TITLE: Hidden Truths - A Teaser
SUMMARY: When a mission goes fatally wrong for one of the Enterprise crew, suspicions arise about Trip's true identity. I can't give too much away, give it a go.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own any characters or stuff from Enterprise.
NOTES: I haven't posted any stories for a while because I've been working on this one for a long time. It's a heavy Trip fic, surprise! Archer and Hoshi have considerable parts to play as well.
It's my longest fic yet, but I promise it's a good one! It took me ages to write a decent summary without giving too much away, but I must have managed it because here you are.
This is just a little taste to (hopefully) get you intrigued :)
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CHAPTER ONE
Teaser
Charlie Tucker was trapped in a restless dream. Images charged with pain and chaos filled his mind, each of them overlapping the others, leaving no time to take them all in. Trip was used to dreaming but this was different. This was sinister.
The faster the images sped by the more disturbing they became, then without warning, they ceased. But the sudden disappearance of the visions was not because Trip had awoken. Far from it. He was now standing in what could only be described as a 'dreamscape'. Whatever it was, it was reminiscent of the mind-altering drugs training he'd undergone way back when.
Like all dreams, it was vivid but at the same time blurred and distorted. Trip recognised the surroundings as an alien planet, one that he was unfamiliar with. There were three moons in the sky, relatively close together forming a basic triangle shape. They were visible even though a sun's glare spilled over the opposite horizon. He was standing in an alley of some sort, with buildings either side that seemed to be flickering in and out like static was interfering with them.
But it wasn't the sights that chilled Trip from head to toe - it was the feeling. The feeling that something terrible, something catastrophically devastating was going to happen. Soon. A shocking blend of fear and anguish hit Trip like a speeding freighter. The light, which had previously gone unnoticed by Trip, was now wavering with the image as it flickered like a beating heart. Next, just as a song is composed of layers upon layers, more images appeared, this time of people running and screaming. They too were wavering, as was the pattern of the dream. Sounds came next, accompanying the images of the people with their screams and cries.
It was only then that Trip became aware of himself as a physical entity in the dream. The only urge he had was to turn around as the fluctuations of all the 'layers' within the scape became faster and faster. Trip followed his urge to turn, helplessly and saw something that would plagued him with shock.
There, lying on the dusty floor of the alley was a body. Shrouded with brown coloured robes Trip recognised the still figure to be that of a dear friend.
Hoshi.
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End of Teaser.
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Are you intrigued yet? There is so much more to come, this really was a teensy part of the story. Keep reading, you know you can't resist.