STAR TREK

"Get her out of there now" demanded Kirk as two men approached the cell.

Khan grabbed Clara's wrist, his eyes locked on Kirk.

"Out. Now" Kirk demanded, louder than before.

Clara moved forward a little but Khan's grip on her wrist stopped her. She looked up at him and met his gaze on her. He didn't have to say anything she knew what he was telling her.

"Captain" said Spock.

Kirk turned to look at Spock.

"I think it would be safer to keep Clara with Khan" said Spock.

"What?" asked Kirk, thinking Spock was crazy.

Kirk walked over to Spock so their voices were quieter but, of course, Khan and Clara could still hear.

"We can monitor Khan's behaviour if she stays with him. They obviously have a strong connection, with that in mind, she may be able to calm him down-" Spock was cut off by Kirk.

"She might just be enough to distract him for a while, which would be a god send…" Kirk trailed off.

Khan felt anger build up inside him. Clara sensed this and placed her hand on his which was still locked on her wrist. He looked down at her hand then up at her, she smiled softly, trying to reassure him. Khan smiled quickly at her before looking back at Kirk and Spock. They were right, she was the key to calming him down, she was the best distraction possible. This angered Khan even more.

Kirk turned back to Khan and Clara.

"I don't know how you got in there but," Kirk paused for a moment, looking at Clara, "For now, you stay" Kirk looked up at Khan, "But if either of you even think of doing anything, I will make sure you never see her again"

Kirk didn't think he was harsh; not at all. Khan had murdered innocent men and women, some of the people closest to Kirk. Taking Clara away from Khan was only the start of what Kirk had planned for him.

"I'd like to see you try, Captain" murmured Khan.

Kirk contained his anger and left. With one look at Khan, then Clara, Spock followed Kirk.

Clara let out a breath she didn't even know she was holding in. She was about to say something when Khan turned so they were face to face with each other. He let go of her wrist and wrapped his arms around her, bringing her into his embrace. She rested her head on his chest, wrapped her arms round him and closed her eyes.

Khan rested his head on hers, he knew she would bring about his downfall but he couldn't let her go. This made him not only angry with her, but angry with himself.

Kirk sat in front of the screen in the control room watching Khan and Clara. He was being serious, if either of them did anything he would take Clara away from Khan.

Khan and Clara were standing at opposite sides in their cell, neither of them had spoken since Kirk and Spock had left. Khan's silence scared Clara.

Clara was stuck in deep thought, she had suffered some memory loss but it was all coming back to her now. She shivered as her memories flooded into her head.

"Where is everyone?" asked Clara, her voice cutting through the silence like a knife.

Khan didn't respond to her, he stayed silent.

"Khan?" asked Clara, her voice trembling slightly, "What happened? Where are they?"

Khan still didn't answer. Clara's breath hitched as she tried to pull herself together.

"My little brother-" she choked on her words, "Where is my brother?"

She tried to make him look at her but he wouldn't meet her eyes.

"Where's my family? Where's yours? Hm? Come on! Please, Khan!" she pleaded, "Please, say something, look at me…" her voice trailed off as his eyes met hers.

"Why do you care so much?" he snapped at her, looking away from her.

"My brother is my family, Khan" she said, why couldn't he see she needed to know where he was? He was all the family she had left.

"He treated you like family" she continued, his eyes flickered up to meet hers after staring at the floor, "And vice versa"

He stood in front of her, so close she could feel his breath on her face.

"You would have been if-" she was quickly cut off.

"If you had said yes" said Khan, sorrow replacing the bitterness of his voice, though it was still clear for Clara to see.

"I did say yes!" she shouted, backing away from him a few steps, "Or do you not remember?"

"Of course I remember" he stated, following her by a couple of steps.

"And I said yes, 'I do', you remember?" Clara snapped at him, backing up a step.

Khan locked eyes with her, neither of them refused to be the first to look away. Clara kept the stare still while she talked, she walked right back up to him as if she was going to slap him.

"You know, when someone says 'I love you' they tend to mean it" said Clara.

"I did mean it" said Khan, moving closer but Clara backed up.

"No," said Clara, shaking her head, "You didn't"

"Clara" began Khan, he was becoming more and more frustrated by her every second, "I did"

"No" repeated Clara.

Khan was going to explode with anger inside him, he stormed forward to meet her but she kept moving backwards until she hit the wall of the cell. Khan followed her every move and stood right in front of her. He jammed one of his hands against the wall next to her head so she couldn't run away. He placed the other hand on her arm and stared into her eyes.

"Your brother is safe" he said.

Clara looked up to his eyes, her lips parting slightly in relief and astonishment that Khan actually brought her brother back up again.

"Thank you" said Clara, she thought he was going to let her go and walk away from her but he didn't.

"And I do love you," said Khan, locking eyes with her again, "I never would have asked you to marry me if I didn't"

Clara froze; her mouth open more in shock.

Khan leant forward as if to kiss her but she moved her head so his lips touched her cheek, no matter what he said, no matter what he did, she was still angry at his refusal to answer her questions at first and because of his outburst.

Khan stopped and stared at her, Clara turned her head back to meet his. Their noses touched but before Khan could act, Clara pushed his arms away from her and walked away from him.

She stood over at the opposite side of the cell, just staring through the glass; she didn't quite know at what but it was something, anything to keep herself from looking at him. She knew if she did, she would just want to run into his arms and forgive him, to say that she loved him back, to say that she was sorry, to kiss him like she so desperately wanted to. She fought the voices in her head and stayed still.

Khan just stood still and watched her, he lowered his head to look at the floor. He then closed his eyes and pressed his lips together in frustration.

So, what do you think? I have finished all my exams now, so I'll be free to write more! Which is awesome! My studies were getting in the way of my writing! Oh, and if you want me to write anything, you know, if you want me to write a specific fanfic or something like that just tell me and I'll have a crack at it! Keep reading and please review if you can, and I'll write another chapter!