Chapter Fifteen: Saving the Enterprise
We were transported in Khan's cell and I got up. I ran to the glass and started to hit on it. Scotty came over and hit the glass.
"Let us out of here now!" Scotty said.
"Get us out of here!" I yelled. I felt the ship get hit and I fell onto the floor. ]
Once we got out, Jim and Scotty helped Carol up and we started to go to the med bay.
"Crew of the Enterprise, prepare for imminent proximity detonation," I heard Spock announce.
"What's he talking about?" I asked Jim.
"What detonation?" Scotty asked.
"The torpedoes. He armed the damn torpedoes," Jim said.
"So, I'm dead now?" I asked Jim.
We made it to the med bay and I saw a lot of people injured.
"Bones!" I shouted.
"Nurse!" He called out.
"I got you. I got you," A nurse said coming to get Carol.
"Good to see you Jim. Lydia," I looked at Bones and smiled a bit.
"You helped Spock detonate those torpedoes?"Jim asked Bones.
"Damn right I did."
"He just killed Khan's crew."
"You just murdered me. Thanks a lot," I said.
"Spock's cold, but he's not that cold. I've got Khan's crew. No worries, sweetheart, you're still alive. So are seventy-two human popsicles safe and sound in their cryo tubes," Bones said, pointing at the frozen people. I included.
"Son of a bitch," Jim said in disbelief. The lights turned off making me jump in surprise.
I felt the ship lean and I held onto Jim. Jim held me in a tight grip and I looked at Scotty.
"Scotty, can we stop this?" I asked.
"Yeah. Come on," Scotty told Jim and I.
We all ran to the engineering room and we were careful on getting there.
"One day I've been off this ship! One bloody day!" Scotty yelled through the noise.
"We get it. We're cursed without you," I said to him.
The ship jolted making us fall.
"Lydia! Hold on!" I grabbed the edge and felt the ship tilt more. We all slid down a bit but we managed to grab something else. I watched as more people fall and I stared in shock. The ship tilted back and Jim grabbed my hand.
"Jim!"
"We gotta get the power back on!"
We ran to the engineering room and I felt the ship tilt again. We ran on the walls and everything was a mess.
"We got to jump," Jim yelled at us.
"What?" Scotty asked.
"Jump! Jump!"
I saw a hole and we jumped over. We kept running and we made it to the room. We climbed up to the stairs and we ran. The ship started to tilt again and I got on the other side. I saw something big fall down and I scooted down a bit. I screamed as it hit the railing, making Jim and Scotty dangle from the side.
"Jim! Scotty!" I yelled.
"Hold on!" Jim said.
"I can't!" Scotty slipped but Jim caught him on time. I climbed back gently and went to the railing. I grabbed Jim's arm and tried to pull him back. I felt someone behind me and grab Jim as well.
"I've got you, keptain!" I heard Chekov yell.
"Chekov," Jim sighed in relief.
"Don't let go," Scotty yelled.
Chekov and I held onto them as long as we can until the ship tilted back. Once it did, we pulled them back up from the railing and we started to run again.
"Even if we get the warp core online, we've still got to redirect the power!" Scotty said.
"He's right, keptain!" Chekov said.
"What are you talking about?" Jim asked. I was holding Chekov's hand and we were panting from running.
"Someone has to hit the manual override. Laddie, there's a switch-," Scotty said.
"Zehind the devlector dish! I'll vllip the switch!"
"Let's go!" Jim yelled.
"Good luck, Chekov!" I said before kissing his cheek. I ran off with Jim and Scotty and I could feel the ship tilt again. We ran to the room and there were people in here. I saw the shuttles fall and I gasped in shock.
"Come on," Jim held my hand and we ran to the room.
"Oh, no,no,no,no!" Scotty said.
"What?" Jim asked.
"The housings are misaligned! There's no way we can redirect the power! The ship's dead, sir. She's gone!"
"No, she's not," Jim said.
"Wait, Jim!" Jim ran off to the thing and we followed him.
"If we go in there, we'll die!" Scotty yelled. Jim ignored him.
"Do you hear me? The radiation will kill us! Will you listen to me? What the hell are you doing?" Scotty asked.
"I'm opening the door. I'm going in," Jim said before opening the door.
"That door is there to stop us from getting irradiated! We'd be dead before we made the climb," Scotty said. I hard Jim mutter something before punching Scotty in the face.
"Jim! What are you doing?" I asked him. Jim dragged Scotty to a chair and put him in and buckled him up. He pulled me to a chair and it buckled me up as well.
"Jim! Please don't leave me!" I yelled.
"I'm sorry, Lydia," Jim said before kissing my sweaty head. He ran off and I watched him leave.
"No!" I screamed.
I tried to get off of the chair but I sadly didn't know how to unbuckle it. I struggled to get out of it but no use. I felt the ship steady all of a sudden and I felt tears fall from my eyes.