"I swear she's tryin' to give me gray hair," Bones muttered from somewhere above her. Jamie would've laughed but she didn't have it in her. She heard Spock speak to him.

"I do not believe that Jamie sought out the altercation. Blaming her is… illogical," he told Bones. She blinked her eyes open to find her husband moving around the room, glaring at her first officer as he went.

"Don't you start with 'illogical' this and that, she got stabbed," the doctor practically growled.

Spock was standing near the door, "Doctor, she is awake."

Bones looked at her, "I should kick your ass, darlin'." Jamie smiled and looked at him.

"You know that only works when I'm tired or hurt. You would fight an injured woman?" she asked. Jamie tried to sit up, oh, that hurts.

"That's what you get. Now, just stay there. You…" Bones started.

"Were attacked, on my ship, near our quarters. It's the one place I'm supposed to be safe. This isn't my fault and you know it. How long was I out and what happened?"

He took a breath, "I know; you just scared the shit out of me. You've been out for three hours. Thelev was helped to the brig by Hendorff, Henderson and Zahra… I had to send Chapel down there to see to his wounds, your officers weren't exactly gentle. Lieutenant Kai carried you to medical himself, he said there was too much blood to wait for me. And if you start rattling off stuff in Russian, it's because the wiz-kid donated blood for you. A bunch of people did but Chekov was here first and he's the same blood-type as you." Jamie wanted to cry. Her crew had her back. It was something she always felt but on days like today she needed to know, and now she did.

"Do we know why?" she asked the duo in blue.

Spock stepping closer, "We do not. Lieutenants Mitchell and Hendorff are conducting the… investigation. I am not sure which of the two he should fear more."

She smiled, "Gaila. Trust me. Hendorff is intimidating but Gaila isn't, she strikes when people don't expect it. They'll figure it out. How's Sarek?"

"His health is rapidly declining. In light of your injury, I cannot allow myself to become incapacitated as well."

Jamie looked at her friend, "Spock, go help your father…"

Bones cut her off, "You're kidding, right? You got stabbed, your lung was punctured, Jim. We're being followed and you want to just ignore all that?"

She looked at him, "The ship will be fine. Pike and I picked damned good officers. Scotty is in command and I'm hurt, not dead. If we don't do this now, Sarek will die and I can't live with that. If I have to crawl to the bridge, you will help him, Bones. Don't make me have to order you, I hate issuing you orders." Whatever he was going to say died at the look she sent his way.

"Dammit! We're gonna talk about this later, Jim."

She shrugged, "I know. Now, can I have some real clothes?"

Bones rolled his eyes, "I can't talk you out of this, right?"

Jamie smiled, "Nope."

Walking onto the bridge, Jamie watched her crew hard at work.

"Are you okay, Keptin?" Chekov asked her.

She smiled, "I'm fine, I hear I have you to thank for that." The kid smiled at her and turned back to his console to give her an update just as Sulu registered the vessel getting closer.

Uhura turned her chair, "Captain, I'm getting a transmission; it's coming from the brig."

Jamie nodded, "Notify security to search the prisoner. Gaila and Hendorff should still be down there." Uhura got right to work as Jamie turned her attention to the enemy ship. "Shields up, Red alert." No sooner did the words come out of her mouth did the ship start firing on them. "Mister Sulu, return fire." He shook his head.

"I am, but that ship is too fast, Captain," he told her.

Gaila comm'ed from the brig, "Captain, we had to stun the prisoner. One of his antennae held a transmitter." Now we're getting somewhere.

"Bring him to the bridge, Mitchell," she ordered Gaila.

Her friend replied, "Yes, ma'am."

"I swear we all need a vacation." Jamie said mostly to herself. Some of the crew chuckled and nodded.

"Captain, the delegates want to know what's going on," Uhura informed her.

"Tell them to take a wild guess," she quipped. Uhura would give them a real answer but Jamie didn't have the patience to do it herself. Chekov was giving Jamie information on the other ship.

"Zhey are quick but zhey only hawe standard phasers," the young officer told her just as Gaila, Hendorff and Thelev entered the bridge.

"I'm only going to ask this once: Who are you and what do you want?" The Andorian, who she isn't so convinced is actually Andorian, looked at her and smiled.

"Find your own answers, Kirk," her attacker said to her.

"You aren't Andorian, you're a spy. Surgically altered to fit into the ambassadors staff. You killed Gav, you attacked me and at this point, I don't even care about why." Jamie comm'ed Scotty, "After the next hit, cut starboard power." Everyone looked at her but nobody asked what she was doing the crew of this ship knew better and Scotty knew how she thought because he waited until after another hit to cut port-side power too; the ship just drifted, appearing to be dead. "Sulu, Chekov, ready weapons on my mark."

Thelev looked at her, "You're baiting them? You're crazy!" Jamie shrugged as best as she could.

"I'm not crazy. I'm pissed off, there's a difference. Gentlemen… now." Both officers fired their weapons and disabled the ship.

"Should we hail them, Captain?" Uhura asked but Jamie and Gaila looked at each other.

"Nope." As soon as she said it, the ship self-destructed. "Only people who had anything to gain from all the chaos are the Orions, right Gaila?"

"That's right, Captain. Orion raiders have been causing havoc on Coridan for decades. If the Federation protects the planet, they lose out. It's also why he tried to kill you, to raise suspicion of the other races and cause interplanetary conflict," her green friend declared.

Jamie smiled, "Take him back to the brig. Uhura, notify Starfleet command that we have a prisoner. Mister Sulu, you have the ship."

He nodded, "Yes, ma'am." She got up and went straight to sickbay.

"How are they, Bones?" she asked. He started grumbling about the ship shaking around and some other stuff she didn't catch, "Bones! I'm tired, I'm sore and the Orions tried to kill us. Please just tell me if my friend is okay." He nodded and gestured towards the room she was in earlier, Spock and Sarek were both sitting up in bed. "You look better, Ambassador."

He nodded, "You look haggard, Captain."

She smiled, "Long day. I've had worse." She talked with them for a while before she was kicked out by her husband.

"You can either go get in our bed, or I can confine you to one in here. Pick one. Either way, you're off duty for the next two days. Argue with me and I'll make it ten," Bones told her. Jamie agreed to go to their quarters, "Josephs, walk with her." The security officer nodded at Bones and even offered her an arm. Safely back in her quarters, the second her head hit the pillow, she was out.