Location: Sol System, Earth, San Francisco.
Starfleet Command Headquarters.
Time: 1200 Hours. 26th Century.
Although it could be considered a serious breach of operational procedures, Lieutenant Commander Julia Monroe, Acting Captain of the Federation Timeship Newton and her crew had recruited Captain James Tiberius Kirk from thee centuries earlier and transported him into what to him would be the far future. However he could not image would he would face as he materialised one block away from the centre of Starfleet Command, quickly looking at is surroundings his jaw almost dropped as he walked out of the secluded alleyway he materialised in and for the first time the full extent of what the United Federation of Planets would become in the distant future. A large building stood before him, so tall it was obscured by the clouds high above, as the sunlight hit the tall majestic building before him and reflected with a beautiful rainbow like effect that beamed down onto the large entrance to the vast complex with a majestic glow mirrored in the large lake echoing the famous 'Enterprise Delta' logo adapted by Starfleet, the lake appeared almost painstakingly placed to reflect the mid-day sun. Nodding slightly too himself he walked towards the large complex taking in the sheer beauty of the large structure before him, for a brief moment he stopped at the entrance and took a deep breath before he entered.
Holographic displays lined the walls and ceiling of entrance detailing the history of Starfleet from it's creation to the present day, slowly nodding to officers and visitors before him he followed the instructions given too him by Lieutenant Commander Monroe as the holographic display was projected four feet before him, with a detailed map of the layout of Starfleet Command. For a moment, Kirk stopped as from the corner of his eye a large holographic statue caught his attention as Monroe's voice called out through the earpiece he was wearing deep inside his left ear.
"What is it Jim?"
"Nothing" He said as he coughed.
"I see, keep with the mission Jim. You already know more then you should about the future"
Slowly, he walked towards the large Holographic statue and smiled slightly as he read the nameplate quietly too himself.
"Kirk. Captain James Tiberius. Commanding Officer Starships U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 And U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-A. Considered by many to be the definitive starship Commander and the archetype for generations to come"
"Jim, what are you doing? Stay on the mission" She ordered.
"I was just curious, that's all"
"Alright, move! Take the turbolift on the left up to the top level, section five. Move it Kirk!" She ordered once more.
Running his left hand through his short black hair, he followed the instructions given too him as he entered the turbolift and called out his destination as instructed.
"Monroe, what is the 1701-A?"
"Don't worry about that Kirk. You already know far too much as it is, remember the…"
"Temporal Prime Directive, I know. How long before Anders arrives?"
"From what he said, you have fifteen minutes. Remember what I told you, try too avoid anyone from this timeframe, someone could still identify you… even through your disguise. I told you a beard would have been more effective in hiding your features"
"Monroe, you have to trust me now" He smiled.
As the turbolift doors opened, he exited and looked at his surroundings as his own personal display illuminated with a map and direction of travel which he followed, turning one more corner a voice called out from behind him stopping him in his tracks.
"Excuse me, this is a restricted area. Who are you?"
Slowly Kirk turned around as he came face to face with an alien species he had never seen before wearing a similar Starfleet uniform to his own.
"I am Jim K… Pike, Lieutenant Commander James Pike…"
"Well Commander Pike, as I said, this is a restricted area. I'm going to have to see you identification sir"
"Take it easy Kirk, right breast pocket"
Nodding slightly to the alien, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a small Datachip. As he handed it too the alien, he placed it into a computer padd in his left hand. For a moment, Kirk stood ready to fight the unusual alien before him until the alien nodded slightly and handed him back his identification and replied with respect.
"Forgive me sir, I had no idea you where here. You did not report in?"
"Umm… no, busy day. It must have slipped my mind" He replied quickly.
"I understand sir, next time. I will have too escort you off this level if you fail to report in"
"Understood Lieutenant?"
"Ares sir, would you like too inspect the new facility?"
"Not now Mister Ares. I have some work to catch up on" He smiled.
"As you wish sir. Have a good day"
Smiling, Kirk turned and continued on his way as Monroe laughed through the earpiece.
"You could have warned me"
"I thought it was funny as hell Jim"
"Ha-ha. What was on that Datachip?"
"Identification of an officer due to take over the research project. He won't report in for another three weeks, I placed your ID in his place. Keep moving Jim; enter the office on your far left"
"Yes… Commander. Why do I feel like a puppet?"
"Ha-ha! Very funny Pinocchio"
Smiling too himself, he entered the office and looked around. It was a large office, almost as large as the bridge on his ship, with large windows that echoed with the elegant curve of the building. Smiling too himself he walked too the window and looked down at the vast city below. From his current altitude, the city appeared almost identical to one he knew as the ancient Golden Gate Bridge spanned the bay before him. Clouds hung motionless around the building below himas he smiled at the beauty before him.
"This is amazing"
"It's the tallest building the face of the planet Kirk. An engineering marvel of its time, if you stand the 1701 end to end, it will take six of your ships and still be fifteen feet taller. Just be careful though, the windows are not as safe as they look, that office has been vacant for years"
"I can tell, it smells a little in here. I guess the cleaning crews don't like being here much"
"Something like that. Now go to the desk, top drawer… you'll find a little grey box. Open it"
"Yes Geppetto!"
As he opened the desk, he pulled out the small grey metallic box and opened it. A small Datachip was inside, following the instructions given too him. As he placed the Datachip into the computer console before him, a holographic display sprang to life from the desk before him, smiling slightly he examined the display as Monroe continued with her instructions.
"Alright Kirk now listen up, this is important. The display you see before you is a representation of fleet movements in your current timeframe. Do you see the red markers?"
"Yes… the Ventra fleet?"
"Yes… study it. Anders told me he was after that file to help him with his… little mission. Now touch the flashing green button and follow my instructions carefully"
"What am I doing?"
"Reprogramming the map… if you fail in your assignment, Anders will be given false information on the Ventra fleet movements"
"If I fail? How did you know this was here?"
"Six months ago… my time. Anders had to hide this information from an incursion into the timeline by a man named Vosk. Starfleet Command in this timeframe was the most secured facility of its time, his species would not have thought to look their" She replied with a stern voice.
"I see" He smiled. "All done. Deactivating the screen and placing the data back where it was"
"Good. All right Kirk, now comes the hard part. Follow the map on your display… Anders should be arriving within minutes"
"Yes Geppetto!" He smiled once more.
After reprogramming the computer with the false information, he took one more look at his surroundings before leaving the office for the location given too him. As he followed the map, he remained silent until he reached the end of the hallway and small storage closet. Standing ready with the weapon given too him by Monroe, he stood watching the storage closet half hiding behind a corner as the sound of a transporter beaming someone in could be heard. Taking a deep breath, he stood ready as the closet door opened as a horribly scared human male exited with a dangerous look on his face.
Quickly, Kirk stepped around the corner and pushed his weapon into the back of the man before him as he whispered.
"Drop your weapon Anders…"
Slowly, with a slight smile on his face, Anders turned to face him as he spoke.
"I've been expecting you Kirk!"
"Yeah, here I am. Drop your weapon…"
"Or what, You'll kill me?" He laughed. "You don't have it in you to do that"
"Care to take a bet on that? Monroe… I've got him, stand by to…"
Anders' reflexes where like lightening as he tore the weapon from Kirk's hand and punched him in his face hard, smiling slightly as blood flowed from the many cuts on his face. Falling too the floor, Kirk looked up at Anders as he aimed the weapon at him and smiled.
"Set to kill, I see you where telling the truth. A bit of a stretch for you Kirk… but then, no one will ever find out"
Smiling darkly, he squeezed the handle on the weapon, for a brief moment, Kirk held his breath as the weapon hummed and shut down. Smiling slightly, Kirk swept Anders' legs from under him and back flipped to a standing position before his opponent had hit the floor; quickly Kirk grabbed the weapon and laughed as he spoke.
"Whoops, you should know better then that Anders. Thank you Mister Kern!"
Slowly, Anders stood with a dark and twisted smile on his face as Kirk spoke once more.
"Under the authorisation of Starfleet Temporal Service, The Timeship Newton and those you've killed onboard my ship. Anders, you're under arrest. Monroe… lock on him"
"Got him Kirk, nice work!"
"Nice move Jimmy-Boy!" He laughed.
In an instant, Anders once again wiped the weapon from his hand as he spun on his heals and kicked the Captain in the jaw. As Kirk staggered back, Anders ran down the hallway as Kirk picked up his weapon once more and sighed.
"Monroe, he wants to do it the hard way. Keep that transport lock on me, I've got an idea"
"Ohh I hope your joking Kirk, don't do it!" She yelled.
"Sorry Julia… at my command, not a moment sooner!"
Breaking into a full sprint Kirk followed his target through the building until he reached the office he had left earlier, stopping inside the door; he sealed the exit and stood with his weapon ready.
"Having fun Anders?"
"I've only just begun Kirk!"
"I know. Do you have any… idea… what you are about to do?" He said slowly.
"I am about to create the greatest empire ever seen!"
"Wrong, you're about to destroy the Federation, Earth will be next. You're Ventra allies will kill you and destroy Earth. The Federation will fall and the galaxy will burn under their oppressive rule, I have SEEN it Anders!"
"Good Kirk, keep him talking" Said Monroe.
"Surrender now Anders, Monroe can help you. They have the cure for the virus…"
"Cure? You miss understand Kirk, I expect nothing less from a person of your limited intellect"
Slowly, Kirk closed the distance between them as Anders opened the drawer before him and slowly pulled out the box, while keeping his eyes on Kirk the whole time.
"I have never felt this good Kirk"
"Wrong Anders, you sick… you're dying. What was it Monroe called it, Temporal Poisoning… your last mission; the explosions caused a surge of temporal radiation that flooded your body. You've been poisoned; Kern is already back here attempting to stop the explosions before…"
"Nice try Kirk!" Anders smiled.
"What about your daughter, Sara? If you go ahead with this… both her and your granddaughter will not exist"
Slowly, Anders lowered the box as Kirk stepped around the desk and stood face to face with the horribly scarred man before him, for the briefest moment, it appeared as if Kirk was getting through to Anders.
"Sara?"
"Yes, and Amanda… are you going to deprive them both of a life? I hear that Sara is about to take her final exams and become a Doctor…"
"I…" Slowly, Anders smiled darkly as he looked at Kirk. "… Very good Kirk, you almost had me!"
"Worth a try! He laughed.
In an instant, Kirk leapt towards Anders and fired his weapon at the window behind him. As the window shattered from the energy blast, Kirk kicked Anders in his chest hard sending him flying through the open window and falling towards the ground below.
"Monroe, stand by…"
Breaking into a full sprint, Kirk leapt out of the window and dove towards the ground far below. Streamlining his body the freezing air whipped past him, almost taking his breath as he closed the distance between himself and the falling Anders. From the holographic display projected from the contact lenses on his eyes, a speedometer tracked his speed and distance to the hard unforgiving ground below.
"One Thousand Meters to ground!" He yelled.
Reaching out, he grabbed the left ankle of Anders as he yelled out his command.
"Five hundred meters. Monroe, now would be a good time!"
From the ground below, Trained Starfleet officer looked up in terror as they saw the two men falling almost out of control as they swiftly approached the ground. Mere meters from the ground they both disappeared in a transporter haze.
Back onboard the Newton, the Temporal transporter activated as Kirk and Anders slammed into the transporter padd hard, catching his breath Kirk stood and laughed as Monroe, Kern and several security officer stood over Anders with weapons aimed at him.
"Kirk, your damned crazy!" Monroe yelled. "Nice work!"
"Damn that was fun… but Cold!" He laughed.
Forcing the former Captain too his feet, Kern nodded and smiled slightly at Kirk as he led his former Captain to the holding cells that was also occupied by his older self.
"So, Monroe… what now?"
"Well, history is beginning to heal itself. The Ventra vessel has disappeared from history, since Anders never appeared in their timeline. The Ventra Fleet bound for earth was defeated and turned back as it was supposed to be"
"What about my ship?" He said with concern.
"See for yourself Jim" She smiled.
Quickly he walked towards the sensor display and smiled as on the long-range sensors, the Enterprise was detected heading towards its original destination at mid-warp.
"So everything is fine? What about me?"
"Well, we're about to make the jump home. We'll take Anders… both of them back too command for trail. You'll be sent back home, as if nothing ever happened. But Captain remember the Temporal Prime Directive, under no circumstances must you speak of what has happened… to anyone for the rest of your life. Do you understand me?"
"Of course, thanks for the look ahead. It's good to see that Starfleet is still operating in your time"
"It was our pleasure Captain Kirk. We all agree sir; it has been an honour working with you. S'Var, set time jump for home. Spatial Co-ordinates… Earth… I expect that our future is awaiting us"
"Yes Ma'am!" He called out with a smile.
After returning too Earth in the 29th Century, a full mission report was delivered to Starfleet Command by both Lieutenant Commander Julia Monroe and the living legend Captain James T. Kirk. For two days Kirk remained in the 29th Century giving his detailed report to the star-struck Admiralty until it was finally time for him to be sent back too his original time-line. Stood on the bridge of the Timeship Newton, Kirk looked around once more as each of the crew he had worked with shook his hand before Monroe finally walked towards him with a large smile on her face and a new rank pip on her tunic.
"Well, Commander. Congratulations on your promotion… or should I say Acting Captain?"
"What about Julia?"
"Julia… you have a great ship, and an equally impressive crew. Take care of each other" He said with a slight smile.
"We will… I would say take care of yourself Jim. However, every one of us here knows how that will work out. You once asked me if their was anything I could tell you about your future…"
Smiling she kissed him once more, after a long passionate kiss Kirk stepped onto the transport platform as she continued her sentence with a large smile.
"… Call Carol… She has something to tell you"
"Carol? Carol Marcus?"
"Good-bye Jim"
He disappeared in a haze of transporter energy as Monroe looked around the bridge once more and smiled to each of her crew.
"Well, on to the next!" She called out.
He awoke in his quarters with a slight headache; quickly he looked around disorientated until his memories had begun to return quickly. Shock overcame him as he leapt out of his bed and ran towards his personal computer and called the bridge.
"Kirk to bridge, Kirk to bridge respond!" He cried out quickly.
"Spock here"
"Spock… umm. Never mind, what's our ETA?"
"ETA Starbase Twelve.. Eight hours, Forty-two minutes at current speed. Is their a problem Captain?"
"Umm… no. Ohh wait, how is Ensign Monroe?"
"Doctor McCoy has just informed me, she was involved in an accident in Engineering. How did you know?"
"Lucky guess… I'm going back to bed. Please inform me of the moment we reach the Starbase, Kirk out"
Slowly, the damaged Enterprise entered orbit around the tropical planet where Starbase Twelve was constructed deep inside Federation Space. After an exhausting week for himself on a mission he could never talk about he had granted two weeks shore leave for the crew and himself while repairs and minor upgrades where underway on his ship.
For almost three days he sat alone on the shoreline enjoying the cool breeze that blew off the vast ocean before him as he read through mission reports from across the fleet until his attention was distracted from the sound of footsteps on the sand walking towards him, sighing he picked up his cold drink and took a sip before he spoke aloud.
"Spock, this is not the time. Don't you ever rest?"
"No!" A voice called out.
Quickly, Kirk wiped his head around as his jaw dropped with shock at who was walking towards him dressed only in a two-piece pink bikini.
"What are you doing here?"
"Can't I drop by to see an old friend Jim?"
"I was enjoying the sun, even thinking of taking a swim…"
"We have a major problem Jim… We need your help again"
"Monroe, what the hell is going on?" He cried out.
Slowly, the Starfleet officer from the 29th Century knelt down beside him as she spoke.
"It's good to see you again Jim, it's been along time"
"It's only been a few days" He laughed.
"Not for me, it's been five years Kirk… A little back story first. The older Anders was charged with treason and attempting to destroy the timeline, he was found guilty and given the… appropriate punishment. His younger self you captured on Earth was discharged from Starfleet, he is currently being rehabilitated… he'll never return to Starfleet again. Three years ago I was promoted to Captain of the Newton…"
"Congratulations" He said with a slight smile.
"… Two days ago we picked up a major disturbance in the…"
"The force?" He laughed.
"Ha-Ha. No, the time space continuum. Before the older Anders was captured by us… he set aside a contingency plan…"
"What plan?" He sighed deeply.
"He hired someone to erase you from history…"
To Be Continued…
Star Trek: The Newton Incident
Too Fight For The Future
Comming Soon...