Chapter Five: Capture

Sadie was nervous; this was the first time in months that she would actually be face to face with Khan. She could only hope that her family came out of this alright.

"I am detecting a single life sign in the Ketha Province," Spock said after a few minutes as they entered the planet's atmosphere, "Given the information provided by Mr. Scott, this is most likely John Harrison."

Jim nodded, coming back to the ship, "Mr. Sulu, I think we found our man. You let him know you mean business."

"Aye, Captain," Sulu replied before sending the message to Khan, "Attention, John Harrison. This is Captain Hikaru Sulu of the U.S.S. Enterprise. A shuttle of highly trained officers is on its way to your location. If you do not surrender to them immediately, I will unleash the entire payload of advanced long-range torpedoes currently locked onto your location. You have 2 minutes to confirm your compliance. Refusal to do so will result in your obliteration. If you test me, you will fail."

Sadie was impressed, Sulu would be an amazing Captain, he certainly had the balls for it.

Leo shook his head, "Mr. Sulu, remind me never to piss you off."

"We will arrive at Harrison's location in 3 minutes, Captain. It is unlikely that he will come willingly. I calculate the odds of him attempting to kill us at 91.6%," Spock said.

"Fantastic," Jim muttered.

Sadie shook her head, "Once he sees me and hears what I have to say he'll come a lot easier."

Then Nyota muttered under her breath, "Good thing you don't care about dying."

Spock frowned, "I am sorry, Lieutenant. I could not hear what you said."

Nyota shook her head, "I didn't say anything." Then stopped and said, "Actually, I'd be happy to speak if you're willing to listen to me."

"Guys..." Jim tried but was just spoken over.

"Lieutenant, I would prefer to discuss this in private."

"You'd prefer not to discuss this at all."

"Our current circumstances..."

Jim tried again, "Are you really gonna do this right now?"

"What never seems to require your undivided focus..."

Nyota glanced back at Jim, "I'm sorry, Captain, just 2 seconds."

"Okay." He sighed.

"is us."

Sadie couldn't help but smile as Nyota and Spock were having it out right here and now, it wasn't the best timing but it really put to ease the situation.

"At that volcano, you didn't give a thought to us. What it would do to me if you died, Spock. You didn't feel anything. You didn't care. And I'm not the only one who's upset with you. The Captain is, too," Nyota ranted.

"No, no, no. Don't drag me into this." Jim said shaking his head.

Sadie nodded, "She is right though Spock."

"Your suggestion that I do not care about dying is incorrect. A sentient being's optimal chance at maximizing their utility

is a long and prosperous life."

"Great," Jim said, "Not exactly a love song, Spock."

"You misunderstand," Spock kept going on, "It is true I chose not to feel anything upon realizing that my own life was ending. As Admiral Pike was dying, I joined with his consciousness and experienced what he felt at the moment of his passing. Anger. Confusion. Loneliness. Fear. I had experienced those feelings before, multiplied exponentially

on the day my planet was destroyed. Such a feeling is something I choose never to experience again. Nyota, you mistake my choice not to feel as a reflection of my not caring. Well, I assure you, the truth is precisely the opposite."

Sadie froze when alarms started blaring as they were hit with phasers, "We are being pursued by a D-4 class Klingon vessel."

"I thought this sector was abandoned!" Jim exclaimed.

"It must be a random patrol," Nyota said.

"Hold on!" Jim yelled out beginning to fly away from the patrol, the shuttle had no offensive measures so they would have to go on defensive.

"This ship has no offensive capabilities," Spock spoke saying what Sadie had just thought.

"It's got us. Give me all 6 fuel cells," Jim ordered.

"Aye, Captain," Sadie replied. "Damn it! They're closing fast, bearing 285!"

"All right, there! There!" Jim yelled out looking ahead at a narrow canyon. "We can lose them there."

"If you are suggesting that we utilize the passage between the approaching structures, this ship will not fit," Spock said.

"We'll fit."

"Captain, we will not fit."

"We'll fit, we'll fit!" Sadie and Jim both yelled out, Sadie's yell more of a prayer.

Sure enough they bounced through the walls of the structure, Sadie holding on with everything she had.

When they made it out the other side Jim grinned, "I told you we'd fit."

"I am not sure that qualifies." Spock said.

"Any sign of them?" Jim asked.

"No. Which worries me." Sadie replied.

"We lost them!" Jim grinned.

"Or they're jamming our scanners," Nyota said.

"Or we lost them," Jim said again as a prayer.

Suddenly they were surrounded again and over speakers the Klingon's were speaking. Nyota turned in her chair, "They're ordering us to land. Captain, they're gonna want to know why we're here. And they're gonna torture us. Question us. And they're gonna kill us."

"So we come out shooting," Jim said.

"We're outnumbered, outgunned," Sadie pointed out.

"There's no way we survive if we attack first," Nyota nodded she got out of her chair going over to Jim, "You brought me here because I speak Klingon. Then let me speak Klingon."

Jim nodded landing the shuttle, Nyota stepped out and Sadie watched her phaser in hand, "This isn't going to work."

"It is our only logical option," Spock replied, "And if you interrupt her now, you will not only incur the wrath of the Klingons but that of Lieutenant Uhura as well."

Jim finally couldn't take it, he went and got three phasers, giving one to Spock and the other security officer and keeping the third to himself.

Sadie didn't have a good feeling as she moved near the door with Mr. Henderson; she nodded at him and peeked out to watch Nyota and the Klingon's. She wished that she had gotten into Xenolinguistics, and then maybe she could be out there with her friend.

After a minute what appeared to be the leader grabbed Nyota by the neck lifting her from the ground. Sadie shot up, she was watching closely, she was ready to run out and start fighting. Khan should be in the nearby area so more than likely he was watching as well.

Sure enough as the Klingon started to pull a blade out of his boot someone began shooting, he was there, Sadie ran out of the ship ignoring the cry of her name from Spock and her brother. She quickly began aiming and firing at the Klingons, honestly she wasn't sure if her phaser was set to stun or kill and at the moment she didn't care.

She watched as Nyota broke away from the shocked leader and grabbed his knife stabbing him in the thigh, Sadie ran up to her grabbing her handing her a phaser and began pulling her back to safety as she still shot at the Klingons.

Everyone split up to fight the Klingons and Sadie started going back towards Khan, she knew she'd be safer around him. A few minutes later she was surrounded by Klingons and in hand to hand combat with one of them when they were shot done by Khan; Sadie noticed Jim, Nyota and Spock were all standing in one spot watching.

She watched Khan as he removed his face mask and threw away his bigger gun jumping down from his perch. She hurried over to the group watching as Khan began stabbing the last of the Klingon's before coming over to them.

"Stand down." Spock ordered as Khan came closer to them.

"How many torpedoes?" He asked shooting the gun out of Spock's hands. "The torpedoes, the weapons you threatened me with in your message. How many are there?" Khan asked again.

That's when Sadie truly knew it was his crew, "72. They are all there I promise you. Every single one of them."

He threw down his gun holding his hands to his side, "I surrender."

Spock picked the gun up aiming it at Khan.

"On behalf of Christopher Pike, my friend, I accept your surrender." Jim said standing up and going over to Khan beginning to hit the man, Khan stood there and took the beating Jim gave him.

"Captain!" Nyota yelled out trying to get Jim to stop.

Sadie knew he wouldn't stop, she ran up to her brother as he was exhausting himself, she pulled Jim away, "Stop. Please just stop."

Khan looked at Jim and mockingly called him, "Captain."

He looked at her nodding and panting before turning away, "Cuff him."

Sadie pulled out her cuffs doing as her brother ordered. Everyone was further back than her so Khan leaned in brushing his lips against her ear, "I have missed you Sadie, and do they know the truth?"

Sadie pulled back flushed, "John don't not now."

Khan grinned, "Very well Miss Kirk."

A/N:

There we go guys! Chapter five, I'm really kicking it, now tomorrow and Sunday as it's my mom's birthday Sunday and I'm going to see my family all weekend. But I'm going to try and get out another chapter tonight, and let me tell you things are going to get sticky in the next chapter!

Savannah