Unsettling Reunions
Chapter 1
"This session has been called to resolve a troubling matter," Admiral Richard Barnett called throughout the hearing room. Jim was waiting to hear what this one was about when she stopped. "Jamie T. Kirk, step forward."
Jamie looked at them wondering 'what the hell'. She stood up and moved forward as the admiral continued. "Cadet Kirk, Evidence has been submitted to this council suggesting that you violated the ethical code of conduct pursuant to regulation 17.43 of the Starfleet code." She walked to her position at the front of that auditorium. "Is there anything you care to say, before we begin, sir?"
"Yes, I believe I have the right to face my accuser directly," she told the admiral. Inside she was praying that who she thought was about to stand up didn't.
Please don't let it be Spock. Please don't let it be Spock. It was her repeated mantra as she stood there in front of them. Now that they were near, and she knew he was, she could sense him though it was so faint a pull she had to focus to even realize it was there.
The admiral looked up and she turned to see Spock standing in a black teachers uniform. She must have walked right past him and not even realized he was there. After standing she watched him straighten out his shirt. It was so very… Spock.
But his eyes, the ones that used to show every emotion despite his mask, were blank. They held none of his old warmth.
"Step forward please," the admiral began.
"By Code 833.41 Commander Spock cannot accuse me of cheating without at least one other person confirming this. As I'm sure he has no co-accuser at this time I wish to have this meeting adjourned," she called. There was a hushed whisper.
"You do realize that code says that a spouse cannot accuse their partner of cheating unless it can be confirmed by another as it could be construed as trying to settle a marital grudge," another Admiral stated.
"That is what I am saying," she informed them. Kirk looked at Spock who moved to the other Podium.
"If I may ob…" he began but she cut him off.
"The summer of your eighteenth year a group of students from earth with heightened IQ's beyond the average for humans were taken to Vulcan for a summer study group at the Vulcan Academy, were they not," Jim asked.
"I do not see the rel…" he began but she cut him off.
"Just answer yes or no… Commander," she said, trying not to show disrespect though her impatience was showing.
"It is," he told her.
"And is it true that amongst those on Vulcan was a female who would not follow rules, was as smart as any Vulcan, and was reckless. And it was it not she who told you that in battle sometimes thinking outside the lines, outside the parameters that are given, is sometimes necessary?" she asked. He hesitated.
"It is," he said as he looked at her.
"Did you not marry said woman just days before she was to leave for earth again… and did she not go by Tibby because her middle name was Tabitha… Tabitha Kirk as she was referred to back then?" she asked.
"How do you know that information?" he asked. "That is not in any file as only I and the Vulcan council know that I am married and know that my wife is human?"
"Your wife knows. My full name is Jamie Tabitha Kirk and I used to go by Tibby," she informed them. There was a yell from Uhura while the crowd burst out in talking. She was known as the whore after all. They thought she slept with anyone and everyone. Here she was saying she was married to a Vulcan no less.
"Settle down, settle down," Admiral Barnett called. "Is she correct Commander? Could this be your estranged wife?"
"It is possible, and probable. I have been searching for my wife since our separation but the information was blocked and difficult to get to," he told them. "If so then it would be valid as she was saying that marital bonds supersede…" he continued when a man came forward.
"Excuse me sir," the man said as he walked to the Admiral and handed him a Padd. He read it quickly and she saw concern on his face.
"We've received a distress call from Vulcan," Admiral Barnett announced and without meaning to Jim glanced at Spock whose face had become one of shock and concern. She knew he'd just thought of his mother. "With our primary fleet engaged in the Laurentian system, I hereby order all cadets to report to Hangar One immediately. Dismissed."
Everyone stood up and walked out of the Auditorium. Spock walked off and she had to keep herself from running after him. She looked at Bones who was at her side. Spock had stopped and glanced at her, then at Gaila, Pavel, Bones, and Danni. Bones was at her side and she saw Spock's left hand clench at his pants.
At least something was the same.
"What kind of husband doesn't recognize their own wife?" Gaila asked in shock.
"Green-blooded hobgoblins," Bones said with a snort before the group took off.
