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Kirkian Legacy

Stardate 42580.5

Back in her quarters, Lieutenant Kirk, stretched across her bed, seeking to make up for the sleep she had missed the night before. She was happy to trade fatigue for the memories of Jean-Luc's touch. The comm signal went off interrupting her slumber.

"Doctor Crusher to Lieutenant Kirk.

Groggily, Shawnay sat up and answered, "Go ahead Kirk here."

"Lieutenant, can you please stop by sick bay? I need to retake my baseline scans on you."

"Understood doctor, I'm on my way."

Perplexed, Shawnay walked into sick bay and greeted the doctor, "Hello Dr. Crusher, is everything alright?"

Looking up from her desk, the redheaded physician replied, "Hello, yes Shawnay. My scanner was out of calibration yesterday, the readings I took on you yesterday are not viable so I'll need new ones. It should only take a few minutes." She motioned the younger woman towards an exam table.

Lieutenant Kirk nodded and hopped onto the table and lay back. Crusher initiated the privacy field then began the scans, moving around the lieutenant and checking the readings on the overhead display.

"Hmmm." Doctor Crusher frowned slightly looking at the scanner, turning it over in her hands.

"Is something wrong?"

"This scanner isn't working correctly either. But, I can't have two broken scanners, the probability of that happening is astronomical," Crusher replied having moved her attention to the readings on the screen.

Shawnay sat up, curious at Crusher's predicament. "What seems to be the problem?"

Not really hearing Lieutenant Kirks inquiry, Crusher tapped her chin and continued her train of thought, "Hmmm, if its not broken then the readings are correct...what if they are correct?"

"Doctor! You're making me nervous, what's wrong? Am I sick? Because I don't feel sick."

"Oh, I'm sorry Shawnay, you are perfectly healthy. But according to my scans you have an abnormally high pheromone level." She pointed to a blue bar that well exceed normal three sigma band

"Ummm, okay..."

"And if my readings are correct, today's reading is even higher than yesterday's. Everything else is within normal range."

"Pheromones, aren't those the hormones we emit when attracted to someone? What's the problem? I'm constantly being approached by the men on board, could it just be a reaction to their pheromones?"

"Yes possibly, but yours should be going down instead of up because of the contraceptive shot I gave you yesterday. And your levels are way above normal, you shouldn't be safe walking through the halls without affecting the men around you. I'll need to chemically bring you down to normal levels."

Lieutenant Kirk stared at the doctor incredulously. "You've got to be kidding."

"I wish I was. I've never had a patient in such hormonal overdrive. Men are affected by female hormones, it can cloud their thoughts and impair them from performing their duties. In rare cases, males can become so incensed that they have forced themselves on women as a way to relieve the hormone induced madness. Have you noticed any of the male crew acting strangely towards you recently?"

"Well, yes just this week, there have been a couple of instances, Mr. Lito and Lieutenant Evers."

"What was unusual about their behavior in these instances?"

"Ummm, let's just say they both emphatically expressed a desire to mate and would not take 'no' for an answer easily."

"Funny you should mention those two. They've both been in here this week having had accidents in the holodeck and gym.

"Hmmm," the blonde said, "well if it was for being hit in the groin and a broken nose, just call me the holodeck and gym."

"Okay, so I'm going to assume that you are having an effect on some portion of the male populace. Any other abnormalities? Males acting overly aggressive or demonstrative? You know showing off, trying to impress you?"

"Well yes, but that kind of thing happens all the time," Lieutenant Kirk responded, her voice unsteady, "but I did have a date last night and..."

"You had sex? But you told me yesterday that you were not in a relationship."

"That was true, but things happened faster than we expected." Color rose to her cheeks as the memories flooded back, "It was my first time."

"Well that could partially explain today's elevation, but today's reading is almost triple yesterday's. Having intercourse once couldn't do that.

"Ummm, we did it more than once." At the doctor's silent behest to continue, Shawnay added, "Eight times. We did it all night and most of the morning."

"Okay, that counts as impressive, its safe to assume that your young man is affected by your hormones. Human males don't normally reach eight orgasms in such a short time span...your date was human, right?"

To which, Shawnay nodded yes.

"We really need to revisit all of your hormone levels to make sure your contraceptive is sufficient. And I'm going to need his name, he'll need to be checked for spiking hormone levels too."

"Doctor, I'd like to talk to him first." Lieutenant Kirk worried how everything got so out of control so quickly. "But please tell me that the contraceptive still worked!"

"The contraceptive is probably working, but with your hormones so hyped up I'm concerned your body will develop an immunity to it. You date is not in immediate danger, but I will need to see him eventually. But right now, let's rerun those baseline levels and see if I can get things back to normal for you."

Reclining back on the examination table, Shawnay bit her lip as she wondered how Picard would react.

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