So now Malcolm was eating alone, no one to keep him company. He sat
there staring out into the realm of space he hoped he would never see
again. "Somethin' wrong Mal?" Malcolm spun around to see Trip standing
there looking at him with concern. "What do you mean? I'm fine." Malcolm
tried to smile, but knew that Trip could probably see right through it.
"How are the repairs coming?" "Is it that bad that yer tryin' to change the
subject? The repairs are fine. I'm more interested in you right now." Trip
felt something was coming, but didn't know what to expect.
****
Hoshi and Travis came into the Mess Hall and that it was almost filled to the brink. The only table that had two chairs was the one that Malcolm and Trip were sitting at. "Mind if we eat with Malcolm and Trip?" "Not in the least." As they walked over to the table, they began to hear what they were talking about. "Joinin' rooms?" "Mal that's exactly what I'm sayin'. Ya should change rooms with my neighbour then put the two rooms together. What don't ya get?" "I understand what your saying. It's just that I don't want to inconvenience anyone—""Do you mind if we eat together?" "Uhhh... sure take a seat the both of ya." "Thanks." "So what's this I hear about changing rooms?"
"Travis! Were you ever taught any tact? It's non of your business!" "Don't worry about it Hoshi, ya might be able to help. Me and Malcolm want to get a room together, and my room is too small fer two. So by getting my neighbour to move we can the two rooms together." "And this other person would get Malcolm's room?" "Yup" "I'll do it then." "You'll do it?" "Yeah my room is right beside yours." "I completely forgot!" "We must now make a request to Captain Archer. Under protocol 21 paragraph 7—""Mal we don't need to write a request. I'm s'posed to have supper with him and..." Trip then noticed the way Malcolm faced dropped.
"Ya can come if ya want, it might be better if ya do." Malcolm just shook his head. "No, don't worry about it." Then with a huge smile changed the subject from rooms to Movie Nights. 'Must bother him some bad when I have supper with Jon.'
****
After Hugh finished talking with Dr. Phlox he felt so much better now that he got it off his chest. So now in his quarters he began his next project. Learning to use the computer. It was slow at first, but after a couple tries Hugh was getting better. So now that he could use the computer to his advantage he now realized that lots changed since he was frozen. So he began to access the historical databases on Earth. It was rather interesting to read about the Third World War, the launch of the first warp ship, that brought the Vulcans to Earth. With the help of the Vulcans, they rebuilt Earth.
Instead of really helping it only made Hugh feel more out of place. He had an education dated at least 150 years. He had to know what people were being taught today. To know how slow he was. It took some time, but he discovered that his education as about the same as what is being taught today. He would only have to brush up on his math skills and history then we would know what everyone else did when they graduate. The added bonus for him was that he wanted to learn about warp theory. And no human on board knew warp theory better then Trip. "Hey Trip." "Hey how are ya?" "Just ducky." "What can I do fer ya?" "I was wondering if you would teach me about warp theory. I don't wanna be left out of the opportunity to learn it first hand." "Do ya mind if I ask why ya wanna learn warp theory?" Hugh just looked down. "I have a chance to learn warp theory and watch it in practice. Would you pass up a chance like that?" "Not fer the world. My quarters 1900 and we'll see if we can make an engineer out of ya yet." "Thanks so much! I might be better then you... just joking!" Hugh made a quick dodge for the door as Trip came after him. "I'm Chief Engineer of the first warp five ship and he's gonna do better then me!?" Hugh popped his head back in one last time. "I'm only joking Trip. See you tonight."
****
"Hoshi what is the current situation with communications?" Jon was sitting in his chair getting the usual morning report from every shift. Then another one by the end. "Nothing to report sir. All systems are working properly." "Malcolm?" "All weapon systems are running at peak efficiency. Hull Plating is also good to go sir." "Ok this is getting very old. If anyone was anything to report, report it now." As silence filled the Bridge Jon smiled. "Alright then, I want diagnostics of all systems done by the end of the shift." Everyone nodded and began. "Archer to Engineering." "Tucker here what can I do fer ya Cap'n?" "I want a complete diagnostic of all Engineering systems" "Ya think were into trouble?" "I don't want any surprises Archer out."
A/N: Sadly my story is coming to a close, (5 more chapters) but don't worry what can I do in 5 chapters? Guess you'll have to find out.
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Hoshi and Travis came into the Mess Hall and that it was almost filled to the brink. The only table that had two chairs was the one that Malcolm and Trip were sitting at. "Mind if we eat with Malcolm and Trip?" "Not in the least." As they walked over to the table, they began to hear what they were talking about. "Joinin' rooms?" "Mal that's exactly what I'm sayin'. Ya should change rooms with my neighbour then put the two rooms together. What don't ya get?" "I understand what your saying. It's just that I don't want to inconvenience anyone—""Do you mind if we eat together?" "Uhhh... sure take a seat the both of ya." "Thanks." "So what's this I hear about changing rooms?"
"Travis! Were you ever taught any tact? It's non of your business!" "Don't worry about it Hoshi, ya might be able to help. Me and Malcolm want to get a room together, and my room is too small fer two. So by getting my neighbour to move we can the two rooms together." "And this other person would get Malcolm's room?" "Yup" "I'll do it then." "You'll do it?" "Yeah my room is right beside yours." "I completely forgot!" "We must now make a request to Captain Archer. Under protocol 21 paragraph 7—""Mal we don't need to write a request. I'm s'posed to have supper with him and..." Trip then noticed the way Malcolm faced dropped.
"Ya can come if ya want, it might be better if ya do." Malcolm just shook his head. "No, don't worry about it." Then with a huge smile changed the subject from rooms to Movie Nights. 'Must bother him some bad when I have supper with Jon.'
****
After Hugh finished talking with Dr. Phlox he felt so much better now that he got it off his chest. So now in his quarters he began his next project. Learning to use the computer. It was slow at first, but after a couple tries Hugh was getting better. So now that he could use the computer to his advantage he now realized that lots changed since he was frozen. So he began to access the historical databases on Earth. It was rather interesting to read about the Third World War, the launch of the first warp ship, that brought the Vulcans to Earth. With the help of the Vulcans, they rebuilt Earth.
Instead of really helping it only made Hugh feel more out of place. He had an education dated at least 150 years. He had to know what people were being taught today. To know how slow he was. It took some time, but he discovered that his education as about the same as what is being taught today. He would only have to brush up on his math skills and history then we would know what everyone else did when they graduate. The added bonus for him was that he wanted to learn about warp theory. And no human on board knew warp theory better then Trip. "Hey Trip." "Hey how are ya?" "Just ducky." "What can I do fer ya?" "I was wondering if you would teach me about warp theory. I don't wanna be left out of the opportunity to learn it first hand." "Do ya mind if I ask why ya wanna learn warp theory?" Hugh just looked down. "I have a chance to learn warp theory and watch it in practice. Would you pass up a chance like that?" "Not fer the world. My quarters 1900 and we'll see if we can make an engineer out of ya yet." "Thanks so much! I might be better then you... just joking!" Hugh made a quick dodge for the door as Trip came after him. "I'm Chief Engineer of the first warp five ship and he's gonna do better then me!?" Hugh popped his head back in one last time. "I'm only joking Trip. See you tonight."
****
"Hoshi what is the current situation with communications?" Jon was sitting in his chair getting the usual morning report from every shift. Then another one by the end. "Nothing to report sir. All systems are working properly." "Malcolm?" "All weapon systems are running at peak efficiency. Hull Plating is also good to go sir." "Ok this is getting very old. If anyone was anything to report, report it now." As silence filled the Bridge Jon smiled. "Alright then, I want diagnostics of all systems done by the end of the shift." Everyone nodded and began. "Archer to Engineering." "Tucker here what can I do fer ya Cap'n?" "I want a complete diagnostic of all Engineering systems" "Ya think were into trouble?" "I don't want any surprises Archer out."
A/N: Sadly my story is coming to a close, (5 more chapters) but don't worry what can I do in 5 chapters? Guess you'll have to find out.
