Although Spock would never admit it, he was relieved escape the debriefing. It had already lasted for over 2 hours and he was still struggling to grasp the logic of the questions. He could not understand why the admirals kept repeating the same questions whilst changing the phrasing. To Spock this was highly illogical, so he was 'glad' to receive a message asking for his assistance with the Vulcan elders.
After getting permission to leave he saluted the admirals, nodded to the remaining Enterprise crew before turning and silently leaving. His thoughts were already caught up in the remembering the tragedy that had occurred and making plans for the future. Spock didn't notice the figure following him until it was too late. A hypospray was jabbed into his neck and everything turned to blackness.
Nero caught the Vulcan as he fell and quickly dragged the unresponsive body onto the commandeered craft. Nobody would notice Spock's absence for a long time and by then it would be too late.
He was amazed at how the Vulcan fell for his simple plan, and didn't question the origins of the message. There was a reason why Romulans were superior. He quickly shook his head, there would be time to gloat later, when his guest was awake. Instead he tied the Vulcan up and dumped the body in the storage are before taking the vessel out of orbit. He had already found the perfect destination for carrying out his plan. Selecting autopilot, he stood up and walked over to the motionless body. This was going to be fun.
James Kirk was also fed up with the debriefing. It was now approaching 4 hours and he had been stuck there answering questions and watching as one by one the other crewmembers were dismissed. Uhura was allowed to go first as she only dealt with the communications and was sent to help organise transportation back to earth. Next Spock was requested to aid the Vulcan survivors and it wasn't long before McCoy was needed in medical. So now it was just Kirk and Scotty. Both whom were unwilling to discuss what happened on Delta Vega, much to the annoyance of the admirals.
Scotty was relieved that Admiral Archer was absent as he knew Archer would never let him near a ship again. Especially one as lovely as the Enterprise. He was also shocked to hear about what had happened whilst he had been marooned. Of course he had heard snippets from when Kirk was speaking to the older Vulcan, but not enough to get the full picture.
This then led to a new series of questions about their escape onto a ship during warp and who the older person was. Eventually though, the Admirals gave it up as a lost cause and allowed them both to leave. Both James and Scotty knew that it wasn't really the end but were grateful and quickly made their escape.
James watched as Scotty walked away before turning to find something to do. The Scottish engineer had said something about sneaking back onto the Enterprise his friend back from Delta Vega. Kirk still wasn't sure what the alien was called, but he hoped Scotty succeeded. Admittedly he hoped it would work, just to annoy the Admirals even more.
After wondering around for a while, James decided to see if Spock needed any help. He did want to see Bones, but knew that he would be busy looking after the injured and Pike wouldn't wake up yet anyway. He just hoped that nothing else would go wrong.
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