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Darkness Unfolding- Part 12Author - The Watch Stander
Fan Fiction Main Page | Stories sorted by title, author, genre, and rating Darkness Unfolding by The Watch Stander Disclaimers in Part 1 ~~~ Part 12 Trip awoke the following morning to the familiar smell of sickbay and the sound of small creatures chirping as Dr Phlox cooed back to them. His headache was mostly gone, but his body still felt like it had been beaten by the proverbial bat.. The previous days events came back to him in a rush causing him to realize that he was lucky to be alive. The last thing he clearly remembered was the ceiling falling on him. What happened after that was mostly a blur, but he knew he had Jon and Malcolm to thank for his survival. Looking around sickbay he didn't see Hoshi, so he decided that she must be all right.. Carefully he managed to sit up on the bed even though he was very stiff. "Ah, Commander, I see you're awake. How are you feeling?" Phlox called out to him from across the room. "A little sore, Doc, but I think I'll live. Can I go to my quarters?" Phlox came over and stood beside the bed as he ran a medical scanner over him. " A good night's rest seems to have done wonders for you. I 've already released Ensign Sato and you seem to be recovering as well. I'll let the Captain know as he asked to be informed when you awakened.," Phlox told him with a happy smile covering his face. Trip leaned back against the pillows as Phlox went to make the call. He was still very tired and he was looking forward to being back in his own quarters as sickbay was not his favorite place to be. Closing his eyes he drifted off to sleep once more. Later he was awakened by the familiar voice of Captain Archer. Trip opened his eyes and smirked. "Yes, Thanks to you and Malcolm." He suddenly became serious, "I really want to thank you for putting your life on the line like that, Capt'n. Thought I was a goner for sure." Jon smiled, as he reached out and squeezed Trip's arm. "You'd do it for me." Trip nodded his head and replied softly, "That I would." Archer sat on the edge of the bed as he looked carefully at the engineer trying to sum up his condition. He wanted to see for himself whether Trip was fit enough to help Daniels. "So, how do you feel?" Jon asked. Jon nodded, knowing that if Trip could joke about it then he was feeling better. "Feel like helping Daniels fix his ship? He asked for you." Trip was surprised, but quickly answered. "Sure, anything to get out of here!" Archer smiled once more. Trip would literally do anything and Archer knew it. "Ok, I'll see what I can arrange, but only if you're feeling up to it." Trip nodded then started to get up to get dressed as Jon left to talk to Phlox. ************************ Malcolm kept having this terrible feeling of uneasiness that something bad was about to happen and it had been present ever since they had arrived back from the rescue mission. He had chosen Jamieson and assigned himself as well to guard the shuttle bay where Daniels and Trip would be working. Jamieson was a large man, at least twice Malcolm's weight and would make anyone pause before trying to attack him. It was one of the reasons the Lt. had chosen him. He wouldn't trust anyone else with the Commander's safety, especially after having the recurring nightmare where Commander Tucker was killed. Night after night the dream repeated itself in some form always ending the same way, Trip was dead and Malcolm had failed to save him. Afterwards he was always wide awake and depressed. A feeling that didn't go away for hours, leaving him exhausted. I just hope there won't be any nasty surprises, went through his mind as they walked to the shuttle bay. One of his other security men had accompanied Trip down from sickbay and was waiting to be relieved by Malcolm and Jamieson. "Everything all right, Wainwright?" Malcolm asked him as he entered the shuttle bay. "Yes, Sir. Commander Tucker is just over there by that console and Daniels is still inside the ship. Nothing unusual to report ", the man answered. Malcolm looked over at Trip who was engrossed in soldering something then turned back to the security man. "All right, we'll take it from here." Malcolm told Wainwright , who nodded then left. "Jamieson, position yourself near the door and I'll stay with the Commander." "Yes, Sir." The Maco turned and headed for a concealed spot near the entrance where he could cover both the door and the surrounding area as well. Malcolm smiled as he made his way over to Trip. The last time he'd seen the engineer he looked half dead. Other than a few bruises on his face, Trip didn't look too bad. Trip finished the soldering and looked up, surprised to see Malcolm standing there smiling at him. "Nothing but the best for our Chief Engineer!" Malcolm teased back. "Daniels needs this right away, so I'd better get it back to him. I'll chat with you later." Trip added as he started to walk away, not wanting to be rude. Reed nodded and watched as Trip went over to Daniels ship and entered it. Malcolm would have loved to take a look inside the ship, but Archer had told him that it was off limits. Guess I'll just wait here, he told himself. ******************** Once inside the ship Trip made his way forward to the consol he was repairing and slipped the piece into place. Daniels was busily adjusting instruments on the panel before him. "How's it coming? " the engineer asked him. Daniels looked at him, "As good as can be expected under these antiquated conditions." Trip smirked, "Well, this antique just might have the answer, cause this consol just lit up!" He pointed to the reading on the board he had just repaired. Daniels was surprised, "Hey, I just might keep you!" Trip smiled , "Capt'n Archer might have something to say about that!" Daniel's nodded, "Good job, Commander." He then handed Trip another board. "See what you can do with this." Trip took it ad after flipping it over a few times, left to take it outside to his work area. Malcolm was standing to the side of the ship looking it over closely. He nodded at Trip when the engineer signaled that he was heading back to the work sation. Jamieson waved as well. Trip started to work on the board the minute he arrived. It was precision work and required a steady hand. He never heard th noise behind him. Malcolm and Jamieson both reacted to the familiar whine as two invaders materialized just behind the Commander. Reed and Jamieson fired as one. "Commander, Get out of there!" Reed yelled as he tried shoot the alien that was heading toward Trip. A force field seemed to surround the alien and deflect his shots. It flashed as each shot hit it. Trip ran for Daniels ship as Malcolm covered him as best he could using the full setting on his plasma weapon. However, nothing seemed t penetrate the shield. The alien stopped and aimed his weapon at the fleeing Commander. Malcolm watched in horror as Trip who was at least 100 yards away from him fell when the alien fired. The invader then continued walking toward Trip. Malcolm, quickly retrieved his tricorder and aimed it at the Commander's fallen form. He let out a sigh of relief as the life signs showed normal, meaning that Trip might be stunned or unconscious. He immediately called for reinforcements. The alien stepped over Trip's body much to Malcolm's surprise and kept on a straight line toward Daniels's ship. Reed took cover and continued to fire, but the alien ignored him and entered the ship. Reed stopped firing and waited to hear the sound of shots coming from inside the ship, but there was nothing. He slowly made his way toward the door. Malcolm wondered how the shield would react to a stun grenade and decided to try out a theory he had. He pulled out three of the small canisters from his belt and quickly timed them 3 seconds apart. One by one he rolled them down the aisle under the aliens feet. The padding of the ships floor concealed the sound as they bumped up against the console. Malcolm took careful aim and as the first one went off pulled his trigger. The grenades discharge in front of the alien not only blinded him, but made his shield put all it's energy in front of him to ward off the grenade's blasts. This gave Malcolm the chance to fire with full power at the aliens rear where the shield wasn't as strong. It worked and to Reed's delight the shield failed with a flash and the alien fell to the floor. A very large hole and burn mark covered his back. Outside, the intermittent sound of weapons fire could be heard and Malcolm knew that help had arrived. He stood up then walked over to the alien to check and see if he were dead. Something moved before him and Daniels seemed to appear from nowhere. Reed just stared at him. Daniels smiled, "Sorry about the dramatics, but I had to use a timewarp to escape from your friend there. My death would have caused you all no small amount of problems ,to say the least." "If you say so." Reed quipped, secretly glad that Daniels was still with them. After checking that the alien was indeed dead he looked up at Daniels. "I need to check the Commander. He was shot but he's probably only stunned." Reed then turned and left the ship. Outside there were still shots being fired , but several reinforcements had joined Jamieson and they had the alien pinned down at one corner of the shuttle bay. Reed was heading for where Trip lay when he heard the noise and the warning shout of the Macos. What he saw coming towards him would have scared anyone in their right mind. A huge wave from a space anomaly was slowly sweeping across the shuttle bay heading right towards the Commander. The alien was also directly in its path , but saw it too late as it swept over him causing his form to shrivel and collapse. Fortunately the Macos were on the other side of the wave and were shouting to Malcolm to get out of its way. There wasn't time. He immediately headed for where Trip lay right in its path. Grabbing the Commanders hands he started to pull him towards Daniels's ship, unwilling to give up one of his friends to the deadly threat. He had to try and save him. Captain Archer had just arrived on the scene and watched in horror as the anomaly seemed to be sweeping down on Malcolm and Trip. A complete feeling of helplessness washed over him as he watched the scene unfolding before him. Reed was slowly losing the battle as everyone looked on helplessly. He knew the real meaning of fear as he struggled to pull Trip out of the way of the approaching anomaly as it slowly crept towards them, gaining ground as it went. It would be on top of them in only a few minutes time. Everything inside Malcolm screamed for him to let go and save himself, but he refused. He knew he would rather die trying to save Trip then be a coward Daniels suddenly appeared beside him and for a brief moment Reed thought he was going to help him pull the Commander to safety. Instead he started to type on a small handheld gadget that was in his right hand. "For God's sake, man! Help me!" , Malcolm yelled at him in frustration. The anomaly was now only 10 feet away. Daniels turned slowly and smiled. "I am." Reed didn't know what happened next as a blinding light overwhelmed his senses and then there was nothing. TBC Have a comment to make about this story? Do so in the Trip Fan Fiction forum at the HoTBBS! One person has made commentsExcellent. Really enjoyed this. Your characterisation is spot on. Do you plan to add more. Would love to know what Daniels has done. |