A Thousand Miles Of Moonlight Later

This was the second time within a month that he and Uhura had been assigned to an away mission together, and the second time the mission was more dangerous than usual. He was beginning to suspect that the captain was trying to get the two of them killed, with a shade more subtlety than his usual methods. It suggested to him that people were beginning to get uneasy about their supposed alliance - which would have been a good thing, except for the fact that they kept winding up on these missions.

The situation was in no way improved by the fact that he had lost Uhura. They'd been separated, and there had been no answer when he'd attempted to locate her on the communicator. Either she'd lost it, or she was dead, and God help him if she was dead.