sent here by mistake.
- Oh.
The atavachron
is far away,
but I think you come from
someplace farther than that.
That is true.
I am not from the world
you know at all.
My home is a planet
millions of light-years away.
Oh, how wonderful! I've always loved
books about such possibilities.
[Chuckles]
But they are only stories.
This isn't real.
I-- I must be
imagining all this.
[ Gasps ]
I'm going mad!
[ Sobbing ]
Listen to me. I am firmly
convinced that I do exist.
I am substantial.
You are not imagining this.
Oh, I've--
I've been here
for so long, alone.
When I saw you out there,
I couldn't believe it.
Is he dying?
Here.
There's the mort.
And there's
the mort's henchman.
Open up.
Rouse him.
You're the thief
who talks to spirits.
No, I'm a stranger here.
Where are you from?
- An island.
- What is this island?
It's called Earth.
I know no island Earths.
But no matter. Continue.
I never saw that woman
before tonight.
When she screamed,
as far as I could tell,
she was being attacked.
- You deny being her accomplice?
- Yes, I deny it.
I was reading in the library
when I heard her scream.
My lord, the library.
Do you remember where
the library is, my lord?
Uh, perhaps your part
in this is innocent.
I believe you...
- to be an honest man.
- He's a witch!
Take care, woman!
I am convinced of your guilt.
Do not compound it
with false accusation.
He speaks to unseen spirits.
He's a witch! You heard the voices!
It's truth, my lord.
I heard the spirit
talk to him.
He answered
and did call it "Bones."
You're a witch!
He cast a spell.
He made me steal against my wish.
Surely you don't believe--
You heard these spirits?
Aye, my lord.
I'll witness to it.
What he heard, my lord,
were only my friends
behind the wall in the library.
- In the library. The library.
- I know nothing of this.
Send for someone learned in
witchcraft and let him examine him.
I will have nothing
to do with it.
My lord, at least arrange
for me to meet Mr. Atoz.
- I know of no Atoz.
- Yes! Yes! Atoz!
I know nothing of this,
nothing of these matters!
- I will not hear it!
- Let me speak to you!
- [Woman] Witch!
- At least let me talk to you!
[Door Slams Shut]
Witch!
Witch! Witch!
They'll burn ya.
[ Groans ]
McCoy.
McCoy, wake up.
[ Groans ]
- Who are you?
- My name is Zarabeth.
Zarabeth.
Spock, are we
in the library?
No, we are still in the Ice Age,
but safe for the moment.
Jim.
What about Jim?
Doctor, you're in no condition
to get up. Lie down and rest.
I shall attempt
to find the captain.
Well, you find him, Spock.
Don't you worry about me.
You just find him.
Spock...
who is this Jim?
He's our commanding officer
and our friend.
I saw only the two of you.
I did not know there was another.
He did not come with us. He was
sent through the time portal...
to another period in history
much later than this one.
If I am to find him,
there is only one
possible avenue.
Zarabeth, will you show me
where the time portal is?
But your friend--
he is ill.
That is true.
If I leave him,
he may never regain the ship.
He would be marooned
in this time period.
But he is no longer
in danger of death,
so my primary duty to him
has been discharged.
And if I remain here,
no one of our party
would be able to aid Captain Kirk.
Oh, you make it sound
like an equation.
It should be an equation!
I should be able to resolve
this problem logically.
Perhaps it has something
to do with the atavachron.
If only I knew more
about how it worked.
Zarabeth, you said that
you were brought here as a prisoner.
- May I ask--
- Why?
My crime was in choosing
my kinsmen unwisely.
Two of them were involved
in a conspiracy to kill Zor Kahn.
I remember that name from
the history tapes in the library.
Zor Kahn the Tyrant.
It was not enough that
he execute my kinsmen.
Zor Kahn determined
to destroy our entire family.
He used the atavachron to send us