Author's Note/Disclaimer: I regret to inform you that this is the end. Having posted a poll for people to take to see if the story was worth continuing, and having only one reply of NO; I have decided to end the story here. So, here it is, as it stands. Disclaimer-I do not own Star Trek or anything affiliated with it.
Beyond the Stars-Chapter 5 (Finale)
Now we were on the turbo-lift headed to the bridge, where a most likely angry Vulcan awaited us. The bridge was filled with the usual hustle and bustle, but it was not as welcoming as it had once been. Especially since Sarah's face was quite grave, and usually she is the one that no one can bring down. I just hope that Kirk can get Spock to be emotionally compromised without harming himself...wait why do I care about him, right I don't!
"Who are you?" Spock asked Scotty, as Sarah did a small wave.
"I'm with them" Scotty said rather pointedly.
"He's with me," Kirk said.
"We're traveling at Warp-speed. How did you manage to beam aboard this ship?" Spock said. I felt it was better if I didn't say anything at all, and let Kirk field this one out.
"You're the genus, you figure it out" Kirk said.
"As acting Captain I order you to answer the question" Spock said, the tension growing on the bridge.
"Well I'm not telling acting Captain" Kirk answered in that haughty tone that always made me angry. "What? What, that doesn't frustrate you does it? My lack of cooperation, that doesn't make you angry?"
"Are you a member of Starfleet?" Spock asked Scotty.
"Um, yes...can I get a towel?" Scotty asked, making me chuckle under my breath despite myself.
"Under penalty of court-martial, I order you to explain to me how you able to beam aboard this ship while moving at Warp" Spock said, finding a way around Kirk's attempts.
"Well" Scotty started.
"Don't answer him" Kirk told him.
"You will answer me" Spock said, I could tell that he was slowly getting angry.
"I'd rather not take sides" Scotty said as if he was talking to two children that were fighting.
"You and me both," I whispered under my breath.
"What is it with you Spock? Hmm...Your planet was just destroyed, your mother murdered and you're not even upset?" Kirk said.
"If you are presuming that these experiences in anyway impede my ability to command this ship, you are mistaken" Spock said.
"And yet you are the one who said that fear was necessary for command. Did you see his ship? Did you see what he did?" Kirk said. Keeping going you almost have him!
"Yes, of course I did" Spock stated.
"Then are you afraid or aren't you?" Kirk said.
"I will not allow you to lecture me about the merits of emotion" Spock said, the emotionless mask slipping away.
"Then why don't you stop me?" Kirk asked.
"Step away from me Mr. Kirk" Spock said.
"What is it like not to feel anger, or heartbreak? Or the need to stop it nothing to avenge the death of the woman who gave birth to you" Kirk said.
"Back away from me..." Spock warned. This was it...
"If you feel nothing, it must not even compute for you. You never loved her" Kirk shouted. I gasped, as Spock yelled out enraged. He began to hit Kirk, knocking him across the bridge until he had Kirk against a console by the throat.
"Oh, God..." I whispered, but no one seemed to be making attempts to stop Spock choking the life from Kirk.
"Spock" his father commanded. Slowly Spock seemed to realize what he was doing and stopped.
"Please note that I am resigning my post because I have been emotionally compromised" Spock said walking away.
I went to help Kirk, begrudgingly. Sarah promptly came over and slapped Kirk across the face, and then smiled at him...he smiled back. What the hell is going on with those two?
"That's just great Jim, we have no Captain and no First Officer to replace him" McCoy said.
"Yah we do" Kirk said sitting in the Captain's chair.
"May I speak with you Angelica?" my mother said stepping towards the turbo-lift. I nodded and followed her.
"I know that you are confused," she said once we had reached an empty corridor.
"Why did I come to this time if I am always meant to be alone?" I asked, wiping off my eyes.
"In another time you did...you were with Commander Spock in the other time. Which made sense if you had not also become a different person in this alternative universe" mother said.
"The necklace broke because in another time I did have him as a soul-mate or whatever" I said.
"You still can because something else matters now..." she said.
"What is that?" I asked.
"The universe is broken, as the necklace is broken. I translated the markings on it the wrong way. It is not whose soul is the one who breaks the jewel but whose soul puts it back together" she said handing me the fractured necklace. The ship suddenly jolted, then was calm.
"Thank you mother" I said hugging her tightly.
"I have a feeling everything will be better when this nightmare is over" mother said, releasing me.
"Mother you keep it" I said handing her the necklace back. "Some things are better left unknown."
"Dr. Swan!" McCoy said walking down the tunnel to meet us. "Kirk, Spock, and Captain Pike are back. We escaped the black hole. I need you to help me remove the parasite from Pike."
"Parasite? What genus and species?" I asked a smile coming to my face.
"That is the spirit" McCoy said, somewhat sarcastically.
"I'll see you later" I said, following McCoy.
Back on Earth (Angelica's Mother's POV)
"Mrs. Swan" Spock Prime greeted me.
"Ambassador Spock" I said bowing my head in recognition.
"Much has changed" he said.
"Yes, both no longer have the same hearts, or minds" I said.
"Perhaps or perhaps not" he said.
"Dr. Swan..." the younger Spock greeted Angelica.
"Commander Spock" Angelica replied. They continued to talk, and I couldn't help but feel that maybe not that much had changed.
"Maybe perhaps, it might not have fully affected this union" Spock Prime said to me.
"Uhura, has left your younger self?" I asked gently.
"Yes, from what I gathered by their earlier altercation" he said.
"Excuse me, for a brief period" I said, walking over to my daughter and Spock.
"Forgive me Commander. I cannot keep this my daughter, it belongs with you" I said sliding the necklace into her hand.
Her eyes went wide as the necklace fused back together before turning from an Amethyst to a brilliant Sapphire. Both my daughter and Spock stared at the pendant in wonder.
"That was what I thought," I said to Spock Prime once I reached him.
Spock and my daughter held the pendant between them now, examining it.
"Fascinating," Spock, my daughter, and Spock Prime who was beside me muttered at the same time.
Fascinating indeed...
Angelica's POV
"I have read of such pendants, but it was always hypothesized that a necklace that could transport a person to their perfect match was legend" Commander Spock said.
"It is how I came to be here" I whispered, but I knew that he heard.
"Astounding, how was it that you managed to accomplish this?"Commander Spock asked his interests peaked.
"I cannot reveal that to anyone, Commander" I said stepping away.
"Wait, doctor" he said touching the wrist of the hand that held the pendant. I stood abashed at the sudden contact, not expecting it from a Vulcan because they were touch telepathic.
I could see everything: I small Vulcan child being taunted by his full Vulcan peers, Starfleet, what happened on the Narda...everything that had happened to him in his life. That could only mean that he could see everything that had happened in my life as well.
"Impossible" we both breathed out when he broke the contact. The Commander raised a single eye brow and I wondered why, that was until I could feel the heat on my face. The first time I blushed...kill me now.
"It is rare for Vulcans of any kind to be able to join minds by touch, is it not?" I asked fighting the heat that was on my face, willing it to cool down.
"No, my parents could also accomplish this" Spock whispered with an unfathomable expression.
"Commander, I..." I started to say.
"Dr. I believe it would be prudent to maintain a professional relationship..."
"I agree..."
"Angelica..."
"Commander, Ange hurry up, we have to leave" Sarah said, smacking Kirk's hands away from her. "Captain or no Captain he can't touch me!"
"What have I said about calling me Ange?" I called to her as she walked away. "We must go..."
"Yes, Dr. Swan" Spock said, and we started to walk towards the hanger.
"I was wondering, what were the specifications of the ship that you piloted that was commissioned by the Vulcan science academy in the future" I asked.
"We have five years on this mission in which to find an appropriate time to discuss it" he said.
"Of course...now you know everything about me and I know nothing about you" I said.
"Actually, I believe you are mistaken. You have amassed a thorough knowledge of my background" he said.
"I believe that firsthand experience is more beneficial" I said stepping into the shuttlecraft.
"Agreed," Spock said stepping in the craft after me...
Space the final frontier; these are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its five year mission, to explore the galaxy, and seek out new life.
To boldly go where no one has gone before...