Chapter 7-
Bones POV:
Of course. Jim would choose now to do the training drill. I know for a fact it is a drill because of the classic Jim style 'machines turn off and back on' stunt. Again. Phaith was just laughing to herself at this as shed heard many stories of Jims little cheat.
Phaith and I moved over to where the emergency red lights were and waited for 'the injured', crew members who had to pretend to be sick and injured to test us on our knowledge, to walk through either side of the med bay. As soon as the first entered, Phaith ran over to 'treat' them. I on the other hand went to produce hypos, for the training exercise they had water in them, in the lab on the side of the bay.
The exercises were always short and it wasn't long before Jim wandered in through one of the doors with a bottle of bourbon for me and some chocolate for Phaith. We'd passed like usual. Phaith didn't really like the idea of these drills though… And knowing of Jim's little hypo phobia, she ran at him with one of the water hypos, jumped on his back and stabbed the hypo into the back of his neck causing the tall man to curse loudly and try to unstick the Vulcan from his back who was about to nerve pinch him by the looks of things.
Phaith hopped down from Jim's back, did a fancy hand twirl with the hypo, and walked away like she did nothing. Jim glared at her retreating form and I just laughed and smiled when the girl turned back around and winked at me. The captain just looked at me and then the doorway where she left, before looking back to me. 'You're in love, aren't you Bones?' I didn't even try to deny it. I just thought to myself… Am I? 'I think I am.' I finally replied to Jim who was waiting for my answer. 'But Jim, I swear to god you tell anyone and I will hypo you into an oblivion, call you for a physical twice a week for the rest of your life… and throw captain Russia out the air lock.' Captain Russia was a bear Chekov had gotten the captain as a get well gift from when we had to deal with Khan, and Jim had never left it anywhere since. The bloody thing even had its own place on the bridge! He sat next to Pavel at the navigations desk and slept with Jim in his bed.
Jim looked slightly scared at my threat and I felt proud inside that he was scared of the doctor who kept him alive. With that, Jim stammered an excuse to leave and practically sprinted out of the bay, leaving a couple of nurses, who were confused at what happened, and myself, alone in the quiet bay.
Jim's POV:
Okay, Bones' threat is a good one… No harms ever going to come to Captain Russia… ever! I quickly ran back to the bridge like I had just seen a ghost, leaving quite a few startled people in my wake, including the small, slender form of Phaith who was balancing a tray of food on her head, and another in her small but strong hands. By rushing past her I managed to make her drop one all over herself and the other on the floor. I stopped in my tracks and picked her up off the floor after she slipped in the spilled food and balanced her onto her feet. She was so small she only came up to my chest, her violet eyes looking up at me, glaring for being so idiotic. I chuckled slightly and picked a piece of pasta out of her hair. "Just for that…" her voice broke the silence, "You can go to mess, get me two more and bring them to Med Bay." I nodded sheepishly, not wanting to anger the girl who was so much like Bones and was probably wielding a secret hypo somewhere, and ran off to mess. When I got there I saw Scotty holding something small in his hands. As I made my way over to him, I noticed what it was… it was a small stuffed dog, about the size of my hand, with a single word written on the ribbon around its neck… 'Phaith'. This must have been her sisters. Scotty looked up at me, and spoke quietly "I found this in the wreckage of the ship… I canne' not give it to her captain, it's part of me promise to me self, to protect her"
"And you will Scotty! Because I need to get the two doctors' dinner, you're coming down to Med with me and give it to her… trust me Scotty, she loves you and your ways. It will be fine!" I interjected before he could say anything else.
I got the food and we walked down to Medical where Bones was fussing over a food covered Phaith, wiping sauce from her green cheeks and picking vegetables from her hair. Smiling sheepishly, I briskly walked into the room, with a very nervous Scotsman, ready to get a long lecture from Bones about running in the hall. I placed the two trays on the nearby desk and gestured to Scotty, making sure he wouldn't back out. From where I stood, I saw him hand the small girl the toy and I saw her face light up and pull Scotty into a large hug as McCoy stood off to the side, smiling at her.
I walked closer to them and I heard the last thing she said, which surprised us all "thank you papa" we all, including the nurses, stared at them as she smiled at Scotty and he squeezed her hand. She had lost her family, all of them, and now she was trying to find a new one. With us.
Scotty-
I have a daughter… yeah, she's not my blood daughter but I still have one! Oh this is amazing, I must- "scotty!" Jim's voice interjected my thoughts and brought me back into the real world. I turned to face the younger man and remembered I should be back in engineering by now. I bid farewell to the med team (Bones and Phaith, as the nurses had left for the afternoon) and followed Jim out the door. It all felt so surreal, yet so natural at the same time.
I sprinted to engineering now a little more than late to find Phaith stood there in front of me. Damn those Vulcan speeds… "I forgot to say that you're invited to drinks with Leo, Jim and I tonight!" she said as she walked past me and out the door. "Byeeeeeee!"
"Aye, Phaith Lassie, see ye there!"
As she left I felt a hint of pride run through me. As the machine in front of me beeped, I was brought back into the real world. I finished the servicing of the large warp coil and moved on to the next one.
When I next looked at the time I saw it was 8:00 pm earth time. So, I showered quickly, not wanting to be late, and practically sprinted to the ships bar where Jim, Bones and Phaith were already sat. Smiling, I made my way over to them, seeing Phaith grin back at me let me now that she was aware of my presence, and sat down next to them.
