A/N: Well, here it is. The last chapter to my 'Star Trek' story. Thank you to everyone who has read this and reviewed it. I love and appreciate all the feedback I get! Keep it up! New reviews are fun to read! :D

Chapter 10:

Dr. McCoy was back up on his feet within a few days after treatment for his illness. Action had been taken quickly by several medics, and Sickbay had beamed down to Altius VII to treat those who were ailing from the disease. So far, most cases were showing success in the medicine and surgery.

On the Bridge, Captain Kirk sat in his chair surrounded by Spock, McCoy holding little Julia, and Scotty glaring at the screen before him. He was in contact with the CEO of the pharmaceutical company that had been responsible for the spill of dopamine into the city's water supply.

The man was named Mr. Nathukarrah. He had grayish black hair and a bushy beard and mustache that was gray. His eyes were dark brown and had wrinkles in his face. He looked uncooperative and censorious.

"Captain Kirk, these accusations you are making towards me and my company are unjustified, highly repugnant, and absolutely outrageous!" Nathukarrah testified harshly.

"Mr. Nathukarrah, do you realize your company is responsible for over 2 million of your colony's deaths. Your dopamine spill has poisoned your city's water, infected the health status of that water, and have caused infection of over 300,000 people on your planet's population and counting."

"This is no matter to you or your affiliations, Captain. This is a private company, and we have the right to not comply to your needs."

"Criminal negligence, endangerment of Federation citizens, crimes against the environment, poisoning of public water supply, the near death of my Senior Medical Officer, the deaths of your own people, I can have you charged and penalized for murder and attempted murder! The Federation of Planets can have your company sued and shut down, Mr. Nathukarrah! This involves my affiliations quite well!"

Nathukarrah glared at Kirk, then turned his attention to the three men surrounding him. McCoy, Spock, and Scotty were all watching him carefully. Both Scotty and McCoy were glaring coldly at the CEO, and Spock looked at him with a blank, unamused facial expression.

The CEO growled roughly under his breath.

"Fine. We will pay for sanitation of the city's water." He grumbled.

"You will also pay a fine that will be established by Starfleet Command." Kirk continued.

Nathukarrah growled again.

"Fine...good day, Captain."

With that, Nathukarrah flicked the switch on his board panel and ended communications with the ship.

Kirk turned off the channel frequency, then he swiveled in his chair to face his three friends.

"Hopefully, this will be the start to helping the Altians get back on their feet and recover from this epidemic that has taken a toll on so many lives already," he said.

"Aye, Captain. We were lucky enough to save Dr. McCoy from dying...I just feel bad for those other lives that were lost." Scotty spoke softly.

"Indeed, Mr. Scott. This whole incident could have been avoided had proper care of disposal been taken of the dopamine that spilled into the city's river." Spock commented.

"I just wonder why that bacteria in their water connected with the medicine and reacted in the way that it did, though."

Kirk turned to his CMO.

"Bones, you're the medical professional on this ship. What do you think?" He asked.

McCoy pursed his lips and tried to think of an answer. He had never heard of such a case before. When he had woke up from his operation a few days back and was finally able to comprehend what was going on around him, Spock and Scotty had informed him on what was the cause of the illness and how it had got into the water. He was both curious and confused on the matter. He did not know such disease could form and develop in such conditions.

Julia made some soft 'coo' noises, while her father thought a bit more.

"I couldn't tell yah exactly, Jim. There must have been a chemical compound within the dopamine medicine that the bacteria in the water found peculiar, infected the neurotransmitters within the medicine, and caused the mutation to occur. I would need a sample of the water, however, to give you an exact answer," the old medic said.

Julia made some more 'coo' noises, causing her father, Spock, Scotty, and Kirk to all turn to look at her. Besides the Vulcan, all of them smiled and chuckled.

"What, you got something to say on the matter? Huh?" McCoy cooed.

"What do you think, little lass?" Scotty asked.

The little baby chewed on her fingers and smiled. She babbled a little more afterwards.

Kirk smirked.

"A future medic in the making, I would say."

McCoy looked back down at his daughter, smiled, then gave her a little kiss on the head and leaned his head against hers gently.

The young captain turned back to look at Sulu and Chekov, who were sitting at the control panel at the front of the Bridge's screen.

"Mr. Sulu, warp factor 2."