What Lorian Didn't Disclose to His Father
By Asso
Rating: PG
Genres: adventure, drama
Keywords: character death, E2
Thanks: To my beta, justTrip'n, for editing my first E2 story!
What Lorian Didn't Disclose to His Father
"You have to do it, T'Pol!"
"I . . . know."
"So, do it."
"I can't."
"My death is your life and Lorian's, and the crew. And the seven million people we had to save."
"Your death is my death."
"You will live for our child. And for our crew. For our mission."
"I won't manage to live without you."
"Fifteen seconds. Then the mother-bomb will explode!"
"T'hai'la . . . "
"If the door opens, the bomb will explode immediately, and the transporter doesn't work! The Sphere worshipers have me trapped. There's no way. Let me go."
"Ashayam . . ."
"Let me go."
"The Captain . . ."
" . . . is locked out. The Captain is more important than me for the success of the mission. I knew what would happen when I saw the first explosive device attach to the ship. Only here would I have been able to defuse all the bombs interspersed across the ship. I was aware this was a suicidal mission."
"Trip . . . Ashal-veh . . ."
"And you knew that too. Let me go. The Captain would push that button, if he was there."
"I can't!"
"Don't make my death useless. For you and for our son. For everything. The needs of the many . . . Let me go . . . "
"What will I do, without you?"
"You will remember my love."
"I . . ."
"Seven seconds."
"G . . . good-bye, Ashayam."
"I will wait for you, Hon. You know where. One day we will be together again."
"Ashayam . . ."
"Four seconds."
"Trip, I will follow you one day . . ."
The button flattens under T'Pol's thumb.
The section carrying her Ashayam and the bomb is detached from the ship.
Two seconds.
Two seconds and it will explode.
Taking away forever T'Pol's love.
Her life.
Silence is screaming on the ship.
One second.
People will forever take with them the image of a Vulcan who cries.
ZERO!
The end.
Lorian saw and heard everything.