Chapter Nine: Sneaking Into the Enterprise
The next day, I was with Admiral Marcus and he was setting up police men everywhere. I saw Spock and Jim run in and I got up.
"Admiral, sir, he's not on Earth," Jim said. Admiral Marcus stopped talking and everyone looked at Jim.
"He's on Kronos, sir. I request my command be reinstated and your permission to go after him," Jim said. Admiral Marcus looked at everyone.
"Give us a minute," Admiral Marcus said. Everyone started to leave and I followed Jim and Admiral Marcus.
"Kronos?"
"Yes sir."
"So Harrison's gone to the Klingon home world. Is he defecating?" Admiral Marcus asked.
"We're not sure, sir."
"He has taken refuge in the Ketha Province, a region uninhabited for decades," Spock commented.
"He's gotta be hiding there, sir! He knows if we even got near Klingon space, it'd be all-out war. Starfleet can't go after him, but I can. Please, sir," Jim said.
"All-out war with the Klingons is inevitable, Mr. Kirk. If you ask me, it's already begun. Since we first learned of their existence, the Klingon Empire has conquered and occupied two planets that we know of and fired on our ships half a dozen times. They are coming our way. London was not an archive. It was a top-secret branch of Starfleet designated Section 31. They were developing defense technology and training our officers to gather intelligence on the Klingons and any other potential enemy who means to do us harm," Admiral Marcus told us.
"Harrison was one of our top agents. We were assigned him to you Lydia. After you told us you were from the past, we wanted to make sure nothing happens to you so history doesn't change," Admiral Marcus told me. I stared at him in shock and surprise.
"Well, now he's a fugitive and I want to take him out," Jim said.
"Pike always said you were one of our best and brightest. You should have heard him defend you. He's the one who talked you into joining Starfleet, wasn't he?" Admiral Marcus asked Jim.
"Yes, sir," Jim said quietly.
"Did he ever tell you who talked him into joining?" Admiral Marcus asked. No one said anything.
"His death is on me. And yours and Lydia's can't be."
"Sir, please. All I…"
"Mr. Spock, you said the province where Harrison is hiding in uninhabited?"
"Affirmative, sir," Spock answered.
"As part of our defensive strategy, 31 developed a new photon torpedo. Long range and untraceable, it would be invisible to Klingon sensors," Admiral Marcus said showing them a hologram of the torpedo.
"I don't want you hurt, but I want you to take him out. You park on the edge of the Neutral Zone, you lock onto Harrison's position, you fire, you kill him and you haul ass," Admiral Marcus ordered.
"Permission to reinstate Mr. Spock as my First Officer," Jim requested.
"Granted."
They left and I looked at Admiral Marcus.
"I already called someone to get your things at your hotel. You will be relocated until this is all cleared," Admiral Marcus said.
"I understand," I said.
"Your vehicle is outside already. You will be safe until we come and get you," He told me.
"Thank you Admiral Marcus," I said before leaving.
I went outside and went to the vehicle. I got in and I looked at the driver.
"I need you to drop me off at the Starfleet shuttle ships," I said.
"I'm afraid I can't do that ma'm," He said.
"Listen here, you will take me to the Starfleet shuttle ship or I will get out of this car and go get a new one," I said.
"I'd like to see you try," He said. I saw that he locked the doors and I shrugged. I took off my jacket and started to hit against the glass.
"Hey! Stop that!" The guy said.
"I'm really sorry about this," I said before hitting him in the nose. I grabbed my backpack and continued to hit the window.
Once the window finally smashed opened. I got out and ran to the Starfleet shuttle ships. Once I finally got there, I walked in but a security guard stopped me.
"You're not allowed here kid," The guard said.
"Okay. Okay."
I walked back and saw a door opened. I walked in from there and ran off. I saw Jim and Bones walk to a ship and I got inside. I hid in the back and a worker looked at me.
"I'm the new, young worker here," I smiled.
"Another smart young genius. Great," She said rolling her eyes at me. I smirked and I buckled up.
"Shuttle crew, stand by for lift off," I heard. They flew off into space and we made it to the Enterprise.
I waited till everyone was off and I left last. I heard some yelling and I walked near the yelling. I saw Scotty yelling at a worker and I smiled. Where do I go? I thought to myself. I want to hide out until the shuttle ships left and I can go find Jim. I walked around until I saw Scotty leave. I stared at him confused and I went to the bridge.
"Lydia?" I heard. I turned around and saw Chekov there.
"Chekov?" I asked.
"Vhat are you doing zere?" He asked me.
"I snuck in," I told him.
"Vhy?"
"Reasons. What are you doing out of the bridge?" I asked.
"Keptain Kirk, asked me to be head of engineering," He told me.
"Oh. Well, congrats? I guess. I have to go talk to Jim, right now," I said.
"Oh. Okay. I vill see you soon," Chekov said.
"Yeah. Bye Chekov," I said.
"Bye Lydia."
I started to walk until I heard an announcement broadcasted.
"Attention, crew of the Enterprise. As most of you know, Christopher Pike, former captain of this ship and our friend, is dead. The man who killed him has fled our system and is hiding on the Klingon home world, somewhere he believes we are unwilling to go. We are on our way there now. Per Admiral Marcus, it is essential that our presence go undetected. Tensions between the Federation and the Klingon Empire have been high. Any provocation could lead to an all-out war… I will personally lead a landing party to an abandon city on the surface of Kronos where we will capture fugitive, John Harrison, and return him to Earth so he can face judgment for his actions. All right. Let's go get this son of a bitch. Kirk out."