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It had been ten long months since they had seen the little blue and green ball known as Earth. They truly needed this shore leave, after enduring the hell on Juno V. Twenty of his people died within five hours of their arrival. Diplomatic missions, so called because they are suppose to aid in the avoidance of death, never sucked as much as this one. A traitor in their own ranks, double crossing bastards, assassins ready in the wings…the whole thing just went to straight to the 9th circle of hell.
As the crew left the ship, Bones clapped his hand on Jim's shoulder, "Come on, lets go get a drink somewhere."
He wanted to. He really wanted to, just to numb himself for a while, to get his mind to stop for just two seconds. He knew there would only be more trouble afterwards though.
"Not tonight, Bones. You know that's not going to fix anything," he replied.
"Yeah, I know kid. Want to be alone or need someone around?"
Jim shrugged, "You can join me if you want. I'm going to head to one of the nicest parts of this city. Though, if you join me, you have to keep the spot a secret."
Bones raised his hand, "Scouts honor."
The two ducked into the nearest cab and headed into the city, far away from the Academy as they could possibly get. Jim had directed the cabbie to one of the tallest buildings in 'Frisco, surprisingly. Bones stared up at it, wondering why it was so damned special apparently.
The two entered the building of steel and class, Jim greeting the guy at the front desk, who tossed a set of keys to the captain.
"Where are we going, Jim?"
"The roof. I'm the only one besides the people that work here that has access to it. Before you ask how, I'm not telling you. Not yet at least."
McCoy knew better than to press the matter and followed his friend to the elevator, and up five flights of stairs, which was strangely quiet. After fumbling with the keys for a second, Kirk opened the door and they stepped out onto the roof just as the sun was setting. The western sky was a pallet of red and gold, with hints of dark blue melding into the fiery sky. The buildings shined and the first of the lights down in the streets just started to turn on.
"Damn…" Bones breathed. The city wasn't his favorite place, but he'd be damned if it wasn't beautiful sometimes.
"This is why it's a secret spot. There's no place else in the city where you can see this. I know, I tried to find another spot. There's too many buildings in the way everywhere else. Here, it's like…a restarting point."
Bones tore his eyes away from the stunning sunset to see a small sad smile on Kirk's lips.
"It'll be okay, Jim. It always is, in the end."
"I know, Bones, I know."
Part 2, yay part 2 :|