All Alone in the Night
"Then Star Fleet isn't there." stated Trip,
taking a heavy seat at the tactical station.
"Nor is the Vulcan High Council." said T'Pol.
Phlox and Tucker hung their heads, digesting
the information that the science officer had given them. They were at least
seventy million years in the past. Everything that they had ever known
had yet to be, except for the Enterprise, which was missing eighty members
of its crew.
"We can't even go back to earth." sighed Tucker
with a slight rattle in his chest.
"Your planet is still there. It would not
be as you remember it, but it is still there, commander." said T'Pol, perhaps
offering the words as a bit of assurance.
"Where can we go?" asked Phlox.
"Even though we are under-staffed, it would
be quite possible to take the Enterprise to any number of places. Unfortunately,
I don't know of any planet with a humanoid civilization in existence at
this time." answered T'Pol.
"Then we just have to find a way back to our
own time." said Trip.
"I agree, commander, but that is more easily
said than accomplished. For instance, we do not know how we traveled back
in time, making it both difficult and unlikely that we should find our
way back."
"Difficult, hell, even impossible or not,
we have to try."
"I agree." said Phlox.
"Then I will plot a course that we take us
back to where we were yesterday." said T'Pol, the complexities of the statement
not lost on her as she turned her attention back to the helm.
"Take it slowly, T'Pol. We aren't sure what
we're looking for." suggested Tucker.
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Note: I know the title is a cheap shot, but I couldn't resist.