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PART 27:
Driscoll and Trip walked into engineering.
"Get everyone out of here," Driscoll whispered into Trip's ear. "Or I'll kill them."
Trip went to walk further into engineering, but Driscoll grabbed and pulled him back.
"And if you try anything funny," he whispered. "I'll kill everyone."
Trip walked further into engineering. "Ensign," he called out to the first person he saw.
"Commander Tucker," the ensign said walking up to him. "We were told that you weren't coming back. That they had locked you up in the Brig."
"All a big mistake," Trip said.
"Glad to hear that, Commander. Welcome back."
"Yeah, thanks. Why don't you and the rest of the crew take the rest of the day off."
"Commander?"
"You heard me right, Ensign," Trip repeated. "Take the rest of the day off. I can handle things here."
"Thank you sir," the ensign said and walked off to tell the others.
Driscoll walked up to Trip. "Very generous of you, Commander."
Trip and Driscoll watched the engineers leave. One of them turned to Driscoll.
"Hey Driscoll," he said. "You coming."
"I'll be right there," Driscoll said looking at Trip. "I have some unfinished business with Commander Tucker to take care of."
The engineer turned and walked out.
"Lock the place down," Driscoll demanded.
Trip walked over to his desk and hit a few buttons on a console. He looked up and noticed that Driscoll was watching the doors. He hit the button on the intercom before Driscoll could see him.
"So now what are you planning on doing now that everyone is out of engineering?" Trip asked.
Archer and Reed were one deck below Engineering, when they heard Trip's voice. They stopped and listened.
"I'm going to kill you," Driscoll voice came the intercom.
Archer and Reed looked at each other. They ran to the nearest turbo life and got on.
"And you really think you're going to get away with this?"
"Well you see that's the plan," Driscoll explained. "It's going to look like you committed suicide.
T'Pol, Hoshi, and Travis were listening to every word on the bridge. T'Pol got up from the captain's and went to the turbo lift.
"Ensign, the bridge is yours," she said as she got on the lift and the doors closed.
"Suicide?" Trip laughed. "No one would believe that."
"Why not, Commander?" Driscoll asked. "You've been relieved of your duties as Chief Engineer, arrested for having drugs. Your career is basically gone why would you want to live?"
"You're crazy."
"We already covered that," Driscoll said angrily.
"Then why?" Trip asked.
"That evaluation you wrote," Driscoll said. "I needed to show you that you were wrong about me and that I could do your job better than you can."
"All this over an evaluation?"
"You see, Commander," Driscoll explained. "I can't have that evaluation in my record. I've never had a bad evaluation."
Trip just stared at Driscoll. He wasn't crazy, he thought. He's out of his goddamn mind.
He just hoped that someone would get there before Driscoll killed him.
End of Part 27
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PART 27:
Driscoll and Trip walked into engineering.
"Get everyone out of here," Driscoll whispered into Trip's ear. "Or I'll kill them."
Trip went to walk further into engineering, but Driscoll grabbed and pulled him back.
"And if you try anything funny," he whispered. "I'll kill everyone."
Trip walked further into engineering. "Ensign," he called out to the first person he saw.
"Commander Tucker," the ensign said walking up to him. "We were told that you weren't coming back. That they had locked you up in the Brig."
"All a big mistake," Trip said.
"Glad to hear that, Commander. Welcome back."
"Yeah, thanks. Why don't you and the rest of the crew take the rest of the day off."
"Commander?"
"You heard me right, Ensign," Trip repeated. "Take the rest of the day off. I can handle things here."
"Thank you sir," the ensign said and walked off to tell the others.
Driscoll walked up to Trip. "Very generous of you, Commander."
Trip and Driscoll watched the engineers leave. One of them turned to Driscoll.
"Hey Driscoll," he said. "You coming."
"I'll be right there," Driscoll said looking at Trip. "I have some unfinished business with Commander Tucker to take care of."
The engineer turned and walked out.
"Lock the place down," Driscoll demanded.
Trip walked over to his desk and hit a few buttons on a console. He looked up and noticed that Driscoll was watching the doors. He hit the button on the intercom before Driscoll could see him.
"So now what are you planning on doing now that everyone is out of engineering?" Trip asked.
Archer and Reed were one deck below Engineering, when they heard Trip's voice. They stopped and listened.
"I'm going to kill you," Driscoll voice came the intercom.
Archer and Reed looked at each other. They ran to the nearest turbo life and got on.
"And you really think you're going to get away with this?"
"Well you see that's the plan," Driscoll explained. "It's going to look like you committed suicide.
T'Pol, Hoshi, and Travis were listening to every word on the bridge. T'Pol got up from the captain's and went to the turbo lift.
"Ensign, the bridge is yours," she said as she got on the lift and the doors closed.
"Suicide?" Trip laughed. "No one would believe that."
"Why not, Commander?" Driscoll asked. "You've been relieved of your duties as Chief Engineer, arrested for having drugs. Your career is basically gone why would you want to live?"
"You're crazy."
"We already covered that," Driscoll said angrily.
"Then why?" Trip asked.
"That evaluation you wrote," Driscoll said. "I needed to show you that you were wrong about me and that I could do your job better than you can."
"All this over an evaluation?"
"You see, Commander," Driscoll explained. "I can't have that evaluation in my record. I've never had a bad evaluation."
Trip just stared at Driscoll. He wasn't crazy, he thought. He's out of his goddamn mind.
He just hoped that someone would get there before Driscoll killed him.
End of Part 27