No Peace Without A Fight

No Peace without a Fight

By

Slashficlover (EgyptianMoonbeam)

Disclaimer: All rights to Star Trek and subsequent movies belong to Viacom, CBS and Paramount Pictures. I do not own the franchise or characters, only the plot line.

Summary: Four months have passed since Spock Prime’s James T. Kirk walked out of the Nexus onto New Vulcan. Starfleet is now having to figure out what to do with a second James T. Kirk. It is now time for McCoy and Scotty’s bonding. Betazed Ruling Council is now pushing for more control and someone is out for the former prisoners of the Excalbians, but who? Assassination attempts, weddings, bondings and the impending births of Jim’s and Spock’s sons. How else can this get crazier?  Have the scientists unlocked the key to further saving the Vulcan race with the information they were able to get on what was done to the Excalbians subjects? What to do when there is no peace without a fight? Stay tuned for more drama and romance. Rated M for sexy times. F/F, F/M & M/M

***Note*** This is a continuation of Enemies at the Gates in the Bastans Universe. I have greatly played with the timeline on some events to have it fit, i.e. Alt Universe. So we are still in 2263, but it is now four months later. Time for babies. As always, reviews and constructive criticism is much appreciated! Also be prepared for there are a lot of lemon scenes that will be posted on AO3 but not on the FF.net site.  So if you want to read them, and there are a lot of them, go to my AO3 page.

Chapter One - What to do with Kirk Prime?

It had been a whole two months since James T. Kirk arrived from the Nexus and the Admiralty still hadn’t figured out what to do about his presence. Even with multiple meetings on the matter, they were keeping it out of the media while they decided. Archer and Pike had decided to remain on New Vulcan to be closer to the situation and there for the weddings and bonds that were coming up. Pike in particular was excited about the impending arrival of Jim’s sons. Since the appearance of the Nexus, the Enterprise had been stationed at New Vulcan. Jim had been chomping at the bit to be sent out on missions but as he was getting closer to the birth of his children Spock was getting more protective of him. Jim basically couldn’t go anywhere without him there. He was spending more time with Spock Prime aka Selek and getting to know his alternate self. The first time they had met had been an experience. It had taken two weeks before James Kirk believed he wasn’t in the Nexus anymore and it was not a dream. Jim was happy to note that since James Kirk had arrived, Spock’s irrational jealousy of Selek had diminished. The two had become inseparable and were planning to have a formal bonding. He and James had bonded so much that he had taken to calling the older version of himself, Uncle Jimmy. Jim was getting frustrated with the Admiralties inability to make a decision. He knew in part it was because of Admiral Marcus and his new partner is stupidity, Admiral Jorge Hargrove. He was one of the survivors of the Kelvin incident and had go on up the ladder of Starfleet command after that. He had been an ensign then but worked his way up. Having gone the long route, he considered Jim Kirk an embarrassment to Starfleet as well. Didn’t matter that he risked his life twice to save Earth or that he had proven multiple times that he could do the job, he still felt that he got in by his father's name and sleeping his way to the top.  When Spock had heard this, it was all Jim could do to keep his mate from heading back to earth and going ape on him.  It had ended up with Jim using copious amounts of sex to calm him down. Jim smiled at the thrill his body still felt from that memory, he felt an answering smile from his mate through their bond.

Jim sighed as he returned to the paperwork that he should have been focusing on, instead of going down memory lane. There were reports, requisitions and leave to approve and sign off on and he was not even halfway through the pile. He massaged the back of his neck to get the kink that had been forming there for the last two hours out. This was one of the things he hated about being a Captain, the paperwork. Oh, and those stupid parties that he had to go to. Functions that were a waste of time and all for him to stand there and look pretty for Starfleet. The poster boy for the Academy and all the good they do. He snorted, thirty years old and already a cynic. He felt the rush of amusement from his mate through their bond to his thoughts. He looked up when the door to his ready room opened and in walked Chris and Archer. Jim smirked, mom and dad as he liked to call them. It drove Chris nuts and Archer just laughed when he did it. He loved Chris as a father and since he was spending so much time now with Archer, coming to love him as a parent too. “Hey mom and dad, what can I do for you?”

“Hey smartass. We wanted to talk to you about your idea of making James Kirk a distant relative. We were going through your family in Starfleet and we found that you had a cousin of your fathers that disappeared on a mission. We figured that we can use that as a cover. We were lucky enough that his name was Marcus James Kirk,” Archer said as he sat down and pulled Chris down with him. Jim raised an eyebrow at this bit of news.

“Well, that is news to me. Guess my idea was a good one, right mom?”

“Dammit, Jim. Why am I the mom?”

“Because we all know that Archer is the dominant in your relationship and if anyone was the woman, it’d be you.”

“Talking from experience?”

“Yup, got the babies coming to prove it. Besides, it’s not bad being the submissive in the relationship. I’m still the Captain of the Enterprise and we have our boundaries. Anyway you both are equals in the Admiralty. Besides, I only do it to tease you,” Jim said to Chris with a soft smile.

“I know, kid. Just leave off for a while. Okay?”

“Yes, dad. I’ll call Archer father then.”

Archer who had been trying to hold in his laughter over their conversation burst out laughing. He was laughing so hard, he had tears running down his cheeks. “You two are too much. Jimmy, don’t ever change.”

“Okay, father.” He grinned at him.

“Okay you two nuts, let's get this hammered out so that we can stop worrying about James Kirk from the Nexus and have him a returned lost survivor of a wormhole.”

“Do you know which ship he would have been lost on and how would we explain one survivor and no others?” Jim asked.

Jim laughed when he heard Archer grumble about smartass children and always having to make things difficult. Chris smirked at his lover and turned to Jim. “That is the rub, we are stuck on that point as we cannot just make something up. Nosey reporters like to go digging so we need to make sure we have a trail.”

Jim tilted his head back and thought. He could tell Spock was listening to the entire conversation and asked him what he thought on the matter.

‘It is a quandary, T’hy’la.’

‘I suppose we can say that the wormhole spit him out in an escape pod.’

‘That could work. It would only be the matter that he ended up on New Vulcan that we would need to figure how to explain.’

‘We can say that a wormhole opened up in Vulcan space and then collapsed when his pod came through. It’s happened before if the mass is too big and the wormhole is unstable.’

‘Indeed and since the Nexus generated enough energy to register both when it opened and when it closed, it will support what they are putting out.’

‘Guess we figured it out for them. Better tell the dad’s about the plan.’

‘Indeed, t'hy'la,” he said and closed down the connection.

“So I talked to Spock and this is what we came up with. The wormhole spat him out in an escape pod. The wormhole opened up in Vulcan space and then collapsed when his pod came through. It’s happened before if the mass is too big and the wormhole is unstable. And since the Nexus generated enough energy to register both when it opened and when it closed, it will support our story.”

“That could work and all we need to do is some tweaking of the records to show it as a wormhole and not the Nexus and we are all set. Do you mind that he is going to be listed as a cousin of your fathers?”

“Nope, but you might want to talk to him as he might have to go by Marcus, since that was his first name.”

“We will do that. It is not all that uncommon for people to go by a middle name. Especially if that person was named after another person in the family. The cousin of your father was Marcus James Kirk the third,” Archer said.

“Yeah, I am sure he will use James. The third? Really?”

“Yes,”

“Pretentious much,” Jim said to them.

Archer snorted. “Yeah, but long history of serving the Federation.”

“I know,”

“Don’t worry kid. We’ll handle this and get it to Starfleet so that he is safe and sound. Just make sure you rest up when you need to. I want my grandkids born healthy,” Archer said to him.

“Yes, father. Now go and do that thing you do.”

“Smartass,”

“You know it.”

“See you later, kid.” Chris gave him a quick hug and stood back.”

“See you guys later,” Jim said as he got a hug from Archer. He smiled as they left. He liked that he had parents, even if he was thirty and no longer little to really enjoy it. He rubbed his belly, he couldn’t wait to meet his boys. He could no longer see his toes and he looked like he swallowed a planet, but he wouldn’t give up one minute of it. Bones had said it wouldn’t be much longer now. He sighed and went back to his paperwork, no rest for the wicked.

Vulcan translation:

t'hy'la - friend-lover-lifelong companion, blood brother/sister; soulmate; soul-brother/sister