~3 years ago~

3 hours later, the three friends were sitting out on the porch. Kiya and Jim were sharing and drinking whisky straight from the bottle. Bones had his own bottle of whisky but was drinking it from a glass, like a civilised person.

Kiya took a swig from the bottle and as she passed it to Jim, she said

"So there's a rumour going around Starfleet that there are plans to send one ship on a five-year mission into unknown territory" Bones then said

"God help the crew of that ship…" He looked over at Jim, who just avoided eye contact as he continued to drink from the bottle. Kiya held back her laughter as Bones said

"No! No! Are you a couple of sandwiches shy of a picnic?!" Kiya broke out into a fit of laughter as Jim spit out a mouthful of whisky before laughing.

Eventually, the pair calmed down enough for Jim to say

"Not being funny Bones but that is the worst metaphor I've ever heard" Bones just rolled his eyes before saying

"You know exactly what I'm trying to say, Jim!" Jim sat forward and said

"Bones, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Imagine it"

"I am imagining it. All the undiscovered diseases, all the things that want to kill us!" Jim handed Kiya the bottle and said

"Help me out Kiya" She took the bottle and said

"In all honesty, you both have very compelling cases but like I said it's just a rumour. Until something is officially announced I'm keeping my opinions to myself"

Present-day

Kiya's P.O.V.

Planet Nibiru, also known as the red planet. It's known as the red planet due to the thick red forest and foliage covering the planet. The foliage is so thick, it's so hard to run through. Our grey robes getting snagged on some of the branches. Dodging spears that the natives are throwing at us.

I slipped in the mud as a large animal stood up on his hind legs in front of me.

"Oh shit" as if on instinct, Jim pulled out his phaser and shot the creature. As the creature collapsed, another hooded figure came out and said

"Damn it, man, that was our ride! You stunned our ride!" He then pulled his hood down revealing Bones. Jim then pulled his hood down and said

"Oh, great" He then pulled me to my feet. As he did, my hood fell down and my hair fell down my back. The footsteps behind us then got louder. Without a second thought, Jim pushed me slightly ahead of him and yelled

"Run!" and we did.

As we ran more speers were being thrown at us. One sliced my arm but it didn't stop me. Bones then spoke

"What the hell did you take?" Jim replied

"I've no idea, but they were bowing to it. Kirk to Shuttle one. Locals are out of the kill zone. You are clear. Repeat. Spock, get in there, neutralise the volcano and let's get out of here" moments later Spock's voice came over the communicator

"Captain, did the indigenous lifeforms see you?"

" No, Mister Spock, they did not"

"The Prime Directive clearly states there can be no interference with the internal developments of alien civilisations." I then took my communicator out and said

"We know what it says, which is why we're running through the jungle wearing a disguise. Now drop off your super ice cube and let's go. Ground team out" another speer then passed Bones and it was a little too close for comfort causing him to say

"They're trying to kill us! They're trying to kill us, Jim!"

It wasn't until we ran past the path to the beach that Bones said

"Jim! Jim, the beach is that way" Jim attached the scroll he was carrying to a branch and replied

"I know. We're not going to the beach" That's when it hit us

"Oh, no, no, no! I hate this!"

"I know you do" As we approached the end of the cliff I yelled

"If we survive this I'm going to kill you!"

"I know!" We then ran off the edge of the cliff into the deep waters below, luckily avoiding any rocks that lurked beneath. When we hit the water, our robes fell off leaving us in wetsuits. Mine was mainly red with silver accents and the guys were mainly silver with coloured accents matching their rank and department. Motors in our boots propelled us to the submerged spaceship and the airlock.

After the airlock drained the door opened revealing Scotty, He then said

"Do you have any idea how ridiculous it is to hide a starship on the bottom of the ocean? We've been doon here since last night. The salt water's going to ruin the…" Jim cut him off by saying

"Scotty, where's Spock?"

"Still in the volcano, sir" Nothing else was said as the four of us ran towards the bridge.

The second we ran onto the bridge Chekov spoke

"Captain on the bridge!" Jim then said

"Lieutenant, do we have an open channel to Mister Spock?" We all looked at Uhura, who was on the verge of tears as she said

"The heat's frying his comms, but we still have contact"

"Spock?" seconds later Spock's voice echoed across the bridge

"I have activated the device, Captain. When the countdown is complete, the reaction should render the volcano inert" Bones then spoke

"Yeah, and that's going to render him inert" Jim turned to Sulu and said

"Do we have use of the transporters?"

"Negative, sir" Chekov then said

"Not with these magnetic fields" Jim then said

"I need to beam Spock back to the ship. Give me one way to do it."

"Maybe if we had a direct line of sight. If we got closer" Scotty then stepped forward and said

"Hold on, wee man. You're talking about an active volcano. Sir, if that thing erupts, I cannae guarantee we can withstand the heat" Sulu then said

"I don't know if we can maintain that kind of altitude" Spock then spoke once more

"Our shuttle was concealed by the ash cloud, but the Enterprise is too large. If utilised in a rescue effort, it would be revealed to the indigenous species" Jim glanced at me before saying

"Spock, nobody knows rules better than you, but there has got to be an exception"

"None. Such action violates the Prime Directive" Bones then said

"Shut up, Spock. We're trying to save you, damn it"

"Doctor, the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few"

I then yelled

"Spock, we're talking about your life!"

"The rule cannot be broken…" Jim then said

"Spock!..." after getting no answer he turned to Uhura and said

"Try to get him back online" she immediately turned and went to her station. Chekov then said

"Ninety seconds to detonations" Jim then said

"If Spock were here and I were there, what would he do?" Bones replied

"He'd let you die" I hesitated for a second before saying

"There's one thing we haven't thought of…" They turned to face me as I continued

" I can project a shield around the ship but can't hold it for long"

"There we go plan…" Bones then said

"Wait, what will that do to you?" I looked at him and said

"That's a good question that I can't answer but what choice do we have?!"

We ran into the transporter room just as Spock got to his feet. I wiped the blood from my nose as Jim said

"Spock! You all right?" Spock looked at him in disbelief and said

"Captain, you let us see our ship" I just ran my hands through my wet hair as Bones rolled his eyes and said

"Oh, he's fine"

"Bridge to Captain Kirk" Jim answered the comms

"Yes, Lieutenant"

"Is Commander Spock on board, sir?"

"Safely and soundly"

"Please notify him that his device has successfully detonated"

You could tell by the tone in her voice that she was pissed. Jim then turned back to Spock and said

"You hear that? Congratulations, Spock. You just saved the world" Spock simply replied

"You violated the Prime Directive"

"Oh, come on, Spock. They saw us. Big deal" Everything then went all fuzzy and started spinning

"Kiya!" everything went black...