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PART 10:
Archer walked around the engine room. Trip and his crewmen are lined up on one side at attention.
Archer finally made his way over to that side. He had a smile on his face. Like always Trip had everything running smoothly. Archer walked up to Trip.
"Good job, Commander," Archer said. "I'd have to say you and your crewmen have passed inspection."
The crewmen gave out a cheer. Archer looked at Trip who didn't seem to be there. He grew concerned.
"Trip?"
"Yes sir," Trip said, looking at Archer.
"You can dismiss your crew," Archer said noticing the glassy look in Trip's eyes.
"Yes sir," Trip said and then faced his crew. "Good job everyone, you're all dismissed."
Archer went to say something to Trip, but before he could a small explosion happened on the other side of the warp engine near on of the computers, setting off alarms. The crew went into action. Archer watched Trip as he made his way over to the stairs to the reactor.
He noticed that Trip wasn't moving as fast as he normally would. He walked over to the stairs as Trip made it to the top.
Trip looked at the screen, but everything seemed to blend together.
Archer started up the ladder. "Trip, tell them to drop out of warp."
Trip didn't do anything and Archer couldn't understand why. The ship shook and Archer grabbed hold of the ladder.
Driscoll climbed up on the other side. He hit a button on the controls.
"Bridge drop out of warp," he ordered. He punched a couple of other buttons on the control panel and the alarms stop.
Archer finally made his way to the top. He went over to Trip who had a confused look on his face about what just happened.
"Good job, Ensign," Archer said.
"Thank you sir," Driscoll said.
"Trip," Archer said with concern. "Trip."
Trip looked at Archer, that look of confusion still on his face. "Yes sir."
"What they hell just happened here?" Archer asked.
"I'm sorry sir," Trip said. "I don't know what's gotten into me."
"Trip, my ready room in ten minutes," Archer ordered.
"Aye sir," Trip said and watched Archer go back down the stairs and out of engineering.
Trip looked at the control panel and everything looked normal. He sighed and shook his head.
Climbing down the ladder, he knew the captain would have a lot of questions for him. Questions he knew he couldn't answer.
His crew watched him in silence as he walked out of engineering. Everyone was wondering what was wrong with their commander, all of them but one.
Driscoll stood there with a smile on his face.
He knew what he needed to do now and walked out of engineering.
END OF PART 10
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PART 10:
Archer walked around the engine room. Trip and his crewmen are lined up on one side at attention.
Archer finally made his way over to that side. He had a smile on his face. Like always Trip had everything running smoothly. Archer walked up to Trip.
"Good job, Commander," Archer said. "I'd have to say you and your crewmen have passed inspection."
The crewmen gave out a cheer. Archer looked at Trip who didn't seem to be there. He grew concerned.
"Trip?"
"Yes sir," Trip said, looking at Archer.
"You can dismiss your crew," Archer said noticing the glassy look in Trip's eyes.
"Yes sir," Trip said and then faced his crew. "Good job everyone, you're all dismissed."
Archer went to say something to Trip, but before he could a small explosion happened on the other side of the warp engine near on of the computers, setting off alarms. The crew went into action. Archer watched Trip as he made his way over to the stairs to the reactor.
He noticed that Trip wasn't moving as fast as he normally would. He walked over to the stairs as Trip made it to the top.
Trip looked at the screen, but everything seemed to blend together.
Archer started up the ladder. "Trip, tell them to drop out of warp."
Trip didn't do anything and Archer couldn't understand why. The ship shook and Archer grabbed hold of the ladder.
Driscoll climbed up on the other side. He hit a button on the controls.
"Bridge drop out of warp," he ordered. He punched a couple of other buttons on the control panel and the alarms stop.
Archer finally made his way to the top. He went over to Trip who had a confused look on his face about what just happened.
"Good job, Ensign," Archer said.
"Thank you sir," Driscoll said.
"Trip," Archer said with concern. "Trip."
Trip looked at Archer, that look of confusion still on his face. "Yes sir."
"What they hell just happened here?" Archer asked.
"I'm sorry sir," Trip said. "I don't know what's gotten into me."
"Trip, my ready room in ten minutes," Archer ordered.
"Aye sir," Trip said and watched Archer go back down the stairs and out of engineering.
Trip looked at the control panel and everything looked normal. He sighed and shook his head.
Climbing down the ladder, he knew the captain would have a lot of questions for him. Questions he knew he couldn't answer.
His crew watched him in silence as he walked out of engineering. Everyone was wondering what was wrong with their commander, all of them but one.
Driscoll stood there with a smile on his face.
He knew what he needed to do now and walked out of engineering.
END OF PART 10