Yes! I uploaded! Okay so this chapter was a little tricky because we don't really know much about Kelvin Carol. What we do know in the Original Universe is that she has Kirk's kid so... Moving on, I did not wanna show them in a relationship just yet because she is obviously going through stuff and so is he, but I might make it happen down the line. As far as the question of whether or not I will talk about his long recovery, it really depends on, when I finish all the perspectives if there is still a fan presence going on or if I want to make that a sequel to this story. Long opening summary short, I would love to do a fic on his recovery, it might be a sequel, and this chapter was tough but fun. So with that, don't forget to review, follow, fave and tell your friends.

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Carol Marcus was not having a good week. First, she snuck aboard a federation starship. Next, she found out that her dad was a psychopath. Then, he father was murdered in front of her and to top it all off, she got a broken leg and the one person she was actually connecting with, was killed.

Needless to say, she was going through some things.

The leg was fine, some quick time in the medical bay and she was good. The hardest part was, obviously, her dad.

She had had suspicions, sure. But she never assumed that the man who raised her was hell bent on starting war and would kill a starship full of people to do that. There had been some signs, especially since her mom passed, little things her and there. Signs that he was hiding things from her and maybe wasn't who he said to be.

And she ignored them. Kept telling herself lies that she eventually believed. Until she heard him practically declare himself insane to the entire crew of the USS Enterprise. That was tough.

She had tried to be brave, she really had. Tried to defend the ship the best she could. She never figured he would just teleport her out of the Enterprise. Oh, she was furious when that happened, her being teleported meant the doom of the Enterprise. Or so she thought.

When she was onboard her father's ship, she was mad. She had every right to be. And she let him know that. Until Kirk, Khan, and Scotty all came aboard guns blazing. She was surprised, but then remembered, this is James T. Kirk we are talking about here, and there are no surprises.

She listened to her dad yell at Kirk, all but telling him to kill him. Instead, Kirk did something she wasn't expecting, he was diplomatic. This man, her father, was going to kill the entire crew of his ship without a second thought, and he was just going to arrest him. And then he turned to her and asked if she was alright.

"Yes Captain." She responded. Of course he was making sure she was okay. He was Kirk.

And then Khan woke up.

She tried to yell out a warning, but it was too late. She should have been paying more attention. Should have kept an eye on Khan as well, but she didn't.

Khan and Kirk fought. Kirk was down. She tried to stop him, tried to reason with him, something, anything. And then he broke her leg. It hurt. It hurt bad. But not as bad as watching her father's skull crushed right in front of her.

She screamed and next thing she knew, Khan was broadcasting this to the Enterprise. He wanted to make a trade, but they were smart enough to know by now that he would never honor it. Jim knew this too, which is why he tried to speak up, tell Spock not to do it, only to be knocked down to the ground in a heap.

Carol looked at him sympathetically. And he winked at her.

The man was beaten and bloodied, and he just winked at her. He mouthed 'you okay?' and she nodded.

Unbelievable. He was still concerned for her more than him.

The next thing that Carol remembers is being beamed aboard the Enterprise and taken to sick bay. She was healed relatively quickly, even though there was an already enormous amount of people in there. The ship was crashing, she knew because it was going all around with equipment flying everywhere until McCoy had a chance to secure it all.

Then it stopped. The ship was fine. Then the body bag came in. She had been speechless. The man who was a strong captain a day ago was now reduced to stillness in a bag. She saw the desperation in McCoy as soon as he found out who it was. But she had also seen the hope he had when the Tribble started moving.

What seemed to be impossible, bringing the dead back to life, was possible for this one chance, this one opportunity, and she was not going to screw it up. She worked fast and in the end, after long and tense hours, they were able to bring him back.

Leave it to Jim Kirk to be too stubborn to die.

Three days after Jim was in the hospital was when Carol decided to come by for the first time. She snuck into the med room, hoping to avoid any other members of the Enterprise crew. Instead, she opened the door on a sleeping McCoy.

"Dr. Marcus." He said sleepily. "I was wondering when you were going to come and see him."

"I understand if you want me to leave, but I just wanted to see how he was doing." She said.

McCoy was taken back. "Why would I want you to leave?" He asked.

"Because my father is the reason Jim died. He was going to destroy the Enterprise! I figured that you might not want to have me around anymore, especially you."

"Now hold on a minute," McCoy said "that was your father. Not you. You had no control over his actions and you are not responsible for what he did." McCoy paused. "I don't blame you, Spock doesn't, Uhura doesn't, and Jim doesn't."

"You have no idea how good it is to hear that." She said. She looked at the bed. "How is he doing?" She asked.

"Well, for right now everything looks good, granted there are no complications. He is one stubborn son of a bitch so I have high hopes for him." McCoy glanced at Carol. "How are you doing? It hasn't been easy on us but I can't imagine what it is like for you."

"It has been tough. Not everyone has been as understanding as you are. I am either getting looks of pity or hate, doesn't seem to be an in between. I am still dealing with the loss of my father, too."

"I can imagine. Even though he was psychotic, no offense."

"To me, the minute I lost my father was the moment he was prime and ready to kill off the entire Enterprise and countless others to start a war. The man that Khan killed, he was a stranger."

McCoy sat in silence before speaking up. "He like you, you know. Jim does."

Carol blushed. "He does?"

"Yeah. I can tell by the way he looked at you. He's dated and slept with many girls during our Star Fleet years but there is something different about you. You challenge him in a way that most people don't anymore. "

"Well, he's always got you to challenge him." She said with a smile.

"Isn't that the truth? Damn fool doesn't listen to me most of the time though. Maybe he'll start listening to you. "

"Maybe."

"Well, do you like him too?" McCoy asked not afraid of being blunt.

"I think so." Carol answered. "When I first met him, I thought he was like any other captain. Being that my dad is-" Carol stopped herself "was in Star Fleet all my life, I had met most of them. But, there is something different about him. How he cares for the crew more than himself. How he willingly rushes into danger to save someone. How he makes the decisions, even when they are crazy, and has the confidence that they will work. His smile, the way that he looks at you guys with admiration even though he's the captain." She paused, smiled and looked down. "I'm blushing aren't I?"

"Brighter than a tomato." McCoy responded amused.

"When Jim died. I realized how much I cared for him. How much I wished I could have spent more time with him. How I wanted more than anything else to get to know him more. More on a personal level."

"And you still can." McCoy said. "A suggestion. When he wakes up, take that time to get to know him. I think you'll be glad you did."

"I intend to, doctor." She said gripping Jim's hand.

When she got the call from McCoy that Jim was awake a few days later, she was ecstatic. Nervous, but ecstatic. She rushed down to go see him and was amused at the sight in front of her.

Jim was sleeping with a stuffed animal next to him, and McCoy was busy taking pictures of the sight.

"Something to blackmail him with later." He said.

"Do you want me to come another time?" She asked.

"No, no. I was just about to wake him up for his medicine. He was asking about you."

"Oh really?" She said grinning.

"Yeah wouldn't shut up about you." McCoy said with a grin.

"Not true." Jim muttered from the bed.

"So you're awake then?" McCoy asked.

"Yup. We can discuss those pictures later." He said. "Doctor Marcus! It is really, really good to see you."

"Good to see you too, Jim."
His expression turned serious. "How are you doing?"

Carol scoffed. "Shouldn't I be asking you that?"

"Well, I'm obviously fine, not dead anymore thanks to Spock and Uhura-"

McCoy coughed rather loudly.

"Oh yes and the Tribble!" Jim said.

"Ungrateful little-"

"Bones, would you mind leaving Doctor Marcus and I alone for a minute?" Jim asked making Carol nervous.

"Sure. You kids have fun."

"Carol," Jim began.

"Jim, I just want to say I'm sorry." Carol interrupted. "I shouldn't have snuck aboard the Enterprise and my dad and all that-"

"Is not your fault." Jim said. "I just want to make sure you are okay."

"I'm better now. Is that your new friend?" She said pointing to the stuffed animal trying to change the topic.

Jim made a face as to say 'I know what you're doing but we'll talk about it later' which Carol understood and then he smiled and said, "It was from Demy."

Carol's grin faded. "A girlfriend?"

Jim laughed. "No, nothing like that. Sulu's daughter."

Both Carol and Jim laughed and then McCoy came in.

"I'm gonna have to give him his medicine now. You can come back later if you like." He said to Carol.

"I think I will." She said turning to leave.

"Hey Doctor Marcus," Jim called out, "When I finally get out of this place, you wanna go out to eat? I know this great burger place about a mile from here if you're interested. Just as friends you know."

"Jim, call me Carol. And I would love to."

And with that, she left smiling.

So what did we think? Good, bad, kinda meh? Please, please, please let me know. This story is not gonna have cliffhangers or anything like that, it is just a great load of agnst so please remember that. The next chapter is probably gonna be Scotty. I want to save Uhura and Spock for later and I am extremely nervous about writing Checkov's due to Anton's passing (RIP). But for now, this is it. Please expect updates every Monday, giving me a week to write each. I will try to do it normally on Mondays, but every once and a while I might do a chapter before that.

Thanks!
~StoneyT