It's really long bc it is almost over + I couldn't make it shorter bc awkward to be continued etc

I do not own Star Trek

"Captain, I have three breaches from impact." Chekov announced. "Deck 3, the cargo bay, and the engine room."

Jamie realized that the Francis was indeed an old ship, and it couldn't quite take a beating like the Enterprise could. "All right. Sulu, Chekov, check the cargo bay and Deck 3." She said, standing. The other lieutenants also stood and went to their places. "We need confirmation that the weapon has been neutralized and Krall is dead!"

Jamie went out to check the engine room with Uhura. What they found was not pleasant. It was a body that was nearly disintegrated, with only the husk of what remained. "It's Krall." Uhura stated. Krall was in fact, still alive. "We've seen him do this. It's some kind of energy transference. It physically changes him.

"He must still be onboard. We would have seen him leave." Jamie added, taking out her com device. "Sulu, contact Yorktown security and lock down the ship. Let's go."

Jamie and Uhura cautiously moved about the ship. Jamie had her phaser up in case Krall decides to show his face.

"Captain!"

Uhura's voice gained Jamie's attention. When she turned back around, she found Uhura's eyes were glued to an old, flickering screen. She was rewinding the tape over and over again, fixated. Jamie wasn't sure what she was looking for.

Finally, Uhura paused the tape and zoomed in on a single man. "It's him."

Jamie couldn't believe it. The alien that had nearly strangled her was actually a starfleet officer? It seemed impossible. "Scotty, I need you to link into the Franklin database. Find out what you can about Balthazar Edison."

"The Captain of the Franklin?"

"Yes."

"Ma'am, he'll be long dead."

"No, he's not." Jamie protested. "I don't know how, but Edison is Krall."

Soon, Jamie and Uhura met with Scotty and Jay-lah. "What'd you find?" Jamie asked.

Scotty explained that Edison's history began long before the Federation became a thing. Back when the Earth had a military, he was a major acting in a lot of off-war combat. His military service ended once the Federation was born. To honor him, the Federation made Edison Captain of the Franklin.

Edison's logs showed how he slowly lost his madness, and how he found a device that helps prolong life.

I will do whatever it takes for me and my crew.

Jamie would also do the same. She'd do whatever it takes to save her crew.

"Why has he not used this weapon yet?" Jay-lah asked.

"Because he wants to find somewhere to inflict maximum damage." Jamie explained.

"He needs a distribution system." Uhura added, switching a knowing look with Jamie.

"They have to circulate air here, right?"

"Aye ma'am. There's an atmospheric regulator at the core."

Jamie knew exactly where Krall was headed. She turned to Uhura. "Lieutenant, contact Yorktown. Make sure they shut it down until we find Krall."

"Yes." Uhura said before leaving to her post.

"How would we access the core?" Jamie asked.

"Well, there's a maintenance tower at the station's gravitational nexus. That's the only way-"

"Scotty, you get over there and make sure they shut it down!" Jamie commanded.

Jamie dashed out of the Francis to make sure the circulation had been shut down. However, when she looked up she saw that it was still running. "Mr. Scott, why is that thing still on?"

Scotty replied that they were going through the many protocols to shut down the system. Jamie began her way up to the tower herself, figuring that she was going to manually override it herself. "Be careful, Jamie. Gravity's gonna get a bit screwy once you get closer to the center. Also, if you die again, your boyfriend's gonna kill me."

Jamie rolled her eyes.

Jamie made it to the tower just as Krall was about to climb in. She pulled out her phaser and shot at his hands, he immediately fell. "Stop!" He cried, holding up the weapon.

"What happened to you out there, Edison?" Jamie asked.

"Edison." He scoffed. "I have to say, Kirk, I've missed being me. We lost ourselves but gained a purpose! A means to bring the galaxy back to the struggle that made humanity strong."

Without lowering her phaser, Jamie replied, "I think you underestimate humanity."

"I fought for humanity!" Krall cried. "Lost millions to the Xindi and Romulan Wars. And for what? For the Federation to sit me in a Captain's chair and break bread with the enemy."

Jamie did not want to provoke this man, so she kept her tone even. Nevertheless, she meant every word she said."We change. We have to."

Krall laughed, but Jamie pressed on. "Or we spend the rest of our lives fighting the same battles."

Humanity had to learn, or else they wouldn't progress into the society they are today. Much to Jamie's dismay, it seems that Krall never did learn. All he knows is to fight and take things for granted.

Krall smacked her phaser out of her hand with the weapon he was carrying, and climbed. Jamie took a moment to recollect herself and follow after him. Once they started floating, Jamie realized this was where gravity would get all screwy, as Scotty put it.

Krall slammed Jamie against the wall, using the zero gravity to his advantage and pinning her to it. He punched her in the face repeatedly, but Jamie tried to fight back. The gravity wasn't enough to keep him on her, so she was able to roll out from underneath him. She then tackled him, slamming him against the glass wall hard enough that the wall itself shattered and they were now flying through the air.

Jamie kicked Krall away,but they both landed on top of a nearby building. "You lost!" She hollered. "There's no way you can make it back up there."

Jamie was surprised the conflict was solved so quickly and with little violence. "Give up." She pleaded, noticing that Krall was searching around wildly, a way to escape and get back up the tower.

"What, like you did?" He snapped.

Jamie glared at Krall. That statement offended her. She never gave up on anything, and she never believes in no-win scenarios. Saying that she has given up is like spitting at her father's image and legacy.

"I read your ship's logs." Krall continued. "Captain Jamie T. Kirk. At least I know what I am. I am a soldier."

Jamie sighed. "You won the war, Edison. You gave us peace."

"Peace is not what I was born into."

Jamie watched as Krall jumped behind her, and she half-thought that he was just committing suicide. However, she saw that he was back in the air and floating along with the shards of glass. Confused, Jamie commed Scotty about it.

"Captain, he's using the gravitational apprehension to carry him back to the center."

"Hell no."

Jamie shoved the com device back into her pocket and jumped after Krall. Eventually, she reached the tower and began climbing. She scoffed at the memory that the climb brought her. At least the area wasn't radiated and killing her slowly this time.

Jamie reached the center just as the weapon was becoming activated. "No!"

Before Krall could close the hatch, she ran up to him and pushed him back. Krall kept her an arm's length away, holding her by her neck as she struggled for breath.

"Captain, we have to stop the processor now or everything breathing in Yorktown is going to be dead!"

Jamie escaped his grip and slammed him against the wall, punching him in the ribs, knocking him to the ground breathless. "You can't stop it. You will die."

"Better to die saving lives than to live with taking them. That's what I was born into."

If Jamie died, then it was just one life compared to the thousands in Yorktown about to face impending doom. It was a risk she was willing to take, again.

"Scotty!" Jamie demanded as she climbed into the hatch.

"Captain, I think we can redirect it. There's a sealed construction hatch that will let you vent the weapon into space. Now, we can override the locks from up here, but you will have to activate the hatch."

"Simple enough. I just hit a button."

"It's not a button, ma'am. It's a silver lever under a white panel."

Jamie floated around the center before finding just what he was describing. She latched onto it. "Got it!"

"There's four of them. Once you've primed the hatch, you exit the chamber immediately. If the hatch is open when the processor cycles and you're in it, you're going to get sucked into space. Spock will have my head if that happens."

Jamie rolled her eyes. "What happens if the hatch isn't open?"

"You're gonna get sucked into a big fan. With the weapon, and we all die. Especially me, because I'm-"

"You're gonna get murdered twice by my boyfriend. Got it." Jamie said. She was about to pull the fourth latch and make a run for it, but it wouldn't budge. Alarms began to blare in her ears.

"Jamie T, get out of there!"

"The last hatch won't open!" Jamie protested as she pulled with all the strength she could muster. "Scotty!"

"Work fast, Captain, time's running out!"

Jamie was hell-bent on pulling the latch that she never noticed Krall inch up behind her. However, she was able to kick him away, using the zero gravity to her advantage. She wasn't sure what was going on behind her, but she knew that soon Krall was out of the chamber and out of the way.

Eventually, the latch popped open and as she was sucked out of the chamber, she punched the lever. Before she could fall she found something she could hold on to as the hatch opened and sucked the weapon out of the chamber.

Jamie held on for as long as she could, but soon enough her fingers slipped before the hatch to space closed up. As she fell, she screamed. She realized that she was probably going to die in space.

Jamie fell for a long time before a ship came out of nowhere and caught her. She rolled off, but a strong arm managed to catch her and pull her in. She knew just by touch alone that it was Spock. Breathless from screaming, Jamie embraced him. He squeezed her back.

"What will I ever do without you, Spock?"

Spock didn't reply.