Do I Even Want To Know The Full Story?

by Loony Gryphon

100 drabbles mostly featuring Kirk with repeat appearances by Bones, Pike, Spock, and the rest of the Enterprise crew. Drabbles take place while at the Academy as well as after Nero's defeat. Short little tidbits that let your imagination run wild.

4. Death

4.) Death

Long before he had taken the Kobiyashi Maru, let alone even heard of it, he had learned that death was inevitable and accepted it.

His father was the first to teach him that, then he had relearned the lesson on Tarsus IV. By the time he faced the Kobiyashi Maru, he had long since learned the lesson.

What the Kobiyashi Maru failed to teach was that although death was inevitable, it could still be held at bay. His father may have died, but in doing so, he had kept death from claiming his wife and son and hundreds of others. On Tarsus IV he had fought death tooth and nail and hand managed to survive, saving several others as well.

Death was inevitable, but James T. Kirk would fight it until his dying breath. After all, there was no such thing as a no-win scenario.

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Written: 6-30-2011
Word Count: 145