Those Who Lurk Among the Shadows
Chapter One
Chills May Mean Something

Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy, and Ensign Checkov were all stepping onto the TR platform. The Enterprise was being sent to Rokan Colony 3. The planet's inhabitants reported finding fellow colonists usually in the morning dead, hardly any blood left. The Colony had so many deaths within the last six months that everyone on the planet was evacuated.

The away team was to find what was killing the colonists, and destroy it, whatever it was.

All four men were equipped with phasers. Spock and Checkov equipped with tri-corders, McCoy equipped with a med-corder. They all also had their communicators. Soon the single word "Energize!" Rang from Kirk's mouth, and they were all materialized on the planet.

They were beamed during night time. The area they were in was a town/ village like area. "Spock, Bones, you two go north, Checkov and I will go south. Just explore the town first, don't wander off beyond the town limit." Kirk ordered. Spock and Bones nodded, and headed north. Checkov and Kirk wandered south.

A voice in the clock tower whispered to other beings. "I smell them again. They are back!" A feminin, dark, deep voice then said "It would seem so," the figure seemed to shift in the darkness. "let's go get them. Do it right! I smell all men, and I smell one a....different one. I get him, no one else touch him or I'll end you! Let's go."

Kirk and Checkov felt a chill behind them. "Keptain, did you feel that as vell-" Checkov was interupted when something(s) attacked him and Kirk from behind. Whatever they were, they slashed the two's faces, and chests with claw like hands or paws. Then both men fell to the ground. Kirk looked up, and soon he was unconcious, even in sleep he felt a sensationally terrible pain he couldn't register.

Spock and McCoy heard the struggle, and then began to make their way over when they as well felt breathtaking chills. They both stopped, and looked at eachother. Before they could say anything they heard a thundering roar, and in attempt to turn around, they two were slashed with some sort of claws.

A voice then spoke out while Spock was still concious as her felt his blood leaving from his wound remarkably fast "This one was interesting, yet his blood is cold like a snake." Then he was unconcious and his head fell back.