Kirk left and made his way to the bridge. He entered and from the view screen he could see a dark, round shilloutted shape to the right. "Captain?" Spock said. " Yes Mr. Spock what is it?" " This might sound highly illogical but their is a settlement on the planet." " Can you pinpoint its location?" " No, but sensors show their is definently more than one biological energy. I am unsure why the sensors didn't pick it up earlier." " It doesn't matter." Kirk replied. At least we know what we are dealing with." Kirk thought for a moment. " Sulu, how long til we are in Matara's orbit?" " About 5.3 minutes captain." " Very good."

Captain's log: Stardate 687.9 we are abiut to maintain orbit around the dead planet Matara. It seems even though the planet is not alive, it seems as though life is now on the surface of the planet. Although this doesn't seem like a risky exploration, it is. Apparantly the planet is near the Romulan Neutral Zone, so we must be careful if we are to remain and solve this problem...

Bones entered the bridge to see the big round darkness that was called Matara. He could hardly believe his eyes. " Mr. Sulu are we in the planet's orbit?" Jim asked. Sulu was very puzzled, but after a belief delay. " Sulu?" Kirk asked. " Are we in the planet's orbit?" " Um...yes captain but I don't understand, if this planet is no longer living, why does it maintain an orbit?" Before Kirk answered. Spock replied, " It seems as though a device was built so the inhabitants can succesfully live on the planet."

"Jim, it is amazing." McCoy said. " An entire planet now dead, but now not one, but many signs of life on the surface." " Well Bones I suggested you get ready, because we are going down there." Spock you come with me,"

Kirk flips on the con, " Captain Kirk to Mr. Scott." Scotty is in the engine room. He too flips on the con," Scott here." " Have two security personal meet at the transporter room." " Yes, sir but sir isn't less a wee risky, it bein' near the Romulan Neutral Zone an' all that?" " Don't worry Scotty we will be well out of range of the zone far before they even notice." " Alrigh' sir you are the expert." " Scott out." Scotty flips off the con and on his way appoints two guards and the guards follow him to the transporter room.

Kirk gets up, and Bones and Spock follow. They three leave the bridge. " So it begins," Chekov says with a big breath. " Chekov, this is going to be easy, but I doubt that planet Matara, it seems unstable." " Well, I am thinking a 50-50, but really I have hope." " There you go Pavel. Thinking like a true officer." Yes, but I hope it doesn't stick" Sulu laughs.

" Scotty after we beam down take the Com." Kirk said. " Aye, Sir, be careful now." Jim smiles. " Energize." The captain said. Scotty flips the controls and Bones, Spock, Kirk and the two security guards beam down to the planet.

As they started to rematerialize they all found that the air was easily breathable. Their was no vegetation as far as they could all see, and their was just mountains and rock with orange dust. Mr. Spock got out his tricoder. He looked and nodded. " Signs of life are in the that direction Captain, about 4.2 kilometers." He pointed straight ahead. " Jim?" " Yeah Bones what is it?" "This seems so impossilble how is it are we breathing." " Well, Spock said their was a device, but I thought it was only around the living area." " It seems as though the inhabitants want to have Matara be breathable everywhere to have a much wider area for more life." Spock replied. " Well, let's check out the area." Kirk said.

Spock still had his tricorder out and scanning the whole area as they walked. They reached it and found small buildings that were white. Their was one larger one. Spock scanned the area. " There is a positive energy coming from the larger building structure that we scanned first." Kirk nodded his head and looked around. " Gibbons, Benon look over there. Jim pointed at a couple of the nearest buildings. " Oh, and make sure then to take a look at the rest of the area." The two guards nodded and went off to investigate.

" Bones you take a look at that building." He pointed to a round dome-like shape. " While Spock and I investigate the larger buliding." The doctor nodded and started to walk towards the dome. Spock and Kirk went towards the larger building. " Do you have any idea what the positive charge is Spock?" " Well, it could very well be the device that is sustaning life on this planet. Or perphaps a device fit for other purposes." Spock answered with no change of expression.

Kirk and Spock reached the door. They both armed themselves with their phasers. Kirk shot a look to Spock then quickly opened the door. It was a hallway, leading to various rooms. Spock and Kirk led themselves all the way down the hallway and found something very unbelievable.

BR> What is it? Any guesses? Let me know in your wonderful reviews. Thanks Sharvani for your review. I'm sure I can addin some more Kirk Angst

BR>Sharvani: Good story. I liked how you included the "Space-The final frontier" thing. The chapters are a tad short, but other than that, no complaints. Please update soon! I want to find out what this "dead earth" is. Oh, yeah...Kirk is my fav. character, so maybe you could put in a little kirk angst? Please? puppy dog eyes