This is my first attempt writing something in the Star Trek universe. I have read many fanfics for information, but I still don't know if I'm doing this stuff right.
I think Shinat is a Gary Sue, so if you don't like such shit, please leave and don't flame.
BTW: This chapter is a filler chapter, it doesn't do very much for the rest of the story. You may skip this one.
If you have constructive critics, feel free to write a message as PM or review, I welcome both.
- Artemis Hunter 441
Chapter 4: Vulcans and Romulans, A Family of their Own
The Academic year had ended days ago, just the day that Captain Shinat received an invitation from the Romulan Council to spend a part of the summer on Romulus.
As logical as he was, the Starfleet Captain accepted and left with his mate and son for Romulus. Only to be welcomed by the Praetor himself.
Several Romulan women were delighted to see Shath coming off the ship, as they were childless and loved taking care of other people's children.
The tactician received fighting lessons in the Romulan arts while Spock killed his time in the largest library in Krocton Segment, the Capital City of Romulus.
16th of June 2255
Shinat stood before a window in the Romulan Senate building, looking out over Kocton Segment with the sun just set. He was dressed in traditional Vulcan robes.
The city itself was very beautiful at sunset, but far cooler than Vulcan atmosphere.
The doors of the room opened up, a pair of guards entered. "Captain Shinat, the Praetor is ready to receive you."
"Lead the way." the Starfleet officer replied as he turned around, following the Romulan guards to the council rooms.
The Senate was waiting, the Praetor in the center of the half circle. All of them rose from their seats as the Vulcan strode into the room, greeting him with the Romulan salute.
"Captain Shinat of Vulcan, you honor us with your presence." the Praetor spoke. "My name is Nnerhin Ra'tleihfi Sahen, Praetor of the Romulan Star Empire."
"Greetings, Praetor Nnerhin of the Romulan Star Empire." the blue-eyed male spoke, returning the Romulan salute. "I am honored to be here in your presences."
The Senators sat down, only the Praetor was still standing.
"In the days you have been here, both you and your mate have respected our ways of living and adapted to our customs. We shall also thank you for searching peace with our Empire, you shall be given a gift a true Captain of your standard deserves."
"I am honored." the Vulcan said.
"Guards, lead the Starfleet Captain to our shipyard, bay A1 Alpha priority quadrant."
Nnerhin walked with him to the shipyard.
"You have constructed a ship for me?" Shinat asked, one of his black slanted eyebrows raised up almost to his hairline.
"The Federation wished to give you a ship of your own, but it had to fit your peaceful personality and origin and still be fit as a battleship. Our best designers have worked hard on the outside and inside, I hope it pleases you." the Praetor answered.
"I have no doubt it shall. I take it the Federation knows the class and has registered the ship as a Federation ship?" the Vulcan asked.
The Romulan nodded. "As soon as the designs were ready. Ah, we're here."
The elevator stopped, and the iron doors slid open.
The blue-eyed male was greeted by the sight of a ship that was a Romulan Vastam-class Command Battlecruiser, a very large, technological advanced ship. It was even larger than the constitution-class flagship that was currently being built in Riverside Iowa.
"It's a Vastam-class, with slight elements from a Vulcan D'Kyr science vessel."
"I recognized it, although I don't see any logic in spending so much on an expensive class of vessel that has very complicated designs and will without doubt engage in interstellar battles." Shinat was very much surprised, though he didn't show the emotion.
"It is to show everyone that you are wealthy in more ways than one. This is a gift from the entire Federation to a Captain who is at home in battle and in peace."
"The gesture is highly appreciated."
22nd of June 2255
T'Leia arrived at her station at Vulcan Space Central one minute before her shift started. Several bruises and other sort off bruises adorned her arms.
Stalat hadn't been kind last night, he never was.
She plugged in the earpiece and opened up the hailing frequencies.
Several minutes afterwards, she received a hail from a Federation ship, classified as a Romulan Vastam-class Battlecruiser.
"This is Vulcan Space Central, please come in." she said, monotone.
"This is Captain Shinat of the U.S.S. Surak, Vastam-class Federation ship, NCC-2202. Asking for permission to land near Shi'Kar."
The female Vulcan almost gasped out loud as she heard her brother's name. She'd heard of his promotion to a Starfleet Captain previous year's April, it had been all over the Galactic news channels.
"Permission granted, you can land in Bay 2."
"Affirmative, course laid in. Shinat out."
After her shift, the bruised Vulcan woman rushed to the city of Shi'Kar.
As expected, she found her brother talking to his father-in-law Ambassador Sarek, holding the hand of a little boy that was not yet 2 years old.
"It was good speaking to you again, Sarek." Shinat's deep voice said.
"It is merely logical to enjoy speaking to a member of your clan. After all, you have become a hero of the Federation with your achievement." the Ambassador said.
"I shall be visiting the Learning Center, as well as the residence of my sister T'Alaro, before returning for the next Academic year." The taller male said.
"That is merely logical. I wish you a safe journey. May you be blessed, my son."
Shinat spend the night on his new ship with his son and mate in his Captain's quarters. He loved his little family, cherished them beyond everything.
Spock gave him a passionate human kiss, both their hands brushing together too.
"You're absolutely beautiful like this." the older male whispered, his voice filled with lust and desire for his mate. "I want to fuck you."
"I am yours, Captain."
The blue-eyed Vulcan slipped his hands underneath the black shirt his mate was wearing, stroking the muscled abdomen before proceeding to the small of his back and his ass.
Suddenly, they got interrupted by a knock on the door.
Shinat groaned. "I'll handle this." and he placed his mate onto the fluffy armchair he'd been sitting on before walking to the door.
A young female Romulan guard who'd been assigned to the ship upon launching stood before the door. "I am sorry to interrupt your private time, but there is a Vulcan woman by the name of T'Leia who wishes to see you."
The Vulcan's heart dropped. T'Leia… the only sister who'd been younger than him, the sister with whom he lost contact after her marriage was sealed. "Where is she?"
"Medical bay, she brought along her daughter." The guard replied.
"I'll be there shortly, inform the medical staff."
The young woman saluted and left.
"What is going on?" Spock asked, raising from the seat.
"My sister, T'Leia, she is seeking contact with me." the Captain replied.
The linguist looked at his mate with concern. "Adun… didn't she break the contact?"
"There was no logic for T'Leia to break the contact upon the day of her marriage. It must have been her husband who did not wish for her to contact me." Shinat told. "I will go to her, she brought along my niece."
"I will come with you."
T'Leia couldn't contain the happiness she felt when her brother stepped through the entrance of the medical wing. She hadn't seen him in such a long time. Her dark eyes shone bright and a smile crept onto her face.
The Vulcan woman also saw her brother's mate, Ambassador Sarek's son Spock, and the little boy who she'd spotted on her brother's arm in the afternoon.
"Sister, what happened?" blue eyes roamed over her naked arms, which were scarred with green lines and terribly bruised.
"Stalak, he does not treat me right and I cannot break the bond. His family holds me prisoner in my own home. They were not happy T'Prylla was a girl, they had wished sons."
Shinat sighed. "There is not much I can do than inform Lady T'Pau of what has happened."
"I wish to come to Earth with you, I wish to enlist in Starfleet like you did." T'Leia blurted out. She hadn't wished to tell her brother like this, but it was the only option.
The Starfleet officer nodded. "I see. We shall depart once our nephews are also on board, they wished to enlist in Starfleet as well."
"Are they not too young?" the Vulcan woman had heard of the minimum age to enlist, and both Sopek and Sadzick weren't old enough.
"There is a special program for gifted youth. I know a Russian whiz kid by the name of Pavel Chekov, he was only 14 when he enlisted." The blue-eyed male told. "I will pass by the Learning Center tomorrow to teach the youth about Starfleet, it is Sarek's wish that many youngsters are no longer biased when it comes to humans or any other race who are not Vulcanoid."
"That is only logical. I shall await the departure."
"Our nephews will be most pleased to see you again too, they have expressed their concern to me when I was on Romulus." The Captain told.
"You have visited Romulus? Why were you there?" T'Leia was quite surprised.
"The Praetor invited me, he gave me this ship. Also, Zorak wished to train me in the Romulan arts of hand-to-hand combat."
"You, my brother, constantly surprise everyone. First your Starfleet enlistment, then breaking your engagement bond, thirdly marrying the Ambassador's son, after that making peace with the Romulan Star Empire and finally being promoted to Captain… many young Vulcans wish to follow in your footsteps."
"That is a sacred delight."
The family reunion was rather emotional and would be frowned upon if it had been in public, but it all had happened in the Captain's quarters, which were rather large in comparison with regular Captain's quarters aboard a regular Federation vessel.
"You are my aunt, T'Leia." Shath had said.
"Indeed, I am." T'Leia had confirmed.
"T'Prylla, she is my cousin."
"Affirmative."
The young Vulcan woman could see that the boy was not biologically her brother's, but that did not change her brother's behavior towards the young one. After all, it was only logical for homosexual married couples to reproduce differently. And her brother had definitely used a Vulcan surrogate, her eggs with the sperm of his mate to secure the continuation of the House of Surak.
"Will you be in Starfleet too?" the hazel eyed Vulcan youngster asked.
"Most definitely, I have had enough of Stalak's behavior."
"He hurt you, he has gone against the Rules of Surak."
T'Leia frowned. "You know them?"
"Father reads the book to me every night. I need to be sure I will not show too much emotion, but express enough to make humans understand."
"You take after Shinat his character very much, although you are not his son."
"He too is my father, biology does not make me unrelated to him."
Then the doors slid open, a 15-year-old and a 13-year-old stepped inside.
The Vulcan woman smiled at her other nephews. "Sadzick, Sopek, how are you feeling?"
"Aunt T'Leia!" the boys happily squealed. They ran to her and clung to her middle for a rather intensive hug.
"You boys have truly missed me, have you not?"
Sadzick looked up. "To be honest, we were devastated. Why was all contact broken?"
The woman sighed, she was not really fond of her husband's strict arguments. "He did not take it kindly I was related to a k'torr skann, he took it as an offense to his family."
"That man is unbelievable, he acted so nice!" Sopek called out.
"Many people are not who they act to be." Shath told.
The teenage Vulcan's raised their eyebrows. "Who are you?"
"Boys, this is your cousin Shath. He is your uncle's son." the abused woman answered.
"Dad told me you were coming." the 1-year-old spoke.
"Seriously, you are what? Two? How are you able to speak?" the younger cousin asked. He was curious and very much awed.
"I will become two Standard years the 7th of September." hazel eyes looked into the two pairs of dark brown ones which showed the emotion of astonishment.
The doors slid open, revealing Captain Shinat and Commander Spock.
"We know, he is a very bright boy." the older male Vulcan was very proud, his blue eyes radiated the feeling into the air.
"Dad!" the young child let his Vulcan exterior drop and ran over to his non-biological father to hug his leg.
The blue-eyed Vulcan knelt down and picked up his child.
Shath hugged his father tightly, burying his head into the golden fabric.
The Starfleet Captain smiled, hugging his son affectionately back.
All Vulcans let their emotion show, they were among family, among loved ones, among those with whom they shared destiny.
The family members enlisted into Starfleet.
T'Leia found her home in the Communications track, in the accelerated program of taking four years of study into three.
And both nephews followed their passion for Engineering.
Scotty was rather happy to find his best friend's nephews enlisted in his classes and projects. He beamed with positive emotion for at least a month.