To Serve a Vulcan

Chapter 4

We stopped warp and was confronted by huge chunks of debris.

"Emergency evasive" Pike ordered

"On it, sir" Sulu replied, jumping into action, we hit something and everybody lurched to the left.

"Damage report"

"Reflector shields are holding"

"All stations! Engineer olsen, report!" Pike ordered, i quickly went to my station.

We kept turning a twisting to avoid debris, as we went under a huge peice it scraped the top of the ship. Then there was a huge ship in front of us, it kinda looked like a giant pinecone.

"Captain, their locking torpedoes" Spock said

"Divert auxiliary power from port nacelles to forward shields."

The ship was hit again,

"Sulu, status report!"

"Shields at %32, the weapons are powerful sir, we can't take another hit like that"

"Get me starfleet command" Pike said

"Captain, the romulan ship has lowered some kind of high-energy pulse device into the Vulcan atmosphere" I reported

"It's signal appears to be blocking our communications and transporter abilities" Spock added

"All power to forward Shields, prepare to fire all weapons"Pike ordered

"Captain we're being hailed" Uhura said. Video feed popped up on the screen

"Hello" The Romulan said

"I'm Captain Christopher Pike. To whom am i speaking?" Pike said

"Hi, Christopher, i'm Nero." He said, it was kinda creepy.

"You've declared war against the federation. Withdraw, i'll agree to arrange a conference with Romulan leadership at a neutral location"

"I do not speak for the Empire. We stand apart. As does your Vulcan and Dvinsu crew members. Isn't that right Spock and Asil." Nero said, we both stood up and everyone looked at us. I glanced at Spock but he didn't look at me.

"Pardon me, i do not believe you and i are acquainted" Spock said

"Ditto" I agreed

"No, we're not. Not yet" Nero said.

"Spock, Asil, there is something i would like you to see" Nero said "Captain Pike, your transporter has been disabled. As you can see by the rest of your armada, you have no choice. You will man a shuttle and come aboard the Narada for negotiations. That is all'

The feed cut out. Everyone was looking at Captain Pike, me included. Pike got up.

"He'll kill you, you know that" Jim said

"Your survival is unlikely" Spock said

"Very unlikely" I agreed

"Captain we gain nothing by diplomacy. Going over to that ship is a mistake." Jim said

"Yeah, there's gotta be another way" I said

"I, too, agree. You should rethink your strategy" Spock stated.

"I Understand that" Pike said "I need officers who've been trained in advance hand-to-hand combat."

"I have training, sir." Sulu said, raising his hand

"Me too" i said raising my hand.

"You two, come with me" Pike said

"Kirk, you too. You're not suppose to be here anyway" Pike said walking out. The three of us and Spock following. "Chekov, you have the conn"