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Chapter 6
Star Date: 26/07/2262

"Just wake the man up!" I shout as another collision shakes The Enterprise. I had been in the medic-bay when suddenly BOOM, The Enterprise is being hit harder than a piñata at a children's party. Bones and Spock look at me from their suddenly acquired places on the floor.
"Spock, with me. Bones? Wake the man up. If he's the Doctor the information says he is, then we could use his help. Get him conscious and explain everything to him as quickly as possible alright? Then contact me. We're going to need as much help as we can get." Bones took a second to digest what I had just blurted at him, and then nodded in confirmation. As he began working on the frozen man in front of him I took off down the corridors heading for The Bridge, with Spock right behind me. Suddenly we hear Sulu over the speaker.
"Brace for impact!" Being a Vulcan, Spock reacts quicker than I and pushes me to the ground as the biggest explosion yet rocks the ship. That one's definitely going to leave a mark. Groaning I get up and continue making my way towards The Bridge. But suddenly, Spock grabs my arm to stop me.
"Spock! What the hell are you doing we need to get up there!" He rolls his eyes in the classic 'you're an idiot' fashion before saying,
"Captain do you really deem it wise to wake Dr. Watson in the middle of an attack?" I look at him incredulously.
"You're asking me this now?"
" It is crucial information." He replies calmly.
"Well then yes, I do think it's a good idea to wake him up, we're down on staff as is and the best thing we could use right now is a Doctor. And according to your records, that's what he is. So can we drop the subject and try and stop my ship from being blasted to pieces?!" He nods once and I push past him and burst onto The Bridge. No time for entrance claims now as another explosion throws the ship around.

"Sulu! What's going on?" The pilot doesn't face me as he madly tries to keep the ship from dropping out of orbit,
"An unidentified ship has begun firing at us Captain. Not sure who, not sure why, but whatever it is, they're tearing us apart." He says quickly as he works madly at the controls. I squint out of the large window in front of me and try to see through the field of debris that has encased the ship. Suddenly, as if emerging from a cave, an enormous ship looms before us. I feel my entire crew go silent as the sheer size of the attacker's vessel dwarfs The Enterprise. I can practically hear Spock trying to analyze the ship, trying to figure out who it belongs to and why it's attacking us. But by his continuous silence, I can tell he's coming up with nothing.
"Should I hail them Captain?" Officer Uhura calls from the back of The Bridge. I glance back at Spock and he nods once before turning back to his control panel.
"Yes Officer, on screen if you would." A few buttons are pressed and an image comes up on the large screen in front of me. But nobody appears within the frame, and I can only see the empty chair of the opposing ship.
"This is Captain James Tiberius Kirk of the U.S.S Enterprise. I am speaking to the Captain of this vessel and I wish to know why you have chosen to attack a Federation Ship?" At first there is only silence coming from the other ship, but then an odd crackling voice erupts from the speaker.
"You have something that I want." With the voice shield on, it is near impossible to hear the person's real voice, but there is something about it that strikes me as familiar.
"And what would that be exactly?" As I stall for time, I motion to Uhura to try and disable the voice shield; I want to know who this guy is. "And why is it so important that you start firing unannounced?" The voice laughed softly and I heard footsteps from inside the other ship move closer to the microphone, but no closer to the camera,
"On-board your ship you have a recently woken man by the name of Sherlock Holmes. Give him too me and I will leave you as you are. Fail to do so, and I will blow this ship out of orbit. For now, I will cease fire. You have 24 hours to make your decision. I will be waiting Mister Kirk, good day." The last word had been different, the voice had been deeper. I spin around and look at Uhura who gave me a helpless shrug.
"I'm sorry Captain I only had enough time to get that last word."
"That's alright Officer, be ready to try again next time we make contact." I stand up and head over to Sulu's position. "Keep an eye on him and let me know if he changes anything on that ship."
"Yes Captain." Sulu said as he locked our position. I motion for Spock and Uhura to follow me as I head out of The Bridge.

"Is something wrong Captain?" Uhura asks as we enter the outer corridors.
"I'm sure Spock has told you of our…predicament with the passengers down-stairs Uhura?" Her nod confirms my theory, "good, then I need you to do something for me. Come down to the medic bay with me and meet this man who we're about to wake up. You seem to be the best communicator on this ship so I think it'd work best if you let him know what's happening. But whatever you do, do not tell him about the man in the brig alright? I'll keep that till later." Officer Uhura nods and starts walking towards the medic bay, but I call her back, "Oh and Uhura? Remember that he's almost 300 years old. Keep the modern-talk to a minimum alright?" She smiles slightly,
"Yes Captain." With that she turns and continues walking. Spock watches her leave and then turns to me.
"Captain I assume that you have called me out here to converse the possible identities of our mysterious attacker." Spock, always the realist.
"Spock, I know that voice. And I think you do as well." I keep my voice down as two patrolmen walk past us, pausing only to acknowledge my presence with a short "Captain" before continuing on their way.
"Captain, if I am correct, you believe that this man may be the same man who attacked The Enterprise previously. But I can tell you now that this is a highly illogical thought as it is near impossible that he would have…"
"Okay! Yes Spock I think it might be Khan! Don't you think I know how ridiculous that sounds?" I throw my hands in the air and then run them through my hair. "The last thing I want is that son of a bitch to come back, but we have to keep that possibility in mind don't we?" I look back at Spock and he raises an eyebrow.
"As I said before Captain it is near impossible that Khan would have managed to escape the chryo-tube. But yes, we should educate the possibility that he has returned." For once I am glad for his calm monotone. The last thing I need right now is panic.
"Alright, thank you. Now, I need you to stay up on The Bridge. You have the com until I get back."
Spock frowns,
"Where are you going Captain?". I smirk at his confusion.
"I'm going down to the medic bay. I'm going to go see what all the fuss is about with this Doctor John Watson."

End of Chapter 6! Thank you all so much for following me with this story and I will update ASAP

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