"That makes four Senators in the last week. We lost 2 last week." Sela's tone bordered on panic.
"Dead or resigned?" Kirk asked seating herself in front of her Romulan associate.
"Two were assassinated, another Senator is in the hospital from an attempt and the others have resigned in fear for their lives."
"What have your investigations turned up?" Jessica asked Sela.
"Not much, that we've found, I had hoped that if I sent for you, that the problems would stop." Sela handed over the pads containing all the information she needed. "You've been cleared for access to all files, including classified ones and if you do find the person or persons responsible, you need not contact me for support, as the local police and military have been given orders to obey you."
"That's really not necessary."
"I believe it is."
"If you believe it is, then I will as well." She got up and left.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Out in the streets, Kirk was covered in a hooded robe as she shopped the various vendors.
It was getting late, so she started back to the home in which she was staying. Sensing something run amuck, she stepped into an alleyway and waited.
Three Romulans went by, walking with a purpose. Curious she followed them through underground tunnels and down many stairs.
The gaggle of Romulans was surprising. Kirk dare not go down any farther, for fear of being discovered.
JT's ears listened to the speaker's voices, she recognized them as Senators and other powerful Romulans from the community.
"There is no need for panic...." The new voice soothed the upset and panicked ones.
"What about this Starfleet officer who's come to help us?" Yelled one male.
"This will be the end of it. Starfleet will look the other way, while we are being murdered." Called out another.
"Friends, please, calm yourselves."
"We must find the outsider and get rid of him."
"How do you know this outsider will look the other way?"
"Sela sent for him!" Called the first voice. "He must be dirty!"
Jessica heard that last comment, felt offended and made a move to leave.
"Must you be leaving so early Lieutenant Commander Kirk?" The soothing voice called to her up on the landing.
Kirk froze at the sound of her name, she straighten up slowly and shaking.
"Yes, I know you're there. Would you like to join us down here or would you prefer the landing?"
She faced the angry mob of faces, coming down the stairs and shed her Romulan robe revealing the Starfleet uniform.
Whispers filled the cave, as one Romulan stepped into her path and preceded to poke at her.
"Excuse me." JT took the Romulan's hand, twisted it, and moved him out of the way.
"Temper, temper Lieutenant Commander Kirk." The voice's hand pulled her behind his body. "This does not please me Tarn."
"But she...."
"Was trying to prove a point."
"What point?"
"Kirks don't get pushed around." JT snapped at the man.
"Now, please friends, the Lieutenant will take your best interests in mind. She is after all a Kirk. Won't you?"
JT said nothing.
"The logical response would have been, yes, I have all your best interests in mind." He turned to her. "Perhaps you should speak to them."
"How many people know who I am?" No one raised their hands, except two.
"I am Lieutenant Commander Jessica Travis Kirk, and I come at the request of the Vulcan people. They are concerned for you
and wished for me to come and see if there was anything I can do for you. I only want to know what is happening."
"I believe the young lady is sincere, now please go back to your homes." The mob filed out.
~~~~~~~~~~~
"Walk with me Kirk." The man asked of her as they went deeper into the tunnels.
"Not until you confirm my suspicions of your identity." She requested as they were left alone.
"A logical request." The man revealed himself to be Ambassador Spock.
"I thought so." Her anger exploded as she slapped him hard in the face.
"Curious, that is a response I had not expected from you."
"Damn you Spock! I sent for you, Bones sent for you, yet you did not come, not even a word."
She exploded. "He's dead now. He wanted to see you before he died."
"Your anger is justified I could not come because..."
"Do you know how much it pained me to tell Bones that our words fell on deaf ears? I thought you didn't care enough to come, or perhaps your
stubborn pride kept you away." She turned her back to the legend and dug around in her large, leather purse that hung at her side.
"My brother and his nephew found this letter addressed to you after he died." Kirk's back still turned, held up a pad in her right hand. "I've carried it with me in the hopes of giving it to you..."
Spock put the Vulcan nerve pinch on her, catching her as she fell, he took the note from her hand.
~~~~~~~~~~~~
She awoke in her apartment, a few hours later to the darkness. "Your anger towards me is justified, I made a terrible error in judgment. And for that I apologize." Spock told her.
"And I apologize for hitting you, that was not me."
"On the contrary Lieutenant Kirk, that is a response I should have considered."
"Still, an illogical response..."
"Well spoken," he got up from the bed and headed for the door. "do you believe that you can stop the assassinations?"
"Yes. Ambassador Spock?"
"Yes Lieutenant?"
"Admiral McCoy once told me that if I do not get rid of my anger, it will eventually destroy me."
"He was correct."
"Bones taught me to not be too proud to ask for help. Will you help me?"
"Yes." He answered as he slipped out the door.
"Dead or resigned?" Kirk asked seating herself in front of her Romulan associate.
"Two were assassinated, another Senator is in the hospital from an attempt and the others have resigned in fear for their lives."
"What have your investigations turned up?" Jessica asked Sela.
"Not much, that we've found, I had hoped that if I sent for you, that the problems would stop." Sela handed over the pads containing all the information she needed. "You've been cleared for access to all files, including classified ones and if you do find the person or persons responsible, you need not contact me for support, as the local police and military have been given orders to obey you."
"That's really not necessary."
"I believe it is."
"If you believe it is, then I will as well." She got up and left.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Out in the streets, Kirk was covered in a hooded robe as she shopped the various vendors.
It was getting late, so she started back to the home in which she was staying. Sensing something run amuck, she stepped into an alleyway and waited.
Three Romulans went by, walking with a purpose. Curious she followed them through underground tunnels and down many stairs.
The gaggle of Romulans was surprising. Kirk dare not go down any farther, for fear of being discovered.
JT's ears listened to the speaker's voices, she recognized them as Senators and other powerful Romulans from the community.
"There is no need for panic...." The new voice soothed the upset and panicked ones.
"What about this Starfleet officer who's come to help us?" Yelled one male.
"This will be the end of it. Starfleet will look the other way, while we are being murdered." Called out another.
"Friends, please, calm yourselves."
"We must find the outsider and get rid of him."
"How do you know this outsider will look the other way?"
"Sela sent for him!" Called the first voice. "He must be dirty!"
Jessica heard that last comment, felt offended and made a move to leave.
"Must you be leaving so early Lieutenant Commander Kirk?" The soothing voice called to her up on the landing.
Kirk froze at the sound of her name, she straighten up slowly and shaking.
"Yes, I know you're there. Would you like to join us down here or would you prefer the landing?"
She faced the angry mob of faces, coming down the stairs and shed her Romulan robe revealing the Starfleet uniform.
Whispers filled the cave, as one Romulan stepped into her path and preceded to poke at her.
"Excuse me." JT took the Romulan's hand, twisted it, and moved him out of the way.
"Temper, temper Lieutenant Commander Kirk." The voice's hand pulled her behind his body. "This does not please me Tarn."
"But she...."
"Was trying to prove a point."
"What point?"
"Kirks don't get pushed around." JT snapped at the man.
"Now, please friends, the Lieutenant will take your best interests in mind. She is after all a Kirk. Won't you?"
JT said nothing.
"The logical response would have been, yes, I have all your best interests in mind." He turned to her. "Perhaps you should speak to them."
"How many people know who I am?" No one raised their hands, except two.
"I am Lieutenant Commander Jessica Travis Kirk, and I come at the request of the Vulcan people. They are concerned for you
and wished for me to come and see if there was anything I can do for you. I only want to know what is happening."
"I believe the young lady is sincere, now please go back to your homes." The mob filed out.
~~~~~~~~~~~
"Walk with me Kirk." The man asked of her as they went deeper into the tunnels.
"Not until you confirm my suspicions of your identity." She requested as they were left alone.
"A logical request." The man revealed himself to be Ambassador Spock.
"I thought so." Her anger exploded as she slapped him hard in the face.
"Curious, that is a response I had not expected from you."
"Damn you Spock! I sent for you, Bones sent for you, yet you did not come, not even a word."
She exploded. "He's dead now. He wanted to see you before he died."
"Your anger is justified I could not come because..."
"Do you know how much it pained me to tell Bones that our words fell on deaf ears? I thought you didn't care enough to come, or perhaps your
stubborn pride kept you away." She turned her back to the legend and dug around in her large, leather purse that hung at her side.
"My brother and his nephew found this letter addressed to you after he died." Kirk's back still turned, held up a pad in her right hand. "I've carried it with me in the hopes of giving it to you..."
Spock put the Vulcan nerve pinch on her, catching her as she fell, he took the note from her hand.
~~~~~~~~~~~~
She awoke in her apartment, a few hours later to the darkness. "Your anger towards me is justified, I made a terrible error in judgment. And for that I apologize." Spock told her.
"And I apologize for hitting you, that was not me."
"On the contrary Lieutenant Kirk, that is a response I should have considered."
"Still, an illogical response..."
"Well spoken," he got up from the bed and headed for the door. "do you believe that you can stop the assassinations?"
"Yes. Ambassador Spock?"
"Yes Lieutenant?"
"Admiral McCoy once told me that if I do not get rid of my anger, it will eventually destroy me."
"He was correct."
"Bones taught me to not be too proud to ask for help. Will you help me?"
"Yes." He answered as he slipped out the door.