"Get me a blood sample." He was kidding right. Jamie loved her husband but they could barely catch this thing and Bones wanted a fucking blood sample.

After he tossed Spock into her and the others, the Gorn ran from the transporter room. This could be good, if they could catch him. Between the security team, Scotty and Uhura, they managed to lock it in crew quarters. They shot it a bunch of times but he infected some of the crew. Jamie didn't like stunning her own people.

"Bones, we got injured. I guessing the blood sample is for the antidote," she assumed. Jamie could almost hear Bones smirk when he started talking.

"You guess right, Jim. The Gorn's DNA coding is very complex. I need their DNA in order to fight the toxin that they used to infect our people." Jamie and Spock managed to run the Gorn from the room. He pried open the turbolift door and jumped through; the good thing was that he left behind blood. Spock scanned it and sent the scan to the Chief Medical Officer.

"Find me a cure, Bones," she said.

"I'm working on it," he told her.

Scotty came over the comm after her husband, "I think I can use that scan to determine where he's going." There were enough sensors on the ship, running his DNA though it would tell them where he was and where he was heading.

Uhura spoke up, "Captain, I think he's going to the shuttle bay." Jamie and Spock grabbed a turbolift and headed that way since Uhura was usually right and it was the only logical choice. As far as the Gorn knew, getting off the ship was the only way he would survive. Scotty confirmed what the communications officer told them.

"Send a security to help us out," Jamie informed them.

"I have a team here, Captain. He hasn't joined us yet," Kai came over the comm.

"He's coming, Kai. You guys stand by, we'll be there in a second. Scotty, lock everything down. He doesn't leave unless I give him permission," she told her favorite engineer.

"He's locked us out of the shuttle bay's systems. Gaila is working on restoring access. What the hell is he up to?" There was a pause before she heard Scotty's voice again, "He's powering up a shuttle. Captain, you cannae let him take one of my shuttles."

She chuckled, "Your shuttles?"

"I mean our shuttles," he corrected himself.

"Captain!" Jamie got to the end of the shuttle bay where Kai, Edwards, Josephs and a group of officers where fighting the large Gorn. The large Orion got fed up and looked at her for permission.

"Go high and I'll go low, Kai," she told the big Orion. Spock told the others to hold fire as Jamie and Kai tackled the Gorn. It tried to get Jamie off, Kai pulled the beast into a headlock and took him down but not completely out.

"Nice job, Kai. You do realize that he's not out." The officer nodded at her.

Spock knelt over him, "Captain, these creatures have a unique anatomy. It appears that he is incapable of movement but for how long, I do not know." Great, just great. Jamie looked at Spock as he knelt beside the downed Gorn.

"You want to do a mind meld? Seriously?"

Spock nodded, "Lieutenant Uhura could only decipher a small portion of their language, a mind meld is our only option to find answers." He was right. Jamie looked at the assembled security team and waved them over.

"We'll hold him down, just in case," she offered.

"I'm attempting to access this Gorn's memory," the Vulcan told her.

Jamie chuckled, "Not my first mind meld, Spock." He went into the creature's mind and after a few moments looked at her; he was pale. The captain looked at her team, "Guys, take it to the brig. I want a twenty-four-hour watch on him. He doesn't eat unless I know about it."

Kai grabbed a leg, "We'll take care of it, Captain." Spock hadn't moved.

"What did you see?" she asked.

"The Gorn are an extradimensional race that conquered their galaxy. They crushed every planet they encountered, killing those who resisted and enslaving the rest. The wormhole created via the Helios Device opened a gateway to their galaxy and allowed them entry into Federation territory. This led them to New Vulcan. He was the Gorn who ordered his men to kill us and took the Helios Device. They captured Surok for more information about the device, however, when they learned he had no knowledge of the device, they killed him and kidnapped T'Mar."

She touched his shoulder, "I'm sorry."

He looked at her, "The regret is not for myself. This is a great loss for the Vulcan people. We should seek to limit such losses." She understood what he was saying.

"They tortured and killed Surok for information on that thing. They'll do the same to T'Mar. She's your friend, how do you want to handle this one?"

"Our mission is clear, Jamie. We must go through the Rip and recover the Helios Device. Since we will already be there, we will just have to recover T'Mar as well."

Jaime chuckled, "You're starting to sound like me… and you didn't even have to do that mind meld thing with my face. I'm so proud." She hit the comm to the bridge and gave them the order; it wouldn't take then very long to get there. Jamie stored her jump suit and took the turbolift to sickbay without bothering to pull on a gold shirt. "Bones, got a second?" He nodded, gave an order to Chapel and followed Jamie into his office.

"That was craz…" She cut him off with a kiss. Bones wrapped his arms around her and pulled her as close to him as he could. He sat her on his desk and she wrapped her legs around him. Jamie knew that they didn't have time for this but she needed to feel his heart beating under her fingertips. "We're going through the Rip, aren't we?" he asked when she started to kiss his neck.

Jamie nodded, "We have to. With that device, they could pop up anywhere, which means nowhere is safe and they have T'Mar."

"You'll get her back."

She let out a breath, "I hope you're right." He chuckled against her skin.

"I know I'm right, I married a badass," Bones said against her neck. They were interrupted by a comm from the bridge.

"Wanna go upstairs with me?" Jamie asked. He nodded, she kissed him again, slid off his desk and they both went to the bridge.

"Having a hard time keeping her steady," Sulu informed her. Jamie had given the order to enter the rip.

"She cannae take much more of this, Captain. It's taking everything I got to keep the ship from falling apart. I hate to be such a bother, ma'am, but how much longer?" Scotty said over the comm from engineering.

Jamie chuckled, "We're almost through, Scotty. Not much longer." It was a rough ride but coming out on the other side was almost peaceful.

"Unknown planet dead ahead, ma'am," Chekov informed her. She ordered him to put it on screen.

Spock spoke from behind her, "Captain, this appears to be the same planet I saw during my mind meld." Jamie didn't want to see the look that Uhura sent him at that piece of information.

"Have they spotted us?" she asked.

Uhura responded, "It's doesn't appear so, Captain. If the Enterprise stays near the Rip, the interference should keep us hidden."

Jamie nodded, "Perfect. Chekov, take the controls. Sulu, you're with us. Our only option is to take a shuttle and you're one of the best pilots in the fleet."

He looked at her, "The odds of getting down there without being spotted are slim."

Jamie put her hand on his shoulder, "I have faith in you, Hikaru. Bones, you're coming too."

Her husband let out a breath, "Of course I am. You do realize that I'm a doctor, not a covert agent." Spock jumped in before Jamie had a chance to answer,

"As a doctor, you may be our only hope in defeating the Gorn. If you can discover the antidote, you will give us a tactical advantage," her first officer told him.

"Yea, I know. I don't have to be excited about it," Bones groaned.

Jamie chuckled, "Chekov, how are we on time?"

The navigator looked at her, "At zhe current rate of compression, zhe Rip vill close in approximately nine hours, ma'am." Nine hours isn't a whole lot of time.

"Chekov, I want this ship on the other side of the Rip before it closes. With or without us, that's a direct order." Everyone on the bridge looked at her.

"Captain?" came from Uhura at the same time Bones looked at her, "What?"

"I will not leave this ship to the mercy of those things if we can't get out in time. I won't do it. Chekov, you get my people out of here, even if you have to leave us behind." Her young friend looked at her and understood exactly what she wasn't saying.

"I vill make sure our family is safe, Jamie,"the kid told her.

She offered him a small smile, "Thanks, Pasha. Bones, Spock, Sulu, you're with me. Uhura, have Hendorff, Edwards, Kai and Chen meet us in the shuttle bay."

Ny nodded, "Aye, Captain. Be careful down there, all of you."

Jamie smiled, "We will." She looked at her husband who was talking to Chekov.

Bones had a hand on the navigator's shoulder, "I'm counting on you, kid. Seriously, don't leave us down there."

"Let's go, Bones," she called as she stepped onto the turbolift.

"Right behind ya, Jim."