Meeting after the Meeting

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The new quarters were highly preferred over the cells of before, no matter how the quarters were obtained. Pike, privately, thought he was being on his best behavior when it came to such things. Otherwise, he would have simply killed one of the higher officers, removed their belongings, and declared their rooms as Spock and his own. The quarters were bare, but some time spent with the replicators made it less so. As it stood, they had little else but time.

After the messages had gone out to their respective ends, Pike could tell that the chances of their getting access to the labs was nearly none, but perhaps they stood a better chance if James T. Kirk would vouch for them as well.

The rumor mill was just as strong on this ship as it was on the one he knew far better, even if the rumors were highly different then the ones he was used to hearing. The ones in particular that struck him as interesting were the ones that the man who declared himself from Starfleet Intelligence had displeased many in needing to speak with them in interviews, and he was slowly gathering information, along with Spock, on exactly what he wanted to know in the interviews. He knew they were being recorded, and the man was attempting to gain trust by coming to locations chosen by the interviewee, but Pike knew better then to fall for such simple tricks. Starfleet was working through this man. Perhaps their universes had more similarities then just the ones on the surface.

He could smell the spiced herbal tea that was one of Spock's favorites, conveniently programmed into the replicator by the child-Captain, and was letting his own coffee grow cold. It seemed that a brand of Klingon coffee was what had grown popular, though how the Federation of this universe got their hands on it he would never know, but all that mattered was that it brewed hot and strong and somehow even a replicator could hardly mess that up.

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There was little doubt in Jim's mind that Pike saw him as useful. He'd be a fool not to, except for the part where Jim had no power here and very little influence at this point. His rift with the young captain went unhealed. But at the same time, Jim was aware that Pike was aware that it was Jim who saw fit to give Pike and Spock a chance. He was probably aware that Jim liked them both, at the same time that he was wary of them.

That didn't stop Jim from liking them, or taking an interest in seeing them beyond what he might term "business." No doubt Pike would consider that foolish. Jim just lived by different rules.

He showed up at the arranged time, at the new quarters Pike and Spock had secured for themselves and which Jim hadn't exactly done anything to prevent.