"SMITH, KRIS TINE KATHLEEN RUSCH DEAN WESLEY - STAR TREK THIN AIR" - читать интересную книгу автора (Smith Kristine)

He ignored the wounds, the shortness of breath, and his damaged ears
and forced his attention completely on the explosion. He had not
expected it, and did not know why it had happened. Simple farming soil
did not normally explode when touched with electricity. Clearly the
soil problem developing on Belle Terre was far worse than he had first
thought.

Alarm bells were sounding throughout the ship as he slowly stood.

"Spock! Spock! Come in." Captain Kirk's voice carried over the
alarms.

Spock stumbled a few steps through the glass and debris, and tapped the
comm link on the wall. "Spock here, Captain' " His own voice sounded
hollow and distant in his ears, and he had to lean against the wall for
support.

The captain's voice came back instantly. "Spock, what happened? Are
you all right?"

Spock looked through the smoke at the completely destroyed science lab,
then said, "I fared better than the science lab. And I made a
discovery."

"What?" Kirk demanded as two emergency personnel shoved the jammed
door aside and rushed into the lab. They stopped, clearly stunned at
the destruction; then one moved toward him as the other moved to stop
the small fire in a panel.

Spock understood the men's reaction. He was surprised as well by the
force of the explosion. He had grossly miscalculated and it had cost
them a lot of important scientific equipment. It was equipment that
would not be easily replaced this far from Federation space. It was
also lucky that he had been the only person in the lab at the time. A
human would have had little chance of surviving such an explosion.

At that moment Dr. McCoy shoved in through the half-open door and
glanced around. "For the love of' He instantly moved toward Spock, his
medical tricorder in his hand. "What in green-blooded blazes have you
done?"

"Spock?" Kirk demanded over the comm as McCoy scanned him. "What
discovery?"

"Belle Terre is in trouble, Captain"' Spock said.

"Explain," Kirk said.

"Jim"' McCoy said to the comm unit on the wall before Spock could say a