Stardate 2259.55 (February 24th, 2259)
Starfleet Headquarters, San Francisco, Earth

"By now all of you have heard what happened in London. The target was a Starfleet data archive, now it's a damn hole in the ground. Forty-two men and women are dead. One hour ago, I received a message from a Starfleet officer who confessed to carrying out this attack, that he was being forced to do it by this man." Admiral Marcus told them before a holo popped up on the screen in front of all the officers in the room. Jamie knew that face.

The admiral continued, "Commander John Harrison. He's one of our own and he is the man responsible for this act of savagery. For reasons unknown, John Harrison has just declared a one man war against Starfleet and under no circumstances are we to allow this man to escape Federation space. You here tonight represent the senior command of all the vessels in the region. And in the name of those we lost, you will run this bastard down. This is a manhunt, pure and simple, so let's get to work."

There was a moment's pause, Jamie couldn't –and didn't- believe what Admiral Marcus was saying. Something just wasn't right about any of this. Harrison was a lot of things but he wasn't a terrorist.

"Earth's Perimeter sensors have not detected any warp signatures leaving the system, so we know he can't be far. You will park your ships in a blockade formation and deploy search vehicles and landing parties to run down every lead. This man has shown willingness to kill innocent people, so the rules of engagement are simple. If you come across this man, and fear for your life and the live of those nearby, you are authorized to use deadly force on the subject."

The big question is why Marcus wants to kill him. Marcus doesn't want to talk to Harrison, he wants them to kill him. Jamie was going to be the only one Harrison's side, just like he'd always been on hers.

Stardate 2246.115 (April 25th, 2246)
Tarsus Four Colony

"The revolution is successful, but survival depends on drastic measures. Your continued existence represents a threat to the well-being of society. Your lives mean slow death to the more valued members of the colony. Therefore, I have no alternative but to sentence you to death. Your execution is so ordered, signed Kodos, Governor of Tarsus IV."

Jamie looked over at John, who nodded. The pair of them, with Tommy and Percy, began pulling children out of the square as Kodos' men began shooting. People that they've all seen every day were dropping left and right. "Kevin!"

The six-year-old ran into Jamie's arms, his father looked at her and nodded in what Jamie was sure was 'keep him safe' before he began fighting the enforcers closest to him. Mister Riley didn't last long but Jamie made sure his son didn't see what happened to him.

"Come on, Kev," she whispered to the little boy. The group of a dozen kids got themselves out of the main colony and joined with the other group that Jamie's brother, Sam, managed to round up.

"Your six, plus our eight and the five of us makes nineteen. What's the plan?" Tommy asked her brother. The answer was simple.

"Survive. For our families, for Hoshi, we gotta survive," Jamie whispered, more to herself than to anyone.

John put his hand on her shoulder, "We will make Kodos pay for this."

She nodded at him and went to sit in a corner of the cave. It wasn't fair, not even close. Her father was killed the day she was born, her mom was never around and her stepdad was a piece of work of the worst kind. Ending up on Tarsus Four was supposed to be the beginning of a good life.

She spent almost three years living here with her aunt and uncle, for the first few months she really only talked to her brother. Tommy was her first friend, she literally ran into him one day and he asked her to tag along on what turned into a really cool experiment with engineering equipment. John was friends with Sam, they were older than most of the kids but they never treated them like it. John even kept an eye on Jamie like it was his job, much to her annoyance at times. Percy's family moved to the colony a year after Jamie and Sam did.

The three young teens –and sometimes Sam and John- were always together and since they were ahead of their peers in school they all found sanctuary with Hoshi Sato. Commander Sato was a retired Starfleet officer who served with Admiral Jonathan Archer before the Federation was founded. She took them all under her wing but she paid special attention to Jamie as the only girl in their group.

When the crops started to die, Kodos decided that killing half the colony was the solution. Jamie's family and Hoshi didn't even live long enough to hear the speech, he had them executed in their homes. Jamie barely made it out of Hoshi's with her life and she went in search of her brother and her friends. John found her in her kitchen standing over her aunt and uncle's bodies. They grabbed any emergency gear and whatever food was there and made a break for Tommy and Percy's homes. Now, they were all in this cave with a small pile of food and a bunch of small children that might die anyway.

"This isn't your fault, Jamison." She looked up at John as he sat next to her. He always insisted on calling her by her full name. When anyone else said it, it annoyed the crap out of her but John always made it sound like a song. For a while she thought it was the British accent but she realized that it was just John.

Jamie smiled, "I know, Johnny. Doesn't mean that it doesn't suck."

He nodded, "Very true."

Stardate 2259.55 (February 24th, 2259)
USS Enterprise, En Route to Qo'noS

"There's something else going on here, sir. I know Harrison, he would never kill innocent people. Marcus is up to something."

Pike looked at her, "You want me to believe that your friend is innocent but Admiral Marcus, the head of Starfleet, is guilty of… something. How am I supposed to explain that?"

She took a breath, "We capture him. Our orders are to shoot a bunch of torpedoes at the Klingons to kill one man. That doesn't seem odd to you? Whatever John knows, Marcus wants him eliminated and probably us too. I get it, I'm impulsive and I don't always follow orders but I'm usually right, even when I didn't want to be. If you have ever trusted me, trust me right now… sir."

Pike looked up at her from his desk in his ready room. "Fine, you can take a team down to the surface, grab him and get back."

Jamie nodded, "Thank you, sir."

Jamie walked out of the office, she grabbed Spock, the Enterprise's science officer and her former first officer, and Uhura, the ship's chief communications officer, and told them both to change out of their uniforms. Jamie was the Captain of this ship but the brass didn't like her stance for doing things her way and saving lives over following regulations, so they demoted her to Commander and gave Admiral Pike command. She held her head high and she didn't apologize for saving the people of Nibiru despite it costing her command. The three officers made their way to the K'normian trade ship they confiscated a month earlier. Hendorff and Edwards, two of her security officers, sans the red shirts, went with them.

Stardate 2259.55 (February 24th, 2259)
Ketha Providence, Qo'noS

"What the hell was that?" Jamie was flying the ship when they were hit.

"We are being pursued by a D4 Class Klingon vessel," Spock informed her.

"I thought this sector was abandoned," she said to her friends.

Uhura spoke from her left side, "It must be a random patrol."

Jamie worked on maneuvering the vessel away from the Klingons, "Hold on!"

"This ship has no offensive capabilities." Spock told her. It really wasn't helping.

Jamie chuckled, "It's got us. Give me all six fuel cells." Jamie was using the extra power for maneuverability. She made the ship dip and dive to evade the Klingon's fire, "Dammit! It's still on us."

Uhura called out, "They are closing fast, bearing two-eight-five."

Jamie noticed a small fissure between two structures, "Right there! There! We can lose them there!"

"If you are suggesting that we utilize the passage between the approaching structures, this ship will not fit," Spock warned her.

Jamie chuckled, "We'll fit."

Spock continued to disagree with her, "Commander, we will not fit."

She kept going, "We'll fit! We'll fit!" She turned the small ship on a ninety degree angle, barely scraping through the gap, the Klingon vessel exploded as it hit the structure, and the team from the Enterprise sped through the buildings before finally emerging out from the other side. "I told you we'd fit."

Spock looked at her, "I am not sure that qualifies."

"Any sign of them?" Jamie asked Uhura.

The other officer scanned her console, "No, which worries me."

Jamie took a breath, "Maybe we lost them."

Uhura wasn't so sure, "Or they're jamming our scanners."

"Or we lost them," Jamie muttered. It was wishful thinking but that was all she had at this point.

Suddenly, they were stopped as four Klingon vessels surrounded them. Jamie spoke enough Klingon to understand that they were ordering the ship to land over their comms. Uhura stood from her seat, "Commander, they're gonna wanna know why we're here. And then they're gonna torture us, question us, and they're gonna kill us." Jamie knew that, it was a certainty at this point.

"Well, you're the one who speaks fluent Klingon. Wanna try talking to 'em?"

Uhura nodded at her question, "It would be best if I went alone, it'll appear less threatening."

Jamie nodded, "Roger that." Jamie landed their small ship.

Uhura took a deep breath before she disembarked, and walked towards the group of Klingons waiting for her, Jamie and Spock watched from inside the ship. "This isn't going to work," Jamie looked at Spock.

He kept watching Uhura as he spoke, "It is our only logical option. And if you interrupt her now, you will not only incur the wrath of the Klingons, but that of Lieutenant Uhura as well." Jamie chuckled, he had a point. They couldn't hear what was being said but Jamie knew that the whole thing could go sideways in a second. She grabbed a couple weapons and handed them to Lieutenants Hendorff and Edwards.

"Thanks, Commander," Edwards said to her, Jamie nodded and went back to her spot next to Spock.

It was fast, one second she's talking and the next a Klingon has Uhura by her face. Someone –Jamie could guess who- started shooting at the Klingons. The four officers still on the ship spilled out to cover Uhura and help the person who just saved her ass.

Spock pointed his weapon at the man, "Stand down!"

Harrison looked at him, "How many torpedoes?"

Spock was still pointing his weapon at Harrison, "Stand down!"

Harrison shot Spock's weapon out of his hand, "Your torpedoes! The weapons you threaten me within your message. How many are there?"

Jamie pushed herself off the wall, "Never known you to be this short tempered, Johnny."

The man looked at her, really looked, "Jamison. You're here."

"We were ordered to kill you, I talked my CO into a capture, instead. Wanna lower the rifle and tell me I didn't stick my neck out for nothing." She scanned him with her eyes and spotted no injuries. Jamie also noticed that he relaxed his stance a bit, he wasn't gonna hurt her.

John dropped the weapon at her feet, "I didn't do what Marcus is accusing me of. You must help me prove it."

"I will. Right now, we gotta get back to the ship. We're gonna have to cuff you and put you in the brig but I promise, we're gonna sort this out," she told him with a smile.

He nodded at her, "I have missed you, beautiful."

Jamie looked at him, "I missed you too, Johnny. Edwards, gimme the cuffs."

Her friend held his arms out for her to cuff him, "They didn't harm your friend, did they?"

She glanced at Uhura and shook her head, "Always fighting for some girl."

Stardate 2246.149 (May 29th, 2246)
Tarsus Four Colony

"Jamison, go," John told her.

She shook her head and stood next to him, "Not without you, Johnny." They were on a 'mission' to find food, it wasn't the first, but it was the hardest. They managed to gather some food and medical supplies when one of the patrols came through. Sam and Tommy had made it out with everything but Jamie and John couldn't get clear without exposing the others. She knew it was gonna be a fight.

The enforcers were the all kinds of evil but the one that pinned her to a table was the worst. She knew what he was gonna do but it didn't make it better. She didn't scream, she didn't fight, she just closed her eyes and listened to John's voice as he fought with the others.

"Jamison, I'm so sorry," he told her when the enforcer finally finished with her and tossed her into John's arms.

She shook her head, "It's not your fault. Their evil is not your fault."

When the pair was dropped in front of Kodos, John had managed to grab a knife from one of the enforcers and stabbed her attacker in the neck. He was beaten half to death for it but Kodos seemed to enjoy the whole display.

"I knew you were worth sparing. I had hoped that you would work with me… but that's no matter. You two have been quite the little soldiers, maybe I have use for you," their governor said before he had the pair locked in a room. Jamie did what she could to patch John up.

"I should be taking care of you," he groaned.

She gave him a pained smile, "We'll just have to take care of each other."

He chuckled, "Sounds like a plan, beautiful."

Stardate 2259.55 (February 24th, 2259)
Brig, USS Enterprise, outside the Federation/Klingon Neutral Zone

"So he just surrendered to you, Jim? That doesn't seem odd?" Bones asked. Jamie shook her head at his question. The man was her best friend but like everyone else, there were some things he didn't know about her.

"No. It's not odd," Jamie whispered.

He looked at her, "So, he just took out a squadron of Klingons, single-handedly and then turned himself over to you. I think it's odd."

Jamie chuckled, "You're a cynic, Bones."

Pike looked at her, "What's your read, Kirk?"

She took a breath, "Something is going on and I think he's the distraction."

"Distraction for what?" Spock asked her.

Jamie shrugged, "I don't know, yet." The four officers walked right up to Harrison's cell.

Bones looked at him, "Put your arm through the hole, I'm gonna take a blood sample."

John complied with the doctor's request but he looked over his shoulder at Pike, "Am I to assume that the reason we aren't moving is because of an unexpected malfunction in the warp core, conveniently stranding this ship on the edge of the Klingon space?"

Bones looked at him, "How the hell do you know that?"

"I shouldn't be surprised that you figured it out, Johnny," Jamie said with a smirk.

He smiled at her, "I had a good engineering teacher."

She chuckled, "I wasn't that great."

Harrison smiled, "Ever so modest, Jamison."

Bones rolled his eyes, "Of course he's your friend." Jamie looked at him but she didn't respond; explaining John to Bones was not something she felt like doing right now.

John looked at the doctor before looking at Pike, "I think you'd find my insight valuable, Admiral."

Bones finished taking his sample and closed the hole in the glass. "We're good, I'll let you know what I find, sir."

Pike nodded at Bones, then looked at Harrison, "Okay, you said you have something to say, Harrison. Start talking."

"Two-three-one-seven-four-six-one-one. Coordinates not far from Earth. It's the location of the Io Facility where Admiral Marcus oversees Section 31 activities and has nearly completed construction on the Dreadnought-class starship the USS Vengeance. Sending the Enterprise here was part of the plan to start a war with the Klingon Empire," John paused. "I tried to stop him. I even sabotaged some of the new weapons he's been working on but I was discovered and I had to flee. The easiest way to catch me was to make everyone think I'm a traitor."

Bones huffed, "Aren't you?" Jamie glared at her friend.

Harrison chuckled, "It's a fair question, Jamison. To answer it, no, I'm not a traitor. I'm a Starfleet Intelligence Officer."

Pike, Spock and Bones all looked at Jamie, her CO stepped closer, "You knew this?"

Jamie nodded, "Yes, sir. I would've said something but I have orders not to burn him."

Bones looked at her, "Wait, you're SI?"

"I was. Short answer, we were recruited when we were younger and our training was different. You didn't really think that I just up and decided to join Starfleet at twenty-two? I've been an active SI operative since I was fifteen. I had to step away when I took command of this ship but my clearance is still active." Jamie knew she was gonna have to give them the whole story later.

Harrison smiled, "Been keeping tabs on me?"

She nodded, "Tell me you haven't done the same."

He shook his head, "I vowed to never lie to you."

Stardate 2246.168 (June 17th, 2246)
Governor's House, Tarsus Four Colony

"Did you hear that?" Jamie looked at John. They had taken to sleeping in the corner wrapped around each other for warmth, taking turns sleeping.

"I did," he whispered. They both stood; neither had any idea of what was heading their way, the Starfleet officers certainly wasn't what they expected.

"Sir, I have two more," the taller officer said.

"Enforcers?" someone they couldn't see asked.

The officer in the room shook his head, "Kids, sir. Mid-teens if I had to guess. I'm not going to hurt you. I'm Jason. Why don't we get you two out of here."

Jamie looked at John, "Do you think we can trust them? My track record with Starfleet isn't very good."

He nodded, "I think it'll be alright."

She stayed in her spot, behind him, "I don't know. Maybe Kodos is trying to trick us."

John took her face in his hands, "I think they are here to help, Jamison. I wouldn't lie to you. I swear." It turned out that they were real officers and they took the pair to their ship.

"The others?" she asked in the transporter room.

One of the officers smiled, "Already got the other kids. They're in medical."

Jamie's happiness at being discovered soon turned into heartbreak as she realized that her brother died mere hours before Starfleet arrived. She didn't even realize that she was crying until she felt John wrap his arms around her, "We will find Kodos. We will end him, Jamison. I swear it."

Stardate 2249.314 (November 9th 2249)
Brighton Square, Planet Q

"I have visual on the hammer. Move in, Sif." Van's voice sounded in her ear.

Jamie ran across the rooftops, jumping when it became necessary. She reached the building she was supposed to use to get down, dropped a few feet before leaping from one ledge to another and through a window. She walked through the room she was in and out into the hall. Jamie moved in behind her target. She pulled the hypo-spray from her pocket and injected the man with the sedative; she kept walking while Harrison and Price caught him and walked him into a room.

"Thor and Hogan have the hammer. Volstagg and Fendral, you're up," she told the others over comms.

She didn't see it but she heard the jump ship as the two officers, Tala'nos and Vans, took the man from the John and Price. She was already out of the building and walking down the street when she felt an arm over her shoulder.

"Thor and Sif moving to evac point," John said into hiss comm.

Jamie looked at him and smiled, "You told me we'd get him."

He nodded, "Indeed, I did. He's going to spend the rest of his life paying for what he did. Come, we have to get out of here." They got to the shuttle port and boarded a transport that would take them to Alpha Centauri where they would split up and separately head to different parts of Vulcan. From there they would each be picked up by a vessel under SI jurisdiction and dropped off at their home base. They didn't work a lot of missions together but this one was non-negotiable. They owed Kodos a lot worse then he got.

Stardate 2249.321 (November 16th, 2249)
Classified Starfleet Intelligence Base, Codename: Asgard, Location: Unknown

"I figured that you would get back before me." Jamie looked up at the figure standing in her doorway. Their rooms on this base weren't very big and only had the basics but it was enough for Jamie.

She chuckled and nodded, "Well, I am prettier than you. Maybe that's why they pick me up first."

He laughed, "That is true, beautiful. It's almost unfair. Almost." She smiled as he walked into the room and laid down on her bed, "So, what's the plan for tonight?"

Jamie walked over to her bed, made him move over so she could lay with him and handed him her PADD, "I was gonna watch a movie. You can pick, if you want." He punched a few commands and one of the Bourne movies came on the vid-screen. "Really, John, a spy movie?"

He shrugged, "You said I could pick, this is my pick."

Jamie didn't really watch the movie, she watched John as he watched the movie. "You're staring."

She chuckled, "Maybe a little." He looked at her, his intense gray eyes locking with her blue, "John… I…" She leaned up and kissed him. At first, he didn't move then he kissed her back, the arm he had wrapped around her tightened and pulled her against him. His other hand tangled in her long, blonde hair. Jamie's hands held onto his shirt. This was like nothing she'd ever felt before, it was like he lit a fire along her skin. When they had to pull away to breathe, he pulled her on top of him and pressed kisses on her neck and along her jaw before bringing his lips to hers again.

"I know you're in there, Harrison," a voice called from her door.

They both groaned as they pulled away from each other and Jamie sighed, "I hate him, sometimes." Price was at her door, hitting the buzzer over and over again. She glanced in a mirror to make she didn't look too wound up and gave John a quick look before opening the door, "Where's the fire, Price?"

He chuckled and walked into her room like he owned the place, "Nowhere. I just like bugging you and Johnny-boy."

"Don't call me that," John growled at their friend. The nickname belonged to Jamie and John's mother.

Price looked at him, "She calls you Johnny."

Jamie shrugged, "I'm prettier than you."

John caught her eye and they both started to laugh, "She has a very valid point."

Price shook his head, "I see how it is."

Stardate 2259.55 (February 24th, 2259)
Brig, USS Enterprise, outside the Federation/Klingon Neutral Zone

Pike looked at Harrison, "I still don't get it."

"Alexander Marcus needed to respond to an uncivilized threat in a civilized time, but for that he needed a warriors mind, like mine and Jamison's, to design weapons and warships," John told them.

Spock looked at him, "You are suggesting the Admiral violated every regulation he vow to uphold simply because he wanted to exploit your intellect."

Jamie laughed, "If only it were that simple. This is about savagery. Intellect alone is useless in a fight. Come on, Spock. You... you can't even break a rule, how would you be excepted to break bone? People like me and Johnny have had to fight for everything... you learn to get creative. Marcus is designing weapons, to help him realize his vision of a militarized Starfleet."

Harrison nodded, "Then he sent the Enterprise to use those weapons, to fire my torpedoes on an unsuspecting planet. Without the warp core, we're stranded in enemy space, leading to one inevitable outcome. The Klingons will come searching for whomever was responsible, and there would be no chance of escape. Marcus would finally have the war, he talked about the war, he always wanted. You aren't naïve, Admiral. You know there is credence to what I'm saying."

Pike nodded just as Sulu's voice came over the intercom, "Proximity alert, sir. There's a ship at warp heading right for us."

Pike looked at Jamie, "Marcus?"

She nodded, "Has to be."

Pike took a breath, "Kirk, take him to medbay." She nodded and got the security officer to open the cell.

John pulled her into a hug as soon as he stepped out, "I never thought I'd get to do that again. Hello."

She smiled, "Hi. We gotta go." He nodded and they sprinted to the turbolift.