And the Winner Is

by Starsinger

When the corridor cameras are checked, the culprit is NOT who anyone was expecting. Don't own them.

Hendorff was called into Kirk's office as soon as Admiral Barnett left. He pulled up the camera footage and rewound the footage. It went back several hours before several figures appeared together. The central figure, one in blue, was carefully positioning the bucket above the doorway. Even pointing out how easy it was. Kirk stared at the footage, "Has this been altered?" He couldn't quite believe what his eyes were telling him.

Hendorff checked the recordings, "No, sir, you're seeing what happened."

"Thank you, Lieutenant," Kirk said. Hendorff left quietly, this was an unusual situation, to say the least. "Kirk to Spock." There was no answer. He tried again, "Kirk to Spock."

"I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts, deedly dee," came the reply.

"Mr. Spock," Jim tried to interject.

"It's a small world after all," the voice continued, loudly and badly.

Kirk cut the link. He hit another button, "Kirk to Uhura."

"Uhura here, Captain," Uhura responded.

"Is Spock there with you?" Jim asked.

As if in response, another voice cut in, "If I were a rich man."

"Where are you?" Kirk asked.

"In his quarters, Captain, he's acting as if he were drunk. All he had were some blueberry muffins Cadet Pine gave him before leaving," Uhura said exasperatedly.

"Nyota, are you sure those are blueberry muffins?" Jim asked.

There was a long pause, then a sigh, "No, sir, I just tasted them. They are chocolate chip muffins. Those cadets got my boyfriend DRUNK!"

"Get him down to Sickbay, Uhura. Dr. M'Benga will know what to do. I'll meet you there," Jim said.

"Thriller! Thriller night!" Jim winced as he turned off the comm. When he reached Sickbay, Spock had his arms tightly wound around Nurse Chapel and Dr. Marcus, "And IIIIIIII will always love you!" were the last words out of his mouth before M'Benga hit him with a hypo. Wild applause and cheering broke out as Spock slumped backwards over the bed. His feet dangled over one side while his head dangled over the other. Chapel and Marcus worked to straighten him out. The fit him with an IV that would keep him hydrated and lessen the hangover he was sure to have when he woke up. They handed Uhura an emesis basin and M'Benga told Kirk that it would be several hours before Spock woke up.

When Kirk returned Spock was sitting up in bed with his head between his knees and the basin firmly in front of his mouth. "How are you feeling, Spock?" Jim asked. All he got was a groan in return. "Well, if it makes you feel any better, you've been exonerated from decorating the Admiral with yellow paint due to mitigating circumstances." Spock moaned. "The cadets are being reprimanded for their extracurricular activities." Uhura looked at Jim, "Barnett is waiting for you to come up with something appropriately…creative…for their punishment." Uhura smiled, she could get VERY creative.