Doctor Alhextri watched Spock and Jim the entire night, ignoring the occasional shake the ship gave with the speed they were traveling at, it was almost warp 13, but still they couldn't lose the other ship, so carefully they had sedated the most dangerous specimens an left the other alone, the situation wasn't life threatening to anyone, but she doubted the Klingons and kazons were going to just sit down while their prison was almost attacked.

"Try to keep your couple away from trouble" her superiors had said "You more than anyone know what is at stake here"

So she stayed there checking the temperature of the cell and making sure that the other ones weren't causing troubles, but apparently everyone was asleep or sedated, with exception of the human, James…

At first she thought he was sleeping, but his bright blue eyes glowing in the dim light betrayed him, letting her eyes, which were better to see in the darkness thanks to her species adaptation. Kirk was hugging the other one.

Why was he hugging the other one?

James slowly stood up and went towards the transparent wall. The doctor was there, but he found he didn't care; he just needed to know Spock was safe. These last few days had been terrible, but Spock´s gentle and calm presence kept him from going completely insane, the Vulcan was his anchor, he had been there for Jim since the day they met, when he recovered from an injury Spock would stay next to him in sickbay, guarding him and helping him to heal, he had been there when Kodos came back and James simply needed someone to hold him. And now, Jim intended to protect his bond mate from every possible threat.

Almost at 1200 hours the doctor entered their cell carrying a bunch of white clothes.

"Dress then I will explain" she said leaving them to dress alone.

The clothes consisted of sweat pants and a t shirt, both in white color, James tried to avoid staring, but he had to admit, Spock looked amazing, his belly showing more than ever in the entire pregnancy.

"You will follow me" the doctor said leading them towards the door on the wall.

They followed her without asking questions, she led them to an office, probably hers, which was immediately next to their cell, and then they walked throw white halls, two times left and four turning right until they reached some sort of mess hall, it was filled with members of every specie they knew, and some they had never seen before, like a couple that looked like a spider.

"There is food at the end of the room, don't ask too much questions or you will be punished" she whispered quickly before disappearing into the crowd.

James followed his mate towards the food table, ignoring a pair of romulans that weren't exactly friendly. The table had food suitable to all the species including something called leola root pasta, that looked strangely similar to spaghetti, but tasted weird, so Jim tried to avoid it. Spock found plomeek soup and tea, so they sat together against the wall, looking at all the different species interact.

Then it happened…

One of the romulans came closer, he was tall and his face reflected cruelty and hatred as he looked at the couple.

"Vulcan scum, on your feet" The romulans said spitting to Jim´s face "Don't tell me you got yourself impregnated with this piece of shit"

James saw Spock´s eyes fill with rage and protectiveness.

"You will cease your attempts to insult my mate"

"Spock its fine, let's go somewhere else" he suggested graving the Vulcans arm and dragging him to the other side of the room.

The romulan followed them.

"You know, I always thought you were a coward Kirk, Who could have told? James Kirk the hero of the federation running away from a fight"

Jim kept walking even though every word hurt him deeply, he should know it had no importance, but he felt like a coward…

Then Spock turned and nerve pinched the guy, but in that same instant an alien dressed in black appeared next to them and grabbed Spock´s hand…

James saw his mate fall to the ground unable to help…