AN: Dedicated to Zabuzasgirl.
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Aria sat in front of a mirror as she dried her hair. Off the helm of the Dreadnaught resurrection were two living compartments. One for the Captain, and one for the first officer. Khan had offered her the Captains room because it was bigger, but she had declined and taken the first officers. He after all was the Captain and according to him she was his first officer. So in her eyes they should be in their rightful places. She tilted her head as she looked over her reflection as her hair was instantly dried by a wave length ray.
She looked the same as before, but she knew she wasn't the same. She wasn't the sweet naïve girl who first boarded the Enterprise. No. She knew things now. Knew who she was. What she was capable of. More though then ever she realized just how screwed up the world was. How evil the hearts of men could be. Some would call Khan ruthless, and evil, but he never gave up on her, and he never left her to die like so many had. He also hadn't strapped her to a metal table and ripped her teeth out of her mouth or purposefully broke her bones just to hear her scream. She had lied to him. Told him she didn't remember a thing about the white room. In truth she had remembered some, but as of the last few days she had started to remember everything.
"Little girl if you don't start talking I'm going to do more than just break your bones and rip your teeth out… You're a woman, and there are more ways to break a woman then there are to break a man if you catch my drift…"
Khan walked into Arias quarters through the air lock doors that separated them. He stopped seeing her sitting in a chair in front of a mirror a Kimono hanging off her shoulders as her red hair lay around her in soft waves. Her calming scent hit him as he looked at her reflection in the mirror before her. Her eyes may have been closed but she wasn't calm. He could tell by how rigid her body was.
"Aria?" she took a deep breath as she jumped before catching his reflection in the mirror.
"Khan…" She laughed. "You snuck up on me."
"The only time people can sneak up on us is when our minds are far away…" he said walking over to her. "Where was your mind?" he asked.
"Nowhere in… Particular." She said getting up the silk kimono moving with her. "Nice touch with the unisex outfit converters. Most first officer quarters don't have those."
"I unlike the federation isn't sexist when it comes to the skill of a first officer." He said as his eyes followed her. "You were somewhere in particular." She looked to him. "I can see you are troubled."
"It's nothing you have to worry about." She said with a soft expression.
"Alright… Good night…"
"Good night Khan." She said as he turned and walked to the air lock doors as a thought entered his mind.
"I know you're driven now for vengeance, after all you've been through but… Think of Bradshaw… Would Harold want you doing this? Killing innocent people."
"They are not innocent." Aria said her jaw clenching.
"I know what you've been through has-."
"You have no idea what I've been through…" She said her jaw clenching. "They strapped me to a metal table and…" her voice shook as her jaw clenched. "Trust me when I say… They have it coming."
"You have remembered." He said stopping right before the doors.
"What was that?" Aria asked looking up from her vanity.
"You remember what happened to you." He said turning and she looked at him for a long moment. "Back in that white room I saved you from. You remember what happened to you…"
"Just started too…" She said knowing she couldn't lie to him.
"When?"
"A few days ago…"
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"Well we've been a bit busy Khan…" She said with a smile trying to change the subject.
"Do you remember who did this to you?" he asked walking to her.
"No." she said and he stopped.
"You don't-."
"No I mean we're not going after him." She said. "We have more important things to do then my personal vendetta, like building our race back up to par."
"You want me to let this lie?" He asked.
"Yes." She said.
"He strapped you to a table…" he said is anger rising to his chest. "When I found you, your teeth were lined up next to you in a row, you were near depleted of blood and every bone in your body was broken… When I picked you up off that table you broke like glass in my arms." Her jaw clenched as she looked off. "And you want me to let it lie?" He shook his head. "Well I won't… Who did this to you?"
"I'm not going to tell you that." She said looking to him and Khan tilted his head. It was the first time in a long time she had seen him look just as devious as he did that first time they met on Kronos.
"You will tell me." He said walking to her.
"There are more important things-."
"No there aren't."
"Khan-."
"Who did this to you?"
"Look there's nothing you can do-."
"I can do to him exactly what he did to you and shoot him up with my blood so he doesn't die in the process so I can do it all over again."
"No I mean… I don't know his name he never told me…" She said. "And in all honesty I still don't remember what he looks like."
"So it was one person?"
"I think… I can't be sure…" she said turning away. "Can we not talk about this anymore? I'd rather just move on…" He went to say something but stopped seeing his error. He was being insensitive. She had been tortured for over a month, it was probably something she didn't want to speak about.
"Are you alright?" he asked not being able to stop himself.
"Fine…" She said looking to him. Khan looked at her for a long moment before walking to her slowly.
"No you're not…" He said.
"It's nothing you don't have to-."
"Yes it is."
"I'm fit for duty."
"This isn't about you being fit for duty I saw today you were during the battle. This is about how you are."
"I'm o-."
"Don't say you're okay when you're not." She smiled softly.
"I'm seeing a new side to you…" she said looking him over. "And I don't know how to handle it…"
"This is a side of you I have seen… You changing a subject with a witty remark… It means there is something bothering you."
"Why do you want to know so bad?"
"Because I like to know when something is bothering you…"
"Why?"
"Because as we've established recently… I…" his jaw clenched. "Care about you."
"Why do you always look so angry when you say that?" She asked with an amused look.
"Ariadne…" he said cupping her cheek. "What's wrong?" her expression grew soft. "Tell me... Please…"
"I don't know… I just… I keep thinking I'm going to close my eyes and when I open them up I'm going to be in that white room again…" She said her jaw clenching and instantly he knew it was hard for her to admit such a thing. "Sometimes I think you never found me…"
"Well I did…" His hand slid down from her cheek to rest on the crook of her neck. "You're not in that white room…" She slowly nodded and he could tell she didn't believe him. He set both his hands on her bare shoulders as he locked eyes with hers. "Ariadne… You're not in the white room…" She slowly nodded as she took a shaking breath. "I did find you… I promise."
"Okay…" she said softly and he moved forward as he cupped her cheek.
"No one is ever going to hurt you like that again…" He said.
"No their not because if they try I'm going to rip their spines from their bodies and crush their skulls with my bare hands." He smiled as his thumb brushed over her cheek. He moved forward and Aria took a breath as she moved back slightly. "What are you doing?" She asked softly. He looked at her for a long moment before he moved forward once more. "Khan." She said as his hand moved to the back of her neck. She looked at him for a long moment, his eyes staring into hers as his thumb brushed under her jaw line. He slowly moved forward and Aria found that she wasn't moving back. Her eyes drifted closed as his mouth moved against hers in a slow heated kiss. Her hands slid down his chest to rest on his hips as she relished in every moment.
Khan ran his fingers through Aria's hair as his arm wrapped around her waist bringing her close to his body. She had been pressed up against him many times. During fights, during close forced conversations, during hiding out in tight spaces, all those times they had been right up against one another and it had never been like this. There was an electricity that shot between them now, and he found it intoxicating. He pulled back and Aria slowly opened up her eyes and looked to Khan with a soft expression. He cupped her cheek as his thumb brushed across her bottom lip.
"This complicates things…" she said softly.
"No… No I think it makes things easier…" he said moving forward and kissing her deeply. She sighed into his mouth as he lifted her up onto her vanity and sat her down. There was something about Aria, a pull that he couldn't deny. He had wanted to do this ever since back on the Enterprise, though he couldn't pin point exactly when he had grown so physically attracted to her. He reached for the tie of her Kimono and stopped as Aria took his hands in hers stopping him. She smiled as she looked up at him.
"I know that you've probably done this before…" He kissed her. "But I haven't…" he looked her over. It surprised him. She was a beautiful powerful and alluring woman, how could no man have breached her before?
"Never?" he asked.
"Don't look so shocked…" She said shifting. "I was taught that everyone around me even grown men were weaker-."
"Which they are." He said as he pushed her hair behind her ear. "I see… You were worried you'd break them… Hurt them…" She nodded. "It's probably good you didn't, it's a high possibility you would have…" His hands moved forward to undress her before stopping. Her eyes opened and she looked to him as he cupped her cheek.
"What is it?" she asked.
"You're hesitant." He said looking her over.
"I just… I don't want to move too fast…"
"You're right… I should court you."
"Court?" she asked as he walked away.
"Yes court I should win your affections…" He said waking in through the door that separated their quarters. Aria took a deep breath as her hand went to her heart. It was flying. Not from the kiss or his hands nearly undressing her body but because of what she was about to do.
Khan took a deep breath as he shrugged out of his shirt. He hadn't expected to kiss her, he had expected it to happen at some point. But not this night. He didn't regret it of course, not when it had been so enthralling. There was a pull to her, to her lips. To her eyes. To her body. He couldn't deny it. Even now he could feel it. All he wanted to do was turn around and walk through that door and do what he so desperately wanted to do. He heard the door open and slowly turned to see Aria walking inside.
"You've uhm…" She smiled shyly. "You've already won my affections." He watched as she slowly untied her kimono. Aria took a deep breath as he slowly walked towards her. As she dropped the robe around her body Khan stopped taking an unneeded breath as he took in her body inch by glorious porcelain inch. Aria stood there under his gaze for a long moment still holding onto her kimono which nearly lay at her feet. With every second that passed she got more and more self-conscious. She went to bring the Kimono back over her body but stopped when Khan reached out and set his hand on her hips. She slowly let go of the kimono and stared at his muscular chest, feeling for the first time in her life, completely vulnerable.
Khan took another breath. She was more beautiful than he could imagine. Statuesque, with soft curves, toned muscles and ample breasts. Her skin was as white as freshly fallen snow which stood out against her ruby hair which lay around her in soft waves. He slowly brought his eyes to her beautiful green ones to find they didn't meet his. He could hear it. Her heart beat. It was flying, faster than he had ever heard it beat. He knew it wasn't fear, after all. Aria feared nothing. No this was exhilaration and he knew just how she felt. He titled her chin up causing her eyes to slowly meet his. She looked so innocent in that moment, and he found it incredibly alluring.
"What happens now?" she asked softly. He lifted her up into his arms and she instantly wrapped her legs around his waist as he carried her effortlessly over to the bed. He kissed her deeply as he laid her back down on the bed her hands instantly going to his chest.
She couldn't believe this was happening. In all honesty for her whole life or at least when she realized what sex was she never thought she'd have it. Never thought she'd find anyone who could take it. She certainly never thought she'd find someone who was her kind who was meant to be with her.
"Where are you?" he asked kissing her neck as his hand trailed up her thigh.
"I'm here…" she said softly her eyes drifting close as she felt him sink his fingers deep into her. He smiled against her neck when he heard a soft moan escape her. He knew in that moment he would live for that noise. He cupped her cheek as his mouth crashed against hers. Her hand gingerly went to his cheek as her other hand trailed up his muscular back.
"Take a breath." He said his lips brushing against hers as he spoke. Her eyes slowly opened feeling him pressing against her most intimate spot. "Take a breath." He said again. She set her hands on his shoulders as she took a deep breath. Her eyes drifted closed as he kissed her and slowly sunk into body inch by inch. Aria took a shaky breath readying for what was to come. She gasped as she felt a sharp pain pop deep within her. As soon as the pain came it was gone by an immense amount of pleasure. Her back arched as she let out a soft moan.
Khan kissed her neck as she tilted her head back and he moved into her over and over again. As he felt the pleasure build deep within himself he let his eyes take her in. The way her breasts and face flushed beautifully with ecstasy. The sight of it excited him more than any battle ever could.
"Khan…" She moaned and he knew in that moment he was hooked. His name had never sounded so exhilarating as it did from her lips in the heat of passion.
Aria arched against him as she gripped onto his shoulders. She could feel it a wave of pleasure forming from deep within her. Khan pushed her arms above her head as he continued to burry himself deep within her. Every time he moved into her she let out a hot sweet moan, one he wanted to hear over and over again. He could feel himself nearing the edge, and could feel her nearing the edge. His eyes opened as he kissed her deeply. He could feel her. Not just physically but somewhere deep within himself he could feel her energy melding with his. He smiled instantly realizing what was happening. They were connecting. He moaned himself as his arms wrapped around her body.
Arias head threw back. What she was feeling was nothing like she had expected. There was an intensity. One that was mixing with the pleasure. It was overwhelming. Her temperature was rising. Her heart was flying. Her breathing was rushed. In some ways she was scared, in other ways she was completely exhilarated.
"Khan…"
"I know…" he said and she took a deep breath as she felt him sink into her. Not physically, it was like his energy was melding with hers. She was becoming him, he was becoming her, at this point she didn't know where she began and he ended. "Let it happen…" he said their bodies moving perfectly together.
"It's too much…" She moaned her hands gripping on to his shoulders.
"Let me in don't fight it." He couldn't reach his own pleasure without her reaching hers and the buildup was becoming unbearable. "Let me in…" he said feeling her fighting it. "Ariadne…" at his deep voice speaking her true name a wave of pleasure slammed into her over and over again. Khan held onto her tightly as he felt her pleasure mix with his own and a primal growl erupted from his chest. His head fell into the crook of her shoulder as the greatest calm he had ever felt washed over him completely. Aria took a deep shaking breath as Khan lifted his head and looked her over.
"What was that?" she asked softly her fingers resting on his cheek as she stared up at him with her large emerald eyes.
"We became one… In every sense of the word." He said kissing her on the forehead.
"I could… Feel you… I was you…"
"I was you…" he said kissing her deeply.
"Does that happen every time? With everyone who is an augment?"
"No." he said as he pushed a strand of red hair from her eyes.
"No?" she asked.
"It's a connection, a rare one, meant for Augments who were meant to be with one another… It binds us to one another…" he looked her over with an expression she couldn't read. "It took me over three hundred years to find you. My perfect woman."
"Who says I'll be yours?" she asked with a smile.
"Always giving me such hell." He said before kissing her deeply. He pulled away and looked her over as he cupped her cheek. "Will you be mine Ariadne?"
"Will you be mine?"
"I could never deny you." She smiled softly.
She moved forward and kissed him deeply. She pushed on his shoulders and rolled him onto his back his arms encircling her as he did. She smiled as she laid her head on his chest.
"You know when we first met on Kronos I never expected this to happen… Well that's not true I thought about seducing you and taking your head off in the throes of passion but that's when we were mortal enemies and I was bent on ripping out your still beating heart."
"That admission turned me on more than it should have." She smiled. "Still I think you should know…" she looked to him. "You were never my enemy Ariadne." She looked him over.
"I know…" She rested her chin on his chest. "I'm sorry I ever thought you were."
"It's in the past." Her eyes closed for a moment. "You can sleep if you want. I most likely will."
"Do you want me to leave?"
"I don't want you to." She slowly nodded with a smile.
"Good night Khan."
"Good night Aria…"
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Aria smiled as she looked over the panel of the helm. They were nearly to their destination. Readying to set up a planet to re raise their race. Still she couldn't keep her mind off last night. Her body was still buzzing from it. Khan wasn't anything like she had thought the first time she had come into contact with him. At first she had thought him cruel, unmerciful, and arrogant. Now though she had seen, felt, another side. There was something very deep to him. Very kind, sensual, and powerful. Any cruelty and arrogance he had was only towards those who truly deserved it. She saw that fact now and she was thankful she did.
"How are we looking?" Khan asked coming onto the bridge.
"Good but I should warn you there are signs of life."
"Bring up the scans." She nodded doing as he said. Khan looked them over for a moment.
"Only a few if they cause us problems we'll take them out." She nodded.
"Still I think it wise to set down on the other side of the planet. The conditions there are better anyways for landing."
"Set down there then."
"Aye." She said sitting down in the pilots chair. "Entering atmosphere…" Khan walked over and sat in one of the pilots chairs.
"We'll dock this together…" She nodded switching over controls so he could take lead.
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Kirk sat in his Captains chair his eyes staring forward at the vast universe ahead. The ship was on Autopilot with minimal crew. He had asked everyone to leave the bridge. He needed to think. Needed to decide what he was going to do. He heard a noise and looked over his shoulder to see Scotty.
"Hey Scotty…" he greeted before returning to his thinking.
"Wee Aria keeping you up as well?"
"Yeah…" Scotty walked to the side of his captain.
"I can't stop thinking about the funereal."
"Aye neither can I… So many people were there… I never knew Aria had known so many people, or that so many people loved her."
"She's a good kid…" Kirk said. "And I turned on her, deserted her, and drove her into the arms of my mortal enemy." Scotty looked him over. "I keep thinking over it all and I see all my errors and I saw them then but I couldn't stop myself from making them… She was nothing but loyal to me and I spat on that loyalty because of something she had no control over… She didn't choose to be Augment… In some ways I could see that she desperately didn't want to be an Augment… Still I couldn't stop myself from making her feel isolated."
"Do you think that was Khans plan all along upon seeing her?" Scotty asked. "When he realized that she was like him?" Kirk looking to him. "I've looked over the brig footage and he played it sir."
"I know… But I let him, I made it easy. This falls on me. Anyways I want to show you something. Bring up archive footage of Docking of near demolished ship Enterprise."
"Bringing up footage." The ship said.
"Remember how Spock took the bodies out of the torpedoes?"
"Aye smart move it was." He said.
"Well I was injured and so were many others so when we docked the ship for repairs and for immediate medical attention no one was paying attention to what happened to Khans crew except the cameras… They were taken away see." They watched as tube by tube was taken from the ship.
"Any idea where they were taken?"
"No idea the tracking just ends which makes me think the federation killed them after seeing how dangerous they could become upon waking up." Kirk said.
"They killed the crew?"
"Yes… A crew who was innocent but just following orders of Khan."
"Like Aria is now…" Kirk looked to him.
"Yeah." He said.
"Sir Aria is a passionate person…" Scotty began. "If she's fallen for Khan I can't guarantee-."
"I don't think she has."
"Your meaning?"
"I've been looking over the footage of our conversation with her today through the medibots." He brought up the footage and moved it forward before pausing it. "See there." Kirk walked over and pointed behind a distressed looking Aria.
"It's Khan… Listening into everything she's saying…" Scotty looked it over.
"He may have saved her from where ever she was but… Maybe now he's keeping her against her will."
"If we show this to Admiral King and we can get the truth out of her then they may grant her leniency."
"Or they'll take her away and torture her like they did before… I just… I don't know what to do…"
"You'll figure it out Captain you always do…"
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"How's it looking?" she asked standing beside the captain's chair. Khan had requested she stay behind with the ship while he took a shuttle for planetoid exploration.
"I'm getting many samples for further testing but so far it looks like this planet will suffice."
"Good, any trouble so far?"
"None."
"Excellent…" she ran a scan of the planets life.
"So far whatever life is on the planet has yet noticed our location as of yet."
"Good."
"Any animals?"
"A few."
"Good for the slaughter?"
"Possibly I've taken some blood samples… The hard part will be making our base of command completely self-sustaining, while being completely off grid…"
"I'm sure we'll manage to pull it off. Any places good for settlement?"
"It looks like we'll have to stay aboard the ship until we can build which will be sometime for now if we're focusing on re populating our race."
"Which we need to talk about when you get back and discuss the plan."
"I'm heading back now." He said.
"Good see you soon…" She said with a smile.
"Khan out."
"Resurrection out." She said starting radio silence. She stood by the chair for a long moment before moving forward to a control panel. She had some work to do, things to research. As she moved through the information on the Dreadnaught server she came across something alarming. It seemed that the Dreadnaught ships were on a linking system. They shared information. About everything.
She quickly ran her fingers over the controls and her jaw clenched seeing that the Enterprise had used this to track them. She quickly looked to see if their location had actually been pinpointed and smiled when she saw it hadn't. She went to break off the linking system but stopped seeing the files upon files of information.
"Well… I can't miss out on this opportunity." She said with a sly smile as she began to download everything in the system.
"Authorization code needed." The computer said.
"Silas 2681210."
"Code accepted. Downloading."
"What are you downloading?" She turned to see Khan walking in.
"Were you aware the ship was on a linking system?"
"No." he said.
"Well the Dreadnaught Enterprise was. They've been using it to try and track us, I've cut off tracking and am now downloading all the information shared before cutting off the linking system."
"Good thinking." He said.
"Download complete." The ship announced.
"Excellent and now to cut off the linking system…" She said to herself as her fingers quickly moved over the panel. "Link severed."
"Excellent work." He said seeing all the new information they had.
"So the plan." She said leaning against the panel and looking him over.
"The plan?"
"About us rebuilding our race."
"Right well I want to find the others." He said.
"Others?" she asked.
"You said you once saw information on 32 stolen Embryos." He said. "You believing you were one of those stolen Embryos."
"Yes."
"We need to locate the others see if anyone else has been brought to term such as yourself and get them on our side." He said.
"You think I haven't looked?" she asked. "Khan I stayed hidden for years and when I no longer was hidden you saw what happened, if they don't want to be found they don't want to be found." He nodded. "I think we should proceed with the stealing of Human Embryos for Genetic mutation in test tubes."
"Agreed, and later we maybe look for whoever else may have come to term from the 32 embryos."
"Agreed as well." She said. "I've looked into some places for the Embryos." She said bringing up the Info. "We could beam inside take what we need and beam back easy as cake…" She looked up in thought. "That expression never made sense to me." She said looking to him. "Have you ever tried baking a cake?" she asked. "It's actually really hard. No?" she asked. "Never baked?" she inquired. "Not even box mix?" he scowled and she smiled she did love giving him hell. "So what do you think?"
"About the cake or the embryos?" she smiled he had his own type of humor, a dry one she enjoyed.
"Of course I was taking about the cake that's the most important thing." She looked to see a ghost of a smile on his face. "No the Embryos."
"I think it' a good plan, I'll look into all possible banks and choose the best one. Now come on we have samples to look over, I want things getting ready and going before we start stealing what we need."
"I hate having to steal, it's not very honorable."
"But rebuilding our race is." He said and she nodded. "Will you help me test the samples?"
"Sure but I should warn you there's a reason I was a battle expert and not a medical expert." She said as she followed him to the turbo lift.
"Typical of our race." He said.
"Your meaning?" She asked looking to him.
"We all have our specialties… Battle, science, even cooking."
"Hence why I'm terrible at cooking." She said looking off in thought as the turbo lift doors opened and they walked out. "There's still so much I have to learn about being an augment."
"Whatever questions you have feel free to ask." He said and she nodded as they entered the medical bay.
"Alright baby making how does it work?" She asked and his back overly straightened as he sat down with her at one of the tables.
"Uhm…"
"Relax I was kidding." She said with a smile and he did as well.
"You must have some questions though."
"I'm sure I'll think of a few in the future for right now I'm just enjoying now." She said as she got some test tubes ready. Khan smiled as he watched her, she had really come into her own, and he was thankful for it.
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Watching Khan do science was like watching art in motion. His hands moved in precise circles. His fingers glided over medical instruments. She felt like she wasn't much help though. She would hand him things from time to time, but he was doing most of the work. She really was useless when it came to scientific properties not pertaining to weapons battles or ships. A beep sounded and she looked up.
"Can you read me the test results?" he asked finishing up his last test tube of soil samples. She walked over to the panel and smiled.
"Soil samples in region 1,2,3, and 4 are more than adequate for produce. Water samples 1,2,3,4, and 5, were all clear of germs and is suitable to drink. Oxygen levels are holding. Moisture is a little high but livable. Blood samples of the animals reveal that they are good to eat if need be and suitable to breed." Khan smiled as he sat back in his chair.
"Well Ariadne I think we found our planet."
"We should name it." She said with a smile turning to look to him. "How about Khanland?"
"No that's terrible…" she smiled and he looked to her. "You were joking."
"You're catching on." She said with a smile as she walked to him. "We should name it though… Obviously the name will not be known to anyone else but at least we'll know it and claim it." She said leaning against the table.
"Vaquitas." He said and she smiled.
"Latin for Freedom…" she said with a smile as she looked up in thought. "Planet… Vaquitas… I like it." She looked to him with a warm expression. Khan tilted his head as he looked her over for a long moment.
"Come here…" She smiled as she walked around the table to him. He set his hand on her hips as he cupped her cheek his thumb brushing over it as he did.
"What is it?" she asked softly.
"You are so dangerous." He mused aloud and she laughed.
"Just what every woman wants to hear."
"I just mean… You're so beautiful and innocent looking but… Dangerous… You wouldn't know it by looking at you."
"Well you certainly didn't know it those first few seconds on Kronos."
"No I didn't." he said with a smile. She moved forward and kissed him before walking away. "Where are you going?" He asked turning to watch her.
"I have to do some normal maintenance in the weapons bay."
"Do you want help?" he asked.
"Oh no I've got it besides you have to look over the Embryo banks and see which one you think will be the best for augment candidates."
"I'll see you on the bridge?"
"I may be a bit late but if you're still up you will." She said with a smile as she entered the turbo lift.
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"So what happened?" Kirk asked looking at Chekov who was shifting uncomfortably under his gaze.
"I lost contact…" he said. "The trace… I lost it sir."
"How did you lose it?" Kirk asked.
"Either Khan or Aria-."
"God damn it!" He yelled making the young man before him jump.
"I'm sorry sir, I did try, and if it helps we haf their location down to a solar system…"
"A whole solar system so somewhere in a whole freaking solar system Aria and Khan are hiding out!? Does that sound easy to find!?"
"The laddie tried his best sir." Scotty said.
"Who the hell knows what Khan is up to… Or how many people are going to die from his plan… Or if Aria is safe in his clutches…"
"I know, we'll find another way." Scotty said.
"I haf some other things I vwant to try sir…" Chekhov said.
"Well try it and keep me posted in the mean-time we're going to head to that solar system and start looking the slow old fashioned way…"
