Captain's Log: Stardate 1704.2. The science party we were to have picked up has been found dead. Life support systems had been turned off. Station personnel, frozen to death. Conditions highly unusual. Meanwhile, we remain in orbit to complete our mission, close scientific measurement of the break-up of this planet.

Spock beamed onboard and asked Mr. Scott to decontaminate them the communicator buzzed again. Kirk asked if they were Sock and Joe were being decontaminated Scotty said yes.

"Better have medicine look them over too", Kirk suggested. "Tell Mr. Spock I'll meet him there in ten minutes. Kirk out."

Spock and Joe headed to Sick bay to see Nurses T'Lora and Chapel with Dr. McCoy.

"Nurse T'Lora, please assist Nurse chapel", he said.

"Yes sir", she nodded.

She immediately started her job with a smile. Nurse Chapel couldn't help but sigh. She couldn't help but feel the new person was trying to take over her job.

"Please step on the bed, sir", T'Lora said.

Joe nodded. McCoy stood nearby and watched her as she and Nurse Chapel worked together. He really wanted to see if a rookie was really as good as they claimed to be. T'Lora examined Joe and recorded everything, handing the results to Nurse Chapel.

"You're fine, Joe. Up and out of there."

Joe nodded and jumped off the bed, allowing Spock to get on. Nurse Chapel smiled as she helped McCoy examine him. T'Lora watched them noticing Chapel seemed to be happier examining Spock than Joe.

"Mr. Spock, your pulse is 242, your blood pressure is practically nonexistent, assuming you call that green stuff in your veins blood", McCoy said.

"The readings are perfectly normal for me, doctor, thank you", Spock said. "And as for my anatomy being different from yours, I am delighted. Captain…"

Spock nodded to Kirk just he walked through the door.

"How are they?" Kirk asked.

"They're fine, Jim", McCoy said.

Just as he mentioned that, T'Lora noticed Joe shaking.

"Are you alright?" she asked.

"I guess maybe", he shrugged. "I just keep shaking."

"So what did you find down there?" Kirk asked, ignoring T'Lora and Joe.

"Terrible, Captain", Spock answered. "It was terrible. They were just sitting, like they didn't care. Whatever was happening, they didn't care. I keep wondering."

"You keep wondering if man was meant to be out here", he said. "You keep wondering, you keep signing on. Any guesses, Mr. Spock? Any idea of what happened down there?"

"I wish I could say, Captain. The circumstances were quite bizarre, however our record tapes may show us something."

"Six dead", Joe described. "Six people dead."

Kirk looked at him noticing the slight shaking.

"You should go get some rest, Joe."

"Yes, sir…" he nodded.

T'Lora noticed him shaking some more and wondered if he was really all right.

"Would you like me to accompany you, sir?" she asked.

"No!" Joe grunted. "No thank you! I know my way around!"

He walked away in anger. T'Lora thought nothing of it and went back to her duties. Spock got off the bed and followed Kirk to the bridge.

"Set up those tapes, Mr. Spock", Kirk said. "We'll see if the answers are there."

"The lab status report, doctor", Chapel said showing McCoy the results of their examinations.

"Oh, thank you, Christine", he said.

"Wait a minute!" T'Lora said interrupting. "I thought I was supposed to prepare that?"

"You shut your mouth and learn the way things work around here", Chapel said.

"Girls stop it", McCoy said. "You need to learn to work together."

T'Lora learned her first lesson that day. Nurse Chapel seemed to have something against her.