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As annoyed as Jim Kirk was for having to leave his recently conscious sister in the state she was in, he was also a little excited. He was on the way to the Transporter Room to meet an old friend. Even though he considered him an old friend, he had not known him that long. However, the person in question was wise and clever and in Jim's book's, he considered him his good, old friend.

He hurried into the Transporter Room just before said friend finally appeared into view, the swirling lights of the transporter disappearing as he stood on the pad. A smile appeared on the Captain's face as he went to greet the new visitor.

"Spock, how are you?" Jim asked Spock Prime, his hand held out for the elderly Vulcan to shake.

"I am well, thank you Captain" he replied, taking the offered hand and shaking it in welcome.

"Good, good" Kirk said as they both left the room and entered the corridors of the Enterprise. "I'm glad to welcome you to my ship."

"So this is the Enterprise?" Spock Prime asked as his eyes gazed around the ship.

"Sure is" Kirk said, practically beaming. He loved his ship and was always proud to show her off, using any excuse to do so.

"She is just as I remember her" Spock Prime said deep in thought, remembering the time he spent on the Enterprise back on his time line. Kirk was sure he saw the edges of his lips rise slightly showing a smile, but passed it off as a trick of the eyes. "Very beautiful indeed."

"Well I was thinking we head down to Engineering first, then to Sickbay, go for lunch, then finish with the Bridge. How's that sound?" Kirk asked.

"That would be satisfactory" the Vulcan replied as they made their way into the Turbolift, ready to begin the tour of the Enterprise.

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"OW!" Maddie screamed as Bones jabbed the hypo spray as gently as possible into the girl's neck.

"It'll only hurt for a little while" Bones said, going into doctor mode.

"It better" she replied as her eyes narrowed at him. Bones smiled at how lively she was at only being awake for a short time, doctor mode going straight down the drain. That's one thing he loved about Maddie. Her lively, bubbly personality. She was so much like Jim in that way. Although Bones preferred this character trait on the sister rather than the brother

"I promise" he told her.

She let out a deep breath at smiled at the doctor. "OK then. What was it anyway?"

"A pain killer."

"Good, because my head and leg are killing me." She rubbed her head soothingly, knowing it would do no good, but did so anyway. "How long will I be in here anyway?"

"As long as it takes for that leg and those ribs to heal" Bones replied, pointing at the broken body parts as he said them. He laughed a little as she gave a pout, knowing how much she hated being waited on and stuck in one place.

That's why Madeleine chose to be a Yeoman, it meant she was constantly busy and always doing something. She had never been one to sit still. Bones had never realised how much she really was like Jim.

"Don't worry, time will fly."

"You said that to Jim when he broke his arm at the Academy and he couldn't leave the dorm for 2 weeks!"

Bones laughed at the memory. Jim had been hell that fortnight. They had even given him a bell to ring if he needed anything. He rang it that much, Bones ended up grabbing it from his hand and throwing it out of the window.

"Well, I'll get you out as soon as possible. I promise."

Her mood softened at this and she gave him a big grin and nodded. "Alright then. Thanks Leo."

"No problem" he replied, returning the smile, getting the tricorder ready to begin scanning her wounds to see how they were doing. He began making small talk as he did this.

"How come you call me Leo? I mean you've done it for years and I've never really asked."

"Its your name, isn't it?" she asked a little confused by a question with such a simple answer.

"Well yeah, but why don't you call me Bones like everyone else?"

"Because its not your name. Its Leo." She laughed a little. "I can call you Bones if you want."

"No!" he suddenly interrupted. "I like it when you call me Leo. Makes a nice change."

Maddie slowly started to blush as he said this. Bones however did not notice because at that moment, Kirk entered Sickbay, followed by an elderly Vulcan.

"How you doing kiddo?!" Kirk shouted to his sister from across the Sickbay.

"Kiddo? I'm 23 Jim" Maddie replied, not at all amused.

"I'll take that as your ok" he said, a large grin on his face.

"Yes, I'm fine" she told her brother as she watched Bones move the tricorder across her body, waiting to see how she was.

"Anyway" he turned to gesture to the guest that had followed him. "Guys, this is Spock Prime. Spock this is Doctor Leonard McCoy, my CMO and this is my sister…."

"Madeleine!" Spock interrupted as he recognised the woman sitting in the bed, smiling internally, being sure not to show this emotion. His breath caught slightly at the sight of her. "Madeleine McCoy."

Three pairs of eyes suddenly shot to Spock Prime at the sound of his words. Bones could not deny how beautiful her name sounded with his surname tagged on the end. However, he pushed this thoughts out of his mind, scolding himself internally for thinking such things as he tried to figure out why it had been said in the first place.

"I'm sorry sir? My name is Madeleine Grey" Maddie said with a sympathetic smile trying to show the Vulcan that she was not in anyway offended by his mistake.

"I apologise Miss Grey for my mistake" Spock Prime recovered himself, although on the outside, his facial expression remained the same. "I blame it on my old age." Jim eyed the Vulcan, not totally believing his story.

"Its fine sir" she replied with a bit of a laugh. "It's a pleasure to meet you all the same."

"Likewise Miss Grey." He nodded towards her and turned to look at McCoy.

"Good morning Doctor" he said.

"Good morning Mr Spock" he replied with a smile, looking up from the tricorder. He liked Spock Prime much more than Spock. At least this Vulcan was civil to him and didn't annoy him every moment of every day unlike the younger one.

"How are you my dear?" Spock Prime said, his attention going back to Madeleine.

"I'm fine. Just a bang on the head and a few broken bones."

"So?" Kirk asked the doctor as he finally finished with the tricorder.

"Everything is healing fine. You should be out in a few weeks."

"That is very good" Spock Prime said.

"Sure is" Kirk said, smiling at his sister, happy that she was finally on the mend. "Anyway" He turned to the Vulcan. "Shall we make our way to the Mess Hall Spock?"

"Indeed Jim" he nodded. He turned to face Madeleine and Bones. "Very pleased to meet you and I hope you get well soon my dear."

"Thank you sir" Madeleine said happily.

"Later guys!" Kirk shouted at his friend and sister as he and Spock left the room.

"He seemed nice" Maddie said to Bones.

"He is" Bones replied.

"But I'm confused" she began. "I thought Spock was younger than that."

"That was Spock Prime. He's from the future, so he and Spock are the same person."

Maddie's brows furrowed in confusion. "So that was like…future Spock?"

"Pretty much" Bones said to her.

"Ok" she said slowly, taking in this information and trying to make sense of it.

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Kirk and Spock Prime rounded a corner as they made their way to the Mess Hall. Kirk walked alongside Spock.

"What the hell was all that about?" Kirk asked him, pointing his thumb behind him.

"I do not quiet understand."

"The whole 'Madeleine McCoy' thing!"

"It was a mere slip of the tongue as you would call it."

"Slip of the tongue my ass! You're a Vulcan. You don't say things accidentally or put it down to old age. Something is going on here Spock." Kirk had a smug grin on his face at this point, realising he had figured his friend out.

Spock Prime stopped in his path, let out a deep sigh and turned to look at Kirk.

"Fine Jim. It was not a slip of the tongue" the Vulcan admitted after finally realising he was defeated.

"Then what was it?" He crossed his arms across his chest.

"It was the truth."

Kirk was confused but his eyes widened as all of this eventually registered in his head.

"Maddie marries Bones? No way!" He began to laugh. "Oh my god. Maddie and Bones. I should have seen this coming really, but wow. Maddie and Bones!" He could not quiet get over the excitement of this information.

"Yes" Spock said. "In my timeline, Madeleine and Doctor McCoy did marry and had many children."

"No way!" Kirk was practically jumping with excitement. "This is brilliant. I gotta tell them."

"By no means can you tell them this."

"Why not?" Kirk asked, his spirit suddenly deflating.

"They must come together themselves, not because you have told them."

"Oh…but even so, oh my god!"

"Indeed." Spock Prime lowered his head.

Kirk noticed this movement. "Hang on, you don't seem too happy about this, I mean you never look like you feel anything but still."

"You are right Jim, I was not too happy about this relationship."

"Why not?!" Kirk asked his friend, slightly confused.

He looked Jim straight in the eyes as he spoke. "Because…I was in love with her."

Jim froze. "I'm sorry, what?"

The Vulcan let out a deep breath. "I was in love with Madeleine."

"You were in love with my sister?"

"Yes Jim."

"You, the emotionless, logical Vulcan?"

"Yes Jim."

"Oh my god, this gets better! Spock loves my sister! Wait a sec, he's with Uhura…and Uhura's one of my sister's closest friends from the Academy." Jim burst into laughter again. "This is like a soap opera, oh this is great!"

"No one can know of this information."

"I know. Trust me. I'm keeping this all to myself, I could do some serious blackmail with this."

"I do not approve of that Jim."

"I'm joking, I'm joking. But seriously, this information is gold."

Kirk replayed this information in his mind, taking it all in as he and Spock Prime began walking again and made their way to lunch.