And as always I don't own star trek ^_^
Episode 1-19 Tomorrow is Yesterday
Saya had thankfully been too curious to be fearful when the black star drug them in. however when they used all their warp power to get away the resulting turbulence had caused her to slam into the wall next to her seat. As the others came to Spock immediately checked the ship's systems and Kirk checked on the crewmen between him and Spock before asking how things were.
"Except for secondary systems, everything is out, sir. We're on impulse power only." Spock answered. Kirk asked about Auxiliaries and He replied "If is still with us, auxiliaries should be on momentarily." Spock moved closer to Saya's spot as he worked and noticed her still out on the floor. " , are you alright?" He asked as he gently tried to wake her. Saya groaned and rubbed her head a moment before blinking a few times.
Spock carefully helped her up and into her chair. She looked around slightly confused before smiling to Spock "Thank you, ." Spock nodded and went back to his stations as the lights came back on. Kirk requested all Damage control parties on all decks to check in. Saya teetered in her chair a few moments before steadying herself and trying to get up to get a repair kit and help.
"You need your head examined before you do anything else." Spock firmly told her as he continued to work. Saya tried to say something about being useful and Spock handed her one of the tool kits to hand out the tools requested but told her she had to stay sitting. Saya looked to see Kirk helping Uhura up. Casualty reports indicated only minor injuries and Saya started to wobble again.
Spock put a bracing hand on her quickly, told Uhura to call McCoy to the bridge and continued to do his job. Saya slowly moved to sit on the floor near Spock's feet and just tried to remain still and out of the way till someone could help her. Her head was pounding and she was quite dizzy and nauseous. Spock for his part stayed close enough to aid her and still do his tasks.
Uhura got the call in and picked up on some non starfleet frequencies. Saya was starting to fall over and Spock used a foot to help prop her up quickly as she heard something about the 1960's. As soon as they verified that, McCoy entered the bridge demanding who made him do a house call in all the chaos. One look at Spock he looked down and saw Saya looking dazed.
McCoy scanned her and said "She has a severe concussion. I need to get her to medical bay." Kirk sent one of the other officers on the bridge to help support Saya till McCoy could get her to sickbay. Spock watched for a moment before returning to the task. Saya tried to help but she was incapable of walking in a straight line.
"Do you remember what happened?" McCoy asked her.
After a fair few minutes she replied "got thrown… into… thing" Saya tried to answer. McCoy figured out that she had been thrown into the wall next to her seat and as soon as they got to sickbay McCoy helped her onto a table and the officer left. "Sorry." Saya said.
McCoy could tell she was apologizing for being a difficulty and gave her a loving chastising about being allowed to get hurt as long as she got better. He used a treatment tool to knock Saya unconscious and a short while later he brought her too. "Feeling better missy?"
Saya blinked a few times and smiled "Yes, thank you. Sorry for being such a bother."
McCoy patted her shoulder and told her that she couldn't have prevented it if she tried. He sent her back to the bridge with a smile and she was glad to be feeling better. As she walked back she ran into Kirk and another human. "Captain?" She asked.
"Captain John Christoper, this is . this is Captain Christopher. Spock will fill you in on the rest." Kirk told her not wanting to say too much in front of Christopher.
Saya gave her usual bright smile and said as they entered the turbolift "Nice to meet you. Don't worry, these people are really nice and will help no matter what your backstory is."
Christopher looked at Saya for a while as if puzzled before talking to Kirk. "Must have taken quite a lot to build a ship like this." Kirk answered that there were only 12 like it in the fleet. Christopher started to ask about the Navy but Kirk explained that they were from a combined service and that their authority was the United Earth Space Probe Agency.
Kirk explained slightly that they were from the future and a time warp placed them there accidentally. Christopher said "You seem to have a lot of them. However, I can't deny the fact that you're here. With this ship." Saya smiled and they stepped off the turbolift together as Christopher added "I never have believed in little green men." Saya almost laughed because Spock stepped up and said neither had he.
She vaguely remembered something about 1960's and guessed that was the time Christopher came from which meant cosmetic surgery was nonexistent. Christopher proceed to stare at Spock as Kirk said "Captain Christopher, this is my First Officer, Lieutenant Commander Spock." Spock nodded slightly saying 'Captain' in greeting to Christopher, and Kirk continued "Feel free to look around, Captain. Don't touch anything, but I think you'll find it interesting."
Saya took her seat and Uhura started explaining things to Christopher. Spock quietly spoke to Kirk. Saya tried not to listen but still overheard "We've achieved a stable orbit out of Earth's atmosphere. Our deflectors are operative, enough to prevent our being picked up again as a UFO. And wishes to speak to you about the engines."
Kirk asked what else was on his mind and Spock answered "We cannot return him to Earth, Captain. He already knows too much about us and is learning more. I do not specifically refer to Captain Christopher, but suppose an unscrupulous man were to gain certain knowledge of man's future? Such a man could manipulate key industries, stocks, and even nations. and in so doing, change what must be. And if it is changed, Captain, you and I and all that we know might not even exist."
Kirk told him that his logic could be most annoying before going to Christopher and commenting that his suit must be uncomfortable. He turned to Spock and suggested that Spock take Christopher to the quartermaster to issue him something more suitable then meet in Kirk's quarters. Saya got up to follow as usual and Christopher eyed her as they got on the turbolift.
She glanced at Spock before saying "I'm kinda like you. I got sorta sent to their time so I shadow here until i get the hang of life and can make it on my own. I can go to my quarters and wait if I make you uncomfortable."
Christopher told her she was fine before asking how she got sorta sent to the future. "Well not so much sent and held in stasis till they found me. The tech doesn't quite exist in your time yet but basically I was put in a pod and made so I wouldn't age again until someone woke me. The Enterprise found and woke me and I've been with them since."
Christopher asked a few questions about how she handled it and mostly other than a feeling stupid, she was happy. "I didn't have much to go back to honestly. My mom was about the only thing left in my life at that point so other than that regret I didn't really mind. Besides I like it here. The people are nice and i get to learn so much." Saya didn't add that she also had company that she liked.
Soon they were on their way to Kirk's quarters. At the door Spock informed the Captain they were there and they walked in. Spock stood and Saya stood behind him. Christopher took the chair on the opposite side of the desk from Kirk. Saya was slightly startled by the computer calling Kirk dear after he finished recording his log. "Computer, you will not address me in that manner. Compute." Kirk ordered.
The computer told him 'computed dear' and Kirk turned to Spock " , I ordered this computer and its interlinking systems repaired."
Spock looked to the side a moment and replied "I have investigated it, Captain. To correct the fault will require an overhaul of the entire computer system and a minimum of three weeks at a Starbase." Kirk told him that he wouldn't mind so much if it didn't get so affectionate and Spock added "It also has an unfortunate tendency to giggle." That one did make Saya snort.
Christopher laughed as well and said he took it that a lady computer was not routine. "We put in at Cygnet Fourteen for general repair and maintenance. Cygnet Fourteen is a planet dominated by women. They seemed to feel the ship's computer system lacked a personality. They gave it one. Female, of course." Spock explained.
Christopher said while laughing "Well, you people certainly have interesting problems. I'd love to stay around to see how your girlfriend works out, but" Kirk interrupted to tell him that they couldn't send him back. "Can't? Spock here told me that your transporter can beam down an object even from an orbit this high." Christopher said confused.
"It's not the transporter. It's you. You know what the future looks like. If anybody else finds out, they could change the course of it, destroy it." Kirk told him.
Christopher pointed out that his disappearance would change things too and Spock replied "I have run a computer check on all historical tapes. They show no record of any relevant contribution by John Christopher." Christopher got more frantic as they talked and eventually mentioned a wife and children.
Saya taped Spock's elbow as Kirk and Christopher talked. At his turn she stood on tiptoe to very quietly said into his ear "what about his kids. If you take him out of the timeline, his kids lives will change and future children won't exist." Saya went back to her previous position and Spock thought about the information. Scotty called up to the Captain and informed them that in 4 hours they would be repaired.
Scotty pointed out they had nowhere to go and Christopher said "Too bad, Captain. Maybe I can't go home, but neither can you. You're as much a prisoner in time as I am."
Saya said to herself with a rueful smile "maybe in 30-40 years I could see my mom again… not that I could actually tell her anything." Spock heard the comment and cataloged it with all the other information he retained about Saya. They headed back to the bridge where Spock looked up Captain Christopher's offspring. He then called to Kirk notifying him of new information that he needed to talk to both Captains about.
As they walked to Kirk's quarters again Spock asked "Do you still have concerns regarding your mother?"
Saya stopped suddenly and looked at her hands a moment before looking at the Vulcan who had stopped with her. "I regret the worry and pain I put her through but I can't do anything about it. It does weigh heavily on me because we were close but again I can't do anything about it so I just try not to worry about it much."
Saya paused and let out a rueful laugh "That and if I ever do get married and have a family it will be very hard to not be able to show my mother her grandkids and have her there for labor and delivery and the like." Saya wiped a tear at the edge of her eye softly saying "I always thought I would get to have her support for those things."
With a bright smile she pushed those thoughts away. "It's not like it will really matter anyways. I have slim to no chance of ever getting married and i'm old fashioned in the children out of wedlock thing, so that won't happen either." They continued moving.
Spock gave his twitch of a smile and simply told her "Life is not always predictable." He got a com call from Kirk requesting him in sickbay and they changed directions. Entering they heard the conversation about physical training being required in their service too. Spock commented that the methods were crude but effective and Kirk asked about the additional information.
"I made an error in my computations. I find that we must return Captain Christopher to Earth after all." Spock said. McCoy made a comment about it being a historic occasion and Saya almost laughed. Christopher asked why as Spock had previously stated that he made no relative contribution. "Poor choice of words on my part. I neglected, in my initial run-through, to correlate the possible contributions by offspring. I find, after running a crosscheck on that factor, that your son Colonel Shaun Geoffrey Christopher headed, or will head, the first successful Earth-Saturn probe, which is a rather significant."
Christopher commented that he didn't have a son and McCoy added 'yet' with a grin. "The doctor is correct. Unless we return Captain Christopher to Earth, There will be no Colonel Shaun Geoffrey Christopher to go to Saturn." Kirk focused on the need to return him and Christopher focused on having a son. Saya just grinned. As they walked to the briefing room Saya asked Spock if Vulcans prefered male children as well. "Both genders have their advantages and disadvantages. Most Vulcans do not have a preference."
In the briefing room discussion about returning Christopher ensued and Spock explained the main information but Saya was still thinking on what Vulcan children were like. She had read somewhere that the littles did dance but didn't understand the orion slave girls reference that was part of the info.
Saya became aware of the conversation around her again when Spock paced closer to her discussing the theory of how to get back. "A theory. A reverse application of what happened to us. Logically, it could work. Also, logically, there are a hundred variables, any one of which could put us in a worse position than we're in now."
"We're going to have to go back and get those reports and photos. If the Captain feels duty bound to report what he saw, there won't be any evidence to support him." Kirk said and Christopher said it would make him out to be either a liar or a fool. Kirk said "Perhaps." Spock told him he would simply be one of the thousands who thought they saw a UFO.
Christopher offered to go with them and help but Kirk turned him down saying they couldn't risk his safety. He then offered to sketch them a map. Saya could see the semi distrustful look Spock and Kirk shared at this sudden change in Christopher.
Christopher was sent to his quarters again and Spock, McCoy and Saya went to the transporter room with Sulu and Kirk. After Sulu and Kirk beamed down McCoy started pacing. After some time of anxious pacing he asked Spock how long they had been down there. Spock answered 15 minutes and 28 seconds. McCoy asked if they should be coming up and Spock replied "It is a fact, Doctor, that prowling by stealth is more time-consuming than a direct approach. In our case."
McCoy interrupted to ask him if he should be working on his time warp calculations and Spock simply said he was. Saya wondered how he could know the exact amount of time and work on complex calculations completely in his head but said nothing so as to not distract him. She leaned against the wall and twiddled her thumbs as she again thought about what Vulcan children were like.
After a while longer McCoy said it had been too long and that Jim should have at least signaled by then. Spock agreed and requested a communicator channel to be opened. They received an emergency signal in return and Spock ordered beam up immediately. McCoy asked what happened and Spock said they would know in a moment as a military man was beamed up.
The poor fellow was clearly terrified and even more so when he saw Spock. Kirk called and Spock asked him if he was alright. "Yes, I'm all right, but as you can see, we have another problem." Saya almost found it funny that no matter how hard they tried things seemed to get more tangled.
Kirk told them that the man was an Air Police sergeant from the base and to keep them in the transporter room. "I don't believe there'll be trouble in that respect, Captain." Spock said as McCoy gently took the gun and communicator out of his hands. "Our guest seems quite satisfied to remain where he is." Saya smiled at Spock's sense of humor and wondered if Vulcans had jokes.
A while later another communicator emergency signal came through and they beamed up Sulu with reels of tape from the base. They left the Air Police fellow with a few security personnel and went to a briefing room where Spock looked over Sulu's handiwork. Scotty informed them that the engines were ready to re-fire and Spock told him to re-fire them then and be ready. he commented on the poor photography as he examined the last roll.
"Blast your theories and observations, . What about Jim? He's down there alone, probably under arrest. He doesn't have a communicator, and we can't locate him or beam him back aboard without one." McCoy said passionately. Spock informed him that he was aware of that and then requested Christopher to the briefing room.
Christopher told them that Kirk was likely being held in the security section but he was unwilling to give them the coordinates without getting to go along. Saya knew he was up to something and she could see Spock did too. She wondered how Spock managed to keep his mind on so many things at once and was sure that was not something his time caused and it must be because he was Vulcan.
Christopher commented on Spock's distrust when he ordered phasers for Sulu and himself. Spock informed Christopher that he did trust him, but only to a certain point. Saya went with them, the quiet shadow, as they walked to the transporter room. She noticed Spock guided Christopher where to stand, pointing with his pinky instead of his pointer finger. She of course wondered if it was a Vulcan thing or a Spock thing.
She almost laughed at the Air Policeman still watching everything in shock. If she was being honest, her acceptance of this reality was a bit too easy but then she had a strange ability to roll with everything and guessed that was what helped her. Christopher had handled it quite well himself. The Air Policeman asked if they did that all the time. Kyle, the one handling the transporter nodded before asking if he was hungry.
After getting a yes Kyle asked what he wanted. Chicken soup was the answer and Kyle put a card in and the food synthesizer made chicken soup for him. Saya smiled as the man ate. She wanted to pace but instead forced herself to stand still in her little corner out of the way and waiting. She wondered if she could get the other 2 to forget she was there… if they hadn't already.
Thankfully it wasn't long until all 4 beamed back up. Saya noticed Spock was supporting Christopher who was out cold. After they left security men to take care of Christopher they headed to the Briefing room and Saya shadowed Spock. While walking Saya quietly asked "did you nerve pinch him?" Spock nodded and Saya grinned "You have got to teach me how to do that." Spock informed her that he would attempt but it is not an easy skill to learn.
In the briefing room Spock went over the information " and I both agree that the only possible solution is the slingshot effect, like the one that put us here. My computations indicate that if we fly toward the sun, seek out its magnetic attraction, then pull away at full power, the whiplash will propel us into another time warp."
"Slingshot effects are fine for you people. How do you propose to return the Sergeant and me?" Christopher asked.
"Logically, as we move faster and faster toward the sun, we'll begin to move backward in time. We'll actually go back beyond yesterday, beyond the point when we first appeared in the sky. Then, breaking free will shoot us forward in time, and we'll transport you back before any of this happened." Spock answered. Kirk added that Christopher wouldn't have anything to remember because it would have never happened.
Christopher asked what would happen if they couldn't pull free from the sun and Scotty smiled saying "Oh, we'll do that all right, Captain. We'll not be getting so close that my engines couldn't pull us out. What I am worried about, sir, that we may not have much control when we're thrown forward again." Kirk asked if it was helm control and Scotty clarified "Braking control, sir. If I can't stop us soon enough, we may overshoot our time, and if I stop the engines suddenly the strain may tear us apart. Anyway we do it, it's a mighty rough ride."
Kirk ended their discussion with "Well, gentlemen, we all have to take a chance. Especially if one is all you have. Assume your stations." They went back to their seats and Saya prepared to brace herself better so this time she wouldn't get a concussion. Saya watched in wonder as they passed the moon and started past the planets. Kirk ordered Christopher to the transporter room to be ready to beam down.
They hit the breakaway point and this time Saya gripped her seat and was able to stay in it. They soon reached the point of transporting Christopher and the guard and shot past earth. After a few minutes they started the breaking process and despite being prepared Saya was thrown about a bit. Thankfully she managed to just hit the floor and not really get hurt.
Saya got up and grinned with everyone else as they heard Starfleet calling to them. They had managed to return to their time. As the shift ended a few hours later Spock and Saya walked to dinner together. "You know it isn't quite my time but it's still good to be home in this time." Saya said with a smile.
"It is your home now and many are glad you are among us." Spock answered.
"Yes, it is my home now. It's just the most drastic move i've ever done. Still kinda getting used to it." Saya gently bumped elbows with Spock in a friendly manner, adding with a grin. "It is easier to get use to with good company though."
*END*