Back on earth, Captain James T. Kirk was doing the only thing he can do when something bad happens to him: Drown his sorrows. He was sitting at the bar, the bartender having just put ice in his drink. He picked up the glass, looked at the ice ball (cause Ice balls are way more futuristic than ice cubes), and took a sip.

Two days ago, they had the funeral for the crew members who died in the boarding. Pavel Chekhov, Scotty's assistant Keenser, and...Uhura.

He took another sip of his drink.

He looked to his left and saw a beautiful girl in a blue dress. She was smiling at him. He smiled back. He was going to go and try and flirt with her when...

"Jim." Dr. McCoy appeared in front of him between Kirk and the girl.

"Goddammit. Every time..." Kirk said, reminded of the time Pike did the same thing.

"We need to talk." McCoy said.

"What do you want Bones? Can't you see I'm doing my thing?" Kirk said, taking a bigger sip of his drink.

"Your thing?" McCoy asked, furrowing his brows.

"Yeah, the thing I do where I have a drink, find a girl, and find said girl in my bed." Kirk said.

"Yeah, well while you're doing your thing, we still have a bunch of problems that needs to be dealt with." McCoy said.

"Yeah? Like what?" Kirk said, taking another sip.

"Oh I don't know," He looked away as if in thought "how about" he then glared at Kirk "The part where Chekhov's dead, Nyota's dead, several other crew members are dead, and David's still out there doing God knows what."

Kirk took another big sip "Not my department."

"What do you means its not?" McCoy asked, with a grimace on his face.

"I mean that starfleet wil-"

"starfleet doesn't know the first thing on dealing with David, they didn't even know he existed thanks to whatever the hell Marcus was planning for him." McCoy leans in closer to Kirk "That's not all. Apparently he just attacked a Vulcan exploration ship, the captain herself is here to speak with command." He whispered.

Kirk looked at him "What the hell the does David want with a Pointy-eared ship?" he said.

"why don't we go find out?" McCoy said.

"I would but," Kirk looked at another girl who was eyeing him "I'm a little-"

"come on," McCoy grabbed him by the arm "let's go."

David was panting.

In the holodeck, objects were broken and glitching. Two chairs floated by.A smashed vase alternates from being broken and completely brand new. A table was on the ceiling. A scientist was sunken in the floor.

At the door of the holoodeck, two centurions were watching David.

Dammit! The Holodeck is useless now!

He looked at the panel where the data chips are.

I can still use the AI and Object chips, but I can't get use the simulation.

He walks out the Holodeck and heads back to his quarters.

I still had a problem with my organic androids. The biological parts kept rotting and decaying. He still needed the holodeck to fix this, but now its gone.

He chuckles a little.

To be honest, the holodeck was becoming a little of a Deus ex Machina. I was relying too much on it, and the technology it made weren't something I could I take credit for making.

He reaches his quarters and enters.

I can manage without it, but I'm going to have to do my own research and find a place to set up a bigger lab.

He strips down to his boxers and puts on a thin, white shirt. He gets into his bed with the blanket over him.

As soon as I wake up, I'll continue with my plans.

"And that is what happened." Nadi said, after explaining what happened when her ship was attacked.

She was standing in front of four starfleet admirals, who were sitting at a half circle table.

"Thank you Captain, but we'd like to ask you a few questions first." One of the Admirals said.

"Go ahead." she said.

He shifted in his chair. "Your weapons were still functional after the warhead exploded near the your ship, but why did you not fire on his ship?"

"I had read the report on its capabilities, and knew that my ship was not a match for his." she answered.

"Then why didn't you ran?" The admiral asked.

"Because the report said that the Vengeance is capable of chasing a ship in warp."

"why did you report directly to us? You work for the Vulcan government, not starfleet." another admiral asked.

"Because I wanted to know how a top secret military-grade, was commandeered by an ex-starfleet officer turned terrorist." she said, a very small hint of hostility in her voice.

an admiral raised his brow "Ex-starfleet? we didn't he was-"

"You didn't have to. He possesses an incredible military intelligence presented on the attack of New Vulcan, demonstrated in his battle with the Enterprise, and shown in his trap he laid for the T'pol." she spoke, clearly not happy with the admirals denial of this.

"Captain Nadi, David Lord is not an ex-starfleet officer. He isn't even a cadet." an admiral said.

"Then who is he? you've only identified him by name and if he was civilian, how did he end up commandeering the Vengeance ?" she asked.

"Captain Nadi," an admiral spoke, leaning forward " I hope you are not letting any personal affections influence your emotions."

Her left eye twitched "Personal affections?"

"We know that your father served on the Satori...the ship that was destroyed in the attack on New Vulcan." the admiral said.

"I can assure you, my emotions are perfectly fine." she said, trying to keep a flat tone and neutral face.

"That's good to know. Is that all Captain?" the admiral asked.

"yes. yes it is." she said.

"then you are dismissed." the admiral said, even though Nadi isn't starfleet.

she walked out of room.

They had avoided the question of who he is, and dared to bring up her father.

Nadi sighs (breaths).

I should go back to New Vulcan and have my fathers-

"excuse me." she turned around and saw two starfleet officers approaching her.

One had brown hair and blue eyes while the other had black hair and black eyes.

"Are you the Captain of the T'pol? The ship that was just attacked by the Vengeance? " The one with the black hair asked.

"Yes, that is correct." she said.

"I'm Captain James Kirk," the one with brown hair said "and this is doctor Leonard McCoy" he pointed to the one with black hair "of the starship Enterprise."

"Enterprise? That was the ship that fought the Vengeance." She said. She also knew the Enterprise as the same ship that fought the romulan ship that destroyed old Vulcan and fought off the Gorn.

"Yes it is. We were wondering if we could ask you something." Kirk said.

"What is it?" She asked, interested in what the captain of the Enterprise could want.

"We were wondering if you could tell us about the attack on your ship." Dr McCoy said.

"of course." she said.

they glanced at each other "We know that fugitive David Lord was the one behind the attack, but we want to know what he could've wanted." Kirk said.

"He was after the holodeck data chips." Nadi said flatly.

"why?" McCoy asked.

"His child soldier said that his was broken." she said.

they had confused looks on their faces "Child soldier? What child soldier?" Kirk asked.

"When they hailed us, a human teen was on screen claiming to be David Lord. I believe that David Lord actually hired the child soldier to speak on his behalf." she answered. Kirk and McCoy stared at each other, then back at her.

"uh...what did starfleet tell the public about David Lord?" Kirk asked.

"Not much, except his name and that he's a terrorist in control of a military-grade Star ship built by a rogue starfleet division." she said.

Kirk furrowed his brows. "Why the hell would starfleet cover up who he is?"

"Does that mean you know who he is? I tried to ask the admirals but they avoided the question." Nadi said.

McCoy pulled Kirk closer away from Nadi to whisper. "I don't know why Jim, but if the admirals kept David's origins a secret then maybe its not a good idea to tell her." He said, which Nadi didn't hear.

"The admirals have been acting suspicious ever since they heard about him. Just like Marcus they've been avoiding him and paying less attention to him." Kirk said.

"Oh, so when I come asking you that we should go look for David ourselves you say let starfleet handle it, but all of a sudden a pretty Vulcan lady is involved you say starfleet can't be trusted." McCoy said, rather angry.

"I was just saying that so that you would leave me alone to do my thing." Kirk said, using air quotes.

"Dammit Jim. That's not-"

"Excuse me" they turned to Nadi "but you didn't answer my question. Who is David Lord ?"

David woke up in his bed.

"Oh Christ." He felt like shit. That's what happens when you headbutt a desk.

He got up, had a shower, brushed his teeth, and changed into his uniform. He walked out of his quarters and headed to the bridge.

I'm going to have to find a place to star my research. I can't do it here, there simply isn't enough room for it. I have to find a planet, hide the Vengeance, use the StructSand to build a facility, and figure out how in the hell am I going to build a Warp core.

He walked by a bunch of centurions.

The StructSand was the last thing in the replicator database, so it got saved from the loss of the data chips. But everything else such as the droids, drones, and warheads are gone. I can still make warheads from scratch, but the 30 centurions, 7 drones, and 18 pilots are all I've got.

David bit his lip in thought.

One thing I'm wondering about, is why Captain Nadi didn't believe when I said who I was. Has starfleet been keeping my origins hidden?

He reached the bridge. Pilots were milling about on the consoles. Out the window, one could see that the ship was in...warp?

"uh...pilot?" He said. The pilot who was the helmsman turned from his chair and looked at David.

"yes my lord?" it said in a monotone voice.

"why are we in warp?" I asked.

"When we entered warp after our attack on the T'pol, you did not tell us to leave warp or gave us a destination to stop at." He explained.

"Oh...Hey wait." He turned to the pilot responsible for engineering, which he programmed with knowledge on warp cores...and he just realized that it would know how to make a warp core. Score!

"yes my lord?" it said.

"How does staying in warp too long affect the warp core?" I asked.

"It could cause the Dilithium crystal to burn out from overuse." He said.

My eyes widen. "exit warp. Now!" I ordered.

"yes my lord." the helmsman (helmspilot?) said.

we exited warp, appearing in empty space.

"Send an engineering pilot to check on the Dilithium crystal." I ordered.

"Yes my lord."

Kirk has just entered the bridge. Spock was standing at the side of the command chair. Kirk walked up to Sock and to whisper.

"Spock, is everything okay?" Kirk said.

"Yes captain. Carol Marcus has joined us, and we've got a new communications officer." Spock indicated Carol Marcus and a new Vulcan lady.

"That's not what I mean. I'm talking with David and-"

"Nyota?" Spock finished.

"Yeah." Kirk said. when the Enterprise confronted the Vengeance during the attack on New Vulcan, Spock became insubordinate and ordered the Enterprise to attack without Kirk's permission. Of course, Kirk lied in his report, said he ordered it. Spock, however, proves Vulcans can lie after all.

"Captain!" Sulu shouted "We are being hailed."

He walked to Sulu "Who's hailing us?"

"According to the starfleet database, its a Vulcan cruiser, the T'pol." Sulu reported.

"The T'pol? put her on screen." he said.

"aye Captain."

On the screen, Captain Nadi appeared along with her first officer. "Captain Kirk. I have a proposal regarding fugitive David Lord." Nadi said. Kirk though back to his conversation with her.

He had told Captain Nadi that David Lord was human teenage prodigy, who starfleet allowed onto the Enterprise for his brilliant mind. Of course, he left out the part where he was a time traveler.

"What can I do for you?" Kirk asked.

"I have reason to believe that you are going after Lord to put a stop to whatever he has planned." She said

"That is correct." Spock told her.

"If you wouldn't mind, I would like to join you in your fight." she said.

"Wait. what? Why?" Kirk asked, a little taken aback.

"The fugitive attacked my new home, and I just got permission from Vulcan High Command" Her first officer glanced at her "to join you.I have also took the liberty of sending the coordinates we were at when he attacked us."

"I don't know-"

"Captain," Spock piped "I suggest that we take her up on her offer and allow her to aid us. We do need allies if we're ever going to fight Lord alone." He said.

Kirk eyed Spock. The turned back to Nadi on screen "We accept your offer. Thank you." Kirk said.

"We look forward to traveling with you Captain Kirk." Nadi said.

"The feeling is mutual, Captain Nadi." Kirk said. The screen turned off. Kirk went to check on the new additions to his crew.

"I appreciated you helping us with this fight Carol." Kirk said.

"Thank you Captain." She made a sorrowful look "my condolences for your losses."

"Thank you." Kirk turned to the new communications officer.

He shakes her hand "Welcome aboard."

"Thank you Captain." She said.

He walked back to his chair. "Set destination for David's last known location. The coordinates should've been received from the T'pol."

"aye Captain." Sulu said.

had a frown on his face. "God help us for what Lord has in store for us."

"engaging warp."

"We look forward to traveling with you Captain Kirk." Nadi said.

"The feeling is mutual, Captain Nadi." Kirk said.

Nadi was sitting in her chair as the screen went black.

"Send the coordinates for where we were attacked to the Enterprise." She ordered.

"yes Captain."

Serek leaned closer to his captain.

"Captain, we did not get any permission from Vulcan High command to join the Enterprise." He said.

She slowly looked at Serek and stared silently for a moment...

"Helmsman, follow the Enterprise into warp." She broke the silence.

"yes Captain."

"The Dilithium is damaged, my lord." Answered a Pilot over the intercom "Every time we enter warp, it will start burning up again."

"Is there any way you can fix it?" I ask.

"No, my lord. You are going to have to mine a nearby Dilithium deposit to replace the old one." It answered.

"Dammit." I frowned "How many star systems far can we get with this." I asked.

"I calculate that it will burn out once we reach one star system away, my lord." it said.

"Damn, then I guess I'm lucky we left warp in time, huh." I walked to the navigation terminal.

"okay. Let's see." I searched for any nearby planets for a Dilithium deposits. I found one...and it was in a system with a planet that is perfect for my research.

"Well that's pretty damn convenient." I muttered.

I looked at the name of the planet...

"oh you've got to be shitting me. That is WAY too big of a coincidence." I turned to (what I've officially decided to call) the Helmsbot.

"Helmsbot, set destination." I said.

"where to, my lord?" It asked.

I narrowed my eyes.

"Nibiru."

A/N: well, the plot is finally reaching what I've been building up to. Be warned: things will get a little more technical, and many forms of fiction will start crossing over into this universe.