Admirals Janith Solana and Dave Richards watched as Dr James Pok and their superior, Admiral Jess Wu, jogged through the woods towards them. "Alright Dave, we're all here, and out of uniform like you asked. So tell us what's so important that we have to go through this cloak and dagger routine." Solana, Starfleet's Chief Of Combat Operations said to the head of the medical center. Dave Richards, Commander of Star Fleet Medical, took a deep breath. "First, let me tell you that Admiral Sakht, and General Martok are listening in from the Admiral's hospital room, where she's recovering from the "scratches" she recieved in the attack on her ship during the final battle." "Bah! I've had worse." A voice spoke from the floating cambot. "Let's get onto the business about Major Kirk." "Yes, let's," said the Klingon commander. Solana shot a glance at Jess. "Has our golden boy disgraced himself again?" Jess rolled her eyes. "We know your feelings about Joshua Kirk. And right now, the only way he could disgrace himself would be to kill a school full of war orphans. No, Dave here has something to report about what the empath treating him has found." Solana looked at Richards and raised her eyebrows. "Joshua Kirk is lying about some of what happened at Teros 6." "What?" Martok roared. "Dr Sa Min told me that she was convinced that he was not telling us the whole truth about what him and his men did there. So we decided to bring in a telepath. Since his uncle Jim here is a telepath, and he was going to be on Mars, we asked him to help us. I know he'll keep this confidential." Jim agreed. "Now tell them what you discovered." "The destruction of the Dominion base at Teros 6 was the work of Josh alone. His men were already dead, tortured to death, one at a time, in front of him to get him to tell them about the secret commando bases we had in their territory. His men made him swear that he would stay silent. And he did. As each man was tortured for weeks in front of him. The only one not tortured was Sasha Marx." "And when the last man died, they started on Joshua." Jim stopped for a second, fighting back tears. "For three months they put him through the worst torment I've ever witnessed. And I work with former prisoners all the time." "When they found it was a lost cause, the Jem Hadar commander stopped it and decided to honor him with a military execution. That night, he finally had the chance to escape in one of their ships. Instead, he programed it to fly to the nearest Federation base, and they chased it. He then spent three days setting their own explosives throughout the facility. Then he went after the one who had betrayed and tortured them." Everyone jerked at the word betrayed. "Yes. It was a traitor who told the Jem Hadar where they would be. And it was this same traitor who'd tortured them. A Federation traitor." "Who was this traitor?" Sakht asked. "Yes. tell us who the traitor is." Martok demanded. Pok looked down for a moment before turning to Jess Wu. "Mackenzie Kirk." Jess shook her head in shock. Both Joshua and Mackenzie were her nephews. Solana balled her hands into fists and launched into a tirade of profanity aimed at Richards. It was Dave Richards, who was once the Commandant of the Academy. He had allowed Mackenzie to remain after it had been discovered that he was a follower of Khan Noonian Singhe. Solana had been an instructor there at the time. The younger Kirk brother being allowed to remain at the Academy was why Janith had returned to Starfleet. Jess Wu put her hand on her arm and told her to let it be for now.