T'Lora escorted Riley to the sickbay, not understanding why he was acting this way. It was almost as if he were drunk. It was impossible, no alcohol was kept around if everyone was on duty. Riley swayed back and forth, running his hands across the walls as they walked.
"Come on, Mr. Riley", T'Lora said. "Don't make Dr. McCoy wait any longer."
"What's the problem?" he asked. "McCoy's not going anywhere."
He turned when he saw the door to sickbay. He walked inside and smiled when he saw Nurse Chapel.
"Nurse", T'Lora said. "Mr. Riley's here, under Mr. Spock's orders."
"Where's Joe?" Riley asked.
T'Lora and Chapel looked at each other. Was it really wise to tell him what was going on and how it could affect the whole ship?
"He died, didn't he?" Riley asked.
"Yes", Chapel nodded.
"You know something? You have such lovely eyes, pretty lady."
He reached out and gently touched Chapel's face.
"Hey, now", T'Lora said grabbing his hand and pulled it away. "Nurse Chapel, Mr. Spock thinks that Mr. Riley here may be sick, which is why he's here."
Before they could do anything to restrain him, Riley was already backing away to the door.
"You know what Joe's mistake was?" he asked. "he wasn't born an Irishman."
"Riley, come back here!" T'Lora said following him.
As she walked, she noticed her hands felt funny. It was almost as if something was crawling on them. She looked at her hands to see nothing there, but they still felt the crawling sensation. T'Lora went to the nearest intercom.
"Nurse T'Lora to Mr. Spock", she said. "Mr. Riley has left sick bay. A warning to all personnel: possible contamination spreading..."
She pulled away, looking at her hands. She wiped them on her uniform to try and get whatever was on them off. Whatever T'Lora tried to get her hands clean, nothing worked. It still felt like something was crawling on her hands. To make matters worse, she felt her forehead break out in a sweat. She could be possibly running a fever. T'Lora reached up and pressed the intercom again.
"Nurse T'Lora to Dr. McCoy. Whatever it is that Joe was contaminated with...I believe it's spreading, and...I may have it too."