Chapter 3
Kirk and Khan were being lead down to the bridge of the ship by a group of five guards. Apparently they were afraid of Khan being genetically engineered, even though they can beat him in a fight. Kirk noticed Khan was trying to break the handcuffs that they had managed to get on was trying to fix what little pride he had left by at least beating up one of them. He had managed to get out of one Starfleet prison only to get sucked into another one and he was either going to escape or die trying came upon the doors to the bridge and one of the guards opened it.
The bridge was not what Kirk or Khan had been expecting. It was extremely advanced in technology and weapons. Their weapons were unknown to Kirk but they were very well known to Khan. These were weapons of mass destruction and had the potential to wipe out an entire plant. Where they could have gotten these was beyond Kirk but Khan knew very well where they got them. They were the weapons Marcus forced him to design. They had stolen them from the Vengeance, but how?
Khan was snapped out of his questioning thoughts as a man wearing the yellow uniform of someone in charge walked up to him and started to talk to him.
"What is your name, rank, and connection to this man?" He points at Kirk. "And how did you get on my ship?" Khan assumed that he was the captain as he assessed his situation. Khan still did not know what these people were or if they were even human or if he could fight any of them. He did know that his weapons were being used and that if he was to tell them that he designed them than they would probably try and force him into making more. He was walking on a thin line with these people. He looked up at the man and did the only thing he could think of.
"No."
The man hit Khan in the gut but this time it did hurt. I was not like when Kirk tried to hit him. The impact knocked Khan to his knees. The captain got down to eye level with Khan.
"That was unnecessary. I only wish to Know who you are." Khan glared at him and refused to say anything. "That's all right." He got up and walks over to Kirk. "You will tell me, won't you? Captain."
"His name is Khan and he was a prisoner on the Enterprise before you kidnapped us." Kirk said.
"Is that right, Captain?" The man grinned at him. "And why was he a prisoner on your ship?"
"He planted a bomb in a Starfleet building and killed forty-two people; he also killed Admiral Pike and Admiral Marcus." The captain turned back to Khan.
"I like him already." He said as a grin came across his face. The man that had came to the cell walked up to the captain.
"Jack, if I have permission I would like to know how this man was able to stand his ground against me." He whispered in his ear.
"How many times must I remind you that you are to refer to me as Captain?" Jack looked down at Khan. "I would also like to know this, being as no human has ever bested us in combat before."
Khan got up off his knees and looked in their eyes. "I already told you, I'm better than any human. The question is what are you?"
"We were genetically enhanced by Starfleet after the Eugenics war. They had seen the destruction it had caused and they wanted to start over and see if the could right the wrongs from their last attempt. But we escaped and now we will end Starfleet and finally stop the injustice that they are doing. Starting with you." He turned to look at Kirk. "James T Kirk, you will help us to bring down Starfleet."
"What would ever make you think that I will help you take down Starfleet?!"
"In time you will come to help us. But you..." Jack walked back over to his captains chair and sat down. "Khan. You can help us right now and I have a feeling that you won't need much convincing to be eager to help us."
"I won't help you kill innocent people if that is what you are thinking and you can kill me before I'll let you make me a slave like a Starfleet Admiral tried to do."
"We do not want you to kill innocent people and we are not going to make you our slave. We want you to willingly help us, not be forced to."
"Khan You can't! They just want to kill all of Starfleet! If you do this there will be nothing to help your case you'll be locked up forever..."
"Take him back to the cell!" The captain interrupted. "I don't want him putting false doubts into his head."
Two guards grabbed Kirk by the arms to take him back to the cell. Kirk tried to get free from their grasp but they were far stronger that Kirk had imagined and they did not budge. The dragged him off the bridge with him still struggling.
Khan turned to the captain who was watching his reaction. "What do you want with me?"
"We simple want your help and your knowledge. You can start with simply working on weapons but if you prove helpful and trustworthy you can come to helping us in the actual fight. You would be a helpful asset. Or you can go back to the cell and stay there until we defeat Starfleet or we discide to kill you."
"I'm not going to help you commit murder and kill innocent people. If you do this you will be killing not only Starfleet officers but women and children. I will not help you do this."
"Very well. That is not the answer I was hoping for but the offer still stands if you ever change your mind. Guards take him back to the cell."
Fore guards escorted him back to the cell where. Kirk was waiting for him. They opened the door in the glass and he stepped in. Kirk glared at him from where he was sitting on the bench.
Khan walked over and sat on the floor. He was still working on breaking the cuffs. He gave them an exceptionally strong pull and they finally snapped. He got up and walked over to where Kirk was sitting and started working on breaking his.
"Did you take their offer?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"There was nothing in it for me."
Kirk's cuffs snapped off and he sat back down. They did not exchange anything more than glances for the rest of what they thought was the night.
