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STILL NO RESPONSE, SIR.

[CLICK]

NO, KEEP IT OPEN.

I DON'T LIKE THIS.

NOTHING SINCE THE FIRST CHECK-IN.

SCOTT AND SULU SHOULD'VE CONTACTED US AGAIN

A HALF AN HOUR AGO.

THEY MAY HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT.

OUR SENSORS INDICATE NO LIFE FORMS

EXCEPT OUR LANDING PARTY.

BOTH THOSE MEN ARE WELL AWARE

OF LANDING PARTY PROCEDURE.

THEY SHOULD'VE CHECKED IN WITH US BY NOW.

CONTACT ESTABLISHED, CAPTAIN.

JACKSON TO ENTERPRISE.

ENTERPRISE. KIRK HERE.

ONE TO BEAM UP, ENTERPRISE.

ONE?

JACKSON?

WHERE ARE SCOTT AND SULU?

I'M READY TO BEAM UP, SIR.

JACKSON!

I'M SORRY. I CAN'T CLEAR IT, CAPTAIN.

NOTIFY TRANSPORTER ROOM TO PREPARE TO BEAM UP

ONE MEMBER OF THE LANDING PARTY.

AND HAVE DR. McCOY REPORT TO ME IN THE TRANSPORTER ROOM ON THE DOUBLE.

YES, SIR.

READY, SIR.

ENERGIZE.

WHAT'S ON, JIM?

TROUBLE.

JACKSON, WHERE ARE THE OTHERS?

THE MAN IS DEAD.

Male voice: CAPTAIN KIRK,

CAN YOU HEAR ME?

THERE IS A CURSE ON YOUR SHIP.

LEAVE THIS PLACE,

OR YOU WILL ALL DIE.

Captain Kirk: SPACE: THE FINAL FRONTIER.

THESE ARE THE VOYAGES OF THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE.

ITS FIVE-YEAR MISSION--

TO EXPLORE STRANGE NEW WORLDS,

TO SEEK OUT NEW LIFE

AND NEW CIVILIZATIONS,

TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE.

CAPTAIN'S LOG, STARDATE 3018.2.

CREWMAN JACKSON IS DEAD,

AND THERE ARE NO APPARENT PHYSICAL CAUSES.

MR. SCOTT AND MR. SULU ARE STILL OUT OF TOUCH

ON THE PLANET BELOW.

LEAVING ASSISTANT CHIEF ENGINEER DeSALLE

IN COMMAND OF THE ENTERPRISE,

I'M BEAMING DOWN TO THE PLANET'S SURFACE

TO FIND MY TWO MISSING CREWMEN

AND DISCOVER WHAT KILLED JACKSON.

ODD. OUR PROBE DATA DIDN'T INDICATE FOG.

NO CLOUD FORMATIONS. NO BODIES OF WATER.

NO CHANGES IN SURFACE TEMPERATURE.

UNDER THESE CONDITIONS,

FOG IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY, CAPTAIN.

ACCORDING TO OUR TRANSPORTER COORDINATES,

THIS IS THE EXACT LOCATION

FROM WHICH JACKSON WAS BEAMED UP TO THE SHIP.

READINGS, MR. SPOCK.

NO INDICATIONS OF--

A MOMENT, CAPTAIN.

PICKING UP LIFE FORM READINGS.

"24 DEGREES, MARK 7.

RANGE 137.16 METERS."

MULTIPLE READINGS, CAPTAIN.

SCOTT AND SULU?

KIRK TO ENTERPRISE.

ENTERPRISE. LIEUTENANT UHURA HERE.

WHAT ARE THE SHIP'S SENSORS READING NOW, LIEUTENANT?

REPORT, MISTER.

I AM ONLY PICKING UP PHYSICAL IMPULSES

FROM THE THREE OF THEM.

AS FAR AS INSTRUMENTS CAN MAKE OUT,

THERE IS NOTHING ELSE DOWN THERE THAT'S ALIVE.

RELAY, LIEUTENANT.

CAPTAIN, WE ARE ONLY REGISTERING ON YOU.

[STATIC]

CAPTAIN?

CAPTAIN KIRK?

LIEUTENANT, CAN YOU HEAR ME?

[STATIC]

WHATEVER THIS STUFF IS,

IT'S GETTING THICKER.

SUPPOSE THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO

WITH THE INTERFERENCE?

I DON'T KNOW.

THERE HAS TO BE SOME EXPLANATION

FOR THE FACT THAT THE SHIP'S SENSORS

CAN'T REGISTER ANYTHING BUT US,

WHILE WE'RE PICKING UP READINGS FROM MULTIPLE LIFE FORMS.

ARE THEY STILL THERE, SPOCK?

NO CHANGE, CAPTAIN.

STANDBY ALERT.

[VOICES WAILING]

LISTEN.

NOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT--

QUIET.

[VOICES GETTING LOUDER]

CAPTAIN KIRK!

CAPTAIN KIRK!

CAPTAIN KIRK!

WHO ARE YOU?

GO BACK!

GO BACK!

GO BACK!

REMEMBER THE CURSE!

WIND SHALL RISE...

AND FOG DESCEND...

SO LEAVE HERE, ALL,

OR MEET YOUR END.

[CACKLING]

SPOCK.

COMMENT.

VERY BAD POETRY, CAPTAIN.

A MORE USEFUL COMMENT, MR. SPOCK.

WHAT WE'VE JUST SEEN IS NOT REAL.

THAT'S USEFUL.

HOWEVER, ON ASMET 24, AT JUST OVER 100 METERS,

THERE ARE DEFINITELY LIFE FORMS.

ERRATIC, CONFUSED,

BUT DEFINITELY REGISTERING.

THAT'S WHERE WE GO.

THAT WAS A PRETTY REAL ILLUSION, MR. SPOCK.

JIM.

THIS IS THE SOURCE

OF THE LIFE FORM READINGS, CAPTAIN.

THEY'RE INSIDE.

SOMEWHERE.

KIRK TO ENTERPRISE.

ENTERPRISE, COME IN.

IS THIS HOW WE LOST CONTACT

WITH THE FIRST LANDING PARTY?

WHAT ABOUT IT, SPOCK?

DOES THIS STRUCTURE

HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH COMMUNICATOR INTERFERENCE?

I WOULD SAY NOT, CAPTAIN.

THERE'S NO INDICATION OF ANYTHING

THAT WOULD CAUSE SUCH INTERFERENCE.

AND IT DOESN'T PICK UP ON OUR SHIP'S SENSORS.

NOR DO OUR SENSORS REGISTER THE LIFE FORMS INSIDE.

COULD BE EXERTING A FORCE FIELD OF SOME KIND

THAT CUTS INTO OUR SENSOR SCAN.

THEN IT WOULD AFFECT SPOCK'S TRICORDER, TOO.

WOULDN'T IT?

WOULD IT?

I WONDER.

[GRRR]

[GRRR]

[MEOW]

[MEOW]

THREE WITCHES...

WHAT APPEARS TO BE A CASTLE AND A BLACK CAT.

IF WE WEREN'T MISSING TWO OFFICERS

AND A THIRD ONE DEAD,

I'D SAY SOMEONE WAS PLAYING

AN ELABORATE TRICK OR TREAT ON US.

TRICK OR TREAT, CAPTAIN?

YES, MR. SPOCK.

YOU'D BE A NATURAL.

I'LL EXPLAIN IT TO YOU ONE DAY.

SHALL WE HAVE A LOOK AROUND?

THAT WOULD SEEM TO BE IN ORDER.

BONES, SPOCK.

THEY'RE GONE, MR. DeSALLE.

THE CAPTAIN AND THE OTHERS...

SIMPLY STOPPED REGISTERING.

CHECK FOR MALFUNCTIONS.

I DID, SIR, AS SOON AS IT HAPPENED.

MR. DeSALLE, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED

TO MR. SCOTT AND HIS PARTY.

THEY...

THEY JUST DISAPPEARED.

NOBODY JUST DISAPPEARS.

THEY MAY HAVE ENCOUNTERED A MAGNETIC FIELD

OR SOME OTHER OBSTRUCTION.

MR. CHEKOV, RECALIBRATE YOUR SENSORS.

IF YOU NEED HELP--

I CAN DO IT, SIR.

I'M NOT THAT GREEN.

LIEUTENANT UHURA, CONTINUE IN YOUR EFFORTS

TO BREAK THROUGH THAT STATIC INTERFERENCE.

AYE-AYE, SIR.

WE KNOW THEY'RE DOWN THERE.

I WANT THEM FOUND.

[SLAM]

STRAIGHT AHEAD, MR. SPOCK?

THE READINGS WOULD SO INDICATE.

DUST, COBWEBS...

HALLOWEEN IS RIGHT.

[MEOW]

[MEOW]

[MEOW]

SPOCK.

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

YES.

I AM UNDAMAGED, CAPTAIN.

BONES?

DOC?

YOU WERE SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT TRICK OR TREAT.

DUNGEONS...

CURSES...

SKELETONS AND IRON MAIDENS...

THEY'RE ALL EARTH MANIFESTATIONS.

WHY?

I DO NOT KNOW, CAPTAIN,

BUT THESE THINGS DO EXIST.

THEY ARE...

REAL.

COULD THIS BE AN EARTH PARALLEL DEVELOPMENT

OF SOME SORT?

NONE OF THIS PARALLELS ANY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT.

IT'S MORE LIKE A HUMAN NIGHTMARE.

AS IF SOMEONE KNEW WHAT IT WAS

THAT TERRIFIES MAN MOST

ON AN INSTINCTIVE LEVEL.

GHOST STORIES...

OGRES, DEMONS...

ALL...

[DOOR UNLOCKS]

SCOTTY, SULU...

SCOTTY.

PUT DOWN THE PHASER.

SCOTTY.

THEY APPEAR TO BE DRUGGED, JIM.

LOOK AT THEIR EYES.

HARDLY BLINK AT ALL.

NEITHER DID JACKSON JUST BEFORE HE COLLAPSED.

THESE TWO ARE ALIVE.

SCOTTY, DO YOU HEAR ME?

SULU, DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?

WHAT'S HAPPENED TO YOU?

HEY, I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO RELEASE US.

STOP!

WHOEVER YOU ARE,

YOU'VE PROVEN YOUR SKILL AT CREATING ILLUSION.

NOW I WANT TO KNOW WHY

AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO MY MEN.

WHERE DID YOUR RACE

GET THIS RIDICULOUS PREDILECTION

FOR RESISTANCE, HMM?

YOU EXAMINE ANY OBJECT.

YOU QUESTION EVERYTHING.

IS IT NOT ENOUGH TO ACCEPT WHAT IS?

NOT WHEN ONE OF MY MEN IS DEAD BECAUSE OF IT

AND TWO OTHERS TURNED INTO MINDLESS--

NOT MINDLESS. THESE TWO ARE MERELY CONTROLLED,

CAPTAIN KIRK.

OH, YES, WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

ALL OF YOU.

DON'T WE, MY PRECIOUS, HMM?

[MEOW]

[MEOW]

WHO ARE YOU?

WHY DID YOU BRING US HERE?

MY NAME IS KOROB.

AND AS FOR BRINGING YOU HERE,

IT WAS YOU WHO QUITE CONTRARILY INSISTED UPON COMING.

YOU WERE WARNED TO STAY AWAY.

BUT WHY?

FOR WHAT REASON?

WHY ALL THE MUMBO-JUMBO?

MUMBO-JUMBO?

[MEOW]

[MEOW]

OH!

OH, NO, I ASSURE YOU IT WAS NOT THAT, CAPTAIN.

MAPPING EXPEDITIONS HAVE CHARTED THIS SOLAR SYSTEM BEFORE.

THERE NEVER HAVE BEEN ANY LIFE FORMS

ON PYRUS 7.

IT IS OF NO IMPORTANCE

THAT WE ARE NOT NATIVE TO THIS PLANET.

[MEOW]

[MEOW]

OH! I'M--I'M TOLD

THAT I'VE BEEN AN INATTENTIVE HOST, GENTLEMEN.

YOU WILL JOIN ME

FOR SOMETHING TO REFRESH YOURSELVES.

THAT CAT.

THAT CAT.

HMM.

THERE ARE ANCIENT EARTH LEGENDS

ABOUT WIZARDS AND THEIR FAMILIARS.

FAMILIARS?

DEMONS IN ANIMAL FORMS

SENT BY SATAN TO SERVE THE WIZARD.

SUPERSTITION.

I DO NOT CREATE THE LEGEND, CAPTAIN.

I MERELY REPORT IT.

YOU ARE THE, UH...

DIFFERENT ONE, MR. SPOCK.

YOU DO NOT THINK LIKE THE OTHERS.

THERE ARE NO COLORS TO YOUR PATTERNS OF LOGIC.

THERE'S ONLY BLACK AND WHITE.

YOU SEE ALL THIS AROUND YOU,

AND YET YOU DO NOT BELIEVE.

HE DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT TRICK OR TREAT.

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THAT REFERENCE,

THEREFORE IT ALSO IS OF NO IMPORTANCE.

GENTLEMEN...

I CAN BE MOST HOSPITABLE.

INGENIOUS.

DO BE SEATED.

WE'RE NOT HUNGRY.

BUT I INSIST.

[MEOW]

[MEOW]

Captain Kirk: ALL RIGHT, KOROB.

WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM US?

FOR THE MOMENT, MERELY THAT YOU EAT AND ENJOY YOURSELVES.

OH, DOCTOR, DO TRY THE WINE.

YOU'LL FIND IT EXCELLENT.

YOU'LL FIND US MOST UNCOOPERATIVE,

UNLESS YOU START EXPLAINING YOURSELF.

HOPEFULLY I CAN CHANGE THAT ATTITUDE.

THESE LOOK REAL.

OH, THEY ARE, I ASSURE YOU.

DIAMONDS, RUBIES, EMERALDS, SAPPHIRES--

ALL THE CRYSTALLINE FORMS

THAT YOU CHERISH ABOVE ALL THINGS.

A FORTUNE OF THEM FOR EACH OF YOU,

IF YOU LEAVE HERE WITHOUT FURTHER INQUIRY.

WE COULD MANUFACTURE A TON OF THESE ON OUR SHIP FOR YOU, KOROB.

THEY MEAN NOTHING TO US.

VALUELESS?

I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I READ--

WHATEVER IT IS YOU READ,

YOU READ IT WRONG.

AS FOR LEAVING, WE'LL LEAVE WHEN WE'RE READY.

YOU ARE MOST, UM...

UNPREDICTABLE.

HMM!

PERHAPS I HAVE MADE A SMALL MISTAKE.

NEVERTHELESS, YOU HAVE PASSED THE TESTS.

TESTS?

YES. OUR ANALYSIS OF YOU

MAY HAVE BEEN IN SOME SMALL WAY IN ERROR,

BUT YOU WERE WARNED TO STAY AWAY,

AND YET YOU CAME TO SAVE YOUR COMRADES.

THAT PROVES LOYALTY.

YOUR BRAVERY WAS TESTED,

AND YOU DID NOT FRIGHTEN.

AND DESPITE MY FAILURE WITH THESE BRIGHT BAUBLES,

I PERCEIVE THAT YOU CANNOT BE BRIBED.

IN MANY WAYS YOU ARE QUITE ADMIRABLE.

[MEOW]

HMM?

[MEOW]

OH, QUITE RIGHT.

GO AT ONCE, YES.

GENTLEMEN, MY COLLEAGUE SYLVIA.

DR. McCOY...

MR. SPOCK...

AND CAPTAIN KIRK.

YOU WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WE DID TO YOUR MEN.

ACTUALLY IT'S A SIMPLE MATTER FOR US

TO PROBE THE MINDS OF CREATURES LIKE YOURSELF.

MIND PROBING?

HYPNOSIS?

YOU LIKE TO THINK OF YOURSELVES

AS COMPLEX CREATURES,

BUT YOU'RE FLAWED.

ONE GAINS ADMITTANCE TO YOUR MINDS

THROUGH MANY LEVELS.

YOU HAVE TOO MANY TO KEEP TRACK OF YOURSELVES.

THERE ARE UNGUARDED ENTRANCES

TO ANY HUMAN MIND.

TELEPATHY.

NOT ENTIRELY.

NO, TELEPATHY DOESN'T IMPLY CONTROL,

AND I ASSURE YOU THAT I HAVE FULL CONTROL

OVER YOUR FRIENDS.

DON'T MOVE!

COVER THEM.

NOW, I WANT THE REST OF OUR WEAPONS

AND OUR EQUIPMENT.

I WANT SOME ANSWERS.

PUT THAT WEAPON DOWN!

CAPTAIN, IT SEEMS SO FOOLISH OF YOU

TO INSIST ON DEMONSTRATIONS.

IN THE MYTHOLOGY OF YOUR RACE,

THIS IS CALLED SYMPATHETIC MAGIC.

JACKSON, THE CREW MEMBER WHO RETURNED TO THE SHIP,

YOU WONDERED WHAT KILLED HIM.

I MADE AN IMAGE OF HIM.

IN THE ESSENCE OF MY THOUGHTS,

THE IMAGE WAS JACKSON.

AND WHEN I KILLED THE IMAGE

AND KNEW THAT IT WAS DEAD,

HE DIED.

YOU CAN'T THINK A MAN TO DEATH.

YOUR COMMUNICATOR.

NOW...

SIGNAL YOUR SHIP.

DON'T.

SYLVIA, DON'T.

KIRK TO ENTERPRISE. COME IN.

COME IN.

[ALARM SOUNDING]

ENTERPRISE.

FROM CAPTAIN KIRK. COME IN.

CAPTAIN, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

WHERE ARE YOU?

ARE THE OTHERS ALL RIGHT, SIR?

NEVER MIND ABOUT US. WHAT'S HAPPENING UP THERE?

THE TEMPERATURE, SIR--

KEEPS RISING.

READING, MISTER.

IT'S OVER 60 DEGREES IN THE PAST 30 SECONDS.

WE'RE BURNING UP, SIR.

DeSALLE...

CHANNEL BYPASS POWER

INTO YOUR HEAT DISSIPATION UNITS.

WE'VE ALREADY DONE IT, CAPTAIN.

IT HAD NO EFFECT.

WE'RE COOKING UP HERE.

ALL RIGHT.

I'LL HANDLE IT DOWN HERE. KIRK OUT.

YOU'VE WON.

HEE HEE!

YOU CAN RELAX NOW, CAPTAIN.

YOUR SHIP IS SAFE.

TEMPERATURE IS ALMOST BACK TO NORMAL--

DROPPING DOWN FAST.

LIEUTENANT, TRY TO RAISE THE CAPTAIN AGAIN.

ENTERPRISE TO CAPTAIN KIRK.

COME IN, PLEASE.

[STATIC]

ENTERPRISE TO CAPTAIN KIRK.

ACKNOWLEDGE.

[STATIC]

WE'VE LOST HIM AGAIN, MR. DeSALLE.

CAPTAIN, YOU'VE SEEN SOMETHING OF OUR SCIENCE,

NOW--NOW TELL US ABOUT YOURS.

YOU SEEM TO BE SINGING A DIFFERENT TUNE.

I'D RATHER KNOW MORE ABOUT YOURS.

YOU CALL IT MAGIC, YOU CALL IT SCIENCE.

IT SEEMS TO BE UNRELATED TO BOTH OF THEM.

WHAT WOULD YOU NAME IT?

I WOULDN'T ATTEMPT AT NAMING IT.

YOU SEEM TO DO WITH YOUR MIND

WHAT WE DO WITH TOOLS.

YOU ALTER MATTER--

MOVE IT ABOUT BY TELEKINESIS.

YES, WE CAN CHANGE THE MOLECULAR STRUCT--

KOROB, YOU TALK TOO MUCH.

YOU KEPT SCOTT AND SULU AS CAT'S-PAWS

TO LURE US DOWN HERE.

HOW'D YOU KNOW WE'D COME?

OH, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO KNOW.

THEY KNEW.

ENOUGH OF THIS!

YOU WILL TELL US WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW.

IT'S TOO LATE FOR THREATS.

YOU LET ME CONTACT THE SHIP.

HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT WILL BE BEFORE A SEARCH PARTY ARRIVES?

SOME TIME, CAPTAIN.

QUITE SOME TIME.

THERE WILL BE NO SEARCH PARTY, CAPTAIN KIRK.

AN IMPENETRABLE FORCE FIELD

AROUND YOUR SHIP, CAPTAIN.

IT WILL NOT HINDER ORBIT,

BUT YOUR PEOPLE ARE PRISONERS WITHIN IT.

IT'S SOME KIND OF A FORCE FIELD, SIR...

BUT NOT LIKE ANY OTHER I'VE EVER HEARD OF BEFORE.

IT'S NOT COMING FROM ANYWHERE.

IT'S SIMPLY ALL AROUND US.

I WOULD ADVISE YOU TO COOPERATE, CAPTAIN.

FORCIBLE EXTRACTION OF THE INFORMATION WE WISH FROM YOU

IS NOT COMPLICATED,

BUT IT IS EXTREMELY PAINFUL,

AND IT HAS A CERTAIN DRAINING EFFECT.

WE HAVE NOTHING TO DISCUSS.

TAKE THEM TO THEIR CELL.

WAIT.

THE DOCTOR WILL STAY.

YOU'RE TURN WILL BE NEXT, CAPTAIN. IT MAKES LITTLE DIFFERENCE.

TAKE THEM OUT OF HERE.

WAVELENGTH ANALYSIS, MR. CHEKOV.

IT WILL NOT ANALYZE, SIR.

ALL RIGHT...

BUT IT'S THERE, AND IT'S REAL.

IF IT'S REAL, IT CAN BE AFFECTED.

ENGINEERING, STAND BY TO DIVERT ALL POWER SYSTEMS

TO THE OUTER HULL.

PREPARE IMPULSE ENGINES FOR GENERATION OF MAXIMUM HEAT

DIRECTED AS ORDERED.

MAYBE WE CAN'T BREAK IT,

BUT I'LL BET YOU CREDITS TO NAVY BEANS

WE CAN PUT A DENT IN IT.

HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN?

22 MINUTES, 17 SECONDS.

THANKS.

I WONDER WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO DOC.

I'M SURE WE'LL FIND OUT SHORTLY.

JIM...

ALL THESE THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN--

TO AN EARTHMAN LIKE YOURSELF,

THEY MUST SEEM QUITE FAMILIAR.

TO ME?

STARTLING...

NOT RATIONAL.

PRECISELY.

I REFER YOU TO THE PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY

OF THE RACIAL SUBCONSCIOUS.

THE UNIVERSAL MYTHS, SYMBOLS--

GHOSTS, WITCHES.

AND DUNGEONS AND CASTLES AND BLACK CATS.

THEY ALL BELONG TO THE TWILIGHT WORLD OF CONSCIOUSNESS.

THEY TRIED TO TAP OUR CONSCIOUS MIND.

AND THEY MISSED.

THEY REACHED BASICALLY ONLY THE SUBCONSCIOUS.

KOROB SEEMED QUITE PUZZLED

BY YOUR REACTION TO THE ENVIRONMENT HE'D PROVIDED.

HE EXPECTED ME TO REACT

AS THOUGH IT WERE ALL NORMAL.

WELL, HE ADMITTED THAT THEY WEREN'T NATIVE TO THIS PLANET.

AND NOT TO HAVE A KNOWLEDGE OF OUR SCIENTIFIC METHODS

IS MOST UNLIKELY FOR ANY LIFE FORM

WE'VE MET IN THIS GALAXY.

THEY REFER TO US AS CREATURES,

AS THOUGH WE WERE SOME SPECIES

THAT THEY WERE UNFAMILIAR WITH.

WELL, IF WE'RE CREATURES...

I WONDER WHAT THEY'RE REALLY LIKE.

EVIDENTLY SOMETHING TOTALLY ALIEN

IN ALL RESPECTS.

AGREED. TOTALLY ALIEN.

AND I DON'T LIKE HOSTILE STRANGERS

SHOWING SUCH AN ACUTE INTEREST

IN OUR GALAXY, OUR WORLD, SPOCK.

NOT AT ALL LIKE FRIENDLY VISITORS.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO STOP THEM COLD.

BUT AT THE MOMENT...

I, TOO, AM AT A LOSS AT THIS TIME

TO SUGGEST A COURSE OF ACTION.

[DOOR OPENS]

OH, BONES.

DOC.

YOU FORGET WHAT WE WERE SENT HERE FOR.

I FORGET NOTHING. I'M NOT A PUPPET, KOROB, LIKE YOU.

YOU'RE A TRAITOR.

YOU ARE A FOOL.

WE HAVE NOTHING LIKE THIS,

AND I LIKE IT.

TO TOUCH, TO FEEL,

TO UNDERSTAND THE IDEA OF LUXURY--

I LIKE IT.

AND I DON'T INTEND TO LEAVE IT.

WE HAVE A DUTY TO THE OLD ONES.

WHAT DO THEY KNOW OF SENSATIONS?

THIS IS A NEW WORLD.

YOU'RE CRUEL.

YOU TORTURE OUR SPECIMENS.

AND THAT, TOO, IS A NEW SENSATION.

I FIND IT STIMULATING.

YOU'RE WRONG!

YOU'RE DISCARDING EVERYTHING WE LIVE BY.

I LIVE BY MY OWN DECISIONS.

YOU'RE A WEAK FOOL, KOROB.

I HAVE THE POWER.

BUT YOU'RE AFRAID TO USE IT.

DON'T THREATEN ME.

I CAN SQUASH YOU,

AND THAT WOULD BE AN INTERESTING SENSATION, YES.

I FIND I LIKE THESE NEW SENSATIONS.

DON'T TRY TO PUSH ME.

OH, CAPTAIN.

IT'S TIME FOR OUR TALK.

KOROB, LEAVE US ALONE,

AND TAKE THESE MEN WITH YOU.

THIS IS NOT ENDED, SYLVIA.

BUT IT MAY END SOON, OLD MAN.

WHAT NOW?

YOU WAVE YOUR MAGIC WAND AND DESTROY MY MIND, TOO?

THERE'S NO REAL DAMAGE TO THE MIND, CAPTAIN,

SIMPLY A DRAIN OF KNOWLEDGE AND WILL.

YOU DON'T CALL THAT DAMAGE?

WHY SHOULD I?

YOU'D KNOW...

IF YOU HAD COMPASSION.

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE COMPASSION,

BUT I FORGET YOU'RE NOT A WOMAN.

BUT YOU'RE MISTAKEN, CAPTAIN.

I AM A WOMAN NOW.

I COME FROM A WORLD WITHOUT SENSATION,

AS YOU AND I NOW KNOW IT.

IT EXCITES ME.

I WANT MORE.

YOU SEEM TO NEED US. WHY?

BECAUSE YOU HAVE KNOWLEDGE WHICH I LACK,

BUT WERE OUR ABILITIES PUT TOGETHER...

TELL ME ABOUT POWER, CAPTAIN.

HOW DOES IT FEEL?

WHAT ABOUT KOROB?

HE IS A FOOL.

I'LL DO WITHOUT HIM,

BUT YOU--

WHY DO I FIND YOU DIFFERENT?

WHY WOULD IT BE SO DIFFICULT TO DISPOSE OF YOU?

WHY DON'T YOU SIMPLY PROBE MY MIND

AND GET WHAT YOU WANT?

NO, NOT THAT, NOT FOR YOU.

WHAT I WANT IS...

IS A JOINING--

MY MIND TO YOURS WILLINGLY.

THINK OF THE SECRETS YOU WOULD LEARN.

THINK OF THE POWER THAT WOULD BE YOURS.

ANYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE, I CAN GIVE YOU.

YOU'RE VERY PERSUASIVE.

WHAT HAPPENS IF I GO ALONG?

THEN EVERYTHING WOULD BE OURS TOGETHER.

I'VE NEVER CONCEIVED OF THE IDEA OF TOGETHERNESS BEFORE.

IT EXCITES ME.

YOU EXCITE ME. WHY?

FOR THE SAME REASONS YOU EXCITE ME.

YOU'RE A VERY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.

YOU FIND ME BEAUTIFUL?

BUT I CAN BE MANY WOMEN.

YOU LIKE WHAT YOU SEE...

OR DO YOU PREFER ME AS I WAS?

YOU HAVE A KNACK FOR GIVING ME DIFFICULT CHOICES.

YOU HAVE NOTHING LIKE THAT WHERE YOU COME FROM?

NOTHING.

YOUR PEOPLE...

WHEN THEY COME HERE...

THEY'RE LIKE...

LIKE FEATHERS IN THE WIND WITHOUT THE TRANSMUTER.

TRANSMUTER?

THE SOURCE.

YOU WILL LEARN.

I WILL TEACH YOU LATER-- LATER.

THEN IT'S A DEVICE. YOU DO USE TOOLS.

OH, IT GIVES ONLY FORM.

YOU'RE TEACHING ME SUBSTANCE.

YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED YOUR MIND?

YOU WON'T RETURN HOME?

MY HOME IS HERE WITH YOU--

A BILLION WORLDS OF SENSATION TO PICK AND CHOOSE.

YOU ARE USING ME.

YOU HOLD ME IN YOUR ARMS,

AND THERE IS NO FIRE IN YOUR MIND.

YOU'RE TRYING TO DECEIVE ME!

IT'S HERE LIKE WORDS ON A PAGE.

YOU ARE USING ME.

AND WHY NOT? YOU'VE BEEN USING ME AND MY CREW.

[DOOR OPENS]

YOU WILL BE SWEPT AWAY--

YOU, YOUR MEN, YOUR SHIP,

YOUR WORLDS!

I DON'T SEE ANY CHANGE.

IT'S THERE, LIEUTENANT.

IT WAS THAT ELECTRICAL FIELD WE SET UP, MR. DeSALLE,

THAT DENT YOU WANTED.

IT'S NOT MUCH,

BUT IT IS A START.

KEEP IT UP, MR. CHEKOV.

CHANNEL THE ENTIRE OUTPUT

OF REACTORS 1, 2, AND 3

INTO THE RELAY STATIONS.

WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S STARTING TO WEAKEN.

I'VE RELEASED THE MODEL OF YOUR SHIP

FROM THE CRYSTAL,

ALTHOUGH THEY WOULD HAVE FREED THEMSELVES SOON.

IT'S DIFFICULT TO CONTROL SO MANY THINGS

IN SO LITTLE TIME.

HERE.

YOU MUST GO BEFORE SHE FINDS THE WEAPON IS MISSING.

I'M NOT LEAVING WITHOUT MY MEN.

THEY'RE NOT YOUR MEN ANYMORE.

THEY BELONG TO SYLVIA.

I CAN NO LONGER CONTROL THEM...

OR HER.

SHE'S IRRATIONAL--

THE STRAIN OF ADOPTING TO YOUR FORM,

THE INSATIABLE DESIRE FOR SENSATION AND EXPERIENCE.

SHE'S A GREAT DANGER,

AND IT WAS NOT NECESSARY.

WE COULD HAVE ENTERED YOUR GALAXY IN PEACE.

YOU CAME IN A SHIP?

WE USED THE TRANSMUTER.

TRANSMUTER, YES. SHE MENTIONED THAT.

THERE'S NO TIME TO EXPLAIN NOW.

SHE MEANS TO DESTROY US ALL.

THERE MIGHT STILL BE A CHANCE.

QUICKLY.

COME.

[GRRR]

[GRRR]

[GRRR]

FASCINATING.

WHY A CAT?

RACIAL MEMORIES.

THE CAT IS THE MOST RUTHLESS,

MOST TERRIFYING OF ANIMALS,

AS FAR BACK AS THE SABER-TOOTHED TIGER.

I THINK I CAN STOP HER.

YOU BETTER LET US.

IT'S OUT OF ENERGY.

SHE MUST HAVE DRAINED IT.

WE COULD HAVE JUMPED SCOTT AND SULU AT ANY TIME.

WE DIDN'T KNOW.

NO WAY OUT.

IT'S MY PROBLEM.

SHE'S ONE OF MY KIND.

COME QUICKLY.

[GRRR]

[GRRR]

[GRRR]

DO YOU THINK YOU CAN MAKE IT?

READY WHEN YOU ARE, CAPTAIN.

GET READY.

[GRRR]

NO!

[GRRR]

GET BACK.

GET BACK.

GET BACK! GET BACK!

KOROB, THAT DOOR WON'T LAST.

GET BACK!

GET BACK! GET BACK!

GO.

GO!

[GRRR]

[GRRR]

QUICKLY, CAPTAIN.

KOROB SEEMED TO THINK THIS WAS IMPORTANT.

SAID SOMETHING ABOUT A TRANSMUTER.

CAPTAIN, A BIT MORE ALACRITY, IF YOU PLEASE.

CAPTAIN.

DOC.

AHA!

JIM!

WELL, AT LEAST WE FOUND THEM.

FORTUITOUS, CAPTAIN.

AND NOW THAT WE HAVE THEM ALL TOGETHER?

[GRRR]

[GRRR]

MOST UNPLEASANT SITUATION, CAPTAIN.

IF ONLY YOUR PHASER HAD SOME POWER.

[GRRR]

MAYBE WE DO.

[GRRR]

SYLVIA...

I HAVE THE TRANSMUTER.

IT'S MINE NOW.

[GRRR]

[GRRR]

YOU'RE VERY CLEVER, CAPTAIN--

MORE SO THAN I'D IMAGINED.

CLEVER...

RESOURCEFUL...

AND HANDSOME.

DON'T LET HER TOUCH THE WAND, CAPTAIN.

JIM!

DON'T YOU GET TIRED OF THESE GAMES?

I'VE NEVER PLAYED GAMES. GIVE IT TO ME.

I WASN'T SURE BEFORE, BUT I AM NOW.

THIS IS THE SOURCE OF YOUR POWER, ISN'T IT? THE TRANSMUTER?

NO, NOT THE SOURCE. IT'S MERELY AN AMPLIFIER.

A DIRECT TO THE MIND IS THE SOURCE.

MINE IS SIMPLE, BUT YOURS HAS THE KEY,

BUT YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE IT.

I CATCH ON QUICKLY.

IT IS NOT TOO LATE, CAPTAIN JAMES KIRK.

COME WITH ME. I WILL TEACH YOU. YOU WILL TEACH ME.

WHY? BECAUSE YOUR PEOPLE HAVE NOTHING OF YOUR OWN?

IS THAT WHY YOU NEED US?

WE NEED YOUR DREAMS, YOUR AMBITION.

WITH THEM I CAN BUILD. GIVE ME THE TRANSMUTER.

NO.

YOU FOOL.

DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GIVING UP?

EVERYTHING THAT YOUR SPECIES FINDS DESIRABLE.

LOOK AT ME.

I AM A WOMAN. I AM ALL WOMEN.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE,

BUT YOU'RE NOT A WOMAN.

YOU'VE TORTURED MY MEN

AND TAKEN THEIR MINDS FROM THEM.

YOU ASK FOR LOVE AND RETURN PAIN INSTEAD.

KOROB WAS WRONG.

I DIDN'T DESTROY ALL YOUR WEAPONS.

GIVE ME THE TRANSMUTER.

GIVE IT TO ME!

WHAT HAPPENED, JIM?

THAT'LL TAKE SOME EXPLAINING, BONES.

EVERYTHING'S VANISHED.

NOT EVERYTHING.

KOROB AND SYLVIA AS THEY REALLY ARE.

THEIR FORMS WERE AN ILLUSION,

JUST LIKE THE CASTLE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

ONLY THE POWER PACK GAVE THEM REALITY.

FASCINATING.

A LIFE FORM TOTALLY ALIEN TO OUR GALAXY.

IF WE COULD PRESERVE AND STUDY THIS...

TOO LATE.

ALL OF THIS, JUST AN ILLUSION.

NO ILLUSION.

JACKSON IS DEAD.

KIRK TO ENTERPRISE. COME IN.

Uhura: STANDING BY, CAPTAIN.

FIVE TO BEAM UP.