Shattered Mirror

Fanfiction
Title:	Shattered Mirror
Author(s):	Gilrain
Date(s):	2003
Length:
Genre(s):	slash
Fandom(s):	Star Trek: TOS
Relationship(s):	Kirk/Spock
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Shattered Mirror is a K/S story by Gilrain.

It was published in the print zine Legends #3.

Summary

"Captain Spock of the ISS Enterprise finds himself with an ex-captain who, if someone doesn’t intercede, will be in dire straights. Shocking himself, Spock discovers he will go to any length to avoid the inevitable happening to Kirk."

Reactions and Reviews

This story has a bit too much violence and nastiness between Kirk and Spock for my tastes, but I think most fans of Mirror stories will probably enjoy it since it is well written and has an interesting plot. “Shattered Mirror” begins with Kirk in the agony booth, and we find out Spock seized control of the Enterprise and imprisoned Kirk when Kirk refused to join the rebellion. When Spock narrowly escaped an assassination attempt and was in a healing trance for 3 days, his protection was removed from Kirk, who was raped before being put into the agony booth. This incident causes Spock to spend a lot of time thinking about how best to protect Kirk. One thing I really liked in the story was that this Spock cares deeply for his Kirk; in fact he is in love with Kirk. There’s some very nice scenes of Spock caring for Kirk as he recovers from his injuries: helping him to the bathroom, comforting Kirk by spending the night just holding him close, helping him shower, etc. When Kirk has recovered a bit, Spock presents him with the options Spock has come up with to protect Kirk. Kirk’s choices are limited : He either becomes Spock’s bondmate, or his personal slave. (It’s interesting that Spock, at this point in the story, views these as the only two logical alternatives. A third alternative—letting Kirk go—is not even considered by Spock at this point in the story, for the Vulcan can’t bear to lose Kirk. Plus jealousy and possessiveness, due to his pon farr that is just beginning, makes this an unthinkable option for Spock.) Much unpleasantness then ensues. Kirk is not exactly thrilled with either choice, especially when he learns Spock has given up the Enterprise to a rebellion commander and will be leaving the ship. Kirk considers this a betrayal, is furious with Spock, and even implies he’ll kill himself before he will submit to Spock. Spock threatens to kill McCoy if Kirk kills himself, and then Spock claims Kirk as his slave when Kirk refuses to be his bondmate. Kirk fights, Spock hits him, then chains him naked to the bed as punishment. In this whole section of the story, Spock alternates between treating Kirk with care and consideration, and then going into a rage over something Kirk says or does, and retaliating with violence. In fact, the love making scene starts out with Spock and Kirk fighting until it turns passionate. (Although part of this violent behavior is explained by the fact that Spock is in the beginning stages of pon farr. Not all, though. This Spock is a true creature of the Mirror Universe, and is as violent and ruthless in his own way as Kirk is.) I thought it was a nice twist to have Kirk begin to try to seduce Spock so he could manipulate his way out of the situation, and then have Kirk instead get caught up in the lovemaking. The peaceful afterglow is destroyed with an announcement that Kirk has been registered on Vulcan as Spock’s pleasure slave. Kirk is not a happy camper, and manages to escape (and takes McCoy with him.) Gilrain has some nice scenes of Kirk after his escape, and does a good job of showing Kirk’s attraction to Spock, and his hurt at his betrayal. She comes up with a creative way to explain how Kirk escaped, and then there’s an interesting plot twist where Kirk plans to join Harry Mudd and his band of pirates. Spock’s pon farr further complicate matters. I liked that the pon farr scenes were not violent, and were actually quite tender and loving. Spock learns to truly love Kirk selflessly by the end of the story, and that is crucial in his decisions about Kirk. I’ll leave part of the story for you to discover, so you’ll have to read for yourself what happens between Kirk and Spock after the pon farr. I will say that Gol figures into Spock‘s decision, and Mirror stories that use Gol as a plot device are pretty rare. So all in all, an enjoyable Mirror story for most readers I think.