NEW TOS Orders1/1 [G] (S/Mc, K/Sc/U, Su,
Ba)
Title: Orders
Author: Artemis
Contact:
ArtemisOK@aol.com
Series: TOS
Codes: S/Mc, K/Sc/U, Su, Ba
Rating: [G]
Parts: 1/1
Summary: The mission ends and the
crew get new orders
Disclaimer: CBS-Paramount owns Star Trek. No infringement intended, no money being made.
Feedback:
Will write for feedback
Beta: No beta, all mistakes are my own.
Author's Note: In the Blue and Green universe,
Written for Spiced Peaches XXIII
Archiving: Artemys Aquiver, Spiced Peaches XXII, and The Spock/McCoyote’s Den,
ORDERS
The U.S.S. Enterprise had only six months
left on her mission under Admiral James T. Kirk. They were making their way back to Earth in a long, slow arch. The
entire crew was on edge wondering what the future held for them.
The Communication panel beeped. It was the
incoming data packet from Star Fleet HQ in San Francisco. When she opened it Lt. Nyota Uhura gasped softly; The Permanent
Change of Station orders had arrived. She could tell by the subject title and by the addressee. Drat, they were encoded
so she couldn’t even peek. There was nothing she could do but download the large file onto a data disk and send
it to the Yeoman’s Office. She called Yeoman Tonia Barrows over and told her to hand carry this disk to her Chief
ASAP.
Barrows took the disk and headed for the
turbo lift. Adm. Kirk said to her. “Yeoman, how soon until we get our orders.
She stopped abruptly; “How did you
know, sir? It supposed to be, well, a secret.”
“Honey,” he said looking at her
with his hazel eyes dancing; “This ain’t my first rodeo. The orders always arrive about this time on a mission.
Besides the HQ packet alarmed our Communications Officer, if it had been bad news she would have alerted me, ergo; you are
holding our individual orders.” He smiled pleased with himself. “How soon until we get them in our
hands?”
Tonia hated to speak for Chief Garcia but
she hazarded a guess; “The staff should have theirs by 1600. The rest will be released between then and 0800 tomorrow,
sir.”
“I see.” He replied. “Where
did you put in for?”
“The J. F.X. McIntyre; I’m interested
in medicine.” She cast a glance at Doctor McCoy who was lingering on the Bridge, by Mr. Spock’s station.
The Admiral dismissed her with a nod and she departed.
Kirk turned to his friends. “Gentlemen,
senior staff meeting in conference room A at 1600. Ms. Uhura, will you inform Mr. Scott and be sure to be there yourself.”
“Aye, aye, Admiral.”
Conference room A was ready when they stepped
in. There was fresh coffee and tea along with light refreshments on the credenza. A few moments after Kirk and his friends
were seated, Chief Yeoman Geri Garcia brought in the change of station orders. She handed each person one folded paper
copy and a data disk.
When she was done, she stood at attention
and began to speak; “Don’t…”
“Don’t loose the disk; it contains
our futures, aye, aye, ma’am.” Kirk, Scott, Uhura and McCoy chorused. Personnel specialist had been giving
the same speech since the advent of the order’s disk.
McCoy added; “Thank you, Chief, you
and your people did a great job setting this spread up in a hurry.” He smiled at her. She blushed and said
you’re welcome on her way out the door.
Spock cast his eyes up to his ancestors.
Len raised his eyebrow and gave him a quick half smile.
Jim laughed. “I seemed to be loosing
my touch. Bones, what charm do you have over our yeomen? Bones just shrugged. Kirk clapped his hands together.
“All right, down to business. I guess I’ll go first.” He fished his glasses out of an inner jacket
pocket and opened his orders with a flourish. “Star Fleet Academy, I‘ll be head of the Tactics and Strategies
department. Well at least it’s not a desk job at HQ this time and Lonny promised me there will be some time off
planet. Mr. Spock, you go next.”
“Star Fleet Academy - Tactics Instructor.
It seems, Admiral we shall still be working together.”
McCoy went next. “Piper Memorial, also
in San Fran. Guess I’m destined to follow that guy from one end of the universe to the other.” he grumbled,
but none of his friends bought it.
“Dr. Piper was a great man; you could
do worse than follow him.” Lt. Uhura chided. She stroked her cheek where Piper had repaired a nasty gash. Scotty
reached up and took her hand. He leaned over and kissed her now unblemished cheek.
“Aye,” He said. “Ol’
Piper did fine work. Lass, it’s your turn.”
She reluctantly drew her hand from his. “The
Academy - Communications and Linguistics. I’ve already been talking with Captain Brown. I’ll be mostly
working as a Comm. Officer with occasional instructor duties.”
Scotty opened his envelope. “Not San
Francisco. Jupiter Station, the great space dock. I’ll be supervising the upgrades to my wee bairnes.
And passing on what I learned out here to the dirt-siders and stay-at-homes.”
Kirk said, “I’m sure you’ll
be home on the weekends.”
“If I don’t get caught up in
a problem and loose track of time.” Scotty replied.
“Don’t worry, honey. I’ll
make sure you come home to Momma.” Her smile was velvet over steel. “Besides, Jim, if Monty isn’t
there I will have you to keep me company.”
Jim felt flush; “A-a- are you sure?”
He looked at Scotty. “Are you both, sure?” His eyes were large daring to hope. Scott nodded
and gave him a big warm grin. Nyota took his hand.
Sulu cleared his throat. “Ahem, I’m
going to be a flight instructor at the Academy. After five years, I’m going to be in the same solar system as my wife.
Janice is a transporter chief on Jupiter Station. She’ll make sure Mr. Scott makes it home in one piece and on schedule.”
“Yes, but who will ride herd on Jim?
I’ve got other duties to attend to, not better, just other.” Ny asked.
“Kevin Riley…” Sulu answered.
“Riley!” Kirk interjected.
Sulu chucked; “Kev and I have kept
in contact. There’s an Enterprise Survivors’ Group, ya know. He’s going to be your personnel
aide, Admiral. He’s so proud, he’s about to bust.”
“My god, little Kevin Riley will be
responsible for me.” Kirk shook his head. How different from when they met on that refugee ship and Riley was
the small boy who clung to Jimmy Kirk. “I wonder -- why didn’t I get another female yeoman?”
He looked pointedly at Ny and Scotty.
Sulu spoke up; “Janice may have mentioned
to some friends at the HQ Personnel Office, that women could be a distraction for, ah, ah, Alpha males, such as you and besides…”
“Besides it’s hard to run a department,
when I’m busy beating off willing women with a stick. Poor Kevin will just have to run interference for me.”
He smiled and glanced over that Nyota and Scotty. This ‘Alpha’ male had his pride.
“If you’ll excuse me, sir?”
Sulu asked.
“Sure, dismissed.” The remaining
friends broke into two groups. Jim, Monty and Nyota sat at one end of the table with Spock and Len sitting at the other.
“T’hy’la,” Spock
took his lover’s hand. “I sense that you are not completely happy with our coming assignments. Could it
be that you do not wish to share accommodations with me once we arrive back to Earth?”
“Naw, shug. In fact, pretty much the
opposite. I had been planning us to live on my family farm out in Georgia.” McCoy paused.
“I remember.” The Vulcan
prompted.
“Well, my cousins have been living
there ever since I left Earth umpteen years ago….
“Fourteen years, four months and twenty-seven
days.” Spock interjected.
“Any way, my cousins don’t want
to move, seeing as they’ve lived in the house fourteen years, four months and twenty-seven days, it feels like home
to them.” He shrugged. “I wanted to show it to you. Walk through the fields, pick peaches, set down by the
lake and look at the stars, like we did when we were kids.” He sighed and waited for Spock to say something.
Len peered up at his lover’s face. “You don’t seem as upset, as I reckoned you’d be.”
Spock stroked Len’s hand to soothe
and distract him. “I would not be upset, just because our plan has been upset. I am, after all, Vulcan.”
McCoy scowled. “I do understand and I admire you for not casting you family out in to the proverbial snow. As it happens,
I, too, have cousins on Earth.” He looked a bit smug. //Forgot that, didn’t you, beloved. // “I wrote
to my mother’s niece, Rebecca Grayson. I expressed concern that after spending most of my adult life, all of my possessions,
fit into an officer’s stateroom. Rebecca reminded me that she is a real estate agent. She said there was a perfect
little house on Lombart Street in Old San Francisco, completely furnished. She thought I could be happy there.”
McCoy’s eyes narrowed; “You,
you were planning to buy a house without me!”
“On the contrary, I am planning to
buy a house for you, for us. I did remember you caretaker cousins. You make mention of Janet every Christmas when
she sends her famous Spice Peaches in the ‘Care’ package. I speculated that perhaps she and her family would
not want to leave the farm; however, I told my cousin that I could not definitely decide on the house until we saw it together.”
Spock inclined his head in supplication.
McCoy ran his thumb slowly over the back
of the Vulcan’s hand; “I reckon San Francisco ain’t all bad. The view is nice, the food is good. I
won’t have to use the Bird-forsaken transporter to get to work and, of course, you’ll be there.”
“Yes,” Spock whispered, “I
will.” He held up two fingers.
“Then that’s where I want to
be, too.” Leonard crossed fingers with his T’hy’la’ and sealed the deal with a Vulcan kiss.
FIN