Disclaimer: I do not own Star Trek, or Jim Kirk, or Kylie Dades. The former two belong to Paramount pictures, or something like that, and the latter to GondorianRose. :D


Quiet now, she's fast asleep. And to my arm she's clinging…You're mine girl, And my heart is yours

Jim held Kylie close. It had been so hard on them…their life had been filed with so much happiness at first.

They had finally found a loophole in StarFleet regulations, and used it to allow Kylie to serve on board the Enterprise. They were so glad to finally be together, and the next few months went by in amazing blissfulness.

And then even more joy enter their lives; Kylie was expecting their first child. Jim grew paranoid over her, and refused to let her go with any of the away-teams to any of the planets. Kylie understood that this was only for a short time, and Nari filled her in on all of the juicy details….

"And then the princess began to hit on the Captain. He began to look uncomfortable, and looked to Spock to diplomatically get her away from him, but Spock was busy talking to the scientist. So I decided to pick up our 'chief science officer's' slack and said, "excuse me, your highness, but the captain is married, and his wife is currently on the ship, and I think she is manning the guns. She has amazing aim. Perhaps she can show you one day." Spock looked over at me with a horrified expression…at least horrified for me, anyway, and Jim had this triumphant look on his face."

And then one day, the labor pains came early. Jim, Spock, Scotty and two security officers were on planet, keeping the peace during a treaty signing. Kylie, who was manning the bridge, began to feel the cramps. "Nari, you have the con," she said, getting up. She thought she could make it to sick bay without falling over, but she almost fainted before she reached the turbolift. Nari jumped up and said, "Lt. Howard to sickbay, prepare for Lt. Commander Dades please," she said into the com, then ran to Kylie. "You and you, help me bring her down," she commanded to two officers. They brought her down.

Ten hours later, Kylie was holding her stillborn daughter. "Jim," she whispered. "Where is Jim?"

"He's coming as soon as he can," Nari said to her, trying to calm her down. Truth be told, they hadn't been able to reach him. Nari left Kylie's side and went to the com on the wall. "Lt. Howard to the transporter room. Find the Captain's signal and beam him to Sick bay at once."

It had been only a few hours since Anna Joy had been born dead. Kylie was fast asleep in Jim's arms, still whimpering. Jim tightened his grip on her, never wanting to let her go. Why hadn't he been there? He should have been there. His comm had been jammed by the planet….but he should have been there. "I love you Kylie," he whispered into her ear, knowing she couldn't hear him. "My heart will always belong to you."