BR> Disclaimer: I don't own Star Trek or any of the wonderful characters that brought the show to life. Gene Rodenberry is spectacular!
In sickbay, McCoy was reading up on old charts, when he came across one very interesting. The patient's name was Derick Pollack. He suffered a head injury during the battle with the Orions, and died days later. He looked at his anatomy in the computer. " Bingo! Pollack wasn't human. " Why didn't he see this before, Bones wondered. No matter. He called the bridge. "McCoy to Brige, Captain Kirk?" Spock answered the call, " Sorry doctor, but the captain is in his quarters, apparantly waiting to arrive at " MATARA". " Thank you Officer Spock."
He flipped off the con, where in blazes is "MATARA?" McCoy flipped on the con again, " McCoy to Captain Kirk?" Kirk got up slowly and flipped on the con. " What is it Bones?" He asked with tiredness. " I found a very intersting case as I was looking through the old charts. You might want come and take a look. " Alright Bones, I will be right there." " Oh, and Jim? " " Yes, doctor." " When did the ship decide to take a trip to a planet " Matara?" " Later, Bones, I will be right there." They both flipped off the con.
Kirk exited his quarters and made his way down to Sickbay. The doors opened and he saw McCoy at his desk. " What is it Bones?" " Jim, where is " Matara?" " Near the Neutral Zone. The planet has an intersting signal coming from it." " Jim, some officers are still recovering from the Orion attack and now we go near the neutral zone?" " Bones, what did you find?" McCoy shot him an ill-faded look then sighed. " You remember Ensign Pollack?" " Yes, what about him?" " Apparently, he isn't human?" " What?" " He is an android of somesort. Not mentally or physically on the outside, but on the inside." " Here take a look at his anatomy structure." Kirk took a look. "You're right." He replied. When he got it up he had a slight dizzy spell. McCoy got a concerned look on his face. He started to get up. Kirk stumbled towards the door. " Jim, are you all right?" " Fine just a bad migraine that's all." Bones grabbed his arm. " Here, let me take a look at you, just to be safe, then I will give you something to stop the headaches and you will be right as rain." Bones took Kirk to one of the rooms and had him sit on one of the beds. He did a complete neuro examination. " Well," He said. " Nothing seems to be wrong with you. it is probably caused by stress. here you go Captain." He gave the captain some aspirin and a shot that made the pain disappear completely " Thanks Bones." Kirk said. " Probably that whole mix up with Starfleet, about the Orion problem. You think Ensign Pollack was a spy for the Orions?" " Maybe, can't be too sure, the machine is dead now." Spock to Captain Kirk?" Kirk went to the con on the wall and switched it on, " Kirk here." Captain, we are coming to a point of visual on the dead planet. " Thank you Spock, Kirk out." He flipped off the con.
"So this planet is dead?" Bones replied. " Yes," Answered Kirk." There is a life reading on it though." " Amazing, a dead planet in the middle of space. How is this possible?" " Doctor, as you know now, anything is possible in space." There was silence. " Well, Bones I am going to the bridge." As he turned to exit, McCoy replied, " If you get the headaches again come back." " Yes, Doctor." He smiled as he left Sickbay.