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Sorry for taking a while to get this up. Been really busy for a while, so much so that I will be moving my update day to Sundays from now on.

Chapter Thirteen

Spock and Bones walked through the door and into Bones' office. On the table in the middle of the room was the plate of food that Jim had been eating. Bones walked over and began to scan it, tricorder out and scanning. It didn't take long to find out what was in it that caused the reaction. The doctor looked over at him and grimaced. Spock knew that at that moment that there was someone on the ship that had caused the Jim's almost deadly reaction.

"What is in it?" Spock asked him.

"Peanuts, some strawberry extract as well as banana," he said softly going back over to Spock.

"They would not have caused such a severe reactions when he has eaten something with those ingredients in his food, he has a little trouble breathing but he is able to correct it with his normal dose," Spock frowned.

"I know, but if you put them all together, then they could cause this," Bones sighed, "It's a damn good thing I was there, he..." he trailed off not really wanting to think of what had happened, and what could have happened if he hadn't been there.

Spock nodded his head, "May I now see Jim?" he asked softly.

Bones smiled and nodded, "Come on," he told him as he then led the way to Jim's room.

Spock walked in and looked at Jim lying so still on the bed, he was pale but asleep. Spock walked over and stood by Jim's bed, reaching down and taking Jim's hand into his own, and holding it gently.

"He is going to be fine Spock," Bones said as he watched the Vulcan, he could just about see the emotions that were warring within him.

"I understand that what I do not understand is why the crew would turn on the Captain the way they have. They have almost caused his death, and I will find the ones that were responsible," he said standing straight and looked down at Jim.

"I know you will Spock, and trust me, you're not the only one that doesn't get why the crew is doing this. There are some that haven't done a thing and I know they won't because they actually care about Jim," he sighed, walking over and looked down to his friend, "he has been through a lot over the last few months, and it just seems to get worse all the time for him. I don't know what I can do to help him anymore Spock, this is going to hurt him deeply," he said looking at Spock and watching him.

"I agree Doctor," Spock nodded, "I shall have to start my investigation. I will be beginning with the replicator that I use to acquire Jim's food," he said with a nod and then looked down at Jim once more, "Sleep well my T'hy'la," he said softly as he ran two fingers over the side of Jim's face, teasing at the psi points as he went. He looked at Bones and said, "Take care of him and keep him safe, let no one, other that yourself into the room."

Bones looked at him, about to protest and then nodded. He had seen the look on Nurse Chapel's face, "I won't Spock, the door will now be coded to voice prints for you and myself and that's it." he reassured him.

Spock nodded his head, "Very well," he said, letting go of Jim's hand and walked out of the room.

Bones looked down at his friend and sighed, "He is worried sick now," he said softly, "I really didn't think the crew would do something like this but have no doubt that Spock will be doing all he can to find out who has done this to you," he told him as he pulled up one of the chairs from the edge of the room and set it next to the bed. He wouldn't be leaving anytime soon, not only to reassure Spock that he would be protecting Jim but for himself. He was worried about Jim, about his mental state, and the crew's determination to harm their captain.

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Spock walked out of Sickbay and went through the corridors, he made a quick call to Scotty to meet him in the Mess Hall and headed down himself. He reached the room and waited for Scotty to arrive before he walked inside. He looked around and could see a few more people lingering around. He stood there for a moment and wondered if the one who had contaminated Jim's food was among them.

"I need everyone to clear this room immediately," Spock called out, his voice only slightly raised so that they all would be able to hear him.

Spock and Scotty watched as the people there began to get up and leave. It wasn't long before the place was empty. Scotty looked at the Commander and waited for a few moments, wanting to know why he was there.

"What am I doing here commander?" Scotty asked him.

"I require your help with a task, and you are one of the few that I can trust," was the answered, but Scotty could see that there was more to it. He waited a little longer and then Spock explained a little more, "The Captain was having his evening meal when he began to have a reaction to some of the things within it. They are not part of the coding for the food that Jim had, we do not know where it had come from. I believe that someone may have tampered with the replicator to make sure that Jim would receive the contaminated food."

Scotty went pale asking, "How is he?" he liked the Captain and had done since he met him on Delta Vega.

"He will be fine, but it was a very close thing. If Doctor McCoy had not taken his evening meal with us, I do not believe the captain would still be with us," he told him honestly.

Scotty pales even more as he then stood straight and said through gritted teeth, "We best get a move on before they change it all back, we might not find them if they have," he then went over to the first replicator and began to get into its programs.

Spock watched him and then did the same with the next one. There were seven of them that they needed to check, so they would be at it for a while. Time went by and Spock and Scotty were finished.

"Damn," the Scotsman said as he shook his head, "I cannae believe that they 'have done this?!" he exclaimed.

"Believe it, Mr Scott," Spock said with a small almost inaudible sigh, "On board, we have someone or someones that have just tried to murder the Captain. I will need to talk to a few people in Security and find out their true feelings for the Captain. I know not everyone is against him," he said with a slight paused, "But there are a lot."

"I know," Scotty said as he looked at him, "Sulu and Chekhov are on the Captain's side. We know that something has happened, but we don't know what," he then stopped looking a little guilty, but he didn't mention why people were against the Captain, they didn't need to know that.

"Mr Scott if you have more to say then I believe that you should say it," Spock pressured looking the man over.

"Fine," he said, "Some believe that the Captain has cheated on you. I know that Uhura and Chapel are the two main ones behind the group. I don't know what they are up too, but I do know that they have been trying to send Jim over the edge, to get him off the ship," he told him, using the captain's first name as he was worried about the kid.

Spock looked at him, "Lieutenant Uhura and Nurse Chapel are involved?" he asked for clarification.

"Yes sir," he said softly, "They are but I don't know how they are," he added.

Spock nodded, "You have given me somewhere to begin Mr Scott, thank you for you time and efforts," he added turning around and headed towards the door.

"Sir, from Security you need to talk to Riley and Henderson. They are the only ones I know in there that are all right with the Captain," Scotty called out to him.

"I thank you for telling me," Spock nodded and headed out, he wanted this investigation underway. Thanks to Scotty, he now knew of two that he might be able to trust, though he would have to talk to them to make sure. Spock's mind wandered to Jim, he could feel him lightly through the bond and knew that he was still asleep. He walked along and saw a few people looking at him. Now he knew why some of them were looking at him with pity in their eyes. He made a mental note of all those that sent him those looks, as they, to his mind, were suspects in the attempted murder of their captain, of Jim.

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