"So, that was... interesting," Bones said to her.

Jamie laughed, "I couldn't tell you, Trip's supposed to be dead, remember."

Bones looked at her as they got ready to leave, "That was some kiss, Jim."

Jamie rolled her eyes, "Yes, Bones, it was. You aren't jealous are you? You do realize that he's over a hundred years older than us?"

"He kissed you. What am I supposed to think?" He picked one hell of a day to be jealous.

Jamie could understand, his ex did cheat on him but she's not Jocelyn. Her relationship with the engineer was weird, mainly because only ten people knew he was alive before today. And she knew all about his work for Section 31, even though she isn't supposed to. Crazy thing is, that knowledge kept her alive in the end. Jamie's a natural tactician but Trip taught her a few things over the years that have kept her alive.

She took a breath, "Bones, I love Trip, but aside from being a big flirt, he's more like my uncle than anything else." Bones was about to say something but she stopped him, "You have no idea what it was like growing up. I couldn't go to school, my mom wasn't around, Sam and Frank were always fighting with each other before Sam ran away, then I ended up on Tarsus and I thought I wasn't worth anything. What would you think if everyone keep leaving you or passing you along to the next person? That man… That man never turned his back on me, he made me believe in myself and big part of who I am is because of him. You don't have to get it, or like it but he's as much a part of me as you and Pike are. He asked for my help and I'm going to help him, you do what you want."

"Are you ever going to tell me the whole story about Tarsus?" It was a fair question but Jamie never intended to fill him about everything.

"No, there are some things that I wouldn't share with my worst enemy." She knew the next question before he asked it, "and no, Trip and Pike don't know the whole story about those three months, either. The things I had to do to keep those kids alive... I will take to my grave." Trip taught her a long time ago to use what you have but on Tarsus, there wasn't much at her disposal. Jamie did things that most grown women wouldn't have done to keep those kids fed. She wasn't going to think about it, she was just gonna do what she needed to do. She looked at Bones, "Are we really fighting about this?" He didn't look at her for a moment.

"No. We got a job to do," Bones said with a sigh.

A few days later they found themselves walking down the dark alley. "What are you doing?"

Jamie smirked and kissed his neck, "We're being followed."

After getting everything from Trip, including an edit on their personal records, the group of four set out to Alpha Centauri on different ships and shuttles. Before they left the bar, Jamie noticed that she and Bones were being watched; they got The Redux's attention. "Play along," she whispered in his ear before she pushed him against a wall and kissed him. Bones chuckled before he changed their positions and pinned her on the wall.

"You're playing with fire, darlin'," he said against her lips. She smirked and pulled the phaser from his waistband and pointed it at the men she noticed.

"You have two seconds to tell me why you're following us before I end your existence," her voice went from flirty and warm to ice cold in a split second. The three men looked at her and Bones.

"We've been watching you," the leader told her.

"So, I should shoot you anyway?" she asked. Jamie wasn't gonna make it easy.

"We're part of a group, we think the two of you might be an interesting fit." He handed her an address on a piece of paper, "Tomorrow night, 1800. Don't be late." Jamie looked at it.

"What makes you think we want to join your little group?"

The leader looked at her, "You seem to have similar views as us."

The small group left but that didn't mean anything, she looked at Bones and under the guise of kissing his neck, she whispered in his ear, "Don't break cover, they're gonna grab us." Jamie was right, they got down the street before they were cornered and knocked out from behind.

"… ll fucking kill you, get away from her. I swear if she's hurt…" Bones was pissed.

She blinked open her eyes, "Owww."

Someone chuckled, "Well, look who's awake. Hello Miss Kirk, or is it Cadet Kirk?" Jamie blinked a few times to clear the blurriness.

"It's just Kirk, no 'miss,' no 'cadet,' just Kirk," she told him.

The guy nodded, "I'm Pax. I'm sorry my guys were rough with you, they aren't sure what you're doing out here. I guess they decided to play it safe. You know, the press made a big deal over you joining Starfleet, but here you are. So tell me, why aren't you still there?"

She looked at him, "I thought it was what my father would want but the longer I was there, more I was surrounded by weakness, and the more I knew I needed to leave. Glad I didn't waste anymore time in that place. Brought him with me." She nodded towards Bones, they decided the stick as close to the truth as possible.

Pax laughed, "He's been giving us grief since he woke up, more worried about you then himself. Why is that?"

"He's a doctor, a good one. You assholes hit me in the head, it doesn't take a fucking rocket scientist to figure out his problem with you," Jamie said as if it was the most relaxed conversation in the world. Pax nodded to someone she didn't see and suddenly, her arms were free.

Bones got over to her, "These idiots are lucky that you aren't hurt." Jamie looked at Pax as Bones checked her over.

"Well, you got me here, what the hell do you want?"

Pax chuckled, "Walk with me." Jamie stood up, she and Bones followed him through the compound.

"Nice set up you got here," Bones said from next to her.

Pax nodded, "My friends and I have what we need, that's enough for us."

Jamie looked around, she spotted Sulu leaning against the wall, having what looked like a flirtatious conversation with Uhura, Jamie knew better. The two of them were pulled into Redux before her and Bones, Sulu first and Uhura second. They've been checking everything out, as soon as they got the chance, they would all get together, get their intel and get out. She listened as Pax told them how Redux worked, and thought. She'd be sick if it wasn't for the fact that she expected it, the worst thing that ever happened to her was done by another human, not an alien.

"We could use someone like you around here," Pax said to her.

"And if I say no?"she asked.

Pax chuckled, "And why would you do that?"

Jamie looked at him, "I don't play well with others, the doc is an exception."

Pax chuckled, "Stick around, see what we've got going on and then decide."

She glanced at Bones, he shrugged, "Fine, a few days. We'll sleep in the same room." Pax motioned to another person in the room and had a whispered conversation with him, Bones leaned close to Jamie and whispered in her ear, "Does this mean we're in?"

Jamie nodded, "For now."