San Francisco, California. 2023. Enterprise Station.

Lavinia woke up several hours later, feeling more tired than before and achy. Rolling over in the comfortable bed, she peered at the clock on the table. It was a little after nine in the morning and that meant Lavinia had slept in, and most likely missed breakfast. She pushed herself out from under the blankets and grabbed her robe, slipping it over her shoulders. As she ran her fingers through her tangled hair, Lavinia spotted a piece of paper on the table next to the clock.

Lavinia,

Came in to check on you. When you wake up come up to level one for breakfast. Christine will be by around ten with clothes and whatever else you need.

Hikaru.

Setting the paper down on the table, Lavinia made her way towards the door and stepped out into the hallway. She took the lift up to level one and followed the smell of food and the banter that filled the hallway.

"I haven't had enough coffee to deal with you, Kirk!"

Lavinia stopped in the middle of the doorway and watched as the man who held a blade against her face, swatted at Jim. She then spotted the younger man at the table, eating a bowl of cereal, while Hikaru stood by the stove.

"Knock it off, man! I'm trying to cook here!" he snapped, as Jim bumped into him.

Jim snorted, "Yeah, cooking for the new girl," he shot back.

Lavinia swore that Hikaru turned five different shades of red at Jim's comment, before kicking Jim. She stood quietly in the doorway watching as the three men by the stove bickered, with Pavel as their audience.

"It's always like this."

Lavinia jumped and moved away from the doorway, her hand grasping at her heart. When she saw that it was only Christopher standing before her, she dropped her hand and sighed.

"Sorry, didn't mean to sneak up on you," he said.

She nodded, "Forgive me, but I think everything will make me jumpy," she said.

There was a clatter of pots and pans and a round of shouting, which made them both look into the kitchen. Jim managed to knock a dirty frying pan onto the floor, along with a container of strawberries.

"Dammit Jim! Go sit down and wait!" Leonard shouted, as he went to clean up the mess.

"Does everyone make him that mad? Or is it me and that guy?" Lavinia asked, as McCoy cursed.

Christopher shrugged, "He's had a tough past and we're on a high alert," he said, as he glanced at Lavinia. "McCoy gets worried when new people show up," he said.

"Ah," Lavinia nodded. "Don't I feel lucky," she mumbled.

Christopher patted her on the shoulder, "Don't worry. Once he calms down and gets to know you, he'll be more tolerable," he said, as he moved into the kitchen.

"I heard that, Pike!"

"You were supposed to, McCoy," he shot back, moving over to the coffee machine.

Hikaru looked over his shoulder and smiled, "Hey! You made it!"

Lavinia gave him a small smile and nodded, "I was told that food and clothing would be here," she said, as Jim rushed over to her.

She looked up at him and he grinned down at her, holding his arm out. "Yes?" she asked.

"Shall we, Miss?" he asked, nodding down to his arm.

Lavinia looked at it, then at him. "I can walk to the table myself, thank you," she said coolly, before moving away.

There were a few snickers and remarks, as Jim stood by the doorway with a pout. "You're not really nice," he said, following her back to the table.

Pavel pushed the seat out that was next to him, and Lavinia sat down. "Thank you," she said to him, before turning to Jim. "I don't have to be nice to you," she said, eyeing his wrinkled clothing. "I don't even know you."

"True," Jim said, before grinning. "But I think you'll want to get to know me," he said.

Lavinia fought the urge to roll her eyes and was luckily saved when a plate of hot food was set before her.

"French toast and hash browns!" Hikaru said, before taking the empty seat next to her.

She smiled at him, "Thank you. It looks wonderful," she said.

Jim rolled his eyes as Hikaru made his move on the new girl and sulked in his seat, eating his food silently. While the others slouched in their seats, Lavinia sat up and on the edge of her seat. The others took note of how her back never touched the seat, nor her elbows.

"Oy, I smell something really good!"

Lavinia looked up from her plate and saw a short, stocky man coming into the kitchen. She watched as he made his way over to the counter, scooping up food onto a plate before making his way over.

"Sulu ye always make the best breakfast," he said, plopping down into the vacant chair next to Jim. "I dunno how ye do it," he marveled, rubbing his hands together.

He grabbed the fork and started cutting at the food, before shoving a large amount into his mouth. As he chewed, Scotty looked across the table and saw Lavinia between Hikaru and Pavel.

"Whoifthat?" he asked.

Leonard rolled his eyes, "Don't talk with your mouth full, Scotty. I don't need to see you digesting," he snapped.

"This is Lavinia," Pavel said, as he pulled his legs up onto his chair. "She arrived early this morning," he said.

Scotty chewed a bit more before swallowing, "What do ye mean arrived? I didn't know we were havin visitors," he said.

"I'm not a visitor," she said, as he eyed her. "I honestly don't even know how I got here."

Scotty just stared at her, before looking at the others. "Is this a joke? Yer pullin' me leg!" he laughed.

Jim sighed, "She's not, Scotty. She literally showed up and in her underwear too!" he grinned.

"Are you always this uncouth?" she scoffed, which earned her a few chuckles.

"Are you always this uptight?" he snapped back.

Christopher decided to step in before a knife ended up in Jim's neck, "Enough," he said, holding his hands up. "We don't know the exact details as to how she got here. But we'll figure it out," he said.

Lavinia set her fork down and dabbed her mouth with a napkin, "Can I ask a few questions?" she asked.

The men shrugged and nodded, "Fist off, what year is this?" she asked.

"Twenty Twenty-Three," said Jim.

"Where are we?"

"We are at Enterprise Station- though it's more like a mansion," said Pavel.

"Where exactly is this.. mansion?" she asked.

"San Francisco," Leonard muttered.

"And what do you all do?"

The answer didn't come right away, as they exchanged glances with each other before looking at her.

Lavinia rolled her eyes, "Oh please, I'm not going tell anyone! It's not like I know my way around San Francisco to begin with."

Christopher looked down at his coffee cup, "Well, we're scientists."

"What kind of scientists? Are you doctors?" she asked, pushing them to give her the answer.

"Well, Bones is a doctor. And Pike has some medical training. But I'm more of a researcher and a professional hacker," said Jim.

Pavel scratched his ear, "I work with computers," he shrugged.

"And I'm a historical researcher and I help design our machines," Hikaru offered.

Lavinia tried to take all the information in, before she frowned at them. "That doesn't exactly answer what you all do together!"

Leonard sighed, "Oh for the love of god," he muttered. "We time travel, sweetheart. You know jump from one time to the next," he snapped.

Lavinia stared at him for a moment, as the others went silent. Then she began to laugh despite the fact that they all looked so serious at the idea. She grasped her side and covered her mouth, knowing that it was very un-lady like of her to do such a thing.

"T-time travel? You can't be serious!" she laughed, glancing at each of them.

Scotty picked up his fork, "Ye bet yer behind we do! I run the machines and created the little devices that help us jump from time to time," he said, before shoving the fork in his mouth.

Lavinia looked at them and began to realize that it wasn't a joke.

"You can't time travel! That's just nonsense!" she shouted, as Leonard groaned.

"Either one of you show her or I'll send her for far into the future that she wont be able to come back!" he snapped, as he got up from the table.

Lavinia was at a loss for words as the others got up, carrying their plates and bowls to the sink. Pavel looked over at Hikaru and sighed, feeling sorry for her.

"Come on, we'll show you how it's done," he said, pushing back his chair.

Enterprise Station. Laboratory One.

"So you pick a certain year, disguise yourself as someone else, and go?" Lavinia asked.

She was sitting on one of the chairs by the computers, her eyes skimming the reports and data being processed. It was too much for her to take in at once, and she felt her eyes burn at the sight of all the screens.

"Not just any year," Pavel said, as he grabbed one of the many folders on the table. "See, our company- Starfleet- works on Earth and in space. Back in two thousand fifteen, they discovered the ability to time travel after numerous reports said it could never happen. That in fact, time travel had been going on since the early nineteen-eighties."

"So Starfleet decided to create this underground unit," said Jim, as he made a paper plane. "Some of the best scientists, doctors, engineers and communications officers. All divided into small teams and sent to research and jump through time."

"But why? I don't understand why anyone would want to go back to another time period," she said.

Hikaru sighed, "At first it was for fun, trying to learn from the past through a physical aspect," he started. "But then we- meaning our team- found out that Starfleet was using time travel for something different. They created wars and accidents, altering lives and the future. Had important people killed or took ordinary everyday people and altered their future."

"There was a rumor for a while, that Starfleet took people out of their own time periods and brining them to the future, wiping out their memories and putting fake ones in," Jim said, shaking his head.

Pavel sighed, "Christopher was the one who found out and threatened to go to the higher ups outside of Starfleet. But when Jim hacked into the phone lines, and heard that Starfleet had plans to make sure we'd never speak.." he trailed off.

Lavinia looked at them sadly, "You guys ran," she finished.

They all looked ashamed at the thought, "Chris wanted to give himself up after he brought us here. But we couldn't let him do that for us," Jim said, looking up at her. "We were all part of this and he shouldn't take the full blame."

She nodded, "So what do you do when you time travel?" she asked.

"We disguise ourselves with new identities. McCoy and Pike started working on this a few years ago and it's worked so far. We get new faces and voices. But say I was with Jim or Scotty," HIkaru said. "I would look like me and sound like me to them. Vice versa."

"But to everyone else? We look like our disguises," Jim finished.

Lavinia took in the information and nodded, "I want to try it," she said.

Hikaru laughed, "Oh no. No way," he said, shaking his head.

"Why not? Maybe if I tried it, it would help me figure out where I'm from!" she said, as he continued to shake his head.

"You don't have any experience and what if you jump into a time period and have no idea what's going on?" he asked.

Lavinia rolled her eyes, "You're a historical researcher! Can't you, I don't know, give me a short history or wherever we go?" she asked.

"I think we should try it," said Jim, shrugging.

"What? Absolutely not!"

Lavinia rolled her eyes, "Oh honestly! You just want me to sit here and figure out who I am the hard way!" she cried.

HIkaru shook his head, "That's not true! I just don't think it's safe and Chris would KILL us if we shoved you into another time period!" he insisted.

"So lets ask him! How could he say no to a lovely lady like me?"

Jim snorted, "Oh man," he choked. "You know, Pike hasn't had a lady friend in quite a while," he winked.

Hikaru made a face, "Shut up, Jim!" he snapped. "Fine! We'll ask him," he said, as Lavinia clapped her hands. "But he'll want to make sure you're medically stable to do this. Time travel isn't a joke," he warned.

Lavinia nodded, "That's fine with me," she said, standing from the seat. "Now, show me the way to his office."