Jim thankfully didn't have to ditch any of his classes the next day because one of the engineering students had blown up the engineering classroom he was scheduled to report to, which gave him the afternoon off.

He didn't hesitate to make the 10 minute walk to the hospital to see the Vulcan he hadn't been able to shake from his thoughts all night.

When he arrived his gaze instantly sought out Rosy's from behind the help desk as he put on his patented flirty grin again.

"Good afternoon Rosy. Busy day?" He asked casually. He didn't want to seem too eager to see the Vulcan and make her ask what reason he wanted to see him.

Rosy blushed scarlet at the sound of his voice and quickly put down the PADD she had been using.

"Why, good afternoon Mister…"

"Kirk." He added helpfully.

"Kirk, right. I suppose you want to see your Vulcan friend now?"

Jim kicked his smile up a notch and nodded.

"Very much so. Is he up for visitors?"

Rosy picked up her PADD again and began scrolling down some lists.

"He's still in recovery, but he's been moved into room B57. He hasn't awakened from his coma yet, but he's not listed as not being able to have visitors. We still haven't been able to figure out who he is. No one with his description has been filed as missing on Earth and Vulcan's are very meticulous with their missing person's records. I checked them last night and couldn't find a single one that matched the Ri-fainu. If he doesn't awaken or get reported as missing soon, we might never know who he is."

Jim felt horrible at the thought of the Vulcan not awakening or his loved ones not knowing his fate.

"Thanks Rosy. Maybe a friendly voice will help him wake up." He commented half heartedly as he walked towards the B building.

He was able to find the room with little effort and had to take a deep breath before entering.

It was much worse than he had feared.

The Vulcan had several tubes inserted into his skin that were force feeding him fluids, alone with several wires linking him to different machines.

Almost every inch of the man was dark emerald from his bruises and what wasn't bruised looked broken.

The cuts on his face had been healed as best as they could in several places, but some looked like they would leave lingering scars. Thankfully it looked like the doctors had managed to save his torn ear and return it to its proper shape. A small favor in a cruel world.

Now that Jim was at his side he was at a loss as to what he should do. He didn't know this man. He didn't know if the sound of his voice would be perceived as soothing or terrifying, seeing as his voice could be mistaken for the voice of one of the Vulcan's attackers.

He at least knew enough about Vulcan's to know that he shouldn't touch the poor man. The guy didn't need Jim's thoughts in his head right now. Who knew if he would even understand Standard to begin with?

Still Jim felt the need to do something and came up with an idea as his fingers skimmed the edges of the pin in his pocket.

He fished the tiny piece of metal out of his pocket and placed it in the open palm of the Vulcan before him.

Maybe at least the feel of something familiar would lesson his stress and give him reason to awaken.

Feeling slightly better Jim leaned over to whisper into the Vulcan's ear.

"Sorry about having to borrow your pin. I hope you don't think all humans are terrible because of those losers that attacked you. Those guys are the worst of the worst on Earth and I'll be testifying against every single one of them. They won't be hurting you ever again."

He paused as he wondered what else to say.

"I'm sorry you have to be here all alone. I'm sure the hospital will find out who you are eventually. It wouldn't hurt if you'd wake up though. I'm sure you've got people out there somewhere in the universe missing you."

Jim was just about to turn and leave the Vulcan in peace when he caught sight of the hand before him close over the trinket tenderly.

The heart monitor to his right slowed slightly from the fast paced beat it had been giving off since he'd entered the room and Jim wasn't sure if that was a good thing or not.

Since no alarm stared blaring to bring the orderly in he figured not.

"Did I do that?" He wondered out loud.

"It would seem so kid." Answered a gruff voice behind him.

Jim jumped at being caught off guard and immediately took a fighting stance as he spun around.

The doctor in the doorway put up his hands in surrender and smiled.

"No need to freak kid. I'm not here to hurt you. Whole Hippocratic Oath and all."

Jim relaxed slowly and lowered his raised fists.

"Sorry Doc. You can never be too careful in this world."

The doctor nodded and walked over to the Vulcan's side.

"Very true kid. I wish Ri-fainu over here would have been more careful."

Jim felt anger bubble up inside of him at the comment.

"It isn't his fault those basturds ganged up on him. It was 20 against 1!"

The doctor held his hands up in surrender again.

"Now, now Kid. I ain't saying it was his fault. Anybody should be able to walk down the street and not have to fear for their safety. I just wish he'd been found sooner. I had to reset almost every bone in his body."

Jim grimaced at the thought.

"I got to him as quickly as I could Doctor Bones, but like I said the numbers weren't really in our favor."

The doctor raised an eyebrow questioningly.

"Names Doctor McCoy kid, not Doctor Bones and I'm guessing you're the little hero that saved this guy from being killed."

Jim blushed lightly looked away.

"I like Bones better." He commented to hide his embarrassment.

McCoy took this as confirmation and nodded.

"Whatever Kid. My only question is why and how in the world you got in here. I know none of my nurses would allow such a thing. You must have been batting those baby blues at the service desk nurse Rosy."

Jim avoided eye contact with the doctor, knowing that he wasn't good at lying.

"I plead the fifth on the second question, but I'll answer the first. You were right about me being the one who trashed the guys who beat him up. When I found out how badly he was hurt and how no one claimed him, I felt someone should be here. Don't blame any of the nurses. I can be very persuasive when I want to be"

McCoy just rolled his eyes.

"I don't doubt it. Still, you're the only one who seems to give a damn about this guy. I've contacted missing persons on both Earth and Vulcan, but neither of them known of a missing Vulcan that match this guy by a long shot. With his weird blood chemistry I can't get a very good DNA read out either. I've sent samples to be processed by our lab, but as far as I can tell he's some kind of hybrid.

Vulcan mixed with something I can't identify. Vulcan is a very dominant gene in breeding and my people may be sorting out for weeks just what other species is mucking up his DNA. It'll be darn near impossible to separate the two even then though. Best hope this guys got is to either be reported missing or wake up and neither look likely.

I've tested his stomach contents and with all the Vulcan food there I assume he wasn't on Earth long before they jumped him. So I doubt anyone on Earth will be claiming him anytime soon and the odds of him waking anytime soon are also lower than dirt. He's gone into a Vulcan healing trance to heal his injuries, but the damn bastards hit his head so hard they damaged his mind.

Probably the only reason they were able to beat him up at all despite his race being stronger is the fact one of them got a good head shot in right away to the back of his skull. Now he's stuck somewhere between rebooting and healing in an uninterrupted loop.

Outside he's going to be fine and dandy before the end of the month, but inside…..Unless something powerful pulls him out of it I doubt he'll ever regain consciousness. I've put in the paperwork for a Vulcan mind healer to be requested, but they're in high demand and his case isn't in immediate danger. He'll be lucky if he gets his head looked at within the next year and by then his will to live might just dry up."

Jim felt sick at the news. This guy was even more alone than he had feared and his chances were even slimmer. This guy had no one who missed him enough to even report him missing, just like Jim. No one in his life had cared if he lived or died until he met his late father's long time friend Christopher Pike. Pike told him he could do better, that he could make a difference. It was Pike's influence that made him join Star Fleet and it was this man's sad plight that made him want to stay by his side.

"Why are you telling me all this? I'm not family, I don't know him anymore than you do." Jim asked in puzzlement.

The doctor said nothing for a long moment; he merely looked at the bandaged Vulcan and signed.

"Like I said kid, you seem to be the only one who gives a damn. It'll be good if he isn't alone during this stage and I can't very well pay some nurse to sit at his side and read Cosmo to him. I can authorize that you have visitation rights despite the fact that you don't know him or share blood. Hell, I'll give you community service hours if you need them for it, but if you want to sit at his side and try and get him to wake up I ain't going to stop you."

Jim was touched by his concern. This doctor actually cared if this guy woke up or not, and he was willing to let Jim try and help.

He'd definitely have to befriend his man.

"You're a kind man Doctor Bones." He finally answered.

The gruff looking older man flushed lightly, but waved the complement away without pause.

"I just don't need this guy filling up a perfectly good bed or you seducing one of my nurses to try and get to see him. You can stay as long as you want now and next time I'll have a pass waiting for you with Nurse Rosy. If you get into trouble with any of the other doctors for it just tell them Doctor McCoy gave you permission and they'll shut up."

"I'm guessing they're smart enough to know not to mess you with you right Doctor Bones?"

Doctor McCoy scoffed and leaned against the door frame wearily.

"You're damn right they are kid, but if you're a smart one and don't want to get kicked out of here I suggest you drop the whole Doctor Bones thing. Makes me sound like some horror movie doctor from the 19th century."

Jim nodded playfully before he glanced at his watch.

"Shit, I need to be in my next class in 5 minutes. I gotta to go Bones."

Jim grabbed his bag off the ground in a rush and nearly knocked McCoy off balance as he raced through the door.

"Watch over him for me Bones!" He called over his shoulder.

McCoy opened his mouth to correct him, but Jim was already too far down the hall to hear.

"I guess I can live with Bones." He relented with a dramatic sigh.

He gave the Vulcan's readouts a glance and noticed that they had picked up a bit since the blonde had left.

"I'll be damn if that kid's voice ain't breaking through that Vulcan voodoo of yours." He grumbled to himself.

He noted the changes on the Vulcan's chart and was almost out the door before he paused.

"You better thank your lucky stars that kid cared enough to stop them and come check on you. If it wasn't for him I doubt you'd be breathing at all. So wake up if just for his sake if not for your own. I've seen too many people pinning over the breathing yet dead to watch him do that for a person he doesn't even know. So you better wake up soon."

The Vulcan's readout didn't flux like they did when the blond talked, but McCoy got the distinct impression he'd been heard.

McCoy turned the lights off in the room and hoped the Vulcan was at least having good dreams.


Okay, I know what you're all thinking. Surely someone should be able to figure out who and what Spock is. For the sake of the story I'm making it so that although Spock is the first Human and Vulcan hybrid ever, very few people know that he exists at all. I'm sure the doctors that helped with his conception and care have written papers about him, but they would never directly use his name or picture.

Also I think several other species of alien are able to breed with Vulcans without help, so naturally human wouldn't be their first idea. For the most part, I just need Spock to remain a mystery for the moment. It's an AU story so I say that it's allowed.

P.S: Thanks so much everyone for the sweet reviews! I feel so happy right now I could cry! I hope you all like this new chapter! I tried to make it a bit longer!

Yours truly,

Jessica499499