Summary: The first five-year mission ended with the most successful Starfleet Bridge crew scattered to the winds. Was it fate? Was it a choice? Or was there a layer to this occurrence which an outside observer could not perceive?
Rated: T
Categories: Original Series Characters: Ensemble Cast - TOS,
Kirk, James T.,
McCoy, Leonard (Bones),
Spock
Genre: DramaWarnings: Violence
Challenges: None
Series: Absolute Horizon
Chapters: 29
Completed: Yes
Word count: 121024
Read: 94263
Published: 03 Feb 2009
Updated: 27 Feb 2009
Story Notes:
Take 1 on the end of the first five-year mission. Concerning prior-TOS events, I do not accept apocrypha as canon, and I reserve the right to interpret everyone’s background in my own way.
Note: This story is best suited for shippers.
Beta/Editor: SLWatson. All remaining mistakes are mine.
Acknowledgements: To SLWatson, whom I cannot thank enough. I don’t know if this story is a caravel or a frigate, or maybe a humble schooner, but I do know that Steff was the wind in her sails.
1. Prologue by Anna Amuse [Reviews - 16] 
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2. Chapter 1 Duck and Cover by Anna Amuse [Reviews - 3] (4218 words)
3. Chapter 2 The Nailers by Anna Amuse [Reviews - 2] (4606 words)
4. Chapter 3 Evening Shadows by Anna Amuse [Reviews - 1] (2830 words)
5. Chapter 4 Midnight Strolls by Anna Amuse [Reviews - 1] (4401 words)
6. Chapter 5 Internal Investigations by Anna Amuse [Reviews - 1] (2889 words)
7. Chapter 6 Then and Now by Anna Amuse [Reviews - 1] (4025 words)
8. Chapter 7 Twilight Watch by Anna Amuse [Reviews - 1] (4842 words)
9. Chapter 8 Disaster by Anna Amuse [Reviews - 1] (3871 words)
10. Chapter 9 Abattoir by Anna Amuse [Reviews - 1] (3457 words)
11. Chapter 10 Roses Are Red by Anna Amuse [Reviews - 1] (4545 words)
12. Chapter 11 The Haunted Ship by Anna Amuse [Reviews - 1] (5909 words)
13. Chapter 12 Tame the Light by Anna Amuse [Reviews - 1] (5659 words)
14. Chapter 13 Shoot to Kill by Anna Amuse [Reviews - 1] (3555 words)
15. Chapter 14 Suspicions and Suspects by Anna Amuse [Reviews - 1] (3700 words)
16. Chapter 15 An Exercise in Defiance by Anna Amuse [Reviews - 1] (3926 words)
17. Chapter 16 Mousetrap by Anna Amuse [Reviews - 1] (3578 words)
18. Chapter 17 Losing Ground by Anna Amuse [Reviews - 1] (5218 words)
19. Chapter 18 The Boomerang Effect by Anna Amuse [Reviews - 1] (4632 words)
20. Chapter 19 Fallen Gods by Anna Amuse [Reviews - 1] (3914 words)
21. Chapter 20 The Final Countdown by Anna Amuse [Reviews - 2] (5580 words)
22. Chapter 21 Puppets and Puppeteers by Anna Amuse [Reviews - 1] (5460 words)
23. Chapter 22 Into the Fire by Anna Amuse [Reviews - 1] (3062 words)
24. Chapter 23 The Last Temptation by Anna Amuse [Reviews - 1] (4184 words)
25. Chapter 24 No More Bets by Anna Amuse [Reviews - 1] (5374 words)
26. Chapter 25 Burning Bridges by Anna Amuse [Reviews - 1] (6957 words)
27. Chapter 26 Flames to Dust by Anna Amuse [Reviews - 1] (3064 words)
28. Chapter 27 Dying to Live by Anna Amuse [Reviews - 2] (5128 words)
29. Epilogue by Anna Amuse [Reviews - 3] (1042 words)
