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Chapter 11 – "a force to be reckon with"
U.S.S. Enterprise
Only moments later they arrived at the Enterprise again. Jim let out the breath; he didn't know he was holding. Even with the reassurance from the future, he still was a little nervous about the whole trans-warp-beaming thing. But arriving here, save and sound, changed his opinion, it apparently worked, so he can't question it.
He looks to his left for Scotty, but there was nobody there, so he turned to the other side, but there was also no-one standing. A little panicked, Jim yells into the engineer hall, because that has to be the part of the vessel they arrived in. "Mr. Scott?" No answer, so he tried again, still fighting his panic back down. "Mr. Scott can you hear me?"
What he hears next are two knocks from inside the tube of the energy system of the ship beside him. Oh shit, that can't be good. A little worried Jim turns around and tries to think about a solution, but comes up with nothing at the moment. Scotty will not have much air left so he yelled. "Ah ah hold on a second." That is the moment Scotty was transported with the stream of the water through the tubes. "Oh god." was Jims reaction.
Not good. Jim followed the tube with his eyes to find out where the stream is headed. What he sees lets his heart fall, the tube ended in a ventilator, which is currently active. Should Scotty reach that, it would mean his death. "No, no." Jim says, he can't let that happen. But he also sees a service hatch in front of the ventilator that could be the way out for Scotty.
With determination Jim runs to the terminal and types as fast as he can to activate the hatch. No matter the cost of being spotted, Scotty's life is more important than going unnoticed. It took him only moments to open the hatch at the right time and to his utter surprise Scotty falls out relatively untouched with some water.
Jim runs to him and asks. "You're alright?" Instead of answering Scotty coughs up the water he swallowed in the tube. That alone was answer enough. After a moment of coughing, Jim asks again. "Are you alright?"
A little disheveled and a little worse to wear Scotty declares. "My head is busted and I am soaked, but otherwise I am fine."
Always have a joke at hand, Jim likes that, but he also knows that his activation of the tube would have notified security about their arrival, so they have to get moving. "Can you walk?" Jim asks him. Instead of answering, Scotty only nods. "Good, let's go." Jim declares.
With that they were on their way to the bridge, but of course security was already looking for them. One of the security officers approached them and says. "Hold."
Jim didn't listen and used another way to escape the security officers. He needs to get on the bridge and normal procedure on a Federation vessel is to take stowaways directly to the brig without anything else. That is not what Jim wants, so he tries to evade the security officers, by always taking new routes with Scotty hot on his heels.
But every good run has to end somewhere and they were encircled. To Jims utter displeasure the person to catch them or better him, was his old friend cupcake. Oh, how he hated him, especially after he declared in a sarcastic voice. "Come with me cupcake." Does he have to steal my words, Jim thinks to himself.
Jim accepts to get captured this way, but he still made his displeasure about Cupcake being the one to do it, known with a loud groan. With that they were leaded away and Jim hopes that he will find another way to the bridge. He can't give up; he was on a mission after all.
U.S.S. Impala
After leaving Bobby to his own devices Dean didn't go back to the bridge. No, he visited his own quarters on the ship. He needed a moment to recapture everything and get a clear head. For that he needed some time alone. Dean needs all his wits for the next engagement with the enemy. But everything he can think off as he paced through his room is Izzy and what is going on with her.
That isn't good. It makes him mad at himself. Not that he doesn't like to think about her, but he has enough problems on his own at the moment before he even can start to concentrate on her problems. But his gut is telling him, that something big is happening here, besides the whole Nero fiasco. He only doesn't know what and that makes him angry?
With Nero at least he knows, what is going to happen or at least partly. But he has a way to fight his way through it. But the whole Izzy situation is an unknown to him. Not that he doesn't believe she can't handle herself, oh no, he knows that she is a force of nature. But he and Jim still like to protect their girl. That is what love is about after all.
He only needs an idea, about what is going on and to be sure that she doesn't need their help. He has an idea, how he could achieve that. But he isn't sure if he should do it. After a moment of thinking, he says to the empty room. "Screw it." walks out it in a haste and runs to the bridge.
Only moments later he enters. His crew was working on preparing for their arrival near Nero's ship. So the atmosphere was tense, but he still has time to use for other things on his mind and he intends to use them or better let them be used by someone else. With purpose, but slightly worried he walks to Ash. Not about his officer, but about the reaction of his lover, he knows she will be furious with him, should she find out, what he is doing. Hopefully she will stay clueless.
Dean takes the position behind Ash and leans over his shoulder. Form the corner of his eyes he can see that his brother his watching him curiously while he concentrates on the course he set for the autopilot, but Dean ignores him and asks Ash in quite voice. "Do you have a moment to spare?"
"Yeah." he says not in the least bothered by the close proximity with his captain. "Why?" he adds after a moment.
With a deep breath Dean says. "In a hypothetical way, could you access the logs of another vessel of the fleet from here, without being spotted?"
Shock and curiosity was displayed all over Ash's face. But he needed a moment to think about it. Ash knew it would be possible and even if it is a challenge, he would try, but he also was interested; why his Captain was interested in such a thing. "Yes." he says in a questionable tone that had the why implied.
Good, Dean thought, but ignored the unasked question and orders instead in a quiet voice. "I want you to access the U.S.S. Division and get me the logs from lasts week activities." that should cover enough time so that Dean can find an answer to his questions.
"Ok." was Ash answer. Ash may not know, why his Captain wanted that, but who was he to question him on it. Besides as a hacker Ash always loves a challenge, which this definitely would be. With a smile on his face he starts. He likes Dean; he was a nice, cool guy to work for and doesn't have a stick up his ass like other officers in the fleet.
Dean claps him on the shoulder and says. "Thanks. Get me as soon as you find something." With that Dean walks to his seat and sits down. Now he only can wait. He hopes that Ash will find something before they arrive, because to Dean is clear that he will stop his hacking attempt as soon as they enter the next engagement. At least he ranks him this way.
U.S.S. Division
At the same time as Jim was captured by the security officers on the Enterprise and Dean stormed out of his room on the Impala, Izzy lands with Shuttle Alpha on the Division again. Without words all the passengers leave the shuttle and head to their meeting room. Izzy took the lead through her ship and after some minutes they were back in the room, where the whole thing started for her.
As she enters she sees that the others were already in attendance. Good, Izzy thought as she took her place at the head of the table. She stands there watching as the others enter behind her and take a seat. After they all sit she looks insistently at Birkhoff to ask him without words if the security measures are in place and he declares. "We are all set, so let's roll."
That tells what she wants to hear, so they can start the meeting. "Good, before we start. Let me introduce our guest. This" she points at G, who took the seat beside her. "is SCC agent G. Callen."
The room was full of spies and that is why all reacted in awe at the name. In the ranks of spies G was one of the best and his fame was legendary. But not many could pinpoint a face to the name. G reacted to that with a simply nod in greeting, he hates to be the center of attention and as a spy you shouldm't be, because of that Izzy took that as her cue to go an.
She next points at Sam and says. "Beside him is his partner SCC agent Sam Hanna." The reaction to him are not as quite as spectacular as to G. But Sam was used to it as well as Izzy. So she turns to G and asks. "And I am sure you know who we are!"
He smiles and says. "That would be correct."
"Good." with that she turns to her first officer. "Did something happen, while we were away."
Michael sighs, he had hoped to tell her after this little meeting, but she asks so he better does it now. "Captain Winchester contacted us about the Vulcan situation."
Izzy had to smile that Dean was Captain now as well, she was proud. But she doesn't have time for that at the moment. So she concentrated on the last part of the message the situation of Vulcan and the face Michael makes doesn't make her hope for good news. "What happened?"
"According to him Vulcan is destroyed" that shocked all the arrivals in the room and they gasp. "By a Romulan fighter called Nero. They don't know how many survived, but they estimated that there aren't many."
For the first time in a long while Izzy was speechless. The destruction of a whole planet is devastating and not to know how many survived didn't make it better. But she has the feeling that there is more. "What else?" she asks her first officer in a quiet voice, because she is not sure she wants to hear the answer to it.
"I ordered us and the Star Fleet on red alert, because according to Captain Winchester Nero is on his way to earth."
Her gut was right again. "Damn." was Izzy reaction, because Murphy 's Law really sucks.
Before anyone else can say anything to that, Birkhoff yells. "What the hell?" and wildly types on his tablet for some moments.
That can't be good. "Birkhoff?" she asks.
He looks up at her and says in a grim tone. "The Impala tried to hack us to enter our logs, but shadownet stopped it. But I am working on who it was to kick him out of our system." with that he goes back to typing on his tablet.
That so screams 'Dean' to Izzy, because he must have been concerned about her. Sometimes her two boyfriends drive her crazy with their protectiveness, can't they wait sometime. She would have informed them in her own time. But apparently Dean needs another lesson. This time he has to learn, she can take care of herself and that he should keep his nose out of someone else's business. She orders Birkhoff. "Take over the Impala for a moment and set up a communication link to the vessel." With the help of shadownet it was easy and they couldn't be traced. For other vessels to take over the system of a sister ship wasn't a possibility without Birkhoffs baby.
"Eye ma'am. Just one moment." he says.
"Thanks." with that she turns to the screen and waits. She doesn't have to wait long, after some moments the beautiful face of her boyfriend and his crew is displayed on her screen.
His reaction was priceless and makes her smile. "What the hell?" he yells as he takes a look at his girlfriend. Ignoring for now, how she could activate the screen from his side without giving away that they were hailed, that shouldn't be possible.
Izzy didn't give him time to think about it, as she says in a stern voice. "Captain Winchester." she emphasizes his rank, so that he knows that she is pissed at him and that if he doesn't want to be in the doghouse and instead have fun ordering her around in the bedroom, he has to listen. "It appears that you are looking for something."
Dean gulps, because he knows that he is screwed. How does she do it? She always gets them and finds out if they have done something they shouldn't. But he wasn't a Star Fleet officer for nothing and he was Captain now. He wasn't scared of his girlfriend, not one little bit. If he only would believe, what he thinks? But he still plays it down as he answered. "I don't know what you are talking about."
"Really?" she asks in a sweet voice, she normally only uses with people, who lie to her. But instead of talking about it further, Izzy turns to Birkhoff and asks him with his eyes if he has anything for her. In answer he slides his tablet with a message to her. After she read it, she laughs, turns back to Dean and says. "According to my system Dr. Bad-Ass aka Ash Flaming tried to hack our system. Unsurprising he is Commander on your vessel" with that her eyes turn hard and accusingly at Dean, before she adds. "So that you know shadownet is off limits to you your crew."
That told Dean nothing. He doesn't know what she is talking about or at least in matters of the shadownet. Ash on the other hand has a slight idea, but he thought that this program was only a rumor, but he kept his knowledge to himself for now. The rest was true, so Dean declared. "And if I were." Why denying it further she already caught him. But this way he can get some brownie points by admitting to what he did, at least a little bit.
She crosses her arms in front of her chest and says. "I would have told you Dean, what is happening here." That surprised her crew as well the SCC agents. But as the seasoned spies they are, they didn't let it show on their faces. They are not sure if that is a good idea. But Izzy knows that she will need their help in the future and both Dean as well as Jim can be very resourceful if they want to be. Also it would make it easier for her to protect them in any way. "You don't have to go snooping around … behind my back." with every word her voice gets louder.
There she is their fire cracker, the woman they love, who happens to be a force of nature and Dean hates that it is directed at him at the moment. He only sees one way out of it, apologizing and changing the focus after. "I am sorry, but after Jim was deported of the Enterprise for mutiny I was concerned. Am I not allowed to do that?" he lets the part of them being an item out of the statement. Not everyone needs to know that his girlfriend is lecturing him, even if they could guess it.
Now Izzy was drawn for a loop. "What?" she can't believe it, why should her father do that. Her reaction tells Dean that her first officer didn't tell her that. Shit, he thought. That means he has to tell her about her father, what a nice development. "On what grounds would Captain Pike do that?" she wants to know from him.
It doesn't happen often, but sometimes Dean was at a loss for words, just like he was in this moment. "Ah." he nervously tries and scratches his head. It doesn't help that she was piercing him with her glance to get on with it. So with a deep breath he declares. "Captain Pike isn't the Captain at the moment; he was taken hostage by Nero."
Before he can go on with his explanation, Izzy interrupts him. She was worried about her father, but she also understands the implication of him not being the Captain at the moment. "That makes Spock the acting Captain." she concludes.
"Yeah and he deported Jim off the Enterprise for mutiny, because Spock didn't want to save Pike." Dean declared in a matter-of-fact way, because he knows no matter, how he delivers this news it will make some waves.
He didn't know how much that statement rang true as she yelled. "He did what?" Izzy wasn't the only one outraged by that. G was Christopher Pike's best friend and as such was on the verge of exploding. You don't leave someone behind. Only the support of Sam, his partner, who puts his hand on his shoulder kept him calm. It grounded him.
Slowly the Vulcan is getting on Izzy's nerves. That guy should know that he has to rescue her father, especially because she knows that he would have ordered him to do just that. "Oh that bastard." she mutters angry mostly to herself. Spock should have known, that he shouldn't mess with her, considering after she took him apart in front of the whole hearing only some hours ago. But apparently the lesson didn't take, so she has to try again. She turns to Birkhoff and orders. "Activate a conference call and patch the Enterprise into this communication."
As her officer he answers with. "Eye Ma'am." A big smile starts on Dean's face because he knows that Spock will get a dressing down of the extra class.
What they all saw and hear next made them for a moment speechless. To their surprise the Enterprise Crew didn't react in the slightest to the activation of their screen. All the crew members on the bridge were focused on the staring contest between Spock and Jim. The question of how Jim did get back on the ship was on Deans and Izzys mind, but not for long.
Jim was on a roll, he knows he almost has Spock, where he wants him. He only has to push him some more. So he said. "What is it with you Spook, hmm, your planet was just destroyed you mother murdered and you are not even upset." Izzy knew that she had to interfere, before Spock snaps. Vulcans can be strong and she really wants her lover in one piece.
In a loud and demanding voice, she declares before Spock can say anything to Jim. "Captain Spock according to Star Fleet regulation 619 I hereby depose you of your position of Captain of the Enterprise."
That shocked everyone who watched and not only the people on the Enterprise. With the anger Jim inflicted in him Spock looked at the screen and sees the young person, who already has attacked him once today. He will not been shown up by her, not again. "On what grounds?" he demanded to know.
Jim wants to tell him that he has to show her more respect, but a glance from Dean and Izzy silenced him. So he stepped away and watched the show. "Are you kidding me?" she asks him rhetorical. "Alone the fact that you lost your planet and apparently your mother as Commander Kirk pointed out, tell me that you are emotionally compromised."
"I am a Vulcan, I can't be emotionally compromised." he spits back.
"I beg to differ. As far as I know you are half-Vulcan and so that Vulcan traits don't apply to you." she tells him in hard voice. She wouldn't back down.
"Still you can't depose me of my position, especially you only do it for your boyfriend." he didn't outright say, who he means, but all who watched knew that he meant Jim. Again Jim wanted to step in, but he was a little worried, because of the hard expression on her face, so stopped himself for now. Better to wait and see instead of getting caught in the crossfire.
For a moment Izzy's face didn't give away, what she was thinking, which of course was what she indented. After a moment a smile starts on her face and she says with a calm, but threating voice. "Before you call me out on nepotism, don't forget that your current communication Lieutenant, was originally assigned to the Farragut." all eyes were on Uhura now. "But she is at the Enterprise now. Care to enlighten us all" she makes a gesture with her hands to show, who she is talking about. "why that is?"
With a gulp he asks her. "How do you know that?"
Her glance gets hard and she probably will give away too much or make people look for deeper information, but she knows that he will understand. He was one of the few people, who knew what happens on the Division. "I am the Captain of the U.S.S. Division and it is my job to know such things. So don't test me Spock, even with your Vulcan heritage you will learn that I am not an easy opponent." It may be sound arrogant, but she knows what she is capable of. That goes for other people, who know her and have seen her in action.
On the faces of Dean and Jim were proud smiles displayed. Oh, how they loved their girlfriend. But at the moment it was a very bad timing to get turned on. That is why they concentrate on the discussion again, because Izzy wasn't done with her statement. "And as Captain of a Star Fleet vessel I can depose you of your position easily."
Spock's anger is getting higher, he really hates her now. "You need another Captain to second your motion." Should he not give up his position on his own, which he clearly wouldn't do, not now. He wouldn't lose his face in front of her or the crew.
Without being promoted by her, Dean declared in a hard voice. "That is what I am here for; I second the motion of Captain O'Neill."
"Of course your other boyfriend would help as well." Now all, who didn't know the relationship between Izzy, Jim and Dean, were in the know. "I still can fight your decision in front of the commission." he adds after a moment feeling smug.
But Izzy wasn't faced by that in any way, she simply replies in a threatening tone. "Are you sure you want to risk that, because if you do that I have you court martialed."
"On what grounds?" Spock wouldn't give up; he wouldn't lose his face this way.
For dramatic effect she made a break and looks at her nails, before she answered with. "For ignoring your orders."
"What orders?"
Instead of answering him, she asked a common question addressed to the crew of the Enterprise. "Did Captain Pike order to get him back, should he be captured by Nero?" Now the ship's crew was surprised, how does she knew that he was captured and how did she know that he has given any orders.
Zulu knew that she was Pikes daughter and as a father as well, he understands why she is concerned, that is why he answers instead of Jim. "Yes, Ma'am he ordered me, Kirk and Olsen to come and get him, should anything happen to him."
Izzy looks at him and asks further. "Did you tell Captain Spock about this order?"
"No, but Commander Kirk did."
"Thank you, one final question." Zulu nodded at her to go on. She had to ask, she may know her father's actions, but she wasn't entire sure that he did it. "Did Captain Pike make Commander Kirk the first officer of Spock?"
Shock was written all over the crews face, because that can't be true. It would so not comply with Spock's actions. A crew always needed a first officer to replace the Captain, so to depart him of the vessel wasn't a possibility. So that assumption can't be true. "Yes he did." Zulu answered.
"That is what I thought." With that she looks back at Spock and her tone gets a bit angrier, more accusingly, because it was time to get the Vulcan off of his high horse. "You are not made to be a Captain, you may be one hell of a first officer, but you are not a Captain. You don't know what it means to be Captain and you shouldn't be in command. Captain Pike believed in you, but that was misplaced. He never should have made you Captain, but mistakes happen. But I am correcting this now. So effective immediately you are deposed of your position according to regulation 619." Then she turned to Jim and says with a smile. "Captain Kirk the bridge is all yours."
Of course Spock wouldn't give up. "Your father will be so pissed at you." All who didn't know asks themselves, about who her father could be. Jim and Dean knew that that was a mistake; they hopefully can stop her from exploding.
Now her eyes were blazing and she was more than pissed. How dare him to bring up her father in this situation. She takes a step to get nearer to the screen so that her image on the frame grows and says in a hard voice. "I would be careful what you say. Be happy that I only deposed you of your position with the legal help of the Star Fleet regulation and not beat you up for letting my father being tortured by Nero."
Gasps run through all the crew members, because all present know now that Captain Pike was her father. Spock saw that she got the sympathy of the crew members and he knew that bringing that up didn't help him in the slightest. Hße as well could use that regulation against her, but he was missing a second Captain and he knows he will not get any help. All or almost all of the present people were on her side. So he lets his head fall in defeat and steps away from the crew. Silently all watch him leave the bridge and after the automatic doors close behind him murmuring starts on the Enterprise.
That was interrupted by Bones, who in his lovely way gets the attention of every one present. "Well Izzy always a pleasure to see you work."
She smiles and answers. "Thanks Bones." Then she turns to Jim and Dean and says. "Captain Winchester, Captain Kirk I gave you the tools to work this crisis, so cock something up to get my father back and stop Nero." she declares. She can see the mischievous glints in their eyes and she can't stop herself from saying. "But I order you to not get hurt, because if that happens I will hurt you."
Both were a little bit embarrassed that she ordered that in front of their crews, but they are jokers so they have to make fun of it to play it down. "You know that's not going to happen." Jim begins.
And Dean ends for him. "We will be careful."
She laughs at them. "Of course, you two are the human incarnation of Mischief and Mayhem and that leads in the most cases to injuries for either of you."
"Thanks, you know he is Mayhem." Jim says and points to Dean.
Dean on the other hand says. "And his is Mischief." Both silently tell each other that they wouldn't tell her if they get hurt, but she can read them like a book.
"Yeah, yeah, Sam and Bones tell me if they land themselves in med bay." she orders.
To the utter surprise of Dean and Jim, their best friends simply answer with a smile. "Eye, Ma'am."
"Hey." both exclaims while the rest of the crew members laugh at their misfortune, but they ignore that. They know that Izzy did this to lift the tension on the vessel and bring the crew back to the task at hand.
"Good, now go save the day. I see you back on Earth." she tells them. With that she sends Birkhoff a glance that tells him to cut the connection so that she finally can get the handle on her own problems.
Just like that the screens on all three vessels went black and only showed the space outside, but not for long.
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