"Could this ship be any smaller?" Bones asked. They were all in the tiny cargo bay. Jamie, Sulu, Kelso, Chekov, Scott, Glorak and Braxim all looked at each other.

"Talon," the command and engineering officers said at the same time. Bones, Gaila and Uhura looked at them, Jamie elaborated.

"This is the Bowman, it's an Archer-class scout ship that can land on a planet. While there's no doubt that it is small, there is living space for eighteen. Now, the Talon-class scout ships are only a little bigger than a shuttle, and only has living space for two, barely. Eleven people is its top capacity but not for a long time. Officially, this ship is assigned to the academy for training. Unofficially, it's Starfleet Intelligence." Bones looked like his eyes were gonna pop out of his head. Jamie told him about the Sawyer being small but the Bowman was half its size.

"Don't worry, McCoy. If this thing goes south, it won't matter what ship we're on. The Romulans will kill us anyway."

Jamie closed her eye for a second before she looked at Kelso. "You aren't helping here, Lee."

"It's not that bad, laddie. At least medical is the second biggest room on the ship, engineering and the cargo bay are the only thing bigger. The ship is small but she's fast, warp nine capable and she's armed. We got our fair share of good pilots around here, too," Scott, or Scotty as he instructed her to call him, said from behind her. She looked at Bones, that seemed to help his anxiety a little.

There were three decks on this ship, deck one was the top part of engineering, which was also part of decks two and three. The second deck was the main part of the ship. In addition to part of engineering, this was where the bridge was situated. The bridge was in the front of the ship and dead center, CO's room was on one side, XO's room on the other. Next to Pike's room was the bathroom/showers, half the crew quarters, the emergency escape pod and the galley. On the other side, there was Jamie's –and Bones'- room, the lab, the other crew quarters, the airlock and medical. The third deck was the bottom of engineering and the cargo bay.

"How are we doing quarters?" Kelso asked. It was one of the jobs that Pike gave her, fortunately, they had more beds than people.

"Spock is in alpha, Uhura is in bravo, Sulu and Chekov are in charlie, Kelso is in delta, Scott is in echo, Gaila is in foxtrot, Glorak is in gulf, Brax is in hotel, Bones is with me in XO quarters and the captain has CO quarters. We'll be in three shifts until we get to our destination. We'll all have additional duties in on top of shifts on the bridge. Alpha shift is Pike, Sulu and Glorak. Beta shift is me, Brax, and Scott. Gamma is Spock, Chekov, and Kelso. Bones, you're on call and medical is your responsibility. Gaila, you'll work out of the lab. Uhura, you have a station on the bridge but you won't be manning it the whole trip, since we'll be in comms blackout most of the time, you'll help in engineering." Everyone nodded, Jamie did her best to even them out and put everyone where they needed to go.

"Sounds good Lieutenant Commander Kirk," she knew Pike was there, ship was too small not to notice. The admirals really weren't kidding when they told them that they had provisional ranks, Jamie thought she was a lieutenant until she took a glance at her file, apparently she and Bones were graduating as lieutenant commanders. She asked Pike how and it boiled down to Bones already being a doctor and her promotion was recommended by the Republic's CO, the yard manager in Riverside and the Sawyer's XO, the Admirals decided to approve it since she was Blue Squad's leader.

"Time to go, sir?"

Pike nodded at her, "It is. Alpha, duty stations. The rest of you, get settled, we got a long trip."

Everyone went their separate ways and no sooner did the door to their room close, did Bones start talking, "I can't believe this. We aren't trained for stuff like this."

"Actually, we are. Brax, Glorak, Sulu, and me are all A.T.T. rated. Gaila escaped the Orion slave trade, she and Ny are both more dangerous than they let on. Only person on the ship that I even remotely worry about it Pavel, he's not as tough as the rest of us but he is smarter. And you don't give yourself enough credit." He turned and glared at her, she smiled, "Bones, I saw the holo-vid from when Viktor attacked you. There aren't a lot of people who can hold their own against four people with advanced training."

He rolled his eyes, "I got my ass kicked, Jim."

"You fought back, it could've been a lot worse." Jamie hated to think about what would've happened if he didn't defend himself. Most doctors stuck to that 'do no harm' thing, Bones only stuck to it as long as you didn't attack him or his family and friends, like any good southern boy. Jamie thought, a few times, that he would make for a terrifying enemy. Bones is such a natural doctor, he doesn't rely on his equipment to figure things out and he knows the anatomy for a few species by memory. If he ever switched sides, she would be scared for anyone who pissed him off, the ways he could kill them are endless.

"Are you listening to me, Jim?"

She shook her head, "Nope. To busy thinking that you should give me an anatomy lesson." Whatever he was about to say, he stopped himself and smirked.

"Is that so, darlin'?" She nodded and smiled. Bones stepped closer to her, he put his hand on her hips, "I might be persuaded to teach you a few things, darlin'." Jamie loved when his voice dropped a register, his accent got thicker. Bones watched her for a second, he knew the affect he had on her, then he kissed her.

"Bridge to Kirk," the intercom came alive just as Bones moved to pull her shirt off.

"Kirk here," she replied as she touched her forehead to Bones' shoulder. He kissed her neck and drew circles on her hips with his fingers, it was driving her insane.

"Captain wants you to gather everyone for the briefing," she heard her pilot friend say.

"Thanks Sulu. Kirk out."

Bones kissed her as soon as the line closed, "Guess we got work to do, but don't think this is over, darlin'."