Sidak had been living on the ship for nearly six months now. Despite being confined to the ship & under the watchful eyes of Dr McCoy, it now seemed like the boy had caught his first cold. Having finished his morning studies, he were now waiting for McCoy to come for lunch, not that he felt very hungry. His head felt heavy & his face and throat hurt. He knew what a cold was from books. It was common & harmless, but he felt a little scared anyway. This real & not a text. [Hello, I'm Satan :) ]
McCoy polished up his reports for Spock’s scrutiny, aligned some planetary bodies so the Captain’s physical was timed perfectly (no excuse in the galaxy could get him out of this one), and left Sickbay in Nurse Chapel’s capable hands.
He whistled as he walked down the hallway, excited to share lunch and conversation with the son he’d never thought he’d have. Cloning. The universe just didn’t get any more surprising. Well… Today seemed to be the exception.
“What’s the matter?” McCoy could tell right away something was wrong. Sidak looked a little greener than he ought to. “Are you running a temperature?”