Uhura Walked into a Bar - Volume 1

by The-Watcher-Observes

Sometimes the best defense is a good left hook. Read bar tales of Nyota Uhura - certified badass - and her victims. The Xenophobe Ch-3, The Ex-Wife Ch-5, The Xeno-Psychologist Ch-9, The Ex-Fiancee Ch-13, The Envoy Ch-20, The Career Change Ch-29, The Boys' Club Ch-34, The Swimsuit Calendar with Donal(d) Trump(e) Ch-39. Thanks - *53,000* hits!

21. The AWOL Vulcan

The emergency meeting notification would have scared her if she wasn't used to being on a star ship commanded by Captain Adrenaline. Uhura moved purposefully but without haste to dress and walk briskly to Kirk's quarters. Her lack of heart-pounding speed spoke to her experiences onboard the Enterprise - things couldn't be too bad if the red alert klaxon wasn't screaming and the computer wasn't counting down the imminent failure of the life support system.

The doors to Jim's quarters admitted her without delay. Unexpectedly, she arrived first. Spock should have come down from the bridge but she considered he might have the conn. Sulu did arrive from the bridge followed by a still drowsy Chekov. Jim was about to start the meeting when McCoy showed up ranting about babysitting his captain in the middle of the night.

"Bones! Sit down. We've got an incident here."

"What the HELL could happen in the middle of the night that wouldn't have every alarm on this ship blarin' out a warnin'!?" McCoy shot back with ample aggravation.

"At 0212 ship's time, Commander Spock stole a shuttle and went AWOL from the ship."

Uhura immediately dropped her shields. Spock was nowhere on her telepathic radar.

"We're meeting here in my quarters because I want to keep this quiet. If we can find him and get him back here I think we can pretend this never happened."

"Uhura -" McCoy - now in doctor mode - asked, "is he experiencing any... hormonal changes?"

Uhura thanked the Orion goddesses that McCoy inquired discretely about Pon Farr. The answer had to be "No".

If Spock had been experiencing Pon Farr she wouldn't be sitting in Jim's quarters trying to figure out where he was; she'd be pinned spread-legged underneath a sexually crazed Vulcan whose singular purpose would be to screw her repeatedly until she conceived or he passed out - or both. If Pon Farr arrived - when Pon Farr arrived - Spock would make sure they were together and nowhere near any other males.

"No, Doctor. He's been under a lot of stress - we all have - but not that."

One look at her and McCoy's awakening brain understood that her presence here ensured Spock wasn't in Pon Farr.

"Sorry, hon. Had to ask." McCoy gruffly apologized.

"Spock left the bridge about an hour before he disappeared," Sulu contributed, "Do we know where he was, who he was with?"

The longer the silence lasted the more eyes landed on Jim Kirk.