An alarm blared and I jumped to my feet, terrified. Jim did the same, and then sighed. He grabbed his communicator and barked into it; "What?"

"It's Spock," Bone's voice came though the speaker. "I need to speak to you. And I assume that Artemis is there so bring her too."

Jim put the communicator down and took a deep breath. "One of the worse things about being captain." He shook his head, and then tossed on a shirt. We got dressed quickly and made our way back down to medical bay where we saw Spock pulling against the restraints and screaming.

"He was poisoned," Dr. McCoy said. "But we have never seen anything like it. We are working on an antidote…" He looked at his screaming patient behind him. "But we are concerned about his heart giving out."

I watched as he writhed in agony. "Isn't he supposed to be in a medically induced coma?" I asked, trying to ignore my screaming friend.

"He is." Bones sighed. "But the drug counteracted that and now…" He gestured to the cot.

I walked over to Spock and looked down at him. "Artemis." He grunted.

"Are you going to attempt to kill me again?" I asked, looking down at him. He shook violently and decided to lean down. He put his hand up and touched my face. Instantly I saw what happened to him, however it was muddled with rage. I felt his anger, his pain and recoiled, falling to the ground. I scrammed away not ashamed of the tears in my eyes and the tremors in my body. Jim picked me up and I swatted at him until he put me down.

"It's in the dust." I told Bones. "They blew the dust in his face, and that's what infected him. Probably Uhura as well… his body… it's on fire. He…" I shuddered. "Feels like he is being burned alive from the inside out."

Bones nodded, and then looked me over briefly. "Do you want a sedative?"

I shook my head, despite the pain and uncontrollable tears from the fear. "No, I'll be-"I felt something stab into my neck. "Hey!"

"It's a light sedative." Bones said, shaking his head. "It'll put you to sleep and dull your senses."

"i… I said… I said no. No, means…No is…" I slurred, almost forgetting how to speak. "No is like nuuu, it means…what does it mean?" I brought my finger to my chin as I thought. "It doesn't mean… yes. It means…"

"I'll go put her in bed." Jim nodded at Bones and mouthed thank you.

"Jim! You… you told him not nuuu?" I asked. "Why would you?"

"Come on," he said, pulling my arm.

"I would say…. Not yes but you wouldn't like that. Oh look, the good doctor's shirt is blue." I grabbed Bone's shirt which was suddenly very soft and vibrant.

"Is she high?" Jim asked, still trying to pull me away.

"Her body chemistry is slightly different from ours. " Bones explained, "Because she is from a different time by a couple hundred years. I can't be sure how everything will affect her, but yes, she seems to be high." Bones swatted at my hands and I recoiled.

"James, where should we go?" I asked as he pulled me away.

"A magical land." He said enthusiastically.

"Are we going to Disneyland?" I asked, excited.

Jim smiled. "Yes."

"We are?" I asked as he led me down a hallway. "Isn't this an odd place for Disneyland to be?"

He shook his head. "We are going to the new one in… Japan."

"Japan?" I asked. "But I don't speak …. Japan-iesse-ly."

"It's okay," He said. "We are almost there."

"Already?" I gawked at him. "What kind of plane are we on if we can get to Japanica so quickly?"

"A starship." He explained.

I frowned. "We are on a starship? Psssh, more like a….disk ship?" I frowned. "It's not shaped like a star."

"No, it's called a star ship because we fly among the stars." He brought me over to a view area and showed me the night sky. "See?"

"It's amazing." I sighed. "All of this is unbelievable. Time travel, Disneyland, starships shaped like disks." I smiled to myself. "And I was concerned that my life would end in some mediocre way, but here I am, among the stars. I wish my sister was here." I sighed, leaning on Jim. "Hey, Jim?"

"Yeah?"

"My legs are asleep." I told him.

As a response, he picked me up bridal style and turned away from the window, but my eyes stayed on the stars. What price was I going to have to pay for being here?

I woke in Jim's room, alone. My head pounded and my face burned, but other than that I was alright. "Computer, what time is it?" I asked, standing.

"10:42." The computer responded.

Why was I asleep so late? I stood and walked out of the room, looking around. Shrugging, I made my way to medical bay and stormed in. "You drugged me!" I yelled at Bones who was asleep at the desk. He didn't move so I walked over and pushed his elbow out from under him. His head hit the desk and he jumped up. "My God, woman, what is wrong with you?" He rubbed his head.

"Maybe being an asshole is a side effect of being drugged." I snapped, sitting on the desk.

"In my defense it was Captain's orders." Bones groaned.

"To make me high?"

He shook his head. "Your chemistry is different. I didn't know. We were able to isolate the pathogen in the dirt and create an antidote which Spock and Uhura are receiving now." A confused look crossed his features. "Why weren't you and Kirk affected?"

I shrugged. "Maybe we didn't breathe enough in."

The doctor looked sideways at me. "I think you still need to get a vaccine as well, just in case."

"Bones don't waste it on me." I smiled. "I would have shown some kind of symptom already, right?"

He frowned. "I guess, but I still think-"

"Alright." I rolled my eyes. "Please just make it quick. I don't like needles."

Dr. McCoy nodded and led me over to my usual cot. I hopped up and waited until he grabbed a syringe filled with a brown liquid. "We." I said, looking away as he injected it into me.

"Good, now hopefully you won't go crazy on us." Bones gripped. "You're scary enough as is."

"Wait," I frowned. "You hope it works."

"This is an untested, unapproved vaccine." Bones frowned. "We had to synthetize it here, a few hours ago."

I rubbed my arm. "Well, thanks, I hope."

He grunted and walked away, still upset that I woke him up. Hopping off the cot, I looked over at the unconscious Spock, still concerned about his condition. He looked like he wasn't in as much pain, but his features were still swollen from our fight. I felt bad for shooting him in the foot, but it was necessary. He wasn't himself. Just as I was about to leave, Bones called out. "Can you tell Jim to come down here?"

"Yeah." I said, waving a hand over my head as I left the room, heading directly to the bridge. "Permission to come aboard?" I asked.

"Artemis." Jim sighed. "Yes, yes, the answer is always yes." He ushered me over. "How are you feeling?"

I smacked his arm. "Like I was drugged."

He rubbed his arm, "You needed it."

"Bones wants-"I was cut off by an alarm going off as the ship stopped, throwing everyone forward.

Jim's attention turned to Sulu, who had begun pressing buttons like crazy. "What was that?"

"We fell out of warp." Sulu answered. "I don't know why."

"We never know why." Jim grumbled, sitting back down in the chair. He pressed a button. "Mr. Scott, what happened?"

"The warp core overheated, we have coolant leak," He said, sounding winded. "We are patching it now and should be back on track soon."

"Alright." Jim said, pressing another button and ending the conversation. "Artemis, sorry, what?"

"Bones needs to see you." I informed him.

He frowned. "Is something wrong?"

I shook my head. "No, you just need a vaccine since we were stuck down on the planet for a while The virus was in the dirt. And I don't know if you remember, but we were underground, you know, surrounded by dirt."

He nodded his thanks then had to turn to his console, trying to do damage control. I frowned, but left the bridge, heading to my office. Once I made it inside I pulled out a map of the planet we had visited yesterday. I began writing a detailed description of the way the planet worked.

Just as I got to the final paragraph, a few hours later, the door opened. "Hey," Jim said. "Are you busy?" He sounded kind of funny.

"Are you alright?" I asked, turning around.

"Not feeling the best." He said. "I'm going to bed. Just thought I'd let you know." He sniffled.

I nodded and he left, not looking good at all. I frowned, finished up my work, which took about an hour, then decided to and check on Jim. I walked to his room and let myself in. He was passed out on the bed, snoring contently. I went over to the closet and grabbed my nightgown, then walked into the bathroom to change. I placed the nightgown on the counter, then reached over and turned on the light. I then got undressed and tossed my nightgown. I looked into the mirror and screamed as I saw Jim's face appear behind me. "Jim," I sighed, "You scared-"I was cut off by him grabbing my hair. I yelled out as he drug me out of the bathroom. I tried to gain some traction, but failed terribly.

He threw me into the closet and it too me a minute to get my bearings. I rolled to my left as he caught my hair once again. "Westfall to McCoy!" I shrieked. "BONES GET YOUR ASS IN HERE!" Just then Jim threw me onto the bed and wrapped his fingers around my throat.

"What?" Bones called. "Why, what's wrong?"

"HELP!" I wheezed and brought my leg up to Jim's genitals. He winced, but didn't release me. I kicked again, with as much force as I could muster as my vision starting going. "Jim!" I wheezed. He released slightly and I reached my leg up and kicked his stomach and pushed him off. He fell to the ground as the air my lungs had been screaming for came rushing in. I rolled off the bed and crawled to the door, almost making it before getting a swift kick to the stomach. I fell, rolling over and looking up at him, tears in my eyes.

"Just get it over with." I begged, beaten. After days of fighting everyone, I was done; I couldn't take it anymore, especially when it was him. "I know it isn't you, please, just kill me!"

He smiled sickly and took out a knife, "I intend to."

*Third person view*

Jim walked into his room and was astounded by the mess which had been made. "Computer, who was in here?"

"Artemis Westfall." The computer answered.

He frowned, his heart beginning to race. "Kirk to Westfall." He waited a moment, but heard nothing back. "Kirk to Westfall." His heart was pounding. "Computer, locate Artemis Westfall."

"Miss Westfall is currently in the Medical Bay." The computer replied.

James rushed out of the room and down the long well-lit hallway. "Kirk to McCoy. What the hell happened?"

"Kind of busy here." Bones replied, sounding exhausted. "McCoy out."

Jim ran even faster down to Medical Bay and burst through the doors, almost smashing into them. He rushed over to the surgery area and used his clearance as Captain to gain access. Artemis was lying to the table, pale as can be, obviously close to death. "Wha-"

"Out!" Bones yelled, barely looking up from the table. "OUT!"

Jim backed out, confused and terrified. He pulled one of the cots over by the door and propped himself up in order to look inside the room. He sat there for three hours before they wheeled her to a different area and out of sight. Dr. McCoy came out, bloody and bruised, looking exhausted. "You're still here." He observed. Bones began pulling off his scrubs and glared at the Captain. "What the hell happened?"

"What are you talking about?" Jim asked, standing. "I was about to ask you the same thing. I go to my room and it's trashed, and then try to call Artemis, who doesn't answer, and find her here!" Jim's face was red. "What happened?"

Bones sat in a chair and leaned back. "She called me from your room, claiming that you attacked her."

Jim's face grew even redder as his temper flared. "Why in the hell would I-"

"That's why I asked." McCoy snapped. "She fought me off, seemed delirious, but her body was decomposing and heart sprung a leak." He shook his head. "I think that virus affected her differently. Her organs had begun to deteriorate just like Spock and Uhura."

"How are they… all three of them?" Jim asked.

The doctor sighed and closed his eyes. "Uhura is almost completely healed, Spock is resting in his room and is back on duty tomorrow and Artemis… she is beginning treatment and should be awake tomorrow."

"Why didn't you call me when Spock came to?" Jim questioned, looking at Bones warily. [

"He asked me not to." He stood and shook his head. "I need sleep; I've been awake for almost two days. I'm a doctor, not a machine."

"Can you do me a favor first?" Jim asked. Bones was about to retort, but Jim kept speaking. "Let me back there to wait for her to wake up."

Bones nodded, and then left, swaying slightly as Jim rushed back and found a seat next to Artemis' unconscious body. "My god," He sighed. "This is a nightmare."