Chapter 19:

*No One's POV*
"Mr. Spock has resigned commission and advanced me to acting Captain," James Kirk announces over the speakers. "I know you were all expecting to regroup with the fleet, but I've ordered a pursuit course of the enemy ship to Earth," Kirk says to his chair communicator. "I want all departments at battle stations and ready in ten minutes. Either we're going down, or they are. Kirk out."
"I want some answers."

He turns to see his crew member Uhura looking really mad.
"Right now," she tells him. "Where the hell'd you get trans-warp technology?"

"Yea, you know that's complicated," he tries to explain.

"Do I look simple to you?!" she screams at him.
"I'm a Ph.D in astrophysics," Sulu speaks up, looking at them. "I think I can handle it….how'd you get back?"

"You vant us to trust you but you von't tell us the truth?" Chekov asked confused of the captain's orders.

"No. No, I won't," Kirk explains. "Hey I'm the Captain now!" he tells them. "I don't have to tell you anything! Now listen," he orders them. "We need to figure out a way to catch up and get to Nero's help."
"There's not a chance, captain," T'Aimnu speaks up, next to her soulmate. "They are going to be in geosynchronous orbit around Earth in ten minutes. Logically, we won't make it."

"Even if we could," McCoy steps in, "you can't go in guns blazing, not with their technology, that's suicide."

"Than we find a way to get on that ship and steal the black hole device away from them," Kirk says.

"Well you can forget transwarp," Scotty tells him. "No way to predict the Narada's position from here."

"Uhura," the captain turns to her. "Anything from Captain Pike?"

"No...I've been monitoring all channels," she mumbles, not happy with him.
*Meanwhile*

Spock stands there while starting at the place where his mother should have arrived. His father, Sarek enters in to see his son.
"You must not punish yourself," he speaks finally to his son. "Speak your mind, Spock.'

"That would be unwise," Spock says.

"What is necessary is always wise."

Calm emotions go through Spock's head. "I feel as conflicted as I once was. As a child." He turns to his father. "Have I made so little progress?"
"You will always be a child of two worlds just like your cousin," Serek speaks softly. "Your aunt, uncle, and I are grateful for that. And for you." He feels emotional. "And not only because you are all I have left of her."

Spock looks at his father properly. This is how Vulcans show emotion.

"I feel anger," he admits. "For the one who took her life. An anger I cannot stop."

"I believe she would say…..do not try to." Serek turns to him as well. "You asked me once. Why I married your mother…..I married her because I loved her."