cannot hear you,
Captain.
To their ears,
you sound like an insect.
That's your description,
Captain.
Accurate, if unflattering.
Really. There is nothing
wrong with them.
What have you done?
Changed you.
So you are like me now.
Your crew cannot see you
or any of us
because of the acceleration.
We move in the wink
of an eye.
Oh, there is
a scientific explanation for it,
but all that really
matters is that...
you can see me
and talk to me...
and...
we can go on from there.
Why?
Because I like you.
Didn't you guess?
Or are you so accustomed
to being kissed
by invisible women?
Uh...
um...
Deela.
Is this why
you sabotaged my ship?
Oh, but it has not
been sabotaged.
We... we had
to make some changes in it,
to adjust it to us.
You said we?
Yes. Of course.
My chief scientist
and his crew.
I am their queen.
You are going to be their king.
You'll enjoy living on Scalos.
What about my ship?
My crew?
Oh, in a few of their moments,
they will realize
that you've vanished.
They will look for you,
but they will not find you.
You're accelerated far
beyond their power to see.
So they'll go on
without you.
Don't be so stubborn.
You cannot go back to them, ever.
Is it so dreadful a prospect?
This won't kill you,
but the stun effect
is not very pleasant.
But--But that won't work.
Well, you go ahead. Try.
Point right at me.
My reactions
are much too fast
for such a crude weapon.
And I am quite good
at self-defense, too.
This can be set for stun
and destroy, too, like yours.
Please...
accept what has happened.
There is nothing
you can do to change it.
If I agree
to go with you,
will you set
this ship to rights?
Take out that device in
the life-support system?
Don't be so silly.
You'll feel better
about it in a while.
It always happens this way.
They are very upset at first,
then it wears off,
and they...
they learn to like it.
You will, too.
He's on his way to you.
Be gentle with him.
Captain.
Captain Kirk!
He's gone!
Lieutenant, did you
see what happened?
Well, he was sitting there.
He'd just drunk his coffee
and set his cup down.
And then he vanished.
Mr. Sulu, do you verify?
That's just what happened.
He was there,
then he wasn't there.
Captain Kirk,
you've made it.
Compton,
did they accelerate you?
Yes, sir.
They hooked something
into the life support system.
We must get rid of it.
Sir, entry is forbidden.
By whose order?
The commander. Step back.
I'm your commander, Compton.
I order you to let me in.
You are no longer, sir.
Who is, Deela?
Is that who you're working for?
At first I refused.
After a while,
I couldn't help myself.
I met this girl.
She's one of them.
I've never known
anyone like her.
She brought me aboard
to show them operation of the ship.
Bridge controls,
life support.
She explained that
they wanted to know.
I didn't understand
at first.
But I do now.
So will you, sir.
All right, Compton.
Stun.
You were ordered
to stop him.
Why did you disobey?
I tried to stop him.
You hurt him.
He was violent.
He had to be subdued.
He was my captain.
Cell damage.
Another will be
secured for you.
I'm getting a trace reading
similar to that
on the planet.
Mr. Sulu, did you
drink your coffee?
Yes.
Did anyone else?
I had some.
May l?
Was it the coffee?
Will we go too,
Just like the captain?
I cannot give you that answer
until these
have been analysed.
It might be too late--
Recall the captain's words,
"Make them
take the next step."
It would seem
they have taken it.
And we must determine
effective countermeasures.
Mr. Scott,
you have the con.
I shall be
in the medical lab.
I hate what happens
to them
when they're damaged.
You must
control your temper, Rael.
I do not want that
to happen to him.
If they are
so stubborn a species,
perhaps they will last longer.
It may be.
I hope so.
They all go so soon.
I want to
keep this one a long time.
He's pretty.
He is