As always, thank you for all your support. Everyone at the party watched Joshua and Ano dance. Joshua was showing them a Russian dance an old friend of the family had taught him as a child. Ano though, was just enjoying the music. When he was finished, Joshua stood off to the side with the others as Ano continued dancing. When she finished, the assembled group applauded and whistled. "Damn!" Kirk said in awe. "And I thought my sister Julia was good. You are fantastic!" "Your sister is good, huh?" Emerald asked "She became famous at the academy for her dancing. She had offers from several dance companies after she left Starfleet, but she had her heart set on medicine." "Your sister's a doctor?" Mala asked. "Oh yeah!" Denise Williamson cut in. "She's one of the best. That's why she was put in charge of the Class C Project." "What's the Class C Project?" Xin asked. "You're looking at it," Joshua said, tapping himself on the chest. "I'm model #1." "How many of you are there?" Nani asked. "I know about you and your brother. Are there any more?" "Yes. My aunt Big Jess had twins, and Debbie Wilmowski had quads. And of course, I have my daughter, Cynthia. You'll be meeting my cousin Ami Lynn soon. She's the security chief on Excalibur." "How did Debbie Wilmowski end up with four?" The girl continued to quiz Kirk. "Did they plan it that way?" "No. Debbie Wilmowski had quads because she tempted fate." Ro grinned at this. "Please elaborate on this tempting of fate," She said as Em wrapped her arms around her. "Well, originally there were only going to be three in the initial run. But after the first Magic Egg was implanted in my mother, it split." "Producing Identical twins," Bitty told him with a nod. "Correct. And the same thing happened when Big Jess' turn came up," Joshua grinned before going on. "Twins. Well, Debbie Wilmowski was not about to be outdone by a Kirk or a Tanaka, so she had both Magic Eggs implanted," He stopped and looked down at Bitty. "Never tempt fate little one. Because both those eggs split." "Are identical twins common among your people, Josh?" Ro asked curiously. "They are very common with us. As are fraternal twins. And triplets are about as usual for us, as twins are for you norms." "You were not kidding," Ano said. "You people are breeders." "I don't want any babies," Xin said, interrupting them. "But I'd be willing to practice breeding with you." "Will you stop?" Joshua growled. "Aw, what's the matter?" Peenk asked. "Does little Xin make you uncomfortable when she talks about having sex with you?" "Yes!" He quickly told the blonde. "You still don't realize what happened that day when she stuck her tits in my face and gave me a bear hug. Her pheromones were absorbed into my skin." "Oh shit!" The others turned to the Federation doctor who stared in wonder at Joshua. "You've been imprinted!" "Hell yeah!" Joshua said emphatically. "I've been imprinted!" "So that's what Sa Min found so funny!" Deni said with a laugh. "And just what does that mean, imprinting?" Peenk asked, glancing at Xin. "It means her pheromones have caused his brain to list this girl as a mate," The doctor said as she smiled at Kirk and the youngest Orrinie. "It's a very rare thing. In fact, it's only happened a couple dozen times in our history." "You see Xin as a mate?" The blonde asked warily. "It means that I don't see her as a sister like Ano, Melee, and Baby. That I want to have sex with her. Badly!" "Woo hoo!" Xin cheered excitedly. "Forget it, girl!" Peenk warned her. "He's off limits." "Yeah!" Joshua said as he gave Xin a smirk. "What the blonde said." "Welcome to my world little sister," Ano grumbled. All eyes turned to the tall, bald woman. "I don't view him as a brother. I want nothing more than to bed him like some of them have. But no, he thinks of me as a sister." "Joshua?" Bitty said tapping him on the arm. "There's someone here to see you," Kirk turned to find himself staring at the tunic of a Starfleet uniform. Slowly he raised his eyes, until he was staring at the smiling faces of his brother, Jacob, and another man. "Oh, they are gorgeous!" Mala whispered to Nani. "Oh, baby, yes they are," Nani replied before sighing. Joshua, Jacob, and the officer who accompanied him turned to the girls and grinned. "I think they heard us," Nani whispered. "Yes we did," Jacob said, smiling. The girls smiled at each other and shrugged. "They're the reason my father wanted to talk with you privately," Joshua said to Peenk. "That's right. He told me that a Stardestroyer was going to arrive today with the staffs of the Republic and Imperial embassies." "As well as some doctors," The other officer added. "Two thousand of them." Joshua cocked his head back and stared at him. "Michael Carson, how the hell are you doing?" "Fine. Now introduce us to the ladies," With a grin, Joshua turned to the others. "Ladies. It is my honor to introduce to you Ensign Jacob Pierre Kirk, me Littlest Bruddah," Mala and Nani laughed from across the room. "Yeah," Jacob told them as he laughed as well. "I still find that funny myself." "And this young officer," The elder Kirk said, placing a hand on his shoulder. "Is Michael Carson. He's the oldest son of my former weapons officer on USS Ericsen. Speaking of which, how is your father doing?" "He takes command of Farragut in ten days," Joshua nodded in approval. "It's about time they gave Pig a big ship. He's too good to waste away with the destroyers." "Pig?" Magenta asked curiously. "My father's nickname, given to him by this man here," The very tall man said, pointing at Joshua. "Perry Carson is an officer and a gentleman...most of the time," Kirk gave them all a quick nod. "The man can get quite crude when he's been drinking, though." "Well, my mother finally put a stop to that." "Good for her." "And speaking of mothers," Jacob cut in, pointing to Magenta. "Is this the mother of your other future daughter?" "Kheeshat still hasn't delivered her baby yet?" Denice Williamson spoke up from where she stood beside Magenta. "Do they know why it's taking so long?" "No. Emperor Kahless says the little girl is in no hurry. She will be the future Empress of the Klingon Empire you know," Jacob said, waving. "How ya doing Doc Williamson?" "Wonderfully, thank you very much," Denise told the much taller Jacob. Jacob grinned at the short, stout woman before turning back to his brother. "Now what's this nonsense Cyn told me about you joining this Jedi cult?" "First of all," Joshua quickly cut his brother off as all in the room glared at him angrily. "The Jedi are not a cult. The Force is very real." "Shall we give them a demonstration, Josh?" Bitty asked. "Sure," Joshua said as he knelt behind the little girl. Bitty slowly fell back. But instead of falling to the floor, she floated above it. Joshua raised her until she was eye level with his brother. "Real enough for ya, Littlest Bruddah?" Bitty asked as she grinned. "I brought one of the Ambassadors with us," Jacob said. "The other is going over the hotel we're staying at, removing the recording devices left by others. They'd found thirty five by the time we left." "Who did you bring?" Joshua asked. "He brought none other than Morris Kilpatrick, you Martian slut," A voice said in accentless Klingon. Kirk grinned when he saw his friend walk through the door. "So they moved you up from my chief of staff to Ambassador, huh?" "You got it, boy," The man's southern accent grated on Joshua's ears at times, but Morris was the best at the diplomatic game. "I am the first Federation Ambassador to the Galactic Empire. But that's not important right now. How 'bout you introduce me to this bevy of very beautiful ladies." "Oooo," Magenta cooed. "I love that accent. I take it you're not from Mars?" "Oh, most certainly not!" The man said with an attitude of mock indignation. "Good lady, I am from the jewel of the Human worlds, New Dixie. Now Mars is a nice place too. But they live next door to Earth, and thus have to endure those aggravating Earthers." "Earthers?" Magenta asked. A hint of distaste was obvious in the man's voice. Joshua smiled at her. "Earther is a derogatory term used by the Klingons to refer to Humans," Joshua told her as he watched Bitty climb up his brother's arm and stand on his outstretched hand. With a slight grunt, she jumped over to Joshua, who caught her and sat her on his shoulders. "Especially those from Earth." "Yeah. Those Earthers have some strange ideas pumped into their heads by the Earth government. All this egalitarian nonsense that we don't allow on our worlds. Silly socialists." "Yeah," Joshua shook his head. "If it wasn't for the Federation government and Starfleet being headquartered there, Earth would just be another backwater world. The invention of the replicator almost killed it's economy overnight." "Socialists?" Magenta growled. "Oh, so your people have tried that bit of stupidity too? The Emperor tried it, and suddenly found a lot of his supporters turning against him. He relaxed some of his policies, but kept control of certain industries like communications and ship building." "My father was a great believer in it," Jacob said with a smirk. "Until the government tried to confiscate the vinyard that has been in his family for hundreds of years. Just because some high ranking member of the Federation Party took a liking to it. She wanted a nice quiet country home." "The president learned just how far she could go that day," Morris said, grinning. "Even her own party slapped her on the back of the head, figuratively." "Enough of the politics!" Joshua huffed. "It clouds my brain." "God knows that there brain can get pretty cloudy," The ambassador said, staring at Joshua. "Hey! I'll have you know, my brain is in perfect working order now." "Josh?" Jacob cut in quietly. "We've been out of contact with the Federation for a few days. What's the situation with that certain someone?" Joshua nodded and slapped his brother on the arm. "Mackenzie is on Mars, hanging out with our parents and Dirty Bill." "I thought you killed that mother fucker!" Morris growled angrily, glaring at his friend. "Sir!" Peenk cut in. "Watch your language in my home," Still staring at Kirk, he nodded. "My apologies, Peenk, ladies. But My brother was part of Jacob Tanaka's squad. He died badly at the hands of Mackenzie Kirk," Kilpatrick shook his head angrily. "They said you killed him!" "And I did," Joshua then went on to explain to his friend the truth of what happened on Teros 6. "He was possesed by one of these Sith?" Morris said, trying to make sense of what Joshua had just told him. "Yes. But that is over. Ka'alu is dead, and Mack is with us once again, and is pissing our parents off." "As usual," Jacob said with a big grin. "He still refuses to go to the Academy, huh?" "That's right." "He now wants to study on Coruscant. He evidently spends every waking hour studying this place," Joshua then grinned. "And when you consider he only needs two hours sleep a day, that means a lot of studying." "What does he want to to study?" Magenta asked. "Ship design, communications, you name it," Jacob told her. "Mack is a genious when it comes to engineering." "I think we could get him into the University of Coruscant," Peenk said to Joshua. "Besides, some of my sisters were wondering if you had a brother who's available." "He has two," Jacob said with a smile. "You've broken up with Sue?" Joshua said as he gave a sigh of disappointment. "Don't give me that," The younger brother complained. "We got that from both our parents! We broke up, deal with it. Hell, we've been growing apart for the last year. Arguing all the time. We can't all be like our parents." "And then there would be the separation by Starfleet," The elder Kirk added. "I guess it's for the best. Especially if you two were arguing." "Oh wah!" Pehn said with a chuckle. "Why don't you two go cry in the corner. There are more important things to talk about." "Like what?" Joshua asked, getting a strange feeling from the Cerinian. "My boobs of course!" She said excitedly. Pehn then spun to face the women in the room. "Would you girls look at them? They're starting to get big! This is going to be so much fun!" She then grabbed them and grinned. Joshua stared in open mouthed confusion at Pehn. Bitty tapped him on the arm and whispered. "Cerinian females become very vain when they are pregnant," The red Cerinian turned to Bitty. "It's not vanity. We just like to show off the perfection that is the pregnant Cerinian woman." "And they become very horny, too," Peenk added with a smirk. "Wait a minute!" Jacob cut in, pointing at Pehn. "You got a Jedi pregnant?" "Yep!" Bitty said smiling up at Joshua. "You are so much like James T, Big Bruddah!" The younger Kirk said with a shake of his head. "Then I'm sorry I will never meet your great grandfather," Pehn said, throwing her arms around Joshua's neck and grinning at Jacob. "I repeat myself," Kilpatrick said in Klingon as he rubbed his temples with his finger tips. "You Martian slut." A chiming from Ateia's belt grabbed everyone's attention. She'd told them earlier that Luke Skywalker had called and told her that the police had made a break in the death of Matt Corzo. "Hey Luke, what's up?" She said, answering her comlink. "Couple of things. The others there?" He asked. "Yes, Pehn and Joshua are here." "Well, then let me tell you that the police found Matt Corzo's head," The room grew quiet. "Where did they find it?" Pehn asked, serious once again. "In a park in Galaxy City. And the lab people have already got a suspect. They were able to get a dna sample from some saliva that was found on the head. Hutt dna. That of Herjo Moddinia, a small time criminal boss." "I've heard of her." Magenta cut in. "Three Suns just hired a company that did some work for her. She ended up stiffing them on their pay." "Sounds like a good reason to frame this Hutt," Luke said. "How are you doing Mama Montal?" "I'm doing great. We're just having a little get together here. Now about Corzo. This merc company is good. But stealth is not their forte. They specialize in brute force tactics. They have a couple squads of the Super Grekahs. And being sneaky is beyond them." "Well, the police are rounding her up. But I don't think she's responsible for this. It just feels wrong," They could hear the worried sound in Luke's voice. "What's the other reason you called?" Pehn asked. "We're moving Menzie to the Facility. It's taken a couple days to revamp their security, but they're ready for her." "Sir?" A man's deep voice cut in. "We have a jet bike approaching at high speed." "Well, warn them off." Skywalker said. "I've tried, but they're ignoring us." "I've got to go!" Luke said quickly. "I think something is about to happen."