STAR TREK IMAGINES

Captain James T. Kirk

I clung onto Jim as I sobbed, after he just explained how my dad died. How a criminal called John Harrison shot him, I could barely think properly as I tried to process the information.
It felt like hours before I calmed down, after my mother died, my father who was still in star-fleet still managed to be a great father and look after me until I began at the academy.
That's also how Jim and I met, Well after my father yelled at him in his office for getting into another fight. I was standing just outside the door and was about to talk to my father about one of my assignments when a stranger practically fell through the door.
"Are you alright?" I kneeled down next to him, his nose was bleeding but he didn't look injured beyond that.
"That door shut in my face" he sounded slightly out of it, I helped him up onto a bench which took a lot more effort then I was expecting.
Luckily I had a piece of cloth in my pocket so I could gently try to clean some of the blood off of his nose, taking time to study his features, he was definitely gorgeous but we would probably never interact again. I almost totally forgot why I went to see my dad until he coughed at the door.
I left the man alone, and went into my dads office I tried not to but I couldn't help but let my thoughts wander to the stranger in the hallway, he was probably long gone by now. My dad seemed to sense this and let me leave early.
When I walked outside, I looked at the clock first telling me that I had been talking with my dad for almost 3 and a half hours, I looked around until my eyes settled upon the figure of the stranger taking a nap.
I gently shook his shoulder until he jolted awake,
"You guys talk forever"
Clearly very sleepy, I again helped him up draping his arm over my shoulders to make sure he didn't fall over and we slowly made our way back to his quarters.
After that day, Jim sought me out constantly for everything, he never said why until he asked me to marry him, even after dating for almost 2 years.
Dad had very rarely approved of anyone I went out with Jim included, up until we got married.
I was still grieving, and crying in our apartment when Jim came back from his meeting with Scotty.
"We're going after him"
Was all he said as he slid down next to me on the couch pulling me into a hug.
I thought back to the events leading up to this moment, my first meeting with John Harrison, Jim suggested I come with him to see what happens.
Before we entered, seemingly sensing my nerves Jim pulled me aside holding my hand.
"If you can't do this I totally understand"
"I can do it, I just won't be able to get that thought out of my head"
He knew what I was talking about, he often had the same thought that he was confronting the man who killed a lot of innocent people, but he killed a man who was one of the most important to us.
"I believe in you"
He kissed my forehead and turned away quickly, when we walked in, I stood on Jim's right with Spock on his left.
"Why is there a man in that torpedo?"
He asked, his frustration he so easily hid moments ago was out in the open now.
"There are men and women in all those torpedoes Captain, I put them there"
I felt a shiver go down my spine when I heard him speak, I chose not to speak as John Harrison, or as I learned is actually called Khan, Spock, and Jim talked.
I was thankful he seemed not to notice me, totally unsure how I would react if he did.
When Jim ran out of the room, after Sulu told him a ship was approaching at Warp I was a little bit slower than Jim and Spock
"Admiral Pike..."
I turned back to face him, ready to listen to whatever he had to say despite my internal anger towards him.
"I'm aware Kirk and Pike were very close, perhaps I should offer him my condolences"
Very quickly he went from crying to a sarcastic tome, I suddenly understood the frustration I saw Jim express as Khans words
"Yes they were"
I was about to leave again when he got way to close to the glass, security officers were getting ready to move him waiting for us to stop talking
"You were to?"
He asked, sounding as though he was genuinely curious.
"I'm Pikes daughter, and Jim's wife so do not try to get sympathy out of me"
I didn't hear him respond as I walked away, once I was further away from the brigg I broke out into a full sprint down the hallway until I was on the bridge.
I made eye contact with Jim as Carol was teleported away, he grabbed my hand and pulled me next to him as he pleaded with Marcus, at this point any bad thing Marcus has done hasn't shocked me in the slightest.
Jim pulled me into a hug as Marcus cut his transmission I was shocked at what was said but I couldn't bring myself to react emotionally.
Internally we were all prepared for everything to end, until Scotty's voice rang out across the ship.
You could feel the collective sigh of relief as Scotty and Jim spoke, mine didn't last long when I realized what Jim was doing, or what he was going to do.
I followed both him and Spock until Spock stopped him in the hallway.
I understood Spocks frustration with Jim, the side of me that acted as Jim's wife wanted to hold him tight and not let him go. The other side of me understood that he was doing everything he could to keep me and the rest of the crew safe.
I went with Jim, helping him change into his suit before he put his helmet on I took the opportunity and pulled him into what I intend to be a quick kiss, he held the back of my head for a little longer.
Once he pulled away I put his helmet on and smiled
"You better come back safely"
He returned the smile, although hesitantly he returned it all the same.
"I promise"
I went back to the bridge, standing next to the captains chair I wasn't really thinking about going back to my post until I knew Jim was back on board.
My knuckles were bone white as I held onto the captains chair, watching as Khan and Spock practically dueled with words I tried to listen but my thoughts went to Jim who was out cold on the floor at khans feet.
They spoke for only a few more minutes when the transmission cut out, and I could only pray that some how Jim was getting back to the ship.
When the firing began, Spock turned to me
"Buckle up over there"
He pointed to a chair and I gladly sat down, not before The ship began to shake violently, to the point that when I was buckled down into the chair I felt like jelly.
Spocks commanding voice was the only sense of calm that could be found in sea of chaos.
I held onto whatever I could as we all lurched around, I found myself praying that these buckles were enough to hold everyone in place.
For what felt like hours the ship fell, almost knocking the wind out of my lungs.
Suddenly the ships core came back online, and we all held our breath in a killing anticipation.
Everyone relaxed when the ship calmed down, floating above the clouds of earth.
We unbuckled from our chairs, I looked over at Spock who suddenly looked up at me as Scott's transmission cut out, suddenly an intense fear that something was horribly wrong took over my whole thought process.
We both ran as fast as possible to engineering, I cried out when we got there, Jim barely awake at he pressed himself to the glass of the radioactive door.
We kneeled down in front of the door I allowed Spock to talk to Jim, I wasn't sure if I could at this point.
Jim looked at me dead-pan as He held his hand up to the glass in the Vulcan salute
"I love you so much"
I didn't get to respond, as he fell totally limp, his beautiful blue eyes trailed off.
I couldn't even begin to compromise what happened as I gasped for breath, Spock seemed able to voice emotions we both shared as he screamed Khans name.
We pulled ourselves up, and ran back to the bridge Uhura close behind.
I was following Spock, ready and rearing to attack Khan I felt relieved that Spock didn't try and stop me from coming with him.
We both held onto our phasers in the same positions, I buried my emotions deep as we transported away.
From the moment we materialized on earth, the sound of screaming chaos particularly caught my attention.
My eyes settled on Khan first, quickly pulling on a silver jacket from a random table.
I began to run towards him, every negative emotion this man has caused me came to front, pushing me closer to him.
I had to trust Spock was behind me as I practically flew down the stairs. Thankfully the cars in the street stopped before they hit me, at this point it didn't seem like that would effect me in the slightest.
I almost panicked for a moment when I saw where he was going, he jumped onto the cargo ship with simple grace. I knew in that moment where ever I jumped it was not going to be graceful.
I had no time to think as I jumped, my ribs came in contact first with the side of the ship. Once he saw me, i could see him in my peripheral vision kick my hand that I was using to help keep me steady.
I didn't have time to react as he threw me against the side of the ship.
His attention was redirected as Spock, giving me enough time to stand up. He did a similar move on Spock, I tried to punch him, with little affect on him I kept trying to hit him, each hit I landed had minimal to no effect on him. I was about to give up hope until Spock got up and hit him hard enough that Khan dropped me.
My vision was blurry, I had barely done anything but I felt sore and bruised already.
Spock and I were both on the ground now, I watched khan jump off a little surprised but I looked over at Spock who nodded at me before grabbing my arm and pulling me with him, running to the other side and jumping without hesitation.
We fell for only a few seconds, or at least what felt like a few seconds. We almost toppled of the other end, I was further from the edge but I could feel my ankle snap as I landed.
I pulled myself up and tried to hit him again, he roughly grabbed my arm and snapped it over his shoulder.
I screamed in agony, but instead I kept going, kept trying, remembering the emotions that pushed me over the edge, the sight of my husband falling limp behind a glass door.
He threw me against one of the 'wings' of the ship, turning back to Spock. I could barely lift myself up but I was trying, struggling as hard as I could.
I could barely see, but I could see Khan attempting to crush Spocks skull. In a moment of unexpected strength, I jumped up ready to attack until someone began to materialize next to us.
I recognized Uhura begin to fire her phaser at him, finally something began to hurt him.
I tugged a pipe off the side of the ship, my other arm was in so much pain I wanted to scream but that didn't matter to me.
Spock and I began to beat him up, he and I worked together to make sure he was down. Only until Uhura screamed at us Spock knock him out.

TIMESKIP

I sat in our shared apartment alone, not really caring to move around, quietly counting down the seconds until I got the call from Bones.
I tried to think of happy thoughts, the only ones coming to mind were the ones shared with Jim.
My arm was in a sling now, not that it really bothered me anymore.
I looked at the door, imagining that any moment now Jim would come walking through the door, telling me about how ridiculous his day had been.
Bones had told me it would only be a few more days, but that didn't stop my fears. I had lost my father, what would stop me from losing my husband.
What felt like only a few minutes turned out to be more than several hours.
For once I got up from the couch, seeing how dark it was outside. I didn't even think about food as I passed to the bedroom.
I had been in PJs all day, so I had no need to do anything except crash into bed and try to sleep.
I couldn't sleep, not that it surprised me anymore.
It was around 8:20 in the morning by the time that damn communicator beeped, I practically threw myself across the room, grabbing the communicator I only heard
"Jim.. awake"
I grabbed my uniform, pulling it on practically at the speed of light.
I jogged into the hospital, holding my hat at my side and joined Spock in the waiting room.
He looked up at me, standing up to greet me I felt a burning ache in my lungs from running.
I caught my breath quickly as I sat down, sinking in my seat until Spock passed me a glass of water.
I sipped slowly, finding it sitting in my stomach like a rock until Bones walked out motioning us into the room.
Jim was still asleep when we came in the room, Spock stood in front of me as we waited in silence.
I jumped slightly when Jim awoke, enough for Spock to turn to me with a raised eyebrow.
I waited until Spock moved forward, I copied his movements I was about to open my mouth to speak when Bones spoke up
"Uhura and I had something to do with it too you know" I smiled at Bones as Spock asI semi-emerged from the shadows.
Spock and Jim talked for only a few moments, before Spock turned to me
"I will leave you two alone"
Bones and Spock left at the same time, and I sat down at the edge of the bed. Interlocking my hand with his Jim immediately reached out and brushed his thumb against my cheek.
"Are you alright?"
I smiled at him before responding, the bruises and cuts on my face looked like they hurt more than they did.
"I'm alright Jim" I laid down next to his being as careful as possible.
"You and Spock went after him?"
He brushed his fingers through my hair
"That man tried to take the people I love the most from me, of course I'm going to do everything I can to beat him up"
Jim smiled, focusing on the fact I said he's one of the people I love the most.
He kissed my nose, purposely being extremely cuddly.
"Well he's not taking me away from you"
He leaned his forehead on my shoulder, I leaned my head down on top of his head, fully relaxed as I felt complete again.
"I don't think anybody could"
He smiled, kissing my shoulder before whispering
"I love you"
"I love you too"