Star Trek V The Final Frontier by J. M. Dillard

Author:J. M. Dillard [Dillard, J. M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2011-12-18T03:03:38+00:00

"It would appear that the doctor was correct,"

Spock admitted. The levitation boots cannot support our combined weight."

"Thanks a lot," McCoy snapped. "That's a great comfort. I can see it on my tombstone now" Ieaeonard H. McCoy: He really was right." "" It's all those marsh mel-- "Jim began... And stopped as soon as he saw what awaited them in the shadows below. McCoy followed his gaze." There! "Sulu cried, pointing up at them.

At first, McCoy smiled, relieved... And then he saw that the search party Sulu led was composed not of Enterprise crew members, but of Sybok's soldiers. McCoy caught a glimpse of the expression on the helmsman's face and realized with a shudder that Sulu really wasn't Sulu anymore. "Spock!" Jim hissed. "The booster rockets!"

Spock hesitated. "Captain, if I activate them, we will be propelled upward at an unpredictable speed. If we collide with the shaft ceiling, we could be injured... Perhaps killed."

"Great," McCoy muttered bitterly.

"Caught betwixt the devil and the deep blue sea."

"Fire the boosters!" Kirk ordered, in a tone that made Spock comply immediately.

The boosters hurled them upward; the ladder whizzed by at vertiginous speed. McCoy cried out and clung to Jim and Spock for all he was worth. They stopped with a sickening lurch.

Timidly, McCoy opened his eyes. Sulu and the others had disappeared into the darkness below. The doctor's head was reeling, but he was alive and uninjured. So was Jim, though the captain looked as pasty-faced as McCoy felt.

Spock was entirely unrufed by the event. "I am afraid," he announced, "that I overshot our mark by one level."

"What the hell," the doctor said shakily.

"Nobody's perfect."

Spock carried them to the exit. McCoy clambered out first, and was gratified to find that they were in the corridor directly outside the forward observation deck.

Once inside the observation deck, Spock crossed over to the communications console and activated it. He turned to Kirk. "Emergency channel open, Cap- tain."

Jim stepped up to the console. "To anyone within the sound of my voice: this is Captain James T. Kirk of the Federation Starship Enterprise. If you read me, acknowledge."

Several moments passed, and then a burst of static crackled through the grid, followed by the faint sound of a feminine voice. "Enterprise, this is Starfleet Command. We can just barely read you. Over. "Encouraged, McCoy exchanged grins with Jim. Kirk raised his voice as he spoke into the grid.

"A hostile force has seized control of our vessel and put us on a direct course with the Great Barrier. Our coordinates are zero-zero-zero mark two. Request emergency assistance. Acknowledge."

"Acknowledged, Enterprise. We are dispatching a rescue ship immediately." "Roger, Starfleet. Kirk out."

"Starfleet out."

Jim closed the channel and exchanged a hopeful look with his friends. "Thank God," McCoy breathed reverently. "Thank God."

Aboard Okrona, Vixis leaned over the subspace transmitter at her station. "Starfleet out."

Her accent was flawless; the humans had been completely fooled. Triumphant, she looked over her shoulder at her captain.

Klaa's face was that of one obsessed; without turning from her gaze, he barked an order at the helmsman.

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