After the brief meeting in the engineering room, Mr. Scott headed over to the transporter room in an attempt to coax the Captain to go back to Sickbay. It was all part of Spock's plan. The three of them (Spock, Scotty, and McCoy) knew that Kirk would never go back to Sickbay without if they asked him too. The plan was to have Scotty contact Kirk from the transporter room telling to come down to look at something they beamed aboard the ship. Once the Captain was there, Scotty would try to convince the Kirk to go back to Sickbay. If he refuses, then Spock (who will be listening outside the transporter room door) will come in and knock Kirk out, then transfer Kirk on a stretcher. Neither Spock, Scotty, nor McCoy liked the idea of plotting against the Captain and personal friend like this, but it was for the sake of the ship, and his Kirk's own good.
"Mr. Scott to the bridge." Scotty said through the ship's communicator in the transporter room.
"What is it, Mr. Scott?" The Captain replied in an impatient tone.
"Sensors have picked up a strange object floating around near the ship. It's small and metallic, but that's about all we can gather. Shall I beam it aboard?"
"If you must. I'll be down there in a few minutes tot take a look."
"Small, strange and metallic. Is that all that damn engineer could give me? What's he playing at. I'll shove that 'small, strange, and metallic' thing down his throat if it turns out to be a piece of junk." Kirk thought, not even noticing at this point that his thoughts were dark and bitter.
Kirk entered the transporter room. As he did, Mr. Spock watched him from a corner from the other end of the hall. When Kirk went inside the transporter room, Spock went up to the door and listened, waiting for any signs of violence he would need to break up.
Kirk looked at the transporter. Nothing there.
"Mr. Scott, where's this 'strange object' you insisted on beaming aboard?"
"There is no strange object sir" Scotty replied. His eyes bore right in to the Captain's, unwavering as Kirk's murderous glare bore right back at Scotty.
" 'There is no object', you say." Kirk replied in a deadly whisper, "Now what would that make you, Mr. Scott? A liar?"
"Aye sir, it would."
"Would you mind telling me why, Mr. Scott?"
"Captain, I don't quite understand what's happening to you, but it's clear that you've become a danger to this ship and its four-hundred crew members. For your own safety sir, I suggest that you immediately head over to sickbay for treatment with Dr. McCoy."
"Did you just give me an order on my own ship, Mr. Scott?"
"Does this mean that you wont be going quietly sir?"
"I won't be going anywhere. The only one who's leaving is you and that mouth of yours Mr. Scott. I'm going to teach you a lesson, and everybody else on this ship better understand that things are going to start changing around here." Kirk lunged at Scotty before he could react. The Captain pinned him to the ground, slugging Scotty as hard as he could. Before Kirk could do anymore damage, Scotty managed to throw him off, right into Mr. Spock, who gave a slight squeeze to Kirk's neck, and with a thump, he collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
"You could have come in a bit sooner, Mr. Spock." Scotty said resentfully as Spock helped him up.
"My apologies, Mr. Scott. Will you still be able to take command of the ship?"
"Aye Spock. It'll take more than a few punches to keep me down."
Scotty turned to walk out the door.
"Mr. Scott" Spock said. Scotty turned around, "Not a word of this to anyone. If anyone asks, tell them that the Captain collapsed on his way to the transporter room, and that he needs to rest in Sickbay awhile."
There was a moment's pause before Scotty replied, "Understood Mr. Spock."
Scotty left for the bridge as Mr. Spock contacted McCoy waiting in the Sickbay. "Dr. McCoy, you are wanted in the transporter room."
"On my way Spock." McCoy replied.
Mr. Spock stood on the spot, wondering how he could save his friend from destroying himself. What Spock didn't notice was that the Captain was no longer unconscious. Without making a sound, Kirk lifted himself off the floor and slowly crept up behind Spock. With the strength of three men, Kirk put Spock in a one armed strangle, while pinning down Spock's left arm against his side.
"You were wrong about one thing, Mr. Spock. That Vulcan logic of your isn't so perfect after all. If it were, you wouldn't have turned your green blooded back on me!"
Spock, stronger then most men because of his Vulcan half, could barely loosen the Captain's grip. He only managed to gasp, "Jim, think about what you're doing."
"Oh, I know what I'm doing, Mr. Spock. I'm getting rid of you, something I should have done a long time ago."
"Jim, think how much trouble you'll be in if you kill me."
"You see, that's the great thing about being Captain, first officer Spock, it'll be all too easy to make your death look like an accident. No one will ever suspect a thing once I get rid of you, McCoy, and Scotty."
Mr. Spock could no longer keep Kirk's hand away from his neck.
"Where's your Vulcan strength now Mr. Spock? I was no match for you before, but now…well this is just pathetic, wouldn't you say?"
Spock could barely hear the Captain's words. He was blacking out, his body was beginning to slack. He was losing everything, his life, the Enterprise, his friend…he had let Jim down. He couldn't save him…
PsssssshhhhhhhhhhhA hissing noise filled the room. Mr. Spock fell to the floor with a thud, followed by another thud. Mr. Spock took deep breaths. The room began to swim back into focus. Spock looked up in time to see Dr. McCoy standing over him, slipping a needle back into his medical bag. Kirk once again lay unconscious on the ground next to Spock. There was a small rip in Kirk's shirt, and a small puncture hole where the Doctor had injected him with a sedative that knocked him out cold.
"Thought you could use a hand there, Mr. Spock." Said McCoy with a grin.
"Indeed, thank you Dr. McCoy. I had him unconscious earlier, but unfortunately I let my guard down and he attacked me from behind."
"I'd gathered that much." McCoy said, a little annoyed.
"I'm afraid the Captain's condition is more serious than we thought Dr. McCoy. Jim was aiming to kill me a moment ago. And just before you came in, he said he was going to kill you, Mr. Scott, and I so no one else will know what's happening to him. Also, his strength has greatly surpassed that of a normal human being."
"We'll have to put him under full constraints then, so he wont escape and kill us all then."
"How long will he be out for?"
"Only thirty minutes, we need to get him to Sickbay quickly."
McCoy stepped outside the transporter room a moment a wheeled in the stretcher he brought to transport Kirk.
"Are you okay now Spock?"
"I'm fine Doctor. Our main concern now is the Captain."
Together they lifted Kirk onto the stretcher and wheeled him to Sickbay.