"Yes, Captain?"
"I'm going to my cabin to make the official log entry. I'll see you on the Bridge."
"Very good, Captain." Spock started for the elevator.
"Oh, and Spock..."
"Sir?" Spock turned and waited.
"When you get there, instruct Uhura to contact the nearest Starfleet base for orders. Maybe this time they can find something a little more interesting for us to do."
"Interesting, Captain?" Spock threw back his head in surprise as Kirk walked up beside him. "It is interesting ... to learn that understatement is not the exclusive province of Vulcans."
The doors closed behind them.
Scott leaned against the transporter console while Sulu stared in confusion after the two departed commanding officers.
"Now what do you suppose all that was about?" the helmsman wondered out loud. Scott smiled.
"It's verra simple, Mr. Sulu. Easy to understand when you've been around the captain and Mr. Spock as long as I have. See, they're both crazy. Only the captain tries to fool us into thinkin' it's a cover, and Mr. Spock is too polite to admit to it." Scott let out a long breath, moved away from the console.
"Well, you heard the orders. I suggest you get back to the Bridge. Me, I'm goin' back to Engineerin' and my engines. At least they're not loonie. It's easy to stay sane back there," he finished as he stepped into the elevator. "Because when anythin' goes wrong with them, I can always call on the little people to come and fix 'em."
The lift doors closed.
Sulu stared at them for a long moment, then muttered something no one was there to hear. It didn't matter - mankind had heard it before, had known it to be true since the beginning of time.
"Everyone's crazy here but me and thee," he sang, "and sometimes I'm not so sure about thee."
Whistling cheerfully, he ambled toward the elevator and the bridge beyond.
From The Back Cover:
THREE EXCITING EPISODES
FROM TELEVISION'S MOST POPULAR
SCIENCE FICTION SERIES!
-Complete in this volume-
• THE AMBERGRIS ELEMENT
Marooned on the strange water world of Argo, Kirk and Spock are in incredible danger ... pursued by a hideous sea monster!
• PIRATES OF ORION
Spock is desperately ill with a disease fatal to Vulcans ... only a miracle can save him!
• JIHAD
The Skorr are on the warpath ... threatening to launch a holy war against the rest of the civilized galaxy!
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STAR TREK LOG ONE
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