Samantha
Title: Perfect friendships PART 2
Author: Samantha
Rating: starting with PG
Pairing: Archer and T'Pol
Disclaimer: Don't own it.. at least not yet . but you never know. This is for everybody who likes to see Archer/T'Pol together. This is my first story (part 2), so depends on you people, if I will continue with it, (or maybe not).
T'Pol just stood there, for how long, Archer couldn't say. She seems to be more surprised with his question, than Archer himself. Archer never felt so small, so humiliated, so embarrassed, and it didn't take him long to realise, that with this question, he had, once again crushed any possibility of getting any "closer" to T'Pol. T'Pol, suddenly, with her usual grace, calmly said, "Good night Captain, I have suddenly lost any desire to continue our chat .I shell see you in few hours".
For a moment Archer hesitated, then shook his head .The woman who was just leaving, might be his Sub-Commanding officer, as well as his friend, but she was telling him, some things are better left as they are, and by saying,"she lost any desire to continue this conversation" in T'Pol language, that definitely came under the heading "private".
9.30 am
Captain was running late, and to think, that he had specifically said to every senior officer just 10 hours ago, not to be late, under any circumstances was ironic. He had promised Trip, he would talk to each officer about "his" engine experiment. Trip was a naturally born worrier, when it came to "his" engine, and if Captain wanted to be honest with him self, last thing he wanted, was to give T'Pol, an opportunity to accuse him of being too tired, or too human. No, that wasn't fair, he thought with a deep sigh, as he strode down to the corridor towards Situation Room, just because she's observant, doesn't mean she is trying to ..put me down.
"Good morning, I apologise to keep you waiting, shell we all get straight down to business" said Captain.
Everybody in Situation Room, was more than keen to start with Trip's modifications, and improve performance of Enterprise engines, and after hours of discussion, with Captains and Sub-Commanders approval, it was decided that experiment should start in 6 hours. "That would be all". Said Captain. " Sub-Commander, can I speak with you in my office." said Captain.
Door closed leaving Captain and T'Pol facing each other. "Yes, Captain?
"I would like to apologise for my behaviour earlier this morning and promise you, it will not happen again. Whatever you are doing at your free time or in your personal space, is your own business." Quietly but firmly said Captain.
"There is no need to apologise Captain" answered T'Pol.
"Yes, there is, and I just want you to know, that if you where pursuing serious relationship with Trip, I would support you"
"Captain.I have to remind you, that, there is nothing.." But before T'Pol could finish her sentence, Captain intervened.
"Please T'Pol, let me finish.. I'm not saying, that, you are having relationship with Trip, or with any other member of the crew, I'm just trying to tell you, that no matter which, path you take, or who you take it with, I shell support your decision.
"Thank you Captain, is there something else?" calmly asked T'Pol.
Captain just couldn't believe his ears, here he was, trying to tell T'Pol, that he will be by here side, no matter what, but the only thing she could possibly say is "IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE!".If Captain wasn't so tired, he would probably said something rude to her, but than again, he knew, he would have to apologise for it in a few hours, .. then again.she wouldn't care less, if he apologised to her or not. He just couldn't believe, the amount of emotions, this "Vulcan" was able to irrupt in him.
"Yes, there is, you will be responsible for supervising Trips experiment. I don't want any setbacks on this mission, especially when we are so near to finding Xindi, and most of all, I don't want anything to happen to Trip." "Is that understood Sub-Commander?"
"Yes Captain" said T'Pol.
Ten hours later
Somehow Captain got through the afternoon without coming too close to collapsing. He took a risk, he approved Trips experiment, he approved for his crew to be put in danger, just so he can catch Xindi quicker, but for what cost. He's best friend is lying there, in sickbay, with life support to keep him alive. He risked his friends' life, so he can save Earth, but he knew deep down, that he would not take that risk again, if he had a choice. He lost every member of his family, and he couldn't bear to loose his best friend.
Captain could feel all the emotions coming to the surface. God.how much he wanted to let go, how much he wanted to cry, first time in a long while. How much he started to hate him self, for all the jealousy he felt towards Trip and T'Pol, for not be able to except his friends happiness. He need another chance, he need to make things right, for him self, for Trip, for the crew, and for T'Pol. And for those reasons, he knew, he couldn't let go.
"Must be another way," thought Captain. And with this thought, he started to walk toward sickbay.
Sickbay
"How is he? " asks Captain
"He's condition is unchanged, but that is not the reason why I called you here Captain, I like to show you something." said Phlox.
"This is one of my .how shell I say.more interesting members of animal collection. "Mimetic simbiot", I use them for cuts and other small injuries, most of the time".
"How is that relating to Trip" Captains voice sounded impatient.
"Mimetic simbiot have another, more controversial property. When implanted with DNA from another species, it exactly replicates that species lifecycle in accelerated rate." seriously said Phlox
Captain could feel where this conversation was going, but it was still hard for him to believe that this was possible. "You are telling me, this "Mimetic simbiot" becomes a clone?"
"Yes, but when it grows up, in a period of 15 days, "it" dies" said Phlox.
" You want to do this with Trip.you want me to approve this experiment? What if this experiment goes wrong as well Doctor, you are asking me to sacrifice one more life, with no guarantee!"
"Captain, this is the only way I can replace Commanders Tucker, damaged tissue.. I know this is a hard decision for you to make, but If you don't approve it. Commander Tucker will die, and that is the only guarantee I can give you."
"How long will it take for simbiot to reach Trips age?" asks Captain.
"Mimetic simbiot have very short lifespan, but they grow rapidly from baby to adult in a few days" said Phlox.
Captain started to pace from one side of sickbay to another. His face was tense, he knew, he needed to make decision now, before it's too late.
"O.k. Doctor, proceed with cloning, if you need me I shell be in my quarters," said Captain
"Thank you, Captain"
"Don't thank me Phlox, this is not decision I'm proud off, and I know it will not be a happy ending"
Captain quarters
" This is a report you requested Captain"
"Thank you T'Pol "
"Have you reached your decision?"
"About what?" asked Captain
"About Simbiot" confirms T'Pol
"I approved it"
"Are you aware of the fact that this procedure is forbbiden by Leciriem High Consul"
"I don't answer to Leciriem High consul"
"Captain, Mimetic simbiot are living, conscientious beings, we will be growing "them" for the purpose of harvesting there tissue"
"I'm aware of ethical implications that comes with my decision. If we were not in Expanse, maybe my decision would be different, but we got to complete this mission T'Pol. Earth needs Enterprise-Enterprise needs Trip- I need Trip. It's as simple as that. "Once we are finished with this mission, if you have any complaints about my decision, you can write a report and give it to "Starfleet".
"I wasn't implying, that you have made, as you said, bad decision. I'm just worried that you are not aware of complications, and events that can occur with reaching this type of decision".
"Well, this is why I have you T'Pol, to point out to me, every time, when I do make, so to speak, wrong decision" ironically said Captain.
"Captain, if you put your temper on one side, you will listen what I'm trying to tell you. This type of research will at the end bring you more pain, you will be killing innocent being. Are you prepared for that?"
"I have to be T'Pol, if I'm not, billions of people will die, and "that" is something I'm not prepared to face."
"So if any other member of the crew, gets hurt, will you be doing the same procedure, just to save them? Will you be "cloning" another member?"
"T'Pol, I don't want to talk about this any more than I have to, so if you don't have anything else to report, you can return to your duties.. that's an order!"
"At this specific moment, I must admit Captain, I'm glad that it wasn't you who got hurt"
Captain looked at T'Pol with a shock on his face .he wasn't sure, if she was worried about him. Or.
"What do you mean by that T'Pol"
"Nothing Captain, except that at this period of time, I would not like to see "two Captain Archers" walking around Enterprise, it would be too much for any crew member to take" said T'Pol and turned around to open the door.
Archer suddenly gets up and grabs her by the elbow. "If you are so discussed with m presence, why did you stayed on Enterprise, and don't give me that crap "it was logical thing to do!!!"
T'Pol looked at the hand, that was holding her elbow, than slowly her eyes shoot up. If look could kill, Captain would be dead, ten times over.
"Captain, could you please remove your hand"
T'Pol was tense, Jonathan has never seen her so tense in the few years they worked together. But he still didn't let go; he needed to know, now or never.
"Why did you stay T'Pol? Why did you risk your whole career, your whole life .. I DESERVE TO KNOW!
TO BE CONTINUED
P. S What you think? Do you hate it, love it .or you are not certain
Samantha
Author: Samantha
Rating: starting with PG
Pairing: Archer and T'Pol
Disclaimer: Don't own it.. at least not yet . but you never know. This is for everybody who likes to see Archer/T'Pol together. This is my first story (part 2), so depends on you people, if I will continue with it, (or maybe not).
T'Pol just stood there, for how long, Archer couldn't say. She seems to be more surprised with his question, than Archer himself. Archer never felt so small, so humiliated, so embarrassed, and it didn't take him long to realise, that with this question, he had, once again crushed any possibility of getting any "closer" to T'Pol. T'Pol, suddenly, with her usual grace, calmly said, "Good night Captain, I have suddenly lost any desire to continue our chat .I shell see you in few hours".
For a moment Archer hesitated, then shook his head .The woman who was just leaving, might be his Sub-Commanding officer, as well as his friend, but she was telling him, some things are better left as they are, and by saying,"she lost any desire to continue this conversation" in T'Pol language, that definitely came under the heading "private".
9.30 am
Captain was running late, and to think, that he had specifically said to every senior officer just 10 hours ago, not to be late, under any circumstances was ironic. He had promised Trip, he would talk to each officer about "his" engine experiment. Trip was a naturally born worrier, when it came to "his" engine, and if Captain wanted to be honest with him self, last thing he wanted, was to give T'Pol, an opportunity to accuse him of being too tired, or too human. No, that wasn't fair, he thought with a deep sigh, as he strode down to the corridor towards Situation Room, just because she's observant, doesn't mean she is trying to ..put me down.
"Good morning, I apologise to keep you waiting, shell we all get straight down to business" said Captain.
Everybody in Situation Room, was more than keen to start with Trip's modifications, and improve performance of Enterprise engines, and after hours of discussion, with Captains and Sub-Commanders approval, it was decided that experiment should start in 6 hours. "That would be all". Said Captain. " Sub-Commander, can I speak with you in my office." said Captain.
Door closed leaving Captain and T'Pol facing each other. "Yes, Captain?
"I would like to apologise for my behaviour earlier this morning and promise you, it will not happen again. Whatever you are doing at your free time or in your personal space, is your own business." Quietly but firmly said Captain.
"There is no need to apologise Captain" answered T'Pol.
"Yes, there is, and I just want you to know, that if you where pursuing serious relationship with Trip, I would support you"
"Captain.I have to remind you, that, there is nothing.." But before T'Pol could finish her sentence, Captain intervened.
"Please T'Pol, let me finish.. I'm not saying, that, you are having relationship with Trip, or with any other member of the crew, I'm just trying to tell you, that no matter which, path you take, or who you take it with, I shell support your decision.
"Thank you Captain, is there something else?" calmly asked T'Pol.
Captain just couldn't believe his ears, here he was, trying to tell T'Pol, that he will be by here side, no matter what, but the only thing she could possibly say is "IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE!".If Captain wasn't so tired, he would probably said something rude to her, but than again, he knew, he would have to apologise for it in a few hours, .. then again.she wouldn't care less, if he apologised to her or not. He just couldn't believe, the amount of emotions, this "Vulcan" was able to irrupt in him.
"Yes, there is, you will be responsible for supervising Trips experiment. I don't want any setbacks on this mission, especially when we are so near to finding Xindi, and most of all, I don't want anything to happen to Trip." "Is that understood Sub-Commander?"
"Yes Captain" said T'Pol.
Ten hours later
Somehow Captain got through the afternoon without coming too close to collapsing. He took a risk, he approved Trips experiment, he approved for his crew to be put in danger, just so he can catch Xindi quicker, but for what cost. He's best friend is lying there, in sickbay, with life support to keep him alive. He risked his friends' life, so he can save Earth, but he knew deep down, that he would not take that risk again, if he had a choice. He lost every member of his family, and he couldn't bear to loose his best friend.
Captain could feel all the emotions coming to the surface. God.how much he wanted to let go, how much he wanted to cry, first time in a long while. How much he started to hate him self, for all the jealousy he felt towards Trip and T'Pol, for not be able to except his friends happiness. He need another chance, he need to make things right, for him self, for Trip, for the crew, and for T'Pol. And for those reasons, he knew, he couldn't let go.
"Must be another way," thought Captain. And with this thought, he started to walk toward sickbay.
Sickbay
"How is he? " asks Captain
"He's condition is unchanged, but that is not the reason why I called you here Captain, I like to show you something." said Phlox.
"This is one of my .how shell I say.more interesting members of animal collection. "Mimetic simbiot", I use them for cuts and other small injuries, most of the time".
"How is that relating to Trip" Captains voice sounded impatient.
"Mimetic simbiot have another, more controversial property. When implanted with DNA from another species, it exactly replicates that species lifecycle in accelerated rate." seriously said Phlox
Captain could feel where this conversation was going, but it was still hard for him to believe that this was possible. "You are telling me, this "Mimetic simbiot" becomes a clone?"
"Yes, but when it grows up, in a period of 15 days, "it" dies" said Phlox.
" You want to do this with Trip.you want me to approve this experiment? What if this experiment goes wrong as well Doctor, you are asking me to sacrifice one more life, with no guarantee!"
"Captain, this is the only way I can replace Commanders Tucker, damaged tissue.. I know this is a hard decision for you to make, but If you don't approve it. Commander Tucker will die, and that is the only guarantee I can give you."
"How long will it take for simbiot to reach Trips age?" asks Captain.
"Mimetic simbiot have very short lifespan, but they grow rapidly from baby to adult in a few days" said Phlox.
Captain started to pace from one side of sickbay to another. His face was tense, he knew, he needed to make decision now, before it's too late.
"O.k. Doctor, proceed with cloning, if you need me I shell be in my quarters," said Captain
"Thank you, Captain"
"Don't thank me Phlox, this is not decision I'm proud off, and I know it will not be a happy ending"
Captain quarters
" This is a report you requested Captain"
"Thank you T'Pol "
"Have you reached your decision?"
"About what?" asked Captain
"About Simbiot" confirms T'Pol
"I approved it"
"Are you aware of the fact that this procedure is forbbiden by Leciriem High Consul"
"I don't answer to Leciriem High consul"
"Captain, Mimetic simbiot are living, conscientious beings, we will be growing "them" for the purpose of harvesting there tissue"
"I'm aware of ethical implications that comes with my decision. If we were not in Expanse, maybe my decision would be different, but we got to complete this mission T'Pol. Earth needs Enterprise-Enterprise needs Trip- I need Trip. It's as simple as that. "Once we are finished with this mission, if you have any complaints about my decision, you can write a report and give it to "Starfleet".
"I wasn't implying, that you have made, as you said, bad decision. I'm just worried that you are not aware of complications, and events that can occur with reaching this type of decision".
"Well, this is why I have you T'Pol, to point out to me, every time, when I do make, so to speak, wrong decision" ironically said Captain.
"Captain, if you put your temper on one side, you will listen what I'm trying to tell you. This type of research will at the end bring you more pain, you will be killing innocent being. Are you prepared for that?"
"I have to be T'Pol, if I'm not, billions of people will die, and "that" is something I'm not prepared to face."
"So if any other member of the crew, gets hurt, will you be doing the same procedure, just to save them? Will you be "cloning" another member?"
"T'Pol, I don't want to talk about this any more than I have to, so if you don't have anything else to report, you can return to your duties.. that's an order!"
"At this specific moment, I must admit Captain, I'm glad that it wasn't you who got hurt"
Captain looked at T'Pol with a shock on his face .he wasn't sure, if she was worried about him. Or.
"What do you mean by that T'Pol"
"Nothing Captain, except that at this period of time, I would not like to see "two Captain Archers" walking around Enterprise, it would be too much for any crew member to take" said T'Pol and turned around to open the door.
Archer suddenly gets up and grabs her by the elbow. "If you are so discussed with m presence, why did you stayed on Enterprise, and don't give me that crap "it was logical thing to do!!!"
T'Pol looked at the hand, that was holding her elbow, than slowly her eyes shoot up. If look could kill, Captain would be dead, ten times over.
"Captain, could you please remove your hand"
T'Pol was tense, Jonathan has never seen her so tense in the few years they worked together. But he still didn't let go; he needed to know, now or never.
"Why did you stay T'Pol? Why did you risk your whole career, your whole life .. I DESERVE TO KNOW!
TO BE CONTINUED
P. S What you think? Do you hate it, love it .or you are not certain
Samantha
