Chapter Fourteen: Saving Lydia and Carol
I ran to the med bay and saw Kahn in custody.
"Lydia? What the hell are you doing here?" Bones asked me.
"Jim sent me here," I said.
I heard Jim still talking to Admiral Marcus and I walked over to the screen. I looked up at Carol and she looked at me.
"You saw what this man can do all by himself. Can you imagine what would happen if we woke up the rest of his crew? What else did he tell you? That he's a peacekeeper? He's playing you, son, don't you see that? Kahn and his crew were condemned to death as war criminals. And now it is our duty to carry out that sentence before anybody else dies because of him. Lydia was in one of the torpedoes! She could be on his side for all we know!" Everyone looked at me and I shrunk up in fear," Now, I'm going to ask you again! One last time, son. Lower your shields. Tell me where he and Lydia is. I know she's with you. She ran off."
"They're in engineering, sir. But I'll have them moved to the transporter room right away.," Jim lied.
"I'll take it from here," Admiral Marcus said before disconnecting.
I looked up at Bones and he looked back at me.
"Do you think I'm a bad person?" I asked him.
"No. You're not. You're just a kid, dammit," Bones said.
I felt the ship move and Bones walked over to Kahn.
"Well, at least we're moving again," Bones said before checking up on him.
"If you think you're safe at warp, you're wrong," Kahn said. Carol ran off and I looked at Kahn.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"His ship can catch up to us at warp," He told me in a way to understand.
I felt the ship get hit by something and I fell onto the ground. I can feel the ship get hit more than once and I looked up at Bones.
"Bones, I have to talk to Marcus or something in history's going to change if I die right now," I said.
"She's right doctor," Kahn said.
"No. I can't let you do that, kid," Bones said. I bit my lip before running off. I can hear the shouts from Bones get lower and lower as I ran towards the bridge. Once I made it to the door, I opened it and ran in.
"Lydia! What are you doing here?" Uhura asked.
"If I die, something in history will change," I said before running near Jim.
"Admiral Marcus, stop!" I yelled.
"You sneaky little bitch," Marcus said.
"Thank you. I'm going to take that as a compliment. Sir, stop this now," I said.
"Why should I listen to you?" He asked.
"If I die, you change something in history. If I live, when I go back, I will make sure your ancestor doesn't reproduce," I said.
"I'll take my chances," He said. I looked at him confused and I felt something wrong with me. I looked at Jim and I saw something glowing around me.
"Jim. Help me, please!" I pleaded.
"Lydia!"
The next thing I know, I was on the other ship with Carol. I looked at Carol with fear and worry.
"What's going to happen to them?" I asked Carol.
"They're going to die," Carol said.
"No," I said in disbelief. My eyes started to fill with tears and I shook my head.
"They can't," I said.
"I'm so sorry, Lydia," The guards grabbed us and we started to walk to the bridge. I saw Admiral Marcus there and I glared at him.
"Admiral," The guard said. Carol and I walked to him and he looked at us.
"I'll deal with you in a…" Admiral Marcus got cut off by Carol slapping him in the face. My eyes widen in shock and I took a step back. Admiral Marcus grabbed Carol's wrist and I stared in shock.
"I am ashamed to be your daughter," Carol said.
"Oh damn," I said.
"You," Admiral Marcus said pointing at me.
"Me."
"You're causing a lot of trouble young lady," Admiral Marcus said.
"You were the one who woke up Kahn," I said.
A guard took me away and I sat down with Carol. They were getting ready to attack the Enterprise and I stared at all of them.
"Power coming online, sir!" I heard.
"Retarget the Enterprise now."
"Aye, sir."
"No!" I shouted. As if on cue, I saw a blast and I ducked down. I saw Jim, Scotty, and Kahn there shooting at everyone. Once it was over, I stood up and Scotty shot Kahn.
"Make sure he stays down," Jim said. Scotty nodded and ran past us.
"Excuse me," Scotty said.
"Yeah," Carol panted. I ran over with Scotty and grabbed the gun on the floor.
"Admiral Marcus, you're under arrest," Jim said.
"You're not actually going to do this, are you?" Admiral Marcus asked.
"Admiral, get out of the chair," Jim said.
"You better stop and think about what you're doing, Kirk. You better think about what you did on Kronos. You made an incursion onto an enemy planet! You killed a Klingon patrol. Even if you got away without a trace, war is coming. And who is going to lead us? You? If I'm not in charge, our entire way of life is decimated! So you want me off this ship, you better kill me," Admiral Marcus said.
"I'm not going to kill you, sir. But I could stun you and drag you out of that chair. I'd rather not do that in front of your daughter and Lydia, who happens to be a fourteen year old girl," Jim said. He looked at Carol first.
"You all right?" He asked.
"Yes, captain?"
"How about you, Lydia?"
"I'm fine."
I saw Kahn get up and I backed away.
"Jim!" I screamed. Kahn knocked out Scotty and then leaped on Jim. Kahn punched Jim in the face and I hid for cover. I saw Kahn push Carol down and break her leg. She screamed in agony and I screamed in fear. He walked over to Admiral Marcus and started to squeeze his head.
"You should have let me sleep," Kahn said to him before squeezing his head. Kahn walked over to me and I backed up.
"Kahn. Please. Don't," I said. He grabbed a fistful of my hair and I screamed in pain.
"Let her go!" Jim yelled.
He walked over to the Captain's chair and turned on the communicator. I didn't want to struggle under Kahn's grip and I saw Spock on the screen. Kahn held the gun to my neck and I took in little deep breaths.
"I'm going to make this very simple for you," Kahn said.
"Lydia," Spock said.
"Your crew for my crew," Kahn told Spock.
"You betrayed us," Spock said.
"Oh, you are smart, Mr. Spock," Kahn said.
"Spock don't…" Kahn cut me off by pulled my hair tighter. I groaned in pain and I shut my mouth.
"Mr. Spock, give me my crew," Kahn said.
"And what will you do when you get them?" Spock asked.
"Continue the work we were doing before we were banished."
"Which, as I understand it, involves the mass genocide of any being you find to be less that superior. However, Lydia in the torpedo will be changed if you do anything to the Lydia you are holding captive," Spock said.
"She will be yours. Her future self was supposed to be the next generation, however, I was stopped. Her future self left a note on waking up around this time. Now, shall I destroy you, Mr. Spock? Or will you give me what I want?" Kahn asked.
"We have no transporter capabilities," Spock said.
"Fortunately mine are perfectly functional. Drop your shields."
"If I do so, I have no guarantee that you will not destroy the Enterprise."
"Well, let's play this out logically then, Mr. Spock. Firstly, I will kill your captain to demonstrate my resolve. Then if yours holds, I will have no choice but to kill you and your entire crew."
"If you destroy our ship, you will also destroy your own people."
"Your crew requires oxygen to survive, mine does not. I will target your life support systems located behind the aft nacelle. And after every single person aboard your ship suffocates, I will walk over your cold corpses to recover my people. Now, shall we begin?" Kahn asked.
"Lower shields," Spock told Sulu.
"A wise choice, Mr. Spock," Kahn said. Kahn pushed me away, making me stumble and fall onto the floor. He kicked Jim and I scooted over to him.
"Jim," I said. I lifted his face up to look at me and he was bruised up.
"Lydia. You okay?" He asked me.
"I'm fine."
"Well, Kirk, it seems apt to return you to your crew. After all," I saw the glowing particles surround Jim and I and we went back to the Enterpise.