Star Trek Into Darkness Page #7

You killed them in cold blood!

Marcus took my crew from me.

You are a murderer!

He used my friends to control me.

I tried to smuggle them to safety

by concealing them in the very weapons

I had designed,

but I was discovered.

I had no choice but to escape alone.

And when I did,

I had every reason to suspect

that Marcus had killed every single one

of the people I hold most dear.

So I responded in kind.

My crew

is my family, Kirk.

Is there anything

you would not do for your family?

- (ALARM BEEPS)

- SULU:
Proximity alert, sir!

There's a ship at warp

heading right for us.

- Klingons?

- KHAN:
At warp?

No, Kirk.

- We both know who it is.

- SULU:
I don't think so.

It's not coming at us from Kronos.

Lieutenant, move Khan to med bay.

Post six security officers on him.

Yes, Captain.

- SULU:
Captain on the bridge!

- (CREW TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

KIRK:
ETA of the incoming ship.

Three seconds, sir.

(ALARM BLARING)

- Shields.

- Aye, Captain.

(TALKING CONTINUES)

They're hailing us, sir.

On screen.

Broadcast shipwide, for the record.

Captain Kirk.

(SIGHS)

Admiral Marcus. I wasn't expecting you.

That's a hell of a ship you got there.

And I wasn't expecting to get word

that you'd taken Harrison into custody

in violation of your orders.

Well, we...

We had to improvise

when our warp core

unexpectedly malfunctioned.

But you already knew that,

didn't you, sir?

MARCUS:
I don't take your meaning.

Well, that's why you're here, isn't it?

To assist with our repairs?

Why else would the head of Starfleet

personally come to the edge

of the Neutral Zone?

Captain, they're scanning our ship.

Is there something

I can help you find, sir?

Where is your prisoner, Kirk?

KIRK:
Per Starfleet regulation,

I'm planning on returning Khan

to Earth to stand trial.

Well, sh*t.

You talked to him.

This is exactly what I was

hoping to spare you from.

I took a tactical risk

and I woke that bastard up,

believing that his superior intelligence

could help us protect ourselves

from whatever came at us next.

But I made a mistake.

And now the blood

of everybody he's killed is on my hands.

So I'm asking you,

give him to me

so that I can end what I started.

And what exactly

would you like me to do

with the rest of his crew, sir?

Fire them at the Klingons?

End 72 lives?

Start a war in the process?

He put those people in those torpedoes.

And I simply didn't want to burden you

with knowing what was inside of them.

You saw what this man

can do all by himself.

Can you imagine what would happen

if we woke up the rest of his crew?

What else did he tell you?

That he's a peacekeeper?

He's playing you, son,

don't you see that?

Khan and his crew were condemned

to death as war criminals.

And now it is our duty

to carry out that sentence

before anybody else

dies because of him.

Now, I'm going to ask you again!

One last time, son.

Lower your shields.

Tell me where he is.

He's in engineering, sir.

(SIGHS)

But I'll have him moved

to the transporter room right away.

I'll take it from here.

Do not drop those shields,

- Mr. Sulu.

- SULU:
Aye, Captain.

Captain, given your awareness

of Khan's true location in the med bay,

may I know the details of your plan?

I told Marcus we were

bringing a fugitive back to Earth.

That's what we're going to do.

- (RADIO FREQUENCIES OPEN)

- Mr. Chekov, can we warp?

Sir, if we go to warp,

we run the risk of

seriously damaging the core!

- KIRK:
Can we do it?

- (SIGHS IN FRUSTRATION)

Technically, yes, but I

would not advise it, Captain.

- Noted.

- (FREQUENCIES CLOSE)

Mr. Sulu, set course for Earth.

Yes, sir.

Punch it.

Well, at least we're moving again.

(BEEPING)

If you think you're safe

at warp, you're wrong.

Lieutenant Uhura, contact Starfleet.

Tell them we were pursued

into the Neutral Zone

by an unmarked Federation ship.

Comms are down, sir.

Permission to come on the bridge.

KIRK:
Dr. Marcus.

He's gonna catch up with us,

and when he does,

the only thing

that's gonna stop him destroying

this ship is me,

so you have to let me talk to him.

Carol, we're at warp.

He can't catch up with us.

Yes, he can.

He's been developing a ship

that has advanced warp capabilities...

Captain! I'm getting

a reading I don't understand.

(CREW GRUNTING)

(PEOPLE SCREAMING)

- Where are we?

- We're 237,000 kilometers from Earth.

- KIRK:
Damage report!

- Weapons are way down.

- SULU:
Shields are dropping.

- We're defenseless, sir.

Sir, we have a bulkhead breach.

- Where's the damage?

- Major hull damage, Captain.

(FIRING CONTINUES)

(SCREAMING)

(GRUNTING)

Evasive maneuvers! Get us to Earth!

Right now!

Captain! Stop!

Everybody on this ship is going to die

if you don't let me speak to him.

(ALARMS BLARING)

Uhura, hail him.

Sir. It's me. It's Carol.

(FIRING STOPS)

What are you doing on that ship?

I heard what you said.

That you made a mistake

and now you're doing

everything you can to fix it.

But, Dad,

(STAMMERING) I don't believe that

the man who raised me

is capable of destroying a ship

full of innocent people.

And, if I'm wrong about that,

then you're gonna have to

do it with me on board.

Actually, Carol, I won't.

Oh.

- Jim...

- Can we intercept the transport signal?

No, sir.

- (SCREAMS)

- Carol!

Captain Kirk, without authorization

and in league with

the fugitive John Harrison,

you went rogue in enemy territory,

leaving me no choice

but to hunt you down and destroy you.

- Lock phasers.

- Wait, sir, wait, wait, wait!

I'll make this quick.

Target all aft torpedoes

on the Enterprise bridge.

Sir, my crew

was just following my orders.

I take full responsibility for my actions.

But they were mine

and they were mine alone.

If I transmit Khan's location to you now,

all that I ask is that you spare them.

Please, sir.

I'll do anything you want.

Just let them live.

That's a hell of an apology.

But if it's any consolation,

I was never going to spare your crew.

Fire when...

I'm sorry.

(GASPS)

(POWERING DOWN)

Our weapons won't fire, sir!

Our shields are down!

We're losing power!

Someone in engineering

just manually reset our systems!

What do you mean, "someone"?

(SHOUTS) Who?

Their weapons have powered down. Sir.

SCOTTY:
(ON RADIO)

Enterprise! Can you hear me?

Scotty!

Guess what I found behind Jupiter.

- You're on that ship!

- I snuck on.

And seeing as I've just

committed an act of treason

against a Starfleet Admiral, I'd really like

to get off this bloody ship.

Now beam me out!

You're a miracle worker.

We're a little low on power right now.

Just stand by. Stand by.

What do you mean, "low on power"?

What happened to the Enterprise?

- (DOORS OPENING)

- Call you back.

Scotty!

Spock. Our ship, how is she?

Our options are limited, Captain.

We cannot fire and we cannot flee.

There is one option.

Uhura, when you get Scotty back,

- patch him through.

- Yes, sir.

Mr. Spock, you have the conn.

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