Disclaimer: Unfortunately, I don't own any member of Enterprise crew, nor any alien out there, nor there is a spaceship waiting for me on the orbit... And definitely nobody is paying me for this...
A/N: As it is, reviews make me happy... Pretty please?
Last resort
Through the comm:
„McCoy to bridge. Jim, is Spock there?"
„Yeah, why, Bones?"
„Because he should have been in the infirmary at least five minutes ago!"
„I'm sorry, Doctor. My work right now disallows me to leave my workstation. I assure you I will come as soon as possible."
„You had this medical check postponed for 3 times already! If you think I will let you out again, you are definitely wrong! Even if I had to come for you personally and drag you here by your pointy ears, I swear your exam will be done today!"
Around this time, Captain James T. Kirk leaned back comfortably on his seat, not even pretending not to listen to his two best friends... conversing. After all, there was nothing this interesting going on outside of the ship...
„Doctor, as you are no doubt aware, differences in human and Vulcan strength implicate your failure in case of such an action."
„Is that so? Then you leave me no other choice, Spock. I hoped I wouldn't have to do it, but sometimes the end justifies the means. Are you sure you won't come here voluntarily?"
On this, the whole ship started to listen intently. As were arguments between Doctor McCoy and Commander Spock infamous, arguments concerning Mr. Spock's yearly medical checks were a legend. And everybody knew that as this particular subject went, score by this day was three for McCoy, zero for Spock.
On the bridge, Spock's fast brain calculated possibilities. He was fully aware that there was no chance of completely skipping the medical, however wasteful and unnecessary it was, at least not as long as Leonard McCoy was CMO of this ship. But during the last four years, he managed to postpone it for 14 times (including, of course, the current 3 ones). The chance for leaving it for later once more was 3.2%. During his time on Enterprise he learned that such probability was... promising. As for the blackmail material Doctor tried to threaten him with, there could have been nothing he could use without revealing personal details about himself or some other member of the crew. And Spock knew him enough to know that Doctor would never do something like that.
„I am sorry, Doctor, but I am really busy now. I will visit you later. Spock out."
„Oh no, you won't get out of this so easily, you green-blooded hobgoblin! You know, I had a long conversation with Amanda this morning... You wouldn't believe, Jim, what she told me. And, by the way, in that last chess game with Spock, you remember, the one you had to abandon because of the red alert? What about trying to move your bishop to B5 and, after Spock takes your horse, tower to D2? Spock, I think your father is really very intelligent and interesting man... I believe it a start of a beautiful and prosperous friendship..."
Jim Kirk just blinked. Really heavy artillery, this was. Poor Spock, no chance there. Another victory for Bones, thought Kirk as he watched his marble statue of a First Officer. For the next few minutes nothing interrupted the deep silence on the bridge. Then, only five words: „I'm on my way, Doctor."
The End
