Please welcome a character we have not seen in many years. (Read below!)
Chapter 2:
A Interesting Meeting
As Kirk entered the main hall of Starfleet Headquarters, he heard his named called, "Captain Kirk, please report to the Admiral's office." Kirk found his way to Smillie's office and the Lt. at the desk looked up at him, "Captain Kirk, the admiral is expecting." Jim nodded and entered the room.
"Captain James Tiberius Kirk, reporting as ordered, sir.: Smillie walked toward James T Kirk and extended his hand. "Welcome home, Captain Kirk. The Federation and the Klingon Empire owe you a debt of gratitude." "Thank you, sir. I'll pass that along to the Enterprise crew." Jim looked at the figure with its back toward him. "Who is this?" The figure turned around and faced Kirk. "Mon Capitaine." "French." The figure smiled, "I am Q!"
"Q?!" Jim Kirk was confused, to be sure. "You may call me Q, as I am a part of the Q Continuum. I am a being of immense power and I see the past, present and future."
"And why are you here?" Kirk asked. "Let me get straight to the point, James. I am from the future. What I mean by that is that the Federation doesn't know of my existence for another 80 years. I've traveled back into your time to help you stop a catastrophe, which will be imminent very soon." "What catastrophe?" "A massacre, to be exact." The second voice was Prime Spock. "And logically, you, Captain, would be the ideal candidate."
"Wait a minute, I thought you made a vow not to alter our future with your insight." Jim had his hand in front, palms out. Prime Spock assured him, "Indeed, I did do so; however, I will not be joining you on this mission." Spock and Q spoke to Captain Kirk at length about what would transpire in 2346 and beyond. Kirk finally got the admiral's attention. "Sir, if you want me to go on this mission, you must allow me to return to my ship and use my crew." "Granted." Q said, "Well, I believe I've overstayed my welcome, Admiral. James, I'll see you on the Bridge." With that, a flash appeared and Q disappeared. "Can we trust this creature?" Smillie asked, and Kirk agreed. Spock answered, "A future captain of the Enterprise never did, entirely; but in this instance, everything he said was accurate."
"Captain Kirk, you are ordered to report to the sun of the Vulcan system of planets and calculate a time warp forward to 2346. You are allowed to use any and all means to stop this event from happening. The alliance with the Klingon Empire is a lot more stable than it is now, because it was of a different time, similar to the one Ambassador Spock remembers." Spock nodded in agreement, "Indeed, the admiral is correct." "Permission to proceed, sir." "You're dismissed, Captain. Good luck." Spock lifted his hand in salute, "Live long and prosper."