~*~Disclaimer=Me no own!~*~ Just wanna thank you all again for all the
reviews! I'm bringing the story to a close in the next chapter or two, I
might be doing a sequel that involves the Hannah Tarry character but I
don't know whether I should or not. Anyhoo on with the chapter!~*~
Malcolm's mouth dropped open as the shot grazed the underside of his arm and chest. Sagfa's leg shot up and kneed Malcolm, there was a universal wince of sympathy as Malcolm fell back cursing till the air went blue. Another shot was fired and Sagfa dropped to the floor.
Aware Sagfa was now unable to hurt him, a flood of agony broke through his numb defensive walls. He collapsed to the ground and succumbed to the darkness.
'He leant against the wall feeling bored, the whole away mission had been excessively boring. Ambassador Rigellan was nice enough, his aid Lonte however was a snivelling little worm. He'd gone into the corridors after being politely told that guards stayed in the corridors and after a small nudge from Captain Archer he'd left.
All of a sudden he was alerted by a scuffling sound from the room down the corridor-followed by furious whispers. He crept down the corridor and stood just outside the door listening.
"I'm tired of your weak cowardly ways" sneered Lonte
"On the contrary I am not the cowardly one" said Ambassador Rigellan coolly.
"Well, I could say it was a pleasure working for you-but it wasn't, thanks for signing the form, I'm sure I'll do a much better job of Ambassador than you did." Said Lonte, "Sagfa if you would."
He heard footsteps as Lonte left the room. He turned to go into the room guns blazing, when he realised his phaser was back in the Enterprise weapons locker. Sagfa slammed the knife into the Ambassadors back, he decided to take him down by force-in hindsight running in the room unarmed hadn't been the best idea.
'Bugger' he thought as they launched into a furious fist fight.'
Malcolm's eyes cracked open.
'I gotta stop doing this' he thought blearily 'It's killing me!'
Doctor Phlox appeared in view.
"Hello Malcolm, how're you feeling?" He asked smiling
"Fan-bloody-tastic" Malcolm replied trying to sit up and failing.
"You didn't come off too well in that last fight with the alien, you've earned yourself a nice long stay in sickbay" said Doctor Phlox "But, if you hadn't off distracted the alien from kicking Commander Tucker, then he might have done more damage than just bruised ribs."
"Is Trip ok?" Malcolm asked looking round.
"He's sleeping now, he'll be fine I assure you" replied Doctor Phlox.
"What about Sagfa?" Malcolm asked.
"He's dead" Doctor Phlox replied shortly.
Malcolm didn't say a word, not trusting himself to speak.
'If you can't say anything nice, don't say it at all' he reminded himself.
"Oh, I found this on the floor, I believe it belongs to you" said Doctor Phlox handing him Hannah's letter.
"Thanks" said Malcolm nodding.
'Hey Malcolm,
I can't believe you're asking how I am when you're obviously not ok! You sound like you're having a real rough time of it lately, more than you let on at a guess. You know you can always tell me anything. I really miss you Malcolm, at least you've decided to give your crewmates a chance to get to know you. Trip sounds like a right wildcard!
Hoshi sounds nice.you so like her don't you! Who cares about rules? What's Starfleet gonna do? Chop ya balls off if they catch you in bed with someone else? I mean it's not like they're patrolling the bedrooms to make sure everything's safe and there's no hanky-panky going on is it? Trust me, you deserve a little happiness, go with the flow for once and see where your relationship leads you.
You know where I am if you need me, sorry this is so short-I've had to do it on my break-the cadets are training with phasers again, you don't wanna know how bad there targeting is.
Got to go, the walking wounded have arrived.
Miss ya!
Love Hannah xx'
Malcolm smiled.
'If only you knew the half of it' he thought.
He became aware of Doctor Phlox speaking to someone.
"Malcolm?"
"Trip?"
"Yup"
"You ok?"
"Just peachy, you?"
"Can't complain"
"Thanks"
"You're welcome"
"Why is it always me?"
"And why is it always me who saves your sorry ass and gets hurt in the process?"
"Charmin'! It's not mah fault ya have ta engage in firefights every five minutes!"
"It's part of my job as armoury officer, it's for the crews safety"
"Idiot"
"Fool!"
"Paranoid! Jack-ass!"
"Ah shut up you Yankee wanker!"
"Ooo that hurt Lieutenat Reed or should Ah say Crewman Reed?!"
"Funny, real funny"
They burst out laughing.
"Aw that hurts!" Trip moaned.
They heard sickbay doors open.
"How are they Doctor?" Archer asked anxiously
"Why don't you ask them" suggested Doctor Phlox.
"Ah'm just dandy Jon" Trip piped up.
Malcolm tried to pull himself into a more upright position.
"So how are you feeling Malcolm?" Archer asked
"I'm fine sir" He replied automatically
"If you need to talk."Archer began
"Don't worry sir, if I need to talk I know who to go to" Malcolm cut in casting a glance at Hannah's letter. "I hope I haven't caused too many problems"
"Just get better" said Archer smiling slightly. "None of this was your fault"
"Yes sir" said Malcolm attempting to smile.
~*~Ok I reckon the next chapter will be the last and tying up all the loose ends, I'll probably add an extra chapter thanking all of you who reviewed so watch this space!~*~
Malcolm's mouth dropped open as the shot grazed the underside of his arm and chest. Sagfa's leg shot up and kneed Malcolm, there was a universal wince of sympathy as Malcolm fell back cursing till the air went blue. Another shot was fired and Sagfa dropped to the floor.
Aware Sagfa was now unable to hurt him, a flood of agony broke through his numb defensive walls. He collapsed to the ground and succumbed to the darkness.
'He leant against the wall feeling bored, the whole away mission had been excessively boring. Ambassador Rigellan was nice enough, his aid Lonte however was a snivelling little worm. He'd gone into the corridors after being politely told that guards stayed in the corridors and after a small nudge from Captain Archer he'd left.
All of a sudden he was alerted by a scuffling sound from the room down the corridor-followed by furious whispers. He crept down the corridor and stood just outside the door listening.
"I'm tired of your weak cowardly ways" sneered Lonte
"On the contrary I am not the cowardly one" said Ambassador Rigellan coolly.
"Well, I could say it was a pleasure working for you-but it wasn't, thanks for signing the form, I'm sure I'll do a much better job of Ambassador than you did." Said Lonte, "Sagfa if you would."
He heard footsteps as Lonte left the room. He turned to go into the room guns blazing, when he realised his phaser was back in the Enterprise weapons locker. Sagfa slammed the knife into the Ambassadors back, he decided to take him down by force-in hindsight running in the room unarmed hadn't been the best idea.
'Bugger' he thought as they launched into a furious fist fight.'
Malcolm's eyes cracked open.
'I gotta stop doing this' he thought blearily 'It's killing me!'
Doctor Phlox appeared in view.
"Hello Malcolm, how're you feeling?" He asked smiling
"Fan-bloody-tastic" Malcolm replied trying to sit up and failing.
"You didn't come off too well in that last fight with the alien, you've earned yourself a nice long stay in sickbay" said Doctor Phlox "But, if you hadn't off distracted the alien from kicking Commander Tucker, then he might have done more damage than just bruised ribs."
"Is Trip ok?" Malcolm asked looking round.
"He's sleeping now, he'll be fine I assure you" replied Doctor Phlox.
"What about Sagfa?" Malcolm asked.
"He's dead" Doctor Phlox replied shortly.
Malcolm didn't say a word, not trusting himself to speak.
'If you can't say anything nice, don't say it at all' he reminded himself.
"Oh, I found this on the floor, I believe it belongs to you" said Doctor Phlox handing him Hannah's letter.
"Thanks" said Malcolm nodding.
'Hey Malcolm,
I can't believe you're asking how I am when you're obviously not ok! You sound like you're having a real rough time of it lately, more than you let on at a guess. You know you can always tell me anything. I really miss you Malcolm, at least you've decided to give your crewmates a chance to get to know you. Trip sounds like a right wildcard!
Hoshi sounds nice.you so like her don't you! Who cares about rules? What's Starfleet gonna do? Chop ya balls off if they catch you in bed with someone else? I mean it's not like they're patrolling the bedrooms to make sure everything's safe and there's no hanky-panky going on is it? Trust me, you deserve a little happiness, go with the flow for once and see where your relationship leads you.
You know where I am if you need me, sorry this is so short-I've had to do it on my break-the cadets are training with phasers again, you don't wanna know how bad there targeting is.
Got to go, the walking wounded have arrived.
Miss ya!
Love Hannah xx'
Malcolm smiled.
'If only you knew the half of it' he thought.
He became aware of Doctor Phlox speaking to someone.
"Malcolm?"
"Trip?"
"Yup"
"You ok?"
"Just peachy, you?"
"Can't complain"
"Thanks"
"You're welcome"
"Why is it always me?"
"And why is it always me who saves your sorry ass and gets hurt in the process?"
"Charmin'! It's not mah fault ya have ta engage in firefights every five minutes!"
"It's part of my job as armoury officer, it's for the crews safety"
"Idiot"
"Fool!"
"Paranoid! Jack-ass!"
"Ah shut up you Yankee wanker!"
"Ooo that hurt Lieutenat Reed or should Ah say Crewman Reed?!"
"Funny, real funny"
They burst out laughing.
"Aw that hurts!" Trip moaned.
They heard sickbay doors open.
"How are they Doctor?" Archer asked anxiously
"Why don't you ask them" suggested Doctor Phlox.
"Ah'm just dandy Jon" Trip piped up.
Malcolm tried to pull himself into a more upright position.
"So how are you feeling Malcolm?" Archer asked
"I'm fine sir" He replied automatically
"If you need to talk."Archer began
"Don't worry sir, if I need to talk I know who to go to" Malcolm cut in casting a glance at Hannah's letter. "I hope I haven't caused too many problems"
"Just get better" said Archer smiling slightly. "None of this was your fault"
"Yes sir" said Malcolm attempting to smile.
~*~Ok I reckon the next chapter will be the last and tying up all the loose ends, I'll probably add an extra chapter thanking all of you who reviewed so watch this space!~*~