The Beginning...

Chapter 5

Chapter 5

As much as I despised dresses, it was a mandatory thing female have to wear, so I've got no other option. I walked down the hallways of the Enterprise heading towards med bay. I knew Leo would take Jim for an antibiotic or something.

Just as I entered med bay, Leo gave Jim something and Jim, like the little kid he is, yelped in pain. I noticed Jim was wearing a black shirt and pants, so Leo must've changed him.

Jim said something inaudible and suddenly slumped back onto the bed. As I got closer, I could see Leo shake his head.

"Unbelievable." He mutters.

"How long is he out?" I asked Leo as he pulled the curtain across so that no one will see him.

"Not long. Give him a few minutes and he'll be fine." Leo responded as he started moving around me. "I'm going to put on my uniform now. Keep an eye on him, if you want." I nodded and off Leo went.

I went behind the curtain and sat on the edge of Jim's bed, waiting for him to wake up.
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Meanwhile, in the bridge....
3rd POV

"The fleet has cleared spacedock, Captain. All ships ready for warp. " Said a man in a yellow shirt to Captain Pike who sat in the chair.

"Set a course for Vulcan. " Answered the captain.

"Aye-Aye, Captain. Course laid in. " Replied the man.

"Maximum warp. Punch it. " Said Pike.

As all the ships, one by one, went off to Vulcan...only one was left behind. The Enterprise.

On the bridge everyone is looking at the man sitting in the helmsman position. Pike looks at him with confusion. He leans forward putting a hand to his chin as the man is looking around the controls.

"Lieutenant, where is Helmsman McKenna?" Pike said slowly.

The lieutenant kept try to figure out what went wrong as he spoke. "He has lungworms, sir. He couldn't report to his post." He swiveled in his chair facing the captain. "I'm Hikaru Sulu."

"And you are a pilot, right?" Said Pike messing with Sulu.

"Very much so, sir." Sulu answers as he faces the controls again. "I'm, uh, I'm not sure what's wrong here." He mutters.

"Is the parking brake on?" Pike asked. Sulu almost laughs.

"Uh, no. I'll figure it out. I'm just..." Sulu is interrupted by the Vulcan second in command.

"Have you disengaged the external inertial dampener?" He raised an eyebrow.

Sulu looks at the controls and puts a grim look on his face suddenly. He corrected his mistake and leaned back.

"Ready for warp, sir." He said.

"Let's punch it." Pike repeated and off went the Enterprise. Out to Vulcan and the unknown.

A few minutes passed after Pike had ordered to head out to Vulcan. "Engines at maximum warp, sir." Sulu said.

"Russian whiz kid. What your name again? Chanko? Cherpov?" Pike asked the young new ensign that sat beside Sulu. The Russian whiz kid swirled his chair to face the captain.

"Ensign Chekov, Pavel Andreievich, sir." The ensign responded.

"Fine, Chekov, Pavel Andreievich: begin shipwide mission broadcast." Pike ordered the young Chekhov.

"Yes sir. Happy to." He answers then pulls up the activation code sequence. "Ensign Authorisation code: nine-five-wictor-wictor-two!"

"Authorization is not recognized." States the computer as Chekhov groans.