The next day the lights went on at 6000 hours, the cold was still there, but it was more bearable, at least for Jim, but he saw Spock trying to suppress a shiver twice, they started thinking that the doctor would leave them alone when she entered the room carrying a tray with something that looked almost like food and left if on the ground next to the door, then headed towards the Vulcan with her tricorder in hand probably taking more readings to create a baseline.
"Let us go" James said standing up and getting closer "The federation will try to find us, probably in a week or so they will be here"
"I would recommend that you start coming to terms with your current situation" She answered looking him the eye for the first time "I doubt that the federation will be able to find this place"
"We don't want to be part of any experiment!"
"Doctor, perhaps if you told us more about your experiment it would be easier for us to adjust to our situation" Spock said, logical, as always.
She stared at them, like trying to read their minds, and then she walked towards the door.
"It is about survival" she whispered before leaving them alone.
Both were surprised to receive an answer from the doctor, but survive? Why would they need Jim or Spock to survive? Were they dying? So many questions that came to their minds with that short yet powerful word… Survival…
James decided to stop thinking about it and instead investigated what was in the tray, he was almost speechless when he discovered it contained a bowl of plomek soup, scrambled eggs and two gasses of something that looked like lemon juice.
"Spock, please try to eat something" James said moving the tray closer to the Vulcan
Spock obeyed, but Jim knew that deep inside his mate was cold and starving; he just wouldn't let anyone know.
That night when the Vulcan was already asleep Jim saw the doctor in the hall, she looked at them and then did something unexpected… She turned the cell´s heat up.
James hugged his mate closer, not willing to let him go, not even for a second.
Meanwhile on the USS Enterprise doctor McCoy, chief engineer Scott, ambassador Sarek, Amanda Grayson and Selik of Vulcan were searching for the captain and the first officer, they hadn't found anything yet, but they were following a strange warp signal hoping it would lead them towards their friend's location.
Doctor Alhextri watched her two specimens sleep close to each other, the bond between the vulcan and the human was something that her people would never understand, but it didn't matter, they needed to do this, it was the only way they could save their specie…
An image arrived to her padd, it was a starship following them, they still didn't discover them, which was a good sign, but they were really close, closer than the others had been. The ship was almost a perfect cube filled with green lights and dark metallic parts, it was massive, but nothing compared to their cleverly disguised ship. They would hide, as they always did, but now there was hope to complete the experiment, to rebuild their specie, to live again…