Chapter 7

by Starsinger

Two great things today, my order of Star Trek Into Darkness shipped today from Amazon, should be here Tuesday! Oh, and watched the Avengers. I know the guy who played Thor also played George Kirk, but does anyone else feel that Jim Kirk could be Tony Stark's illegitimate son? Oh, and Bruce Wayne has nothing on Tony Stark when it comes to "wonderful toys". If you never thought I was a comic book geek, check out my early stories on the X-Men. And don't remind me of all those loose ends I've got going. I still get the occasional e-mail about Stryker's Revenge. Klingons approach Khan for his side of the story, and he's satisfied. Don't own any of them.

The maximum security prison cell that Goroth was led to was surprising. The man inside didn't look like the kind of person that would intimidate a fly, much less an entire planet and Starfleet Command. There he stood, he didn't look angry, he looked, resigned. He turned to stare at the Klingon, not backing down. There was something about this man that was implacable. Goroth suddenly realized that he wouldn't want this man as an enemy.

"What do you want?" came the question.

"Your testimony," Goroth growled.

"Who are you wanting to prosecute?"

"Marcus," Goroth replied.

Khan nodded, "Good, you're going after the right person." Goroth watched as he smoothly sat down in the chair at the front of the cell. "What do you want to know?"

"Just tell me what happened," Goroth replied. "We're not here for you, we want someone else."

Khan nodded, "In the late twentieth century, certain types of humans were bred and genetically engineered for perfection. My name is Khan Noonien Singh, look it up, you can find me. Increased strength and intelligence, as well as enhanced endurance, we were set up to bring peace, a utopia if you will, to Earth. It was called Eugenics. We started doing just that, we took over the world, piece by piece. We consolidated the warring countries, and brought them under our rule. Soon, however, others fought back. The refused to accept our rule, and wanted freedom for themselves and those who followed them. They consolidated their positions and soon, we were pushed back to one country. The others having been destroyed around us.

"We were about to set off a doomsday weapon, one that would destroy the Earth's inhabitants when we were approached by a man. He called himself Gary Seven, odd name. He persuaded me and one hundred of my followers to abandon Earth, go to sleep, and wait for a better time to conquer Earth. So, we did, we boarded the SS Botany Bay, and left Earth in peace."*

Khan took a sip of water, "Eight months ago, Admiral Marcus, looking for new ways to create destruction, stumbled across the Botany Bay. After further research, he decided to awaken me, and use me. Use me he did. He held my crew, seventy-two of whom survived, hostage, never letting them out of their tubes. He made me create weapons for a war he said was coming, a war with you, by the way." Goroth nodded, "I escaped, and the rest is pretty much in the records. I crashed a top level meeting with Starfleet brass, beamed to Qo'noS, Enterprise came after me, I killed a bunch of Klingons who were in the wrong place at the wrong time, came back to Earth, tried to destroy the Enterprise and managed to kill Kirk instead, and was captured by Commander Spock. I'm here, Kirk is alive, Marcus is on trial for his life, and you're talking to me."

Goroth nodded again, "That's quite a story to tell. From what I heard the Eugenics War was an ugly little war. Many people died."

"People die in war, Ambassador. It's the nature of conflict. Kirk understands this. I hope you get Marcus, and I hope you send him to a dirty little prison planet your species is renowned for. I'll be satisfied justice will have been done then."

"Thank you, sir," Goroth said as he left. He respected the man as a warrior. He would have made a worthy opponent. Khan watched the Klingon's retreating back.

"Barbarian."

This section is loosely based on the episode "Space Seed" from The Original Series. In this episode, the Enterprise was the one that found the Botany Bay, not Admiral Marcus. Scary guy, Khan not Marcus.