Chapter 4
"I hope you know what you are doing," Jasmine told Jim at the captain's chair.
"Jasmine, we already talked about this," Jim nonchalantly said.
"No! You talked about this while I followed you like a obedient bitch," Jasmine glared. "I had to leave my precious behind so I can take care of you."
"You didn't have to come you know," Jim looked at her.
"I had to. After Chris died…I didn't want the same thing happen to you and Spock."
Jim took pity on Jasmine.
"Jasmine-"
Everyone on the ship jerked forward.
"What the hell was that?" Jasmine asked.
Jim walked up to Sulu to ask what was wrong.
"Engineering manually gone out of warp, Sir," Sulu said.
Jim hit the conn, "Mr. Chekov, did you break my ship?"
"Sorry sir, but I don't know what happened," Chekov responded.
Chekov continued to talk about what happened.
"Mr. Sulu, time our destination."
"Twenty minutes, Sir," Sulu replied. "That's twenty minutes in enemy's space."
"Alright. We better hop to it," Jim turned to Jasmine, Uhura, and Spock. "Mr. Spock."
"Yes, Captain?"
"You're coming with me to Kronos," he looked at Uhura. "How's your Klingon?"
"It's rusty, Sir. But it's good," Uhura said.
"Commander Krik, what about you?"
"The same," Jasmine replied.
"Good, you two are coming with me," he walked to Jasmine and Spock. "This will not be a problem, working together?"
"Absolutely not," Jasmine replied, ignoring Spock's stare then walked off.
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Jasmine, Uhura, Jim, and Spock walked towards the shuttle. Jim talked to the two additional away team members, while the other three went to their stations.
"I have attempted a life on the planet," Spock told Jim. "That is most likely John Harrison."
"Mr. Sulu, I think we got out man. Tell him we mean business," Jim told Sulu over the conn.
The team entered Kronos atmosphere.
"We will arrive in three minutes, Captain," Spock informed. "It will be unlikely that he will come willingly. I calculated the odds that he will attempt to kill us at 91.6%."
"Fantastic," Jim replied.
"I bet you don't care about dying," Jasmine said, looking straight forward.
Uhura, Spock, and Jim looked at her.
"I'm sorry Commander, but I didn't hear what you-"
"I didn't say anything," Jasmine interrupted Spock. But Jasmine couldn't help it, she had to say it. "Actually I would be happy to speak if you are willing to listen to me."
"Guys-" Uhura tried to prevent the conversation from happening.
"Commander, I prefer to discuss this in private," Spock said.
"You prefer to not discuss this," Jasmine said.
"Are you really going to do this now?" Jim asked.
"Whenever I required your undefined attention- I'm sorry, Captain. Just give me two seconds- You didn't think about us. What it will do to me if you died, Spock. What it will do to me and Grayson. Don't you care about the both of us? You didn't feel anything. You didn't care. And I'm not the only one upset with you. The Captain and Lieutenant Uhura are too."
"Don't drag me into this," both Uhura and Jim said. "She's right," the both of them said again.
"You are suggesting that I do not care about dying is incorrect," Spock said to Jasmine. "You miss understand. It is true that I choose not to feel anything upon realizing that my own life was ending. As Admiral Pike was dying, I joined with his unconsciousness and experienced what he felt the moment of his passing. Anger, confusion, loneliness…fear. I had experienced those feelings before. Especially the day my planet was destroyed. Such a feeling more than I choose never to experience again. Jasmine, you mistaken my choice not to feel. As a reflection of my not caring. Well I assure you that the precisely the opposite. Jasmine, I love you and Gray so much."
It was silent in the shuttle for a few seconds until something hit them.
"What the hell was that?" Jim asked.
"We are pursuit by a D4 Klingon vessel," Spock answered.
"I thought the sector was abandoned," Jim said.
"It must be a random patrol," Uhura said.
"Hold on," Jim said, steering the shuttle.
"This ship does not have capability," Spock informed Jim.
"Give me all six fuel cells," Jim ordered.
"Aye, Captain."
Jim kept on steering the shuttle so it won't get hit.
"They're closing fast baring 285," Uhura said.
Jim saw a small gap ahead. "Right there! We can lose them there."
"Are you crazy?!" Jasmine asked. "We can't go in there."
"Are you suggesting utilize the passage between the approaching structure? This ship will not fit," Spock said.
"We'll fit," Jim said.
"Captain, we will not fit."
"We'll fit! We'll fit!"
The ship went in the gap sideways. With a few bumps, they made it out.
"I told you we will fit," Jim told Spock.
"I'm not sure that compromise."
Jim stopped the ship. "Any signs of them?"
"No, which worries me," Jasmine said.
"We lost them," Jim said.
"Or they're jamming our scanners," Uhura said.
"Or we lost them."
Jim continued to fly the ship until three Klingon ships stopped them.
"They are ordering us to land," Jasmine said.
"Captain, they are wondering why we are here," Uhura told Jim. "They will torture us or question us and they are going to kill us."
"So we come out shooting," Jim said.
Jasmine got out of her seat and went to Jim. "We are outnumbered. Out gun. There's no way we will survive if we attack first. You brought Lieutenant Uhura and I here to speak Klingon. Let us speak Klingon."
Both Jim and Spock didn't want to let them go to the Klingons, but they didn't have another choice. The ship landed on the ground and Jasmine and Uhura walked out.
[I don't know what the conversation in Klingon was so I have to skip it. I'm sorry]
Jasmine and Uhura was speaking to the Klingon while Jim was ready to shoot. He almost shoots when the Klingon grabbed Jasmine's and Uhura's neck, but someone beat him to it. While the Klingon was distracted, Uhura stabbed him in the leg and fell to the ground.
Jasmine was running, dodging, and hiding from the Klingons. She saw Jim on the ground and ran with Uhura and Spock to get him. They were watching John Harrison taking on the Klingons.
After the little battle, John walked towards them.
"Stand down," Spock ordered.
"How many torpedoes?" John asked.
"Stand down!"
John shoots his gun and hit Spock's gun. "The torpedoes. The weapons you threaten me with in your message. How many are there?"
"Seventy-two," Spock answered.
John let go of his gun, "I surrender."
Jim looked at him then stood up. "On behalf of Christopher Pike, my friend, I accept your surrender." Jim started punching John.
"Capatain!" Uhura yelled.
"Jim!" Jasmine yelled. "Stop!"
Jim stopped and got up.
"Captain?" John mumbled.
Jim walked away from him. "Cuff him," he told Spock then went back to the ship.
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I am finally back everyone! I'm sorry that I haven't been updating, but I will now. And I am sorry that this chapter isn't good.