the corridor, Spock turned to Amanda. "Jim has been captured by the Tylivians," Spock said.
"What?" Amanda said. "We've been monitoring both of your frequencies. Jim has never left your side."
"No. He wandered off and disappeared. We need to form a search party immediately," Spock said in his usual monotone.
Amanda was torn between being completely beside herself and being the commander she had to be right now. She needed to put aside her feelings for Jim and just focus on rescuing the captain of the starship.
"Yes, of course. How many should we gather?" Amanda said.
"I would say, based on the planet's surface, we need fifteen others, besides myself," Spock said. "We would have eight teams to search the area."
"I'm going with you," Amanda said.
"I think that would be highly illogical, Commander as…"
"I don't care how illogical it is, Commander Spock, I need to go with you to find Jim. I have to," Amanda said.
"You need to stay on the ship. You are acting captain," Spock said.
"Bones or Uhura can do it," Amanda argued.
Spock knew they didn't have much time to continue to argue. Jim's life was in danger and they couldn't afford to waste this precious time.
"Fine. Let us assemble a group and make a plan. I don't know much about Tylivians or…"
"How violent they might be," Amanda said, finishing what Spock was going to say.
The two commanders returned to the bridge and made an announcement. The crew on the bridge looked at them with stunned faces. This was not good for them and especially not good for their captain James Kirk.
"I want to go," Chekov said.
"Me too," Sulu added. "We all should go."
"No," Amanda said. "You all have to stay aboard the Enterprise. The best crew that Star Fleet has to offer needs to stay here and do their jobs."
"The best crew should help you and Commander Spock find our captain. There are others that can man the bridge," Sulu said.
The door to the bridge opened Bones walked in.
"What do you mean Jim is missing?" Bones asked.
"He was captured, presumably by the Tylivians," Spock replied. "We are forming a search party to find him and bring him back up."
"I understood that from the announcement you just made," Bones said. "What's the exact plan?"
"Well…we don't have a specific plan…" Amanda said. "We were just going to…"
"Just going to wing it?" Bones said.
"In true James T. Kirk fashion," Amanda said, trying to sound hopeful at the situation.
"Do you want me to go with you or stay on ship?" Bones asked.
"It would be the most logical plan to have you stay aboard the Enterprise. If, for some reason, Captain Kirk makes it back without us, you would be here to treat any injuries he may have sustained during his captivity," Spock replied.
He was right. Dr. McCoy would be most helpful aboard the ship, although, having another person who knew Jim and could sort of grasp how his mind worked would be more helpful.
Bones nodded in agreement.
Amanda leaned in to whisper to Spock in his pointy ear.
"Who is left in charge of the ship?" she asked.
"I believe that Doctor McCoy is the next in charge if the Captain and you and I are off-ship," Spock replied to Amanda.
"I'll leave that to you," Amanda said. "I need to go speak with Mr. Scott down in the transporter room."
As if he knew what she was going to talk with Scotty about, Spock spoke. "I think it would be best, as well, if the ship falls under any kind of attack, that they take whatever course of action is necessary. Even if that means leaving the crew members on planet."
"How do you do that?" Amanda asked.
"Do what?" Spock replied.
"How do you know exactly what I am going to say?"
"It must be that we have the same mind-set right now," Spock said.
"That should come in handy," Bones said sarcastically.
Spock looked over at Bones, his dark eyes full of annoyance at the doctor's comment. Bones merely held his hands up in a 'who me?' gesture.
"Please be careful down there," Uhura said, as she moved to Spock's side.
"I'll see you down in the transporter room," Amanda said, exiting the bridge.
Uhura whispered something to Spock and they moved out into the hallway outside of the bridge.
"Please be careful," Uhura said. "The same thing that happened to Kirk could happen to you. And then where would we be?"
"Nyota, we are going to do what we must in order to find the captain, and we are going to immediately return to the ship to alert Star Fleet of this planet and the people on it," Spock said. "The council will want to know that this planet will need further looking into."
"Just be careful," Uhura said. "I don't know…"
"Don't think that way, Nyota," Spock said. "Everything will be fine. I've got to go."
He pressed his lips to Uhura's forehead in a brief kiss and he turned on his heel to leave.
Amanda was down in the transporter room, waiting for Spock and picking amongst the group that had formed in order to go down to Tylivia.
"We need fourteen crew members. I don't know what's going to happen, so…"
Some of the members that had gathered looked a little wary of the situation, but quickly fourteen had stepped forward to volunteer.
"Okay, let's get ready. We're only waiting on Commander Spock," Amanda said.
Everyone proceeded to put on their utility belts and Spock walked into the room a moment later and surveyed the group.
"Should we go first?" Amanda asked.
"Commander, I don't think that's such a good idea," Scotty said. "While I don't know much, I do know that there could be a trap for you and then they would have our captain and the commanders of the Enterprise."
"We'll go first," one of the men in red shirts volunteered.
"Okay, that sounds like a better plan," Scotty said. "Step right up."
The two stepped right up.
"Report back as soon as you get down on the planet," Spock ordered them.
They nodded.
"Energize."
A/N: Okay, so it's been like 4 months since I've updated this story. Sorry folks. I'm going to try to finish this since I've gotten this far. If anyone has any suggestions, I PROMISE I'll take them all into consideration. Thanks in advance!