Disclaimer: See pt 1
We are the Lucky Ones
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...Captain Archer silently surveyed the ruins of the city from the apartment. "I am so sorry Captain! I don't know what happened...I...."
"Save it Daniels!" Archer growled as he turned to face Daniels. "My ship is going to be blown up if you don't get me back there! But you're telling me there is no way to get back?"
Daniels swallowed and replied " No Captain, as I told you, all our equipment was destroyed in this timeline."
Archer turned back to the ruins of Earth. Everyone he knew on Enterprise was gone. The ever-happy Dr. Phlox; enthusiastic Travis; the proper Malcolm Reed; quiet Hoshi, who was just beginning to enjoy space, and who he had come to think of as a daughter; his best friend Trip; T'Pol, who was just learning how to mix with the crew. He hadn't noticed just how close he had grown to her until she was gone; and even little Porthos. That was only a tiny portion of the crew of Enterprise.
Archer sighed. Out of all 83 crewmembers and one little beagle, he was the only one left. And yet, he could have saved them all. Archer would have gladly given his life for any of his friends aboard Enterprise, let alone the 83 members of the crew.
"The whole planet is like this?" he asked Daniels
"As far as I know." was the disappointing response.
" Well I guess we better go about finding some food and water, huh? Archer pointed out. Suddenly, the air shimmered as Daniels disappeared, transported to another time. "What the hell?!" Archer yelled just before he was transported too.
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Archer looked around. He appeared to be at Starfleet Headquarters in San Francisco. Daniels appeared beside him. "Oh thank God, Captain. My people must have discovered what happened to us and transported us out of there!" Daniels exclaimed. "This appears to be your time, Captain, a few days after the destruction of Enterprise. I will leave you here." The air shimmered and he disappeared, leaving Archer alone in the empty hallway. Turning to the door in front of him, which read "Admiral Forrest", Archer knocked.
"Come in."Archer did so. "Jon?" Admiral Forrest exclaimed, looking surprised. He nodded.
"Enterprise?" he requested quietly.
"Destroyed." Archer sat down heavily in a chair. "But Jon, how did you get here? What happened?"
Archer looked up at him. "The Suliban...The Cabal...They came to Enterprise and surrounded us. They had far more firepower than us and said that if I didn't come with them they would destroy Enterprise, so I was going to the shuttlebay to meet them, but when I got off the turbolift, I wasn't on Enterprise anymore. I was in a burnt-out shell of a building and Daniels was there...You remember him, don't you?" Forrest nodded. " Anyway, he said it was future Earth along this timeline, that the Suliban did it because they never got me. Then we were transported here." Admiral Forrest looked somewhat skeptical, but asked:
"If what Daniels said is true, and what you were transported to is the future along this timeline, then could the Cabal be coming to destroy Earth?"
Archer nodded. "Yes, they could." Admiral Forrest's eyes widened.
"We must contact the Vulcan's. They have technology that can rival the Cabal. We can change the timeline!" he stated.
"Were there any survivors from Enterprise?" Captain Archer asked quietly, expecting the worst.
The Admiral's eyes softened. "Yes, Jon. There were four others who survived besides yourself. They will be arriving in a 2 days on a Vulcan transport."
Archer let go of the breath he had been holding. "Four. Who?" he croaked, his mouth suddenly dry.
"Let's see." The Admiral turned to his computer, scrolling through the information on the screen. "Ensign Hoshi Sato, Lieutenant Malcolm Reed, Commander Charles Tucker the III, and Sub-Commander T'Pol of Vulcan.
"In the meantime," Admiral Forrest continued, "I must contact the High Command. I suggest you get some rest. I will get someone to bring the spare keys to your apartment to you, and order a cab."
"Thanks."
We are the Lucky Ones
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...Captain Archer silently surveyed the ruins of the city from the apartment. "I am so sorry Captain! I don't know what happened...I...."
"Save it Daniels!" Archer growled as he turned to face Daniels. "My ship is going to be blown up if you don't get me back there! But you're telling me there is no way to get back?"
Daniels swallowed and replied " No Captain, as I told you, all our equipment was destroyed in this timeline."
Archer turned back to the ruins of Earth. Everyone he knew on Enterprise was gone. The ever-happy Dr. Phlox; enthusiastic Travis; the proper Malcolm Reed; quiet Hoshi, who was just beginning to enjoy space, and who he had come to think of as a daughter; his best friend Trip; T'Pol, who was just learning how to mix with the crew. He hadn't noticed just how close he had grown to her until she was gone; and even little Porthos. That was only a tiny portion of the crew of Enterprise.
Archer sighed. Out of all 83 crewmembers and one little beagle, he was the only one left. And yet, he could have saved them all. Archer would have gladly given his life for any of his friends aboard Enterprise, let alone the 83 members of the crew.
"The whole planet is like this?" he asked Daniels
"As far as I know." was the disappointing response.
" Well I guess we better go about finding some food and water, huh? Archer pointed out. Suddenly, the air shimmered as Daniels disappeared, transported to another time. "What the hell?!" Archer yelled just before he was transported too.
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Archer looked around. He appeared to be at Starfleet Headquarters in San Francisco. Daniels appeared beside him. "Oh thank God, Captain. My people must have discovered what happened to us and transported us out of there!" Daniels exclaimed. "This appears to be your time, Captain, a few days after the destruction of Enterprise. I will leave you here." The air shimmered and he disappeared, leaving Archer alone in the empty hallway. Turning to the door in front of him, which read "Admiral Forrest", Archer knocked.
"Come in."Archer did so. "Jon?" Admiral Forrest exclaimed, looking surprised. He nodded.
"Enterprise?" he requested quietly.
"Destroyed." Archer sat down heavily in a chair. "But Jon, how did you get here? What happened?"
Archer looked up at him. "The Suliban...The Cabal...They came to Enterprise and surrounded us. They had far more firepower than us and said that if I didn't come with them they would destroy Enterprise, so I was going to the shuttlebay to meet them, but when I got off the turbolift, I wasn't on Enterprise anymore. I was in a burnt-out shell of a building and Daniels was there...You remember him, don't you?" Forrest nodded. " Anyway, he said it was future Earth along this timeline, that the Suliban did it because they never got me. Then we were transported here." Admiral Forrest looked somewhat skeptical, but asked:
"If what Daniels said is true, and what you were transported to is the future along this timeline, then could the Cabal be coming to destroy Earth?"
Archer nodded. "Yes, they could." Admiral Forrest's eyes widened.
"We must contact the Vulcan's. They have technology that can rival the Cabal. We can change the timeline!" he stated.
"Were there any survivors from Enterprise?" Captain Archer asked quietly, expecting the worst.
The Admiral's eyes softened. "Yes, Jon. There were four others who survived besides yourself. They will be arriving in a 2 days on a Vulcan transport."
Archer let go of the breath he had been holding. "Four. Who?" he croaked, his mouth suddenly dry.
"Let's see." The Admiral turned to his computer, scrolling through the information on the screen. "Ensign Hoshi Sato, Lieutenant Malcolm Reed, Commander Charles Tucker the III, and Sub-Commander T'Pol of Vulcan.
"In the meantime," Admiral Forrest continued, "I must contact the High Command. I suggest you get some rest. I will get someone to bring the spare keys to your apartment to you, and order a cab."
"Thanks."