Excerpt: Death, Inc.

Keith coughed miserably and then sunk back against the pillows. Damn influenza, he thought, and then he wondered what Captain Kirk would do in a situation like this. Well, there was the trouble, wasn't there? Captain Kirk wouldn't get infected with the influenza and be one of the unlucky few who required intensive care over it. His iron constitution would mean he'd be the one saving the day, not the poor guy who needed to be saved – and if against all odds Kirk did become sick, succumbing to an illness that would most likely claim the rest of the crew as well, then there was the green-blooded Spock, immune to mostly every contageous disease in the galaxy due to the fact that his blood was copper based instead of iron based. Keith decided he really needed a Spock in his life, but until Earth developed its warp technology and the Vulcans made first contact, he was probably out of luck.