Spock tried, too

Recall

It felt like a hundred years ago to Spock when it had been three years ago that James T. Kirk 'died' in the line of duty. But it felt like he never left. That he wasn't gone. The bond was still thriving. He could still remember how the event occurred. McCoy was tailing after him. The obelisk had been printed with language by a long forgotten civilization known as the passengers. The story that Spock had managed to dig up made complete sense. It was logical. Did they expect to ever met their own creations? Possibly. The passengers were the ones who seeded the galaxy, and most importantly, his civilization. They were walking along the well traveled path heading toward a village. It could be defined as a village when it was a tribe of different cultures put together. There could be other villages like this dotting the planet that the Enterprise hadn't been able to find with the forest life. Machinery did have a thing of malfunctioning.

"Oh look, there is Jim." McCoy said.

Spock raised his eyebrow.

"Why is the captain flirting with a inhabitant?" Spock said.

"It seems that Jim must have lost his memory," McCoy said, as they resumed their path. "Some how due to that obelisk."

"A obelisk cannot be responsible for his three month disappearance." Spock said.

"It is responsible for you becoming increasingly thin and disheveled." McCoy said.

"I am not disheveled." Spock said.

"Jim is goin' to love this," McCoy said. "Let's get our friend back."

McCoy went forward.

"Jim!" McCoy called. "Jim!" He cupped his hands around his mouth. "You have been worrying the hell out of us!"

"Captain?" Spock called, going past the doctor. "Captain!"

Spock sent a emotion of confusion in the bond toward Jim. Jim looked in the direction of the oncoming men with a smile on his face. McCoy looked in the direction of the sky to see the asteroid hurling in the direction of the planet. They didn't have time. McCoy turned his attention toward Spock. Jim was sitting alongside the woman who had black hair and was dressed oddly in a way reminding McCoy of the cartoon version of the woman Pocahontas. McCoy yanked out his communicator making a painful decision. It was the only logical decision to save their lives. Jim would understand. He had to. It was something he would have done if it was Spock and Jim too far away from the doctor who lacked his communicator. The Vulcan was getting closer and closer to the human. Jim picked up a spear. Spock wasn't paying attention to that.

The decision was made.

McCoy flipped the communicator out then rushed after the Vulcan.

"MCCOY TO ENTERPRISE, TWO TO BEAM UP!" McCoy shouted into the communicator.

"Aye aye, Doctor McCoy." Scotty's voice came over the communicator. "Ye need to be still."

"SPOOOOCK!" McCoy closed the communicator.

The spear was thrown.

McCoy tackled Spock to the ground in full force. This was the first officer, and his duty was to ensure his survival as a doctor. McCoy hadn't really done this before but toppling him down was rather easy to do. Just run, and then leap knocking him to the ground. McCoy saw the spear sticking out from the Vulcan's shoulder. He could see the green blood trailing down the edge. Apparently, the bond had been closed off from the Vulcan for three months. Nothing had come from Jim's end of the bond. They had all ready lost Jim. Jim. McCoy watched his friend disappear before his eyes. The ground be struck. The ominous tremble. The mushroom like cloud making it's way through the trees. Jim's hands wrapped around the woman. It was like a different man was across from Spock. Spock called out, Jim, through their bond only to be met with his echo. Spock had a emotionless mask on his face to cover the shell shocked emotions he was feeling. In a blue haze with a gentle melody they reappeared on the transporter padd. McCoy came to the Vulcan's side trembling with one hand on the edge of the transporter. Spock tried, too. To express emotions but he couldn't. Because Jim Kirk wasn't dead according to the bond. Spock was met with heavy sorrow and regret from the bond.

"Doctor!" Christine arrived with Doctor M'Benga by her side. "Mister Spock!"

"Get to him first." McCoy said. "I am fine." He looked up toward Scotty. "We lost the Captain, Scotty."

Scotty's face faltered in a way that Spock had not seen before.

"Jim." Came a single, sorrowful word as the nearby technician was frozen unable to move.

Christine and M;'Benga helped the Vulcan onto the gurney.

"Scotty, what happened?" McCoy asked, putting on a mask of his own that was serious and not as compromised as Spock was.

"I dinnae." Scotty said. "It went faster as soon as ye were on the surface."

Jim, Spock called, Taluhk nash-veh k'du.