Jamie

"Keptin on the bridge," Chekov called. Jamie really wished she wasn't in command; she built this ship, Chris is supposed to be in command of it.

"Uhura, contact the transporter rooms, as soon as that drill is off, they need to beam anyone alive on the other ships over," she told the lieutenant. She hit the comm, "Bridge to medical, Puri, status." She was shocked to hear her friend speak up instead of the CMO.

"Jim, it's me. Puri was on deck six. He's dead," Bones told her. This just keeps getting worse.

"Bones, I hate to toss you in the fire but as of now, you're acting CMO," she said. She could almost see him scowl.

"Tell me something I don't know. I'll get back to you with a status when I can. McCoy out," he said before closing the connection.

"Mister Chekov, what are they doing to the planet?" she asked. The young officer looked almost as lost as she felt.

"They appear to be drilling a hole of some kind," he told her. "Oh God. Olsen is gone, ma'am."

"Hendorff and Sulu?" Jamie was almost willing them to be okay. Even though she didn't like the burly security officer for hassling her at that bar in Riverside, he was still one of their crew members.

"They have disabled the drill, Keptin," the young Russian told her.

Jamie nodded, "Get them back up here. Uhura, I just sent you communication codes, they go straight to Admirals Archer and Barnett. Send them everything we know so far. Someone let me know when Spock gets back."

The lieutenant nodded, "Aye, ma'am."

"They have just dropped something into the hole they drilled," Chekov looked terrified, "The gravitational fluctuations are off the charts. If my calculations are correct, they are creating a singularity that will destroy the planet." Before Jamie could say anything, Spock and his parents entered the bridge, the younger Vulcan asked what she was thinking.

"How long does the planet have?"

Chekov looked at Spock, "Minutes, sir. Minutes."

Amanda

This wasn't happening. It felt like being in a nightmare that you can't wake up from. Vulcan was gone. The pain Amanda felt from her husband and son slammed into her like a ton of bricks, the young lieutenant that Spock talked about, Nyota, was the only thing keeping her on her feet. Jamie looked at them and spoke in Vulcan, "I grieve with thee." Amanda knew Jamie well enough to know that even thought she wasn't Vulcan, she felt the deaths of the six billion on her soul. The older woman looked around the room.

"Where is Christopher?" Amanda asked.

Jamie offered a sad smile, "On the enemy ship. Spock, maybe you should get your family and the High Council sorted. There's nothing we can do right now. Sulu, take us back to earth." When they all looked at her like she was crazy, she defended the action, "This guy has an issue with Spock."

"Which is why he destroyed Wulcan," the young man with the thick Russian accent said. Amanda understood what Jamie was getting at as she gestured towards her.

"Spock's mother is human and they have family in Seattle," Jamie said. Thinking it was one thing but the realization of Jamie's words sunk in; her sister, her nephews and her step-son are in danger. Spock looked at his friend and shared a whispered conversation with her before he led Amanda and Sarek off the bridge.

Leonard

Once the sickbay had calmed down enough, Leonard made his way to the bridge, "Where's Kirk?"

"Ready room," was the response he got from Sulu. He nodded and made his way to the captain's office. He buzzed and the door slid open. Jamie was sitting in Pike's chair with her head resting on the desk.

"What if he's dead, Bones?" she asked without looking up. The southern doctor knew a good deal about Jamie between being her doctor and her friend, he could tell that she didn't know what to do, it didn't look good on her. If she could, she would trade places with Pike in a heartbeat if it meant he was alive. Before Leonard could say anything, she spoke again, "I don't know if Charlie and Gary are okay, they were on other ships." Damn, they had to catch a break.

"You never know, Jim. They're all tough, maybe they're alright," he was trying to be optimistic, but he was out of practice. Jamie took a deep breath, wiped her face, stood and walked towards him.

"We have work to do," she said. He watched her go from worried wife to that deathly calm that scared the shit outta him. He nodded. This Nero guy was in trouble, he thought Jamie being pissed at his ex-wife was bad, this guy just made an enemy of the last person you want to fight against. He had her husband, destroyed her friend's planet and threatened the world where their children were; all bets were off.

Back on the bridge, the geniuses got to work, he watched as Jamie, Spock, Scotty and Chekov tossed ideas back and forth. It was the kid who came up with the plan, "Keptin Kirk."

She looked at him, "Yea, Chekov. What is it?"

"Based on the Narada's course from Wulcan I have projected that Nero will trawel pass Saturn. Like you said we need to stay inwisible to Nero or he'll destroy us. If Mr. Scott can get us to warp factor 4 and if we drop out of warp behind one of Saturn's moons, say Titan, the magnetic distortion from the planet's rings will make us inwisible to Nero's sensors. From there, as long as the drill is not actiwated we can beam aboard the enemy ship." He rolled his eyes, seriously. Scotty spoke up from next to Jamie.

"Aye, that might work," the engineer said. Leonard wasn't buying it.

"How old are you, kid?" he asked.

Chekov smiled, "Sewenteen, sir."

"Oh great, Jim. He's seventeen," he said to his friend.

Jamie gave him a look, "I got my PhD's and lined up a job with Starfleet working on warp cores at seventeen, what's your point?" Leonard sort of knew that, he didn't dig too deep when they talked about their pasts, she told him about working on warp cores, not that she was seventeen when she got the job.

Scotty chuckled, "The lass made me jealous the first time I met 'er. Young, pretty and downright brilliant, Chekov is like a boy version of Kirk." Jamie chuckled, she nudged the engineer and looked at her grumpy friend.

"The kid is right, Bones. His math is good," she told him just as Spock stepped in.

"If Mister Sulu is able to maneuver us into position, I can beam aboard Nero's ship, steal back the black hole device and, if possible, bring back Captain Pike. Romulans and Vulcans share a common ancestry. Our cultural similarities will make it easier for me to access the ship's computer to locate the device." Jamie thought about it.

"I'm going with you," she said. She held up her hand before anyone could argue, "I'm the only one with enough specialized training who speaks Romulan. There is no way in hell that I would let you go alone."

Jamie

They made it back to their sector, the Narada was here, orbiting earth, but they haven't activated the drill yet. Jamie opened the comm to the whole ship, "All hands, this is Acting Captain Kirk speaking. In a few moments we are going to launch an operation to take out the enemy vessel and stop it from doing to earth what it did to Vulcan. There are billions of people on that planet down there and we are the only thing standing between them and our enemy. Nero left us alive because he didn't see us as a threat, we're about to make him realize his mistake. Unlike Nero, we have too much at stake to let him win. When Captain Pike put this crew together, he chose each of you because you are the very best in your fields. I have every faith that we will not let our Captain, earth or the Federation down. Everyone to battle stations, Kirk out."

Jamie stood up and looked at Sulu, "If you have the tactical advantage, use it. Even if we're still over there."

He nodded, "Aye, ma'am. Good luck, Jamie."

She smiled at the helmsman, "Good luck to us all. You have the con." The crew on the bridge was standing a little taller as their acting commanding and first officers made their way off of the bridge. Scotty was sitting in the transporter room.

"I couldn't let just anyone do this, lass. Be careful over there," he told her after she gave him a look.

"Monty…" She began but he cut her off.

"If you don't make it, I'll look after the wee one," Monty said. She almost cried, if they didn't make it, her son might not either. She didn't say anything else, just nodded at her friend. Lady Amanda ran into the room, she gave Jamie a hug and one to Spock.

"You two be careful, get Christopher and get back here," Spock's mother told them.

They both replied quickly, "Yes, ma'am."

Uhura spoke quietly to Spock, "I'll be monitoring your frequency." Jamie gave him a look.

"When were you going to tell me about that?" she asked when the officer walked away. Spock didn't answer her, Scotty was ready to send them over. One second, they're on the Enterprise and the next, they're on the Narada.

Chris

This sucks. Chris couldn't move but at this point he was just hoping that Jamie and Charlie were okay. He looked over at the older Vulcan that was strapped to another table; they had to get out of here. He gave up earth's defense codes, that damn slug they shoved down his throat released a toxin that made him talk. Chris just wanted to see his family again, he even said as much at some point. He was looking around, when a guard went down. Chris smiled, his wife was here. It was beautiful to watch as Jamie and Spock took out the Romulans around him.

"Took you long enough, J."

Jamie smiled, "Sorry we're late, been busy. Who's the Vulcan?" Chris looked over at the older man, who answered her question.

"I am Spock," the other hostage said. Jamie looked at her Spock and raised an eyebrow. The older man raised his hand to the young Vulcan, "It will be quicker." Spock nodded and old Spock touched his face, it only seemed like a few seconds but it must have been enough.

"We must use the red matter to destroy this ship. I will do it," her Spock said.

The older man nodded, "You must get your Captain out of here." Chris was almost sure that they were referring to Jamie.

"Spock, go with him, we'll beam you out. Be careful, my friend," she said. Spock –the younger one- nodded and made his way to the Jellyfish looking ship.

Jamie

"I own him more food," she muttered after Scotty beamed her and Chris directly to sickbay. Chris chuckled, it was so him, yet tinged in pain.

"Go, J. The crew needs you more than I do, I got McCoy. Go," her husband told her. She nodded, gave her friend the don't-let-my-husband-die look and ran towards the bridge, the two Spocks met her half-way.

"Keptin on the bridge," how does Chekov even see the door?

"Hail them, now," she said. Well, look how things have changed. She wasn't a bitch but between being her father's murderer and after seeing Chris' condition, she really needed a reason not to just tell this guy to go fuck himself all the way to hell. Luckily for him, she has morals, "This is Captain Jamison T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise. Your ship is compromised. You're too close to the singularity to survive without assistance which we are willing to provide." Of course, everyone looked at her like she was crazy, Spock was the only one brave enough to ask.

"Captain, what are you doing?" her friend whispered. What was she doing? Being the better person.

"Showing them compassion may be the only way to make peace with Romulus, Spock. I thought you were the logical one around here," she offered.

"Not today, Captain," Spock replied. Well, Jamie thought, if the Vulcan is ready to kill you, it means you're really fucked. There's no way around that. At least Nero made it easy.

"I would rather suffer the end of Romulus a thousand times, I would rather die in agony than accept assistance from you," Nero growled at her. There was a part of Jamie, a small part, that was saddened by his refusal to take her help, the rest of her was about to enjoy every bit of this.

Her tone went icy, "I knew you'd say that, on behalf of my father, go to hell." As she walked to the command chair she looked at the helmsman, "Sulu, send him."

"Aye, Captain." The way he said it caused Jamie to make a mental note, 'never, ever, piss Sulu off.' The lieutenant laid waste to the Narada, it's not going to pop up anywhere else.

"Helm, take us home," she ordered. They aren't moving, "Why aren't we at warp?" She looked as Sulu.

"We are ma'am," he told her, his voice straining as he tried to keep control of the ship. Shit, shit, shit. She hit a control that opened comm to engineering.

"Get us out of here, Scotty," she called.

"You bet your arse Captain," her friend said. Jamie could hear him moving when a thought hit her.

"It's a gravity well, isn't it?" she asked.

"Aye, lass. We're caught in it. We could eject the core and detonate it, should push us free," the Scot told her. That's why she loved him, only person who got her brand of crazy.

"Go for it, Monty," she ordered. She felt the whole ship shudder as he followed her order and break free from the hold that the singularity had on them.

"We built one hell of a ship, lass," she heard Scotty say.

"Spock, I need a status report from all section heads," she said after they all took a few minutes to enjoy their win; they weren't out of the woods yet. She looked at the older Spock, "We should probably talk." The man who was her friend, but wasn't at the same time, nodded.

"I believe you are correct, as usual, Captain."

Chris

Chris noticed a few things as he came to; he was alive, back on the Enterprise, he could sorta feel his legs and there was something on his hand. He looked over to find Jamie sitting in a chair next to his bed with her head resting next to his arm, her grip on his hand was firm even in her sleep.

"Look who's awake," a gruff voice said. Chris looked up to find McCoy walking into the room.

"Hey, doc. How bad?"

McCoy looked at him, "You aren't running a marathon anytime soon but you'll be on your feet again. Managed to get that damn slug out of you in one piece. Jim is banged up, but other than needing to be forced to sleep and eat she's okay. I swear, she's crazy, running around like Wonder Woman."

"You know, I can hear you, right?" She whispered. "And I'm too badass to be Wonder Woman, nothing against the Amazonian but I prefer my flaws. I'm more Iron Man. Dude is brilliant, builds cool stuff, bangs sexy people and has daddy issues… he's me without boobs." Leonard rolled his eyes.

"You see what I mean, crazy," the doctor groaned.

Jamie smirked, "Never said I wasn't. It's not my fault that I've been through worse. If I don't joke around about all this I might cry." As much as Chris worried about her, he knew she could take care of herself, she just had to prioritize.

"How's our ship?" Chris jumped in, mostly because he wanted to know, but also, so the two would stop fussing at each other. Jamie gave him a quick rundown, earth was still there but they were limping back; Yorktown was on intercept to help them out. Archer and Barnett were keeping the vultures at bay and taking Jamie's reports themselves. Jamie spent time with the Vulcans on the ship or helping with the repairs. She had the guy he was held prisoner with around here somewhere.

"If asked, his name is Salek," she told him.

"You heard from dad or Gary?" He knew whatever she was about to tell him was bad. She glanced at McCoy who touched her shoulder and left the room.

"Charlie is almost as bad as you," she said, "but he's still breathing. Gary and Chenowyth are dead, though." She had tears in her eyes, Gary was like family and he was gone. She stayed with him until her communicator beeped, letting her know that the Yorktown was here.

Jennifer

All those ships and Vulcan, lost. Jennifer couldn't believe it. When Barnett contacted her, he had her divert to help the Enterprise. They were damaged and suffered casualties but they had won the Battle for Earth. She took a team to the Enterprise and met with Kirk and Spock.

"Good to see you, Captain," Jamie said with a small smile. Shran and Kelso, who damn near demanded to go with the away team, were itching to talk to the duo.

"Go ahead and hug 'em," Jennifer told her officers. Kelso went first, hugging Jamie first, then Spock. Shran hugged Jamie as soon as Kelso let her go.

"Good job, Golden-top," he said in Andorian.

"Where do you need us, Captain Kirk?" Jennifer asked.