Good morrow to all you good people. I asked and you chose and the de-aged Pavel fic won. So here is chapter one and I hope you all like it. I think this story is really going to nothing much but fluff, fluff and more fluff but we shall see. There will definitely be some Papa Jim and maybe some Uncle Scotty, big brother Sulu, grandpa Bones and some mother/big sister Nyota as well.
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Accident
It was one bizarre accident.
One of Scotty's projects had randomly discharged a strange energy and Pavel had been in the way when it happened. There was a huge flash of light and where Pavel had been standing there was now a young boy in a far too big uniform lying on the floor. Scotty and the rest of the gathered crew stood speechless at the sight before them not quite comprehending it. The child gave a small groan causing Scotty to move towards him but stopped when the boy sat up and looked at him.
It was definitely Pavel but just a lot younger but that wasn't what caused Scotty to stop. The lad looked absolutely terrified and it shouldn't have been surprising, they had no idea what stage Pavel's mind was at and he could well be the child he was. That would mean that to Pavel's mind he was in a strange place with strange people and had no idea how he got there. They stared at each other for a long time as Scotty tried to decide what to do, he wanted to go and try and comfort the lad but he didn't know if that would make things worse. In the end Pavel acted first and spoke in surprisingly good standard, even if it was with a thicker accent, "Who are you and vere am I?"
Scotty took a moment to gather himself before answering, "Yer on the starship Enterprise laddie. I'm Scotty, I'm the head engineer."
Pavel furrowed his brow and looked like he was trying to remember something. Scotty tried to take a step closer but the boy shuffled away from him so he stopped. He was surprised when he heard Jim's voice, "Scotty, what happened?"
He turned to see the captain standing watching the scene before him and answered, "It seems that Pavel has somehow been de-aged Captain. He's pretty jumpy at the moment."
Jim motioned for the crew gathered to leave and when they were gone he crouched down and slowly approached Pavel. The boy shrank back a bit but didn't move away and Jim spoke soothingly to him, "Hi there Pavel, I'm Jim and I'm not going to hurt you promise. Do you remember me?"
Hearing his name, Pavel seemed to calm a little bit and looked at Jim like he was trying to recognise him, "Papa?"
"Yes Pavel I'm your Papa, remember?"
"I sink so." there was a pause, "Are you a keptain?"
Jim smiled, "Yup."
Pavel stared at him a bit longer then leapt at Jim and flung his arms around the man's neck and began crying, "I don't understand vats happening Papa, everysink ees really confusing."
Jim just wrapped his arms round the boy and rubbed his back soothingly, "It's alright Pasha, we'll sort it promise."
Eventually Jim carried Pavel to the Medbay to see Bones while Scotty studied the machine that caused the de-aging to see if he could work out what happened. As far as Jim could tell Pavel still had his memories but the de-aging had caused his memories of the Enterprise to get mixed up with his childhood memories. This meant that he recognised people and things but they were confused with people and things from his childhood and Pavel couldn't always separate the two. It would explain why he was using Standard instead of Russian but Pavel himself didn't know why he was doing so.
When they reached Medbay Jim explained the whole situation to Bones who, surprisingly, took the whole thing in his stride. It took a lot of effort on Jim's part comforting and encouraging Pavel for all the tests to be done but it seemed that as long as Jim was nearby the boy felt safe. They then had to wait for the results to come through which, thankfully, didn't take long. Pavel fell asleep during the wait and didn't stir when Bones came back to gave them the details, "Well Jim, I can't say how this has happened but Pavel is completely healthy so at least that's something. I think your right about his memories but there is no way I can say for sure so I think the best thing we can do is look after him and hope Scotty works out what happened. I'll do further tests on the blood samples I have and see if I can come up with something."
Jim nodded, "Thanks Bones, I'll get Spock to give Scotty a hand. Between them they may come up with answers and a potential solution."
"What are you gonna do with Pavel in the meantime? He's very attached to you Jim."
Jim looked at his young navigator who was clinging to him in his sleep. "I guess I'll take him to the bridge with me and explain things to the rest of the crew."
"Well you should get some smaller clothes for him, that shirt is way too big."
Jim glanced at Pavel again and smiled at the huge gold shirt still draped around him, the boy had at some point began chewing at one of the sleeve ends in his sleep. "I can hack one of the replicators and get him some clothes that will fit."
"Better get on with it Jim, I'll comm the rest, tell them what happened and start work on those blood samples."
Taking Pavel in his arms, Jim nodded his thanks to Bones and headed out of the Medbay.
Jim managed to hack one of the replicators and couldn't resist getting Pavel a miniature version of his uniform. Pavel had woken up shortly afterwards and got really excited when Jim showed him the uniform. They went to the bridge via Jim's quarters so they could put the boy's new clothes on and, now that Pavel was properly dressed, Jim carried him to the bridge.
Bones had obviously commed ahead like he said he would because the rest of the Command Crew (except Scotty) were waiting for them. Several of the female crew on the bridge, including Nyota, couldn't stop themselves from awwing at the sight of Pavel in Jim's arms. Pavel himself clung tighter to Jim because of all the attention he was getting and Jim patted his back comfortingly, "Its ok Pasha."
Giving a single look which got most of the bridge crew to return to work he spoke to Spock, "Spock, do you think you could give Scotty a hand in Engineering? See if you two can work out what happened."
"Of course Captain." Spock left the bridge.
Jim sat in the command chair and settled Pavel on his lap before speaking again, "Mr Sulu and Miss Uhura, I'll need to speak to you both about practicalities relating to the events of today after your shift. Please report to my ready room when your shifts are over."
They both answered, "Aye Captain."
Jim smiled as Pavel gave a huge yawn and snuggled down in his lap. Damn that was cute.
PS-I hope you liked and I should update this soon. I'm planning to make this fit in after 'Father To Son' in my canon just so you know. Please review and let me know what you think.
