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Jac'tir frowned and stabbed the controls for the hundredth time.
"We're going to have to reveal ourselves," said Fayla reasonably. "Any fool can see that's broken."
Jac'tir threw the controls yelling in frustration.
"Fine," he muttered. "Hail Enterprise."
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"Bridge to Captain Archer."
"Archer here."
"A transmissions coming through, they identify themselves as Jac'tir and Fayla and they say they can help with Lieutenant Reed's and Commander Tucker's condition."
"I'll be there in five minutes. Archer out."
Taking one last look back at his officers Archer made his way quickly to the bridge.
"Open a channel."
A purple skinned Alien appeared on the screen, it had childlike features and large red eyes coupled with dark hair cascading to its shoulders.
"Captain Archer, I am Fayla," it told him.
"Hello," he acknowledged taking a moment to regain his composure.
"I'm sorry to say it's us who're responsible for the current state of your officers," she began sheepishly. "Don't worry-we can fix it!"
"You mean you turned my senior officers into children?" Archer demanded. "What the hell for?"
"It's how our society determines whether or not to make contact with a species," said a slightly deeper voice from behind her. A green skinned alien stepped into view. "I'm Jac'tir."
"You'll have to elaborate," said Archer trying to resist the urge to shout at how stupid that was.
"Well, we judge cultures on how they treat their children, we transform two for a short while and study how they're interacted with," Fayla explained. "I don't get it either but that's what we're told to do."
"Will you shut up!" Jac'tir hissed. "You're not helping!"
"How soon can you reverse the process?" Archer asked, trying to assure himself that he wasn't actually facing alien children but alien adults.
"Well, if you want it done quickly it's about 48 hours, but I don't recommend that-it can be quite.....................painful," Jac'tir replied. "If you want it done pain free then it'll take about a month depending on how old they were in the first place and we can only change one at a time since the controls got broken."
"Here's how this is going to run," said Archer decisively. "You two are going to come aboard where you will be detained by a security team and then once our Doctor and I have considered our options we will let you know."
Jac'tir and Fayla nodded nervously.
* * *
"Perhaps the quickest option would be best," Phlox mused. "I can knock them out I assume so they wont be awake for the process."
"The sooner we get them back to normal the better," Archer agreed. "Do you think it will have any lasting effects?"
Phlox shook his head.
"Remarkable procedure really," he commented. "But it shouldn't harm them in the long term."
He looked down at the two officers on the biobed. Malcolm was still sucking his fingers whereas Trip was listening to their conversation intently.
"When can we begin?" Archer wanted to know.
"In about an hour," Phlox replied. "Of course Fayla and Jac'tir would need to be brought here to verify that."
Archer nodded.
* * *
"OK so he was 29 originally and he was 27," Fayla mused. "That means it'll take......................um.........................52 hours for them to get back to normal."
((a/n think about it if you don't get my maths you have to account for the fact Trip is already three (ish) and Malcolm is a year give or take))
"So it'll take six days for me to have both my officers back as they were before?" Archer asked running his hand through his hair.
"Yes," Jac'tir informed him.
"I hope you realise you're not off the hook," Archer told them sternly. "You still have a lot of explaining to do."
"When can you start the procedure?" Phlox cut in seeing the look of despair flash across Jac'tirs and Faylas faces.
"Now if you like," said Fayla. "We'll do the older one first."
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Jac'tir frowned and stabbed the controls for the hundredth time.
"We're going to have to reveal ourselves," said Fayla reasonably. "Any fool can see that's broken."
Jac'tir threw the controls yelling in frustration.
"Fine," he muttered. "Hail Enterprise."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Bridge to Captain Archer."
"Archer here."
"A transmissions coming through, they identify themselves as Jac'tir and Fayla and they say they can help with Lieutenant Reed's and Commander Tucker's condition."
"I'll be there in five minutes. Archer out."
Taking one last look back at his officers Archer made his way quickly to the bridge.
"Open a channel."
A purple skinned Alien appeared on the screen, it had childlike features and large red eyes coupled with dark hair cascading to its shoulders.
"Captain Archer, I am Fayla," it told him.
"Hello," he acknowledged taking a moment to regain his composure.
"I'm sorry to say it's us who're responsible for the current state of your officers," she began sheepishly. "Don't worry-we can fix it!"
"You mean you turned my senior officers into children?" Archer demanded. "What the hell for?"
"It's how our society determines whether or not to make contact with a species," said a slightly deeper voice from behind her. A green skinned alien stepped into view. "I'm Jac'tir."
"You'll have to elaborate," said Archer trying to resist the urge to shout at how stupid that was.
"Well, we judge cultures on how they treat their children, we transform two for a short while and study how they're interacted with," Fayla explained. "I don't get it either but that's what we're told to do."
"Will you shut up!" Jac'tir hissed. "You're not helping!"
"How soon can you reverse the process?" Archer asked, trying to assure himself that he wasn't actually facing alien children but alien adults.
"Well, if you want it done quickly it's about 48 hours, but I don't recommend that-it can be quite.....................painful," Jac'tir replied. "If you want it done pain free then it'll take about a month depending on how old they were in the first place and we can only change one at a time since the controls got broken."
"Here's how this is going to run," said Archer decisively. "You two are going to come aboard where you will be detained by a security team and then once our Doctor and I have considered our options we will let you know."
Jac'tir and Fayla nodded nervously.
* * *
"Perhaps the quickest option would be best," Phlox mused. "I can knock them out I assume so they wont be awake for the process."
"The sooner we get them back to normal the better," Archer agreed. "Do you think it will have any lasting effects?"
Phlox shook his head.
"Remarkable procedure really," he commented. "But it shouldn't harm them in the long term."
He looked down at the two officers on the biobed. Malcolm was still sucking his fingers whereas Trip was listening to their conversation intently.
"When can we begin?" Archer wanted to know.
"In about an hour," Phlox replied. "Of course Fayla and Jac'tir would need to be brought here to verify that."
Archer nodded.
* * *
"OK so he was 29 originally and he was 27," Fayla mused. "That means it'll take......................um.........................52 hours for them to get back to normal."
((a/n think about it if you don't get my maths you have to account for the fact Trip is already three (ish) and Malcolm is a year give or take))
"So it'll take six days for me to have both my officers back as they were before?" Archer asked running his hand through his hair.
"Yes," Jac'tir informed him.
"I hope you realise you're not off the hook," Archer told them sternly. "You still have a lot of explaining to do."
"When can you start the procedure?" Phlox cut in seeing the look of despair flash across Jac'tirs and Faylas faces.
"Now if you like," said Fayla. "We'll do the older one first."
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