Bones headed toward the location he'd been given, stopping in front of the door. He hated this, hated that he had to do this, hated that Kirk was putting him in the position of being the bad guys here.

But he had to do this, Bones reminded himself, hitting the code given to him and entering the room.

He walked over to where Kirk was already seated. "Hey," he said quietly, sitting down in a chair across from Kirk.