Thank you to everyone who has Favorited this story and for your amazing reviews! i'm happy to present you with chapter three of our adventure.
WARNING! while the rest of the chapters have been kinda fluffy and sweet i feel this one turns dark towards the end. also will mostly switch to M rating just for the last scene in this chapter. One more to go! i will see you all then!
The next thing I remember is waking up on a bed with all kinds of tubes attached to me. Khan was sitting by my bed side.
"I see you are awake," he said. At that time I had no idea of who he was, I did not even recall who I was. I nodded slightly and sat up carefully to make sure none of the tubes were disrupted.
"I'm sorry sir can you tell me where I am?" my head was throbbing and I reached up to touch it to find it wrapped in bandages.
"You are aboard the USS Vengeance Commander," Khan stood up and looked at the machines as to see if there was some explanation for this. The word felt weird to me.
"I'm sorry I seem to have no memory prior to waking up just a few moments ago? Can you help me?" a million questions were running through my mind but I couldn't find enough strength to turn them into words just yet.
"None at all?" did he just smirk at my loss of memory? I swear that's what I saw but said nothing. "Your name is Andrea Amell. You are my first officer aboard this ship."
"So if I'm first officer that make you the Captain I'm assuming," my body was responding better now and the buzzing in my head seemed to be dying down a bit. "Does that mean we are part of star fleet then?" I had no idea what star fleet was but the words felt familiar on my tongue.
"Quite the opposite Commander. We have been on a mission to destroy star fleet," his eyes darkened and ice tinged his voice. While he looked refined he was defiantly attractive, in every sense of the word. His pale green eyes while cold and distance were intoxicating and I felt if I looked into them for too long I found myself lost. "They killed our people. We were made different from them, designed for warfare and destruction. You and I alone were unfrozen to help start a war we designed weapons for them, even this very ship but the rest of our crew remained asleep. We planned to smuggle them out in the weapons we were building but we were caught. The missiles ended up aboard a ship known as the USS Enterprise where their first officer armed them in an attempt to blow up our ship. He murdered all 72 of them, including the ones your parents were in." The name Enterprise sparks something in me. It seemed familiar to my dysfunctional brain, perhaps because it caused so much heart break for khan and me.
Everything Khan told me was a lie of course; a sick story to get me to do exactly what he wanted me to. But at the time it was the only truth I had to grasp onto. It became my reality.
"I'm sorry but I do not know your name Captain," I stated.
"My name is Khan." His voice had a low growl to it as he uttered the statement.
"Captain Khan, would you mind explaining why I am hooked up to all these tube things and my head bandaged?"
"It is my fault I'm sorry cadet. We were sparring and you hit your head the tubes are for the blood transfusion to help you recover faster," he went over to check the machine. "It looks like everything is finished I can go ahead and take them out now and remove the bandage." He walked up close and leaned over me as he started to remove the bandage. His body was radiating warmth and I could feel his breath on the back of my neck. I began to feel nervous but held still. Once he finished with my head he moved down to my arms. Ghostly fingers began working to extract the needle. His fingers were long and elegant and pale like his perfect face. Once they were all removed Khan backed away and I hopped of the table. My legs apparently were not ready for the sudden movement and I stumbled but Khan caught me with strong arms. I leaned against him for support; I could faintly hear his heart beat against my ear. Once I felt sturdy I pushed out of his hold in order to stabilize myself.
"Captain I believe I have spent enough time being sickly. As you stated we have a mission. It is time to bring star fleet down including and the Enterprise." I looked up at my captain waiting for orders. He face curved into a wicked grin.
"Your sense of duty is what makes you an amazing first officer little mouse," he leaned down and kissed the top of my head. I felt my insides do a flop. I wanted the approval of this man, wanted him to cherish me, praise me, and maybe even love me.
The next week was spent on the ship retraining me for combat to make sure I was in perfect condition. I felt strong like I had super human strength, which it turns out I kind of did. Khan had informed me that our blood had been manipulated so that we were better, stronger and faster. On my second day awake Khan and I destroyed a star fleet ship that had come across our interface. We made sure there were no survivors. Khan talked often about the events that lead to the death of our crew. His interactions with a man named Kirk and the Vulcan known as Spock. The more he talked the more my blood boiled with hate. I felt the burning desire to kill Spock with my bare hands for what he had done. One day I even got up the nerve to ask the captain about it.
"Captain I have a request if I may speak freely." Khan was in his quarters the rest of the minimal crew we had manning the ship.
"I encourage you to speak your mind. I do love hearing all your little ideas you keep locked up in there," he smiled slightly.
"Captain I know that are mission is Star Fleet but I am assuming that one day we will go after the Enterprise and bring justice the Kirk and Spock," I paused waiting to see if he would validate me idea.
"Of course Andrea. I plan on bringing them to justice. But first I want them to know what it's like to have the people around them die and that there is nothing they can do to stop it but come face me directly. I plan on killing them with my own hands," his voice turned harsh again as if remembering everything that was lost was paining him all over again.
"I would have it no other way Captain. But I do have one request?" Khan nodded at me to continue. "When we get our revenge, I request that you leave the murderer known as Spock to me. I want to make him answer for what he did and see the life drain out of his body." I could feel myself shaking with rage. That man had become my sworn enemy. Khan chuckled and stood up to kiss my forehead.
"You are so perfect little mouse. Your passion for vengeance excites me and fills me with pride. I will let you have the one who killed our people. I will grant your wish." I looked up at him with joy and he looked down at me. "You know long hair really doesn't suite you commander," he began playing with it between his fingers. "As a fighter you know it will simply get in the way as well."
After I left the Captain's quarters I returned to my own. I proceeded to enter the bath room and pull my hair tight into a pony tail before extracting the knife I always kept in my boot as a safety measure and began slowly cutting at the base of the pony tail. It saddened me to see the long blonde strands fall to the floor at my feet. I actually liked my long hair but I was willing to do anything for my Captain, as long as he'd just look at me I was happy. I took the ribbon out and the now incredibly short strands curved around my face. It didn't look bad, but it didn't look like me in the mirror. It looked like a completely different person looking back at me. Which I guess was true. I had become a new person under the guidance of Khan and his manipulation.
Six months later and Khan and I had destroyed 17 star fleet ships and 4 of their space stations. I had begun to wonder if we were ever going to get out revenge on the Enterprise. We were on the bridge one day and Khan looked at me.
"Andrea I believe it is time we took our revenge on the Enterprise," he said coyly. There must have been a mixture of excitement and confusion on my face. Khan stood up from the Captain's chair and walked over to me. He cupped my face between his hands. "You look so adorable when you make that face little mouse. I really do like that hair on you," he looked down at me with such intensity. I had kept my hair short in order to please my Captain. His happiness was all that mattered to me. Khan leaned down and captured my lips. It was hard and he made sure that I knew that he was in control. It was the first kiss we had shared aside from his affection endearment forehead kisses. I had longed for this my whole time here and now that I finally had it I was scared. It felt wrong.
Khan pulled away from me and went back to his chair as if nothing had happened. "Computer warp to the coordinates we received earlier." The ship took off through space and my Captain looked back to smile at me. When we stopped we were directly in front of the Enterprise. Khan motioned for me to join him in front of the screen. Once I joined my captain video transmission was turned on and a blonde man and a man with dark black hair were standing in front of us. I knew based on the training Khan and I had undergone these last six months that the blonde was Captain James T. Kirk and the man at his side was Spock.
"It is a pleasure to see you again Captain," Khan said.
"Khan you have committed several crimes against the federation. If you surrender now you might be shown mercy," Kirk said.
"I have no intention of surrendering me and my little mouse here," he gestured for me to join by his side so that I was fully on camera, "Plan to take revenge for the crimes you have committed against us." I could see a look of surprise wash over their faces. It was odd but I brushed it aside making sure that my own composure was calm and confident like my Captain's.
"Andie is that you!? We thought you were dead! What are you doing with this psycho?" kirk yelled at the screen.
"What I am doing Kirk is helping my Captain make you pay for what you've done to our people," I made sure to keep my voice calm, asserting my power with my tone. Khan looked over to me,
"Prepare the ship." I nodded and returned to my post raising shields and locking torpedoes on the enemy ship. We planned to attack until their shields were down then beam aboard to finish of the crew. We wanted to make sure our faces were the last thing they saw in this life.
"She is marvelous isn't she?" Khan said.
"You bastard what did you do to her!?" this time the comment did not come from the captain but his first officer. I looked back at the screen to see Spock clenching his fists and a pissed off look. How very uncharacteristic for a Vulcan I thought. I saw Khan smile before he answered,
"Prepare yourself Captain for today is the day you lose your ship, your crew and your life," with that Khan disconnected the feed. He gave me a nod and I began our assault on the Enterprise. With the advanced weapons on our ship it was only a matter of minutes before their shields were down and we were ready to beam aboard.
"Remember Andrea I will let you have Spock but the Captain is mine."
Once we were aboard the Enterprise I was taken aback by emotions that I could not explain. I felt like I had been aboard this ship before and I knew exactly where I need to go to find Spock. I headed up to the bridge, Khan at my side. We killed anyone who got in our way as we made our way to the bridge. Once we got there Shots were fired but we swiftly dodged them and fired our own. I saw Khan pin down Kirk and I lunged for Spock. We tumbled down onto the floor, the Vulcan not fighting me surprisingly. As I wrapped my hands around his throat he did not resist just raised his hand up. He was no threat so did not worry about pinning his hand down. It came to touch my face and all of the sudden I was flooded with visions.
I could see Spock the first time we kissed, feel what he had felt. Then it changed to the day I had left and him reading my note. The hope, the irritation, the worry he felt all became mine. Then it switched to when they had announced I was dead in combat. I could literally feel his heart breaking as if it were my heart being ripped in two.
I released my grip on his throat and flung myself off him. I remembered everything. My true life before I had lost my memory. My love for Spock, me dedication to star fleet and the Enterprise every key detail was clear now.
"Spock I'm so sorry," I tried but my voice faltered. My attention was drawn away from the fight still going on between Kirk and Khan. I rose hesitantly and made my way over to them. I pushed Kirk out of the way and began my own fist fight with Khan. He looked surprised but he did not miss a beat in the fight. Khan had taught me to well. I was better, I was faster, stronger and I knew his movements to the tee. It was not long before I had him on the ground completely defenseless under me.
I took my vengeance on him. I reached down into his chest driving a hole until I could feel his heart pumping under my hand and I squeezed until I felt it explode…
okay so in case it wan't clear the blood transfusion was Khan pumping his blood into her. and while a normal human my not be able to literally crush someones heart i decided that if Khan could ripe peoples head breaking a few ribs to get to the heart wouldn't be that far of a stretch. Stay tuned for the final chapter!