Spock.
And I prefer
that you remain here.
Marta, my dear.
We found your little divertissement
enchanting, didn't we, Captain ?
But there's more to come.
The entertainment has merely begun.
- By the way, I assume you play chess.
- Occasionally.
So do l. How would you respond to
queen to queen's level three ?
You're aware that there are
an infinite number of countermoves.
I'm interested in only one.
I can't for the life of me
imagine which one.
"For the life of me"
is a phrase well chosen.
- It could literally come to that.
- Dead I am of no use to you.
But I can make you long
for death, beg for death.
"In the midnight of November,
when the dead man's fare is nigh,
and the danger in the valley,
and the anger in the sky."
I wrote that this morning.
Do you like it ?
Yes, I think it's very good.
[ Softly ]
Tell him what he wants to know.
We'll go away together.
[ Whispering ]
I can't.
But you must.
I beg of you.
Oh, don't beg, Marta !
It's degrading.
Queen to queen's
level three, Captain.
You'll talk freely...
and quite soon.
What you see before you, Captain,
is my latest invention.
Quite ordinary in appearance,
almost primitive, wouldn't you say ?
Yes, I recognize it.
It's used for rehabilitation purposes.
It helped many men
back to health.
Appearances can be deceiving.
Once it was a part of
the rehabilitation process,
and as such, quite painless.
And I might add useless too.
It made men docile
and of no use to me.
I've added certain refinements
to the use of ultrasonic waves.
The chair is no longer painless.
Put the governor in it.
Queen to queen's
level three, Captain Kirk ?
It is, in fact, exquisitely painful,
as you will now see.
[ High-Pitched Whirring ]
- [Cory Groaning]
- Interesting, isn't it ?
The pain is real and can be
prolonged indefinitely,
because there is no actual
destruction of tissue.
Stop it !
[ Whirring Stops ]
Of course, Captain.
You have but to ask.
Now, as you can see, he has
not been harmed physically,
yet the memory of
the exquisite torment remains.
- Queen to queen's level three, Captain.
- No.
Too bad.
Remove our distinguished governor.
Put Captain Kirk in the chair.
No, you mustn't do that !
You really are becoming
offensive to me, my dear.
Don't make it necessary
for me to put you in it.
[ High-Pitched Whirring ]
Queen to queen's
level three, Captain Kirk.
Please, stop it !
You want him, don't you ?
- Yes.
- Badly enough to join him ?
Listen to me, my Lord Garth.
I can get him to tell me
what you want to know.
Might be interesting
to have you try.
- [ Whirring Stops ]
- [ Exhales ]
- No breakthrough ?
- No, Mr. Scott.
Still no response
from the planet.
Sensor readings ?
The force field is weakest
on the far side of the planet.
We can send down
a shuttlecraft...
carrying a team
in environmental suits.
It won't work, Scotty.
They'd have to cover thousands
of miles through poisonous atmosphere...
before they'd
ever reach the asylum.
Aye. Even if they made it, they couldn't
carry anything powerful enough...
to break through the asylum dome.
Only the ship herself
could do that.
Probably kill Jim and Spock.
Doctor, they may already be dead.
Slowly, darling.
Slowly.
Rest.
Is this more of Garth's
persuasion, Marta ?
I told him
I'd discover your secret.
I lied.
I would have told him anything
to save you from that torment.
I believe you mean that.
I do.
Oh.
This is where I've longed to be.
I think I knew I loved you
from the moment I first saw you.
Marta.
Marta,
I can help you,
but I must get to the Enterprise
to do that.
- That's not possible.
- Oh, yes, it is.
It is. If I can get
to the control room...
and remove the force field,
then Garth is finished.
Garth is my leader.
He will lead you to destruction.
He's...
already destroyed the medicine
that could have helped you.
But there's more medicine
aboard the ship.
I'll help you,
but you must wait.
You do