Despite Uhura's cryptic message and the fact that no one would notice that he was paying more attention to Cadet Uhura then usual, Spock made no change in his habitual scan of the room.

The instructors made up of new or retired officers sat to the left side of the cafeteria. The platform where the tables are is raised to better see the crowd of cadets, a logical placement as it gave them the first notice of anything amiss.

Captains Emery and Pike are sited here as well, Pike to his immediate right and Emery on Pike's right a few sits down, Spock pays more attention to them both then he does the cadets despite Uhura's odd tone this morning the two captains are clearly the largest threat in the room.

Until that is they are suddenly not anymore.

"Spock?" She approaches him fluidly and confidently as is her manner and being one of the few beings at the academy that he considers to be sufficiently knowledgeable in his subject he does not refuse her the right to speak, despite her inferior rank.

"Cadet?" His response is quick and sharp, just because she is smarter then her classmates does not make her worthy of his time and despite rumors he has never personally seen anything that would consider her a threat to him.

"Spock, a matter of school politics will be happening this afternoon, I ask you not to interfere." It's said with a soft, sweet smile and a demure tone. He wonders if her odd obsession with him has driven her to such an outlandish statement of concern.

"I will fulfill my obligations as an instructor and a commander at this academy." His answer is prompt and the only answer he could give. He considers giving her some measure of assurance, but decides against it, no matter her instance on calling him his first name outside of class they are not close, he cannot allow himself to become close, so he says nothing.

"Very well Spock," Her tone is sharper now and her face as blank as any Vulcan.

"However in a time of chaos I hope you will look to your betters for both what should be done and what should not be."

She leaves her words confusing and her interest in him clear. He's more alert then usual, yet he still doesn't understand what it is when she shakes hands with him until its already starting.

He sits there as she shakes hands with a man that is well known to be both odd and ruthless. He thinks that her choice in dinning companies for the day is strange; he thinks that perhaps she has done so for protection. He looks away from them excepting a threat and there is one, but he is nearly shammed that he never considered the threat would be her.

The two cadets at first seem to be at completely opposition in everything, from the contrast of their skin, hair, and eyes to his loud bright laugh and her small even smile as they begin to cut down seemingly everyone they can reach, but somehow they move as one.

He takes everything in at once, the table they left has a medical cadet looking on with ill disguised horror and an Orin that watches with shinning glee filled eyes or perhaps it's lust, Uhura and Kirk are moving quickly though the nearby tables knifes flashing sliver as the blood literally sprays over Uhura because of the angle her knife goes into an artery and she's not paying attention to the blood because someone is behind her and she has to been back and then kick out hard in order to avoid a fatal blow.

Next to him Captain Pike leans forward not startled by the sudden bloodshed, to better watch, all while the noise is getting louder. Spock watches a Cadet thrown up looking at someone that's head is hanging almost completely off their neck. The Cadet doesn't notice as a knife slides neatly into there eye and they fall to the ground. Kirk reaches down and grabs the knife, moves on to someone else.

"Captain?" Spock asks Pike not completely sure what the appropriate action for this situation is and he doesn't realize until later that he has obeyed Uhura's instructions to look to those higher in rank then he when the massacre starts.

Captain Pike smiles and if he wasn't a Vulcan Spock might deem it terrifying.

"You can try to stop them if you like commander…but I wouldn't suggest it." For a moment Spock goes still the idea of interfering for lack of a better term, a difficult one. The chance of him being cable of doing so without sustaining injury is small, the possibility that he could meet his end by attempting to stop either cadet is…also small is it not?

He is forced to admit if only to himself that he is relived Captain does not order him to attack either cadet, though the question of why he is relived burns within him. They are both skilled yes, and by taking the student body by surprise they are building a very high kill rate without sustaining injury, but even so he is physical stronger then both humans and should logically be able to incapacitate them if ordered to do so.

He analyzes their fighting style both fluid and certain in their strikes, they are formidable, yet they are far from impossible to overcome. Why would he be hesitant to contend with them? The word 'them' strikes Spock as important, they do out number him and that is what is truly different about the way they fight. Spock has fought Terrans before and even in groups they fight as individuals.

Uhura and Kirk fight with a single goal for a single purpose in complete agreement with one another in utter confidence that they will not be betrayed and in doing so they fight as one, in doing so they become twice as dangerous because their focus is not on their ally putting a knife in their back, but in completing the goal and it is with utter casual disregard that that Kirk saves Uhura's life without thinking taking aim at one that would have struck her down and only moments later she shoves into him hard allowing both of them reach their blade held hands into an opponents stomach that would have crushed Kirk's skull with a table leg if not taken out.

Where did they gain this trust in each other? It seems instinctive, natural, yet it is so far from the natural way of things in the Empire.

Spock watches as seemingly thinking as one they turn their focus on one cadet in peculiar, there seems to be nothing special about her yet Captain Emery reacts violently and unexpectedly. The cadets ignore him and Kirk kills the girl on top of a table in a showy fashion. The captain leaps for the cadet and he doesn't even seem to see Uhura as she drives a blade into his belly, the Captain's eyes are still on Kirk as the man doges the Captain's attack and drives his knife into Emery's neck.

A Captain is dead, most of the cafeteria full of cadets are dead, and still Uhura and Kirk are scanning the room looking for anyone they wanted dead that they somehow missed.

The Orion and medical student are the only ones still seated everyone else is in a defensive stance or hiding under tables and fallen classmates.

Captain Pike rises slowly and while Uhura pays no attention to him, Kirk pauses and looks to Pike as if expecting something; he must get what he's looking for because he smiles brightly. When Pike begins a slow clap Uhura spares him and glance, but then goes off to drag a whimpering boy out from a table to slit his throat so she doesn't see how happy the clapping seems to make Kirk.

Pike, Spock is surprised to see looks proud at the mess the golden haired cadet has made, even parentally proud, which considering Pike has never spoken of Kirk as far as Spock knows, is decidedly odd.

The Captain goes down to speak with Kirk, but Spock's eyes are on Uhura. She cleans her blade efficiently on some of the deads clothing. Their eyes meet and she smiles at him, soft and sweet. He wonders if her tone of voice would still be demure and if he should consider himself grateful that she sees him as worthy of a warning despite his initial dismissiveness of her competence and her warning due to her rank as well as her apparent infatuation of him.