Author's Note: Many of my female leads are black and do not fit the norm in other ways as well. This is because I believe in representation everywhere. I want every girl to be able to connect to some character and I know through experience that it's hard to find certain traits. As my skills become better I will start to expand the characteristics of my heroines to allow everyone to be able to connect with my characters. So please have patience. Though my writing still needs much improvement, I am working hard to better myself so that others can enjoy decent stories.

Khan was extremely aware of the guards at the door, the nurse whose back was turned toward him and the tight shackles on his wrists.

And this irritated him to no end.

The fact that he knew nothing about what was going on; that he did not even know the year was forcing him to take note of insignificant things, such as the nurse's quiet clicking on her PADD. This was the second time he had been woken up from cryostasis and he was tired of sitting through a tense examination for no reason. Everyone knew his body was superior and would therefore heal yet they insisted on checking his vitals as if he were in danger of anything. He was tired of the waiting game, wanted to know his surroundings. He wanted to know where his family was. And he wanted to know what the Federation wanted.

"It is highly illogical to awaken Khan Noonien-Singh from cryostasis under any circumstances. I recommend immediate re-freezing before he does harm to any other Federation officials and innocents." Spock's deep voice seemed to be spread throughout the room in a monotonous range. But those present who knew him, James T. Kirk, Nyota Uhura, and Dr. Leonard McCoy took note of the ounce of emotion that made his words draw out by a millisecond, which made him overly enunciate and caused his voice to come out slightly hushed. And even though he knew of it, Kirk still stated his case.

"We cannot just ignore that people are dying. No matter what he has done in the past we need him now. No one else can help us and you know it. Don't let pride get in the way." Before the admiral could respond, Spock had spoken up.

"Pride? At what point is pride a value needed to come to this conclusion? It is based off of facts. Noonien-Singh is manipulative, intelligent, and ultimately superior than any of us at the moment. We have been used once and lives have been lost as a result. Why should we risk more lives using a means that we know to be unstable?"

"Because what else can we do?! You said it yourself he is superior. Who the hell else is going to even have a chance at saving them!?" The meeting had turned from a deliberative discussion of the Federations decision to awaken Khan to a full on argument, albeit one-sided, between Kirk and Spock. The Admiral let them continue. There was a reason why Spock and Kirk were best together: because they created a ying yang dynamic that ensured that the best conclusion could be drawn up. Kirks' passion and Spock's logic were perfect to reach a median means.

The continued their hot cold argument whilst the Admiral and several Federation officials sat at war table. The only two that did not technically belong in the situation were Uhura and Bones. But they had also had the most contact with Khan besides Kirk and Spock; with Uhura having been rescued by him and Bones having taken him down and having been able to study his physiology.

"There are only one of him and how many of us?! You are worrying over nothing. He can't do anything but help us! He has no choice."

"He will always have a choice. He will find a way to get what he wants and if we put too much trust in him we will have no choice but to comply. Awaking him at all gives him too much power."

"He's awake now and we could just as easily put him back in cryostasis as we could use him for the better good. Isn't that what you're always talking about?"

"He almost killed us all and succeeded in killing you. He is violent, dangerous and a flight risk. His goal is to kill all beings that he deems unsuitable. He has the mental capabilities to make it happen under the right circumstances. He is manipulative enough to create those circumstances anywhere. It is illogical to even consider that he could put forth anything that would advance the greater good." Everyone held their breath for Kirks' response. The finality of Spock's voice had struck a chord with several of the presiding members of the board. They were beginning to doubt their decision to awaken Khan, fear and doubt settling in their minds. They had come to a dead end and had done the only thing they could think of to save themselves and others. Was it too dangerous? Was Khan too dangerous to be controlled?

James too had heard the tone of Spock's voice. His words had rocked his opinion but he still held fast. There was no other option but Khan. And he'd be damned if he let his Vulcan friend ruin the chance to save millions of lives all over the galaxy. "It doesn't matter what you say. He's already awake. We can't go back now."

Author's Note: This is just a little prologue into the unease of the galaxy at the moment. Gives you a taste of the setting. Next chapter will be a bit more interesting. It's also very likely that I will change the title of this. I struggled for over an hour to decide on a name and Imzadi (which is a Betazed word. We'll get there later) really spoke to me. However there is a non-canon published book also called that and I don't want to get in trouble nor do I want people to think that this is a fanfiction based off of that.

So to be clear: I do not own Imzadi or any variations or series of Star Trek. All rights belong to rightful owners (Peter David, etc).

And for those wondering, yes Uhura and Spock are in a relationship at this point in time. I may write a story on how they came to be (which will of course take place before any of the films). But this story focuses on Khan and how he finds his humanity again. And how else would he do that besides by falling in love! Yes the love interest will be an OC. Unlike my other story I will not be taking OC's for this because it gets really hectic and I would hate to disappoint someone. Updates will be sporadic because of heavy work load I have. And to those people whose OC haven't made an appearance in my other story; it's not that I've forgotten. It's just that I haven't updated. I'm so sorry about the lack of responsibility and I promise that I will at least try and get The Orb to that point where your character appears but for me, that story has died. I don't know if I can revive it. My writing is horrible in it and makes me really upset to read over it. I'm surprised so many people liked it. That doesn't mean I won't try though. I will attempt to bring it back up to par. But thank you all for reading. Until next time.

Live long and prosper.