Star Trek
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This chapter is set in the 2013 film and contains spoilers for that film so if you haven't seen it/don't want spoilers I would recommend seeing it before continuing reading. But if you don't mind spoilers then go for it and carry on reading!
I Will Fight for the Stars
Chapter 7 – Levels of Care

When she opened her eyes they were groggy and the light was too sharp. She was suddenly afraid; she couldn't remember where she was or how she'd got there. It took a moment for her eyes to adjust to the light and then it all came flooding back to her. The attack on the federation, being helped by Kahn, kissing him. When she thought of when she'd kissed him warmth flooded through her body and she couldn't help but smile to herself. And then a slight fear, she looked down at herself, afraid at what she might find. But she was relieved to find herself dressed in her star fleet uniform. It had been washed and mended; he'd taken care of her. Tucked her into the bed and made sure she slept.

She sat up slowly and looked around, she couldn't see him anywhere and suddenly she was afraid. Without him here she was scared that the Klingons would find and kill her, she wasn't just a human she was a member of the federation. She took a deep breath and swung her legs over the edge of the bed, standing slowly she glanced towards the door, hoping he would walk through it at any moment. Keeping her eyes locked on the door she took a few nervous steps towards the middle of the room. All his weapons were laid out neatly along one wall and she walked over to them, her pace quickening now as her heart rate increased, fear beginning to spike in her gut. She turned her back on the door as she picked up something that vaguely resembled a phaser. It was more advanced than a phaser but she could find the stun setting easily.

"What are you doing?" the voice was soft but made her jump and turn, aiming her newly acquired phaser right at the head of her attacker. She relaxed when she saw that it was just Kahn.

"My apologies, you startled me."

"What are you doing?" he repeated, raising an eyebrow, amused.

"You were gone. I was scared, here on my own." He walked towards her and took her hand comfortingly, replenishing the fuzzy feeling through her brain.

"Ellarosa, I have done my best to assure you that this place is safe. And that I will protect you. Do you not trust me?" he asked, looking deep into her eyes and keeping a firm grip on her hand.

"No… No I trust you…" she said dazedly. "Of course I trust you." She paused and looked down at their hands, smiling softly. "I was just scared when you weren't here…" she found herself in his arms in an instant.

"I won't let anyone harm you… Not ever… I don't think you understand… I love you."

Suddenly filled with a feeling she didn't understand she pulled back, a flash of anger crossed his eyes before he blinked and it vanished. He smiled softly and put a hand to her cheek, moving it up to rest in her hair, gripping it slightly. "You love me too, don't you?"

She didn't want to answer, but his grip intensified in her hair and her head filled with unfamiliar thoughts that settled in her mind like a fog. And then she was sure.

"Yes… Yes I love you…"

He released his grip and smirked, stepping in close to kiss her gently. She kissed him back but when he let go of her, once again she was left with the strange emptiness. She didn't understand what was happening to her. She didn't understand the feelings she had whenever they touched, whenever he was even near her. It scared her that she understood so little, she was normally so in control of her emotions, but not this time.

She knew that she should hate this man, that he had killed many men and women and didn't deserve any kindness. But, he'd saved her life, without him she wouldn't have sorted out her gash, she would have bled out. But at the same time she wouldn't have even been injured is he hadn't attacked the federation. But she'd said it herself, she loved him. Did she? And in an instant the doubt in her mind was gone. That's what happened every time any doubt ever came into her mind. It would vanish in an instant to be replaced with her strong feelings for Kahn. This battle was constant in her head, a voice in her ear, whispering things. She didn't know how to get rid of it. It hurt her head, a constant throbbing pain growing more intense by the minute.

She groaned and put a hand to her forehead, she wanted rid of this pain. He looked over to her, worried, and opened his mouth to speak but they were interrupted by an announcement booming over them. She knew that voice, her spirits soared as she recognized the voice of Hikaru Sulu. Demanding that they give in and he return Ella to the ship. Once the announcement was over there was a slight pause before he walked over to her and took her arm.

"Come on." He said, marching her to the centre of the room and standing her there. She watched him nervously as he walked over to his weapons bay and began flicking switches.

"What's going on?" she asked quietly.

"I'm sending you back."

"Why?"

"Don't worry, we'll be back together soon." He said with a gentle smile.

"Wait!" she said and he paused, she ran over to the weapons bay and picked up a small knife.

"What are you doing?"

"They won't understand… They'll think you did something to me… Trust me." she said striding back to her spot in the middle of the room. "Beam me up then."

He flicked the switches and looked at her. "Three… two…"

She pulled up her dress and tore off the bandages, cutting through the stitches. The pain brought tears to her eyes as the wound began gushing blood once again and his eyes widened in alarm. She threw down the bloody knife but it was too late. She was teleporting.

Moments later she was breathing heavily, tears pouring down her cheeks with her hand clamped to her side, and she was staring right back at the stunned crew of the Enterprise. Half a dozen phasers were trained on her and she let out a light whimper of fear.

"Don't shoot!" someone yelled, she wasn't sure who but all phasers were lowered at once. She looked around; she didn't understand why everyone was so still and staring. Why Sulu was in the captains chair. Bones, he was stood next to Sulu. And a new pain seemed to ache in her heart, a new form of something she didn't understand. He looked confused, scared, shocked. His arms had been folded but at the sight of her he let them drop as his eyes observed her as if she wasn't really there. He took a step towards her, and she looked right back at him, still panting. A sweat broke out across her body as she tried to cope with the pain. Her forehead creased and tears continued to fall from her eyes.

"Dr. McCoy…" she said weakly, she moved her hand to show the blood and he rushed forward at once. Clamping his hand over her wound and swooping her up into his arms at once. As he did she realised why, her head went weak from the blood loss and she felt herself blacking out.

As she went limp in his arms he began to run towards the medical bay, everyone watched him leave nervously. Sulu licked his lips and switched on the com anxiously, getting up communications with Spock and Kirk.

"Captain Kirk?" He said and awaited a few terrible moments of silence.

"What is it Sulu? Is everything okay?" Kirk's voice echoed, sounding worried for his ship.

"Everything's fine sir… Ellarosa was just beamed aboard."

There was a silence before Kirk's reply.

"Thank you Mr. Sulu." He said, his voice was a little higher than normal and Sulu smiled to himself. Lieutenant Kirk was safe.

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Bones rushed through the corridors with the girl in his arms; he had to get her to the medical bay as quickly as possible to keep her safe. To say he was panicking would be an understatement, no one understood, she was so important. Now he knew he had her back he couldn't lose her, not again. He pushed through the doors and ordered a surgery kit and a small medical team. He set her down on the bed closest the door and carefully cut through her shirt to get to the wound. He didn't allow himself the embarrassment of seeing his best friends little sister, let alone the woman he loved in simply her underwear, his intentions at this moment were purely as her Doctor to save her life. He set to work immediately.

Unlike when her wound had been taken care of before, as the wound had been re-opened it had been made deeper by her knife and wider, this made it infinitely more dangerous. She remained unconscious but a nurse injected her with a mild sedative anyway to help her stay under throughout the operation and experience as little pain as possible.

Bones mopped at the blood as quickly as possible but it continued to bleed, he needed to stop the bleeding. As far as he was aware the gash couldn't have affected any of her main blood arteries or veins or any main organs at all so it couldn't be anything like that. It was simply that the wound had been made recently. He continued to clean as much as he could before he noticed something outlining the edges of the wound, something black and thin. Stitches. This wound had been closed before and re-opened and that explained the extensive bleeding. All they could do was put pressure on it, close it, and wait for it to stop.

He worked quickly, mopping up as much as he could before extracting the previous stitches whilst a nurse resumed keeping the blood to a minimum. Once he'd done that he pinched the wound closed and began quickly re-stitching the wound closed again. Once he was happy that it was the best it could be and as closed as possible, he cleaned the rest of the blood himself. With the wound stitched closed the bleeding stopped quite as much and they were able to clean the most of it off before applying a fresh bandage.

Once it was done Bones took a step back and took a deep breath, having to calm himself down as he looked down at her. This wound had happened and been closed and then re-opened. Had Harrison re-opened it? Had he inflicted it in the first place? Bones clenched his teeth at the thought. He left the nurse's to change her and make her more comfortable whilst she was sedated and he went to wash his hands and change his shirt which was now stained with blood. He gazed at himself in the reflection of the red-tinted water and tears suddenly sprung in his eyes. That was Ella's blood. He had just had to stitch her back together, but that wasn't the only thing bothering him. She'd called him Dr. McCoy. She'd been the one to come with the nickname Bones and teach it to Jim after they'd first met. Why didn't she use it now? What had happened to her on Kronos?

"Doctor?" a nurse was behind him, he wiped his eyes hastily and turned around. "Would you like me to check her vitals?"

"No."Bones said, "No, I'll do it."

He made his way over to her bed and stood beside her, he looked down at her, merely observing her for a few moments before picking up his instruments. And beginning his examination, as he began she stirred. She moaned something, a name; Bones couldn't make out what name it was. But even just seeing her move, hearing her make a noise, made him stop in his tracks and watch her. Her eyelids flickered open and rested on him. He smiled warmly down at her and she looked back up at him, after a few seconds and light smile tried to come to her lips, it didn't matter that it didn't quite get there, he could see it in her eyes.

"Hey there." He said softly and she licked her lips before replying.

"Hi…." She croaked and he couldn't stop the tears coming down her cheeks.

"How're you feeling?"

"A little weird but I think I'll be okay."

"You better be." He smiled, but he knew that he needed to get the answers out of her now. "Ella…"

"Doctor!" a nurse shouted from across the bay and he turned.

"What is it?" he asked, a little irritated.

"We've just been informed that the Captain is returning to the Enterprise with Harrison." The nurse informed them and Bones turned back to Ella. He expected her to look scared or at least sad. Instead, excitement glimmered in her eyes.

"Harrison?" she asked her voice a bit stronger, "John Harrison is coming aboard?"

"Ella, what happened?"

"He saved my life…"

"I refuse to believe that. He kills he doesn't save."

"He saved me."

There was a silence as they glared at each other.

"Ellarosa you're confused." He said and resumed checking her vitals. She turned her head away from him and towards the open door. The door to the medical bay was always open in case of their need to get people in or out quickly. She looked angry and upset now; she stared pointedly at the door as if awaiting something. Bones watched her, a little curious, a little confused. She was deluded of course, she must have helped herself and convinced herself that it was Harrison, but she'd seemed so sure of it. His biggest puzzle arrived a moment later. Harrison was being marched past the medical centre, Bones looked up to watch him pass and he glanced in. he caught sight of Ella and pushed through his guards. In the confusion of guards yelling and retrieving their phasers and Jim ordering them not to shoot, Bones didn't even look at Ella's face. If he had, he'd have seen that she was excited to see Harrison, the smile reached her lips this time and she watched as Harrison ran to her bedside, shouting her name in desperation and clinging to her hand. She looked pleased to see him and as Bones watched his heart sank.

"Ellarosa!" Harrison exclaimed and Bones raised an eyebrow as he noted tears in the terrorist's eyes and a terrified edge to his voice. What worried him was the likeness it held to his own worry for Ella. "Why did you do that? Why did you open the stitches?"

"They wouldn't understand…" Ella whispered, "Wait!" she raised her voice slightly as some of the guard's grabbed Harrison's arms and tried to drag him away. They looked to Jim for orders and he nodded slightly, keeping a very close eye on Harrison. He and Bones exchanged a look of confusion and worry. "They wouldn't understand that you saved my life… they still don't believe me now… They won't understand our love…"

At this Bones' heart broke in two. That kiss, it had been a front, just to get him to leave her alone and stop asking her. That's what she'd told Spock, she never really liked him she was just trying to get him to stop. But how on earth had she fallen for this man? But even as he watched her pupils dilated and her breathing quickened when she was near to this criminal, this murderer. Bones looked to Jim who also looked alarmed and Spock looked curious. The guards were exchanging confused glances and all the medical staff seemed to have stopped just to watch what was going on.

"You're right…" Harrison whispered, "They won't understand…" he brought a hand up to her face and caressed her cheek softly, making her smile brighter. Bones narrowed his eyes as he watched, her eyes seemed to be glazed over as she gazed at him, and something didn't feel right.

"I love you…" she whispered and brought her hand up to his cheek, after a moment she leaned up and kissed him softly. This seemed to be the final straw for Jim and he personally grabbed Harrison and pulled him away. "No…" Ella whimpered and tears came to her eyes as she watched him pulled away. The guards followed leaving her alone with Bones.

"Ella…" Bones began quietly and she turned to look at him. Her eyes were still a bit glazed but whether that was the tears or the same reason as before he couldn't tell. "Ella did you do this to yourself?" he asked gently. She turned her head away again and spoke in a dismissing tone.

"Yes. You wouldn't understand." A tear rolled down her cheek and she closed her eyes. Bones opened his mouth to speak again but shut it quickly; instead he finished her medical exam and walked quickly away. He was unsure of how much more heart-break he could endure, he knew that there was something wrong; he just wished that he could work out what.