Path: newsspool2.news.atl.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!elnk-atl-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!prodigy.com!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsread.com!newsstand.newsread.com!POSTED.monger.newsread.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated Approved: ascem@earthlink.net Organization: Better Living Thru TrekSmut Sender: ascem@earthlink.net Message-ID: <022901c49438$608d7820$6600a8c0@tarzan> References: <00fe01c49418$4c21b560$6600a8c0@tarzan> From: "kira-nerys" MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list ASCEML@yahoogroups.com; contact ASCEML-owner@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: NEW: Call of Duty. "A Vulcan Soul Prevails", K/S, Mc, G, 1/1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 102 Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 18:55:09 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.198.142.218 X-Complaints-To: Abuse Role , We Care X-Trace: monger.newsread.com 1094496909 209.198.142.218 (Mon, 06 Sep 2004 14:55:09 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 14:55:09 EDT Xref: news.earthlink.net alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated:83854 X-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 11:55:25 PDT (newsspool2.news.atl.earthlink.net) Heh, Farf, just made me aware that this story fits the "Canonically incorrect" challenge as well. It was unintentional, but should count anyway, right? Right, Stephen? *flutters eyelashes* Kira ----- Original Message ----- From: "kira-nerys" To: Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 3:49 PM Subject: [ASCEML] NEW: Call of Duty. "A Vulcan Soul Prevails", K/S, Mc, G, 1/1 > Author: kira-nerys > Title: A Vulcan Soul Prevails > Rating: G > Pairing: K/S, Mc > Summary: A Starfleet officer's duty is to his ship - and to his > crewmates. > Note: For Stephen's Call of Duty Challenge > Feedback: kira-nerys > > A Vulcan Soul Prevails > > "Oh, Jim, Jim," McCoy groaned and clutched at his head. "I am going > insane. All the voices, all the information. I can't take it." His voice > lowered and sounded frighteningly familiar. > > Spock. > > Kirk swallowed and blinked away the tears. "You're not going insane, > Bones," he said firmly, and pulled his friend into his arms. > > They were almost there, almost on Vulcan. Kirk's heart thumped hard, as > though it were going to pound its way out of his chest. > > Had Spock been himself, he would have been here too, to support McCoy, > to help him through this ordeal, but Spock wasn't himself. He had no > memory of how much this man had once meant to him, no memory of how much > either of them had meant to him. Kirk clutched McCoy closer, trying to > find comfort in the arms of a friend who needed the solace just as much. > > "Why did he do this to me?" McCoy cried and buried his face into Kirk's > neck. McCoy's tears made Kirk's neck all wet. > > Yes, why? Why didn't he give his katra to me? Kirk wondered. The thought > had plagued him many times, but the answer was clear. Because there had > been no time. McCoy had been closer. > > "Because if he hadn't, he would have been lost forever, Bones," Kirk > said softly, and McCoy's sobs quieted slowly. "It's my duty as a friend > to carry his katra to the Fal-Tor-Pan," McCoy whispered. "I know that. > And I don't mind. But it hurts, it hurts." > > Kirk was surprised that his friend remembered the name of the ancient, > Vulcan ritual, but perhaps he shouldn't be. McCoy, after all, carried > the soul of their best friend inside him. > > "But it's also an honor," McCoy continued. "I just hope the bastard > bloody well appreciates it once he's got his soul back." > > Kirk had to smile. Perhaps everything would be all right after all. > > "Captain Kirk to the Bridge. T'Pau is on the comm.," Uhura said. > > Kirk rose to his feet. "Will you be all right, Bones?" he asked. > > "I will, as soon as these blasted Vulcans do what they must and remove > this thing from my mind," McCoy replied and followed his captain to the > bridge of the Klingon Bird of Prey. There, they found their Vulcan > friend, watching the craft descend on his home planet. Spock's face was > bathed in the orange light from Vulcan's sun Iridani, but his eyes were > empty, devoid of recognition. > > "It'll be all right, Spock," Kirk said and put his hand on the Vulcan's > shoulder. Spock turned his head and looked at him blankly. > > "I have no doubt that it will, Captain Kirk," he said. > > And that made Kirk feel better. Somewhere in there, underneath that > empty gaze, some part of his Spock was still alive. > > END ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ASCEM messages are copied to a mailing list. Most recent messages can be found at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCEML. NewMessage: