My first Star Trek multi-chapter fic : )

I hope you enjoy this one, I've got it all planned out; angsty, fluffy, action...

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Onwards...

'So, Bones; tell us about this place.'

Jim Kirk leaned back in his seat at the head of the table and looked at the Doctor, who looked through the notes on his PADD.

'It's an abandoned medical research station, Lexus 6. Decommissioned forty years ago by the United States Government who decided the research funding was better off served somewhere else.' He paused.

'What were they researching, Doctor?' Asked Spock, looking at the small planetoid on the vid-screen.

'They were primarily focussed on fertility treatments and exploring new methods of reproduction. Both humans and otherwise.' Bones told the Vulcan, who nodded and continued to study the screen.

'Right.' Jim swiped his PADD and a picture of the facility came up on the screen. 'So, we've got orders to take a look around, secure the place. Apparently there's a Study that Starfleet Medical would love to get their hands on if we find it-'

'That's an understatement' Muttered Bones; Starfleet Medical had been after this Study for years. An experimental machine used to speed up rates of reproduction; no evidence suggested it really existed, but there were rumours that the Doctor's had actually succeeded. It was considered the Holy Grail of medical research.

'So, Spock, Carol, Bones, Sulu, Uhura and I will be beaming down for this one, Scotty has the Conn.' Jim told his team. Scotty nodded, winking at Chekov; the young Russian smiled back; he liked having the Helm to himself.

The Captain glanced over at Carol, who was seated a few seats down the table. She smiled back, eyelashes batting.

Bones rolled his eyes. He felt sorry for the girl really; she really was besotted with the Captain. He himself had found out that nothing ever really lasted when Jim Kirk was involved; He and Jim had been together throughout the Academy and beyond, until just after he had brought Jim back from the dead after the Khan Incident. Jim had decided to cool it off, to take a break, and find his Space Legs again. Then promptly hooked up with Carol Marcus. As far as Bones was concerned, they were welcome to each other. He should've known really; once bitten, twice shy. He wouldn't be making the same mistake a third time.

He cleared his throat as Jim and Carol continued locking eyes like Shakespearian lovers. When they first got together she'd acted like the cat that'd got the cream. She made sure they all knew, especially him, who was with who. And she wasn't about to let him forget.

'Is that all, Jim?' he asked. 'Only, I got patients.'

Jim nodded. 'Meet us in the Transporter Room at 09.00'

Bones nodded. That gave him a little over an hour. 'Aye aye, Captain.'

-x-

'Do you think they did it, Sir?' asked Christine Chapel as Bones collected various medical instruments to take with him. Bones looked at her.

A young nurse, only about twenty five, Christine had white-blonde, short hair, which she liked to spike up, a New York accent and a nice smile, which Bones and his patients greatly appreciated. She was currently undertaking her Medical Degree, supervised by himself. She'd make a fine CMO someday.

'I don't know, Chris.' He finished packing. 'I think that if they had, we would've known about it. Why would they shut it down if we had the technology to do that?'

Christine nodded and smoothed down her skirt. 'Good luck, Sir.' She smiled. She knew how much he hated Beaming anywhere. Bones nodded.

'Don't have too much fun without me' he warned as he walked out, waving to M'Benga, who was acting CMO whilst Bones was gone.

-x-

'Ready?' Jim asked as he climbed up to the Transporter Pad. Bones nodded, looking straight ahead.

'As I'll ever be with this damned machine' he growled under his breath. He arched an eyebrow when Scotty sent a wink his way. He and Scotty were good friends, both on and off shift.

'Energise.' Jim told Scotty, linking hands with Carol, who was stood next to him. Scotty almost laughed out loud at the expression on the Doctor's face as he disappeared into atoms.

-x-

Sulu looked around. 'Wow.' He breathed. 'This is amazing.'

'Starfleet Medical don't do things by halves.' Bones told him. The research station was top of the range, in pristine condition. White marble buildings under a dome which housed perfect Earth conditions. It was home away from home.

'Yeah, but I expected something…different.' Sulu looked around again. The place was deserted, but it had a homey, academic feel to it.

'It hasn't been utilised in over forty years.' Bones explained as they walked forwards. He took out his identification card, which attached to a hook on his belt. This card would open every single door on the Enterprise, a fair few doors back in San Francisco and all the doors here. Not even Jim would have access to this facility; there were a few perks to being CMO of the Flagship. He scanned it down the small scanning slot by the side of the handle. The little light turned green and he pushed the handle.

'Don't panic.' He told the group as a whole as he stood facing them, closing his eyes, hands behind his back. He held his breath. They all eyed him as if he'd gone mad.

Jim gaped at him. 'Uh, Bones….what are you doing?'

'I'd close your mouth if I were you, Jim.' Bones told him.

Jim did as he was told and just in time too. Uhura and Carol let out a little squeal, Sulu a gasp when they were all suddenly covered in a freezing liquid, which quickly fuzzed up into foam. It covered them from head to foot.

'Decontamination, Captain.' Spock told him, ears poking through the foam covering his face.

'Right'

A warm liquid was now being squirted at them, soaking into their uniforms.

'I'd hold onto your skirts now, girls' Bones warned as an industrial strength blower started up, blowing their clothes dry.

Finally, the onslaught stopped. Bones waited a few moments before opening his eyes.

'Sorry' he told Jim, who was patting down Carol's hair gently. 'Should've warned you'

Carol shot him a venomous look, and shook her head. Jim gave him a look, but didn't say anything.

It had all been a bit fractured between them from the start of the Five Year Mission; he'd spend more time with Spock than he had with Jim. Even started to get quite good at 3D chess.

Leading the way, Bones walked down the corridor; they were in a deserted foyer, a reception desk on their right. He had looked up the way to the laboratory back in his office; he knew where he was going.

'What kind of methods?' Uhura asked him as they turned right and walked down a darkened hallway.

'Of artificial reproduction?' Bones sighed. It wasn't really an area which he specialised in. 'Mainly, remember this was over forty years ago, because back then, not a lot of women wanted research posts off planet. Off in far flung places like this, people, Doctors got posted here for thirty plus years. Old Doctors were dying and not enough were being Transported in to replace them.'

Bones took a right down through a ward. 'So, they came up with a machine that one person could use, to reproduce their DNA and make a child. Or two men, two women, whatever…' Bones waved his hand. 'There's no documentation that they managed to do it, but it's well known it was what they were tryin' to do.'

Jim nodded, intrigued. He felt Carol squeeze his hand. He smiled and gently extracted his hand from hers. Bones watched as Carol grabbed his wrist, pulling him to a stop.

'I need to talk to you. Privately' Bones heard her urgently whisper. He and the others stopped when Spock realised the Captain was not with the group.

'Captain?'

'Later' Jim told Carol, who frowned and nodded, following Jim back to the group.

Bones took another right and they came to a door. He pulled out his ID card again.

'Have you worked here before, Doctor McCoy?' Carol asked him in clipped tones as they came to a stop around him.

'..No' Bones told her, swiping his card 'Why?'

'You seem to know an awful lot about it. And you have a key to a lot of their private doors.' She told him, eyes suspicious.

'I know a lot about it because Jim asked me to look into it.' Bones looked at the Captain. 'And I have a key to the doors because I'm a Starfleet Chief Medical Officer. But I would've thought you'd know that by now.'

Carol opened her mouth ready to say something else, but Bones had already turned away and opened the door.

They all filed in, and Jim ran his hand across the wall, clicking a button he found there. The lights came on, illuminating the room.

Bones looked around in awe. 'My God…' he breathed. It was a Research Doctors paradise.

There were rows of computer terminals, research labs, books on every wall, both real and automated, lab equipment, tricorders and even an operating simulator table.

'Jeeze, Bones.' Jim grinned, slapping him on the back. Bones tried not to notice that his hand lingered more than it should've done. 'This place is awesome.'

'If you like medical equipment, I guess.' Carol offered, casting bored eyes around the room.

Bones ignored her, moving forwards to a computer. Jim moved towards the equipment table.

Bones clicked into the most recent research document and scanned through it. It looked like a prototype for something, a new piece of equipment. He looked through its complicated specs.

His eyes widened. 'My God, they actually did it.' He muttered, catching Spock's attention.

'Did what?'

'Says here they built a prototype model of the reproduction machine.' Bones told him, breathing fast; this could me a major breakthrough. 'They ran out of funding before they could make more.'

He didn't notice what Jim was doing. 'Say, Bones.' Called the Captain, tinkering with a fingertip pad on the side of a machine. 'What does this one do?'

'Huh?' Bones looked up. His eyes widened. 'Jim! Don't touch that.'

Jim didn't hear him…there was something written on the pad. 'Place whole hand here.' He read.

'Jim!'

Jim looked up, hand hovering. Bones near on ran up to him. 'Don't touch anything.' The doctor told him, grabbing his arm and pulling him away. 'You don't know what any of it does.'

'I really can't get over how you let him speak to you.' Carol told Jim, who was looking at the machine again. 'It's insubordination.'

'Look, sweetheart, Jim would probably be dead somewhere if I wasn't around to tell him not to touch things.'

'Yeah…' Jim nodded, eyes focussed on the machine. Carol huffed.

'Well, I think it should be stopped.'

'Uh, Bones….is that supposed to light up?' Jim asked, forestalling the argument.

'I told you not to touch it!'

'I didn't!' protested Jim, holding his hands up in the air. 'I swear!'

'You swear?' Carol mimicked, 'What are you, his Captain or his nurse?'

Jim gave her a look, hand wavering, He took a step back as a precaution. He swore as his foot hit the table leg. He pitched backwards, left arm flailing.

'Jim!' Bones reached to grab him. Jim put his hand down heavily. Right on the handprint pad.

'No!' Bones grabbed at his hand, linking his fingers with the Captain's to tear his hand away, but it was too late.

Sulu looked wide eyed at the machine. 'Is it supposed to do that?'

The machine had lit up, an initiation sequence playing out.

'DNA Sequence verified…DNA sequence verified….'

Bones paled. 'Oh shit.'

'DNA merging complete…DNA merging complete…'

He looked at Jim, who looked wide eyed at the machine. There was a small noise, like a coffee machine finishing and a lot of mist. At the back of the machine there was a small incubator, bathed in a dark red light. There was something moving in it. Jim, Carol and Bones moved over to it, Sulu, Uhura and Spock not far behind them.

'Bones…'

'Yeah, Jim?'

'Is that…is that a…'

'Yeah, Jim.'

Bones took a deep breath before he looked down into the incubator.

'Oh shit.' Muttered Jim, pointedly not looking at Carol.

Bones lifted the small baby out of the incubator.

Spock moved over, Uhura close to his side.

'Congratulations, Doctor, Captain' said the Vulcan.

'It's a boy.'

Let me point out, I like Carol as a character, it just works for the story this way...

Update soon... thanks for reading!