Captain Kirk has been stabbed in his quarters, apparently by Ensign Bearclaw. Kirk crawls toward his communication terminal to call for help, but collapses before he reaches it. He hallucinates that he is at the wheel of a sailing ship floating through space near the Enterprise. Looking through a spyglass, Kirk sees Spock on the Enterprise bridge. Elizabeth Sherwood, having learned of Kirk's injury, rushes to Bearclaw's cabin. When Bearclaw answers the door, he claims to have been sleeping. Sherwood tells him Kirk might die, to which Bearclaw answers, "Good riddance," and shuts the door.