Disclaimer: Don't own the characters, don't make any money doing this. Blah blah blah, yadda yadda.

Warnings: OH SO MANY WARNINGS... UGH...

Okay – first and foremost – in case it's not obvious. BLATANT - OOC...

There may be some language – probably not in the first couple of chapters,

Possibly some K/S innuendo.

This is NOT a kidfic!

Okay it is..... But it isn't at the same time!

I have NO IDEA how to categorize this.... UGH

There will be adult themes in this later on...

It will eventually be K/S in nature (though I don't intend on there being anything graphic in this fic – possibly more of the K/S relationship in the sequel – I don't know.)

Bottom line, this is hard to catagorize and because of the eventual K/S nature - it may

offend some people. I apologize – it's COMPLICATED. If you don't like that sort of

thing – Don't Read This.

That said.

Yes – a lot of it is going to be cute.

The adult themes are going to stem from the complicated nature of Jim's condition and

will be handled delicately – I hope – that's the goal. (no promises)

Author's Note: I've been working on this for a while. Again – it's finals week – so this is one of those projects I won't be working on again until Next weekend at least – but – I've decided that since I can't post updates to "MOII" or "Saving Grace" – since they aren't ready – that I should post what I have of this.

It's my way of saying THANK YOU for the over 300 reviews for "MOII" and over 30 (WOW) reviews for the One Chapter of "Saving Grace" (wow now I really gotta get my butt in gear) – not to mention all the faves and alerts.

So much love!

Thanks to you all.

Hopefully this will keep you appeased.

I'm splitting it into shorter chapters so that I can do several updates with what I already have this week.

Destiny's Child

Chapter 1.

In Which Jim Is Not Himself

"Do you have a lock on the Captain's position yet Mr. Scott?"

"I'm workin' as fast as I ken Commander. We're damn lucky we picked up tha' blip of a signal at all."

"I am well aware of that Lieutenant Commander, however, since we now have confirmation that the Captain is indeed on the Planet's surface, it is imperative that we retrieve him. He has been missing for three days and we have reason to believe that the alien race holding him captive may be hostile. He may be injured or otherwise harmed and knowing the Captain's penchant for attracting trouble, is invariably in some sort of danger."

"I know Spock, yuv told meh tha' six times in the last thirty minutes. Pavel and I are almost through the interference. If we ken jest locate the frequency they are using to jam our signals, we'll be able ta disrupt it. Then we ken lock onta his signal and beam him up. Tha' last signal scan showed he was alive Spock. I'll git him back, and he'll be okay, I promise ya that."

"I know you will Montgomery, I apologize for my frustration. I am simply…"

"Worried Commander?"

"Concerned."

Leonard McCoy burst into the transporter room, med kit in hand. As Ensign Chekov declared that he had located the frequency of the jamming transmission interfering with the Enterprise's capabilities to lock on to any signals or communicate with the planet's surface.

"Chekov called me and said they were close." McCoy said to the Vulcan giving him the raised eyebrow, to explain his timely arrival.

"I'm through, I'm through!" The young Ensign shouted.

"I've got his signal! Locking on… transport in 5…4…3….2…1" Scotty assured the growing crowd in the room.

A familiar swirl of light and energy appeared on the transporter pad and a figure began to emerge. It gradually became the Captain, but he was sitting on the floor, knees tucked to his chest, his arms wrapped tightly around them. When his pattern was fully restored McCoy rushed to him, tricorder in hand. Jim didn't make a move to stand up, he just stared at McCoy with wide and astonished crystal blue eyes.

"Jim, are you alright?" Leonard cried out to his friend.

"Those lights were scary Bones, and they made my tummy feel funny," the Captain said in a very earnest and shaky voice as he inched his way back toward the wall, retreating from the crowd that was moving toward him.

McCoy turned to Spock and they shared a look of concern.

"Captain, it is alright, you are back aboard the Enterprise. Are you hurt in any way?"

Jim just stared at Spock and moved to hide behind Bones. He kept sneaking looks at all the crewmen in the room and then at Spock. Finally, holding onto Bones' shirt with his fists he whispered very loudly at Spock.

"Why's there so many people lookin' at me?" McCoy and the Commander shared another concerned look at their Captain's odd behavior as McCoy continued to take scans with his medical tricorder.

"You have been missing for three days Captain. The crew is simply concerned for your well being."

Jim raised one fist to his mouth and began chewing on his index fingernail. He stared at the crew members who were backing off a bit now and then finally motioned to Spock that he wanted him to come closer. When Spock came closer Jim motioned that he wanted him to come all the way down to his level. So Spock sat beside him on the transporter pad, not knowing what else to do.

"Cantchoo make 'em go away Spock?"

"I can. Do you remember what happened to you on the planet Captain?"

Jim just shrugged and continued to stare at the crew members in the room with a very scared and worried look on his face. Spock rose and cleared the room assuring the worried crewmen that the Captain would be just fine. Scotty and Pavel remained but stood off to the side as not to alarm the Captain. Spock shot a questioning eyebrow at Dr. McCoy, searching for answers.

"I don't know what to tell you. I can't find a damn thing wrong with him. According to this he's in perfect health. Not a scratch on him."

"A scratch did not cause his regression into childlike behavior doctor."

"Tell me something I don't know. I'm not going to have any answers for you until I can get him to sickbay and conduct more intricate brain scans."

"Very well. In the meantime we must attempt to communicate with his captors and get them to tell us what they have done."

"Ahm afraid thas not gonna be possible Mr. Spock." Scotty informed him.

"Is the jamming signal back?"

"No. Pavel managed ta permanently disrupt it, but there's nobody down there ta contact."

"There must be."

"Check the data yourself. We've run the scans five times and confirmed with the bridge. There's not a sengle soletary life sign on that planet. Not even a bug. Just one small structure. Tha one we beamed him up frum. Tha rest is a barren wasteland."

Spock rechecked the data and confirmed that what Scotty was saying was accurate.

"Jim, were you down there by yourself?" McCoy asked him.

"I dunno. It was cold. I'm still cold. I don wanna go to sickbay."

"Well I'm afraid you don't have a choice in the matter. I've got to figure out what's wrong with you, and we have to do that in sickbay. Come on, stand up, let's go."

"No!"

"Jim, come on. You've been to sickbay a hundreds of times. It's not that big a deal."

"No I'm not goin' and you can't make me!" Jim yelled, getting up and running to hide behind Spock. "Don't let him take me. I don't wanna go." Jim sniffled and clung to the Vulcan.

"Jim, there is nothing to be afraid of. Dr. McCoy simply wants to help you."

"Is too, he gots jections and they hurt. He's gonna stick me wif 'em and I don't wanna get stuck. I'll swell all up and get leaky and get sick to my tummy too. Please don't make me go. Please." he pleaded to Spock, plastering himself to the Vulcan's side while still hiding just a bit behind him at the same time. His fists were balled up in Spock's uniform shirt tightly and his body shook, as his nose began to run and tears ran down his face.

"Jim, doctor McCoy will not hurt you. He jest needs to take some pictures of your head, zat is all." Pavel reassured him.

"You promise?"

"I am crossing my heart. You will not hurt him will you Doctor McCoy."

"Of course not Jim. I'm just going to take some pictures of your head, like Pavel said. You can let me do that can't you?"

"You won't let him give me no jections will you Spock?"

"I will not allow him to administer any injections to you that are not absolutely necessary Jim."

"And you'll come wif me?"

"I will."

"Okay, but only if you come wif me." Jim said taking Spock's hand and staying far away from McCoy. As they walked to sickbay Jim leaned his head against Spock's shoulder and stuck his thumb in his mouth. Spock noticed this and before thinking about it, instinctually admonished him.

"Do not suck your thumb Jim." he said and pulled Jim's thumb out of his mouth.

"Why not?"

"Because it will deform your teeth."

Jim frowned at this and pouted, and when he didn't think Spock was watching, slipped the thumb back into his mouth. Spock did notice and gave him a very disapproving look. Jim took it back out, but his frown became a scowl. He did not however let go of Spock's hand. Nor did he get any closer to Bones.

A/N: Okay – there's your beginning? What do you think?

Questions? Ask away and I'll try to field them – as long as it doesn't give away the story line.

Is it too far out there?

Feh – who cares. Imma writin' it anyway.