"Can't just go in there guns blazing, Jim." Jamie looked at him and rolled her eyes. He's lucky she knows he trusts her, otherwise, she'd be a little pissed off.

"I know that, I'm telling you to..." Jamie started but Chekov cut her off.

"Keptin Kirk. Kepin Kirk," the kid called.

She turned to face him, "Yes, Chekov. What is it?"

He looked at them, "Based on the Narada's course from Wulcan, I have projected that Nero vill travel pass Saturn. Like you said we need to stay inwisible to Nero or he'll destroy us. If Mister Scott can get us to varp factor four and if we drop out of varp behind one of Saturn's moons, say Titan, zhe magnetic distortion from zhe planet's rings vill make us inwisible to Nero's sensors. From there, as long as the drill is not actiwated we can beam aboard zhe enemy ship." Jamie ran the math though her head as Scotty moved to stand next to her.

"Aye, that might work, laddie," the engineer said.

Bones looked at Chekov, then at her, "Wait a minute, Jim. He's seventeen years old."

Jamie nodded, "I know how old he is, doesn't mean he's not a genius."

"Doctor, Mister Chekov is correct. I can confirm his telemetry. 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," Spock spoke from behind her. Jamie smiled and looked at him.

"You know I can't let you do that," she told the tall officer.

Spock looked at her, "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. Also my mother was human, which makes Earth the only home I have left."

"I'm coming with you." Jamie was always planning on going, there was no way that she'd let him go alone.

Bones rolled his eyes, "Of course you will."

"I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it," Spock told her.

Jamie chuckled, "Well, this is me we're talking about and Pike would come for me. He already has." Jamie sat with Spock, Scotty, Chekov and Sulu going over the plan, they didn't want to leave anything to chance if they could help it.

Sulu looked at his console, "We're five minutes out, Captain."

"Alright people, it's go time," she told the officers on the bridge. Jamie opened the comm link to the whole ship, "All hands this is Acting Captain Kirk. I… I was gonna come up with some clever speech but that's more Pike's thing than mine. The truth is, I'm scared. I image that I'm not the only one. When we all signed up to see the universe, something like this happening wasn't even an idea and now it's a reality. I don't know what the next few hours will bring us, what I do know is that there isn't a crew in the Federation better than this one. We have one shot, for Starfleet, for our captain, for the thousands of friends and colleagues on the other ships, for Earth and for the people of Vulcan, let's make that one shot count. Kirk out." Jamie stood and looked around the bridge, "Mister Sulu, you have the con. Whatever happens, if you think you have the tactical advantage fire on that ship even if we're still on board. That's an order. Otherwise we'll contact the Enterprise when we're ready to be beamed back."

Her friend nodded, "Yes, ma'am. And for the record, that was a good speech." Jamie smiled at the helmsman and left the bridge with Spock, Scotty, Bones and Uhura. They made their way through the ship and to the transporter room where Scotty took a seat. Sulu comm'ed from the bridge to let them know they were in position above Titan. Jamie looked at her fiancé but before she could say anything, he kissed her.

"Come back to me, darlin'."

"I'll do my damnedest. I love you, Leonard Horatio McCoy," she whispered against his lips.

"I love you too Jamie Teresa Kirk. Go get 'em." He gave her one of those smiles she loves so damn much before he kissed her again and let her go. Jamie stepped up on the transporter pad next to Spock and Uhura, they're so cute. Jamie didn't intend to listen but it couldn't be avoided.

Spock whispered, "I will be back."

Uhura kissed him, "You better be. I'll be monitoring your frequency."

Spock looked at her, "Thank you, Nyota." The linguist stepped away from him and hugged Jamie.

"You listen and you listen good, Kirk. Don't you die on us," Uhura told her.

Jamie smiled and nodded, "Wouldn't dare."

Scotty got their attention, "Okay then. If there's any common sense in the design of the enemy's ship I should be putting ye somewhere in the cargo bay, shouldn't be a soul in sight." Jamie looked over at Bones and Uhura, then she glanced at Spock who gave her a sharp nod.

She looked at Scotty, "Energize."


Jamie looked around, this was not the empty cargo bay that her friend promised. They had to shot their way around the Romulans in the large room. Jamie looked at Spock, "I got you covered, go."

He looked at her then the Romulan on the deck, "Are you certain?"

"Yea, I gotcha," she said with a nod. Jamie kept a lookout while Spock did a surface mind meld with the guy on the ground in front of him. Jamie looked over as he pulled his hand away, "Do you know where it is? The black hole device?"

He nodded, "And Captain Pike." They made their through the ship, Spock relayed the information he gathered. They found the ship carrying the black hole device. "I foresee a complication. The design of this ship is far more advanced than I have anticipated."

The ship's computer came alive, "Voice print and face recognition analysis enabled. Welcome back, Ambassador Spock." What the hell? Jamie looked at Spock, he didn't show it but she knew he was wondering what was up.

"That's weird. Well, good luck."

Spock made his way to the cockpit, "Jamie, the statistical likelihood that our plan will succeed is less than four-point-three percent."

Jamie chuckled, "I know, but it'll work."

"In the event that I do not return please tell Lieutenant Uhura…"

She cut him off, "Spock, it'll work." Jamie made her way off the ship in search of Pike, she found Nero instead. "Nero, order your men to disable the drill or I will..."

He grabbed her, "I know your face from Earth's history. James T. Kirk was considered to be a great man. He went on to captain the USS Enterprise, but that was another life. A life I will deprive you of just like I did your father." Kirk, a guy. Jamie thought about it for a second, alternate reality, alternate Jim.

"I am not my father," she said as she pushed herself to her feet.

One of Nero's crew showed up, "Captain Nero. The Vulcan ship has been taken. The drill has been destroyed."

The Romulan captain flipped, "Spock! Spock!" He ran off an left her with the other officer. Jamie did her best to fight him but he was naturally stronger than her. He had her by the throat.

"Your species is even weaker than I expected. You can't even speak. What?" She smirked, he wasn't paying attention.

"I got your gun." Jamie shot him and pulled herself onto the ledge he almost dropped her from. Pike, gotta get Pike. She picked up the weapon she grabbed and made her way to where Spock told her the Romulans were holding her mentor hostage. She found him strapped to a flat medal table thing.

"What are you doing here?" Pike asked after she shot a couple guys and got to him.

"I'm following orders, for a change," she told him. He laughed, then pulled the weapon from her belt and shot over her shoulder, "Thanks." Jamie opened her communicator, "Enterprise, now." One second, Jamie and Pike are on the enemy ship and the next, they're standing with Spock on the Enterprise. "Nice timing, Monty."

The engineer smiled, "I've never beamed three people from two targets onto one pad before."