Star Trek; The Continuing Story

Chapter 4: Captive (part 1)

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Chapter 4: Captive (part 1)

A further 2 months later and Spock and Leila’s friendship continued to grow. The crew of the Enterprise still found it hard to comprehend how a Vulcan (well half-Vulcan) and a human could bond despite their obvious differences. Leila had also become very close with both Bones and Scotty. The two men had become very protective of her and treated her like a younger sister. Jim was finally talking to her again but there was still one subject that either of them had yet to bring up.

Leila’s POV

It was well past midnight and yet here I am wandering the corridors. As usual I have ended up in the Mess Hall. I didn’t expect to see Jim sitting at one of the tables drinking a cup of coffee.

“Hey” I said as I sat down across from him.

“Hey, want some coffee?”

“Please”

Jim poured me a coffee and silently gave it to me.

“Thanks” I said before taking sipping. We sat for a further few minutes of awkward silence. The tension between us was killing me so I decided to take the plunge.

“Look Jim this awkward tension between us has to stop, we’re twins for goodness sake! I will tell you everything that has happened to me from the time I joined Starfleet if you are willing to listen”

Jim stayed quiet and for a minute I thought he was going to say no but finally he nodded.

“When I first joined Starfleet I was bullied by other cadets because I was younger and smarter than them. It was hard for me being a 13 year old cadet while everyone else was 18 and above. Spock and I had several classes together which is how we became friends. We stood up for each other; him when something was said about me being  “freak” and me if anyone said anything about him being a Vulcan. Not long after the rumours started that we were an item. Eventually when Admiral Pike started expelling any cadet who gave us any trouble. Just over a year later Starfleet gave me an assignment to visit other planets to learn and experience they’re everyday life. Spock’s memory of me was erased to protect him from the knowledge that he knew about me. Vulcan was actually the first planet that I visited. I stayed with Ambassador Sarrek and his wife Amanda, Spock’s parents, during my years stay. I enjoyed my time and gained much knowledge from them. They mentioned Spock several times but I never let on that I actually knew him. It took me up until last year to complete my mission Spock had already graduated from the academy and was now a professor. It was once again put in several of his classes but this time as his student rather than a friend. After 2 months at the academy a traitor from within released information about me to the Klingons and I was relocated to Vulcan so that they could protect me. This time it wasn’t only Spock’s memory of me that was erased but everyone who had come into contact with me. Eventually the Klingons gave up trying to find me and I was assigned to the USS Banbury as a communications officer. We were away on a secret mission that I am not liable to discuss at the time Vulcan was destroyed. I didn’t witness it but deep down I knew that the planet that I considered a second home was gone