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When Malcolm entered Sickbay he stopped short at the doors. Archer and Hannah were laying on the biobeds straight ahead. Trip, T'Pol and the Doctor were all stood to one side.
"What did you need to see me about Doctor?" he managed finally.
"I have made an interesting discovery, the bodies you recovered from the cave-in are not Captain Archer and Doctor Tarry. They are in fact clones." Phlox informed him.
Malcolm blinked several times, opening and shutting his mouth like a goldfish incapable of a coherent response.
"Our next course of action is to take a team back down to the surface to locate Captain Archer and the Doctor." said T'Pol.
"I'm coming." Malcolm said quickly. "When do we start out?"
"As soon as humanly possible." Trip told him. "Ah need ya ta lend me a hand."
Malcolm nodded.
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Hannah looked down at Archer and shivered slightly.
"Sir, are you awake?" she asked. "I can't let you fall asleep sir, I don't know what injuries you have."
"I'm awake," Archer mumbled.
"Keep talkin' to me," said Hannah relieved. "Erm, tell me about something- anything."
"What made you become a Doctor?" Archer mumbled.
"No that involves me talking and I could talk for Britain and it's not me that needs to be talking." said Hannah.
She looked around.
"Yes, that's it," she breathed. "I'm so stupid! Why didn't I think of that before?"
"What?" Archer asked.
"I'm gonna have to move ya a bit sir." She apologised, "But keep talking!"
She got to her feet and examined where the roof had fallen in. She began pulling away some of the rock using her good arm. Trying to keep Archer talking at the same time as she tried to clear some of the rock to make a space.
A couple of hours later she sank down against the rock.
"I can't do this," she mumbled. "Woman of steel I ain't. I can't shift this rock with one bust up arm it's like trying to operate with a toothpick!"
"I thought you said you were fine," Archer muttered.
"I am fine, just a bit frayed around the edges-how are you?"
"Bit sore."
There was silence for a moment.
Then she heard it-the sound of shifting rock.
"Hello?!" she yelled. "Who's there?"
"Hannah?" came the faint reply.
"Malcolm?! Malcolm! We're here! Hurry! The Captain needs medical attention!" she yelled.
With renewed force she began tugging at the rock.
She could hear the others getting gradually closer. She grabbed a large rock and pulled. It refused to move. She threw her whole weight against it.
All of a sudden it came loose, she fell back bringing down the rocks with her.
"Hannah?" Archer called. "Hannah? Are you alright?"
There was no response from her.
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Removal of the rock went too slow for Malcolm's liking. When he finally heard Hannah's voice everything seemed to speed up. Everybody suddenly had renewed hope.
"You are nearly through," T'Pol announced. "Only one metre of rock left."
Half an hour later they were through. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hannah opened her eyes.
"You are going to be the death of me." said Malcolm, looking relieved.
"Moi?" she asked weakly. "Surely you jest."
Malcolm grinned.
"So what's the damage?" she asked closing her eyes again.
"I don't know you'll need to ask Phlox," He replied "You've been unconscious for a while."
"How's the Captain? Is he alright?" Hannah asked quietly.
"He'll be alright," Malcolm replied.
"Are you alright?"
"Me? There's nothing wrong with me."
"You know what I mean."
"Nothing's wrong except in the past 24 hours I've aged about twenty years!"
"Aww, I feel so loved."
"You know you're incredibly annoying don't you?"
"Yes but you're so easy to wind up."
"I think I preferred you lightyears away with no chance of being killed by parasites."
"That's all part of the fun."
"Just don't do it again."
"Not my fault-act of aliens."
"By the way nice take down earlier-you've gotten better since I last saw you."
"What can I say, I learned from the best."
"Ah, Dr Tarry you're awake," Dr Phlox cut in smiling. "How are you feeling?"
"Just dandy." Hannah replied smiling, "A bit tired that's all-what's the damage?"
"Two fractured ribs, broken arm and a concussion." Dr Phlox told her. "You had a lucky escape."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Two months later ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~
"Do I look ok?" Hannah asked nervously.
"You look fine, how do I look?" Hoshi asked peering into the mirror.
"You look great quit worrying-you've been on dates with Malcolm before-The Captain has invited me to Movie Night, not on a date technically but I would prefer not to make an ass of myself."
"You won't make an ass of yourself."
"How do you know? With my foot in gob syndrome I'll probably do something terrible! Maybe I shouldn't go."
"What and stand him up? How will that look?"
"Oh bugger! Hoshi help!"
"Calm down. Just relax-you're a doctor you're supposed to be cool under pressure."
"It's all a lie I swear!"
"Take a deep breath-finish your cup of tea that'll make you feel better."
"Oh yeah I forgot about that."
There was five minutes of peace while Hannah drank her tea and listened to Hoshi natter away.
The door chime rang.
Hoshi opened the door to reveal Malcolm and Archer waiting for them. Malcolm was blushing furiously.
Hannah couldn't help but grin as they all walked together to the movie.
*You with the sad eyes
Don't be discouraged
Oh I realize
It's hard to take courage
In a world full of people
You can lose sight of it all
And the darkness inside you
Can make you feel so small
But I see your true colours
Shining through
I see your true colours
And that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colours
True colours are beautiful,
Like a Rainbow
Show me a smile then,
Don't be unhappy, can't remember
When I last saw you laughing
If this world makes you crazy
And you've taken all you can bear
You call me up
Because you know I'll be there
And I see your true colours
Shining through
I see your true colours
And that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colours
True colours are beautiful,
Like a Rainbow*
~*~The End~*~
~*~Did you like? Did you not like? Tell what you think, might do an epilogue don't know yet. I enjoyed writing this story even if not many people enjoyed reading it-but hey! Never mind~*~
When Malcolm entered Sickbay he stopped short at the doors. Archer and Hannah were laying on the biobeds straight ahead. Trip, T'Pol and the Doctor were all stood to one side.
"What did you need to see me about Doctor?" he managed finally.
"I have made an interesting discovery, the bodies you recovered from the cave-in are not Captain Archer and Doctor Tarry. They are in fact clones." Phlox informed him.
Malcolm blinked several times, opening and shutting his mouth like a goldfish incapable of a coherent response.
"Our next course of action is to take a team back down to the surface to locate Captain Archer and the Doctor." said T'Pol.
"I'm coming." Malcolm said quickly. "When do we start out?"
"As soon as humanly possible." Trip told him. "Ah need ya ta lend me a hand."
Malcolm nodded.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hannah looked down at Archer and shivered slightly.
"Sir, are you awake?" she asked. "I can't let you fall asleep sir, I don't know what injuries you have."
"I'm awake," Archer mumbled.
"Keep talkin' to me," said Hannah relieved. "Erm, tell me about something- anything."
"What made you become a Doctor?" Archer mumbled.
"No that involves me talking and I could talk for Britain and it's not me that needs to be talking." said Hannah.
She looked around.
"Yes, that's it," she breathed. "I'm so stupid! Why didn't I think of that before?"
"What?" Archer asked.
"I'm gonna have to move ya a bit sir." She apologised, "But keep talking!"
She got to her feet and examined where the roof had fallen in. She began pulling away some of the rock using her good arm. Trying to keep Archer talking at the same time as she tried to clear some of the rock to make a space.
A couple of hours later she sank down against the rock.
"I can't do this," she mumbled. "Woman of steel I ain't. I can't shift this rock with one bust up arm it's like trying to operate with a toothpick!"
"I thought you said you were fine," Archer muttered.
"I am fine, just a bit frayed around the edges-how are you?"
"Bit sore."
There was silence for a moment.
Then she heard it-the sound of shifting rock.
"Hello?!" she yelled. "Who's there?"
"Hannah?" came the faint reply.
"Malcolm?! Malcolm! We're here! Hurry! The Captain needs medical attention!" she yelled.
With renewed force she began tugging at the rock.
She could hear the others getting gradually closer. She grabbed a large rock and pulled. It refused to move. She threw her whole weight against it.
All of a sudden it came loose, she fell back bringing down the rocks with her.
"Hannah?" Archer called. "Hannah? Are you alright?"
There was no response from her.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Removal of the rock went too slow for Malcolm's liking. When he finally heard Hannah's voice everything seemed to speed up. Everybody suddenly had renewed hope.
"You are nearly through," T'Pol announced. "Only one metre of rock left."
Half an hour later they were through. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hannah opened her eyes.
"You are going to be the death of me." said Malcolm, looking relieved.
"Moi?" she asked weakly. "Surely you jest."
Malcolm grinned.
"So what's the damage?" she asked closing her eyes again.
"I don't know you'll need to ask Phlox," He replied "You've been unconscious for a while."
"How's the Captain? Is he alright?" Hannah asked quietly.
"He'll be alright," Malcolm replied.
"Are you alright?"
"Me? There's nothing wrong with me."
"You know what I mean."
"Nothing's wrong except in the past 24 hours I've aged about twenty years!"
"Aww, I feel so loved."
"You know you're incredibly annoying don't you?"
"Yes but you're so easy to wind up."
"I think I preferred you lightyears away with no chance of being killed by parasites."
"That's all part of the fun."
"Just don't do it again."
"Not my fault-act of aliens."
"By the way nice take down earlier-you've gotten better since I last saw you."
"What can I say, I learned from the best."
"Ah, Dr Tarry you're awake," Dr Phlox cut in smiling. "How are you feeling?"
"Just dandy." Hannah replied smiling, "A bit tired that's all-what's the damage?"
"Two fractured ribs, broken arm and a concussion." Dr Phlox told her. "You had a lucky escape."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Two months later ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~
"Do I look ok?" Hannah asked nervously.
"You look fine, how do I look?" Hoshi asked peering into the mirror.
"You look great quit worrying-you've been on dates with Malcolm before-The Captain has invited me to Movie Night, not on a date technically but I would prefer not to make an ass of myself."
"You won't make an ass of yourself."
"How do you know? With my foot in gob syndrome I'll probably do something terrible! Maybe I shouldn't go."
"What and stand him up? How will that look?"
"Oh bugger! Hoshi help!"
"Calm down. Just relax-you're a doctor you're supposed to be cool under pressure."
"It's all a lie I swear!"
"Take a deep breath-finish your cup of tea that'll make you feel better."
"Oh yeah I forgot about that."
There was five minutes of peace while Hannah drank her tea and listened to Hoshi natter away.
The door chime rang.
Hoshi opened the door to reveal Malcolm and Archer waiting for them. Malcolm was blushing furiously.
Hannah couldn't help but grin as they all walked together to the movie.
*You with the sad eyes
Don't be discouraged
Oh I realize
It's hard to take courage
In a world full of people
You can lose sight of it all
And the darkness inside you
Can make you feel so small
But I see your true colours
Shining through
I see your true colours
And that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colours
True colours are beautiful,
Like a Rainbow
Show me a smile then,
Don't be unhappy, can't remember
When I last saw you laughing
If this world makes you crazy
And you've taken all you can bear
You call me up
Because you know I'll be there
And I see your true colours
Shining through
I see your true colours
And that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colours
True colours are beautiful,
Like a Rainbow*
~*~The End~*~
~*~Did you like? Did you not like? Tell what you think, might do an epilogue don't know yet. I enjoyed writing this story even if not many people enjoyed reading it-but hey! Never mind~*~