Spock seldom dreamed, Vulcans resolved most of the issues that would be thrown up as dreams through meditation meaning that he averaged one a month. This was the second in less than a week, unusual but not markedly so, what was of particular notice however was that both had featured one distinct similarity, the girl. The first dream had been on the ship, he was going about his duties and Nero had shown up on board, the second had been on Vulcan, a pleasant dream about his mother helping him with his homework. In both however she had been there, a young Vulcan girl, watching him with solemn green eyes.
Frowning slightly he began to go about preparing for the day. It often felt cool on board the Enterprise, as it was set at a comfortable temperature for the humans on board, but it seemed chillier today, perhaps the new Enterprise A had a slightly lower setting. Adding an extra thin thermal layer under his uniform he made his way to the bridge. He swiftly settled into his work checking the instruments before the ship left the dock, until Uhura announced an incoming communication from New Vulcan.
"Captain Kirk, I am Assistant Ambassador Stelev." Spock raised an eyebrow, that was where he remembered the young girl from, after the fight at school, it was strange that he should have dreamed of that before such a communication. Coincidences were more common than people often chose to believe however. "I am transmitting a pre-recorded message for one of your crew, and I have a personal request as I have been informed the Enterprise will be heading from Earth shipyards to the vicinity of New Vulcan." He was not aware of this order, but it seemed unlikely that Stelev would lie to a Starfleet Captain. Kirk looked back at Spock as if for advice but there was little he could give.
"What can we do to help?" The captain's cheerful question, so informal in the manner humans often were, caused a slight tightening of Stelev's forehead, not enough that it was likely anyone other than Spock would notice, but he was well aware of the distaste it indicated in his former classmate.
"My sister is currently on Earth and is required to return home for her marriage. It is proving difficult to contact her but I would appreciate discrete assistance in ensuring her return." Spock frowned very slightly, quickly returning to neutral as the Captain turned to him.
"What do you think Spock? We've got another day before we set off, but we should be at New Vulcan by the end of the week. Could be nice to have another Vulcan on board for a bit?" There was that wrinkle in Stelev's forehead as Kirk called Spock a Vulcan. It was almost tempting to refuse the request because of its source, but logically if he was asking assistance of them there was a young man on Vulcan suffering the fever. Every pairing and the offspring they would make could be important to the success of the colony. He nodded.
"I believe we are likely to arrive sooner, but would not like to make assumptions of the engine capability before we have had chance to utilise them. The question is our ability to locate the young woman if Assistant Ambassador Stelev has been unable to contact her. I would not want to delay our launch by promising that we will have her on board." Kirk nodded, turning back to the screen with a wide smile.
"We'll do our best, but our orders remain the priority. We might need to know a little more than a young Vulcan woman somewhere on Earth though." Spock couldn't help but think that it was possible they wouldn't… it wasn't like there would be many. But it would take hours for the scanners to pinpoint a single lifesign among so many on such a large world with so many different species on it and more coming and leaving all the time.
"My understanding is that she is currently in London, residing near to the Federation Diplomatic Training Facilities. T'Leiarel is…" There is a pause as Stelev seems to struggle to select an appropriate word, causing Spock to raise his eyebrow. "Unusual. I will send you the information on her whereabouts and an image of her, it is a few years old but I do not think she will have aged significantly in that time." Kirk looked back at Spock again with his own expression of surprise and concern, clearly wondering, much as Spock was, why her brother would not have a more recent image. It was most peculiar.
"We will see what we can do and keep you informed of the results." Kirk said after a brief pause, he glanced to Uhura who nodded to show she'd received the information. "Best of luck with the wedding planning and we'll do our best to make sure the bride is there on time." Stelev nodded and ended the call. Something that might seem abrupt to the humans but was logical. "Sulu, you have the bridge, such as it is for the moment, let me know if we hit any snags but to be honest I was getting a little bored of just sitting here watching everyone checking things. Spock, Uhura, are you up for a little trip before we leave Earth behind for another five years?"
"We might want to dress a little warmer, that area of the world is not known for being sunny." Uhura pointed out as she stood and handed a data padd to Spock, he noticed a blinking message light in the top corner. He supposed it was only logical the message was likely to be for him as most of the rest of the crew did not know many people on New Vulcan. Kirk noticed the exchange.
"Okay, meet at the transporter in thirty minutes." He said with a smile as Spock nodded and they made their way to their quarters to add an additional jacket. Once he reached his quarters, Spock set the message to play as he dug out the thicker layers from his wardrobe, he was not surprised to find it had come from his counterpart.
"I am not sure whether it will be necessary to send this message, and am unsure whether the differences in our histories will have affected matters. I could not help but remember my own uncertainty at this time and wish to provide some comfort. If the dreams have begun, then do not refuse to accept what is happening to you. Fighting against it will only cause you greater turmoil. I have spoken with T'Pring and was relieved to know that she does not wish to call for a challenge, considering it illogical to endanger a life when we have lost so many already."
Spock frowned as the message ended. At least being aware of the stirrings so early in the process and with plans to travel to Vulcan where his condition would be understood was helpful. He just wondered who T'Pring was.