Chapter 7:
*No One's POV*
McCoy, Kirk, and T'Aimnu are walking among the rest of the students. Still not knowing that the medical students has their hands holding together.
"So you'll do it for me, right?" Kirk asked his friends.
"We have no interest," T'Aimnu answered for the both of them.
"I didn't ask if you have interest, I asked if you two would do it."
"I'm about to ask you an obvious question: why bother?" McCoy asked.
"Because I've failed the test twice."
"Well the test is difficult, even for me and Cousin Spock, but no one goes for a second chance at the test."
"Let alone thirds - it's not like you need to pass it to graduate," he adds in for his partner.
"So Bones and T'Aimnu, who do they make us take it?"
"I told you to stop calling me that," McCoy groans a little.
"You're very annoying at times," T'Aimnu rolls her blue eyes.
"And you two are the greatest," he smiles to them, "thank you."
"You'd better study for it this time," McCoy says.
"Oh, no - Bones - I gotta date."
"A date? Listen, as smart as you, which ain't' much, if you don't prepare-"
"You have no idea how prepared I'm gonna be - no idea," and with that, Kirk leaves with a smile on his face.
"Seriously, stop calling me Bones!" he calls out to him.
"Why does he call you that?" T'Aimnu asked, looking up her partner.
"You don't want to know T'Aimnu," he sighs, then noticing his hand with her hand.
The Narada appears through the sky of space. Dead silence upon the bridge….all eyes are on the view screens. Empty starfield, roiling clouds of methane ice.
"We have arrived at the coordinates you requested. Stardate confirmed. 2258.5," stated Ayel.
"Standby," Nero speaks.
Ayel studies through his console with hope in his eyes as he speaks quietly, "Captain...long range scans of Beta Quadrant complete. Romulus is there. She's there. We could go. Right now, go home…"
"Not yet - not like this," Nero said, "not how we left. This is our chance...to serve. We owe it to them - to do what no other Romulan could ever do."
Ayel hides the disappointment behind his eyes when suddenly a lightning storm strikes. Among the lightening is the ship that Neo has been looking for decades.
"Welcome back, Spock and Dr. T'Aimu."
*Meanwhile*
Uhura is at her communication station. She seems to be bored and almost resentful. "We are receiving a distress signal from the U.S.S. Kobayashi Maru. The ship has lost power and is stranded. Starfleet Command has ordered us to rescue them."
Kirk sits in the captain's chair and whips around to face to the crew on the bridge. "Starfleet Command has ordered us to rescue them...Captain," he corrects her, cockily.
She glares at him before turning away.
T'Aimnu's seated at a console reporting, "Klingon vessels have entered the Neutral Zone and they are firing upon us."
"That's okay," Kirk stated.
She and her partner McCoy, along with the others, look at him confused.
"It's okay?" McCoy asked.
"Yea, don't worry about it."
The two partners look at each other in disbelief.
An observation room locates above the faux-ship. Kirk was referring it as the test. Console technicians monitor the proceedings. The test administrator turns over to another asking, "Did he say "don't worry about it"?"
"What's he doing?" the other test administrator added.
"Three more Klingon Warbirds decloaking and targeting our ship," McCoy announced, "I don't suppose this is a problem either?"
"Nah," Kirk replied.
"They're firing, Captain," a weapons officer speaks up.
"Alert medical bay to prepare to receive all crew members from the damaged ship."
"And how do you expect us to rescue them when we're surrounded by Klingons?" Uhura asked.
"Alert medical."
Annoyed she does the order. At this point, T'Aimnu gently massages her face, trying to control the anger within her body. Chanting words are silently being heard under her breath. This is the last place that she wants her anger to be released. McCoy looks over to his partner and notice that her hair is slowly turning into a red shade, but turning back to normal.
"Our ship is being hit," he says, still looking at his love, "shields at sixty percent."
"I understand," Kirk says.
"Mmmm...no."
"Of course not," T'Aimnu finally speaks, now completing calm.
All of the screens on the bridge dies as the system crashes. Everyone's reacting to the sudden episode.
"The hell's happening?!" the first test administer asked.
No one knows what's going on, but for Kirk. He knows what's going on. Lights and monitors come back on and things are not the same.
"The Kobayashi Maru is still in distress...but...the Klingons have stopped firing," Uhura notices.
"Arm photons," Kirk orders, "prepare to fire on the Klingon warbirds."
"James, their shields are up," T'Aimnu speaks.
"Are they?"
She looks at the monitor and noticed it. "No," she says in disbelief.
"Fire on all enemy ships - one photon each should do - let's not waste ammunition."
"Target lock acquired on all warbirds - firing!"
Weapons are fired and all of the five klingon ships are destroyed instantly. Everyone was in shock.
"Begin rescue of the stranded crew. So. We've eliminated all enemy ships, no one on board was injured and the successful rescue of the Kobayashi Maru crew is underway." Then he looks up to the testing room windows. "Anything else?"
Both test administrators are stunned as well.
"How the hell'd that kid beat your test?" one asked to someone.
T'Aimnu's cousin Spock appears looking not happy, "...I don't know."