"You should eat, Commander." Ensign O'Malley said, exasperated.
"I'm fine, ensign," came Commander Charles "Trip" Tucker's reply. He sat staring at the drab gray wall.
O'Malley sighed, giving up. She'd tried enough for a while. The two had been stuck in this cell for almost a week. There had been some sort of terror attack where they were visiting. Trip and O'Malley were the only ones of the crew of Enterprise who had been arrested.
Trip looked over at Nicole. He hadn't been real fair to her. He'd been too pissed off. "Sorry," He said.
She looked up for the plate she had turned her attention to. "What for, sir?"
"I've been kinda rude to you."
Nicole wouldn't call it rude, more 'in a bad mood'
"Does that mean you'll eat?" She asked
"What is there?" Trip asked, getting up and walking over to her "Same old," She replied handing him the metal plate. The green slop looked hardly appetizing. "It's not as bad as it looks. Go on, sir, dig in."
"Commander?" Nicole asked, some hours later."Yeah?" Came the reply
"D'you think Captain Archer is still trying to get us out?"
Trip looked over at Nicole, he gave an encouraging smile "Yeah, yeah I do."
Nick O'Malley stood outside the captain's quarters; Archer had called him there concerning his sister, Nicole. He took a deep breath and presses the button. He heard Archer's voice allowing his entrance.
Jonathon Archer was sitting at his desk when Lieutenant O'Malley walked in.
"Lieutenant, have a seat." Archer said, gesturing toward a chair. Nick obeyed silently "I just wanted to tell you that we are working as hard as we can to find Commander Tucker and your sister, but..." He stopped as he saw Nick tense even more than he already had been. "But we need to consider the possibilities that the two may no..."
"Sir," Nick interrupted his captain, he usually had more respect. "I believe that if we start to consider the possibilities...We'll have less of a chance of getting them back."
Archer smiled and nodded "You're right. I'll keep you posted. Try and get some sleep."
Sleep sounded wonderful, but whether he would be able to do so was the question.