Welcome back! I present to you, my fabulous viewers, chapter 9! I apologize first for taking so long it's been a rough few weeks. A friend of mine just had surgery in an attempt to remove her cancer and she ended up with a deadly infection from miss care at the hospital. So I've spent some time at her side in recovery and its been the emotional roller coaster ride from hell. Thus this chapter may seem like an emotional roller coaster as well...hopefully not from hell though. One of the characters may seem a little OOC but that is all part of the plan and you will understand eventually why that is. Slight warning for swearing and implied abuse as a child. And finally the spacing is gonna be all wonky from now on because I had to get a new laptop and I haven't been able to install Word yet so Im writing solely on the sites doc manager and it wont work with me on the spacing. Again I apologize. Anyway hope you enjoy!

"Sybok? What the hell is Sybok?" Jim asked aloud, his voice squeaking slightly with confusion.

~My…my brother~ Spock replied through the bond apparently to shocked to verbalize out loud.

Jim and Bones stared at Spock like he had two heads

~Brother? What brother? You never told us you had a brother! How did you manage to skip over that detail?!~ Bones asked suddenly very pissed off, if not a little hurt that Spock had left details of his life out.

Spock could feel his bondmates hurt and confusion but he had to find out what was happening with his father, his future self and the other elders. A cold almost dark feeling crowded their minds as Spock closed off the bond. He could feel their sudden shock and fear but he could not let it overtake him.

"Has a ransom been given? Any signs that they are still on planet or even alive?" Spock asked easily slipping into Captain mode.

"Nothing as of yet Jim. We'll keep you updated. The Enterprise is to change course and head their immediately. Spock any idea what Sybok means?" Chris asked still out of the loop about the switch. Spock didn't give Leonard the chance to answer.

"Sybok is Spock's half brother from Sarek's first marriage. Sybok was banished after he tried to kill Spock as a child and grew up as a V'tosh ka'tur, a Vulcan without logic, originally the V'tosh ka'tur tried to find a balance between logic and allowing their emotions to show, few ever find a true balance. Sybok allows his emotions to overrule his mind making him a very dangerous individual. He has no doubt captured Sarek in an ill advised attempt at revenge." Spock said almost all in one breath.

Admiral Christopher Pike could only stare, since when did Jim Kirk know so much about Spock's personal life? Actually several thoughts came to Pike about how Jim had leaned so much about his secretive First Officer so quickly; from Kirk hacking files...again to the duo finally 'getting along'...none of his thoughts were something he truly wanted to dwell on. Pike managed to clear his throat enough to break him from his jumbled mess of thoughts.

"Alright...I'm not sure if I want to know what's going on here so...that said your orders are to get to New Vulcan, stop Sybok and rescue his prisoners. I'll call you if we learn anything. Pike out." and like that Pike was gone.

Jim, Bones and Spock were left staring at each other's reflections on the now black communications screen. Even with Spock blocking them he could still since the mass of questions churning their minds trying to reach him.

"Spock I think we need to talk." Jim managed barely whispering. Spock sighed

"Yes we do Jim." Spock said somewhat resigned. "But first," Spock flicked the communications screen back on as he hailed the Bridge, "Kirk to Bridge."

"Uhura here sir."

"Inform Mr. Sulu we have a new destination, New Vulcan warp factor three. Kirk out." Spock ended the call and walked back to his mates who had moved to the Captains bed.

Spock stopped about a meter away from the bed and stood in parade rest, hands tightly clasped behind his back. He wasn't sure how to proceed, he in essence lied to his friends by not divulging information about his half-brother and was now blocking them from the connections they shared. He did not feel that he deserved their affection at this moment so he remained standing. Since they were just staring at him waiting for him to speak he decided to just get it over with.

"As I told Admiral Pike, Sybok is my half-brother from my father's first marriage. They did not love each other and only remained together for political and biological reasons. When Sybok was three Terran years of age my father met my mother...as I child my father told me he married my mother because it was logical, it was not until after her death that he told me he married her because he loved her." Spock smiled a little at the memory of his mother, "My father ended the arrangement he had with Sybok's mother and began courting my mother. Relations between my father and as humans say, his 'ex', ended well and still to this day they are good acquaintances. Sybok on the other hand had different emotions to his parents separation." Jim suddenly interrupted Spock's train of thought.

"Spock come sit down with us." Jim said pensively

"I-I'd rather stand." Spock stuttered surprised that Jim was not completely furious with him.

"Why?" Jim asked suddenly nervous, believing the stuttering was from annoyance rather than surprise.

"Are you not angry with me for lying to you both?" Spock asked confused

"Angry? Spock we aren't angry at you. I'll admit that I'm angry at this Sybok guy but not you. If i'm anything towards you its nervous and confused." Bones said quickly

" Explain." Spock asked

"Ok...well I'm confused 'cause I'm curious as to why you didn't just tell us. Nervous cause if ya didn't just say it that means it was probably pretty traumatic and angry at Sybok cause he tried to hurt you. Spock we love you, anyone who tries to hurt you, in anyway, is automatically on Jim and I's shit list." Leonard's deep Georgian accent got thicker a he emphasized how true his statement was.

Spock didn't even pretend to not know what a 'shit list' was he was so comforted by Leonard's statement that he found the courage to continue his explanation, his mates deserved to know.

"I thank you both, I love you as well. I apologize for deceiving you but you are correct in your assumption, Sybok created a very traumatic time period in my life. Where the delinquents in my primary education were bad, Sybok was worse. On several occasions Sybok would taunt me saying that I was overly emotional for a Vulcan and my existence shamed our father. For the next several days I would over compensate to be the perfect Vulcan for my father. There were weeks where I wouldn't even let my mother touch me let alone allow her the pleasure of a hug. Sybok would then comment that I was hurting my mother by not even trying to accommodate her human needs and that one day she would hate me and not even see me as her son since I was cold to her...this hurt even more than shaming my father. I was so confused and the children at school and my professors only made the confusion worse. After several years of this torment I eventually gave up on trying to please everyone and simply went with what I could handle best. When I was 11 years of age Sybok tricked me into undertaking the ancient Vulcan right of passage. it is a 5 day trip through the deserts of Vulcan where one must survive completely on the logic of survival. I was overly eager to prove myself and ventured out without informing my parents. I quickly became lost and wandered into a cave, seeking shelter from a sandstorm. I was attacked by a le-matya, on Terra they would be similar to your tigers but there claws and fangs are deadly poisonous."

"I had not realized it until the moment I was attacked that I-Chaya, my pet sehlat had followed me into the desert and managed to save me from the le-matya. I-Chaya killed the beast but was seriously wounded, I managed to return her home where I learned that she could not be saved. I-Chaya died saving me. Later Sarek questioned as to what drove me to do something so foolish. I explained what Sybok had said, that my succeeding in this endeavor would bring our father honor after the shame I had caused. My mother was absolutely furious with Sybok while my father appeared to be neutral about the whole situation, so neutral in fact that my mother believed he had known about Sybok's tormenting, which only infuriated her more. Sybok was later sent to live with his mother full time and I never saw him again. Sarek did receive updates on his care and education but no physical contact has been made since Sybok was 14." Spock finished quietly, he waited, staring at his bondmates skeptical as to how they would reply.

The three men remained silent, the humans trying to process all the information they had just been given and the Vulcan patiently waiting for their response. Bones wasn't sure who he should direct his anger at; Sybok for causing his Spock so much pain or Sarek for letting it all happen /probably some sort of test to see how 'Vulcan' he could be! The Bastard!/ Bones was mentally seething but doing a surprisingly good job of keeping it to himself as he attempted to relax and really understand the psychological damage that had been done to Spock, he was somewhat shocked that Spock was able to find a balance on his own, if only half of what Spock had told them was true, he could've ended up much worse. Bones was slowly starting to calm down as he planned to simply embrace the Vulcan, maybe words weren't necessary here just understanding?

On Jim's end things had taken a completely different turn. Jim was silently panicking and if he was later asked about it he would never be able to explain why his mind took that train of thought...but it did. / God what's our baby gonna end up like if Spock is just as screwed up as me? Oh shit! What if I end up being like Frank!? Or Spock ends up like Sarek! Bones would kill us...no killing us would be the nice thing to do. Oh god, he'll end up leaving us because of all the emotional baggage we have!/ Jim knew from personal experience that people can only handle so much drama before they throw in the towel. /Good god why am I getting so dramatic! Bones wouldn't leave us!...would he? He's a doctor for Christ's sake he'll probably send us into therapy! Jim laughed to himself as he thought about how they would explain that to their child, 'Ya your daddies are a little crazy so they have to talk out their feelings!', ha, he could already hear the child's response, 'That is illogical.' Jim didn't realize he was starting to laugh out loud until Spock and Bones were staring at him like he'd completely lost it.

Jim coughed awkwardly, "Oh...sorry I was just...thinking." Jim said lamely trying to shrug it off.

"Care to share with the class Jim?" Bones asked somewhere between annoyed, curious and amused.

"Errr...I was thinking that our kid is gonna be screwed if Spock's childhood was just as messed up as mine. Then I panicked that you would leave us for being baggage because we are emotionally challenged. Then I got angry at myself for thinking you would ever do that to us, I mean you'd sooner die than hurt us and I know that. Finally I was laughing at the idea of you putting us I therapy and how you would explain it to our kid." Jim explained as he started to laugh again.

Bones started to laugh while Spock's eyebrows shot up, sadly the effect was lost since he was in Jim's body.

"Overreact much Jim?" Bones asked teasing him gently.

"I guess, I'm sorry your brother was such an ass Spock. Sam may have left me but at least he cared while he was around. I'm just glad you found a balance." Jim smiled at his lovers, "But I really think we need to come up with a plan here. How can we stop Sybok?" Jim asked seriously.

"Jim we can't really make a plan if we have no idea what's going on. For all we know Sybok could be keeping his prisoners in cells or they could all be dead by now!" Jim and Spock both tried to hide a grimace at Leonard's statement. "I know no one wants to hear it but it's true. Do we even know what Sybok wants? I mean if he only wants money we could easily handle that, but if he wants to be King, or whatever Vulcan rulers are called, of New Vulcan we'll have more problems. Pike said so far he's only captured the elders so maybe he is trying to get rid of the higher authority so he can take over?" Leonard said as he started to sprout out theories.

"That's a good point but again if he is trying to take over what are we gonna do about it? And if he wants the power why is he kidnapping everyone? Why not just kill them off?" Jim asked.

"If I may interject?" Spock asked but did not wait for permission, "If it is true that Sybok has only captured the surviving elders, our father included, then he may simply be out for revenge. Logically if this is so, he is already well aware that the Federation has been notified and will be attempting to stop him. Thus he is also aware that in a high priority case such as this Starfleet will have no choice but to send their best ship in the fleet, the Enterprise, but more specifically the Enterprise is home to the person he hates most in the universe, myself. Unfortunately as of right now that is you Leonard." Spock said all this like he was reading the ingredients on a can, he sounded almost bored.

Jim and Bones just stared at him for a few seconds, Spock was acting like it was perfectly normal for his half-brother to hate him and neither man knew whether to be angry or saddened by this.

"Okay...let me get this straight, 'logic' is telling you that Sybok is baiting you so he can have your head on a platter?" Jim exclaimed more than a little pissed that Spock was being so calm about this and damn him if he wasn't even more pissed off when Spock had the gal to smirk at him!

"I highly doubt Sybok wishes to consume my flesh Jim, but essentially, yes Jim, Sybok wants me dead because my existence is the reason his life turned out the way it did. He would most likely also be after my mother if it weren't for the fact that she is already...gone." Spock whispered the last part as memories of his mother flooded him.

Bones decided to interject here, "Alright. Alright, Jim forget being annoyed at how calm he is cause that's just how Spock is. Look at the bigger picture here, Sybok wants Spock dead and right now that means me and our child as well. Speaking of annoying, Spock can you please stop blocking the bond? I'm starting to get heartburn-." Spock cut Leonard off with a raised brow and a question.

"I fail to see how the blocked mental bond would result in indigestion Leonard."

"Well if you would let me finish I would have gotten to the part where I haven't eaten all morning and that running on empty causes acid reflux." Bones said loudly.

"I see. Please give me a moment to disable my shields without overwhelming you both. I believe we should venture to the mess hall, as humans say, you now require nutritional nourishment for two." Spock said as he mentally brought down the last of his shields separating their bond and letting their warmth flood his mind once again.

Jim laughed, "Something like that Spock." Jim continued to smile as he was once again able to feel the hum of his bondmates minds mingling with his own.

"Eating for two? Spock, the ways he's going at it he's eating for like six! Seriously Bones what is that I like your fourth bowl of polmeek soup? Don't forget you're on your second loaf of bread!" Jim said in mock exasperation. Jim was beaming, he always thought Spock didn't eat enough anyway.

"Illogical Captain, Vulcans rarely ever have multiple births." Spock said jokingly. Secretly he too was a little surprised at the mass amount of food that Dr. McCoy was able to consume.

Bones paused from his ravenous eating to stare questioningly at Spock, "Really? Vulcan's don't have twins? They are kinda rare on Earth, but really no multiple births at all?" Bones asked sounding very surprised. As a man of medicine this was intriguing.

"Correct. To my knowledge there has never been a multiple birth in Vulcan history." Spock replied.

"Damn. Well-"

"Bridge to Captain Kirk." Sulu interrupted calling out over the ships speakers.

"Kirk here." Spock said as he answered on the nearest wall com.

"Sir ETA for New Vulcan is three hours."

"Thank you Sulu, Kirk out." Spock said as flicked off the comm unit and walked back to the table his bondmates were still conversing at.

~ETA three hours~ Spock said through the bond as he took his seat.

~So what's the plan?~ Leonard asked

~Wait and see~ Jim said obviously annoyed with their lack of knowledge for the situation at hand.

"Bridge." Jim barked as the trio stepped in to the turbolift and it whisked them to their destination. As the turbolift door slid open Jim paused to glance around and see who was left on the bridge. He was somewhat shocked to see that it was only the Command crew, even Scotty was here instead of one of his ensigns. Since this crew already knew of their situation Jim had no qualms about walking up to his captain's chair and dramatically throwing himself in it. Jim sighed loudly causing the command team to all laugh quietly.

"Any word from Starfleet or the colony?" Jim asked in his Captain voice, silently beaming that he got to be 'himself' again.

After a moment of a quickly growing awkward silence everyone turned around to stare at Uhura questioningly when she didn't answer. Uhura dint even notice them as she tinkered with her communications board. The moment her 'Captain' had sat down she started to receive a message from the planet, but she couldn't make heads or tales of it! She wasn't stupid she understood language, which was High Vulcan, but the content itself made no sense; You shall soon join I-Chaya little brother. What the hell did that mean? Maybe she was interpreting the data wrong? Maybe the message was scrambled and she was only getting part of it?

"Um, Uhura? You ok over there?" Jim finally asked. The use of her name pulled her out of her mind to see her fellow crew starring at her.

Uhura tried to smile but must have failed because the crews faces only became more confused, "Sorry Captain. We just received a message from the Vulcan colony, but it doesn't make any sense sir." Uhura said sounding very aggravated.

"Relay the message Lieutenant." Spock said calmly from his Science station.

"You shall soon join I-Chaya little brother. What do you think it means sir?" Uhura asked, she looked up just in time to see Dr. McCoy's face go deathly pale while Spock's face turned dark green.

~Oh shit this really is a trap Spock!~ Jim cried into he bond.

~That son of a bitch! We should just trace his signal and kill him Jim before he can hurt anyone! He's a dumbass if he thinks we'll ever let him get his hands on Spock!~ Bones all but demanded through their minds.

Spock remained completely silent as he processed this information, he was afraid for his and his families safety but he wasn't really surprised that this was Sybok's plan. For several years Sybok had sworn that he would kill Spock for ruining his life, Spock just didn't realize that when that time finally came he would have a reason to fight it and survive.

~I suggest we hail the planet Captain~

Jim noticed the sudden use of his title instead of his names and it did nothing to calm his fears.

"Uhura try hailing the planet." Jim commanded. Uhura flicked a few switches and suddenly their was a whining sound from her unit.

"They are hailing us sir." Uhura said surprised.

"Put them on screen." Jim ordered.

Suddenly the face of an overly cheerful Vulcan appeared on screen; somewhere in the back of his mind Bones decided that a manically smiling Vulcan was creepy and just too emotional for his tastes.

"I have been waiting for you Spock." came the Vulcan's greeting.

Ooohhh! So what happens now? Sorry to leave you with another cliffhanger...well sorta, I enjoy cliffhangers, at least when the author plans on continuing. Which I am, trust me! I know this chapter was a lot of backstory and not much going on but chapter 10 will have lots going on I promise! By the by I forgot to mention this in chapter 8 but chapter 8 and 9 have lots of hinting at what I to come. Just thought I'd give you a little clue since I keep leaving you with cliffhangers. Please review! Reviews make me smile and make me want to write more!