Enemies at the Gate CH6

Chapter Six

Kirk groaned in pain as he came back to consciousness. He hurt all over, even his hair! He went to move his arm and found he was strapped down. “Good evening, Captain Kirk.” Yarnek’s, calm as ever, drew his attention.

“Why are you doing this? You know that Starfleet will come after us.”

“They will not find you, and if they do, then it will be too late. You will be changed. You must remember, Captain, you are helping to create a new world. There are four others, as well as yourself and Commander Spock. Rest now, Captain. You and your Mr. Spock have had a busy day.” And with that, he pressed the hypo to Kirk's neck, causing him to pass out.

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The next time he came back to consciousness, he was in a different room and he was in a larger bed. A larger bed that had Spock in it as well. Oh boy, was his first thought.

“Good evening, Captain.”

“Jim, Spock. I think at this point, we can use first names. We will be here until we escape or the Enterprise comes for. Are you alright?”

“I am functional, Cap...Jim. I awoke 2.3 hours ago strapped to a bio bed with Yarnek present. It seems they, from what I gathered, are making some genetic alterations to us. I was able to overhear some of their conversation before I was given another sedative.”

Kirk swallowed hard. “Genetic alterations?”

“Correct, Jim. They mentioned Kintzi and Betazoid before they noticed I was conscious. I did not hear if there is a third. I do not have enough data to make informed hypothesis’,” Spock told him.

“Oh God,” Kirk said, rubbing his face. He sat up and felt a twinge in his abdomen. He lifted his shirt and noticed a pink line going down it. It looks like they performed some sort of procedure on him before using a dermal regenerator on the incision. “Did they do any surgeries on you?” He asked looking up from his stomach.

“Negative, Jim. They did however give me multiple hypos while I was awake before I was sedated. I would theorize that while I was unconscious, I was given additional. I also would suspect, you as well, were given hypos.”

“I wish I knew exactly what he was trying to do. He mentioned others as well. Wonder where they are. I suppose we'll find out soon enough.”

The sound of a door opening caught their attention. Yernak along with two other Excalbians entered their room. “Greetings, Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock. I trust you are comfortable.”

“The accommodations are lacking as well as the company.” Kirk quipped at him.

“We do apologize, Captain. But as I mentioned before, you and your compatriot are needed for our grand experiment.”

“Indeed,” Spock said. “I believe you told the Captain it was for ‘creating a new world.’ I do not know how you plan to accomplish this with just two subjects.”

“Ah, yes. Well, you two bring us up to six male subjects. There are three pairs. While we will not divulge our entire plans. Suffice it to say, you three pairs are the start of a new race. It will be an interesting experiment. And now, I am afraid we will need you again in the labs. I would recommend staying in the bed, you will less likely to injure yourselves.”

“Why knock us unconscious?”

“We are well aware of your propensity for trying to escape by overpowering your guards. We feel this way is best, less stressful on your body. And since we made some changes to it, this way is safer.” And with that they stepped back out of the room. As soon as the door shut, the smelled the familiar scent of the knock out gas. Here we go again, he thought before succumbing to the gas.