So Like Spock

Chapter Fifty

During a lull Spock approached his sons and almost returned to his Star Fleet days with his request,

'Walk with me.'

His sons fell into the flow of his strides, one on each side. His thoughts came to them,

'My message to you is not to any way dissuade you from your present course, these thoughts are just a reminder of the responsibility the two of you have before you. Firstly, I would recommend that the two of you schedule at least a month to participate in what Terrans call, a Honeymoon. This is recommended because it will take at least that amount of time for your minds and bodies to not be consumed by thought of your new experiences. Second, once you have returned to New Vulcan you must immediately visit your grandmother to allow her to familiarize herself with your chosen ones, not only their personalities but also their minds. T'Pau will request that she be able to experience a mind meld with your wives. Please advise T'Pel and T'sai of the certainty of this request.

You two are now about to embark on what will truly be the most rewarding experience you both will ever have. In his mind Spock thought, 'May your life's journeys bring you purpose and satisfaction…and offspring.

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One of the similarities between the clans Wakafunzi and S'gin T'gai was the traditional period of isolation that was mandatory, a seventy-two hour isolation from each of the betrothed prior to what Nyota referred to as 'The Big Day'.

For Vulcans, this tradition was implemented with the eradication of Pon Farr as a way for Vulcan males to gain control of their bodies. This practice really became necessary with the increase of Vulcan/Terran bondings for if the Vulcan male did not control his inherent strength there would certainly be injury to the Terran female. Because of Spock dual heritage he had not employed this action when he bonded with 'D'.

No matter what whispered wishes from long ago had gone unfulfilled, today Spock and Nyota would finally be in reality 'family'. From this day onward the two would become related through marriage, not their own of course, but their children's.

Contrary to the norm, the bonding ceremony would be witnessed by hundreds, family, friends and former foes. At Sarek's insistence, the healers allowed the ceremony to be steamed to the Uhura compound. There was no return feed for the Vulcan ceremony was indeed a short one. The actual wedding ceremony would be performed by Benjamin as a registered justice of the peace. It was with immense pride that he introduced the newlyweds to the applause of those assembled.

Of course under the Vulcan 'old ways' the bonding would have been followed by the immediate removal to the caves for isolation. With the antidote for the dreaded Pon Farr already in existence for decades, the couples mingled with guest, ate food, danced and had what could be described as 'a jolly good time' before they were whisked away to the very isolated cabins quite a distance from one another. In actuality, S'nel and S'gan had spent very little time not in one another's presence, but that certainly was not what was on each of their minds at that juncture.

Sometime after the third day, two vehicles were left parked at the individual door of each couples temporary residence and the couples departed for what Terrans would call their' honeymoon'.

It should be noted that Spock's sons' reaction to the near perfect bodies of their bondmates was typically Vulcan possessiveness and their bondmates reaction to their intimate touch and soothing words inspired the young males to be most inventive in matters of intimacies.

For a certainty, for all involved the joining of Vulcan and Terrans was a most satisfying of unions and we only wish them the best.

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Epilogue

In the intervening years both clans were blessed by great expansion. Soltan bonded with a fellow crew member as did Omar and after their three year mission they were given Terran-side post at The Academy under Nyota's command. Both of them had three children each, two males and one female. They had married two sisters of the Wakafunzi clan whose parents were Terran/ Betazeds.

Spock worked closely with Sonan and after two years of married life he and 'D' had twin sons and four years later, twin daughters. Apparently his hybrid status impacted his ability to produce multiple births. At one point he determined that those type of statistics were worthy of study and pursued such for many years, coming to the same conclusion that his initial conclusion had drawn.

Finally Sarek married a Terran female despite the objections of The Counsel and Committee members and Spock welcomed a sister into the ever expanding family.

There was indeed the trials and tribulations inherent to ones continued existence and with Sarek's advancing years came the onset of the Vulcan equivalent to Alzheimers, Bendi Syndome. There had been much advancement in its treatment and so the progression was extremely slow and as the healer told Spock and Sarek,

'Advanced years will no doubt cause a cessation of life, not Bendi Syndom. Its impact on your normal functioning will be minimum. So it was that Sarek continued in his advisory post, to his grandsons, the Ambassadors, accompanied by his Terran bondmate, Bettie who was a linguist. These three bondmates spent endless hours with one another and became fast friends.

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For all male Vulcans who enjoyed life joined with a Terran there was the horrid realization that there was no 'happily ever after'. As the senior Terran female, Nyota was one hundred and sixty-four years old when her body started to fail her. Sonan was quite advanced in age, even for a Vulcan, but he never did show his true age and his appearance changed very little as time passed. Although Nyota's body began to fail, her beauty never did.

At their golden wedding anniversary 'party', Nyota was in a wheel chair being pushed by her oldest grandson while all in attendance sang, 'Happy Anniversary to Nyota and Sonan…' From her chair It was while Spock Nyota gestured for Spock to come to her as Sonan stood by her side and nodded his allowance. Nyota then took Spock's hand through the familiar bond sent him the question,

'Twenty five years you were absence. Why not one message to inquire about my well-being, or report on your own?'

Spock sent back,

'I felt unworthy of you, of seeing your face or even hearing your voice. If I had received something from you where I could detect your scent it would have driven me to a state of madness. In essence, my absence from you allowed me to continue to exist.'

So that decades old question had been answered to all of their satisfaction. Sonan brought Nyota's hand to his lips and kissed her palms; grateful that it had been he that had been able to rescue and heal her all those many years ago. Thus allowing him to experience a most fulfilling life with her.

Nyota nodded and smiled holding Sonan's hand even tighter.

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So, all was well with these two worlds…with Vulcan and Terran. It had to be accepted, life would go on, families would grow and wane like waves of an ever moving ocean, for it was within families that greatness could be produced.