Spock woke earlier than usual. He was, though he would not admit it, glad that he had reconciled with his brother. But, something was very wrong with Surel. Though they had not seen each other in eight years, there was something different about him that was not right. A quiet air of danger. A coldness deep in his eyes that hinted at a cold blooded killer. His emotional control was beyond what was expected, as exhibited by his actions when dealing with his birth mother, who was now facing a dishonourable discharge from Starfleet. Surel was too different for the elapsed time period.

Spock checked his email. He had two recording clips from his brother. His curiosity peaked and he listened to the first one. It saddened him to learn how his actions had affected his brother. Then he listened to the second. Undeniable, absolute fury engulfed him as well as the agony and sickly feeling of guilt and regret. His brothers had needed him and he hadn't been there for him. Spock stormed to the sparring hall. Early rising students and fellow professors jumped out of the way of the angry Vulcan's past. Captain Pike saw Spock and the direction he was heading and called Jim. Jim agreed to go to his brother and got /pike to call their parents. Jim had a feeling that they would need them.

Jim found Spock facing off five trainee fighters. The problem was that he was using far too much of his strength when facing untrained soldiers. Jim knew that he had to interfere now before someone was really hurt. He changed quickly into his sparring clothes and headed towards Spock. He blocked a blow to a cadet and Spock's attention shifted off of the cadet's and onto him. Jim gestured towards for the cadets to leave. Spock and Jim fought for a long time before Spock finally broke down. He collapsed to his knees, bowed his head and tears flowed freely. Jim approached cautiously. The last time he saw a Vulcan lose control was on Tarsus. He knelt next to Spock. Their parents walked in.

'Brother' said Jim in Vulcan 'what happened?'

Spock took a deep breath.

'The recordings' said Spock 'I heard them and couldn't bear the guilt, the shame of failing you. The anger I felt was far too much.' Jim sighed.

'You didn't fail, brother,' said Jim 'to fail would mean that you are not here for me now and you are.' Their parents approached and knelt with Jim.

It took a while to calm Spock enough for his logic to regain control. Afterwards he would only speak in Vulcan as if to reassure himself that his emotions were once again under the steel like control of a Vulcan. He had only ever lost control once before, when he was a child. He invited his family to talk in his apartment, away from the now wide eyed spectators. It would soon be all over the Academy that a Vulcan had lost control, only to be calmed down by James Tiberius Kirk. The rumour mill would be working overtime on that one.

Once at the apartment, Spock offered refreshments. Soon the family was all seated at the table in an awkward silence. No one was quite sure who should talk first. Jim cleared his throat.

'Spock,' said Jim 'Tarsus is in the past. Yes, it was traumatizing, but I dealt with it. And father dealt with what happened to me by killing the soldiers of Kodos.'

'I lost control also,' said Sarek 'So Spock, it is nothing to be ashamed of. What happened to Surel was terrible.'

'I understand, father,' said Spock 'it will just take some time to deal with the fact that my brother is JTK.'

Just then, Spock's computer pinged. He stood and walked towards it.

'Surel,' said Spock 'there is a submission for the assignment about JTK.'

Jim took out his PADD and hacked Spock's email account. His face hardened as he read the report.

'That bastard!' growled Jim 'That absolute bastard! He betrayed me!'

'Surel,' said Amanda 'tell us what happened.' Jim took a deep breath.

'Since Spock set the assignment,' started Jim 'I have spoken about my life in two recordings made I the presence of people that I trust more than life itself. One is the woman I love, the other my roommate. The thought that another would be listening was something that never occurred to me. I recorded the last session last night; it detailed my experiences on Tarsus. The essay emailed to Spock is almost identical to the recordings that I sent to Spock almost word for word. The writer declares that he is the hero JTK and is ready to reveal himself and claim his reward.' There was a moment of absolute silence.

'You hacked my email?' asked Spock 'And someone is claiming to be you?'

'It makes sense,' said Amanda 'for someone to try to impersonate Surel, after all there is there glory and medal available to the one who is JTK.'

'Is he forgetting that the Nine are to attend the end of term assembly to hear the winner's tale and meet the winner?' asked Spock 'Surely, he does not expect to get away it?' A sudden thought came to Jim. His eyes gleamed. 'Surel, the last time your eyes had that gleam, you managed to convince me to help you spike our schools water system with cocoa powder.' Jim and Amanda laughed at the memory.

'That was you?' asked Sarek 'The effect was that those children ended up tearing the school apart and caused several break downs for the teachers' Jim and Amanda laughed again.

'That was almost as must fun as hacking into the Vulcan High Council's computer system' said Jim 'and Spock was right, I do have a plan.'

'How did you hack the Council's computer?' asked Spock 'that should be impossible'

'The High Council is still trying to figure that one out.' Said Sarek 'Surel, seems to delight in confusing the most brilliant of Vulcan's.'

'You say that like it is a bad thing' said Jim 'but, you are right. I do have a plan. One that will publically humiliate this...Pretender. We will need the Admiral, the Nine and an old friend. And we need to insure that he believes that he has won.'

'I will call an Admiral meeting to discuss this with them.' said Sarek 'they will require proof that you are JTK.' Jim looked at him.

'Will my scars do?' asked Jim 'and we can get the Nine to identify me if it is important.'

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BPOV

I won. The idiot of a professor, Spock, said that I was to win the competition. I will win it. What story could top the torture tale of JTK. Take that James Tiberius Kirk, Surel, JTK and whatever else you are called. Everything was given to him, he didn't work for it and nothing was ever taken away from him. well, now it will be and I will finally be able to take back what was taken from me. I will so enjoy taking it as the reward would insure that I can take what I want, do what I want and be reapected for anything to happen to me.