Chapter 1

In a distant system, many light years away from the Earth, the starship ENTERPRISE and her crew orbited the planet Omeiron.

Down in the transporter room of the ENTERPRISE, Lieutenant Montgomery Scott and Doctor Leonard McCoy continued their long running argument about the safety of the transporter beam.

'I'm telling you McCoy, it's the safest mode of transport I know! There are more shuttle craft accidents than there are transporter accidents.' Scott said in an exasperated tone, 'It's energy efficient, fast and safe. You can't go wrong.'

'But Scotty, there is always the chance that there's a malfunction and your signal can be lost in the stream, or worse, it can be mixed up and you come back a mangled mess.' McCoy argued back, 'I don't care if it's only a minimum chance of-' he cut himself off as Captain James Kirk and Mr. Spock entered the room.

'Well gentlemen, sorry to break up the discussion but are you ready to leave?' Kirk asked with a knowing smile on his face.

Both men agreed hurriedly and the four of them, plus two red shirts, took their places on the transporter pads, McCoy hesitating slightly.

'Energize' Kirk commanded, and soon the six men were standing on the surface of Omeiron surrounded by a welcoming party.

'President Hismo, it's a pleasure to meet you' Kirk said with a diplomatic smile plastered on his face. He reached out his hand to shake the President's.

'Likewise Captain. And once again, thank you for agreeing to help us.'

'No problem at all. Mr Scott here is our engineer and he and Ensign Walters and Ensign Coltrane will help make the repairs to your generators.'

'Thank you, my men will show you the way.' The president motioned for two of his men to lead the three to the tunnel which lead to the generator system that practically kept the planet running.

Once Spock and McCoy were introduced, the three were then shepherded to the royal palace where more treaties between the Federation and the Omeirian's would take place.

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Meanwhile, traveling through both time and space, the TARDIS hurtled through the time vortex towards an unknown destination.

'I've set the controls to random' a man in a brown, pinstripe suit, known only as the Doctor, said with a maniacal grin on his face, 'Who knows where we'll end up!'

A tall, brown haired girl, dressed in an all too normal jeans, t-shirt and white jumper compared to the scene around her, looked up from the other side of the console smiling.

'I love it when you say stuff like that.' Emily said, flicking a few switches on the console, 'It's not everyday I get to hear you say that you don't know something.'

The Doctor just laughed and pulled the final lever on the console to initiate the landing of the TARDIS, and a wheezing, groaning noise began as the central column moved up and down and the TARDIS exited the vortex.

Once the noise had stopped the Doctor ran and grabbed his coat from a large coral column near the exit and then stood right in front of the door.

'You ready?' He asked

'Definitely' Emily replied, smiling. The Doctor's smile was infectious.

He opened the door for her and she stepped out first, into a very dark and cold cavern.