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Buffy sighed as the man came in and swung his fist. She caught it, crushing it slowly in her grip, causing him to scream in pain as he slowly sunk to the floor. She looked him in the eye, "Don't ever touch me again."
Her eyes met Silik's shocked ones, "I am more than I seem." She let go of the injured man, effortlessly picked him up by his shirt and threw him out of the cell contemptuously.
Silik grabbed his injured man and stormed out of the area. He sent his man to their medical area and went to the temporal chamber he had on board. Pressing buttons an image appeared inside the temporal tube.
"I have a problem. An extremely strong time traveler named Cordy Giles." He said without preamble.
The figure shook his head, "I've not heard of her. Where did you find her?"
Silik squirmed, "We took her off of the Enterprise."
The figure straightened slightly, "See if Archer comes for her and report back." And the figure disappeared.
Buffy looked at the glop on the tray doubtfully. She sniffed it and winced. The Suliban guard watched impassively as she ate the food, making horrible faces all the while. She left half of it on the tray, "No need to be a piggy." She made another face and began to start another set of Tai Chi.
Buffy escaped twice in the next couple of days, knocking out her careless guards before being drugged and dragged back to her cell.
More time passed and Silik was beginning to become nervous, no one tried to find them and nothing had happened in 5 days.
"Captain! We have the Suliban ship on sensors." Travis called out.
"Woo hoo!" Trip whooped, "We did it Mal." Malcolm threw a smile at his friend and T'pol smothered the hint of amusement that crossed her face.
The Captain's face was intense, "Have they seen us Travis?" Travis shook his head, "Not yet Sir." The Captain nodded his haggard face in satisfaction, "Ok Lt. Reed, fire when ready!"
Buffy was meditating when suddenly the ship shuddered violently, alarms going off all over. Buffy grabbed her water before it fell and drank it down. She grinned, she was sure it was the Enterprise. That would teach old Silik. Suddenly there were explosions, rocking the ship violently and causing debris to fall, killing her guard and throwing Buffy to the floor.
Shaking her head to clear it Buffy got to her feet, and she saw the door to her cell was hanging open slightly. Some emergency lighting was on, but most of the ship was plunged into darkness. She carefully shimmied her way out, crawling under debris to the passageway. There was smoke, emergency alarms and shouting along with dust sifting everywhere. She avoided running into Suliban crew by staying in the shadows.
Silik was angry, "Take the transporter to the Enterprise and commandeer the ship!" he spat at his second in command. He pointed and then turned, heading in Buffy's direction. As he passed Buffy she hurried and followed his second in command. She was almost discovered but realized her luck was intact when the second in command couldn't contact Silik, communications were out. She hid in the transportation room and watched with interest as they pushed a button on their wristband and spoke, "Enterprise" and disappeared.
The very next Suliban that had a wristband was clunked on the head and Buffy took the band, inspecting it curiously. She stepped on the platform, looked at the device in thought. Lots of buttons. "Damn." She whispered. Pushing on it, she said "Enterprise" and disappeared.
***
Malcolm was tired, filthy and out of sorts. They knew Buffy had been here but couldn't find her. The Captain had grabbed Silik and dragged him around looking for her when they stumbled on the unconscious guard.
Silik sighed, "His temporal device is missing." Jon shook him, "What does that mean?"
Smiling cruelly Silik looked at his nemesis, "She could be anywhere in time."
U.S.S. Enterprise NCC 1701 year 2280"Jim, I know she popped into Engineering like Santa Claus, but I assure you that she's human." The two men looked at the attractive blond lying on the bio bed. "She has perfect chromosomes and is in excellent health. I don't know why she's unconscious still." Dr. McCoy's voice was puzzled.
Buffy suddenly moved and moaned quietly, "Ouchie." She said softly, gripping her head.
Her eyes opened and she sighed, "Not another sickbay." She complained. She sat up and swayed, grabbing the strong hands that were offered.
"Let's just lie you back down before you fall down." The doctor smiled at his Captain, "Well, she speaks English."
Dr. McCoy gave her a hypo spray and she sighed in relief, "I love those little hyperthingys."
Feeling more alert she asked, "Where am I?" She smiled at the handsome man in a blue, form fitting uniform with the scowl on his face, arms crossed, legs spread for balance.
"On the U.S.S. Enterprise. Who are you?"
"What year is it?" she asked with bated breath, "2280." He replied impatiently. Buffy dropped her face in her hands, "Damn it!" she said.
"That's a fairrly odd name for a lass." Came a strong Scottish voice from the doorway. Buffy's head came around and smiled at the handsome, dark haired man in a red uniform eyeing her in curiosity. Beside him was a tall Vulcan in another blue uniform who was watching her as well.
"I'm a fairrly odd lass." Buffy mimicked his accent and there were chuckles. She saw the item in his hands, "Hey, that's mine!"
"Aye, can you tell me what it does?" he asked then held out his hand, "Montgomery Scott at your service." He smiled charmingly.
"I'd like her name first." The Captain said, exasperation in his voice as he looked at this Chief Engineer who could flirt so effortlessly.
"Cordelia Giles." She shrugged mentally, might as well keep the lie going.
Buffy's stomach rumbled and the Doctor looked at his Captain, "Let's feed her first then I promise you can interrogate her all you want." He said testily.
Captain Kirk held up his hands in self-defense, "Ok Bones. We'll feed her but I want some answers." Buffy sighed in relief, catching the amused eye of the Engineer.
"Can I wash my hands first?" she held up her dirty hands and the Doctor led her to a bathroom where she could wash up. She looked t herself in the mirror, horrified at how her hair and face looked. She washed her face, then undid her hair, shook it out, including a liberal amount of dust, and then braided it quickly. Her coverall was still dusty but there was nothing she could do about that. She'd change when she got home.
As they walked to the Captain's mess Buffy's head swiveled in curiosity. Everything was brighter colored and more spacious than her Enterprise, but it was also quieter. She missed the background sound of her Enterprises engines and realized she sounded like Trip. What he wouldn't give to see the stuff here though.
Captain Kirk was a gracious host, doing formal introductions of his staff.
She managed to control her start of surprise when she saw Daniels come in to serve them. He surreptitiously winked at her, served quickly and left the room.
As she ate Buffy watched with a half smile as the Doctor and Spock sniped at each other throughout the meal. Apparently it was pretty common for the rest ignored it, but it entertained Buffy.
Captain Kirk sat back with a sigh of satisfaction, and caught the unspoken signal from Spock.
"So, where did you come from and why are you here?"
Buffy looked down, then back up and smiled slightly, "This can't go outside this room." She met each man's eyes to see their nod. "Ok, this was a goof up by me. I'm from the past. The thinga-ma-bob that Scottie has is a time device of some sort, I thought it was a transporter but I was wrong." She sipped some juice. None of them looked surprised by her explanation, though Spock looked thoughtfully at her.
She leaned over to eye him, "I know that you're Vulcan, but, and if I'm being too rude you can tell me, what else are you?" she asked hesitantly.
"You are not being rude. Yes, I am half Vulcan but my mother is human."
Buffy's eyes opened wide, "Wow. The Vulcan guy I know would sooner scoop out his eyes that to fall for a human." There were muffled chuckles at this description.
Spock raised one elegant eyebrow, "According to my mother, my father was a Diplomat to Earth and they fell in love with each other."
"Hm." Buffy chin rested on her hand, her face fascinated. "How was it being raised with an emotional Mom and your Dad?"
"Difficult." Was his bland reply and Buffy snorted, "I'll bet."
He eyed her curiously, the men silent around them, listening carefully. "Are you familiar with many Vulcan's?"
Buffy shook her head, "Just 3. My friend, then the one that doesn't like humans and his second in command, buddy, whatever, who also doesn't like humans." Spock smiled slightly.
The Doctor spoke up, "That you can be friends with a humorless, emotionless Vulcan is miracle." His voice was dry and Buffy giggled.
"I can't tell you her name, but she is gorgeous. Tall, smart, a wicked understated sense of humor and honest to a fault."
The Captain looked thoughtful, "She sounds intriguing." And Spock looked at him in surprise.
Buffy smiled, " I really need to go home. Can I have my thingy back?"
Scotty laughed at this technical description; he looked at his Captain who waved, "We certainly shouldn't keep you here." She nodded and stood as did the rest of the men. Scotty left and Buffy waited nervously, hardly being able to wait until she saw Jon.
Scotty came into the Captain's mess and reluctantly handed her the device. Buffy strapped it to her wrist and took in a shaky sigh. "Wish me luck, I'm supposed to go into the past but I don't know which button is which."
With alarm on his face Spock stepped forward as Buffy chose a new button, pushing and saying, "Enterprise." And suddenly she was gone.
Spock looked at his Captain, "I do believe we should have inspected the device more closely Captain."
Captain Kirk shrugged, "She's not our problem anymore, but I wonder why she said the name Enterprise?"
The Doctor smiled slightly, "Well, she lied about her name." He dropped this little bombshell and the men at the table stared at him, "What?" was the resounding question.
"Her DNA results were in the Starfleet Federation database. She is Elizabeth Summers Archer." Spock nodded, several pieces of the puzzle falling into place.
The Captain leaned his elbows on the table and looked thoughtful, "What was Admiral Archer's wife on our ship?"
