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The bridge of the Enterprise hummed with activity. Uhura tapped out communications; Sulu carefully guiding the navigation. Officers moved, interacting, talking. Screens flashed. Under the calmly watchful eye of Spock, who seated in the chair, rapped out commands with coolly impeccable logic.

Suddenly, a shout ripped through the atmosphere.

"SPOCK!"

McCoy didn't have time to think. The sight of the captain, clad in nothing but a sickbay tunic, prompted him to move. Despite visibly shaking Jim Kirk was relentless, trying to sprint up the corridor.

Bones knew he was heading for the bridge, and decided not to try to stop the agitated man. He knew that Spock would.

The officers on the bridge turned their heads in surprise at the voice of Jim Kirk - but the surprise melted into shock as they took in his appearance. Dishevelled, and visibly too thin, clad in a tunic, he was less a captain than a crazed apparition. Spock blinked as though trying to convince himself that he wasn't there.

"Captain-"

"Oh, so you do remember I am the Captain?!" The mere uttering of the word seemed to send a fresh wave of emotion through Kirk, he locked eyes with the Vulcan. "Therefore, you will do as I ask."

"Captain." Spock's refusal to rise to Kirk's baiting sent a calmness into the charged atmosphere of the bridge. "We have discussed this. You are recovering from a viral infection and you need to rest. Please return to the Sickbay."

"I'm not going anywhere- until you do as I ask." Kirk took a step forward. "You need to return to Starfleet Head Quarters. You need to now."

"Well in that case you will have to stand there for some time," Spock responded, a flicker of coolness edging into his voice. "As we are not turning round."

"You don't understand," Kirk said, bitterly, "but then I wouldn't expect a robot to."

"Your insulting me indicates that you are still not fully in your right presence of mind," Spock retorted. "I am going to ask you to return to the Sickbay."

"You need to take me back." It came out as a hiss. "I am warning you Spock-"

At this point, noting that every pair of eyes in the room was now focusing on the two men, the Vulcan grabbed Kirk's arms. "I am taking you back to Sickbay so you can be sedated. Mr Sulu? Until I return, you are in the chair."

Without another word, his arm gripped Jim's and began to lead him out of the bridge. The remaining officers looked after them, their expressions varying in disbelief and shock. Uhuru began walking after them, completely refusing to acknowledge the rest of the crew.

"Let go of me, Spock!"

Bones sighed as the First Officer deposited Kirk back in the Sickbay. Shaking his head, he walked over and began to guide Jim towards one of the beds. "I can walk," Kirk snapped.

"Really?" Bones looked at him, his expression a mixture of pity and annoyance. "On those toothpicks?!" He shrugged. "Hate to tell you this, but I'm amazed you can even stand up with that amount of muscle wastage."

Kirk glowered. "OK, but if you think shoving that into my arm and fattening me up like a Thanksgiving turkey is going to help-"

"Its called nutrition, which will keep you alive, and hopefully give you some mental clarity," the doctor retorted. "Plus at least if you're fat you'll be easier for us all to catch if you pull a stunt like this again." He pulled out the IV cord, and without even giving warning, plugged it into Jim's arm. "Stop arguing. Stop complaining. Stop embarrassing yourself. You've done enough."

"Captain." Spock stood at the end of the bed. "If you come to the bridge again, I will have no choice but to notify the Head Quarters which could lead to your dismissal. You are here because you sabotaged our ship. You need to stay here."

"None of you have asked me why," Kirk responded. "Which is interesting."

"Do we need to know?" Uhura asked, tightly. "Because I for one am not that interested. I think you need to accept that you have lost your status on this ship."

"I lost my status before I even set foot on it again," Kirk snapped back. "Think about it. Seeing him holding a phaser to my head didn't make you wonder why I was in charge?"

Uhuru blinked. "Jim-"

"You saw him kick me like a dog. You watched him threaten the lives of everyone on the ship, whilst I lay at his feet. I lay there and watched him crack a man's skull in front of his daughter, who I have to face every day." Kirk's voice was soft, sibilant hiss. "And now you wonder why I'm happy to throw my so called status away?"

"Jim, it wasn't your fault." Bones spoke calmly. "He was a psychopath-"

"-and I tried to make him an ally," Kirk shook his head. "And none of you tried to stop me."

"How could we?" Uhura demanded. "You had no choice. None of us did. We were all forced into giving into him."

"Jim. You know Khan is in cryosleep. He's not coming back-"

"You need to take me to him." Kirk was practically clawing at the bed. "I need to see him."

"Jim-"

"You don't understand, Lieutenant. This is something I need to do."

Spock shook his head. "What are you planning to do, Captain?"

Kirk looked at his First Officer.

"I plan to kill him."

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