Jim was the first to land, his tensed-up body making his fall worse. He rolled a little bit, but the force of the wind was sending his parachute towards the fire under him. "Jim!" Luna yelled from worry just as he grabbed onto one of the pieces of the platform to keep him steady before hitting the button that sent his parachute right back into his bag.

Jim took deep breaths as he tore off the helmet, hardly able to believe he was okay. That was until one of the Romulans came out to fight him. Jim ran to him, pushing the gun away from his face, resulting in a couple of shots getting fired off, right into Sulu's parachute. He began to fall faster, and farther from the platform when Luna had just landed. "Sulu!" She yelled out. That's when the Romulan heard her, seeing her still struggling to get her parachute back in her bag.

The Romulan slowly began to gawk towards her with a smug smile on his face, panicking Jim. He ran after the creature before jumping on his back, but his gun went off again. Luna ducked down so she wouldn't be shot, but that didn't save her parachute. It began tugging on her body even harder. Luna screamed from the pain as she tried even harder to get to the button. She was beginning to panic, knowing she could die here. She was going to die here if she didn't fix her parachute. That fear sent one last effort of strength through her body, letting her finally press the button before the parachute sucked back into the pouch.

Luna let out a grunt before throwing her head down on the platform, never being so happy to be on something Romulan made. She then noticed the Romulan going after Jim, punching him in the face. Luna jumped up, running to the man and punching him in the back of the head, sending him staggering forward as Jim hurried to her side.

Luna then pulled out her blaster, but the Romulan charged at her, knocking it out of her hand before slapping her in the face, sending her back on the platform. Jim looked to him, getting even angrier than when he started out. Luna laid there, clutching her face, Jim still gripping onto his helmet. His grip grew even tighter before throwing it into his face, sending him down just like he had done to Luna.

Sulu was still falling as another Romulan came out for Luna to fight off. His parachute ended up catching on the platform, sending him only a few inches from the fire. As he swung away from the fire, he hit his button, pulling him up, but he was immediately brought to another fire on the platform. He gripped onto one of the ledges before pulling out his sword, cutting the strings and jumping up. He tore his helmet off, ready to fight the third Romulan who also had a sword.

Jim's opponent had just thrown him down, the Romulan picking him up and throwing him over his shoulder again, this time Jim got dangerously close to the ledge. Luna had kicked her Romulan in the chest, sending him off the ledge screaming. She turned to look at Jim, fear in his eyes as he tried to cling on for dear life.

Luna hurried behind the Romulan, picking up her discarded phaser along the way. She lined up the shot, taking a moment to let out a deep, controlled breath before blasting him. He fell off the ship, Jim looking to Luna in awe. He didn't know she could do that. "Jim!" She yelled before hurrying to him. "Give me your hand!"

Jim did as she said, letting her pull him up, the two looking over to find that Sulu had already defeated his Romulan as well. Sulu hurried to them, both Jim and Luna holding their knees trying to catch their breath. "Olson had the charges!"

Jim sighed while nodding before straightening himself out. "I know."

Jim then ran off, Sulu and Luna looking at each other before following him. "What do we do?" Luna asked, throwing some loose strands of hair out of her face.

Jim picked up one of the Romulan guns, panicking Luna. Some of Jim's ideas weren't always the best. "This!" He tossed Luna one of the guns as Sulu picked up a stray one and Jim another.

The three stood, aiming their guns, Luna shrugging before getting started. "Here goes nothing." They each shot off as many bullets as their guns allowed, eventually shutting it down.


Uhura was running her hands through the controls like crazy with all the new information she was getting. "The jamming signal's gone." Uhura reported before turning back to look at Spock. "Transport abilities are reestablished."

Bones heard it in the medical bay as he continued working, letting a little pause for him to throw his fist in the air. "Yes!"

Chekov turned back to look at Spock, still finding himself overwhelmed with having control of the whole helm. "Transporter control is reengaged, sir."

Spock gave him a quick nod before looking back to the windshield, still panicked about what was going to happen to Vulcan. "Check all gravitational sensors. I want to know what they were doing to the planet."

"Aye, Commander." Chekov turned back to the con before turning back to Spock quickly, realizing what he just said. "Captain. Sorry, captain."


As the red matter was launched from the Romulan ship, all Jim, Luna and Sulu could do was watch it as it fell, not totally sure what it even was. The three ran to the edge of the platform, watching it until it fell into the planet. Jim pulled out his mouth piece to talk to Spock. "Kirk to Enterprise, they just launched something at the planet through the hole they just drilled."

They waited for a response, but nothing came. That made Luna pull her mouth piece out to talk. "Do you copy Enterprise?"

Everyone on the bridge copied them, but they were going into a frenzy trying to locate what it was the Romulans just dropped in Vulcan. "Captain," Chekov called while continuing to go through all the information. "Gravitational sensors are off the scale. If my calculations are correct, they're creating a singularity that will consume the planet."

Spock looked down for a moment, processing everything he had just told him. They were going to kill his planet. "They're creating a black hole at the center of Vulcan?"

Chekov turned around to look at him, taking a deep sigh, not really wanting to tell him this since this was his home planet they were talking about, but this was also his captain. "Yes."

Spock's eyes narrowed in on him, wondering if he really could save them all. "How long does the planet have?"

"Minutes, sir." Chekov threw his hands in the air, really wishing he could tell him something different. "Minutes."

Spock didn't waste any time, standing straight up and turning to Uhura to give her a command. "Alert Vulcan command center to signal a planet wide evacuation all channels, all frequencies."

Uhura hurried after him, not wanting him to go. "Spock, wait."

Spock didn't listen, though, he kept walking, turning to another crew member. "Maintain standard orbit."

Uhura finally grabbed his attention when he stepped into the elevator. "Where are you going?"

"To evacuate the Vulcan High Council. Their task is to protect our cultural history. My parents will be among them."

Uhura's heart was pounding as she looked at him. He couldn't do this. It was too dangerous. "Can't you beam them out?"

"That is impossible. They will be in the Katric ark. I must get them myself." Spock then turned to look back inside the bridge instead of at Uhura, making her gulp. She wasn't going to take her eyes off of Spock. "Chekov, you have the con." The doors then closed, leaving Uhura breathing deeply.

"Aye." Chekov turned back to the helm, taking a deep sigh. That was just more responsibility to add. "Aye, aye, aye."


"Kirk to Enterprise." Jim tired again, getting angry that no one had responded to them. "Beam us out of here."

"Stand by, locking on your signal." The woman spoke as she worked on getting them back.

That's when the drill began to move, everyone on it losing their balance. "I can't lock on to them." The woman spoke as Luna, standing on the edge of the platform began to lose her footing. "Don't move. Don't move!"

Jim looked to her, his heart stopping, as she looked to him, fear filled in her eyes. She finally gasped before falling off the edge of the platform. "NO!" Jim screamed, hurrying to get up and run after her. He had no thoughts. Just to get Luna. "Luna!"

"Jim!" Sulu yelled while hurrying after him, knowing this was insane. Jim had no thoughts, though. He jumped. Sulu looked down at the two falling, knowing it would be suicide if he jumped, but he didn't have much of a chance on here either. If he jumped, he at least had a chance. With a long breath, he followed Jim, jumping off the platform and falling through the air just like the other two.

Jim straightened out his body so he could fall easier as Luna thought about what her next move was. "Luna!"

Luna looked up at that. He had to be insane! Why on earth would he jump after her? "Luna!" That's when she noticed Sulu falling through the air too. They were both insane! They could have gotten out, but they were freefalling now because of her.

"Hold on!" Jim yelled before grabbing her, holding her on her front side. "I've gotcha." He assured just before Sulu attached onto her, holding onto her back.

Luna sighed, wishing they wouldn't have done this, but they were in it now. "I never thought I'd be in this position with my ex-boyfriend and gay best friend."

"Alright Luna," Jim spoke, ignoring her comment. "Now pull my chute." Luna did as he said, but once the parachute was out, it was ripped from the hinges. The three shared a small scream before Jim moved to his radio. "Kirk to Enterprise! We're falling without a chute!"

"Beam us up!" Luna yelled into his radio.

Bones was panicking in the medical bay, fighting all he could to run up and save them himself, but he had to continue with his job. "I'm sorry." The woman reported to them, sounding defeated. "I can't lock on to your signal."

They were not taking that as an option. "Beam us up!" Jim yelled again, making sure to break the syllables apart.

"You're moving too fast."

As Chekov heard what was going on in the Transporter Room, he stood up, excited that he knew what to do. "I can do that." Everyone on the bridge turned to him. "I can do that!"

He looked to the nearest crewmember before taking off. "Take the con."

Uhura turned around to watch him run off before the other woman on communications began speaking. "The black hole's expanding. We won't reach minimum safe distance if we don't leave immediately."

Chekov continued down the Enterprise's halls while screaming, "Move. Move... I can do that. I can do that. Move. Move..." When Chekov finally got into the Transporter Room, he moved to the controls instantly, almost knocking the woman out of the way. "Give me manual control, I can lock on."

"Beam us up!" Jim yelled again.

"Enterprise, where are you?" Sulu yelled that time.

"Hold on. Hold on! Hold on!" Chekov assured, but they were about to hit the planet's surface. That would kill them instantly.

Jim continued to panic the closer they got. "Now! Now! Now! Do it now!"

"Now! Now! Now!" Luna yelled that time, her voice cracking a little.

"Hold on. Hold on. Compensating gravitational pull." Jim and Luna locked eyes, speaking a silent "I love you" knowing if they weren't beamed back to the ship, there would be no time to say it. "Aaand..." The transporter locked on their location just in time before they hit the ground. "Gotcha!"

When they hit the pad, they all had to take a moment to lay there for a moment, their mind still tricking them into thinking they had hit the planet in a hard blow. Luna leaned into Jim as they laid there, her brown eyes traveling to his pretty blue ones, taking a few deep breaths as Jim helped her up. "Are you okay?" He asked as he grabbed her hands and moved them so he could get a good look at her body.

Luna's muscles were aching and she was on the verge of a panic attack, but when she looked at Jim she just felt…better. "Thank you."

Jim offered her a little smile as he helped her stand up. "No problem." Luna laughed a little at that, knowing it could have potentially been a huge problem. "Bones would have killed me if I let you die, anyway." Luna let out a loud laugh that time, Jim smiling at that authentic laugh he was pretty sure he fell in love with from the beginning. Sulu stood up, smiling at the two. Even apart, they were still the cutest couple he had ever seen.

Their moment was ripped from them as Spock came charging in. "Clear the pad. I'm beaming to the surface."

Jim hurried Luna off the pad, Sulu following as she gave him a scared glance, already knowing what he was going to do. "The surface of what?"

"What?" Jim asked once he was set on the pad. "You're going down there? Are you nuts?" Spock just gave him a daring look. "Spock, you can't do that!"

"Energize." Those were his last words before beaming down to Vulcan.

The three stood there dumbfounded until Bones' voice came through the speaker. "Dammit, will someone answer me?! Are McCoy and Kirk safe on the ship?"

Luna hurried to the nearest speaker, realizing her father must have been going out of his mind. "Dad!" Luna yelled out. "We're fine!"

Bones let out a deep sigh while letting his head fall against the speaker, so thrilled just to hear his voice. He didn't want to feel that fear of losing his daughter ever, ever again. "Thank god."

The three continued to wait in the Transporter Room, curious and worried for what was going to happen to Spock and all of Vulcan. They didn't have any visual, they were just waiting on Spock's command. When it finally came, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. "Spock to Enterprise, get us out now."

"Locking on you." Chekov reported as he went away at his controls. "Don't move. Stay right where you are!" Chekov began to count down, everyone only being able to think what everyone on that planet was going through right now. "I'm losing her!" Chekov began to scream, everyone looking to him with panic, knowing he was losing Spock's mother. "I'm losing her!" The group began to appear on the pad, Chekov letting out a depressed sigh as he looked to where she would have been standing. "I lost her."

Spock's arm was still stretched out as if he could still grab her. Luna took a deep gulp, knowing what it was like to not have mother, but she couldn't imagine what it was like to lose a mother you had known your whole life. She stood in between Jim and Sulu, the three knowing there was nothing they could do or nothing that could be done. The group was staying strong, especially Spock and his father, but they were breaking. It didn't help that in the room, there was a clear window where you could see Vulcan caving in on itself, disappearing into the black hole the red matter had created.


Acting captain's log, star date 2258.42. We have had no word from Captain Pike. I have therefore classified him a hostage of the war criminal known as Nero. Nero, who has destroyed my home planet and most of its six billion inhabitants. While the essence of our culture has been saved in the elders who now reside upon this ship...I estimate no more than ten thousand have survived. I am now a member of an endangered species.


Luna was in her middle seat as Sulu was off getting out of his suit and getting examined by the medical team. Jim was in Sulu's seat for now, both Jim and Luna leaning in as their hands were joined together in a thumb war. The air was somber, and Jim and Luna were both sad, but they needed to do something to occupy their time so they wouldn't think about what they just witnessed.

Luna had won again, Jim sighing, his voice coming out more bland than he wanted it to. "How many times is that now?"

"I honestly don't know." Luna's was just as monotoned. "I stopped keeping track."

Jim looked up at Luna, realizing something not too long ago. They could die at any moment with this job. Jim didn't want he or Luna to die without him being one hundred percent truthful. Maybe if he calmly explained to her what had happened with Gaila the other day, she would understand. Well, here goes nothing. "Hey, Luna," she looked up at him, her face covered in boredom. "There's something I really need to talk to you about."

She turned her head to the side slightly, their hands still held, but they were no longer playing. "About what?"

"I wanted to tell you what really happened, and how I cheated on the Kobayashi Maru." Luna watched him, noticing how serious his face looked in that moment. She was beginning to get scared.

She squeezed his hand a little tighter, Chekov trying to look like he wasn't paying attention, but in all honesty, he wanted to know what it was too. "Whatever it is, Jim, you can tell me anything."

Jim took a deep breath, tearing his eyes from her as he thought about how he was going to approach this. Just as he opened up his mouth, Sulu showed up behind him. "You're in my seat, dude."

Jim turned around to look at him as Luna fell just a little bit. She really wanted to know what he had to tell her. "Right," Jim spoke as he tried to stand up, but Luna wasn't letting go of his hand. "Sorry, Sulu."

Jim tried to walk off once he was out of Sulu's seat, but Luna pulled him back, desperately staring into those ice blue eyes, and Jim was like putty in her hands. "After all of this is over, I think we should talk…about everything."

He gave her hand a tight squeeze with a little smile tugging at his lips. He was hoping she was talking about their relationship. "I do too." Luna finally decided to let go of his hand as Jim looked around the bridge, trying to find somewhere else to sit, finally deciding that as long as Spock wasn't in there, he could sit in the captain's chair. That was short lasting because almost immediately after he sat down, Spock came charging in, Jim trying to make himself small enough so he wouldn't notice him.

"Have you confirmed Nero is headed for earth?" Spock asked, looking right to Uhura, knowing she would have the exact answer.

"Their trajectory suggests no other location, captain." Uhura tried to make her response as professional as possible, knowing that's what Spock wanted right now. Order.

"Thank you, Lieutenant." Spock was practically pacing around the bridge, everyone who knew him finding that particularly odd.

Jim was rubbing his chin, still sitting the captain's chair. "Earth may be his next stop, but we have to assume every Federation planet's a target."

Spock didn't even look at him, he just spoke to him like he was a child. "Out of the chair." Jim let out a frustrated sigh while throwing his hands in the air like a child would before getting up.

"Well," Chekov turned to look at his flight mates as he spoke. "If the Federation is the target, why didn't they destroy us?"

"Why would they?" Sulu scoffed, his elbow propping his head up as he leaned on the helm before turning to look at Spock. "Why waste a weapon? We obviously weren't a threat."

"That is not it." Spock shook his head while pacing still. "He said he wanted me to see something. The destruction of my home planet."

"How the hell did they do that, by the way?" Bones asked as he stood by the captain's chair, his fingers rubbing his chin as he continued to think it over.

"And where did the Romulans get that kind of weaponry?" Luna spoke as she stood up to be next to her dad, knowing he had a point. She had also become very lovey towards Bones in the past few hours. She just kept thinking about Spock's face over and over again when he had lost his mother. She didn't want to lose her father that way.

"The engineering comprehension necessary to artificially create a black hole may suggest an answer. Such technology could theoretically be manipulated to create a tunnel through space-time."

The trio blinked a little bit, processing everything Spock had just said before looking to each other. They knew what he said, but it was actually very hard to believe. "Damn it man," Bones finally spoke while throwing his hands in the air. "I'm a doctor, not physicist. Are you actually suggesting they're from the future?"

"If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable must be the truth."

"How poetic." The two southerners scoffed at the same time with their arms folded and the two in the same stance. If no one would have guessed it before, they knew they were related now.

"Then what would an angry future Romulan want with Captain Pike?" Jim asked it more as a challenge than a question, making Luna slightly roll her eyes. She really didn't want to do this right now.

Sulu turned to look at Jim before speaking. "As captain he does know details of Starfleet's defenses."

Jim moved closer to the front of the ship where Spock was, knowing he had to tell him his suggestion if anything was going to get done. "What we need to do is catch up to that ship, disable it, take it over and get Pike back."

"We are technologically outmatched in every way. A rescue attempt would be illogical." Luna shrugged at Spock's response, finding herself agreeing with both sides.

Chekov then turned to Jim, finding a flaw in his plan. "Nero's ship would have to drop out of warp for us to take it."

"Then what about assigning engineering crews to try and boost our warp yield?"

"Remaining power and crew are being used to repair radiation leaks on the lower decks. The damage – "

"Okay." Jim spoke, talking over Spock again as he moved to join him, making Luna shut her eyes. She was getting so tired of these arguments. "All right. All right. There's got to be some way."

"We must gather with the rest of Starfleet." Spock stressed while turning to look face to face with him. "To balance the terms of the next engagement."

"There won't be a next engagement." Jim was getting so tired of Spock, you could see it in his face. "By the time we gather, it'll be too late. Look, you say he's from the future and knows what's gonna happen then the logical thing is to be unpredictable."

Spock then shook his head as he made direct eye contact with him, knowing he wasn't getting what Spock understood by the fact that this Romulan group was from the future. "You're assuming that Nero knows how event's are predicted to unfold. The contrary. Nero's very presence has altered the flow of history beginning with the attack on the USS Kelvin, culminating with the events of today, thereby creating an entire new chain of incidents that cannot be anticipated by either party."

Everyone froze, realizing what Spock was getting at. "An alternate reality." Uhura finally said as she stood up from her seat.

He looked to Uhura, nodding before looking back to Jim as he walked back to the captain's chair. "Precisely. Whatever our lives might have been if the time continuum was disrupted our destinies have changed." He turned to look at the helm before moving to sit down in the captain's chair. "Mr. Sulu, plot a course for the Laurentian system. Warp factor three."

"Spock, don't do that!" Jim yelled while hurrying back to him.

"Jim." Luna tried to speak to warn him, but he wasn't listening to her. He was too caught up in his rage for the Vulcan.

"Running back to the rest of the fleet for a con fab is a massive waste of time."

Spock turned to look at him, his eyes fiery. "These orders were issued by Captain Pike when he left."

"He also ordered us to go back and get him!" Jim yelled again. Luna's stomach was tied in knots, scared about what was going to happen next, especially with Jim. "Spock, you are captain now. You have – "

"I am aware of my responsibilities." Spock spoke it like Jim's interruptions and points weren't fazing him at all. "And at least I didn't get my responsibilities mixed up with glory when completing academic dishonesty and hurting the ones closest to me."

The whole ship got quiet as Jim's eyes burned with hate as he looked at him. Also with fear. How did he know about what happened with Gaila? He quickly shot a look to Uhura, knowing she was the only other one who knew. Uhura looked down, not wanting to meet his eyes. That was just making Jim even more upset. "Is that was this is all about?" He asked as he turned his head back to Spock.

Luna looked back and forth at the two, not totally sure what the last part was about. Spock looked back to him with an angry smile on his lips. "I am just saying, Mr. Kirk, having intercourse with the woman who was able to sabotage the test for you seemed to back fire."

Luna's head shot up to look at Jim, her mouth dropped and her eyes almost immediately filling with water when she learned about Jim's betrayal. "What?"

Jim turned back to look at Luna, his eyes hurting at the look of her heart breaking shining through her face. "I was gonna tell you." Jim promised as he moved towards her, but Luna simply moved back, not wanting to be anywhere near Jim at the moment.

"You slept with Gaila, you son of a bitch!" Luna looked down as she was trying to battle with her emotions, Bones moving to stand by her side in case she needed it as Jim just continued to look at her. There was nothing else he could do. What was done was done, and there was no changing that, but he wish he could take it back. God, did he wish he could take it all back. "Why would you do that?" Her voice was so weak, it was breaking Jim.

"I did it for you, and I will explain everything after we get out of this mess." Jim whispered, making her lock eyes with him again. Jim then turned to look back at Spock, so angry he could slap the bangs off his head. "Every second we waste Nero's getting closer to his next target." He said it all through his teeth, knowing the second Spock said something else he didn't like he was going to go crazy.

"That is correct and why I'm instructing you to accept the fact that I'm – "

"I will not allow us to go backwards!" Jim yelled at him, Luna jumping at his booming voice.

"Jim, stop!" Luna yelled over him, all three talking at the same time now.

"Instead of hunting Nero down!"

Spock then stood up, not taking his eyes off Jim as he gave his orders. "Security, escort him out."

Two men then flanked on both sides, grabbing his arms and pulling Jim down the steps of the platform. Jim followed at first, but that didn't last long. He punched his way out of their grip, Luna moving closer to him while putting her hand on her stomach, feeling the knot in there tighten even harder.

"Jim!" Bones yelled out desperately, not wanting to see this either.

That's when Spock decided to take matters into his own hands, getting up from his seat and going to Jim, jamming his finger into the pressure point on his neck to knock him out. He then turned to look at the other red shirts, giving them a forceful look before giving them new orders. "Get him off this ship."

Spock's voice was so cold, it was scaring the hell out of Luna. "Spock, wait." It was coming out as almost a whisper as the men picked up Jim's unconscious body. "Spock, wait!" She yelled this time even if it felt like her heart was jumping out of her chest. She was trying to go forward, but Bones caught her waist, holding her back in fear that she would be sent off along with Jim. "Spock, you can't do that!"

"Take him to a pod." Spock ordered the men, trying to ignore Luna as best as he could.

"Spock!" Luna called again, almost kicking out of her father's grip that time, but he just held on tighter. She was beginning to be a thrashing mess. "Let me go!"

"I'm not letting you get sent off too!" Bones growled at her just as she had managed to wiggle out and hurry towards Spock.

She hurried to catch up with Spock who was following the red shirts to the pod they were going to send Jim out in. She was beginning to get hysterical when she realized she wasn't going to be able to stop this. "Spock, please, just think about this for a moment!"

"Miss. McCoy," Spock began, going to his lecture voice Luna remembered sitting through for a whole semester. "Your friend has caused this ship nothing but trouble since he got on board, now, unless you want to join him, I suggest you go back to your post."

The men finally settled Jim into a pod, Luna's heart pounding in her throat at how helpless he looked. "Spock, please." Luna whispered it, all of Luna's friends feeling their hearts tighten at how desperate she sounded. Especially her father's heart. "I am begging you." Bones moved closer to her, suddenly becoming afraid for what her desperation could make her do. "Take me if you want, just please don't send him out there."

Some doubt began to pass over his face, Luna smiling, believing she had convinced him until that dumbass red shirt Jeremy pressed the button to send his pod out. "No!" Luna screamed, trying to run forward, but Bones grabbed her waist again. She turned to the Vulcan that was seeming to be her only hope, her hysteria lodging itself back into her body. "Spock, you have to do something, you have to get him back!"

"What's done is done, Lieutenant Commander, McCoy." He spoke it so coolly before walking past her.

Luna was fuming as she turned around to look at her captain. "Then we're going to get him."

"We can't stall our voyage any longer." Spock sat down at the captain's chair as Luna stood angrily in front of him. "I'm sorry, Miss. McCoy, but he will have to join us when we are all back on earth."

Luna looked at him for a moment before leaning forward to slap him, doing the only thing she could think to do. The whole bridge gasped as Bones moved back onto the platform with her. "Luna!" Bones scolded, bust she stood her ground even when Spock stood up to face her.

"Throw me off the ship now." She spoke with a shrug. "Send me to the same planet as Jim."

"I don't mean to be frank, Miss. McCoy" Spock spoke, his thinking face on, not truly understanding why she was doing this. "But why try so hard to save Jim Kirk?"

"Because I love him." Luna cried out, silencing the whole bridge. No one dared to move or speak, not even Luna. She hadn't said those words in so long in reference to Jim, she had to think it over a couple of times, but there was no way she would ever take it back. She did love him. He was an arrogant asshole, but she loved him. She then moved closer to Spock, taking a deep breath before speaking. "Tell me, is that logical, Mr. Spock?"

Luna turned on her heels, hurrying to the elevator, really needing a moment before she could work again. "Sulu, you have the helm!" She yelled over her shoulder before positioning herself in the elevator.

"Yes, ma'am." Sulu whispered, not wanting to be the first to bring back the normal conversation on the bridge.

When the doors to the elevator closed, she shut her eyes tight while the tears flowed down her face before placing a hand over her aching heart. She had so much fear that something would happen to Jim and there was nothing she could do. All she could do was think back on what she didn't tell him. She should have told him. She should have told him she still loved him. That she would always love him.

MisfitCarter: Aw, I'm happy I could make your week better in some way. And on the Jim and Luna shipping, I feel the same. Sometimes I wonder why I do this to myself with all the angst and stuff, but then I'm like you know what, I'm not even mad.

ImsebastianstanButter: Can I wait with you and let the magic writing fairies do it for me?

Love. Fiction. 2016: Good "..." or bad "..."?

rebootfan: Okay, okay, I love Scotty and Keenser. I've already decided Luna and Scotty are going to be best friends, and throw in Keenser and like...they're just like the really cute smol squad that could probably beat you up and mop the floor with you in a game of wits. Like, I love it already. The emotional compromise is going to be SO INTENSE. That's what I'm most excited to write, well, that and Into Darkness. Thank you for your review, love!

We're a little over halfway done with the movie now! Eep! And I got this to you guys before the two week mark, and I got a 110 on my Odyssey test in Literature and a 104 on my music test! I'm on a roll lately! Call me a nerd all you want, idc! Okay, I'm not really sure how I feel about this chapter. There's some parts that drag, and that makes me feel the whole chapter is dragging, but let me know what you think. I always love constructive criticism (I thrive on it tbh) so review or message me. Have a wonderful day, Trekies!