Chapter 15

Chapter Fifteen - News and Saving a People

Jim looked up from his PADD when he saw Chris and Archer walking into his quarters behind Spock. He smiled as Spock checked on the boys before sitting down next to him. Jim put down his PADD and cuddled close to his mate.

“Hey mom and dad, what brings you here?”

“Well you cheeky little brat, we have some news for you and a question,” Pike said as he sat down next to Archer.

“News? Question?”

“Yup, we wanted to let you know that I have asked Chris to marry me and he said yes,” Archer smirked at Jim’s shocked face before he recovered and started hugging them.

“Congrats, guys. I’m so happy for you.” Jim hugged them and sat back down.

“Indeed, Admirals. Congratulations,” Spock said to them as he nodded.

Archer snorted, “You can call me Jon you know.”

Jim sighed as if it was a hard thing to ask him to do. “Okay, congrats, JON.”

“Brat,” he said fondly.

“So what are the questions?”

“Well, Chris and I were talking. I know that you think of us as pseudo-parents.”

“Yeah,”

“So we wanted to know if you would be willing to agree to us making it official.”

“Official?” he asked frowning. “What do you mean?”

“We want to officially adopt you as our son. You will still be Jim Kirk, mate of Spock. But you would official be seen as our son.” Chris looked at him hoping he wouldn’t say no.

“So you would be mom and dad for real. Family,” he said to them, looking back and forth between them. He could feel how nervous and hopeful they were.

‘What do you think?’

‘It is up to you, Ashayam.’

‘Do you think it silly that I see them already as my parents?’

 ‘No Ashayam. They see you as a son as well. If this will make you happy then do it. I can talk to my parents and see if we can also see about getting them recognized as part of the Vulcan people as well. They have done much for my people and us as well.’

‘I love you, Spock. Guess I will give them my answer before they explode with nerves.’

‘Indeed,’

“Yes, I mean I already see you as my parents but I want to be able to say that and have it be official. Let me know when and where to sign, even if I’m a little old.”

“Hello, look at me. A man not even half my age and a boy less than an a fifth my age and I am making a family now. So no you’re not old.”

Jim sniffled a little and hid his face in Spock’s shirt in embarrassment. Pike stood up and knelt in front of him. “Hey, we love you kid and want you to be our son. We have been so proud watching you grow into the man you are today. We want to continue being with you every step of the way. Those two little boys over there are going to be just as proud of you as we and your husband are. We love you and even if you had said no, that would never have changed. You got that kid?”

“Yeah, but I am still calling you mom. You’re awesome at it.” he chuckled at Pike’s mock scowl.

“Brat, but you’re our brat.”

“Too right!”

“Well now that that is out of the way. If you look in your PADD, you will find the paperwork already there.”

Jim looked at him and raised his eyebrows.

“We took a chance that you’d say yes,” Archer said a little sheepishly.

Jim smiled and grabbed his stylus and signed the paperwork. He was so happy that he could finally say with all honest that they were his parents. “You know I couldn’t be more proud if I tried to say you are my parents.”

Pike smiled and Archer snarked at him, “Alright Jimmy, no more mush. I think we reached our limited today.”

He laughed as he submitted the paperwork. The twins decided to chime in at that moment and they spent the rest of the visit playing with the boys and visiting.

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Doctor George Samuel Kirk was ecstatic. He and the Vulcan healers along with Carol Marcus finally figured out how the Excalbians did it. They figured out what they did to the DNA of their experiments to have their bodies make the necessary changes to carry and successfully bear offspring. He sent notification to the Vulcan Council and received word back that they would be working to get volunteers for the procedure. This may very well bring the Vulcan species back from the brink. Even with a rise in births since they settled on New Vulcan they still had a long way to go and this would help. Sammy was so excited that he could break out in a dance but refrained.

They had been working nonstop since Jim and the others were brought back and they figured out what happened to them. After lots of blood taken and other samples and copious hours working on it, they finally had their breakthrough. They knew that it had be delivered into the DNA of the recipient like a virus. This would then work to readjust the DNA and then move from cell to cell like the virus taking them over and remaking them into what is needed so that the womb will be created in the body naturally. Unfortunately this will mean that the patient will need to be unconscious so that the body can make the adjustments without them being in pain from organs shifting for the new addition.

They figured that this was how the Excalbians implemented their changes as well. He noticed talking to all the submissives that this was a common theme; they were unconscious throughout all of the changes introduced to their bodies. He noticed that when they made the changes to the DNA, almost all of them changed physically as well. It was not overtly in your face but somewhat noticeable. Jim was slighter, more slender and feminine looking. This was also the case for Korath and Suran. Hence meaning that all submissives would be this way. The dominants grew larger, meaning their height increased by a few centimeters, for example Spock went from being 1.88 meters to almost 1.93 meters tall, the same for Merrok and Kor. Jim had gone from 1.85 meters to 1.77 meters, along with Suran and Kor. They had not been pleased on that. Though Jim, Spock, Merrok and Suran still looked almost the same from before, Kor’s and Korath’s facial features were not as pronounced as they were before. The brow ridge was smaller and their teeth along with their jaw structure lessened as well. All of them now had pointed ears, though it is only noticeable on Jim and the Klingons. He smirked when he remembered the first time Jim really took a good look in the mirror and saw all the changes. He had freaked and complained that he now more resembled a girl.

Though he did grimaced when he remembered Spock showing him how much he still was all male and he would not hear of him make disparaging remarks about himself. He shuddered as he remembered his brother getting a spanking and the two locking themselves in the bathroom almost immediately afterwards. There were just some things you did not need to see with your baby brother.

He and the others figured since they were only making the one adjustment to the DNA to force the body to create a womb as well as the other abilities that went along with having one, there was no worry about other changes. He hoped that there would be volunteers soon. He had come to love New Vulcan and he and Aurelian were thinking of staying and raising the children on the planet. There was plenty that he could work on here and he could do more to help. And he would be able to see his brother more often, so that was a bonus.

Vulcan translation:

Ashayam - beloved