"I know you're mad at me, but…"

Jamie cut him off, "I'm not mad at you. I'm hurt that you don't trust my judgment."

They had just been briefed on the mission, Jamie had a few minutes to gather her thoughts and head to the transporter in the middle of the ship, but Bones stopped her from getting too far out of the galley. The timing sucked but they needed to have this out. This mission was only going to get one shot, hopefully, this worked because they might end up dead if it doesn't.

"There aren't a lot of things that scare me anymore, but the idea of something happening to you terrifies me; you only got a glimpse of that when Viktor attacked you. Everyone I have ever loved is dead except Sam and Trip and I wasn't sure about either of them for a while, I'm waiting for the day when I get the comm that one of them is dead. You have no idea what it feels like when you get hurt because, unlike you, I can't fix it. There's nothing I can do and I feel this helplessness that I've never felt before. Then my head goes to Joanna and I pray every day that she won't end up like me. I'm not careless Bones, I'm just not careful, I never had a reason to be. I trust my instincts because they are the only things that have kept me alive this long and I refuse to feel bad about it. Either you get that or you don't." Bones looked at her for a moment before he reached over and pulled her into his arms.

"I get it, Jim. Doesn't mean I won't bitch and moan but I get it." He didn't apologize and she didn't want him to, she stood in his arms for another second before she took a breath and stepped away from him.

"Time to go save the day," she muttered.

He chuckled and nodded, "Just don't die on me, anything else I can probably fix."

She smiled, "I'll do my best." Jamie zipped up her tactical suit as they met the others at the transporter. She bumped into Pike, "Sorry, sir."

He chuckled, "It's alright, Kirk. Not a lot of space in this room." The captain wasn't happy with Jamie or Bones. Fighting on a mission was unprofessional, even though he understood where they were both coming from. Pike hated that she ran into danger all the time but he knew that it was part of who she is, he was the only person that didn't pick sides. She doesn't know what he said to Bones but he simply told her not to do something she'll regret later.

"Alright, boys and girl, time to do this," Scotty said from the transporter console, Bones and Pike were standing behind him.

The mission was two-fold; one team –Trip, Glorak and Jack- were after Pax, the other team –Jamie, Sulu and Brax- were to set off a localized electromagnetic pulse device in the other ship's main computer, cloaking and weapons systems. Gaila and Spock had figured out a way to get close to the ship without being detected -pretending to be space debris- and disabled the shields without the other crew noticing; now they were close enough to teleport over.

"On your order, J.T." She had no idea why Trip was letting her call the shots but she went with it. Jamie nodded and glanced at the men standing with her on the teleport pad.

She took a deep breath, "Mister Scott, energize."

The other vessel was a Federation configuration, Trip was going to have someone look into how Redux got their hands on it. The group made their way through the corridor and split into their teams at the designated spot. There were three men in the computer core. Jamie didn't have to give the order, Sulu went left, Brax went right and Jamie took center. They knocked the men out and Jamie got to work setting the first E.M.P. It was a scary little device that disabled electronics within a certain radius. She finished her task quickly and the team headed for weapons, which is also where the cloaking system is located. Sulu disabled the guy monitoring the room and Jamie set the device.

"Alright guys, let's go. Delta to Echo, we're ready," she spoke into the comm.

The voice that responded was not one she expected, "Sorry, your friends can't come to the comm right now."

"Where are they Pax?" she asked.

He laughed, "Figure it out. If I were you, I'd hurry, your Tellarite friend doesn't look so good." Jamie looked at Sulu and Brax, she could set the E.M.P.'s off but there was no guarantee that they won't kill Jack and Trip if she did. She didn't get a chance to think about it because a lot of people started shooting at them, at least it was phasers this time.

"Move," she called to her guys Jamie and Brax shot their way out of the room, she wasn't letting Sulu loose with that collapsible katana, yet. They made their way to where the other team was; Glorak and Trip were laying on the floor. Jamie knew it was a trap, but she was too worried about them to think about it, "

Weapon on the floor, Kirk." Jamie looked at Pax; Jack was standing next to him with a smirk on his face.

"Don't tell me you didn't see that coming, you really shouldn't have trusted me," Jack told her. The thing was, she didn't trust him at all, but she would play along. She slid her phaser towards the two men, Sulu and Brax did the same with the katana and the phase rifle. She rolled Glorak onto his back; she wasn't surprised to find him dead. She moved over to Trip; he was hurt but still breathing.

"Nothing to say, Kirk?" She looked at Jack and shook her head.

"It doesn't matter what I say," she told him.

He nodded, "I bet you're wishing that you listened to your boyfriend right about now."

She shrugged, "I guess. Not that it would've mattered."

Jack chuckled, "True."

With Jack being a member of Redux, Jamie finally figured out where they got the Suliban tech; it was the one question that she couldn't answer. It also explained how they knew about her and Bones when they were undercover, this whole thing was a set-up. Jamie's saving grace what that she did her own research and so did Trip. She touched his face and felt a subtle kiss against her wrist; she knew he was faking. This was something he taught her a long time ago, "The best weapon you'll ever have is your opponent's ego. People think that just because they have you where they want you, that you're out of the game, you can use that against them. Play dead, play dumb, fake cry, fake injury, get pissed off, anything you need to keep them thinking that they have the upper hand. That's when you strike."

Jack went into a monologue about purifying humanity and taking their planet back, Jamie just raised an eyebrow.

"Can you just kill me now and get it over with?" she asked. They all looked at her. "I mean, seriously. I would rather die than listen to the two of you for another minute."

Pax shook his head, "You don't get off that easily, you're too useful. I'd be more than happy to kill your friends though." He got close enough for her to strike, and she did… hard, breaking his nose. Trip didn't disappoint, he pulled the knife from her boot and threw it at Jack; Trip hit him right in the chest. The traitor dropped to his knees with wide eyes before he hit the deck.

"Nice throw," Jamie told Trip as she helped him up.

"That's where you got that from?" Sulu asked with a smile.

"Yep. Pissed Hoshi off something fierce, we nicked a few of her plants. Grab Glorak, I'm not leaving him here," she ordered. Sulu and Braxim moved to their dead friend while Jamie picked Pax up off the deck and Trip comm'ed for Scotty to beam them back. Jamie smirked at Spock and Pike who stood in the transporter room, phasers at the ready. Pike looked them over.

"Take Glorak's body to medical. Spock, secure Mister Pax," the captain told them. The Vulcan grabbed him with a little more force than he would usually use. Pike comm'ed to the bridge, "Gaila, activate the E.M.P.'s. Uhura comm the Yorktown." Pike's former ship was sent to back them up. Pike, Jamie, and Trip made it to the bridge before he was done talking. The ship shimmered into view just as the Yorktown dropped out of warp. The ship was Federation, which meant that Jack wasn't working alone. The ship was caught in the Yorktown's tractor beam –not that they could go anywhere, anyway- and Pax was beamed over to their brig. Pike ordered them to head back to Starbase One and gave the con to Uhura.

"Did you always know he was a traitor?" Pike asked the both of them when they stepped into his quarters/office, Jamie and Trip both nodded.

Trip took a breath. "I fed Redux so much fake intel that it's not even funny. Jack thought I wouldn't notice. He also thought Jamie was just some dumb kid that I looked after and I let him. I don't think he realized how dangerous she is. Most people don't."

This mission wasn't the first time she's encountered Jack; he's popped up a few different places she's been over the last few years. Jamie was observant and Jack wasn't as subtle as he thought. She ran her own checks on him years ago, Jamie wasn't surprised that Trip knew. He told her that Jack was going to show his cards, when he did, they could take him out.

After filling Pike in on their thoughts, Jamie went to Medical. Gaila was helping Bones record everything about Glorak's body for the report. The doctor looked up as she entered the room, "You okay?"

She shrugged, "No damage. I need a shower but that's it."

He looked her over, "Not what I meant, darlin'." She knew that.

"They didn't have a reason to kill him, Bones." He put down the scanner he was holding and moved to hug her. After a few minutes, he reached over to Gaila.

"Come on, you get over here too," he said. The Orion joined their hug, and it true Gaila fashion, she laughed.

"When I said I wanted a threesome, this is not what I had in mind."