"Jim, I got him," Bones told her. Jamie smiled when he ran the transporter room with some of his staff. The doctor ran straight to her and Pike and took the older officer's weight from her. Jamie didn't have the words for how she felt so she touched his arm. It only lasted for a second and wouldn't mean much to most people, but his eyes locked with hers just long enough for him to acknowledge that she was okay. Jamie and Spock stepped of the pad, Scotty was still marveling in his awesomeness –he was pretty awesome- when Jamie looked at him.

"Good job, get back to engineering," she ordered her friend before she, Spock and Uhura sprinted to bridge. As soon as they walked in, Chekov looked at her.

"Keptin, zhe enemy ship is losing power. Zhey're shields are down," the navigator told her as he looked over the tactical information. Jamie didn't look at communications.

"Hail them, now." She knew Uhura was on it.

"Aye, Captain," was the communication officer's reply. Jamie ran everything through her head and looked at Spock before turning her attention to Nero.

"This is Captain Jamie T. Kirk of the U.S.S. Enterprise. Your ship is compromised. You're too close to the singularity to survive without assistance which we are willing to provide."

Spock looked at her and whispered, "Captain, what are you doing?" Jamie was trying to avoid a full-scale war.

"Showing them compassion may be the only way to make peace with Romulus, Spock. It's logical, thought you'd like that," she told him.

Of course, he surprised her when he replied, "No, not really. Not this time."

Nero decided to weigh in on her offer, "I would rather suffer the end of Romulus a thousand times, I would rather die in agony than accept assistance from you."

"I got one question, Nero. Where's the other Vulcan?" Spock and members of the crew looked at her; Spock was the only one who understood what she was asking. "You wanted him to see, so did he?"

Nero sneered, "I won't tell you. You might as well kill me." Jamie smirked; he answered her even if he didn't think so.

"As you wish. Sulu arm phasers. Fire everything we've got," she ordered.

Sulu nodded, "Yes, ma'am."

Jamie isn't as destructive as people might assume, but there was beauty in watching the Narada collapse in on itself. Her favorite helmsman destroyed the ship with extreme prejudice; Nero won't be popping up anywhere else. "Sulu, let's go home."

"Aye, Captain." Sulu punched in the commands but they weren't moving.

"Why aren't we at warp?" she asked him.

"We are, ma'am," was his reply. Jamie hit the comm link on the chair.

"Kirk to engineering. Get us outta here, Scotty." She could hear her friend running around.

"You bet your ass, Captain." He paused, "Captain, we're caught in the gravity well. It's got us."

Jamie looked at Sulu, "Go to maximum warp. Push it!"

Scotty was still on the comm, "I'm giving it all she's got, Captain."

Jamie recalled all the physics she had ever learned, there has to be something. "Scotty, dump the core and detonate. The blast..." Scotty picked up her train of thought.

"...could be enough to push us away. You sure about this, lass?" the engineer asked. Was she sure? Yes.

"We built this ship, Scotty. We know she can do it." That seemed to be enough for him because a few seconds later, they were pushed away from the singularity. Jamie sat back in the chair and took a breath. She looked over at Spock, who nodded. They did it; they saved Earth.

Jamie let everybody have a few minutes to let the reality sink in before she got the work, "Sulu and Chekov…"

Sulu cut her off, "Find out where we are and the best way to get us home. Aye, Captain." She looked at Uhura but didn't get a chance to say anything before her friend did.

"Reestablish communications with Starfleet, get a status update from all section heads and come up with a shift rotation so we can all rest. On it, Captain," the linguist told her.

Jamie looked at Spock, "I will began assisting in determining our location… after I check on the refugees, Captain."

Jamie smiled and nodded, "Hey, Spock. How many planets or planetoids are close enough to see Vulcan? Were close enough?" Jamie knew that there were seven other planets in that system but they weren't all close to each other. Spock told her that only one planet fit her parameters: Delta Vega. "Bet that's where they left the other 'you'. Nero wanted to make you see. We might have to look into that." Spock nodded before heading to do his tasks. Jamie needed a trip to sickbay and a report from Scott so that she could help fix their ship. She left Sulu with the con and went to see how bad Bones' corner of the ship was. Jamie got pats on the shoulder and 'good job, Captain' from almost everyone she passed.

It was pure chaos in medical, not that she expected anything different. Jamie looked around for any familiar faces and spotted an Orion in blue on one of the bio-beds. Jamie's heart practically jumped out of her chest when she got close enough and realized that it was Gaila. The officer next to her friend looked at Jamie.

"She saved our asses, ma'am." Jamie nodded; that sounded like Gaila. She sent a quick message to let Uhura know. Jamie spotted a few of her classmates but nobody she knew well; that was either very good, or very bad. The young Acting Captain tracked down a nurse to tape up her ribs and re-wrap her wrist. She even managed to get an update on Pike's surgery and talked to some of the injured crew members before heading off to engineering.

"Need another set of hands, Scotty?" He nodded while some of the officers looked at her with awe. Scotty rattled off a million and three things that needed to be fixed. Jamie opted to help fix the power problem and got right to work. She heard some of them whisper and one even asked Scotty if she knew what she was doing. Her friend laughed.

"She was on the engineering team that built this ship, laddie. She's the only person who knows the Enterprise as well as I do," he told the young engineer. She'd been working under a panel for a few hours and was just finishing up when Uhura comm'ed for her to get back to the bridge, Scotty went with her.

"Keptin on zhe bridge." Jamie glanced at her young friend.

"You guys got something?"

Chekov nodded, "Da, Keptin. Ve know vhere ve are." Jamie smiled as Sulu picked up where Chekov let off.

"We're near Andor. We can be there in 16 hours at half impulse, or seven hours at full impulse power." A founding planet of the Federation, Jamie breathed a sigh of relief.

"We're already heading that way, aren't we?"

Sulu nodded, "Yes, ma'am, we are."

Jamie looked at Scotty, "How much juice we got?"

He did some math in his head, "I can give ya three-quarters impulse power. Puts us at Andor in eleven and a half hours." Jamie nodded and looked at Sulu, who upped their speed.

"I bet none of you idiots have rested or eaten since this whole thing started," Bones stepped onto the bridge. He looked tired but other than that, he looked okay. Before Jamie could say anything, Bones glared at her, "Pike is fine, before you ask. They forced some kind of slug down his throat but I got it out without doing more damage. He's asleep, we'll be alerted when he wakes up. Here's what gonna happen; Kirk and Spock, you two are getting checked over at medical. Then, the both of you and Scotty will get six hours of sleep. When you get back on duty, Sulu, Chekov and Uhura will get some rest. It's not up for argument or discussion, don't make me pull a medical override on you." Jamie, Sulu, Scotty and Chekov all laughed and looked at Uhura, who handed Bones a PADD.

"We beat you to it, doc," Uhura told him. The rotation Uhura set up had Jamie, Bones, Sulu and Chekov resting first and Uhura, Scotty and Spock resting second.

He looked at Jamie, she shrugged, "One of your nurses already patched me up and we were about to split to get some rest, we just needed to know where we were, first. Half a day to Andor, in case you were wondering." Jamie left Spock with the con as she, Bones, Sulu and Chekov left the bridge.