Yeah, Chapter Seven. Hope you enjoy it.

Recap

"Amae?" said a middle aged doctor with thick rimmed glasses and grey speckled hair, "is something wrong? Has something happened to you, are you in trouble?"

"No, No I'm fine it's my patient," Amae said.

"I see, well what do you need my help for," Dr. Krevin asked.

"You specialize in Vulcan pathology right?" Amae asked.

"Yes besides yourself I've never researched or treated anyone but Vulcans," he confirmed.

"I need to ask you something," Amae said.

"Of course, ask away," Krevin said.

End Recap

When Spock awoke for the second time, he noticed something. The lights above him, although bright, didn't bother his eyes and for the first time in days he didn't feel completely exhausted. Spock sat up and reclined against his pillows. Spock glanced about; the med-bay seemed oddly quiet. He glanced at the clock, it was an off shift and simulation wise the middle of the night. The only other person in the room was a figure resting on a nearby desk, their head lain across folded arms. From the short blonde hair Spock deducted it was Dr. Amae.

"Nice to see you're up," Bones muttered and he walked back in. He must have noticed Spock watching Amae because he told him, "Might not be the most comfortable place but at least she's sleeping."

"Has she not rested doctor?" Spock asked.

"Not since you've been admitted," Bones said, "By the way you should be out of here by tomorrow."

"Dr. Amae, discovered what I had?" Spock asked. Bones raised an eyebrow at him and laughed.

"Yah, but I'll let her tell you about it," he said, "I still don't know what made her even think of it. I don't know why I'm head doctor around here." Bones walked back out and left Spock to his thoughts. Spock found himself watching the doctor sleep. And once again that strange feeling came to mind, that something was just a tad bit off.

"Hey there Spock old chap! How ya feeling?" Kirk called from the entrance to the med-bay and walked over to clap Spock on the shoulder.

"The doctor is currently asleep captain, lower your voice would be advisable," Spock stated. Kirk looked about and spotted his sister asleep at the desk. He nodded and pulled up a chair.

"So you didn't answer my question," Kirk stated and took a bite out of the green apple he had.

"It seems I will be making a full recovery," Spock told the captain.

"That's awesome, I guess Amae's epiphany paid off," Kirk said with a grin. Spock raised an eyebrow at him. "Yah well, see Amae and I went to London with our old friend Johnny. We broke into this old house on a dare cause everyone said it was haunted or something. We found this old door into a stone basement. Well Amae and I didn't think it was good idea to break the door open but Johnny did it anyway. So a few days later he got really sick. The doctors had no idea what was wrong with him," Jim told him.

"Did he die?" Spock asked. He still wasn't quite sure what this had to do with his condition.

"Nope, turns out the basement he opened had been sealed since the black plague swept over London and when he opened it some of the virus or something was still alive and Johnny caught the plague," Jim said, "They cured him and stuff. But I remember it was really similar to you, the whole not knowing what was wrong. As soon as I mentioned it to Amae she dashed off." Spock thought about what Kirk said for a moment and then it hit him.

"Ah, I see, that does make sense," Spock stated.

"What do you mean?" Kirk asked taking another bite of his apple.

"Septomalasia," Spock stated.

"What?" Jim asked him.

"Septomalasia, it's a spore on Vulcan," said Amae as she lifted her head to look at the two, "I swept through Vulcan two hundred years ago. It's harmless to Vulcans but extremely poisonous to humans. It was wiped out and the old remnants of it are those preserved in rock formations that formed at the time When Vulcan began to implode, the earthquakes shook up old rock formations and released the spores. It seems our commander inherited human's sensitivity to it," Amae said with a smile.

"Well I guess it's lucky you figured it out," Jim said with wide eyes.

"I had a cleaning crew go disinfect your room, but now that we're one hundred percent sure that's what you had, We'll had to vaccinate and treat everyone you've come in contact with and disinfect every room you've been in since you were on Vulcan," Amae said while rubbing her temples.

"Which means a whole hell of a lot of paperwork for me," Bones muttered as he came back in, "I just talked to the nearest docking station, they'll have the necessary vaccines beamed over, we just have to pick them up."

"Alright, well I'll go set a course for the docking bay," Jim said standing, "Where is it?" Amae grabbed Kirk by his collar and dragged him to a bed.

"You're going anywhere till we test you," she stated.

"I have to get tested?" Jim asked.

"I told you not to come in the med-bay," Amae muttered.

"Aw, but Mae!" Jim whined. Amae whacked him over the head and Jim stopped whining. "What about Bones?" he asked.

"I got tested as soon as Amae told me her theory," Bones stated. Jim grumbled angrily and leaned against the bed. "I'll go tell the bridge to change course and alert Starfleet," Bones said turning to the door.

"Don't forget to keep the bridge crew on the bridge, they're the most likely to be exposed. And have Ensign Chekov send out an alert. Tell the whole crew what's going on and that everyone should report to the med-bay when their name is called over the intercom," Amae said as she drew a sample of Kirk's blood.

"Yah, Yah, I figured we'd start with the bridge crew, and then go by last names," Bone replied, "Jesus this is going to be like exams all over again." Amae laughed and shook her head.

"You'll survive Bones, I promise," she told him. Bones snorted in disbelief. Amae walked over the lab and ran Kirk's blood through the tests.

"So this spore, how dangerous is it for humans again?" Jim asked his face slightly pale.

"It takes some time for symptoms to show up, but once they do a human would have around twelve hours before they were beyond a cure," Amae said rather calmly, "Commander Spock is only alive because he's half Vulcan." Jim nodded.

"So what are the chances I've caught these spores?" Jim asked.

"Relax James, you're fine," Amae said, "the test is negative. Now I'll just give you a vaccine and you can return to the bridge."

"So how come we're not vaccinated against this to begin with?" Jim asked and Amae loaded the vaccine into a shot.

"This will be the first case of Septomalasia for two hundred years. It's like being vaccinated against plague," Amae told him as she walked over, "now hold still." Kirk closed his eyes and tensed, expecting the pain he had become accustomed to from Bones shooting him up with all kinds of meds. "Done," Amae stated.

"I didn't even feel that," Jim whispered.

"You're not supposed to," Amae said while giving Jim a look.

"Yah well, Tell Bones that," Kirk muttered before rising and leaving for the bridge, "See you later." Amae hummed as she walked about.

"I suppose the supplies of vaccinations for this particular disease are limited," Spock said from his bed. Amae nodded.

"You are correct, Commander," she replied.

"Dr. may I ask you a question?" Spock asked.

"Of course Commander," she said, turning to face him.

"If my mother had survived, what are the chances that she would have survived the Septomalasia?" He asked, staring straight at the doctor. Amae put down he labs she was running and walked over to Spock's bed.

"If she had been infected, which she may not have been considering she would have been exposed for only minutes, and we didn't catch it before symptoms became visible. Slim to none," Amae told him. Spock nodded.

"Thank You doctor," He said bluntly as he stared straight forward. Amae reached out and place her hand on his forearm. Spock glanced at her, catching her eye. Amae gave him a comforting smile.

"Are you alright Spock," Amae asked.

"Yes, I feel much better doctor," He told him in the same emotionless tone.

"I didn't mean physically," Amae told him. Spock's face contorted slightly.

"I do not know," he admitted. Amae stared at him with a gentle look.

" let'theiri Spock, ma'toi qual fam shaht," Amae told him softly, "yuk i, shom-tor. Kal-tor etek stariben lu du qual muhl" (Peace Spock, Death is not the end. Sleep now, rest. Let us speak when you are well.) Spock felt a sudden wave of tiredness wash over him and felt the desire to rest his eyes. Amae watched as the half-Vulcan fell asleep. She smiled gently and removed her hand from his arm.

"You know, that whole emotion manipulation thing is creepy," Bones muttered from where he stood.

"I don't change people's emotions, just encourage them to feel something different," Amae told him with a roll of her eyes.

"Yah well it's still scary," he muttered, "Do me a favor and get the blood samples from the bridge. For some reason I don't think they trust me every much." Amae laughed and smiled at Bones before taking her equipment and heading to the bridge.

"Hello," she said as she stepped onto the bridge. Amae received a few waves from Sulu and Chekov.

"How's Commander Spock?" Sulu asked.

"He's fine, now that we've got him on the correct meds," Amae told him, "I'm just going to need a blood sample from everyone so we can make sure no one's infected. If you're clear I'll give you a vaccine just in case and if you are infected, there's nothing to worry about. All you'll have to do is go down to the med-bay and get treated; you'll only be out a maximum of a day."

"Wow, that doesn't seem too bad," One navigator said.

"Septomalasia is only really dangerous if you don't know you have it," Amae told him with a smile.


Amae sighed as she heaved the last box of vaccines into the med-bay. She stared at the piles of boxes with a hint of frustration. Turns out none of the crew on the docking station wanted to come on the ship, apparently they were afraid of getting infected so Bones and Amae had to carry all the boxes inside the ship.

"Hey, Amae why don't you take a break, The nurses and I can handle the tests and vaccinations for now," Bones said, "If we have someone who's infected we'll contact you." Amae stretched out her arms and nodded.

"You sure you don't want to Bones?" Amae asked, "Those boxes were pretty heavy for me and I'm stronger than a human."

"Eh, I'm fine. Just feels like my arms are gonna fall off," He said with a shrug.

"Alright, contact me if you need anything," Amae told him. She walked out of the med-bay and headed toward the beaming pad.

"Hey Scotty, think you can beam me down onto the station," Amae asked. Scotty laughed and went into an in depth explanation about just how easy teleporting her would be. Eventually Amae actually got onto the station.

"Hi, I'm looking for the engineering bay," Amae told a nearby worker. He pointed her in the right direction and Amae thanked him. Compared to the Enterprise this station was a piece of junk, but it was a good place for up and inspiring engineers and scientists to mess around and blow things up. Amae walked into a large lab filled with all kinds of gadgets and machines. Amae smiled as she snuck up behind a short red headed boy fiddling with one. She grabbed his shoulder and the boy let out a yelp, spinning around to look at her with wide eyes.

"H-Hi A-A-Am-mae," the boy stuttered out.

"Hey, there Gizmo," she said and sat down beside him, "how have you been?"

End

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