Chapter Four: Let's Ride

Sadie got onto the Enterprise to hear Scotty yelling about something, she shook her head following Jim, Spock, Leo and Carol over to the man.

"No! I'm not signing anything! Now, get these bloody things

off my ship! Captain!"

"Is there a problem, Mr. Scott?" Jim asked as their group stopped at him

"Aye, sir. I was just explaining to this gentleman that I cannae authorize any weapons on board this ship without knowing what's inside them."

Spock spoke up, "Mr. Scott raises yet another point..."

However Jim cut him off, "Report to the bridge."

"Captain." Spock nodded leaving, Sadie shook her head, those two were going to drive her insane.

Jim turned back to Scotty, "Mr. Scott, I understand your concerns, but we need these torpedoes on board."

"Due respect, sir, but photon torpedoes run on fuel. Now, I cannae detect the type of fuel that's in the compartments

on these torpedoes because it's shielded. Now, I asked for

the specifications, but he said..." Scotty said waiting for the man to answer as he pointed at him over his shoulder.

"It's classified."

"It's classified. So I said, 'No specs, no signature!'" Scotty kept going.

"Captain," Sulu said appearing above them, "Flight check's complete. We're good to go, sir."

"Thank you, Mr. Sulu," Jim said nodding.

"Yes, sir," Sulu said walking away.

"Now if you'll excuse me, sir," Scotty said before walking away, "I have a warp core to prime. Get down!"

"Jim, your vitals are way off," Leo tried.

"Report to the med bay," Jim said before going after Scotty, "Scotty!"

Sadie flashed a smile at Leo before rushing after Jim, "Jim wait just a minute."

Jim turned, "Sadie I really don't have time for this."

Sadie shook her head, "Please listen to Scotty, those torpedoes are no good."

Jim frowned he knew his sister, and ever since she went to London something was different about her. She was hiding something from them all, "Sadie what are you keeping from me?"

Sadie shook her head, "I'm sorry Jim I can't, I have to protect you all."

Jim's face went hard, "Report to the bridge."

Sadie sighed nodding, "Yes Captain."

However she only went far enough so she could hear the conservation between Jim and Scotty.

"I need you to approve those weapons."

"Do you know what this is, Captain?"

"I don't have time for a lecture, Scotty."

"Do you know what this is?"

"It's a warp core."

"It's a radioactive catastrophe waiting to happen. A subtle shift in magnetic output from, say, firing one or more of six dozen torpedoes with an unknown payload could set off a chain reaction which would kill every living thing on this ship. Letting those torpedoes on board the Enterprise is the last straw!"

"What was the first straw?"

"What was the... There are plenty of straws. How about Starfleet confiscating my transwarp equation? And now some madman's using it to hop across the galaxy! Where do you think he got it from?"

"We have our orders, Scotty!"

"That's what scares me. This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? 'Cause I thought we were explorers."

"Sign for the torpedoes, that's an order."

"Right, well, you leave me no choice but to resign my duties."

"Come on, Scotty."

"You're giving me no choice, sir. I will not stand by... You're not giving me much of a choice."

"Will you just make an exception and sign..."

"Do you accept my resignation or not?"

"I do! I do. You are relieved, Mr. Scott."

"Jim, for the love of God, do not use those torpedoes," Scotty said softly before walking away. Sadie stood there frozen in shock before shaking herself out of it and hurrying up to the bridge, she took her position by the Captain's chair checking on everything going on around the ship.

A few minutes later Jim and Nyota came out of the lift together, Jim said something to Spock before it was announced, "Captain on the bridge!"

Jim went over to Chekov, "Mr. Chekov. You've been shadowing Mr. Scott. You are familiar with the engineering systems of this ship?"

"Affirmative sir," Chekov nodded.

"Good. You're my new Chief. Go put on a red shirt."

Chekov looked terrified as he nodded, "Aye, Captain." He then got up and left the bridge to go and take his new spot. Sadie shook her head going to Chekov's spot, she could handle it and that was part of the reason why she was on the bridge.

"Retract all moorings, Mr. Sulu," Jim ordered.

"Yes, sir. Docking cIamps 1, 2, and 3 are reIeased. AII moorings retracted."

"Lieutenant Uhura," Jim said turning to Nyota, "open a shipwide channel."

"Yes, sir," she replied doing as she was ordered.

"Mr. Chekov," Jim asked coming down to the young man, "how we Iooking down there?"

"All systems nominal, Captain," Chekov answered.

"Copy that."

"Warp available at your command."

"Thank you, Mr. Chekov. All right. Let's ride."

"Yes sir," Sulu replied.

"Channel open, sir," Nyota announced.

"Attention, crew of the Enterprise. As most of you know, Christopher Pike, former captain of this ship and our friend, is dead. The man who killed him has fled our system and is hiding on the Klingon homeworld, somewhere he believes we are unwilling to go. We are on our way there now. Per Admiral Marcus, it is essential that our presence go undetected," Jims said, "Tensions between the Federation and the Klingon Empire have been high. Any provocation could lead to an all-out war. I will personally lead a landing party to an abandoned city on the surface of Kronos where we will capture the fugitive, John Harrison, and return him to Earth so he can face judgment for his actions. All right. Let's go get this son of a bitch. Kirk out."

Sadie closed her eyes, Jim was going against Marcus, she was so worried, she knew Marcus had something up his sleeve but what she was unsure. She didn't know everything the bastard had planned, she only knew enough to be Khan's handler.

"Captain, I believe you have made the right decision," Spock said coming up to Jim, "If I can be of assistance, I would be happy to accompany you on the away team."

"You? Happy?" Jim was surprised.

"I was simply attempting to use your vernacular to convey an idea."

"Thank you, Mr. Spock."

~Twenty Minutes Later~

Everything was going well, and then suddenly the ship dropped out of wrap factor, everyone was jerked forward.

Sulu announced, "Engineering manually dropped us out of warp, sir."

Jim commed down to Chekov, "Mr. Chekov, did you break my ship?"

"Sorry, sir. I don't know what happened! The core overheated. I had to activate the emergency stop. It must be a coolant leak. I need time to find it. Sorry, Captain," Chekov said rushing around.

"Damn it. Mr. Sulu, time to our destination."

"20 minutes, sir. That's 20 minutes in enemy space we weren't counting on."

"All right. We better hop to it," Jim said, "Where's Spock?"

"Here, Captain," Spock announced showing up.

"You're coming with me to Kronos," Jim then turned to Nyota, "Lieutenant, how's your Klingon?"

"It's rusty, but it's good," Nyota replied.

Jim nodded, "Good, you're coming, too. This isn't going to be a problem, is it, you two working together?"

"Absolutely not." Nyota replied.

Whereas Spock replied with, "Unclear."

"I'll meet you in the shuttle bay." Jim said shaking his head.

Sadie hurried over to her brother, "Take me with you, I know him I may be able to get him to surrender without a fight."

Jim looked her over before nodding, "Alright. Go change and get down to the shuttle bay."

Sadie nodded hurrying off to change into something so that if they were caught they wouldn't be tied to the Federation. She was thrilled Jim agreed to let her go with, without her there Khan might kill one of them, even with the torpedoes being on the ship.

Before she could get to far though Leo grabbed her arm pulling her close, he looked down at her, "Be careful understand me darling?"

Sadie smiled nodding, "I always am honey. I gotta go Jim really does need me there."

Leo nodded kissing her quickly and letting her go, he turned to Jim, "Jim, you're not actually going down there, are you? You don't rob a bank when the getaway car has a flat tire."

"I'm sure engineering will have us all patched up by the time we get back. Isn't that right, Mr. Chekov?" Jim replied finishing by comming down to Chekov.

"Yes, Captain." Chekov answered, "I'II do my best, sir."

"Mr. Sulu, you have the comm," Jim said turning to Sulu, "Once we're en route, I want you to transmit a targeted comm burst to Harrison's location. You tell him you have a bunch of real big torpedoes pointed at his head and if he doesn't play nice, you're not afraid to use them. Is that a problem?"

"No, sir. I've just never sat in the chair before." Sulu replied.

"You're gonna do great," Jim said before turning and walking away.

"Jim! Wait!" Leo said hurrying after him, "You just sat that man down at a high-stakes poker game with no cards and told him to bluff. Now Sulu's a good man, but he is no captain."

"For the next 2 hours, he is," Jim replied, "And enough with the metaphors, all right? That's an order." He turned to Sulu again, "Mr. Sulu, make sure that K'normian ship is ready to fly."

Sulu nodded going to the Captain's chair and sitting down, "Acting Captain Sulu to Shuttle Bay 2. Please have the trade ship we confiscated during the Mudd incident last month fueled and flight ready. Captain Kirk is en route to you now."

Sadie got down to the shuttle to see Jim talking with a couple of Lieutenants, "Lieutenants, lose the red shirts. You are K'normian arms dealers. Put those on."

"Sir?" One of them questioned as they took the shirts.

"Look, if this thing goes south, there can be nothing tying us to Starfleet. Unless of course you want to start a war, Mr. Hendorff."

"No, sir." Both the security officers replied.

"Good. Me, neither." Jim nodded.

A/N:

Hey guys here's chapter four! I hope you all liked it, I don't have much to say expect: Things are about to go down! I think I have a good twist up my sleeve that no one will expect. Also after Khan is captured you will get to see into the relationship he has with Sadie, and let me tell you no one is going to be happy.

Alright love you all!

Savannah