Ah, reviews make a happy writer! Me happy! Well technically we are almost to the end of the movie, but since I do have to get Amelia back to New Vulcan there will be a few more chapters PLUS let's not forget Kirk's time in the hospital. Because Amelia's on the bridge, she wouldn't know the action going on down in Engineering just like Spock didn't. And I suggest a hankie or two! Let's ride.

The Future of Non Existance

Chapter 26

"Warp core is back online!" Sulu reported.

"Maximum thrusters, Mr. Sulu!" Spock ordered.

"Thrusters at maximum! Stand by! Stand by!" Sulu exclaimed.

"Shields restored!" Chekov reported.

"Ambassador, power is online," a bridge office said.

"Mr. Spock, altitude stabilizing," Sulu reported.

"It's a miracle," Chekov said.

"There are no such things," both Spock and Amelia answered.

"Engineering to bridge, Mr. Spock!" Scotty exclaimed.

The terror in Scotty's voice caused Amelia to raise her head. "Scotty," she said.

"Mr. Scott," Spock answered.

"Sir, you'd better get down here, Amelia you too. Better hurry," Scotty said.

Amelia and Spock met each other's gazes. "Go!" Amelia ordered as Spock went into a full running past Uhura. Amelia grabbed Uhura's arm and pulled her into the turbo lift. "Engineering!"

"What happened?" Uhura asked.

"I don't know….but…it's not good," she said as she stepped off the turbo lift.

"Open it!" Spock ordered.

"The decontamination process is not complete, you'd flood the whole compartment. The door's locked, sir," Scotty explained.

Amelia stopped as soon as she saw Kirk on the other side of the door. "NO!" she screamed as she put her hand to her mouth.

"Spock how's our ship?" Kirk questioned as he sat on the other side of the door looking weak.

"Out of danger," Spock answered as he bent down trying to hold his emotions in.

Amelia bit her lip as she watched it. She had not been present when the older Spock had been on the other side of the contamination doors, but she had heard the stories. It took every ounce of self control she had not to move, not to leave that room. She did not want to see this unfolding.

Jen came down and stood next to Scotty and put her hand on Amelia's shoulder. "Ambassador…you shouldn't…I mean…."

"I'm not leaving," she told the woman who would be her mother without taking her eyes off the screen.

"You saved the crew, you put Amelia in charge of the ship. You used what he a wanted against him, that's a nice move," Kirk said as he struggled for breath.

"It is what you would have done," Spock told him.

"And this, this is what you would have done, it was only logical. I'm scared, Spock," he said as he put his hands up to the door in a Vulcan salute. Help me not be. How do you choose not to feel?" he asked.

Amelia closed her eyes trying not to cry, then quickly opened them.

"I do not know," Spock said as he cried. "Right now I am failing," he said as he put up his hand to the screen.

"I want you to know why I couldn't let you die, why I went back for you," Kirk said.

Uhura started crying as Scotty put his arm around her.

Jen put her arm around Amelia. "Don't look…" she begged.

Amelia took a breath as she watched him. "I'm…." she started to say as she watched.

"Because you are my friend…." Spock answered with tears coming down as Jim took his last breath. "KHAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!" Spock yelled.

Amelia pulled away from Jen and walked over to Spock as he put her hand on Spock's shoulder. "I'm…sorry."

Spock stood. "I am sorry Ambassador…." he said as he looked at the group and left without saying a word.

Amelia looked down at the body of the man who would be her father and followed Spock out.

"Ambassador….lass, you should go back to your quarters," Scotty told her.

"I'm…still in command of the Enterprise, Mr. Scott," she said as she left followed by Uhura.

Amelia and Uhura got to the bridge right as the other ship crashed to Earth. "Scan for life signs," Amelia ordered as she stepped up near Spock.

"No one could have survived that!" Sulu responded.

Spock and Amelia looked at each other. "He could have!" both exclaimed.

"Yes sir, yes ma'am," Sulu reported. "Whoa! He just jumped 30 meters!" Sulu reported.

"Can we beam him up?" Spock asked.

"There's too much damage. I have no incoming signal, but it may be possible

to beam you down, sir," Chekov reported.

Uhura looked at him. "Go get him," she said.

Amelia sat down in the command chair. "Stand by for Coordinates," she told Chekov.

"Yes, ma'am," Chekov answered.

"Enter 3517 by 2598," Amelia ordered.

"Coordinates are confirmed, beaming you down now, sir," a crewman answered.

Amelia stood up when Spock was gone. "Mr. Sulu, you have the comm."

"Yes ma'am," he said as he took the spot she was occupying.

"Ambassador?" Uhura questioned as she went by her. "Do you want me to try and contact New Vulcan for you?"

"No….this isn't something I am going to tell my Spock over a message, it will be done in person. I am going to go to sickbay, please tell me when your Spock makes contact with us," she said.

"Yes ma'am," she answered.

"Please…Amelia or Ambassador. I was never…cut out for command," she told Uhura.

Uhura looked at the other woman. "I disagree with you Ambassador, you saved the Enterprise."

"At what cost?" Amelia asked as she got into the turbo lift.

(OK so there's another chapter with the whole Tribble and sickbay thing)