The Toughest Battle
By RadcliffePotter
For permission to reproduce, please contact mtownley at eden dot rutgers dot edu Archer finally meets his match in a very unlikely enemy from the 21st century. This is a comedy story! ;) Please read and review!
"C'mon Cap'n, you can do it!" Trip yelled, his Southern twang more pronounced in his anxiety. "Just a little longer and you'll be through it!"
Captain Johnathan Archer was at his wits' end. He had fought all kinds of things – aggressive Andorians, seductive alien slaves, mutagenic viruses – but none of them was a match for this. His tendons were burning, both his arms ached, and his brain could barely process all that was going by in front of him.
Malcolm stood nearby, shaking his head at the sight before him. He still couldn't believe how that thing had gotten here in the first place. It had started a few days ago when the maintenance staff had been cleaning out a utility closet on C Deck that wasn't used very regularly.
And amid the buckets, cleaning fluid, rags, and sweepers, they had found this. What it was doing in there or even how it had gotten there to begin with was still a complete mystery. The bewildered cleaning staff had brought it to Captain Archer and that was when all the trouble had begun.
After that, people were late to shifts, meals, and meetings. Numerous crew members came to Phlox with complaints of finger, arm, and wrist pain as well as headaches and nausea. This thing had become a full blown epidemic – and now Archer was in on it too. Malcolm sighed and returned his sights to the present as a cheer when up from those gathered around Archer.
It seemed that the battle had been won. People were crowding around, patting Archer on the back, shouting encouragements. "I can't believe you did it Cap'n. That was one helluva run!" Trip yelled with a smile while he clapped his best friend on the back.
Archer smiled and looked supremely satisfied. He had beaten "Through the Fire and Flames" on Easy mode. He set the plastic guitar down and turned away from the game. He yelled, "Who wants to play Guitar Hero next?"
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