Look, I'm replying to my own prompt. And early too.
Author: amberthetired
Prompt #: 19
Warnings: This is a small piece of Star Trek AU in which Kirk was wrong.
Wordcount: 705
“The cadet’s logic is sound. And Lt Uhura is unmatched in xenolinguistics; we would be wise to accept her analysis.”
Christopher Pike took only one second to process this before ordering, “Scan Vulcan airspace for transmissions in Romulan.”
The Lt.’s heart stopped. He had feared this was coming from the minute Kirk had started talking about Romulans. “Sir, I’m not sure I can distinguish the Romulan language from Vulcan.”
Pike turned to Uhura. “What about you, can you speak Romulan, Cadet-?”
“Uhura. All three dialects, sir.”
“Cadet, relieve the Lt.”
Uhura almost blurted What?! but managed to stop herself in time and reply, “Yes sir.” She couldn’t quite look the Lt. in the eye.
“Sir I’m picking up no transmissions in Romulan...In fact I’m picking up no transmissions of any kind.”
“It’s because they’re being attacked.” Bones had never seen Jim look so determined. Pike seemed convinced, because he said, “Shields up, Red Alert.”
“Arriving at Vulcan in 3..2..1..”
The ship dropped out of warp into space filled with...nothing. There were no signs of a battle, no spaceship debris, and no Romulan ship. Kirk stared at the view screen in disbelief. All the facts added up to a Romulan attack. Where were the Romulans?
Pike glanced at Kirk, irritated by the complete lack of Romulans, but also by the lack of other federation ships as well. “Chekov, run sensors, find out what’s happening to the planet and where our other ships are.”
“Aye Captain.” Chekov tapped away at his screen for a minute, then turned back to the Captain to give his report. It didn’t involve Romulans.
********
“Jim, you can’t stay locked in the bathroom forever.” Bones pounded on the door again. “You have to come out some time.” He was starting to get exasperated. And he had to pee.
“Bones, I’m the laughing stock of Star Fleet. I ran onto the bridge yelling about Romulans, and Vulcan turned out to have an erupting Volcano.” Jim Kirk was sitting on the floor, leaning against the other side of the bathroom floor.
“Well, you weren’t the only one who thought you were right. And for a second when none of our ships were around I still thought you were right.”
Jim snorted from the other side of the door. “Yeah, because they had already landed on Vulcan.” He ran his hands through his hair. The Academy Board might not rule in his favour after this.
Bones leaned his forehead on the door and sighed. “Look, Jim this’ll blow over faster than you think. When we get back to earth, no one will even know about it.”
There was silence from the other side of the door.
“Jim, come out of the bathroom.”
More silence from inside. Bones cursed the fact that you couldn’t break down doors on a star
ship, and Jim had somehow made it so he couldn’t override the door lock from the outside.
“Jim.” Bones was starting to lose his patience now. He banged one fist against the door when he was met with still more silence.
“Damnit Jim-“
The door slid open. Jim Kirk stood there, with a grin on his face. Of all the facial expressions Bones could have guessed he’d be wearing when he came out of that bathroom, grinning would have been at the bottom of the list.
“Knew it wouldn’t be long.” He also looked a little smug now.
“Long until what?” Bones narrowed his eyes at Kirk.
“Until I got you to go ‘Damnit Jim’.” If Bones hadn’t been so annoyed he might have admitted it was a fairly good impression of him. He opened his mouth to respond, but realized that his default response to something childish like this would have been, “Damnit Jim,” and he didn’t really think that would help him right now, so he closed his mouth and just glared. Jim seemed to read his mind though, because he snickered, smacked Bones on the arm, and walked out of the room. Bones stared at the door for a long minute after it had closed. Sometimes he wondered why he was still friends with Jim Kirk.
“Damnit Jim,” he mumbled under his breath. One corner of his mouth twitched upwards in a smile.
Prompt #: 19
Warnings: This is a small piece of Star Trek AU in which Kirk was wrong.
Wordcount: 705
“The cadet’s logic is sound. And Lt Uhura is unmatched in xenolinguistics; we would be wise to accept her analysis.”
Christopher Pike took only one second to process this before ordering, “Scan Vulcan airspace for transmissions in Romulan.”
The Lt.’s heart stopped. He had feared this was coming from the minute Kirk had started talking about Romulans. “Sir, I’m not sure I can distinguish the Romulan language from Vulcan.”
Pike turned to Uhura. “What about you, can you speak Romulan, Cadet-?”
“Uhura. All three dialects, sir.”
“Cadet, relieve the Lt.”
Uhura almost blurted What?! but managed to stop herself in time and reply, “Yes sir.” She couldn’t quite look the Lt. in the eye.
“Sir I’m picking up no transmissions in Romulan...In fact I’m picking up no transmissions of any kind.”
“It’s because they’re being attacked.” Bones had never seen Jim look so determined. Pike seemed convinced, because he said, “Shields up, Red Alert.”
“Arriving at Vulcan in 3..2..1..”
The ship dropped out of warp into space filled with...nothing. There were no signs of a battle, no spaceship debris, and no Romulan ship. Kirk stared at the view screen in disbelief. All the facts added up to a Romulan attack. Where were the Romulans?
Pike glanced at Kirk, irritated by the complete lack of Romulans, but also by the lack of other federation ships as well. “Chekov, run sensors, find out what’s happening to the planet and where our other ships are.”
“Aye Captain.” Chekov tapped away at his screen for a minute, then turned back to the Captain to give his report. It didn’t involve Romulans.
********
“Jim, you can’t stay locked in the bathroom forever.” Bones pounded on the door again. “You have to come out some time.” He was starting to get exasperated. And he had to pee.
“Bones, I’m the laughing stock of Star Fleet. I ran onto the bridge yelling about Romulans, and Vulcan turned out to have an erupting Volcano.” Jim Kirk was sitting on the floor, leaning against the other side of the bathroom floor.
“Well, you weren’t the only one who thought you were right. And for a second when none of our ships were around I still thought you were right.”
Jim snorted from the other side of the door. “Yeah, because they had already landed on Vulcan.” He ran his hands through his hair. The Academy Board might not rule in his favour after this.
Bones leaned his forehead on the door and sighed. “Look, Jim this’ll blow over faster than you think. When we get back to earth, no one will even know about it.”
There was silence from the other side of the door.
“Jim, come out of the bathroom.”
More silence from inside. Bones cursed the fact that you couldn’t break down doors on a star
ship, and Jim had somehow made it so he couldn’t override the door lock from the outside.
“Jim.” Bones was starting to lose his patience now. He banged one fist against the door when he was met with still more silence.
“Damnit Jim-“
The door slid open. Jim Kirk stood there, with a grin on his face. Of all the facial expressions Bones could have guessed he’d be wearing when he came out of that bathroom, grinning would have been at the bottom of the list.
“Knew it wouldn’t be long.” He also looked a little smug now.
“Long until what?” Bones narrowed his eyes at Kirk.
“Until I got you to go ‘Damnit Jim’.” If Bones hadn’t been so annoyed he might have admitted it was a fairly good impression of him. He opened his mouth to respond, but realized that his default response to something childish like this would have been, “Damnit Jim,” and he didn’t really think that would help him right now, so he closed his mouth and just glared. Jim seemed to read his mind though, because he snickered, smacked Bones on the arm, and walked out of the room. Bones stared at the door for a long minute after it had closed. Sometimes he wondered why he was still friends with Jim Kirk.
“Damnit Jim,” he mumbled under his breath. One corner of his mouth twitched upwards in a smile.