Out of the woods

Old married Spirk

20,000 Vulcans survived the destruction of their home planet not counting off-worlders. It has been six months since the event unfolded before the federation. Strangely, Jim couldn't find Spock Prime or his whereabouts. How? Why? This brought numerous questions to Jim's head. It should be easy for Jim to find his Spock.

But it wasn't.

"Captain, I went back in time and rescued myself through the guardian of forever." Spock Prime said.

"I don't recall seeing two of you." Jim said.

"I went to a time where I was seven years old going on my rite of passage. I called myself Selek and pretended to be a cousin." Spock Prime said.

Jim raised an eyebrow.

"And you said Vulcan's don't lie." Jim noted.

"Only when incredibly necessary." Spock Prime said.

"Go on." Jim said.

"And in my place, in the alternate timeline, was a Andorian. I can only hope he is living prosperly." Spock Prime said.

"Hm, interesting," Jim said. "A science officer being a Andorian. What would that have been like?"

"I really prefer not to think about it." Spock Prime said. said.

"If you were put into a situation like that again on Vulcan, would you call yourself Selek?" Jim asked.

"Affirmative." Spock Prime said.

Beep. Beep. Beep.

Jim pressed a button on the machine with his head turned.

"Keptain, we have reached Zhekio." Chekov Prime said.

"Thank you, Mr Chekov." Jim said.

Jim's rope was gradually repairing itself, painstakingly slowly, and this just made Jim think about Spock even more. He could remember luxurious nights in bed they had after their missions. He could remember the first kiss. One that was not forced by any godly beings, parasites, or anything not-so-ordinary. He could remember the first night they had sex. How messy his hair had been after they had a experience not even a Deltan could top. It was simply amazing.

He talked about Spock to T'Prin.

His Spock.

"Spock is currently serving aboard the USS Enterprise,Daddy." T'Prin said.

"I am talking about my Spock. There are two Spock's." Jim said.

"Why is there two?" T'Prin asked.

Jim was washing the dishes.

"Because something happened and displaced him into a Alternate Universe." Jim said.

"Then who are you?" T'Prin asked.

"Logically, the captain." Jim said.

"Which one?" T'Prin asked.

Jim turned his head away toward T'Prin.

"The captain," Jim pointed to his chest. "Second captain of the Enterprise."

"You look nothing like your pictures." T'Prin said.

"This is a Alternate Universe," Jim said. "Events that are not canon to mine have happened. People look different." Jim thought about Sarek and Sarek Prime. He thought of Bones and McCoy Prime. "Now the parallel universes are where the opposite events happened . . ." Jim stopped rubbing the plate using the wet soapy rag. "You should learn about this in school," Jim shook his head. "I don't know why I am talking to a child about science fiction."