Luna waited as the bartender poured new drinks, and carefully began to walk them back to her table with Jim. She handed Jim his whiskey, him giving her a soft smile, obviously still distraught from earlier today. They both received many calls from Spock, but each of them ignored it. "Thanks, baby." Jim mumbled as she sat down across from him and the bar.

She looked at Jim as he took the first sip, shaking her head, still furious at this whole situation. "Screw Pike and Marcus." Jim looked up at that with his brow furrowed, not sure where that had come from. "If they don't want to have someone who is amazing at their job, captain the best ship in their fleet, then that's their loss."

Jim let out a sigh, knowing she was only trying to make him feel better, but she was kind of making it worse. "Yeah." Jim mumbled while rubbing his finger on the rim of the glass in thought.

"And who's gonna captain the ship now? Spock?" Jim let a shudder at that thought. "Pike?" Jim sighed again, but that's when he noticed Pike approaching their table. "Last time he had it, he was taken as prisoner."

"Luna," Jim spoke in a warning tone. Pike was definitely in ear shot now.

"I guess that means he sucks as an admiral though because if he ends captaining the Enterprise now, that means he was demoted."

"Luna," Jim spoke, more concretely this time, Pike standing directly behind her.

"I'm just saying that everyone's going to hate being assigned to the Enterprise with a captain like Pike."

"Really, Lieutenant Commander?"

Luna and Jim stared at each other for a moment, Luna taking a deep sigh before taking a large gulp of her drink. When she turned around to face him, she gave him a big, fake smile. "Admiral Pike," Jim looked at the back of her head, shaking his own, knowing she was going to dig herself into a deeper hole than he was in. "How are you doing since you ruined our lives?"

"Luna," Jim spoke her name in a hushed whisper, worried for what she was doing to herself.

Pike just continued to stare at Luna with a big smile. He should have been annoyed and angry with her, but he had always found her spunk admirable and entertaining. "Ms. McCoy, can I get a moment with your boyfriend?"

Luna kept her stare with Pike before finishing her drink, and standing up to go to the bar to give them their alone time. Jim shook his head at her as she walked by him, but she was still staring at Pike. Jim sighed while taking a gulp of his drink as Pike sat down in Luna's chair. "I'm sorry my girlfriend has the behavior of a wild animal, and...a southerner."

Pike chuckled while looking over at Luna standing by the bar. "That's why I hired her." Jim turned his head to look at her as well. Sure, Luna was annoying as hell sometimes, but he really did love her. "She just loves you, and is trying to protect you." Jim turned back to look at Pike with his eyebrows furrowed, wondering how he knew that. "I'm sure you know that, though."

"We," Jim began slowly, not sure why he felt the need to correct him. "Haven't said the 'L' word quite yet."

Pike blinked a couple of times at that. He knew they said it before all this mess with the baby. "Haven't you two been back together for like a year?"

"It's a personal choice." Jim defended quickly, knowing it was actually none of Pike's business what was going on between him and his girlfriend. "How did you know we'd be here?"

"I know you both better than you think I do." Luna looked back over to the table like a protective bear, making sure nothing was going wrong and she took a sip from her new drink. "The first time I found you was in a dive like this." Jim took a sigh, looking down into his drink, remembering that was also the night he had met Luna. A little smile came on his face at that thought. He remembered that she could deliver a punch. "Remember that? You got your ass handed to you."

That made Jim look up at Pike, offended at what he had just said. "No, I didn't."

"You don't?" With how drunk Jim was that night, he wouldn't be surprised if he didn't remember.

"No," Jim clarified. "That's not what happened."

"That was an epic beating."

Luna came back to the table with the drink in her hand, only catching part of the conversation. "Are you talking about the night we met because it really was an epic beating."

Jim turned to look up at her, shaking his head while throwing one of his hands in the air. "Can you…I thought you were letting us talk in private." Luna rolled her eyes as Jim turned back to look at Pike. "No, it wasn't."

Luna let out a sigh before mumbling under her breath, "You are such a fucking girl sometimes." Jim looked even more annoyed with her as she walked back to the bar, taking a large gulp of her drink.

"You had napkins," Pike spoke again, getting back on topic with the conversation, a small smile on his lips. "Hanging out of your nose." The two began to laugh, Jim shrugging because he did have a point. "Did you not?"

"Yeah," Jim sighed out, almost as if he was reminiscing back to that night. Sure, he got into a fight, but he also met the love of his life that night. "That was a good fight."

"'A good fight.'" Pike quoted with the shake of the head. "I think that's your problem right there." Jim looked up at him, knowing he probably had a point there. "They gave her back to me." When he said that, Jim felt like he was being stabbed in the back. He didn't need any clarification, but for some reason, Pike felt like he needed to give one. "The Enterprise."

Jim looked at him for a long moment before looking back down at his drink, continuing to play with the rim of the glass again. "Congratulations." Jim's fingers slid down the side of the glass, gripping it, knowing he was going to need a long drink after that news. "Watch your back with that First Officer, though."

"Spock's not going to be working with me. He's been transferred." Jim let the liquid sit in his mouth for a moment at that news. Sure, he was angry with Spock, but he never wanted him to be taken off the Enterprise. "U.S.S. Bradbury. You're going to be my First Officer." Jim quickly looked up at him, and then turned around to look Luna. She was rubbing her bare legs together as they crossed in her bar stool, the sleek black dress showing a fair amount of them. He looked to her face, her red lips pressed against the glass, her eyes shifting around the room as she took a swig of the alcohol. He was going to be with her again. They were going to be working on the same ship again. He couldn't fight this small smile that came to his lips. "Yeah, Marcus took some convincing." Jim turned back to look at Pike, taking a swig of his drink to hide his smile. "But every now and then I can make a good case."

"What did you tell him?" Jim's voice was so soft, almost like he was a small child.

"The truth. That I believe in you." Jim really couldn't hide his small smile that time. "That if anybody deserves a second chance, it's Jim Kirk."

Jim didn't know how to thank Pike, knowing that probably took a lot more convincing than he would like to admit. "I don't know what to say."

"That is a first." Pike scoffed, making Jim smile. "It's going to be okay, son." Jim just felt so relieved at those words. When he heard them, he believed them. Pike's communicator went off just as Luna began to make her way back to the table. He pulled it out while Luna placed another drink down for Jim. "'Emergency session, Daystrom.'" Luna stopped whatever sarcastic remark she was about to make, panicked at those words. What the hell had happened? "That's us."

"Yeah." Jim almost whispered, the thought of being First Officer really sinking in for him. He never really got to be one. Maybe he would like it. And he would be working awfully close with Luna.

"What?" Luna whispered from confusion, Jim remembering she had no idea about his promotion.

"Suit up."

Pike got out of seat, and walked out, Jim getting out of his seat as well, but Luna just continued to stand there, still not understanding. "What the hell is going on?"

Jim threw money on the table for the drinks, grabbed her hand, and began to pull her towards the exit. "I'll explain along the way."

Jim was in his dress suit while Luna looped her arm through his right arm, still in her black dress. They walked in together, exchanging brief nods with people they knew until Spock walked into the headquarters building from the right. "Captain."

They both turned to Spock, Luna giving him a large and obvious eye roll at his presence. Jim pulled Luna forward, not wanting her to go off on someone else again. As they moved to the elevator, though, Spock followed them. "Not anymore, Spock. First Officer." Jim spoke, deciding to finally address him. Spock walked into the elevator with them, his face still dumbfounded. "I was demoted, and you were reassigned." Both Jim and Luna gave him a nasty smile before looking straight forward again.

Spock was silent for a moment before finally speaking up. "It is fortunate that the consequences were not more severe."

Luna scoffed, wishing she could go back to when she slapped him on the bridge. "You've got to be kidding me." Jim mumbled under his breath, now understanding why Luna was so upset with him outside of headquarters earlier today.

"Captain, it was never my intention – "

"Not Captain." Luna reminded Spock with a nasty smile.

Jim pat her hand, trying to tell her that he was able to take care of it himself, but he would be dumb to think Luna would be quiet about it. "I saved your life, Spock. You wrote a report, I lost my ship."

The doors opened shortly after, Jim guiding Luna out, and the two standing in front of the elevator while Spock continued to stand there with a worried expression on his face. "You want to wait out here for me? Then we'll get back to our date."

Luna took a deep sigh before looking back into Jim's eyes. "I don't understand why I can't be in there. This affects me too."

Jim opened his mouth to tell her something more comforting when Spock hurried out of the elevator after them. "Commander, I see now I should have alerted you to the fact that I submitted the report."

"No," Jim spoke, turning to Spock to shake his head at him. "I'm familiar with your compulsion to follow the rules. But you see, I can't do that." Luna was standing next to the two, looking back and forth at their faces as they spoke, wondering how this was going to end. "Where I come from, if someone saves your life, you don't stab him in the back."

"Vulcans cannot lie."

"Then we're talking to the half-human part of you." Luna brought up while throwing her hands in the air. Jim turned to look at her, giving her a disapproving glance for interjecting. "What?" She scoffed. "He ruined my life with this demotion and reassignment too."

"All right." Jim breathed, slowly looking back to Spock. "Do you understand why I went back for you?"

A man approached them, coming out of the elevator, each of them taking a few steps back to distance themselves from this conversation. "Commander Spock? Frank Abbot, U.S.S. Bradbury. Guess you're with me."

Spock looked back to Luna and Jim, getting suddenly sad at the fact that he wasn't going to be on the same ship as them anymore. He then turned back to his new captain, knowing he had to uphold his duty as a member of Starfleet. "Yes, Captain."

The man looked back and forth at them again, obviously feeling like he interrupted something before walking away. Jim and Luna looked back to him, Luna crossing her arms while giving Spock that usual disapproving glance, but Jim had more of a sad look. "The truth is," Jim sighed out. "I'm going to miss you."

Spock opened his mouth, about to say something, and Jim looked at him expectantly, wanting some kind of emotional confession from him. Then Spock closed his mouth. Jim scoffed loudly while Luna shook her head at him. "Green blooded hobgoblin." Luna whispered before pulling Jim away from him so they could speak privately.

Once Luna was sure they were alone, she started looking at his feet, and ended by slowly following his body up to his eyes. She got worried as she looked at him, worried for what was next for not just their crew, but for Starfleet. "Look," Luna breathed out, still staring into his eyes. "Everyone's talking about what happened in London, but I don't think this is over." Jim turned his head at that, Luna sighing before crossing her arms. "You think he was just going to blow up something everyone can access and be done?" Jim let that roll around in his head. He remembered hearing the news on the drive to Headquarters, and she was right. It didn't necessarily make sense. "Something's going to happen, and it's going to affect all of us at Starfleet. So, just remember, no matter what happens in there, this is affecting all of us."

"I promise." He whispered to her before leaning forward and giving her a hard kiss. Luna gripped onto his hair as hard as she could, having a bad feeling in the bottom of her stomach. She couldn't explain it, but she felt like something bad was going to happen. Ever since the story broke of the bombs at in London. She had this terrifying feeling that the base in San Francisco would be bombed too. Although, she could chalk that up to nerves. When they pulled away, Luna gave him a tight smile, not wanting to show him how nervous she actually was, but Jim could read her like a book. "Just stay here, and I'll be back before you know it."

She gave him a soft smile before Jim leaned in to kiss her on the head. "Be careful." Luna whispered to him as he began to walk off. Jim just turned around so he could walk backwards, giving her a little wink that she rolled her eyes to.

All the captains and first officers stood at attention around a circular table with Admiral Marcus at the head of it. "Thank you for convening on such notice. Be seated." They all sat down as one, not one person out of place. "By now, some of you have heard what happened in London. The target was a Starfleet data archive. Now it's a damned hole in the ground, forty-two men and women are dead." Jim and Spock looked to each other from across the room, both having thinking faces on. None of this really made sense. "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, Commander John Harrison." The man's picture flashed across each of their screens, but no one recognized him.

"He's one of our own." Admiral Marcus continued. "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."

Jim then noticed something on the screen of the satellite view of the attack. As Admiral Marcus continued to talk, Jim zoomed in on it. John Harrison was carrying a black duffle bag. He thought back to what Luna said before he left to the meeting. This would affect all of them. Jim just didn't understand. If he wanted to hit Starfleet, he would have hit something more important to them than this. He would make them hurt. He looked back to the door of the room, really wishing second officers were invited as well so Luna would be able to express her worries personally. She knew a lot more than him, and he could tell by the look on her face that she felt like something else was going to go down.

Jim turned to look at Pike, knowing he had to say something about this. Nothing was adding up. "What's in the bag?"

"James, not now." Pike whispered back to him in a warning tone.

"It doesn't seem odd to you that he'd target an archive? It's like bombing a library."

"Chris?" Pike let out a large sigh, really wishing Jim knew better than to interrupt a huge meeting like this. "Everything okay there?"

"Yes, sir." He looked straight to Admiral Marcus, not looking to Jim at all as he spoke about him. "Mr. Kirk is just acclimating to his new position as First Officer."

"You got something to say, Kirk, say it. Tomorrow's too late."

All eyes turned to Jim after that, him becoming nervous at the thought of telling everyone what he and Luna had discussed beforehand since he probably shouldn't have discussed this with her. "I'm fine, sir. My apologies."

That just made Admiral Marcus more annoyed. "Spit it out, son. Don't be shy."

Jim collected his thoughts for a moment before finally speaking. "Why the archive? All that information is public record. If he really wanted to damage Starfleet, this could just be the beginning."

Now Jim had the Admiral's attention. "The beginning of what, Mr. Kirk?"

"Luna McCoy and I were talking, the Second Officer of the Enterprise – "

Pike shut his eyes and sighed, knowing Admiral Marcus wasn't going to like that. "You discussed this information with your girlfriend?"

"And she actually put this theory in my head." Admiral Marcus took a deep sigh, not liking that he discussed this with someone who wasn't in the room, but maybe she had a point. "Sir, in the event of an attack, protocol mandates that senior command gather captains and first officers at Starfleet H.Q., right here," That's when something occurred to Jim. If Harrison really wanted to hurt Starfleet, he would hurt them right here and right now. "…in this room."

"It is curious Harrison would commandeer a jumpship without warp capabilities – " Spock trailed off, everyone noticing the bright red light coming from the large windows. Everyone slowly stood up, realizing that this was a ship, and that Jim and Luna's theory was right.

Jim turned around to the table with a panicked look on his face. "Clear the room!" He screamed before the guns went off and began to attack the Starfleet captains and first officers. Jim fell to the ground, looking around as his colleagues were shot.

Luna ran into the conference room after security, barely dodging a blast. Luna hit the ground, sliding to one of the guns discarded by one of the dead security guards. That's when Jim saw her. "Luna!"

She picked her head up to his voice, but that's when blasts started to go off near him. She ran to him as he dodged the blasts, pulling him behind one of the only walls. As they stood there with their only blockage, they looked at each other's faces for a moment. "You were right!" Jim yelled over the loud screams and destruction.

"Of course, I was!" She yelled back.

One of the guns skidded toward them like a cue. The two of them looked to each other before Jim leaned down and picked up the gun. "I'll cover you." Luna told him.

Jim nodded, the two taking a deep breath before running out together. Jim began shooting the ship itself while Luna began trying to take out the weapons on it. She had taken out the gun on the right, but from that, the left gun seemed to shoot off stronger and faster blasts.

As Jim continued to shoot, he realized something. The engine. If he shot out the engine, the entire ship would be taken down. "Come with me!" Jim yelled to Luna, not really giving her a choice as he dropped his gun and grabbed her arm.

"What the hell are you doing?!" She screamed to him as he dragged her back to the wall.

Jim simply banged on it, opening up the safety station. In there, there was a long, flat water hose. Jim pulled it out as much as he could before running back, Luna finally understanding what he was doing. "Jim!" She yelled to him.

Jim turned around, ready for what she had to say, but instead, she threw him her blaster. Jim gave her a quick smile before getting back to work. Jim quickly tied the hose around the blaster before chucking it into the ship's engine. The two waited until the safety station began to come out of the wall.

Luna gave Jim a panicked look before knocking him down. But she knocked him down with too much force, Jim ending up rolling on top of her and towards the shot out window. "Jim!" Luna screamed as she caught the front of his uniform while he began to roll out. Jim could feel the air under him as his breath increased. With all of Luna's might and a loud grunt, she pulled him back into the building as Jim laid on top of her again.

He laid on top of her in a push up position, trying to regain his breath back when the safety station broke off. He fell on Luna hard, shielding her completely with his body as it flew right over their heads.

Once they were sure it had passed, they both sat up, watching as the engine engulfed the safety station, leading to a loud explosion they could feel the heat from. Jim slowly got up first as the ship began to lose control, helping Luna up as well. When they were both up, he put a protective arm around Luna's shoulders, Harrison making direct eye contact with them as he warped out of the ship. "How the hell did he manage that?" Luna whispered.

Before Jim could answer her, the ship slammed into the building adjacent to them before falling to the courtyard. Luna placed a hand on Jim's chest at the sound of the crash before the two looked to each other. Jim wanted to ask her about what the hell that was, but her safety was way more important to him. "Are you all right?" He whispered pulling away from her to check her body.

"Are you all right?" She asked, looking down at him in the same way. "You nearly fell out of the building." Jim opened his mouth to answer her, but something felt awfully wrong. He looked around the area, confusing Luna. "Jim?"

There were two people he couldn't see that were some of the most important people to him in this room. "Where's Spock and Pike?"

Luna began to look around too, panic settling in her stomach. "Spock?!" She yelled out. She began to feel terrified that she couldn't see him.

Jim and Luna began to run, looking under every nook and cranny to find them both. Jim ran into the hallway, hoping that they were smart enough to get away when he saw something else as he got closer. Luna ran in after him, and the first thing she saw was the blood. She placed a hand to her mouth, focusing on Pike's chest, but it was unmoving.

Jim fell in front of him, and all Spock and Luna could do was watch him. Jim looked to Spock, panicked before leaning forward and checking his pulse. Luna moved forward, not sure if she should tell him what she already knew. That's when she heard Jim's first cry as he fell into Admiral Pike's chest. Luna didn't know what to do as Jim held onto Pike's lifeless body. He had been like a father to Jim, and now he was gone. Jim had no father figure left.

He picked his head up off of Pike, Luna going forward and holding his shoulders as he continued to cry. When Jim finally decided to stand up, Luna took her hands off of him, and watched his back. Jim sadly put his hand on Spock's shoulder before turning around to Luna.

Luna looked up at his face, noticing a few silent tears still falling down his face. He looked down at her, trying to hold it together, but there was something on Luna's face letting him know there was no way he could conceal his feelings from her. He pulled her in by the head, and held her as tight as he could. Luna shut her eyes, finding a few tears escape her eyes as well. Pike had been such a huge part of their life. It was fair to say that he was a huge motivator for their relationship. Seeing him gone was so…foreign.

As Jim hugged Luna, he began to feel a rage build up in him. He hugged her a little tighter, deciding John Harrison wasn't going to take anything else from him that he loved. Especially Luna.

MisfitCarter: Girl, same! Spock made me so mad, I love him, but damn. And, you should have the tissues ready because I've wrote a scene that belongs in this story when I was writing the first Made of Stars and I cried like a baby. I go back and edit sometimes and cry. But I hope you liked this chapter, and you'll probably be able to see the tears coming lol.

Rebootfan: Aw, I hope you had a wonderful holiday, love! I'm happy I'm helping you fall back in love with Star Trek fanfics. That makes me so happy! And I'm with you on that, I love the 2009 reboot and Into Darkness, but Beyond pissed me the hell off. I've been thinking of something like that, and perhaps an engagement making him rethink everything. And oh my god, when he sends Scotty off, I can't. You're gonna be seeing a pissed off Luna when he sends her best friend off the ship. And when you said Spock's mom, did you mean either Pike or Jim? Because Spock's mom dies in the 2009 reboot. Oh god, I know, I will forever love Bones. Unfortunately, he's not in this chapter, but he will be in the next chapter, and he's gonna have a cute moment with Luna. I hope you liked this chapter, love!

Love. Fiction. 2017: I'm glad you like it, love!

Ziggy55: Glad to see you back! It's okay it took you a while! It was in the middle of the holidays! I'm glad you loved, "I adore you", McKirk2 is too damn cute sometimes. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas as well, love, and I hope you have an awesome new year!

HAPPY NEW YEARS EVE! So we can expect a new chapter about a week or shorter after last update, just wanted to let you guys know. And I know no Bones in this one, but he will be in the next chapter, and he will have a cute moment with Luna since we don't see much of him in this movie. I hope you all liked this one! Remember to review, and I hope you all have a wonderful and safe new year!