Chapter Eighteen: Jim Wakes Up
Jim's P.O.V
"What is it?"
"It's a boy."
"Let's call him Jim."
"Your father was captain of a starship for twelve minutes. He saved eight hundred lives. I dare you to do better."
I woke up in shock and I looked around. I looked over and saw Bones there with his equipment.
"Don't be so melodramatic. You were barely dead," He said before holding something up to my face.
"It was the transfusion that really took its toll. You were out cold for two weeks."
"Transfusion?" I asked.
"Your cells were heavily irradiated. We had no choice," Bones told me.
"Khan?" I asked.
"Once we caught him, I synthesized a serum from his superblood. Tell me, are you feeling homicidal? Power mad? Despotic?" Bones asked me.
"No more than usual. How did you catch him?" I said.
"I didn't," Bones said before walking away. I saw Spock there, standing there. He walked over to me and I smiled.
"You saved my life," I said.
"Uhura, Lydia, and I had something to do with it, too, you know," Bones said.
"You saved my life, captain. And the lives-"I cut him off.
"Spock, just… Thank you."
"You are welcome, Jim."
"How did Lydia help? I didn't want her hurt," I said.
"Lydia told us to get her future self out of her cryo tube so you can be in it. Kid didn't get much sleep from the past two weeks. She's been sitting in here, waiting for you to wake up," Bones said looking at Lydia.
I looked over and saw her asleep in a chair. Lydia's brown hair was covering some of her face and she looked peaceful in the uncomfortable position she was in.
"Did she even leave?" I asked.
"Barely. Only went out to use the restroom and back," Bones told me.
"Would you like me to wake her up?" Spock asked.
"Yeah," Spock walked over to her and woke her up. She woke up and looked at me. She ran over and stood at the side of my bed.
"Jim," She smiled happily. Her smiled dropped a little as she rubbed her neck. "Ow," She winced at her neck. I smiled and grabbed her hand. She smiled at me and I smiled back.
"You left me a bit," She said.
"I'm sorry."
"I forgive you. You saved so many people," Lydia said.
"I did?"
"Yeah. I know this may sound cheesy but you're my hero Jim," Lydia said. I laughed a little and I heard a knock on the door. We looked over and saw an older looking version of Lydia. I stared at her confused and I looked back at Lydia and her older self a few times.
"Lydia?" I asked. Older Lydia gave me a nod as a reply. She walked over to us and she stood beside younger Lydia.
"Jim. You're awake," She smiled.
"Lydia? How are you in two places at once?" I asked.
"I'm the one from the cryo tube. Little Lydia here is the one who time traveled," Older Lydia explained.
"Sounds believable," I said. Older Lydia smiled at me and kissed my head and younger Lydia looked at us.
"I thought we liked Chekov?" Lydia said looking up at older Lydia confused.
"We do. Jim needs some love too. He is like our older brother," Older Lydia said laughing.
"Oh. We're still kinda clueless at this age," Lydia told herself.
"Alright. Jim's awake. Older Lydia, take younger Lydia back to the apartment," Bones said.
"I'm not tired," Lydia protested.
"You are," Older Lydia said rolling her eyes. She dragged Lydia out of the room and we watched them leave.
"If Khan was never here, that would've been the weirdest thing I've seen," Bones said.
"I agree with you doctor. This is very strange to see," Spock said.