A/N: I KNOW this took a long time to get typed up, but my fingers needed a break (I typed up 23 pages in about three weeks I think, so my fingers are about dead)…. So sorry this took so long…. But, on a positive note, you asked for a longer chapter, and I told you one was coming….. Well, HERE IT IS!!!!!! Read, enjoy, and review!!!! Please… after the long string of short chapters, I wanna know how our first LONG chapter measures up…… constructive stuff is appreciated….. Gracias….
Chapter Eighteen
As he walked toward the hydroponics bay, Trip hoped that he would be the one to find her. He didn't really know why. Maybe it was because he was the reason that she had left. He'd argued with her again. Why did he always have to do that? She had obviously been shaken, although she certainly tried to hide it. She was almost successful, what with all her arguments. But he knew her well enough to see that she'd been rattled.
When he reached hydroponics, he walked inside slowly. He didn't want to startle whoever was in there. He looked around as he stood inside the door, but he couldn't see anyone. "Hello?" he yelled. There was no answer. "Hello?" he shouted again. Still no answer. "Anybody here?" When there was still no response, he decided to take a look around, in case T'Pol had passed out again. He looked around the plants and around the small room three times. Nothing… 'Maybe they left already.' he thought. He walked over to the comm panel and pushed the small intercom button. "Tucker to bridge."
"What do you need, Commander?" Hoshi's voice came through the panel.
"Hoshi, is there still a Vulcan biosign in hydroponics?"
There was a short pause. "Yes."
"Are ya sure? 'Cause that's where I am now, and I'm alone down here."
"Well unless the sensors are malfunctioning, there's definitely someone else there." There was another short pause before she continued. "Why do you guys want ot know where the Vulcans are, anyway?" Are they doing something suspicious? Should I tell Malcolm to keep an eye on them?"
He didn't expect her to ask so many questions. He probably should have, knowing Hoshi. But for some reason she caught him off guard. "No. We're just tryin' t' find 'em. Don't worry." He hoped that she'd believe him.
Fortunately, she seemed to go for it. "Ok, but as soon as you need us to keep an eye on them, just call me and Malcolm'll be happy to oblige."
This comment earned a chuckle from Trip as he responded. "I'm sure he would. Oh… why don't' ya check on those sensors for the time bein'. Tucker out." He turned off the comm before she could respond. "T'Pol? Anyone. Hello? He called again.
No one answered. He decided to walk around the room again. As he was walking, he contemplated getting a scanner to check the room. There was really no one there. As he was a bout to leave the room to get a scanner, he noticed something that should be fixed. There was a row of storage cabinets along one wall of the room. And one of the doors was slightly opened. He was ready to close the cracked door, but when he pushed it closed, it wouldn't latch. He looked down at the door frame to see if there was something caught in it. There was… a piece of fabric or something like it. He leaned down to pull it out when he realized what it was.
He had been expecting some glove or towel. But instead, he found a robe…. A Vulcan robe. He slammed the door open against the neighboring cabinet. He was nervous as he followed the robe to a face. As he had feared, the small face belonged to T'Pol. As soon as he realized this, he panicked, immediately placing his hands and arms under her and carrying her out. He set her on the floor near the cabinet. He immediately checked her pulse and breathing. He was relieved to find her alive, just unconscious. He patted all of his pockets before he remembered that the hypospray was still with T'Pol. He had given it to her the night before and she had kept it.
He quickly looked for the hypospray, in order to insure that no Vulcan would find her unconscious. He found it concealed within her robes on the small belt around her waist. He was about to inject her with the medication when he felt something wet on his right hand . He opened it up and looked down. He hand was covered in a green liquid. He jumped back from T'Pol and looked down at the hypospray. Sure enough, it was also covered in the same green liquid, as was his right forearm and his left hand. He had been in such a hurry to find the hypospray and use it one her that he hadn't paid any attention to the hypospray itself.
In fact, he was panicking so badly at the concept of finding some weird green liquid all over him that he didn't at first register what it could be. Then it suddenly hit him. "Damn!" he yelled. He went back to T'Pol and moved her robe out of the way to reveal the place where the hypospray had been. And sure enough, ads he had just suspected, her side was completely covered in her own blood.
A/N2: ok, we decided we'd cut ya off here instead, even though the original version was WAY, WAY long….. So just for added suspense, we'll cut ya off early and make the NEXT chapter REALLY, REALLY long instead….. K?
Chapter Eighteen
As he walked toward the hydroponics bay, Trip hoped that he would be the one to find her. He didn't really know why. Maybe it was because he was the reason that she had left. He'd argued with her again. Why did he always have to do that? She had obviously been shaken, although she certainly tried to hide it. She was almost successful, what with all her arguments. But he knew her well enough to see that she'd been rattled.
When he reached hydroponics, he walked inside slowly. He didn't want to startle whoever was in there. He looked around as he stood inside the door, but he couldn't see anyone. "Hello?" he yelled. There was no answer. "Hello?" he shouted again. Still no answer. "Anybody here?" When there was still no response, he decided to take a look around, in case T'Pol had passed out again. He looked around the plants and around the small room three times. Nothing… 'Maybe they left already.' he thought. He walked over to the comm panel and pushed the small intercom button. "Tucker to bridge."
"What do you need, Commander?" Hoshi's voice came through the panel.
"Hoshi, is there still a Vulcan biosign in hydroponics?"
There was a short pause. "Yes."
"Are ya sure? 'Cause that's where I am now, and I'm alone down here."
"Well unless the sensors are malfunctioning, there's definitely someone else there." There was another short pause before she continued. "Why do you guys want ot know where the Vulcans are, anyway?" Are they doing something suspicious? Should I tell Malcolm to keep an eye on them?"
He didn't expect her to ask so many questions. He probably should have, knowing Hoshi. But for some reason she caught him off guard. "No. We're just tryin' t' find 'em. Don't worry." He hoped that she'd believe him.
Fortunately, she seemed to go for it. "Ok, but as soon as you need us to keep an eye on them, just call me and Malcolm'll be happy to oblige."
This comment earned a chuckle from Trip as he responded. "I'm sure he would. Oh… why don't' ya check on those sensors for the time bein'. Tucker out." He turned off the comm before she could respond. "T'Pol? Anyone. Hello? He called again.
No one answered. He decided to walk around the room again. As he was walking, he contemplated getting a scanner to check the room. There was really no one there. As he was a bout to leave the room to get a scanner, he noticed something that should be fixed. There was a row of storage cabinets along one wall of the room. And one of the doors was slightly opened. He was ready to close the cracked door, but when he pushed it closed, it wouldn't latch. He looked down at the door frame to see if there was something caught in it. There was… a piece of fabric or something like it. He leaned down to pull it out when he realized what it was.
He had been expecting some glove or towel. But instead, he found a robe…. A Vulcan robe. He slammed the door open against the neighboring cabinet. He was nervous as he followed the robe to a face. As he had feared, the small face belonged to T'Pol. As soon as he realized this, he panicked, immediately placing his hands and arms under her and carrying her out. He set her on the floor near the cabinet. He immediately checked her pulse and breathing. He was relieved to find her alive, just unconscious. He patted all of his pockets before he remembered that the hypospray was still with T'Pol. He had given it to her the night before and she had kept it.
He quickly looked for the hypospray, in order to insure that no Vulcan would find her unconscious. He found it concealed within her robes on the small belt around her waist. He was about to inject her with the medication when he felt something wet on his right hand . He opened it up and looked down. He hand was covered in a green liquid. He jumped back from T'Pol and looked down at the hypospray. Sure enough, it was also covered in the same green liquid, as was his right forearm and his left hand. He had been in such a hurry to find the hypospray and use it one her that he hadn't paid any attention to the hypospray itself.
In fact, he was panicking so badly at the concept of finding some weird green liquid all over him that he didn't at first register what it could be. Then it suddenly hit him. "Damn!" he yelled. He went back to T'Pol and moved her robe out of the way to reveal the place where the hypospray had been. And sure enough, ads he had just suspected, her side was completely covered in her own blood.
A/N2: ok, we decided we'd cut ya off here instead, even though the original version was WAY, WAY long….. So just for added suspense, we'll cut ya off early and make the NEXT chapter REALLY, REALLY long instead….. K?