We materialized in the throne room and saw Celestia covered in blood and struggling to move. So, Kirk and I ran up to her and Kirk said,
“Celestia! What happened?!”
“The Klingons! They came back saying something about Dilithium!”
“Why would they want Dilithium? Last sensor readings said that your planet didn’t have any Dilithium.”
“That’s just it! I… I… I told them we didn’t have any and they almost killed me for it!”
“But, you’re an alicorn!” I said. “Alicorns can’t die!”
“That’s what I tell everypony. The truth is that we Alicorns can’t die from natural causes. We can die from being beaten to death but, not from getting old.”
Kirk starts crying and hugged Celestia. She whimpered and kirk said,
“What’s wrong, ‘Tia?”
“Broken ribs.” I said.
“Okay Bones. Beam back up to the Med Bay. Get Celestia to feeling better.”
“Okay, Jim.”
So, after beaming back up to the Med Bay, I put splints on Celestia’s bones and put her in my room to sleep. While in bed, she asked me,
“Bones?”
“You call me Leonard, Celestia. Why do you call me Bones, now?”
“Because we’ve gotten to know each other. Now, Bones, is that a window?”
“Yes… Why?”
“Can you open it so, I can see Equestria from space?”
So, I went to the window and opened it, showing her a remarkably grand view of Equestria in all its glory.
She instantly started crying.
“That’s so… That’s so… Beautiful!” She said.
So, I decided to ask her the question I asked Kirk earlier.
“Celestia, am I a hero?”
“We are all heroes in our own way, Leonard. What way pleases you?”
“Saving people. But, I don’t know if I can save you. I’ve never had to save a horse before.”
“Pony, Leonard. I am a pony.”
“Okay… pony.”
So, I went over to my nightstand and grabbed my Tricorder and scanned Celestia. She had a normal heartbeat for what I thought a horse (dammit! PONY, Leonard! She is a pony!) should have. I also found out that her magic was busy fixing her bones. 10 minutes later, the fixing of her bones was finished and she was getting out of bed. By that time, Kirk had beamed back up to the Enterprise and had entered the med bay, obviously hoping to see Celestia.
I walked up to him and said,
“Jim, she’s fine. You can go see her in a little bit.”
“I don’t think that’s Celestia.” He said.
That was not what I expected to excrete from his mouth at that moment in time.
“W-w-w-… Why don’t you think that’s Celestia?”
“Just some things.”
“What kind of things, exactly?”
Kirk leaned to look over my shoulder.
“This proves my point.” He gestures to whoever’s behind me.
I turned around to see who he was referring to and saw a dark green pony (perfect, Leonard!) licking its chops at the two of us.
“You finally figured it out, Kirk! I hid Celestia away in a secure location ever since the last time you left. Now, since I have successfully infiltrated your ship, I have no choice but, to claim ownership of it.” The pony said.
“Why do you want my ship?” Kirk said.
“Why do you care?”
“So, I can know why you’re doing this.”
“Well, it will help me take over Equestria. Does that tell you enough?”
“You’re not getting her.”
“Oh. That’s what you think. My Changeling army is already down at you precious warp core, taking it over. So, basically, I already have it.”
“Who are you?”
“My name is Queen Chrysalis.”
I spoke up.
“You may have the warp core but, you don’t have the rest of the ship.”
“Oh… Leonard. That’s what you think. I won’t have you stopping me from taking over Equestria this time.”
Next thing I know, I found myself flying backwards toward a wall. I hit it, slid down, and had time to see Kirk run out of the room before I blacked out.
‘My name is Queen Chrysalis…’ was the last thought that went through my head.
I awoke I don’t know how long later to the sound of gunfire one deck below and decided to investigate. I got out of the room and the power shut off. (Probably because the so-called ‘Changelings’ shut off the warp core.) That also includes shutting off the gravity generators. So, while we fell towards Equestria, I was stumbling down the stairs to deck 6. I got to that deck and instantly found Mr. Scott and Keenzer.
“Scotty! What the hell happened?” I asked him.
“The bug ponies didn’t know how to shut off the warp core so, they severed some of the warp core wires so, Keenzer and I are up here to find replacements.” Scotty replied.
“Okay. You stay safe.”
Scotty handed me a phaser.
“They’re surprisingly easy to kill but, there’s so many of them that they’re tough.”
“Thank you.”
About the time that we ended our conversation, the Enterprise tilted again and I found myself running on the wall past the doors to the Brig and sustainable food storages. I got to the rear of the ship and got on the turbolift track to go down to the warp core deck. I ran and ran and ran down near the edge of the track as the Enterprise was about to right itself. I started sliding down the track and heard the banging of a turbocart falling toward me. I jumped up and swung myself into another turbotrack, causing the cart to miss me by less than a couple of inches. I ran to the nearest door and opened it. I found I was on the deck right below the warp core deck. It was the deck containing the garbage dumps. I looked near one of the doors and saw a yellow shirt and Queen Chrysalis fighting in one of the garbage dumps.
Why would Queen Chrysalis be on this deck? I thought to myself.
I ran over to the garbage dump and saw who the yellow shirt was.
It was Ensign Chekhov and he was locking the door to the garbage dump.
With him and Queen Chrysalis inside it.