Title: Devil at your Doorstep
Author: Keridwen
Disclaimer: Before you have a chance to review three - here come #4 because I have the ideas in my head and I don't want them to fly away like. fireflies ... hehehehe Ahem sorry bout that. anyhoo Here we go..
Chapter 4: Problems of the Past / Secret Mission
His inner voice told him everything he needed to know. How to power up the ship and to turn on the hurriedly installed cloaking device. How to set the course for the point at which the ship was to rendezvous with another, smaller cloaked ship.
It also told him that he had done this before. He had escaped Starfleet before. He had been on the other side, and he had trained himself to act as one of THEM. He had lived and breathed the same air as them for months. Although Vulcans are not prone to hate, they can admit discomfort. At first, when he was among them, he was uncomfortable. But then.. In the end..it became..familiar.. some how. One friend had been replaced with another. Loyalties had changes.
The one he had called brother, had become the one he had to call enemy. He had to deceive that man, and hurt him. When he swore his loyalty to the OTHER, he had seen the hurt on his brother's face. The betrayal.
And now, once again, he had to deceive.
It troubled him, even though he was free from the emotions of it all, the problem troubled him.
Once again, Black Fire stirred within him.
3 parsecs away:
It was a nice little ship. The cloak had been hurriedly installed, but it was stable. And of course, they wouldn't be looking for him out in space. They would be running all around Starfleet Medical like chickens with their heads cut off.
He grinned.
Jim Kirk turned his chair away from the navigational consol and stretched his non paralyzed legs.
It was a good story that Starfleet Special Ops had made up about the supposed terror weapon that Spock had held and fired at him that had paralyzed him for life. There would be hell to pay though, when this was all over.
Kirk moved through the cabin slightly agitated. At this time in their plan he was just supposed to wait. Wait and wait.. and wait..and wait....wait..wait..
(Kirk - dreaming)
Wait! Sam!
Hurry, Jimmy. We are playing Federation vs. Romulans!
Sam! Wait! I want to play.
Ok, Jimmy, who's side do you want to be on?
The Romulans!
Ok... Jimmy why do you want to be the bad guys, dad is in Starfleet?
Because the bad guys get to have all the fun. And good guys don't come home for Christmas. (Pause) Sam, do I have to be a good guy when I get big?
Of course, when you are a good guy you get to help people.
Ok, but can I still be bad and help people?
No, well..maybe, you should ask Mom.
.ok..
Sam?
Yes, Jimmy.
If I am a good guy, or a bad guy, I will always come to save you and mom.
Ok, Jimmy..sounds good.
(Twenty years later)
Jim, Who is that man in the photo with you?
O, that is my brother, Sam. He just got married to the prettiest girl in Iowa. A girl named Aurelan.
So, he stayed put, and you went into space?
Yes, he was always happier leaving things just as they are. Besides, Mom couldn't handle it if both of her sons went traipsing around the galaxy.
(Seven years later - A quiet stasis room on the Enterprise)
Sam? Sam..
I said I would always come and save my brother. I saved one. But I lost the other. I lost you, Sam. But I will take good care of your son. I will take good care of Mom, but it wont is long before she follows you.
I should have saved you, Sam. It is my job. I am the good guy. Remember, Sam?
Remember?
(on the transport shuttle)
..Vec'Nar to John Paul Jones..do you read..Vec'Nar to John Paul Jones...
Kirk woke up from his dreams. He had fallen asleep at the helm. He rubbed his eyes and hit a toggle in front of him. A screen cam up.
"Why hello, Spock, fancy meeting you out here in the middle of nowhere.."
(Spock's Point of View)
Had not the computer awakened me, I might have missed my rondevoux with Jim. I had not dreamed at all in years, but now I had dreamed.
I dreamed of Desus...And Captain Astro..And Black Fire...
The same images had run through my head like an old movie on auto repeat. Me, saluting Desus. Swearing my allegiance to him alone. Jim watching my treachery on the screen. On the Enterprise, my friends....I betrayed them..The hurt on Jim's face for a split second. Like I had struck him in the face.
I turned on the screen and hailed the John Paul Jones.
"Why hello, Spock, fancy meeting you out here in the middle of nowhere. I am pleased to see you?"
I heard Jims voice, but I saw Desus.
"Jim? Is it you."
The fog before my vision swam and Jims face appeared, concerned.
"It is me, is something the matter, Spock, you look pale?"
"No, of course not."
"Well, they said that they'd sent us a bigger ship to catch. Why don't you pick one out for us, Spock. What is on the sensors."
"I scan a Starfleet scout vessel, one parsec away, name: Maggie May."
"Ok, Maggie May it is then. Begin hook up."
The two vessels that had been provided for them to steal by the Starfleet Special Ops started to morph in their cloaks. The computer guided systems led them into a series of configurations. The sensors and shields from Spock's ship extended around the outer hull of Kirks. The considerable phasers and photon torpedo banks from Kirks widened and covered the bottom hull of Spock's. The two snapped together with a click and where there had been two mini transport ships sat one good sized shot distance attack sled."
The hull on Spock's left banged and Kirk slid through the new hatch.
"Spock?"
"Yes Captain."
"The next time Starfleet Special Ops decides to dispose of us for a while and send us on another top secret mission, I get to be the terrorist and incapacitate you. Deal?"
"Since this is the second time Starfleet has put me up for trial for treason, I agree. If need be, next time, you can be the bad guy."
"Jim laughed and slid into the helm. Spock moved to navigations."
"What say you we go and capture us a Starfleet vessel?"
"Since that is what our order entail I say we go."
"Very good Mr. Spock, Set a course for the Maggie May. Get ready to darn your costume. This is going to be fun."
Author: Keridwen
Disclaimer: Before you have a chance to review three - here come #4 because I have the ideas in my head and I don't want them to fly away like. fireflies ... hehehehe Ahem sorry bout that. anyhoo Here we go..
Chapter 4: Problems of the Past / Secret Mission
His inner voice told him everything he needed to know. How to power up the ship and to turn on the hurriedly installed cloaking device. How to set the course for the point at which the ship was to rendezvous with another, smaller cloaked ship.
It also told him that he had done this before. He had escaped Starfleet before. He had been on the other side, and he had trained himself to act as one of THEM. He had lived and breathed the same air as them for months. Although Vulcans are not prone to hate, they can admit discomfort. At first, when he was among them, he was uncomfortable. But then.. In the end..it became..familiar.. some how. One friend had been replaced with another. Loyalties had changes.
The one he had called brother, had become the one he had to call enemy. He had to deceive that man, and hurt him. When he swore his loyalty to the OTHER, he had seen the hurt on his brother's face. The betrayal.
And now, once again, he had to deceive.
It troubled him, even though he was free from the emotions of it all, the problem troubled him.
Once again, Black Fire stirred within him.
3 parsecs away:
It was a nice little ship. The cloak had been hurriedly installed, but it was stable. And of course, they wouldn't be looking for him out in space. They would be running all around Starfleet Medical like chickens with their heads cut off.
He grinned.
Jim Kirk turned his chair away from the navigational consol and stretched his non paralyzed legs.
It was a good story that Starfleet Special Ops had made up about the supposed terror weapon that Spock had held and fired at him that had paralyzed him for life. There would be hell to pay though, when this was all over.
Kirk moved through the cabin slightly agitated. At this time in their plan he was just supposed to wait. Wait and wait.. and wait..and wait....wait..wait..
(Kirk - dreaming)
Wait! Sam!
Hurry, Jimmy. We are playing Federation vs. Romulans!
Sam! Wait! I want to play.
Ok, Jimmy, who's side do you want to be on?
The Romulans!
Ok... Jimmy why do you want to be the bad guys, dad is in Starfleet?
Because the bad guys get to have all the fun. And good guys don't come home for Christmas. (Pause) Sam, do I have to be a good guy when I get big?
Of course, when you are a good guy you get to help people.
Ok, but can I still be bad and help people?
No, well..maybe, you should ask Mom.
.ok..
Sam?
Yes, Jimmy.
If I am a good guy, or a bad guy, I will always come to save you and mom.
Ok, Jimmy..sounds good.
(Twenty years later)
Jim, Who is that man in the photo with you?
O, that is my brother, Sam. He just got married to the prettiest girl in Iowa. A girl named Aurelan.
So, he stayed put, and you went into space?
Yes, he was always happier leaving things just as they are. Besides, Mom couldn't handle it if both of her sons went traipsing around the galaxy.
(Seven years later - A quiet stasis room on the Enterprise)
Sam? Sam..
I said I would always come and save my brother. I saved one. But I lost the other. I lost you, Sam. But I will take good care of your son. I will take good care of Mom, but it wont is long before she follows you.
I should have saved you, Sam. It is my job. I am the good guy. Remember, Sam?
Remember?
(on the transport shuttle)
..Vec'Nar to John Paul Jones..do you read..Vec'Nar to John Paul Jones...
Kirk woke up from his dreams. He had fallen asleep at the helm. He rubbed his eyes and hit a toggle in front of him. A screen cam up.
"Why hello, Spock, fancy meeting you out here in the middle of nowhere.."
(Spock's Point of View)
Had not the computer awakened me, I might have missed my rondevoux with Jim. I had not dreamed at all in years, but now I had dreamed.
I dreamed of Desus...And Captain Astro..And Black Fire...
The same images had run through my head like an old movie on auto repeat. Me, saluting Desus. Swearing my allegiance to him alone. Jim watching my treachery on the screen. On the Enterprise, my friends....I betrayed them..The hurt on Jim's face for a split second. Like I had struck him in the face.
I turned on the screen and hailed the John Paul Jones.
"Why hello, Spock, fancy meeting you out here in the middle of nowhere. I am pleased to see you?"
I heard Jims voice, but I saw Desus.
"Jim? Is it you."
The fog before my vision swam and Jims face appeared, concerned.
"It is me, is something the matter, Spock, you look pale?"
"No, of course not."
"Well, they said that they'd sent us a bigger ship to catch. Why don't you pick one out for us, Spock. What is on the sensors."
"I scan a Starfleet scout vessel, one parsec away, name: Maggie May."
"Ok, Maggie May it is then. Begin hook up."
The two vessels that had been provided for them to steal by the Starfleet Special Ops started to morph in their cloaks. The computer guided systems led them into a series of configurations. The sensors and shields from Spock's ship extended around the outer hull of Kirks. The considerable phasers and photon torpedo banks from Kirks widened and covered the bottom hull of Spock's. The two snapped together with a click and where there had been two mini transport ships sat one good sized shot distance attack sled."
The hull on Spock's left banged and Kirk slid through the new hatch.
"Spock?"
"Yes Captain."
"The next time Starfleet Special Ops decides to dispose of us for a while and send us on another top secret mission, I get to be the terrorist and incapacitate you. Deal?"
"Since this is the second time Starfleet has put me up for trial for treason, I agree. If need be, next time, you can be the bad guy."
"Jim laughed and slid into the helm. Spock moved to navigations."
"What say you we go and capture us a Starfleet vessel?"
"Since that is what our order entail I say we go."
"Very good Mr. Spock, Set a course for the Maggie May. Get ready to darn your costume. This is going to be fun."