STAR TREK - TOS - 27 - Mindshadow

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Mind Shadow [042 5.0]
by M J dillard.
Synopsis:
To James Kirk, the planet seemed like a
pastoral paradise when he and
Spock first beamed down. But when space
pirates begin ravaging and
Spock is gravely injured -- his mind
seemingly destroyed -- Kirk
realizes that things are not as they seem. The
planet hides a deadly
secret, and the key to that secret is locked in
Spock's brain -- if only
Spock can remember the secret and communicate
it to his Captain!
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Chapter One
IT WAS LATE afternoon. The sun slid below the
mountain
peaks that surrounded the mesas on all sides and
the sky faded slowly to a dustier shade of blue.
Kirk
raised a hand to shield his eyes, not from the fiery
glow
of the setting sun, but from colors so vivid and
intense
that his optic nerves perceived them as almost painful,
like dazzling light: the purple of the mountains, the
brilliant blue of the sky, the incandescent
golden-red
of the vines, which crept up the sharp sides
of the
mountains and tumbled onto the plateaus below.
Kirk stood with his men on the tallest plateau in
the
valley, between the towering mountains and the terrain-four
hundred feet below, a tidy patchwork of
fastidiously tilled fields and trellised
vines stretching
almost to the horizon.
Spock motioned silently with the tricorder, and the
group crossed a thick blue-green carpet of
vegetation,
the humans with their heads tilted back to better
drink
in their surroundings, the Vulcan with his eyes on the
tricorder. They had not gone far at all when
Kirk
stopped to fill his lungs with cool damp air.
"Smell
that, Doctor."
McCoy obeyed the order and turned to smile.
"Well, I'll be... smells like the summer
jasmine we
had back home .... his
"When's the last time you had the chance
to smell
wildflowers, Bones?"
McCoy rolled his eyes even further
heavenward.
"I'd rather not think about it, if it's all the same
to you .... his
"Too long," sighed Scott, his tone
approaching reverence.
He shook his head wi/lly. "I can't believe
that anybody would want to destroy this . . . ach,
if
this place inna a sight for sore eyes .... his
Spock looked up at last from the tricorder;
he had
been studying the readout with such a detached air
that it seemed doubtful he was aware of the breathtaking
landscape surrounding him. "Atmosphere
oxygen-rich,
Captain, slightly more than Terran standard."
He
hesitated for an instant. "Are your eyes
troubling you,
Mr. Scott?" he asked blandly.
Kirk grimaced. It was impossible to tell if
his first
officer was taking Scott's remark with typical
Vulcan literalness, or merely enjoying some odd
private joke.
McCoy responded with disgust before the groaning
engineer could reply. "He's just trying to say that
it's
pretty here, Spock. Of course, I'm sure
that's something
you wouldn't understand. I'm sure you find that
tricorder readout infinitely more exciting."
"I am not incapable of aesthetic appreciation,
Doctor,"
Spock replied mildly, apparently not in the
least
bit insulted. "However, I must admit to finding
certain
data in the readout quite fascinating, particularly the
concentration of mineral elements in the soil--"
"Later, Spock." Kirk silenced him with an
absent-
MINDSHADOW
minded wave of his hand, afraid the spell cast
by the
planet's beauty might be broken. "How long
has it
been since I've been on solid land like this,
near
flowers, animals... his
"Exactly four-point-seven months since our
last
shore leave," Spock volunteered.
"Too long," McCoy muttered to himself.
Scott's voice was plaintive. "We will be
taking
shore leave after we complete this mission, won't
we,
sir?"
"If Star Fleet can't come up with any more last
minute distress calls." Kirk's weak smile
was unconvincing.
"Let's hope for the best, gentlemen."
As the light dimmed, the four came upon a small
well-kept vineyard. Spock reactivated the
tricorder.
"Life form reading ahead, Captain.
Humanoid."
Beyond the field of trellised golden vines stood
a
small hut, nothing more than a mound of dried
gray
twigs, homely and awkward compared to its
glorious
surroundings. But the to one being who stood in front
of
the hut was as striking and deeply colorful as her
planet. Her skin was golden, her eyes as
purple as the
nearby mountains and her brows as sharply
upswept.
Silver hair spilled down her back onto a
cloak the color
of the sky. She was very, very old, and her demeanor
was that of one whose age has brought her to expect a
good deal of respect from her juniors.
As the aliens approached, she rose to her full
height
of four feet and studied them with hooded eyes.
She
spoke slowly, neither smiling nor making any form
of
obeisance. "I am Natahia, the
representative of the
growers of the Aritani."
Kirk inclined his head slightly in what he
hoped
suggested respect. "I am Captain Kirk,
representative
of the United Federation of Planets. First
Officer,
Commander Spock. Chief Medical Officer,
Dr.
Leonard McCoy. Chief Engineer,
Lieutenant Commander
Montgomery Scott."
She did not acknowledge the polite nods
directed
toward her. "What protection does the Federation
offer us? We do not welcome the intervention of
outsiders, but too many of our people have died."
Kirk matched her directness. "We can show you
how to shield your planet using a protective
device
that the raiders' ships cannot penetrate. Mr.
Spock
and Mr. Scott will install it for you and instruct you
in
its operation, and Dr. McCoy is here to help
your
wounded."
Natahia considered this information silently for a
moment; when she spoke again, her eyes were full of
Pride and sorrow. "We are a people who revere the
simplicity of life, Captain. We despise
technology and
its resultant complications, for our ancestors
once
worshipped it, as you do, and so destroyed themselves.
We have learned to let the land provide all we
need. But now we are forced to make use of your
technology to save our people and our land in order to
provide. Please understand that we welcome you with
reluctance." She looked sternly at Kirk.
"What price
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MindShadow[0425.0]byMJdillard.Synopsis:ToJamesKirk,theplanetseemedlikeapastoralparadisewhenheandSpockfirstbeameddown.ButwhenspacepiratesbeginravagingandSpockisgravelyinjured--hismindseeminglydestroyed--Kirkrealizesthatthingsarenotastheyseem.Theplanethidesadeadlysecret,andthekeytothatsecretislockedin...

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