MacGyver located what appeared to be an area where wires were on the floor as he took them thinking as he looked at one of the computers as he took his knife and opened it getting the screws off the panel pulling it out noticing circuit boards as he said.

"Reading about Computers in the 23rd Century compared to the ones that I've used has more parts that can be used to create a surprise for our friends." He pulled out all the useless wires as needed as he went to the transporter room he went towards the control panel and then opened up the main panel that works in all areas as he began rerouting the wiring as Spock walked in asking. "MacGyver what are you?"

MacGyver looked at him saying. "Creating a surprise for our friends if this works once they are onboard they won't have any place to go but on those pads if I remember these were built with forcefields to keep them from moving."

Spock cocked one eyebrow saying. "Yes of course and if your plan works."

"Unfortunately if anyone boards this ship will be trapped in there we have to make sure it's the right ones." MacGyver told the Vulcan who noticed his handful of wires asking. "And what is next?"

"I don't know yet." MacGyver said. "As I said I'm looking around to see what I can use as of now these wires could add another surprise for them."

Spock nodded. "Yes." He looked at Spock noticing his tricorder. "Can I see your tricorder?"

Spock looked at it and at him asking. "What for?"

"Bare with me." MacGyver told him as Spock gave him the tricorder as MacGyver used his knife to take it apart as he said. "Using this tricorder we can set the alarms off by remote control."

Spock was curious as he said. "I do not know how you can do that."

"Neither do I but as I said bare with me." MacGyver went to where the security equipment was located which was older than what MacGyver had learned about but still he managed to pull out the panel to take out the control device for manually overriding all alarm systems as he took the device and began installing a sensor device from the tricorder then replacing the panel back into the wall. Spock asked him. "Why put that on, after all almost everything is broken on this ship."

"Even smart people can be suspicious especially with the security systems we don't want them to think we've fixed it.." MacGyver told him as Spock was impressed. "Very logical way to put it." MacGyver began rerouting the wires as he pulled out the wires he took as he adjusted his knife with the scissors as Spock was impressed by the 20th Century tool equipment as he took the knife as MacGyver looked at him. "Mr. Spock what is it?"

Spock was working at it with curiousity seeing all the tools in one item as he looked at MacGyver who thought as he said. "Impressive, a tool which has many in one what do you call it?"

MacGyver spoke in reply. "That's my swiss army knife comes in handy."

"I have never seen anything like this." Spock gave him the knife as MacGyver nodded working with in the cut the wire.

Meanwhile the doctor had to fly the ship himself as he growled thinking. 'What are those two doing, Spock and MacGyver leaving me here to fly the ship my self.' The doctor used the com unite. "You two had better hurry up, before I crash this ship."

Meanwhile back on the enterprise Jim Kirk was and his friends was waiting as Uhura said. "No word on their ship, what if something happens to them."

"We will then violate more StarFleet Regulations to rescue them." Jim told Uhura as he sighed. "I hope they know what they're doing."

Back on the Freighter MacGyver was working on the Environmental control sensor as Spock had recently told him about the Orions ability to explode if ever caught as he said. "If they have the same body heat as we do, we can freeze them."

Spock told him. "MacGyver I assure you that your plan may work."

"There is one problem." MacGyver said as Spock looked at him. "And that is?"

"Considering we already got them they will not tell us what they did to the crew so we'll have to come up with a strategy to make them talk." MacGyver told him.

"I believe the captain may take care of that he mentioned that if your plan works." Spock told him as MacGyver nodded. "Now we are ready now."

Spock told him. "I will handle it you work with your plan." He walked off as MacGyver thought for a minute as he began looking over where the transporter rooms that he had altered.

McCoy heard Spock who walked in. "It's about time you showed up, where's MacGyver."

"I insisted that he work with his plan with hope it will work." Spock told him as the doctor gave a nod saying. "I hope it works."

"It will as you said it must work." Spock told the doctor as the science officer took the controls of the ship as he followed the coordinates.

Somewhere in the Orion sector,

a pirate ship was traveling as one of the sensors picked up a ship. The captain relaxed as one of his crewmembers mentioned. "Sir a Federation ship has appeared on the sensors."

"So another ship to hijack, them humans are not very bright let's do it."

The Ship began traveling to intercept the Freighter.

Back to the Freighter

MacGyver arrived back on the bridge as McCoy looked at him saying. "About time you got here what have you been doing." "Well setting traps, including a phaser trap as you call it."

Spock got a sensor reading. "We have a ship approaching, a hostile one."

"That's what we need but we're going to have to rig the controls." MacGyver mentioned as McCoy shouted. "WHAT?"

"MacGyver if we do we cannot go anywhere." Spock told him looking at him as MacGyver got his knife saying. "That's all we need for a easy target."

The doctor sighed as MacGyver began working his knife to open the control panel as he began rerouting the wiring. "This will prevent anyone from trying to gain control of the ship by overload."

McCoy said. "Oh great we're helpless against these things."

"Sorry I'll fix it later." MacGyver told the two officers as he completed the task. "There." He closed the panel.

He heard sounds as Spock's sensor began showing the ship coming closer. "Coming in."

"Let's leave the bridge." MacGyver told the two while everyone began leaving the bridge. MacGyver followed the two out as he began setting up another trap that the doctor noticed a phaser ready to fire on the ceiling. "Amazing." "Well hopefully it'll work." MacGyver told them. "You two had better find a place to hide, we'll play the bad crew game once they arrive on the bridge."

Spock told him. "I will go with you."

"If you two are seen they will only get suspicious." MacGyver told the Vulcan explaining. "I will go you stay put until I get back." He walked off as McCoy looked at Spock. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking Spock."

"That even if he could succeed he may require our help." Spock told him. "We will give him no more than twenty minutes then we will aid him."

"Exactly." The doctor responded.

Remembering where he set the traps MacGyver was walking through the ship arriving at the transporter room waiting.

The pirate ship arrived in the ship's range when the Captain noticed this was a broken down ship as he said. "Well what do you know even humans are not always bright, that should be easy to prey on."

"Perhaps the Federation did that as a deterrent from hijacking a ship thinking we could not salvage it's cargo, we would have no need for the stasis weapon." The Orion said.

"Regardless I bet it's cargo is priceless that's why they used that bucket of bolts." The captain told his crew. "Let's board the ship." the group began walking out.

Back on the ship McCoy checked the time. "Fifteen minutes Spock."

"We will give him time if needed." Spock spoke to the doctor while the two stayed in the location.

MacGyver waited in the transporter room when lights appeared. However when they revealed four Orions the Forcefields went up without warning as one of them tried getting off but got shocked. MacGyver stood there. "Hi there I'm Perry Rhodan welcome aboard."

"What is going on, this is a trick." The Orion mentioned as MacGyver smiled. "Just relax your other friends will join you." He began walking out noticing two Orion pirates walking the hallway he got the tricorder remembering the security panel as he hid himself. Once they arrived he used the tricorder and the Alarms went off. The Pirates panicked. "What's going on."

"This is." MacGyver jumped towards them banging their heads knocking them out cold. The man then pulled them inside the room using duct tape to tie them up. He stood up as the man woke up MacGyver said. "Kind of ugly looking, don't worry I'll have your friends with me."

"Who are you?"

"Perry Rhodan is the name stealing technology is my game." MacGyver told him standing up. He walked out as the two struggled.

Another two who arrived noticed MacGyver who walked towards them as one of them aimed a weapon towards him. "Alright human give me the cargo." "What cargo?"

"Don't play games with me, you have precious cargo, I demand you hand it over right now." The Orion mentioned as MacGyver noticed someone behind the two it was Spock who gripped both their necks knocking them out cold as MacGyver said. "Spock what are you doing I thought?"

"It is written that we must protect each other, I gave you twenty minutes before we have to render aid. Forgive me." The science officer explained as MacGyver smiled. "Well I'm glad you did but at the wrong time these men arrived I guess I over estimated them what about the doctor."

"He is well do not worry as long as he does not move." Spock told the man as MacGyver began tying the two up

Three more arrived on the ship as they noticed the entrance to the bridge when they walked to the door. "This is easy." however when they stepped over the wire the phaser fired upon one stunning him as the other saw it as it fired again at the two. McCoy who hid heard the firing said. "I hope it isn't the wrong ones."

MacGyver and Spock saw that three more Orion Pirates arrived who then stepped into MacGyver's trap. Spock cocked one eyebrow. "That makes about 11 so far." "Indeed you have outdone yourself. Doctor?"

McCoy came out. "About time you two showed up."

However lights appeared as the captain and Scotty appeared. MacGyver saw the two. Spock called out. "Captain." "You got them, the ship won't bother you, I gave him a bluff." Jim told the two.

"Get this Jim, 11 Orions." McCoy said as MacGyver smiled. "I told you."

"I wish I could do that, anyway it's good you did what you came here to do, let's get the cloaking device and the Pirates onboard so that we can question them by the way who do you wish to be Mac, Perry or."

"Just MacGyver, besides, Perry is just a fictional character and a crew with a bad day that never happened."

"Speak for yourself MacGyver." McCoy said. "While you and Spock were running around I ended flying this ship by myself, I'm a doctor not a helmsman."

MacGyver said. "It was easy if I can do it." "Shut up." McCoy told him as MacGyver was shocked along with Spock as Jim said. "You got your wish Mac."

"But it came too late." The man said.

Fifteen minutes later everyone was onboard including the Orions who were being questioned and MacGyver who decided to take the time to rest himself. He looked around as the door opened. Jim Kirk who showed up said. "MacGyver?"

The Troubleshooter looked at the captain. "Captain." He sat up. "I was so used to being woke up that I was about to say I don't want to hear it."

"Actually I want to tell you, that we did a raid on that pirate ship and the good news is we found the crew alive and well in the brig, you gave us an idea how we can defuse a walking bomb by freezing cells which the doctor injected inside these pirates." The captain explained as MacGyver said. "They're alive but what about the technology."

"They gave us coordinates to where they stashed all the stolen equipment I gave the coordinates to the StarFleet headquarters, which is no problem considering that everything built has to have security codes installed in case they got stolen. It's a strategy put in during transport." Jim told him as MacGyver sighed as he sat with him giving him the book. "You read the book?"

"Yeah, Spock would say fascinating, because it told the future extremely well about man going further than anyone can dream of." Jim explained to him as MacGyver said. "So we're off the assignment, no more pirates."

"Nope, besides our mission was to get the crew out and locate the equipment but not interfere, because we are a Federation vessel and our mission is to seek out new life. But not to interfere which is where you come in." Jim told him as MacGyver asked him. "How?"

"I've told this to StarFleet about the idea about having you with the landing party if necessary. I think you'll make a good candidate." Kirk continued as MacGyver said. "Well I've never thought I'd do that but, if that's your mission I'll accept it as long as we're doing the right thing."

"And one more thing." Kirk told him as he stood up as MacGyver looked at him. "What's that?"

"Spock told me how you worked alone and besides what you told him to stay put he insisted on giving you no more than twenty minutes, in this time and on my ship we work as a team." MacGyver looked at his eyes as Jim said. "Mac remember this the next time you do something like that you tell me, because you never know when something bad could happen."

"Don't worry about me, I mean I was so used to being self sufficient always getting out of a jam." MacGyver explained. "At least I know you people are on my side."

"Listen I'll let you get back to sleep we've got to report back to headquarters to turn in these pirates." He stood up walking out as MacGyver watched him standing up. "Perhaps The captain was right, I have worked alone for a long time and sometimes it's better to work as a team as well."

Four hours later in the captain's quarters Spock and the captain was playing chess after turning the Orion's in as McCoy walked in with Romulan Ale. Spock looked at him. "Doctor I thought Romulan Ale." "Shut up Spock can't you see I'm celebrating." McCoy said as the door opened MacGyver stood there Jim looked at him. "MacGyver."

"I got to thinking, and I see you're playing some chess captain I used to be good at it." MacGyver told him as the captain said. "I bet you are you and Spock both come in."

McCoy looked at him. "So MacGyver anymore tricks up your sleeve?"

"Yeah, I do and I want to thank you for everything."

The captain said. "You earned it, I know what you mean how many people can come here and become part of StarFleet."

"Still I mean it's not everyday someone like myself can actually live in the future." MacGyver told the group as Jim replied. "You are part of our future Mac."

"Indeed perhaps I could interest you in 3D chess if you will." Spock told him as MacGyver smiled. "Can I take the captain's place?"

"Sure can but remember I can beat a Vulcan." The captain mentioned as MacGyver took his place as both started playing.

McCoy took a swig of the Romulan Ale. "You know Jim, this is why I want to celebrate despite having this counterfeit Vulcan on this ship."

"That's what makes him special, you don't have to be part of an advanced race in order to use those abilities." Kirk explained looking at him. "You use what was given to you and leave it at that. A man with a gift."

The two watched an ongoing chess match between two intelligent people that kept going and going until whoever could beat each other.

The End