The engineering crew member had been charged with attempted rape and was never allowed to work for Starfleet or go to New Vulcan. I'd been invited to New Vulcan so that I could be thanked properly. There was a lavish ceremony and I knew Spock and his family were grateful.
I was going to leave when Spock enquired about my relationship status with the Capt. I laughed and told him that there was no relationship. I was smiling and I even saw his lips twitch. He then proceeded to ask me if I wanted to court him. I shyly replied yes.
I stayed with Sarek, Amanda and Spock for some of our shore leave. It was only for two weeks and half the time I was on New Vulcan. I'd been on several dates with Spock and had enjoyed my time with him immensely. I'd also gone back home for a little while and purchased more books.
When our new assignment was given we were told that our mission was for 3 years. I was officially given the position of medical assistant. I would no longer be working in the Science department which meant I wasn't breaking regulation being with Spock.
When we were back on the ship I noticed that Jim had gotten closer to Lt. Uhura. I even pointed it out to him and he replied that they were moving slowly. I shot him one of my full smiles and then started to tease him about what he'd down on his shore leave. I was doing well when the conversation suddenly turned on me and my shore leave. I blushed and went several shades of red; then proceeded to glare at him and walk away.
The shit hit the fan in July. The Enterprise had picked up a stranded person on one of the outcast planets. When he was brought in our initial analysis was that he was fine. Then people started to get sick. It started off slow, like a flu outbreak. Dr. McCoy and all the medical staff were soon kept busy. After that people started to come in complaining that they weren't sleeping well. Then the symptoms went up a notch people began to fall into comas. They were unresponsive and unable to wake up. The brain activity showed us that they were alive and yet stuck.
So far I was the only one who hadn't been sick or felt any symptoms. I went back to the file on the outcast. I was looking when the ship informed me that there was a red alert. "OMFG, the only time I'm alone and we're in trouble just great!" I ran to my room and grabbed a phaser; everyone was in the confines of their rooms so no need to worry about them.
Whatever was on the ship was on the bridge. I cautiously approached and that's when I saw them they were human. They all turned and saw me. The leader, I can only assume as he was sitting in the chair, took one look at me and then gave the order, "Kill her!" There were 4 of them not including the leader. Two came towards me and I didn't hesitate I fired. They both crumbled to dust in front of me. The next two came towards me and I killed one and then the other grabbed me.
I was then shoved on my knees in front of the leader. He looked down at me and that's when I noticed his eyes. The iris was red, and the pupil was yellow; terrifying really. Then he pulled a hypo out from his jacket. It contained a purple liquid, which shimmered in the light. My head was then held in place with my neck showing.
"Stop, what happened to the outcast? Why are you doing this? What is that?"
He condescendingly looked down at me and replied, "You stupid human. He outlived his purpose. As for your other queries I'm here for your DNA; you contain the only DNA in all the universes that isn't affected by diseases of this current age. This wonderful substance is going to strip that from you. It will go through your blood stream and bone marrow and then transfer from skin to skin contact into me. No one can save you your crew is all in a comatose state. You humans were weaker than we thought you all fell asleep in several weeks the process can take longer. However did you know that certain races such as Vulcans aren't susceptible to this concentration, they need a higher dose and then their down for the count. It's lucky this ship doesn't have any Vulcans on it. Now I've talked for too long."
He was about to stab the hypo in my neck when Spock came running through the door like a bat outta hell. He told his goon to get rid of him then stabbed me with the hypo. I could feel the liquid slowly mixing with my blood before I felt the leader get ripped off me. I watched as Spock snapped his neck like it was a twig and then rushed over to me.