Three

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Bones, Spock, and Jim were in a rounded cell with their backs to the wall. Spock was across from the two contemplating a means of escape. Jim was looking up toward the ceiling, his mind lost in thought with a smug smirk placed on his face, and Bones? Oh he is just Bones. He had his arms folded glaring at the young man.

"Did you really have to mention our communicators to these mad aliens?" Bones asked.

Jim's smirk faded as he turned his head toward Bones.

"I thought they were out of ear shot." Jim said.

"You were speaking quite loudly, captain." Spock interjected.

"Not helping." Jim said.

"And I am going to die on a planet with you three! Not how I expected to go." Bones said.

"What about that girl we saw on the way in? We can save her and our selves, we usually do." Jim said.

Bones glared at the direction of Jim.

"Jim, she is a mute. And second of all, we don't have our damn phasers!" Bones said.

Suddenly the cell melted away to reveal two short alien beings where one was holding a square device. They were draped in unusual clothing and their faces were green, their eyes were wide but really oval shaped. Their hands were relatively small. They had their eyes on the three men. Once again they were in a wide room that was dark and had a padded material in the dead center.

"We have a test to continue for our little friend." The second alien said.

"What kind of test?" Bones asked.

"To see your pain. How you react to it. How you will overcome it," The second alien said. "We want the Vulcan."

"Vulcans do not feel," Jim said. "And you are not taking him!"

They looked over toward the captain.

"We can do this willingly or the hard way." The first alien said.

"I shall go." Spock said.

"No, I order you not!" Jim said.

"Captain, this charade will either end in your death and the doctors," Spock said. "This is a no-win scenario."

Jim bit his lip, briefly, gritting his teeth together. The Vulcan was right.

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