"Lieutenant Nyota Uhura!" called Kerra, "Please come on up." The lieutenant walked slowly to the stage and mounted the wooden steps. As she faced them, Kirk could tell there were unshed tears in her eyes. Uhura would not give the Capitol the satisfaction of seeing her cry. Kirk's heart felt like it would crack from emotion. Pride for Uhura's refusal to let them win, sadness for the fact she was chosen, helplessness at the fact he couldn't do anything to stop it.
"Now for the boy tribute," Ms. Tynan crowed.
"Mr. Spock!" Kirk couldn't think; he could only see one of his best friends stepping up beside the escort to die.
Mr. Spock's calm brown eyes met Kirk's for a moment, showing no fear, before he turned to shake Lieutenant Uhura's hand.
After Kerra finished reading a long document about the Treaty of Reason, she said, "Because this is unprecedented for the Capitol, we don't have mentors. Who will volunteer to guide them?"
Before he knew what he was doing, Kirk ran out to the stage.
"I will," he said, panicked as if someone would try to take his place. It's the least I can do, Kirk thought. He had gotten them all into this mess.
"I'll be the second mentor," said the low voice of Dr. McCoy. In his haste, Captain Kirk hadn't noticed the CMO climb up beside him.
"Excellent! Your names?" Kerra inquired.
"My name is Captain Kirk. This is my chief medical officer, Dr. Leonard McCoy."
"Excellent."
I was going to leave this until the next chapter but I thought about it and I realized I'd feel like jumping up and down and screaming 'Grrrr!' for a bit if someone did this to me, so for those of you who noticed that it was possible to go on with the chapter button, kudos (Karidian , sorry, that wasn't funny) and enjoy.