"Scotty. It's Kirk" Jim said into his comm.
"Oh well now, if it isn't James Tiberius Perfect Hair," Scotty responded. "Did ye hear that? I called him perfect hair."
"Wha- where are you? Are you drunk?" Jim asked his former chief engineer.
"What I do in my private time is my business, Jimbo," Scotty retorted.
"I need you to help me with something. Will you take these coordinates down? 23-17-46-11. Are you writing?" Jim inquired.
"What, you don't think I can remember four numbers?" Scotty laughed. "Ye of little faith. What was the third one again?"
"46," Jim told him. "I don't know exactly what you're looking for, but I have a feeling you'll know it when you see it. You may have been right about those torpedoes."
"I will consider that an apology." Scotty said to his captain. "And I will consider that apology."
"You are the one who quit."
"You made me quit!" Scotty returned frustrated, and he hung up.
"Mr. Scott. Scott!"
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"Are you out of your corn-fed mind?! You're not actually going to listen to this guy?" Bones asked bewildered. "He killed Pike, he almost killed you, and now you think it's a good idea to open a torpedo because he dared you to?!"
"Why did he save our lives, Bones? " Jim countered.
"The Doctor does have a point, Captain," Spock put in.
"Don't agree with me, Spock. It makes me uncomfortable." Bones told the vulcan first officer.
"Perhaps you too should learn to govern your emotions, Doctor, " Spock returned. "In this situation, logic dictates..."
"Logic?! Oh my God! " Bones sputtered. "There's a maniac trying to make us blow up our own damn ship and..."
"That's not it. I don't know why he surrendered, but that's not it. Look, we're gonna open a torpedo. The question is how, " Jim interrupted.
"But Jim, without Mr. Scott on board, who exactly is qualified to just pop open a four-ton stick of dynamite?" Bones asked.
"The Admiral's daughter appeared to have interest in the torpedoes and she is a weapons specialist. Perhaps she could be of some use, " Spock suggested.
"What Admiral's daughter?" Kirk questioned. "You don't mean Selene do you? Wait no, that makes no sense."
"Carol Marcus. Your new science officer concealed her identity to board the ship, " Spock explained.
"When were you going to tell me that?" Jim asked his first officer.
"When it become relevant. As it just did."
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"Are the torpedoes in the weapons bay?" Carol asked.
"Loaded and ready to fire. What are they?"
"I don't know. That's why I forged my transfer onto your ship to find out why. I do apologize for that. By the way if I caused you any problems, I am sorry. I'm Carol Marcus," She introduced herself.
"James Kirk."
"Torpedoes. My father gave me access to every program he oversaw, then I heard he was developing these prototype torpedoes. When I went to confront him about it he wouldn't even see me." Carol told Jim. "That's when I discovered that the torpedoes were wiped from all official records."
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"Captain on the bridge."
"Mr. Sulu, have Doctors Marcus and McCoy landed on the planetoid yet?" Jim asked.
"Yes sir. They're moving the torpedo into position now." Sulu answered.
"Good. Any activity from the Klingons?" Jim questioned.
"Not yet. But if we're stuck here much longer they will find us."
Chekov called Jim to let him know that they found the leak. Unfortunately, they couldn't figure out what damaged the warp core.
"Shuttle is standing by, Captain, " Sulu announced.
"Bones, thanks for helping out. Dr. Marcus asked for the steadiest hands on the ship."
You know when I dreamt about being stuck on a deserted planet with a gorgeous woman, there was no torpedo involved!" Bones told him through his comm.
"Bones, may I remind you, you're not there to flirt, " Jim told him.
"So how can these legendary hands help you, Dr. Marcus? " Bones asked, ignoring Jim's last comment.
Bones stuck his hand in the side of the torpedo, and his movement triggered the torpedo to self destruct. Fortunately, Carol managed to deactivate the torpedoe's defense system, releasing Doctor McCoy's hand, and successfully stop the torpedo from detonation.
"Jim... You're gonna want to see this! " Bones said in shock, at what lay inside the torpedo.
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Book 2: The Navigator and The Captain- A Love From 2 Ships
FanfictionSequel to The Anomaly. Serenity has introduced her navigator Taisallish, also known as Taisa, to her brother Jim. Romance ensues between the two, while Spock and Serenity raise their first child. Danger for both couples arise in the form of Khan...
