Fandom: Star Trek
Pairing/characters: Jim Kirk x reader, Klingons, Spock, Pavel Chekov, an OC, unnamed officers, mention of Leonard McCoy
Words: 1044

"Any word from the away team?" I asked, coming into the transporter room, joining Spock as he was typing away on his PADD.

"They are not scheduled to return for another 7 minutes," he said matter of factly, not even looking up from his PADD.

"It turned out to definitely be a class M planet?"

"Yes, Lieutenant."

Okay, I thought. No more small talk.

I usually didn't welcome away teams home, not even the ones Jim was leading, but my shift was over, and I had nothing better to do. So, I stood there with Spock and the transporter chief, just resisting tapping my foot against the floor.

"Kirk to Enterprise. We have encountered Klingons." Jim's voice was a loud whisper on the comm by the transporter. "They are heavily armed."

Spock immediately strode over and pressed a button. "This is the Enterprise. Are you near the beam out spot?"

"Negative. Lieutenant Tanager's team is separated from the rest of us. We request immediate beam out of entire away team if you can get a lock."

"We're isolating your signals now," the transporter chief said.

"We know you're there, Kirk!" A crude voice sounded over the comm. "Got your precious officers here."

There was some scuffle and I imagined Jim coming out from wherever he was hiding to see what was going on. "Tanager," Jim said breathlessly. "Let them go, Klingon."

"This planet is ours, Captain." He made a spitting sound. "And Federation scum invading our planet is an invitation to war."

"The invitation to war is you claiming land on the wrong side of the neutral zone. Let them go and warp out of here as fast as you can. Or we could send you back in pieces as a message to the next Klingon hot-shots who dare to enter Federation space. Your choice."

"I can't get a decent lock on Tanager and her team," the transporter chief said. "They're too close to the Klingons."

I turned to Spock. "Can we send down reinforcements?"

He looked at me and seemed to do some quick thinking. "How many Klingons are there?"

The chief hit a few buttons. "I can see 25 of them near the team. And I'm getting more Klingon signatures further up in the hills."

"Commander Spock to security. We need a team of 20 security officers in transporter room 2 imme-"

A Klingon voice interrupted Spock. "We'll take you, Captain Kirk. You go back to Qo'noS with us... somewhat alive. And your team can go."

"Deal." Jim was too quick to agree and I let out a string of curses that had the men in the room staring at me.

"Do you still need 20 officers, Commander?" The Chief of Security asked.

"Yes, immediately. We have encountered Klingons on the surface and it seems our Captain is about to be abducted."

There was the sound of more scuffling on the comm, and I guessed the switch was being made. Sure enough – "Six to beam up," one of the officers said and the transporter chief didn't hesitate. In seconds they were there, and I walked over.

"What happened to Captain Kirk?"

"One of them grabbed him and they were heading towards the hills," Lieutenant Tanager explained. "There's a cave of sorts there, they're probably going to hide in there."

"Correct assumption, Lieutenant," Spock said. He was studying the sensors and the topography map of the planet. "There is no Klingon ship in orbit or anywhere in the vicinity, but there is a fading Klingon warp signature from two days ago. There appear to be no shuttlepods on the planet either. They will be in hiding until their ship comes back. And –" He pointed to the screen. "Captain Kirk is moving fast in direction of the cave."

It was my turn to do some quick thinking, I was biting my nail as I did, running over a couple of scenarios in my head and wondering if it was worth the risk. I decided it was. "Get Chekov in here, NOW!"

I was lost in thought as the others called Pavel. Ideally, I'd have an hour or two with a computer to run simulations, but there was no time. Something about those Klingons told me they were up to something, and kidnapping Jim had been their plan all along. And they didn't seem too intent on keeping him whole.

"I'm here." Suddenly Pavel was standing in front of me, heaving for his breath.

I shook my head. Act, not think. "Can you get a transporter lock on the captain and the Klingon that's with him? Both of them? As they're moving?"

"Yes, I can."

"Do it. But once you grab them, keep them in the buffer." He nodded and bounded over to the console.

"Lieutenant," Spock interjected as I followed Pavel. "They will disintegrate in the buffer."

"I only need 3 seconds, Commander. I am going to try something I've been tinkering with. If it doesn't work, arm yourself. We will have an intruder on board."

Spock stared at me. Then he nodded. And then right on time, the security team came through the door. Spock gave them new orders and ushered the confused away team off the transporter pads.

"I've got them," Pavel announced. "Starting transport."

I nodded with eyes glued to the panel. As soon as I saw there was something in the buffer, I hit a few buttons, mind working a billion lightyears a second. Different DNAs, separate each molecule, don't lose the order of them, don't lose the order of them, don't lose – "YES!"

On one of the transporter pad's white lights danced around and formed my Jim, seemingly whole, and alone, but looking very confused.

"The Klingon is back on the surface!" The transporter chief exclaimed. "How did you..."

"Captain, med bay, now," Spock ordered.

I ran over to Jim and guided him out of the room before he could make up an excuse not to see a doctor. "I'm getting pretty fed up with you being all too quick to sacrifice yourself before exploring other options," I told him.

"What just happened?" He asked. He looked thoroughly confused.

"I'll explain later. Just got to make sure you're whole first. And then Bones is going to kill me."