Hours passed until the girl's eyes started to flutter open. It took a moment for her eyes to adjust before she realized she wasn't where she was before. The girl rapidly sat up, and had a very panicked look on her face. This obviously scared Phlox half to death, and he ran over to her BioBed.
"I see you're awake." Phlox said in a comforting voice, trying to calm her down. "I am going to give you something for the pain.
The girl was still very confused and scared, though she understood him. She let him administer her the medicine. Phlox pressed a hypospray full of Anaprovaline to her neck. The mystery girl's eyes widened with surprise and confusion.
"W-Where am I?" She said in a panicked voice.
Phlox responded. "You're in Sickbay, you took a nasty ride through a strange anomaly."
She hesitated. "I'm on a ship? Where are we? What sea are we sailing?"
Phlox said, "That isn't the kind of ship you are on. We are aboard the USS Enterprise."
Claire kept staring at the doctor.
"Is anything wrong?" Phlox asked.
Claire stuttered. "I-I'm sorry, I just haven't seen anybody look like you before.. Not that it's an insult, but…"
"It's perfectly fine. I'm Denobulan, not human. We look much different than humans do, though we do get along with each other. I'm the only one serving in StarFleet currently through the Inter-Species Medical Exchange Program." Phlox laughed. "It is probably why I'm the only Denobulan on this Starship, hmm."
Wait, you said we're on a starship. Is this a joke? Starships only exist in Sci-Fi movies, you know, placed in the future." The girl responded, laughing, but she was scared at the same time.
Now concerned, Phlox asked, "You've never heard of or seen a starship before?"
Quietly, she responded, "No, I haven't."
Phlox walked over to the com.
"Captain, the girl is awake, please come to sickbay immediately."
"On my way." Archer responded.
Phlox grabbed a medical scanner and started to scan Claire once again.
"What's that?" Claire asked.
"This is a medical scanner. It can record your condition and scan your body in a matter of seconds. It's quite helpful." Phlox responded.
Archer entered sickbay, and the girl's eyes widened in shock. He was so tall compared to her on that tiny BioBed. The Denobulan doctor motioned Archer to follow him into his office.
"How is she?" Archer asked.
Phlox responded. "Fine, besides a mild concussion, but there is something that concerns me. For as small of a concussion that she has, she shouldn't have experienced any memory loss." "Memory loss, what do you mean?" Archer asked.
Phlox continued. "The girl, or how humans call a women with an unknown name, Jane Doe, can't recall any starship being built. When I told her where she was, she didn't believe me, and said that starships only existed in Science Fiction."
That caught Archer's attention. " Science fiction? The first starships were built over 60 years ago. She ought to know that."
Phlox looked at Archer. "I don't know why, but it seems like she wasn't even alive to see the first starships with warp or artificial gravity launch out of space dock. I don't know what to do Captain."
"Let me talk to her." Archer stated.
Archer walked out of Phlox's office with the doctor following him. He approached the girl.
"My name is Jonathan Archer. What's yours?" He asked the girl.
She looked up. "Mine name is Claire. Claire Reed Wells. Who is, um, the doctor?"
The Doctor smiled. "My name is Phlox. I am the Chief Medical officer aboard Enterprise. He continued. "Claire, can you remember anything besides your name, maybe how old you are, what you are allergic to, your date of birth." The girl confidently answered, "Yeah. I am 14 years old, I'm allergic to cats, and I was born October 23rd, 2000.
"2000? Are you sure about that?" Archer cautiously asked.
Claire got a little nervous herself. "Yes, I'm pretty sure of my date of birth."
"Look up her medical files Phlox." Archer ordered.
"Right away Captain." Phlox strode over to the medical database computer.
Archer once again turned to Claire. "Claire, do you know what year it is?"
"Yeah," She smiled, "It's 2015, right?"
"No, it's 2155." Archer said.
"What? That can't be!" Claire stated. "I was just walking home from school."
Phlox was finished looking at her records on the ship wide computer.
Flabbergasted, he said, "Captain, you might want to see this."
Archer walked over to the computer. Claire's permanent records were displayed on the view screen.
"Name: Claire Reed Wells
Date of Birth: October 23, 2000.
Date of death: Unknown
Amber Alert release date: June 5, 2015
Condition: Presumed dead, never found"
Archer was shocked. "Oh my god. She's telling the truth."
Phlox walked over to Claire, and helped her out of the BioBed. She stumbled and tripped over her own feet, but quickly stood up.
"That never happened." She jokingly said to both the Captain and Phlox. They both gave her a somewhat cautious smile.
She followed Phlox to the computer's view screen, and read everything over. As she read down the page, her smile turned into a face of fear and sadness. She looked up with tears in her eyes at Captain Archer.
"This isn't a joke, is it," She choked. "I really am on a starship, aren't I."
Phlox, now wishing he'd never shown the records to her, said, "Yes, you are on a starship."
"So, I am stuck in the future, I'm presumed dead, and everyone who I know is dead." Her voice shook with sadness.
Archer looked the girl in the eyes. "I know this is hard for you, but there is nothing we can do about where you re in time. What I can do, is that I can have StarFleet change your current status, so that you aren't considered dead anymore."
"That would help, since I'm not actually dead." A tear rolled down her cheek. She smiled.
"Phlox, is it ok if I show her to the nearest window?" Archer asked.
"Why?" Phlox concurred.
"I don't think she fully believes we're on a starship." Archer smiled.
"Well, there was a USS Enterprise navy ship that sailed all over the world." Claire said.
"Follow me." Archer suggested.
The two walked through about five corridors before a giant window stood before them. The ship was going at warp 2.5, so the stars were seen flying across the window, like ribbons of light.
Claire stared in awe, as the stars flew past her. "Woah, this is amazing!"
Archer responded. "It really is. I used to stare for hours though windows like this when I was aboard my first starship."
"How far are we from Earth?" Claire asked.
"At warp five, we are three months away from our solar system." Archer sadly answered.
"I guess that we better get back to SickBay." Archer gestured for Claire to follow him.
They both walked back to Sickbay.
"Got her back in one piece Phlox." Archer joked.
It took a minute for Phlox to get the joke. "Ha ha."
"This ship is so cool! Are there any others like it?" Claire asked.
"The USS Columbia is a lot like the Enterprise, but not identical." Archer responded.
"Captain, I believe that she is alright to go tomorrow morning, but I'd really appreciate if she'd get some rest." Phlox suggested. "Of course." Archer smiled at Claire, turned on his heel, and walked out of Sickbay.
Phlox gestured for Claire to lay on her BioBed. Claire wobbled over to it, and climbed in.
"Um Phlox," she politely asked, "May I please borrow a shirt, mine is soaked with blood."
Surprised, he smiled, and gave her a small blue catsuit, which was a lot like T'Pol often wore.
"I'm sure T'Pol wouldn't mind if you borrowed one of her garments." Phlox happily stated.
"Thanks! Um, who is T'Pol?" Claire asked.
Phlox turned to her. "You can change behind one of the curtains, but after that, I'd appreciate if you would rest. I'll explain everything tomorrow."
Claire changed into the Catsuit. Though it fit a little snug in some places, It looked very good on her figure. She walked out of the temporary changing room, and climbed once again into the BioBed. As she tried to fall asleep, the Anaprovaline started to wear off. The pain started to haunt her, and it eventually caught up to her nerves. Her head started to pound, and the lacerations on her face, neck, and back started to throb. Though difficult, she eventually fell asleep.
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