I Hate You

by Starsinger

So, I couldn't resist naming this chapter after one of my favorite lines from Star Trek XI. And poor McCoy and Jim are really going to end up hating Spock among others. Why? Well, history really does repeat itself. Happy Thanksgiving to everybody in the USA. BTW, the Sciatic Nerve is the largest nerve in the human body. It runs from the base of your spinal chord down to your toes, and is quite painful if hit. Don't own anything.

Gloria and Jim dragged Leonard from the shuttle, literally, on one leg, barely avoiding Spock and Commander Uhura. "Where are we going?" McCoy asked.

"Sickbay, we need to get you changed, and you probably want that injury looked at," Jim replied.

Leonard looked at Gloria, "I hate you."

"I love you too, Len," Gloria responded with a grin. "Couldn't leave you standing there looking all pathetic, now could I?" McCoy groaned as they deposited him on a biobed in Sickbay. He immediately perked up as he saw all the pretty nurses.

"I'm going to give you a sedative so we can treat the injury without you screaming," Jim said as he hit Leonard with a hypo.

Leonard was bent over the table his back facing up, "How long is that supposed to take?" he asked before landing face down on the bed. Gloria laughed.

"Unbelievable," Jim quipped before heading off to change.

When Leonard awoke he was wearing black, and Jim had changed into Medical Blue. Jim was staring off into space as Leonard looked at him. "Jim, what is it?"

"Lightning storm in space, around Vulcan they've reported a lightning storm in space," Jim whispered.

McCoy's brain soon caught up with him, "On the day of your birth, didn't the Kelvin report a lightning storm in space?"

"Yeah, along with a really big ship," Jim replied. "One that destroyed the Kelvin."

"Let's find Spock," McCoy said as they raced out of Sickbay. They found Spock deep in the bowels of the Enterprise.

"McCoy, what are you doing here?" Spock asked.

"Look, Uhura said last night that she intercepted a transmission from Klingon space saying that a fleet had been destroyed by a single ship. Were you with her?" Kirk asked.

"Yes, I was. I helped translate…" Spock was interrupted mid-sentence.

"Was the ship Romulan?"

Spock cocked his head, "Yes, it was."

McCoy and Kirk looked at each other before racing for the turbolift. Spock followed, clearly curious as to what was going on. All three skidded to a stop in front of Pike who looked confused, "McCoy, what are you doing on board?"

McCoy blurted out a hurried explanation of what was going on while Kirk recommended a full stop. Spock shook his head while Uhura watched the entire exchange shaking her head. Pike turned toward Uhura, "Is this true?"

Spock and Uhura looked at each other as the Commander nodded her head. "We intercepted the message late last night. McCoy's findings are accurate and quite logical," Spock replied.

The Enterprise came to a halt as everyone looked at each other, Pike turned toward his communications officer, "Scan for any transmissions in Romulan," Pike ordered.

"Sir, I'm not sure I can distinguish between Romulan and Vulcan," the lieutenant replied.

Pike rounded on Spock, "Do you speak Romulan?"

"All three dialects, sir, as well as Vulcan," Spock replied.

"Obviously," Pike replied. "Sulu, continue on to Vulcan. But be cautious when we enter orbit."

Sulu began the countdown as McCoy and Kirk looked at each other. The ship came out of warp to find a ship graveyard as the ships that had preceded them had been blown apart. Nothing could have prepared them for the sight as they avoided large bits of metal only to be fired upon by the enemy ship. When confronted, Nero immediately identified Spock, then invited Pike on board, well, it really wasn't an invitation. Pike entered the turbolift with Spock, Uhura, Kirk, Sulu and McCoy behind him.

"Okay, McCoy, you're headed down to stop the drill, you're not supposed to be here anyway. Spock and Uhura, I need you two to monitor what they're doing to the planet. Spock, you're in command, McCoy, you're first officer, and Uhura, try to keep them from killing each other."

"Bridge to Dr. Kirk," came the call.

Jim walked over to a wall unit, "Kirk here."

"We've picked up several escape pods that includes a doctor. He'll be in Sickbay when you get there."

"Thank you, Lieutenant," Jim replied before heading back to Sickbay. He really didn't belong on the bridge. When he entered he saw several people being helped by nurses and Gloria. Two of them brought a huge smile, Geoffrey M'Benga and Gaila. Gaila wasn't medical, but she had helped with the kids over the past few years, and Dr. M'Benga, well, he knew his way around the Sickbay and then some.

Kirk found that he was in charge when they discovered the Dr. Puri was dead. It was all that any of them could do to keep up, especially when the Vulcan survivors showed up. He patched them up as best he could, mostly leaving them to M'Benga's expertise, when he eventually followed McCoy to the Bridge. Leonard disagreed very strongly with Spock's decision to rejoin the fleet in the Laurentian System, saying it was a waste of time. Silently, Kirk agreed, but when the fight started, he was honestly just defending himself. It wasn't his fault he was faster than everyone but that damn Vulcan.

But really, he didn't start that fight. Shouldn't it have been McCoy who found himself marooned on Delta Vega, not Kirk?