A/N: same as last time….. Just read and review… please!!!!!!!!! Oh, and sorry about making trip forget about scanning for T'Pol….. It was necessary for later plot development… besides, do you really think that Trip would remember every little detail… in some episodes, he forgets about things….. Ok, maybe not something THIS obvious, but, anyway…
Chapter Fourteen
Commander Tucker and Captain Archer seemed somewhat out of sorts but quite under control as they stepped from the turbolift onto the bridge.
The Commander strolled naturally to the engineering station. He pushed a few buttons randomly and clicked the PADD in his hand pointlessly.
At the same time, the Captain walked over to Hoshi, who was sitting between her own station and the science station behind it. "Hey. Could we get an update on our Vulcan friends?" he asked her quietly.
"Sir?" Hoshi asked, obviously wondering why he would need 'an update' on the Vulcans, and also wondering about what he was talking about.
"Scan for them, Ensign. Where are they on the ship?" he clarified, trying unsuccessfully not to sound too urgent.
Hoshi caught on to his tone, and fortunately didn't ask any questions. "Oh," she said. "Sorry, sir. Scanning now…" She paused as the sensors quickly completed their task. ""There are two on B-deck… in Sub-Commander T'Pol's quarters… and there's one in the gym, one in hydroponics, and one in a corridor on B-deck." This was slightly shocking. They were supposed to all be T'Pol's quarters. At least, Trip'd said that he'd sent them there. assumed that they would have gone where told to go.
"Hoshi, that's five… there's only four Vulcan guests," he said, trying to make sure that she didn't know that he was glad she'd told him all five of their locations.
"Yes, sir.. I can't tell which life signs are from the four visitors, or which one's are T'Pol's. So I figured I'd tell you where all of them were."
At this, Trip's head shot over, but he quickly glanced back down at the PADD in his hand.
"Can you tell me ANYTHING about each of the Vulcans? So that I can know where our guests are." 'And why they're not in T'Pol's quarters like they're supposed to be. Not to mention so that we can know which is T'Pol.' he added to himself.
"Well, I think I can tell you their genders… if that'll help." When he nodded, she continued, still confused as to why she was scanning for them in the first place. "Well, the two in T'Pol's quarters are female. They one in the gym MIGHT be male… I'm not sure… the sensors aren't picking up anything concrete for some reason. And the one in hydroponics is female." She paused for a moment, then got a strange look on her face. "That's odd…" she said quietly. "Anyway, the one in the corridor is male." she finished.
"What's odd?" the Captain asked, half-ignoring her last statement.
"Well… the ones in hydroponics and the gym have…. conflicting biosigns… like, well… I can't explain it," she said, her words trailing off.
"That's okay," the Captain assured her, hoping that his voice didn't betray otherwise. He stood up and turned around, looking at the Commander and walking toward the turbolift. "Trip, you're with me."
"Me, sir?" Trip asked, pretending to be confused.
"Yes. Come with me," the Captain replied while stepping onto the lift. Trip followed suit after him. When the doors closed behind him, he turned toward his captain.
"Now what d' we do?" he asked.
The Captain thought about this for a moment, his head against the wall, as he decided on the plan that would arouse the least suspicion. Finally he decided on one and lifted his head and looked at his chief engineer. "You go look in hydroponics. I'll get the Doc, and have him check out the gym. And I'll go to her quarters. With any luck, one of us will find her before the Vulcans do."
Trip nodded, knowing that the Vulcans shouldn't be around the ship. They were supposed to be in T'Pol's quarters. And they had no reason to leave that didn't involve her. And if she'd fainted again and the Vulcans found her…. He didn't even want to think about it.
Chapter Fourteen
Commander Tucker and Captain Archer seemed somewhat out of sorts but quite under control as they stepped from the turbolift onto the bridge.
The Commander strolled naturally to the engineering station. He pushed a few buttons randomly and clicked the PADD in his hand pointlessly.
At the same time, the Captain walked over to Hoshi, who was sitting between her own station and the science station behind it. "Hey. Could we get an update on our Vulcan friends?" he asked her quietly.
"Sir?" Hoshi asked, obviously wondering why he would need 'an update' on the Vulcans, and also wondering about what he was talking about.
"Scan for them, Ensign. Where are they on the ship?" he clarified, trying unsuccessfully not to sound too urgent.
Hoshi caught on to his tone, and fortunately didn't ask any questions. "Oh," she said. "Sorry, sir. Scanning now…" She paused as the sensors quickly completed their task. ""There are two on B-deck… in Sub-Commander T'Pol's quarters… and there's one in the gym, one in hydroponics, and one in a corridor on B-deck." This was slightly shocking. They were supposed to all be T'Pol's quarters. At least, Trip'd said that he'd sent them there. assumed that they would have gone where told to go.
"Hoshi, that's five… there's only four Vulcan guests," he said, trying to make sure that she didn't know that he was glad she'd told him all five of their locations.
"Yes, sir.. I can't tell which life signs are from the four visitors, or which one's are T'Pol's. So I figured I'd tell you where all of them were."
At this, Trip's head shot over, but he quickly glanced back down at the PADD in his hand.
"Can you tell me ANYTHING about each of the Vulcans? So that I can know where our guests are." 'And why they're not in T'Pol's quarters like they're supposed to be. Not to mention so that we can know which is T'Pol.' he added to himself.
"Well, I think I can tell you their genders… if that'll help." When he nodded, she continued, still confused as to why she was scanning for them in the first place. "Well, the two in T'Pol's quarters are female. They one in the gym MIGHT be male… I'm not sure… the sensors aren't picking up anything concrete for some reason. And the one in hydroponics is female." She paused for a moment, then got a strange look on her face. "That's odd…" she said quietly. "Anyway, the one in the corridor is male." she finished.
"What's odd?" the Captain asked, half-ignoring her last statement.
"Well… the ones in hydroponics and the gym have…. conflicting biosigns… like, well… I can't explain it," she said, her words trailing off.
"That's okay," the Captain assured her, hoping that his voice didn't betray otherwise. He stood up and turned around, looking at the Commander and walking toward the turbolift. "Trip, you're with me."
"Me, sir?" Trip asked, pretending to be confused.
"Yes. Come with me," the Captain replied while stepping onto the lift. Trip followed suit after him. When the doors closed behind him, he turned toward his captain.
"Now what d' we do?" he asked.
The Captain thought about this for a moment, his head against the wall, as he decided on the plan that would arouse the least suspicion. Finally he decided on one and lifted his head and looked at his chief engineer. "You go look in hydroponics. I'll get the Doc, and have him check out the gym. And I'll go to her quarters. With any luck, one of us will find her before the Vulcans do."
Trip nodded, knowing that the Vulcans shouldn't be around the ship. They were supposed to be in T'Pol's quarters. And they had no reason to leave that didn't involve her. And if she'd fainted again and the Vulcans found her…. He didn't even want to think about it.