When I'm Gone
By: Dark Draconain
Rated: PG - 13
Feedbak: If you would be so kind ^_^
Disclaimer: See Prologue
Summery: Truth is in the eye of the storm. (A/T)
When I'm Gone
Chapter 2: Hidden Truths
The sun streamed into the apartment, creating cascading strips of light that flowed over the small room. T'Pol stood beside the couch nursing a few remaining drops of a tea-like substance, and watching Captain Archer sleep. Apparently he had spent the night on the couch. She had come to tell him she was leaving, but did not want to wake him. She stood in silence for a few more minuets sipping at her drink. Then she turned and left, putting her cup down on the counter and walking out the door of the apartment.
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Jonathan Archer slowly opened his eyes in time to see T'Pol walk out the front door. Where is she going? He wondered absently as he groggily stalked over to the kitchen.
"Good morning, Captain," greeted Hoshi in a chipper tone.
"Hi. Uh, where'd T'Pol go?"
"I think she went to go take some soil samples."
"Oh."
"Sir? Is something the matter?"
"Hmm? Uh, no. Why?"
"Oh, no reason," Hoshi smiled slightly.
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The air was crisp and cool, but there was tinge of electricity. The winds had picked up slightly, tossing the grounded snow around in mini-cyclones. Tse-la, an Azuure geologist, had offered to take T'Pol out into the mines to study the geology. The steps that had been hewn into the frozen rock were crude, and T'Pol almost slipped several times on the way down.
"Are you alright?" asked Tse-la.
"Yes. How much further is it?"
"Mmm, the mines are pretty deep. I'd say about another hundred steps or so at least."
"I see. What exactly do you mine here?"
"A very rare mineral called Darklyte. Do you have it on your world?"
"No," said T'Pol in her usual monotone.
"Too bad, it's beautiful."
They descended the rest of the way in silence.
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Archer looked outside the window at the ominous gray clouds that were gathering overhead. He turned to Sen-te, "Are you sure those aren't storm clouds?"
"About as sure as I can be. Don't worry. I'm sure your science officer will be fine." He grinned, "Besides, Tse-la knows what she's doing."
Archer blushed. Was he that obvious? "It's my job to be concerned about my crew."
Sen-te gave him a knowing smile. "Of course it is."
Archer blushed again.
~ to be continued....~