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"Sit down, Sarah." Kayla said. "You're gonna walk a hole in the floor."
"I can't sit down now, K." Sarah replied. "I'm worried about Ivy."
"She's okay." Kayla said, getting off of the bed in their cabin. "Let's go play something."
"All right."
Sarah and Kayla walked down the hall to the recreation room on deck 6, where the instruments were.
"What are we gonna play?" Kayla asked, warming up on her guitar.
"How about something from High School Musical?" Sarah asked, smiling at the thought.
"You know I hate that movie."
"I know, but you rock the songs."
"Fine. Which song?"
"Bop to the Top?"
Kayla groaned. That was her least favorite song. But if it made Sarah feel better, she would play it.
"All right."
They started playing, meanwhile, in the sickbay, I was waking up. My head hurt a bit, and as I sat up to look around, I saw Spock sleeping in a chair by my bed. Captain Kirk was sitting in the bed to the right of me, reading from the ship's library tapes.
"Hello, there Captain." I said. "How are you feeling?"
"Wonderfully." He replied, smiling. "How are you?"
"Fine." I laughed. "How many times are you gonna save my skin?"
"As many times as we have to." Dr. McCoy said, as he walked in. "Feeling better?"
"Yep." I looked at Spock. "How long has he been asleep?"
"Since I put him to sleep." McCoy laughed.
I laughed with him. "You do know that he won't be happy?"
"When is he happy?"
"True." I said. "Is that Sarah and Kayla I hear?"
"I think so." McCoy said.
"Can I get up, please?"
"I'm afraid not."
"Why not?"
"You need to rest." Was the answer. "You can't just get up after what happened to you."
"You, my dear doctor, obviously don't know me." I said. "I can't lay in bed all day. I wasn't made that way."
"Darn Vulcans. They're always so stubborn."
"You better believe it, doc." Captain Kirk said. "Can I get up?"
"As long as you're feeling strong enough, Jim."
"What's up with that?" I asked. "I'm getting up, too."
"No, you need to stay in bed a little longer, Ivy." McCoy protested.
"Fine." I said. "How much longer?"
"Not too much longer."
Captain Kirk got out of bed, and McCoy handed him his gold uniform. As he started to pull on his shirt, I laughed.
"What's so funny?"
"Kayla would kill me if I told you this, but she is like, totally in love with you."
"Really?" Kirk asked, a curious look on his face.
"Didn't you make the connection with our nicknames?"
"Apparently not." He laughed.
"Don't tell her I told you." Then I got an idea. "Doc, can I call her up here?"
Dr. McCoy said, "Sure, if you want to."
"I want to." I replied. "Don't put your shirt on quite yet, Captain."
"I get it." He smiled. "Is this going to be a joke?"
"Almost. It's going to be funny, though."
Kayla and Sarah were called up to the sickbay, and while I was waiting for them, I tried to wake Spock up. The doctor took advantage of this, and also a blood sample from Spock to make sure his blood cells were reproducing at a steady rate. Spock woke up moments before Kayla and Sarah walked in.
"Ivy!" Sarah said. "You're okay." She hugged me, well, actually she practically strangled me.
"Yep." I said. "But I won't be, if you don't let go."
"Kayla!" Sarah said, rather loudly. "She's okay! No offense to your wonderful medical skills, doc."
"None taken." Dr. McCoy smiled.
Kayla, was drooling over Captain Kirk, who was talking with her, shirtless, I might add. She turned around to me, and was like, "Oh my gosh! He is so hot!!" But she didn't actually say that.
The doctor was running the blood sample, so it was up to Sarah and myself to wake up Spock. I shook him, and eventually he woke up.
"You're all right." He said, smiling.
"Yes, I'm fine." I said, smiling back.
"That's good." He replied, pulling me into a hug.
Kirk started laughing, and Kayla looked a little confused. Sarah looked a little out of place, sort of upset that Sulu wasn't there. I pushed a button on the intercom and asked him to come to sick bay. As he hurried in, Spock helped me out of the bed. Dr. McCoy came in, and asked that everybody except me to leave. Spock refused to, but McCoy argued that I needed my rest.
"No, I'm fine. Really." I said. "I'm ok."
I walked around a little bit, using Spock as support. I was able to walk down to the room where the band things were, and found Kayla and Sarah there, along with Sulu, and Kirk.
"Hey guys." I said. "What's up?"
"The sky." Came Kayla's smart-alec reply.
"Ha ha ha." I said, rolling my eyes. "That was so funny I forgot to laugh."
"Whatever." Kayla said, laughing. "Ready to rock?"
"You betcha."
"Drink this." She said, handing me a cup of a brown liquid. "It'll make you stronger."
I took the cup and drank it all. "Yuck! That stuff is nasty!"
"It made you feel better, didn't it?" Kayla asked.
"My tongue's not feeling particularly well," I said. "But I feel pretty good."
"Awesome!" Sarah said. "Can we do something from High School Musical?"
Kayla and I groaned. What was with Sarah and that movie?
"Sure, I guess." I said. "Which song?"
"We're all in this together?"
"We don't have enough people." I said. "We need at least one more person."
"What about Spock?" Sarah asked, looking at him.
"You're kidding, right?" I said.
We looked at each other, and we all had the same thought.
"Captain Kirk!" Kayla squealed.
"Think he would?" Sarah said.
"Yeah, he will." Kayla replied. "We'll just teach him how to do it."
We found Captain Kirk, and asked him to help us with a performance.
"Sure, girls." He said. "What do you need help with?"
"We need you to sing and dance for us." Kayla said. "Will you?"
Captain Kirk thought about it.
"Yes." He said.
"Come on, then." Sarah said, taking his hand. "We need to practice. And we have to teach you how to do the dance."
So, we spent an hour or two teaching Kirk how to dance. When the time finally came, he did very well. I think the audience was impressed. When we finished, I found Spock, who was standing in the hall.
"What did you think, Spock?"
"I think that you should have the captain join your band." He said, wrapping his arm around my shoulder.
Liz came down the hallway. "I see you're all right, Ivy."
"Yes, I am." I smiled. "I think that you should come back to Halloween Town, Liz. I think someone I know would like you."
The Romulan looked at me, and said, "When are we going back?"
"I don't know." I replied. "Soon, I......"
But I never got to finish my sentence. Spock had collapsed onto the floor. I fell to my knees beside him, and tried to find out what was wrong.
"Spock!" Dr. McCoy said.
"I'm glad you're here, doc." I said. "He just collapsed. I don't know what's wrong."
He told Liz, "Go get the captain and another person. We need to get him to sickbay."
To me, he said, "Ivy, come with me. I may need your help."
Together, we tried to pick Spock up, but he was too heavy. The captain came and helped up pick up Spock, and we carried him to the sickbay. It took a lot of strength to get him onto a bed. The doctor turned on the medical scanner.
"What happened to him, doctor?" I asked, worried.
"I don't know." McCoy asked, scanning Spock. "He just collapsed."
"Spock," I said. "Can you hear me?"
"Keep talking, Ivy." Dr. McCoy said. "I got a reaction out of him."
"Spock, it's me, Ivy." I grabbed his hand. "Can't you hear me?"
Spock's eyes opened, and he looked around. "What happened? Why am I here?"
"Spock," I asked. "Are you alright?"
"Of course." He said. "Why wouldn't I be?"
"Doctor?" I looked at him. "Why is he suddenly okay? Not that there's a problem, mind you."
"I don't know, Ivy." The doctor told me. "Suddenly, he's fine."
"Can you examine him, a little more, doc?" Captain Kirk asked. "I want to know what made him do that."
"Of course, Jim."
"Thanks, Bones." The Captain started to walk out of the room.
"Captain!" I said, stopping him. "Can I talk to you?"
"Certainly." We walked into the hall. "What do you need?"
"I would like to be married to Spock, Captain." I said.
"I know that, Ivy." Kirk said.
"I mean, soon. Within a couple of days, if possible."
"Of course, but why?"
"I can't explain it. I just want to."
"OK." Kirk agreed. "As long as Spock is able, I'll marry you two in a few days."
"Thank you, Captain." I walked back into the sickbay.
"How is he, doctor?"
"He's fine." Dr. McCoy said. "That's what baffles me."
"Baffles you?" I asked. "Why?"
"A healthly man or Vulcan doesn't just collapse, then has nothing wrong with him."
Spock moved. "Doctor, I must protest to this. I am perfectly fine."
"Be quiet, Spock." I said. "Just lie here."
"Why?"
"Don't question me, please." I said. "The captain said that he would marry us in a few days, Spock."
"Good." He answered.
Suddenly, his face twisted in pain, and Dr. McCoy looked at the medical scanner.
"Ivy, talk to him more." McCoy said. "I think I know what's wrong."
"What's wrong with him?" I asked. "Why is he hurting now? He was fine a moment ago."
The doctor looked at the scanner, and answered me. "He's been injected with something. I'll need to run tests to find out excatly what."
"Hurry, please." I said. I stroked Spock's forehead. "You'll be okay. I promise."
The doctor came back. "I'm afraid he won't be." He said. "He's dying."
"What is he dying from?" I asked, panicking.
"Spores, that he contracted on Organia. I wonder why the others haven't got it?"
"What does it matter? Spock's got it, that's what matters now. How do we stop it?"
"We can't." McCoy said. "There's no cure for it. As far as my studies can tell."
So, Spock was going to die.
"There's nothing we can do?" I asked.
"Nothing." Dr. McCoy said. "Nothing at all."
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