p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Chapter 2/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Nyota and Spock returned to their home, where Spock carried her over the threshold. Nyota giggled the whole time. Sahr'ek was at the embassy with the nanny. They had four days of privacy ahead. Spock carried Nyota straight to the cavern he had constructed beneath the house. After three hours of lovemaking, Spock was asleep. Nyota looked around the room. Her bag was upstairs. She had dropped it on the sofa when Spock carried her in. She wanted to read the message from Charlotte and she was famished./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Nyota walked over to her wedding gown. It was in tatters on the floor. She went to the bathroom and showered, washing Spock's sen'ai from her hair. He had used her mane to clean his lok. span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanHer hair sprang back to its natural curls. Then she wrapped her towel around her body and went upstairs. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"As she exited the stairs, the door began to swing shut. Nyota had no access code, so she placed her towel in the door to prop it open. She ran into the living room and grabbed her bag. Nyota wanted to read the message from Charlotte. She opened the communicator. There was one word in the message, /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"emspan style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""EARS"/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Nyota munched on an apple. Then she grabbed grapes, cheese, more apples a bottle of green liquid and some glasses. She placed it all in a bowl and headed back toward the door./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""You seek another, Nyota?" a voice said./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Nyota turned to see Sarek standing there. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""What are you doing here?" she asked./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""You accepted my ring," he said./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""I accepted your ring for my son." She corrected him. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""Spock said I can decline your advances." She rolled her eyes. Nyota never heard of a culture where the wife slept with the father and the son./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""You left your marriage chamber. You seek another?" Sarek asked again. His sclera was dark green, even in the dim light of the chiller. Sarek was not well./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""I am just hungry and I thought Spock would be too," she replied. Suddenly, she felt cold and realized that she was naked. Water dripped from her damp hair down her /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""You are quite lovely," Sarek said. He reached forward and took the bowl from her hands./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""Spock will eat later if you still desire him when I am done," Sarek said./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Nyota bit her lip as Sarek lifted her onto the counter and pulled a nipple into his mouth./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""No," she whined, pushing him away./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""I desire thee," he replied. Placing his hand on her face./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""No, please stop!" she moaned. /spanspan style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Nyota was losing control as Sarek barged past the block Spock had placed in her mind. He probed deeper, seeking to sever her bond with Spock to forge his own, having lost his mate. It was not Sarek's first venture in Nyota's mind. She had given him permission once before to meld with her to locate Spock. Sahr'ek had tried to revive her from the coma and severed Spock's /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Sarek sucked her nipple, and his fingers snaked inside of her folds. Nyota's eyes rolled up in her lids. She felt as though her blood was beginning to boil. span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanShe had only felt that way before during Spock's Pon Farr. Nyota had to break free before it was too late./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Nyota's communicator fell to the floor. She looked down and saw the screen. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""EARS"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Nyota took a deep breath and slapped Sarek's ears. He reached up and held her hands over her head with one hand and used the other to rub his lok against her keshan'tur./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Nyota was frantic. She began to scream. Sarek released her hands and covered her mouth./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"He pulled his wet fingers out and grabbed his lok with his free hand. He leaned forward to push, and Nyota clamped down on his ear with her teeth. Sarek shrieked and knocked her off the counter. Nyota crawled across the floor. She picked up the communicator and the bowl. Then she scrambled to her feet and ran to the door. She grabbed the towel and the door slammed shut. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Nyota went downstairs. She was shaking as she sat the bowl down. Spock said that it was normal for the Vulcan father to make advances, but Sarek would not take no for an answer. Nyota feared he was in Pon Farr. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""Spock, wake up!" Nyota shook her mate, but he would not stir. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Nyota could hear Sarek pacing around upstairs. "Computer lights!" she called out./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"The lights came up and Nyota rushed around looking for anything to use as a weapon. She reached into Spock's pocket. There was a small phaser. /spanspan style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"She wrapped the towel around her body. Then she tucked the phaser between her breasts. Sarek began to beat the door. Nyota was frantic. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""Spock, she screamed. He would not stir./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Nyota looked down at her husband. She leaned down and bit his ear, just as she had with Sarek. He began to stir, but he did not shriek. Nyota shook him. Spock sat up. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""Nyota, what is happening?" he asked groggily./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Nyota stood in front of Spock as Sarek came down the /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""Usurper," Sarek growled. His fists were bloodied from breaking the door./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""Stay back. I will kill you." Nyota said./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Spock stumbled to his feet. Nyota turned to see that his Sclera were also green./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""Blood fever," she whispered. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Amanda had been taken after Sarek restored her as his mate. /spanspan style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Nyota adjusted the phaser and fired. The lamp on the table disappeared. /spanspan style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"She turned the setting and fired again as Sarek moved forward. The table fell over. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Satisfied that the phaser was on stun, she aimed for Sarek's foot and fired. He yelped and fell backward. Nyota grabbed the green bottle and poured some of the liquid down Sarek's throat. She span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanturned to Spock and made him drink as well. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"They both collapsed. Nyota pulled chains from the hooks on the wall. Then she tied up Sarek. She looked down and shook her head. The V'Tosh had broken through the steel door. Nyota went back upstairs. /spanspan style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"The door was broken. She crawled through /spanspan style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"to the kitchen and looked in the toolbox left over from the construction. She returned from the kitchen with slastic and duct tape. She wrapped Sarek in the slastic and wrapped the entire roll of tape around his body up to his chest. Then she covered his mouth for good measure./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Nyota went back upstairs. She put on some clothes. She grabbed some for Spock, too. Then she located her own phaser, just in case. She didn't want to kill the Vulcans. She just span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanwanted to stun them./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Nyota picked up her phone and read the message, "EARS"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Then she replied. /spanspan style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""You're damn right, thanks!" she typed and sent the message./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Nyota could not move Spock. He was too heavy. She sat here in the crook of his arm, watching until Sarek's enormous swollen lok deflated. She walked over and peeled up the double eyelids. His sclera was fading. He was still alive, but his foot was bleeding. Nyota found a first aid kit and heeled the burn. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Then she leaned against Spock and drifted off to sleep./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Nyota and Spock returned to their home, where Spock carried her over the threshold. Nyota giggled the whole time. Sahr'ek was at the embassy with the nanny. They had four days of privacy ahead. Spock carried Nyota straight to the cavern he had constructed beneath the house. After three hours of lovemaking, Spock was asleep. Nyota looked around the room. Her bag was upstairs. She had dropped it on the sofa when Spock carried her in. She wanted to read the message from Charlotte and she was famished./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Nyota walked over to her wedding gown. It was in tatters on the floor. She went to the bathroom and showered, washing Spock's sen'ai from her hair. He had used her mane to clean his lok. span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanHer hair sprang back to its natural curls. Then she wrapped her towel around her body and went upstairs. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"As she exited the stairs, the door began to swing shut. Nyota had no access code, so she placed her towel in the door to prop it open. She ran into the living room and grabbed her bag. Nyota wanted to read the message from Charlotte. She opened the communicator. There was one word in the message, /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"emspan style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""EARS"/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Nyota munched on an apple. Then she grabbed grapes, cheese, more apples a bottle of green liquid and some glasses. She placed it all in a bowl and headed back toward the door./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""You seek another, Nyota?" a voice said./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Nyota turned to see Sarek standing there. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""What are you doing here?" she asked./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""You accepted my ring," he said./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""I accepted your ring for my son." She corrected him. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""Spock said I can decline your advances." She rolled her eyes. Nyota never heard of a culture where the wife slept with the father and the son./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""You left your marriage chamber. You seek another?" Sarek asked again. His sclera was dark green, even in the dim light of the chiller. Sarek was not well./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""I am just hungry and I thought Spock would be too," she replied. Suddenly, she felt cold and realized that she was naked. Water dripped from her damp hair down her /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""You are quite lovely," Sarek said. He reached forward and took the bowl from her hands./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""Spock will eat later if you still desire him when I am done," Sarek said./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Nyota bit her lip as Sarek lifted her onto the counter and pulled a nipple into his mouth./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""No," she whined, pushing him away./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""I desire thee," he replied. Placing his hand on her face./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""No, please stop!" she moaned. /spanspan style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Nyota was losing control as Sarek barged past the block Spock had placed in her mind. He probed deeper, seeking to sever her bond with Spock to forge his own, having lost his mate. It was not Sarek's first venture in Nyota's mind. She had given him permission once before to meld with her to locate Spock. Sahr'ek had tried to revive her from the coma and severed Spock's /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Sarek sucked her nipple, and his fingers snaked inside of her folds. Nyota's eyes rolled up in her lids. She felt as though her blood was beginning to boil. span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanShe had only felt that way before during Spock's Pon Farr. Nyota had to break free before it was too late./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Nyota's communicator fell to the floor. She looked down and saw the screen. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""EARS"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Nyota took a deep breath and slapped Sarek's ears. He reached up and held her hands over her head with one hand and used the other to rub his lok against her keshan'tur./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Nyota was frantic. She began to scream. Sarek released her hands and covered her mouth./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"He pulled his wet fingers out and grabbed his lok with his free hand. He leaned forward to push, and Nyota clamped down on his ear with her teeth. Sarek shrieked and knocked her off the counter. Nyota crawled across the floor. She picked up the communicator and the bowl. Then she scrambled to her feet and ran to the door. She grabbed the towel and the door slammed shut. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Nyota went downstairs. She was shaking as she sat the bowl down. Spock said that it was normal for the Vulcan father to make advances, but Sarek would not take no for an answer. Nyota feared he was in Pon Farr. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""Spock, wake up!" Nyota shook her mate, but he would not stir. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Nyota could hear Sarek pacing around upstairs. "Computer lights!" she called out./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"The lights came up and Nyota rushed around looking for anything to use as a weapon. She reached into Spock's pocket. There was a small phaser. /spanspan style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"She wrapped the towel around her body. Then she tucked the phaser between her breasts. Sarek began to beat the door. Nyota was frantic. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""Spock, she screamed. He would not stir./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Nyota looked down at her husband. She leaned down and bit his ear, just as she had with Sarek. He began to stir, but he did not shriek. Nyota shook him. Spock sat up. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""Nyota, what is happening?" he asked groggily./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Nyota stood in front of Spock as Sarek came down the /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""Usurper," Sarek growled. His fists were bloodied from breaking the door./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""Stay back. I will kill you." Nyota said./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Spock stumbled to his feet. Nyota turned to see that his Sclera were also green./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""Blood fever," she whispered. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Amanda had been taken after Sarek restored her as his mate. /spanspan style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Nyota adjusted the phaser and fired. The lamp on the table disappeared. /spanspan style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"She turned the setting and fired again as Sarek moved forward. The table fell over. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Satisfied that the phaser was on stun, she aimed for Sarek's foot and fired. He yelped and fell backward. Nyota grabbed the green bottle and poured some of the liquid down Sarek's throat. She span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanturned to Spock and made him drink as well. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"They both collapsed. Nyota pulled chains from the hooks on the wall. Then she tied up Sarek. She looked down and shook her head. The V'Tosh had broken through the steel door. Nyota went back upstairs. /spanspan style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"The door was broken. She crawled through /spanspan style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"to the kitchen and looked in the toolbox left over from the construction. She returned from the kitchen with slastic and duct tape. She wrapped Sarek in the slastic and wrapped the entire roll of tape around his body up to his chest. Then she covered his mouth for good measure./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Nyota went back upstairs. She put on some clothes. She grabbed some for Spock, too. Then she located her own phaser, just in case. She didn't want to kill the Vulcans. She just span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanwanted to stun them./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Nyota picked up her phone and read the message, "EARS"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Then she replied. /spanspan style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;""You're damn right, thanks!" she typed and sent the message./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Nyota could not move Spock. He was too heavy. She sat here in the crook of his arm, watching until Sarek's enormous swollen lok deflated. She walked over and peeled up the double eyelids. His sclera was fading. He was still alive, but his foot was bleeding. Nyota found a first aid kit and heeled the burn. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Then she leaned against Spock and drifted off to sleep./span/p