Bones carefully moved and pushed Pavel onto the table, hovering over him while slowly kissing Pavel's neck. The next hour or so was dedicated to passionate lovemaking on the table until Bones accidently rolled off the table, landing roughly on the ground. Pavel laughed at Bones, sitting up on the table.

"Are you alright?" Pavel asked, buttoning up his shirt.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine." All Pavel could see was Bones waving his hand around. He smiled and jumped off the table, grabbing Bones' pants that were dangling from the chair and walked them over to him.

"Here you forgot zese." Pavel handed him the pants and Bones sat up, taking them with gratitude and a smile on his own face. Pavel squatted and sat down on the ground beside Bones. "I vill never forget you. You are coming to Russia with me no matter vhat." Pavel assured Bones. At this moment, Pavel couldn't think of what if would be like to not be with Bones in another country.

"Thanks Pasha. I won't leave you." Bones responded as he tugged the pants on.

"Zank you." Pavel thanked him and looked out the small kitchen window that was perched above the sink. "Eet looks like nighttime is upon us." He sighed.

"Already? Damn. Alright, let's get you to bed." Bones stood up and looked out the window. Sure enough, the sun was low behind the horizon and there were no more shadows. Night had fallen and it was time for the both of them to go to sleep. It had been a more than eventful day to say the least.

"Are you coming vith?" Pavel asked, bringing his plate to the sink before returning to the table.

"Yeah, sure. I think I might need some sleep as well. Tomorrow, we'll talk to the group about going to Russia. I promise we will." Bones promised. He knew that Pavel was riding on this gamble to Russia with his life. Bones understood. If he was stuck in a miserable town such as this one, then yeah, he'd want to leave and go back from where he came.

"Okey!" Pavel smiled and bounced around, walking to the stairs and bouncing up them. Bones followed slowly. Now the aching and pain from this morning was kicking in. God it felt horrible, but the pain was worth it. Honestly, he would go through it everyday just to be with Pavel.

He climbed the stairs and reached the room, closing the door behind him. Pavel was already in the bed, all curled up under the sheets, facing Bones, looking up at him with his deep blue baby eyes. Bones gave a small grin and worked off his pants again and the rest of his clothes, leaving his boxers on only, before sliding into bed. Like a magnet, Pavel was quickly at Bones' side, head rested against his chest and lithe legs tangled and on top of Bones' legs. Bones wrapped his arm around Pavel and leaned his head gently against Pavel's pillow.

As Bones started to drift off to sleep, he felt Pavel stir and come closer, letting out a relieved sigh. Bones smiled to himself and then closed his eyes, sleeping in a peaceful, restless, dreamless sleep.

As morning came, Bones' eyes fluttered open to see Pavel sleeping right next to him, right where he left him. He wasn't gone, there was no intruder in the house. It was one of the most pleasant sights to see and feel when waking up, first thing in the morning. Pavel stretched his legs and kicked off the blankets unconsciously, wrapping his lanky arms around Bones' torso. Bones carefully slid a hand out from around Pavel and brushed his hair lightly away from his face. He leaned forward and pressed his lips against Pavel's forehead.

"Aw, now that's cute…" There came a caring sigh after the voice. There was a person in the room. An intruder. Bones instantly jumped into action, rolling off the bed, startled by the voice and turned around, standing up from the bed with his fist up ready to hit the intruder and break a jaw. "Calm down laddie! It's jus' me!" Scotty put his hands up in surprise, backing into the wall.

"Dammit Scotty. What are you doing in my room?" Bones sat back down on the bed, careful not to wake Pavel from his sleep.

"Aye, you're lucky tha' it was only me comin' up. Jim wanted to come with too!" Scotty told him.

"Jim? What do you mean Jim? What is he doing in the house? What are you doing?" Bones asked, reaching blindly for his pants. If he knew that he was having visitors, he would have been more dressed.

"Not just him, the whole rest of the crew is down there. They're here to talk about the plan." Scotty leaned up against the wall casually.

"What? Why were—how…" Bones was utterly confused. The mornings had always had that effect on him. Waking up from a peaceful sleep with the one you love and then getting walked in on…yeah that was frazzling.

"Well we were waiting for you two to wake up…but Spock was growing impatient, so I volunteered to go up and find you two and make sure you weren't dead." He shrugged.

"Well! We're not dead!" Bones exclaimed quietly, pointing to himself and Pavel. "Let's go. Pasha needs his sleep." Bones sighed and shook his head, grabbing his shirt, pulling it on.

"Pasha? Now you're calling him Pasha?" Scotty asked, laughing.

"What? It's my term of endearment for him. Dammit, if you don't like it, then don't listen to me. Let's. Go." Bones pushed Scotty out of the room, closing the door. The two of them walked down the steps, while Bones was still buttoning up his shirt.

The crew was seated in the living room, talking amongst themselves when Bones and Scotty came down. As they entered the room, everyone grew silent and looked up at the two of them.

"Bones! Happy you could make it!" Jim stood up and grabbed Bones' hand, pulling him in for a hug. It was the first close interaction Bones had ever had with Jim Kirk. Guessing that they were comrades now, it would be mandatory.

"Hey. Yeah…me too." He responded groggily.

"Where's Pavel?" Jim asked, taking a seat. Bones looked around and took a seat next to Scotty on the couch.

"He's still upstairs, sleeping." Bones told him.

"Ah. Okay. That actually might be for the best." Jim nodded. "We've come to talk about smuggling our whole group out of Enterprise."

"Correct." Bones responded.

"Alright, where do we start?" Jim asked. It was an open question to anyone.

"Where are we even going to go?" Uhura spoke up. Bones looked at her. He hadn't seen her in a while. She was seated next to Spock, quite closely actually.

"Well, Bones…where are we going to go?" Jim asked. The attention was quickly turned to Bones.

"Well, I was thinking…and talking with…others. I was thinking if we really wanted to be free, then we could go to Russia?" Bones suggested. The room fell silent for a moment.

"Russia? May I ask what is in Russia?" Sulu spoke up from the chair beside Jim. He noted that Sulu might be Pavel's only friend, so he was careful where he tread with him.

"Well, I'm going to say this openly, seeing as you all are so open to men liking other men…" Bones sucked in his breath before speaking. "You see, I'm not very welcomed in many places across the States…so maybe out of the country would be best?"

"Well for you, you're not welcomed, but for us it's fine. You do have to realize that some of us might not want to leave the States." Sulu responded calmly.

"That's understood. But…seeing as Pavel's gotten so attached to the group of you, he would be sad to part…" Bones told the group.

"Bones…I'm starting to think it's not just Pavel who' grown attached." Jim crossed his arms and looked at Bones, eying him. Bones tried to look away from him. "Bones…do you miss human interaction?"

"Just because I've been on my own for a while doesn't mean I miss human interaction. I'm fine. I just worry about Pavel." Bones shrugged, lying to himself and the group.

"Then how about somewhere you're welcomed in the states? So all of us don't have to travel." Jim suggested.

"I chose Russia because of Pavel. He misses his homeland." Bones kept pushing the idea of going to Russia. He was doing this for Pavel.

"Well he can always go back when he's older. Do you how much money that would cost to get over there, when we can just travel somewhere within the boundaries of this country?" Jim told Bones.

"What if we split up?" Spock asked. Everyone looked at him. "What? It would only be logical. If half of our party wants to take leave in the States and the other Half wants to go to Russia." He suggested.

"Spock, you know we can't split up. Sulu, you and I have known each far too long to just split up." Jim told him.

"To be honest, I like this group better than the three of us." Sulu interjected.

"I agree! But we've got to find a way to get out of here. We all know that we don't like it here." Jim said.

"How will we even get out? Sheriff Pike's got an iron fist on these people." Scotty asked.

"We'll just have to sneak out at night." Bones suggested.

"It won't be that easy." Jim stopped Bones quickly.

"And how?" Bones crossed his arms and glared at Jim.

"Getting the horse, supplies. Some people don't sleep heavy. They'll hear the racket and warn Pike. We have to be very careful. You don't understand the delicacy we have to handle with this." Jim warned Bones.

"I understand. We also can't take our time with this. People would get suspicious if we spent days gathering up supplies that would seem odd for just a day trip." Bones reminded Jim. So far, this conversation wasn't going anywhere. They were stuck.

"And how are we going to sneak Pavel out of the Sheriff's house?" Sulu asked. Everyone fell silent. It was what this meeting was about. Bones had asked for help for sneaking Pavel out and then had come up with the idea of everyone joining in. They had forgotten about the key component here.

"That's going to be hell. Unless he's really good at sneaking around, then we'll have to find another way out." Jim pinched the bridge of his nose with his fingers, stressed out.

As everyone fell quiet to thinking, Pavel came walking down the stairs; Tired, groggy and fuzzy. He was rubbing his eyes as he stepped down the steps. Bones looked up when he heard the stair creak under weight.

"Vhat ees all ze loud noise about?" He asked, walking into the room. Everyone looked up, surprise to see him there.

"We were just talking about leaving Enterprise." Bones told him.

"Oh. I vill be right back." Pavel nodded and hurried off to the kitchen. Bones looked at the group, desperate and afraid.

"What are we going to do?" Bones asked frantically.

"Bones, calm down. We'll handle this. We just need to decide on one thing for right now. There was so many ideas floating around, we need to ground some down." Jim told him.

"What's the first one?" Sulu asked.

"How are we going to get out of Enterprise. Let's just focus on that." Jim announced. "That will be our main goal."

"When would we leave? I'm guessing it would be during the night?" Bones asked. In all of his years as an outlaw, escaping for him, had always taken place at night. No would see you and everyone would be asleep, forgetting about you the next day. In this case, everyone would be happy to see him leave.

"Actually, a daytime trip sounds more likely." Spock said.

"Why?" Bones asked, dumbfounded by the suggestion.

"The townspeople are milling around, registering people coming and going as if on a daily basis. If we all leave at separate times, all spaced out, then no one would notice our absence until it was too late." Spock explained. It made sense to Jim and the rest of the group, but Bones was still utterly confused.

"But…why would you leave, when everyone could see you?" Bones asked.

"Everyone will think that our goings will be normal…" Spock slowly explained to Bones. "We will just have to observe our behavior and make sure that we take the things we need and not hoard them in all at one time."

"Hold on." Sulu interjected. "I agree with leaving in the day time, but wouldn't Pike notice our absence and then send another group out for us? If we went against the Sheriff's orders, we would be hung for sure…" The air was quiet. Everyone mulled the thought of being hung in their head.

"Another reason we should leave the country." Bones quietly interjected.

"Mr. McCoy does have a point, Jim. Or if you would rather prefer being dead—"

"Spock! Does it look like I want to be dead?" Jim asked.

"No sir." Spock shook his head.

"Good. Now, you have a point Spock, but so does Bones. We have to sneak out, without getting our asses found out about."

"An' how do ya suggest we do that?" Scotty asked.

"We leave the country or go down south of the states." Jim shrugged. For the first time in a long time, he wasn't sure what to do with his crew. They were in a real predicament.

"I have got an idea…" Pavel's quiet voice came lurking out from behind a wall, where he had been standing, listening to the conversation for the past 3 minutes. Everyone was startled by his sudden appearance.

"Pasha! How long have you been there?" Bones asked.

"Not wery long. But I have an idea to your problem." Pavel walked in the room, sitting on the arm of the couch, next to Bones.

"Let's hear it." Jim sat up straight, ready to hear anything the kid had to say, because right now, he was lost and had no idea what to do.

"Maybe ve don't have to just stay in Russia. Maybe ve could travel all over ze vorld…explore for an amount of time and by ze time ve come back, no vone vill remember us." Pavel shrugged. It wasn't much of an idea, but it was something. He had heard of the explorers that went out and found news places in the world and named them and made homes there. It had always appealed to him for some reason.

Everyone thought for a moment about what Pavel had said. They let the words filter through their heads. What he had just said made sense. If all of them were willing to actually travel from place to place, never staying…that would be a wondrous plan.

"I think Pavel here has got the startings of a good plan." Jim spurted out. Everyone looked at him.

"You zink?" Pavel's eyebrows raised. Did someone actually think his idea was worth it?

"Yeah! I mean, if everyone else is okay with traveling. I know it's something I've always wanted to do." Jim shrugged. It's why he had become the border patrol for the town. He thought that maybe he would be able to get out of the town and travel the states, and hopefully the country.

"It would be useful for me. I know certain languages…" Uhura quietly offered up.

"If Jim and Nyota are going, then I shall as well." Spock agreed.

"Well, we've got five people on board. Sulu, Scotty, would you like to join us?" Jim turned to his other right hand man and Bones to Scotty.

"Are ya kiddin' me? I'd love to!" Scotty exclaimed. "We have to stop by Scotland on the way!" He told them eagerly.

"I'm sure we will." Jim assured Scotty. He turned his glance back at Sulu, who was looking at Pavel and then back to Jim.

"I'll go. I think it would be fun. We could grow more friendships with each other on the way." Sulu glanced back at Pavel, throwing a small grin at him. Pavel smiled back. Bones noticed it and found it cute that Pavel had a friend in Hikaru Sulu.

"Then we've got it down! We just need our first location." Jim smiled, feeling better all ready. He was ready to take on the world now! Of course, it was a bit of an overkill for him, but he enjoyed nonetheless.

"Russia!" Pavel yelled. Then he realized how loud his voice was and toned it down. "Russia? Maybe?" He shrugged.

"Do you know what I'm thinking?" Sulu asked. "I've studied maps, along with botany for a while. I think it would be most sensible if we started in that small island of Ireland, Scotland and on and on. Then, we make our way to Russia." Sulu suggested. Everyone was shocked by his knowledge of the land beyond Texas. Not many people knew about the other states, let alone, other countries.

"I think that's genius!" Jim exclaimed.

"Vhen do ve leave?" Pavel asked.

"Soon. It has to be soon. But first, we have to get supplies, money. Food. That sort of stuff. After that's all taken care of, then we'd be set to go." Jim told Pavel.

"Oh. Okay. Vhen do ve do zat?" He asked another question.

"We can start now, thought I wouldn't worry about a lot of the stuff, because border patrol is always granted with those types of items." Jim explained to Pavel. Everyone sat back and listened.

After the hype had fallen about sneaking out of Enterprise, the group had fallen quiet. There was nothing left to talk about. They had covered nearly every subject known to man about sneaking out undetected. Everyone was just sitting, thinking to themselves and listening to the silence that cut through the air. That was when a shriek ran out from outside. Almost in sync, everyone jumped to their feet and ran outside without say a word to see who had screamed.

The group fell upon the sight of a man standing on top of the water tower, dressed in black, holding a large gun, pointing it at a crowd of people who gathered. Bones froze. Now he was back again and this time he wasn't just targeting Bones. He was targeting a whole group of people.

"Aye you! Get off!" Scotty snapped at the man. He turned around and aimed the gun at Scotty. Frantic, Bones quickly stepped in front of him.

"Kahn! Don't shoot him." Bones called out. The man who stood on the water tower jumped off and slowly advanced towards Bones and the group. Pavel hid behind Bones, grabbing his shirt with fear. Jim, Spock and Sulu all stepped up next to Bones and Scotty.

"Who are you and what are you doing in our town?" Jim asked.

"Simply…passing through." He glanced at Bones before returning back to Jim.

"What's your name?" Jim asked another question.

"I think your friend had it right…" This time the man stared intently at Bones. Jim turned and looked to him.

"What's his name? Kahn?" Jim questioned.

"Yes." Bones nodded.

"Alright…Kahn, what are you doing stand on top of our water tower with a gun?" Jim inquired.

"I was just…showing these people…the future." Kahn told them. Jim was certainly disturbed by this man's character.

"Showing them what?"

"How their small, inadequate town will crumbled under new technological advances." Kahn hissed. Jim twitched slightly, ready to jump at him the first chance he got, but he knew that wasn't the right thing to do, not just yet.

"Are you threating this town?" Jim asked.

"No, just merely sending a message from Europe. Don't shoot the messenger." Kahn sung. Jim clenched his fist and Spock could sense the anger coming from him. He put his hand on Jim's shoulder, trying to contain him.

"Jim…" Spock warned.

"Get off Spock." Jim shook him off and looked at Kahn.

"You can leave now and we won't kill you, or you can stay and get yourself killed." Jim threatened. Kahn smiled under his garbed face.

"I'll leave, but I promise that I'll be back. Maybe then you can have a go at killing me." Kahn waved and calmly turned around, walking towards the exit of the town. "If I see your Sheriff Pike, then I'll stop by and say hi!" Khan kept talking while he walked. Jim wanted so bad to rip that man to shreds, but it would be against his nature to do so.

"Just turn around." Bones told Jim. He too was ready to fill Kahn full of lead.

"How do you know him?" Jim asked.

"I've met him before…" Bones bit the inside of his cheek, ready for the endless questions that would be shot his way.