A/N: Sorry this took a little while to get this new chapter up. School sucks. That's all I really have to say. Also somebody asked what each of the character's ages are. Here are their ages: Scotty is 19, McCoy is 17, Uhura is 15, Kirk is 13, Sulu is 12, Spock is 8, and Chekov is 5. Hope that helps.
"I have something to tell all three of you. There was an accident-" McCoy was interrupted when someone burst into medbay panting.
"Doctor, sorry I took so long, I didn't know that I had an appointment…" Lieutenant Riley trailed off as he started to take the situation surrounding them. "Uh... I'm sorry for the interruption, I'll leave now." Riley started to back out of the room when McCoy stopped him.
"No need to Lieutenant. I called you down here for a little bit of help." It was then McCoy moved and Riley saw the three sitting on the bed. Riley frowned at this.
"I'm not a very good babysitter sir." Kirk however seemed to perk up when he saw Riley.
"Kev?" Riley froze at the sound of Kirk's young voice, and then a sad smile crossed his face.
"Yeah JT it's me." Riley then moved and gently wrapped his arms around Kirk, before looking back at the teenaged doctor. "What happened?" McCoy let out a sigh as he rolled his eyes.
"As I was saying before you interrupted. There was an accident that caused all of us to be de-aged. I had requested you here to help convince JT if he didn't believe me." Kirk gave McCoy a smile.
"Thanks Bones." Scotty and McCoy shared a shocked glance.
"JT, do you remember?" Bones asked this uncertaintly studying Kirk with a careful gaze.
"Remember what?" Asked a perplexed Kirk.
"You used to call me Bones before the accident." JT frowned and shook his head.
"No, I just thought that you were a doctor so Bones would be a good nickname." Bones frowned, and Kirk turned his attention towards Riley.
"Is everyone alright? What ended up happening?" Riley let out a sigh and began to tell the young James Tiberius Kirk about their last few days on Tarsus IV. Spock seemed content simply listening to the two old friends converse like one of them wasn't thirteen.
Chekov however immediately reached towards Uhura in the universal signal to be picked up. Uhura smiled and picked him up, and started to listen to him as he started to talk rapidly in broken Russian. McCoy let out a sigh and looked towards Scotty, who had started to talk with Sulu, and then looked towards Nurse Chapel.
"This is going to be one big headache by the end of all of this." Nurse Chapel gave him a sympathetic look, and then glanced over at Kirk.
"Doctor, I know this is not what you want to hear, but I think you should be relieved of duty. At least until this mess is done. You're fine now, but you very well could start to forget as well." McCoy sighed, and gave Chapel a displeased look.
"I will agree if you allow me to continue to tend to Kirk." Chapel nodded and cast another glance towards Kirk.
"I think you're the only one who can tend to him. Before he realized who it was he'd immediately looked like he was ready to bolt when Riley came in. He's also wary of lieutenant Scott although not as much as he was of Riley..." Chapel trailed off as she looked at her now younger commanding officer.
"In his file it did say that after Kirk was rescued from Tarsus IV that he had trust issues with adults, especially men. We'll have to be aware of that to make sure nothing ends up happening because of it." Nurse Chapel nodded in agreement.
McCoy then looked down when he felt someone tug on his pant leg. Spock was standing beside him and once he realized he had McCoy's attention, he pointed to where not only was Kirk standing up, but also holding Chekov. Bones immediately let out a sigh as he started to move towards the two.
"JT you need to stay in bed. You're not strong enough to be up and around." Kirk scowled at this, and made no move towards the bed.
"I'm fine. I don't need any pampering. I haven't had it for months now." McCoy let out a frustrated sigh in response to Kirk.
"You no longer need to keep powering through. You need to let your body rest and let others take care of you." Kirk immediately objected.
"I need to be strong for my kids."
"No you don't. Your kids are grown up now. You were there for them the first time, but this time you can focus on you and your recovery." McCoy then gently took Chekov from him, handing him off to Uhura. He then turned back to Kirk a d had to catch him before he collapsed. "This is why I told you to sit down."
McCoy growled this as he helped Kirk up onto the biobed. Kirk made a face at this but didn't say anything else about it. Instead he looked towards Uhura and Chekov, and smiled before patting the spot next to him on the biobed.
Chekov immediately tried to scramble out of Nyota's grip. After a few seconds he succeeded and was giving Kirk all of his attention as the teenage captain continued the story he'd apparently been telling before McCoy had interrupted him. Nyota let out a slightly annoyed sigh as she turned towards McCoy.
"It seems like Pasha is still hero worshipping him, even if they're kids. I don't think he'll ever not look up to him." Nyota rolled her eyes at this, and turned towards the only other woman in the room. The two instantly starting to talk about how men and boys really weren't that different. McCoy glanced around the room.
Spock was again silently listening to JT while sitting at the foot of the bed. Lieutenant Riley was nowhere to be seen, presumably having returned to his post once he was done talking with JT. Nurse Chapel and Nyota were still talking, and Scotty seemed to be debating with Sulu about different types of ancient Earth weapons.
Giving a nod to Nurse Chapel, McCoy retreated into his office to start working on a report for Starfleet Command, knowing that Scott never did reports unless told to, and then it usually took Kirk telling him a time or two for it to get done. McCoy also planned to do some research into the backgrounds of the other six who were affected.
"Leo." McCoy was drawn out of his reading by his name being called and the accompanying knock. He looked up to see Nyota with a sleeping Spock on her hip. "JT, Monty, and Spock all fell asleep, while Pasha, Hikaru and I are hungry." McCoy let out a sigh.
"I'll be out in a minute, just let me save what I'm working on." Nyota nodded and left McCoy's office as he turned back towards the computer he was working at. As he marked where he was in the report he was reading, he couldn't help but wonder why Chapel couldn't get them something to eat.
Leaving his office McCoy immediately noticed the absence of Nurse Chapel. However Bones also took notice that the others all seemed to have on better fitting clothes, they still weren't perfect, but they were better than before.
Nyota leaned against a biobed, while Spock started to wake up. Hikaru was trying to entertain Chekov but it was clear that the grumpy five year old was not going to be easy to please.
"So what do you kiddos want to eat?" McCoy saw Uhura make a disgusted face when he called her a kid, but ignored it. Chekov however perked up at the mention of food, and immediately tried to escape from Sulu's grasp.
McCoy rolled his eyes, but took Pasha from Hikaru before something happened and he ended up falling to the floor. The young Chekov bounced in McCoy's arms as he repeated something in Russian several times, causing McCoy to look towards Uhura for translation.
"He'd like to have mac and cheese and apple juice, although he needs to say please." Nyota directed the last part towards the ball of energy, who at least had the humility to hang his head. If only for a second before perking up again looking at McCoy.
"Please?" Bones couldn't help be crack a small smile at the look of hope on Chekov's face.
"Yeah kid, you can have what you want." McCoy ruffled Pasha's hair as he said this, and then looked at the other three expectantly. "What do you three want?"
Sulu decided on chicken nuggets with mashed potatoes while Uhura went with a classic BLT. McCoy then turned to look at Spock who was still sitting on the biobed, looking down at the floor. Bones frowned at this, and took a step closer towards the young Vulcan.
"Spock?" The boy in question immediately looked up at his name. "What would you like to eat?" Spock just stared at McCoy, and continued to do so even after Uhura repeated the question in Vulcan. "Are you hungry?" Spock kept his lips sealed but he did shake his head no, causing the doctor to let out a sigh. "Okay, if you're sure." He then motioned for the others to follow him. "Come on, we have to go to the recreation room."
McCoy passed Chekov to Uhura as he moved towards the door, Sulu following closely behind. He had to stop just outside the door when Uhura called his name. Looking over his shoulder Bones was met with the sight of Spock curled up next to Jim's sleeping form.
Judging by Nyota's annoyed look Spock was refusing to follow her. Bones but the inside of his lip as he had a mental debate. Spock was looking at McCoy with an almost pleading look in his eyes as he clutched Jim's arm to his chest.
The teenaged doctor felt his heart melt at the scene, not that he would ever tell anyone that, especially either of those two. McCoy then looked towards where Nyota had Chekov resting at her hip, and motioned with his head for her to follow.
"Come on, I trust Spock to not do anything and JT will be asleep for a while. If he needs anything, he can always wake mister Scott up." During the last part he motioned to where Scotty had fallen asleep using his arms as a pillow.
McCoy then led the other three out of the room, heading towards the closest food replicator which happened to be in the rec room. The doctor silently brooded at the idea to going to one of the most often visited rooms on the ship, not wanting to be seen as his awkward seventeen year old self.
When the four entered the rec room, attention wasn't immediately on them like McCoy was expecting. Instead they were met with all of those in the room crowded towards the back. They were all standing in a rough circle, all murmuring to those near them.
"What's going on?" McCoy asked this as he took a step towards the group. The few who did look over at him did double takes, obviously having not heard what had happened to the entire senior staff.
Those who had looked immediately whispered to those closest to them, glancing back at McCoy and the others every few seconds. Very quickly most of the crowd was staring at the four who had entered.
Those who weren't looking were mostly security officers. They were busy holding two command officers and a science officer back while Nurse Chapel and another science officer knelt beside a command officer.
"What happened?" McCoy asked this, and was answered by an unfazed Hendorff.
"A fight broke out, and ensign Delacy needed some medical help." McCoy looked towards Nurse Chapel waved him off, much to his annoyance.
"What was the fight about?" Hendorff let out a heavy sigh at this, as he gave the three restrained an exasperated look.
"Apparently the fight broke out over an arguement about who would win in a fight…" McCoy nearly face palmed when he heard this. That was an answer he would have expected from Jim while they were at the Academy.
"Well now they know." McCoy growled this as he started once again towards where the ensign was on the floor. He never got there however, because Nurse Chapel stopped him.
"Leonard, remember what we talked about? I have this taken care of. Take care of the others, they're the ones who really need you right now." Nurse Chapel then gave the teenaged doctor a gentle shove towards where the other deaged officers were standing awkwardly.
McCoy let out a small sigh, before he motioned for the other three to follow him as he walked towards the replicator. They were beside his side almost instantly, and McCoy suddenly found his arms full of Chekov, who immediately was cuddling in his arms.
He looked towards Uhura and she just shrugs her shoulder, leaving Bones to roll his eyes, and start ordering their food from the replicator. He ordered what the others wanted and got a sandwich for Scotty when he woke up and nothing for himself.
After that McCoy decided to take them back to med bay because Chekov was reacting quite badly to all of the attention he was getting from the other crew members. Everyone seemed to think he was adorable, and they all stopped to tell him so. That was until they realized who was holding him.
When the four reached the med bay again, McCoy nearly dropped Chekov when they arrived and the bio bed that Kirk had been sleeping on was empty. Spock was also nowhere to be seen, and Scotty was just waking up. Scotty immediately perked up when he spotted the sandwich in Uhura's hand.
"Awesome. I'm starving." He reached out for the sandwich when he noticed that on Chekov was moving. "Hey where are Spock an' JT?" Scotty then looked around, and frowned. "Oh shit…"
A/N: Hope you all liked this chapter, hopefully I won't take quite so long getting the next chapter out, but who knows how much homework I'll have this week.
DEE: Glad you're enjoying it.
Guest: Well hello again. Nice to see you back again. And in case you didn't see it in the author's note at the beginning of the chapter, these are everybody's ages: Scotty is 19, McCoy is 17, Uhura is 15, Kirk is 13, Sulu is 12, Spock is 8, and Chekov is 5. Hope you enjoyed this chapter.
If anyone is interested in seeing a couple of character sketches I've done let me know, and I can put them up on my Deviantart so you can see them.