Jim was sitting on a ship heading back to earth two days ago a starfleet ship of supplies to tarsus iv, a federation plant set up to for a human colony. They thought that everything was going well with the eight thousands inhabitants but when they entered and landed they found over half of the inhabitants massacred and not in a pretty way there wore dead bodies and blood everywhere, skinny boney people who were still alive curled up together.
Alexander Marcus was not an easy man to shocked or to be sick to his stomach but the site of the survivors and whatever bodies that were still remaining did just that. He when up to the frist responders who started setting up food and medical tents for the survivors and had also started to take statements. On of the men saw Marcus and walked up to him.
"Captain Marcus, thank you for responding quickly... As you can see we have a horrible situation on our hands."
Marcus nodded and replied with quick tone "Look son, I'm a man you doesn't believe in small talk and get straight to the piont tell me exactly what happened here."
The man did as he was told.
"Okay sir, I start of the being just about a year old the colony started everything was going fine no worries so more people were send in there was an estimated eight thousands give or take about a hundred. Then about six months ago the crops started to die they had enough resources to last a year if rationed properly for about six thousands. But people started to panick, they hoarded food stared to attack people, riots happen and they got violent. Survivors say about nine hundred died in the frist month and over a quarter of the resources had gone. Guards were place at and were ordered to kill anyone who look like they wanted to steal a lot of shots were fired. Most People lock themselves in the huts to stay safe or just to give up. A few hundred did the clever thing and hid in the woods. That were most of the survivors were found. Then a month ago it stared to get peaceful people still in the statement only ate one meal a day buy then it was a population of six thousand with five hundred living in the woods"
Marcus and the man had walked into a set up medbay the occupant of which were to be taken to back to earth on his ship they were the critical sick and any orphan or minors that didn't have family on this plant.
"So how in God's name did it go from peaceful to a bloody massacre?"
The man just sighed and started to talk again.
"The answer to both is one man, Kodos he called himself the Governor. He had a plan to bring order everyone will get one meal a day, not matter if there on deaths doorstep. No one had a plan during to famine and most were malnourished at the best and the nights started to get colder. Kodos then hacked into the starfleet system on the list on all the people who are on Tarsus. People thought that he was trying to figure out had already died, who was unaccountable most likely to be in the woods but the truth was the most horrid thing ever I haven't heard of it in earth's history since the twenth century. He disided who was the best to live and the ones who didn't make the cut wore well... you yourself have seen the bodies. Unfortunately we have not been able to locate him, as our shuttles were flying down him and the rest of the killers run off. As we are tracking them down we found about a group of nine kids hiding in the woods they have been hiding since the riots started. We found relatives back on earth expect for one, he was basically the leader the others called him JT but that name is not his true name. We have no idea who he is. We hoping you can help that. The Federation has classified this only the next of kin of those who are alive have been told. Until all the bodies and survivors had been a identify then a report will send out without the list of victims or survivors. But JT here no other family on his file or on Tarsus"
Marcus felt sick, stuff like this shouldn't have happen not in this day in age.
"What do you mean, how to you think I can help"
The man lead him to one of the set up camp beds to a young teenager sitting on the bed, his short was off showing his ribs, his spine was all most visible in the front the was a nurse healing up three deep cuts alone his back. Marcus could see all the ridges and notches of his spine. The kid had the blues eyes but there was no light in them, his blond hair was matted and dirty.
The man hated him a PADD with the name JT Harris. The only information on him was his age, height and IQ. Marcus sighed and look at the boy.
"So JT, you are a hero you know, saved a few kids lives. Why don't you tell us your real name, I bet your father will be proud of you."
The kid lifted his head up his blue eyes were glistening with tears. He took a breath out and spoke.
"My dad is dead, my name is James Kirk"
As he stated before Alexander Marcus was not an easy man to be shocked but when he found that a child of two well respected starfleet officers was on Tarsus under a false name.
"Christ son does your mother know you are here and why are you under his name"
He placed on of his hands on the boys shoulders as he began to cry.
"She doesn't care the last time I saw her was when I was nine she was telling me off over an PADD. My step dad send be here but he could only do it under a different name. I was meant to go to my grandad."
Marcus felt his heart acre as he looked down at James file it said he was fourteen. Four years, he hadn't seen his mother in four years. Even he made sure to speck with his own daughter at lease four times a week. He had know Winona and George when he was alive, after he had died to lost touch with her but he could not belive she would neglect her own son, he tought about their other son Samuel. He looked at the young teenager again and spoke softly to him.
"Don't worry son we will get you home safely."
So now Jim was sitting on the on a bio bed on a spaceship heading back to earth. He had tubes giving him fuilds and one his stomach getting food into. He again to head to San Francisco and then back to Iowa. He already knows he'll never be the same.