Captain, how far do we go along with this charade . Until we can think our way out. Meanwhile, we accept his hospitality. Straw would taste better than his meat, water a hundred times better than his brandy. Nothing has any taste at all. It may be unappetizing, doctor, but it is very logical. Oh, theres that magic word again. Does your logic find this fascinating, mr. Spock . No, fascinating is a word i use for the unexpected. In this case, i should think interesting would suffice. You dont find this unexpected, mr. Spock . No. It simply means that trelane knows all of the earth forms, but none of the substance. And if hes fallible, he cant be allpowerful, which means he has something helping him. Evidently. A machine . A device . Something which does these things for him. [music continues] ah, my dear, dont we make a graceful pair . Except for one small detail that dress hardly matches this charming scene. Ah, yes, thats more what we want that mirror. Its part of his audience, his ego. He never wanders from it. Is it ego . Or Something Else . Explain. The mirror. What about it . You noted yourself, he never gets very far away from it. I suppose it could be vanity. No, no, mr. Spock, thats not the reason. What kind of a machine could do these things . A machine with the ability to turn energy into matter guided by thought waves. It would have a very complex memory bank. It would be extremely sophisticated. Like a computer, only much more. Could the machine that maintains the environment in this immediate area be kept in this house . I think not. A device capable would be immense. Good. I agree. That leaves me free. Free, captain . If im not mistaken, mr. Spock, i think i can turn his lights off at the source. Dont be too upset by what you see, gentlemen. After all, his actions are those of an immature, unbalanced mind. I overheard that remark, captain. Im afraid ill have to dispense with you. You only heard part of it. Ive just started. Oh . Yes. I want you to leave my crew men alone. I want you to leave my crew women alone, too. Youre not to dance with him, i dont like it. Did it actually make you angry, captain . I dont want you accepting his gifts, either. Captain, please dont think well, i do believe that the dear captain is jealous of me. I dont care what you believe. Just keep your hands off her oh, how curiously human, how wonderfully barbaric. Ive had enough of your insulting attentions to her. Of course you have. After all, ght for the attention, the admiration, the possession of women. If its fighting that you want. You may have it. Are you challenging me to a duel . If you have the courage. Oh, this is better than id planned. I shall not shirk an affair of honor. A matched set just like the pair that slew your heroic alexander hamilton. And, captain. Stardate 2126. 1, delayed report the whole bridge crew are the unwilling guests of the creature who calls himself trelane. We are weaponless, powerless, and our only hope of escape with the enterprise lies in playing his games. Ive decided to make my move with the fieldofhonor game, and everything depends on my one chance with the ancient dueling pistol. Oh, how fascinating. Im party to an actual human duel. E ready, sir. We shall test each others courage, and then. Ha ha, and then we shall see. Enough talk. Lets get on with it. As you will, sir. Honor will be served, eh . Oh, wait as the one challenged, i claim the first shot. We shoot together. Its my game and my rules, all right. Captain. And now, captain, how do you have the expression . Youve ruined everything the machine. [communicator beeps] captain, subspace interference is clearing. Try to contact the ship. Oh, the remarkable treachery of this species. Go on, trelane. Look at it. Its over. Your power is blanked out. Youre finished. Youve earned my wrath. Go back. Go back to your ship, all of you, and prepare. You especially, captain. Trelane . Everyone, were getting out of here, and now. This is the captain. Commence beaming up maximum speed. Set course for colony beta 6. Ott. Full power, sir. Emergency warp at the earliest possible moment, mr. Sulu. Standing by to warp, sir. Shall i make a full report to spacefleet command, sir . Not yet. They may trace our beam. Wait until were well out of range. Can we know what his range is, captain . We can take an educated guess at the point we first entered their solar system. Instruments clear, sir. Good. [exhales] may i take a moment to change . Yes, i think you might. Turn in your glass slippers, the ball is over. Gladly, captain. A. G. Section. Were bringing only 4. 5 here. Can you confirm . We have to get it down to. 8. Large body ahead. Collision course. Hard to port, mr. Sulu. That was the planet gothos, captain. Gothos mr. Sulu, have we been going in circles . Gothos again, captain. Hard over, mr. Sulu. Cat and mouse game. With us as the mouse. There it is again, dead ahead. 90 degrees to starboard, mr. Sulu. Turning, captain. Now veering aftwards. Adjust. Turn completed and still accelerating toward the planet. Or it toward us. Decelerate into orbit. Prepare transporter room. Captain, youre not beaming down. Yes, i am, dr. Mccoy. I am going to see our playful mr. Trelane and whatever it takes to make him give up our ship. Stand by communications. Mr. Spock, if you dont receive a message from me within the hour, leave the vicinity at once. No turning back. The prisoner may approach the bench. Trelane. Any attempt at demonstrations ive had enough of your games. Oh, the absurdity of these inferior beings. And now, captain james kirk, you stand accused of the high crime of treason against a superior authority, conspiracy, and the attempt to foment insurrection. How do you plead . T, trelane. I warn you, anything you might say has already been taken down in evidence against you. Ive come for one purpose to get back my ship. Irrelevant. Weve made you angry with our will to survive, have we . Uncalledfor. Then vent your anger on me alone. I was the one that led the others. I was the one that shot out your mirror machine. And did you really think that was the only medium of instrumentality at my command . I took that chance. Oh, then you do admit to the charges . Yes, anything just allow the enterprise to continue its journey. Acch you pompous immaterial those people have done you no harm. Inadmissible were living beings, not playthings for your amusement. Silence this trial is over. You are guilty. On all counts, you are guilty. And according to your own laws, this court has no choice in fixing punishment. Captains log, star date 2126. 3. Cer spock reporting. Still no word from captain kirk on the surface below us. Waiting time is almost up. I will soon be forced to attempt departure as per instructions. Until a moment ago, i didnt think it possible, but it was. I did it. I was angry. I actually experienced genuine rage. Im glad you werent disappointed. Why, captain, youre still angry. Would that i could have sustained that moment. Ah, no matter. Do you have a last request . Trelane, if you think im going to cheerfully and obediently stick my head in that noose. You still havent learned. You have no choice. Oh, this is becoming quite tiresome. Its all so every easy. Thats your problem, trelane everything is easy. Its given you a bad habit. Youre not aware of it, but you have it. Eh . You dont think, trelane. Thats your problem. You miss opportunities, like your anger before and mine right now. Oh, you enjoy it, but you couldnt have accomplished it without me, fool. Take care, now. Here you have an opportunity to experience something really unique, and youre wasting it. You want to commit murder . Go ahead. But wheres the sport in a simple hanging . The sport . Yes. The terror of murder, the suspense, the fun. Oh, im intrigued. Go ahead, captain. What do you suggest . A personal conflict between us not like the duel before, but the real thing. The stakes . A human lifemine. Oh. Yes yes yes, but. You can do better than that. Theres still not enough sport in just killing me with a sword. I know. That will be dull. Well have to have something more fanciful. Let me see. A hunt, a royal hunt predator against predator. Now, you may go hide in the forest anywhere you like and i shall seek. How does that strike you, captain . Very well. But youll have to make it worth my while, trelane. Why not up the stakes . The stakes . Yes. While were playing our game, free my ship. Let it continue on its way. In return, ill give you a contest youll remember. Well. If it will add spice to the pursuit. I accept your terms, captain. Remember, you must try not to let me find you too quickly. Let me notify the enterprise that it can go. At your convenience. Enterprise. Enterprise, this is kirk. Can you hear me . [static] get the ship away as fast as you can. Ill try and give you the time you need. Can you hear me . Aha enterprise. Ha ha this is too easy. Enterprise. Enterprise, can you hear me . Touch . , captain. Touch . I must confess you scored first, but after all, i never played this game before. [maniacal laughter] se. Enterprise. Aha tallyho aha. Ahh you made a noble fight of it, captain. Remember, trelane, you promised to let my ship go. So this is victory. It has a sweet taste. Down, captain on your knees you havent won, trelane. I have i could run you through but you havent won anything on your knees, captain no does it still taste as sweet . I order you youve been beaten but im not defeated. I order you i order you you broke it you broke my sword youve got a lot to learn about winning, trelane. You dare to defy me in fact, youve got a lot to learn about everything, havent you . Ill fix you for that you cheated you havent played the game right. Ill show you [womans voice] trelane you said i could have this planet for my very own. [mans voice] this has gone far enough. But you always stop me when im having fun. Youre disobedient and cruel. Weve told you before. Time to come in now, trelane. But i dont want to come in, and i wont. Im a general, and i wont listen to you. Enough, trelane. Come along. But why . I didnt do anything wrong i was just playin. We said come along. Predators yet. This is not studying them. If you cannot take proper care of your pets, you cannot have them at all. Aw, but i was winning. I was winning. Theyre beings, trelane. They have spirit. Theyre superior. No. No, you saw. Youll grow up, trelane. Youll understand. Now come along. Aw, but you said i could. You promised. At once, or youll not be permitted to make any more planets. Aw, but you saw. I was winning. I would have won. Honest. No, trelane. No, trelane. I would have. I would have. I would have. I would. I would. I would. I would. Captain, we regret that the life paths of yourself and your companions have been disturbed. Who are you . Who is trelane . You must forgive our child. The fault is ours for indulging him too much. He will be punished. We would not have let him intercept you had we realized your vulnerability. Forgive us, captain. We will maintain your lifesupport conditions while you return to your ship. Captain to enterprise. Captain to enterprise. [spock] captain, were receiving you. Beam me up, mr. Spock. Were free to go. Warping down, captain. Our warp factor4. Approach channels clear, captain. Colony beta 6 clears us for normal approach, sir. Normal orbit approach procedures, mr. Sulu. Captain. Mr. Spock, still thinking about trelane, is that it . For the record, captain, how do we describe him pure mentality, force of intellect, embodied energy, superbeing . He must be classified, sir. Then a small boy, and a very naughty one at that. It will make a strange entry in the library banks. 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