Chapter Seven: Safe…
Khan's eyes opened as his cryo-tube unlocked, releasing him from its lonely, icy prison. His second in command was looking at him anxiously. Cautiously, Khan exited his cryo-tube and gazed in awe and affection as he saw his crew safely exiting their cryo-tubes around him. A strange sense of relief washed of him momentarily, and he smiled, a single tear trickling down his cheek.
His mind focused then and he spun back to face his second in command. "Where is Mira?" he choked on the words as they came. "Where is my wife?"
The Commander smiled. "She's waiting for you in your chambers…Captain."
Khan looked about himself again… "Where are we?"
"Back on our ship, Captain…your wife, it seems, is rather…resourceful." The Commander smirked.
"Resourceful?" Khan asked curiously.
"Yes, she hid us all until it was safe, waking up once a year to check on us and organise the downfall's of certain people." The Commander replied. "In the equivalent of a year, or a little more, she changed everything."
Khan's voice cracked, sadness and relief threatening to overwhelm him. "I thought she was dead."
"So did she…" The Commander replied and gestured for Khan to follow him. "But Mira lived to save our people."
"Forgive me, Commander," Khan continued to look about himself as he was led along several corridors. "But, how is this our ship? Surely Star Fleet would have destroyed it?"
"Well…when I said 'our ship', I meant a more…modern version of our ship." The Commander continued as he lead Khan through a set of doors.
"Where are we?" Khan asked cautiously.
"Safe." Khan turned…it was Mira. "We are all safe."
Khan reached for her and pulled her into his arms, crying for joy. "I thought I lost you."
"I thought the same…" Mira motioned for the Commander to leave then pulled her beloved down to her, catching him in a searing kiss. When they both finally came up for air, she smiled. "But we have each other now."
Khan kissed her softly and rested his forehead against hers tenderly. "Forgive me, but…when are we, Love?"
Mira pulled him over to the windows that looked down over Earth. "The Star-date is twenty-five fifty-nine point fifty-seven. It has been exactly three-hundred and two days since you were last awake…and we now run Star Fleet." Mira looked down on the Earth below with conviction. "And we own the Earth."
Khan looked down at his wife with love and admiration. "And now we have our forever." His loving smile turned into a wicked grin as he pulled her towards their bed.
"Yes, my love," Mira replied as he lowered her onto the bed. "Now, we have our forever…"