Author's Note: I do not own Star Trek or anything affiliated with Star Trek. In this chapter my character will be a little more emotional than before because she is at the end of her rope. Also unless I specify it the story will always be in the POV of Angelica, my main character.
Chapter 4
"I hate the cold...this is ridiculous" I said climbing out of the hole in the ice that Kirk and I made when we were sent to the planet's surface.
"You are really emotional today" Kirk said climbing up after me.
"Yeah...my new Captain is pissing me off, and my father died. I am entitled to an off day. I am a doctor not a social worker, I don't need this" I said trying to cover as much of my body as possible with the coat that I was given; which was difficult in a short skirt.
"You know we are probably the only people on this planet...so don't cover up just for me" Kirk said smirking at my exposed legs.
"If you talking like that then I will be the only one on this planet" I said traipsing through the snow.
"I got it...don't hit on you" Kirk said; snow crunching underneath his feet with every heavy step he took."How are you not freezing," he asked when we had walked for awhile.
"I grew up in Canada before moving to San Francisco to go to the Academy. It was almost as cold there in winter as it is on this planet" I said; when suddenly I heard something move in the snow. Kirk was not moving though; he was too busy trying to figure out what it was. Then the creature came into view through the snow storm. It like a yeti but it had beak like mouth that was filled razor sharp fangs.
"Kirk, I don't think it just wants to say hello and exchange pleasantries" I said dragging him into sprinting away from the creature with me. I really do not want to die by being eaten by this creature. Kirk tripped and fell so I had to try to help him up before the creature closed in on us. Kirk got up, and we managed to keep running from the creature. Then a creature a hundred times bigger than the last one broke through the ice and killed the other creature. This new creature looked almost like a lobster because it was so red; except the creature wasn't cooked and if we didn't keep running we would be. It roared at Kirk and its mouth opened to look like a starfish; if starfish had thousands of teeth.
"We need to keep running" I said stating the obvious. The ground suddenly fell out from under us and we started to roll down an ice slope. We kept rolling and rolling, I didn't think that we would ever stop. Once we were at the bottom I could see that the creature was coming down after us.
"Kirk, watch out!" I yelled as the creature wrapped its tongue around Kirk's leg and hoisted him up to try and ingest him.
"Well help me!" Kirk shouted trying to break free from the creature's grip.
"Like what Kirk hit it with a piece of ice!" I yelled back desperately trying to something to save Kirk. Then a figure in thick white robes came out of the darkness of the cave with a torch. The creature was scared of the light and quickly fled the cave; dropping Kirk to the ground.
"James T. Kirk" the person said. Kirk looked confused and so was I.
"Excuse me?" Kirk said still confused.
"How did you find me?" the Vulcan asked...wait Vulcan?
"It can't be..." I said taking in the Vulcan's appearance. Same eyes, same hair but greying, same monotone voice...but that would be impossible.
"Who are you? How do you know my name?" Kirk asked still confused; I rolled my eyes at him.
"You're..." I started to say.
"I am Spock" the Vulcan said, and Kirk looked at him in disbelief.
"Bullshit" Kirk said; I smacked my forehead at how stupid he was being. Nero came from the future and now Kirk was being a sceptic, just great!
"Well, I believe you. I should probably tell you that your existence might end when I kill your younger self; just to warn you" I said in a flat tone.
"The first time that we met in my time you took the opportunity to point out that I misjudged humans, even though you are only half. I was always impressed and annoyed with you, but I must request that you do not kill my younger self" the older Spock said as we all sat near a fire.
"Fine just because it would kill you too" I said with a sigh.
"I could show you how I got here" the older Spock said to Kirk, who consented to the mind meld. After Kirk was finished the older Spock turned to me.
"Oh, no way. No matter how much you try you will not get me to let you enter my mind" I said stubbornly.
"You are very emotional...were your parents on Vulcan?" the older Spock inquired.
"Just my father; I rescued my mother but it was too late for him" I said holding back a tear that threatening to spill out.
"Then it is important for me to show you the course of events that are responsible for your hardships" he said placing a finger on my cheek, one on temple and so forth. I nodded and he connected his memories to mine. I saw everything. The Jellyfish, the red matter, Nero going through the black hole created when Romulan Empire's home planet and the older Spock left on this ice planet to watch Vulcan be destroyed. The older Spock broke the connection, and I immediately felt apologetic for wanting to kill the younger Spock.
"I am sorry; it seems that you and I have more in common than I want to admit..." I said bowing my head.
"Keep your mind open Doctor and you will find that we have much more in common" the older Spock said mysteriously. Between him and my mother I will never figure anything out.
"Do I tell you ever thing eventually?" I asked him, curious as to whether he knew everything.
"Yes, in time" he said and I nodded.
"We must get back to the Enterprise before Earth too is destroyed" I said heading for the entrance to the cave.
"There is a nearby Star Base that we can go to" the older Spock said.
It was not as easy as it seemed since we had to walk for quite some time before we reached the Star Base that the older Spock led us to. It was covered in snow and ice was caked on everything. It did not look promising to say the least.
"This door is certainly sturdy" I commented as Kirk, the older Spock, and I moved the heavy metal door open. The air rushed into the passage creating a vacuum effect. Once everyone was inside; Kirk and I closed the door back up again.
"Hopefully the old adage of 'appearances can be deceiving' applies here" I said raising an eyebrow at the state of the deserted passageways.
"She's back to being her old cold self!" Kirk said grabbing me into a hug.
"Would you please let me go" I said mortified at being touched by Kirk of all people. The older Spock seemed to find this amusing.
"Fine..." Kirk said backing away with his hands up in surrender.
"Could we get back to the task at hand, Kirk? By the way...never touch me again" I said in a deadpan voice; following the older Spock down the passage.
"That is one thing that will remain constant. Jim always trying to acquire what he cannot have" the older Spock said.
"And he never will get it either" I said looking at Kirk with a disapproving glare. A short, green alien appeared in front of us.
"Come this way" it said, but I wished that I didn't have to because the alien was creepy beyond belief.
"Oh, good you're here! You have the food right? They said that they'd send food" a man with a thick Scottish accent said when we approached.
"He obviously was expecting someone else" I whispered to Kirk.
"You are Montgomery Scott?...You are, in fact, the Mr. Scott who postulated the theory of transwarp beaming?" the older Spock said calmly.
"That's what I'm talking about! How do you think I wound up here? Had a little debate with my instructor on relativistic physics and how it pertains to subspace travel. He seemed to think that the range of transporting something like a grapefruit was limited to about one hundred miles. I told him that I could not only beam a grapefruit from one planet to the adjacent planet in the same system—which is easy, by the way...I could do it with a life form. So, I tested it out on Admiral Archer's prized beagle" Mr. Scott told us.
"What happened?" Kirk asked, clearly curious as to the outcome of the experiment.
"I don't know, I tell you when it reappears...I do feel guilty about that" Mr. Scott said looking uncomfortable.
"You do discover the correct formula for transwarp beaming" the older Spock said.
"I do? Does that mean you have the formula?" Mr. Scott questioned; while we all moved to where his transporter pads were.
"I do" the older Spock said in a shortly.
"Of course, the moving object is space!" I gushed, and then Kirk & Mr. Scott looked at me strangely. The older Spock was not surprised.
"I thought you were a doctor?" Kirk questioned.
"Yes, but my mother was an engineer" I told him, then thinking about how my mother would be feeling when she found out that I was abandoned here. Mr. Scott moved quickly and had the transporter set up in no time.
"I have to get Spock to abandon his post" Kirk said, well more like asked the older Spock.
"You must provoke him to the point where he loses control of his emotions. He will follow protocol and resign his post being emotionally compromised" the older Spock told him.
"There is only two transporter pads...I guess you are sharing with me" Kirk said with a mischievous smile.
"Fine," I said stepping on the same transporter pad with Kirk, reluctantly I had to hang onto him.
"In that alternate universe did I know my dad?" Kirk asked quickly before we left.
"He saw you become captain of the Enterprise and was one of your most respected role models. Good luck, Jim. The fate of an entire planet depends on you. Live long and prosper" the older Spock said as we were transported back onto the Enterprise.
Thankfully Kirk and I arrived on one of the engineering decks on the Enterprise easily.
"Are you sure that you wanted to let go" Kirk said when I stepped away from him.
"I am more sure of that than anything else in the entire universe" I said in disgust.
"Mr. Scott!" Kirk called out when he noticed that he was not there. We heard a muffled shout coming from the water tank and we ran over to check the tank. I took off the layers I had on from the planet as Kirk tried to find Mr. Scott.
"Are you in there?" Kirk asked, then Mr. Scott suddenly shot out of the tank and started racing through the pipes.
"The release valve..." I yelled; racing to get the controls to get Mr. Scott out of the water system before he drowned. Kirk followed Mr. Scott's path through the pipes as a tried to get the release to open. The latch opened just in time for Mr. Scott to come whooshing out, and he started blowing out water.
"Are you alright?" I asked going into doctor-mode...checking his vitals.
"Mr. Scott, are you alright?" Kirk asked louder than I had.
"I wee bit wet, but other than that" Mr. Scott said standing up with the help of Kirk.
"Let's go, we need to get to the bridge" I said climbing up the stairs with Kirk and Mr. Scott following closely behind.
"Not that way..." Kirk said as we blocked by security personnel on one side.
"This way cupcake," a security guard said, and he seemed to have met Kirk before.
"Take it easy" Kirk said stepping forward a little bit more.
"Well...at least we will be on the bridge" I said as the security guards led us to the bridge; leading us to our doom...but worse than that...our Captain....Spock.