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adult again and they'll need the rest of the day to find a paper to stick
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Trip backed away from Phlox warily seeing him waving the hypospray around.
"No!"
"It won't hurt I promise," Phlox assured him.
He lunged for him but Trip leapt back. Malcolm giggled watching them curiously. Archer came forward to help Phlox. They dived for him again but Trip raced forward and jumped off the biobed. Archer grabbed him mid air.
"Gotcha!" He exclaimed.
"NONONONONONONONONO!!" Trip yelled squirming.
"Trip keep still!" said Archer exasperatedly struggling to keep hold of him.
"Captain, hold him still," said Phlox advancing on them with the hypospray.
Archer gave a sigh of relief as he felt Trip go limp and his breathing become deep and even. He laid him down on the biobed next to Malcolm. Malcolm stared at him a moment before poking him. Phlox swept him up and handed him to Archer.
"Captain, we'll need to begin the procedure now," said Phlox. "I trust you'll be alright to watch Mr Reed."
Archer looked at Malcolm who gazed up at him sucking his fingers. Smiling Phlox handed him a bag.
"Nappy bag," he announced. "Also it contains bottles he'll need feeding soon."
"Phlox," Archer began. Then stopped short remembering he was Captain of a Starship in charge of eighty odd people, he could just order someone else to do it-he had no intention of spending the next three days changing his officers nappies in fact he had no intention of even seeing that part of Malcolm whether he was a baby or not.
Phlox stared at him curiously as a grin came over his face as he imagined handing Malcolm to T'Pol and telling her about nappies and feeding time.
"Humans," Phlox muttered shaking his head as he watched Archer leave with an evil grin on his face.
Archer carried Malcolm onto the bridge.
"Captain?" T'Pol asked raising her eyebrow.
"Someone's got to watch him," Archer shrugged. "Right now we need everyone at their posts in case the aliens return, besides Malcolm knows all about Bridge protocol don't you Malcolm?"
Malcolm giggled.
"See."
"Captain, I..."
"Are you volunteering to watch him Sub-Commander?"
For a second Archer could've sworn he saw a look of horror briefly flash across T'Pol's face.
"As you rightly said Captain, everyone is needed at their posts."
Hoshi and Travis let out a sound that sounded oddly like laughter but quickly covered it up with simultaneous coughing fits.
"Something to add Ensigns?" T'Pol asked looking far from amused realising Archer was winding her up.
They shook their heads quickly.
There was about five minutes of silence broken only by the sound of Malcolm sucking on his fingers and the soft tap tap of people working at their consoles.
"He looks tired sir," Travis commented. "I think he's falling asleep."
"Phlox said he'd need feeding though," Archer frowned slightly. "But I suppose he'll wake up if he's hungry."
He looked down at the baby boy on his lap uncertainly.
"Are you sleepy?" he asked hopefully.
Malcolm rubbed his eyes and stared at him curiously.
"Are you sure he's sleepy?" Archer asked doubtfully.
Travis shrugged.
Archer gazed at Malcolm again, he watched his eyes droop lower and lower until finally they closed completely and he sighed leaning against Archer and sucking his fingers.
"Aww that's adorable."
"Nobody make a sound," Archer warned. "We've all heard him scream and it isn't pretty."
Hoshi cringed remembering the tantrum Malcolm had thrown, how high pitched he'd gotten, it sent shivers down her spine just thinking about it. She had to admit though he did look cute-when he was asleep.
Archer had no idea what to do, he didn't want to move in case he woke Malcolm up and knowing the volume he could reach he had no intention of waking him accidently. On the other hand he needed to get up and move remembering he had reports that needed to be read also he wanted to do something that distracted him from the fact his best friend was currently having some sort of procedure done on him to make him adult again.
He glanced down at Malcolm again before deciding to try and move him without waking him up and foisting him off on someone else. His gaze landed on Hoshi, she'd changed his nappy earlier she was perfect for the job!
"Hoshi."
"Yes Captain?"
"Can you take him?"
Hoshi saw the look in his eyes and decided she couldn't be bothered to argue with him. She sighed quietly and nodded.
Archer grinned. Carefully he managed to slip his arms beneath Malcolm and passed him to Hoshi.
* * *
"Is it supposed to be that colour?"
"How the hell should I know?"
"Do you even know what you're doing?"
"Of course I do I've done this hundreds of times."
"Really?"
"Well, my teacher assured me that had my subject not already been dead he would've lived."
"I thought you'd been on these missions before!"
"I have! But usually the equipment doesn't go haywire and it can be reversed from a safe distance away!"
"Oh God he's gonna die!"
"He is not going to die! Keep your voice down! Do you want us to get killed?"
"You have no idea what you're doing!"
"Yes I do! Now pipe down! I need to concentrate!"
"But Jac'tir!"
"Shut it! I've been trained for this situation, I know what I'm doing now hand me that thing."
"What?"
"That pointy thing, slightly curvy."
"Oh that's reassuring 'That pointy thing'."
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Trip backed away from Phlox warily seeing him waving the hypospray around.
"No!"
"It won't hurt I promise," Phlox assured him.
He lunged for him but Trip leapt back. Malcolm giggled watching them curiously. Archer came forward to help Phlox. They dived for him again but Trip raced forward and jumped off the biobed. Archer grabbed him mid air.
"Gotcha!" He exclaimed.
"NONONONONONONONONO!!" Trip yelled squirming.
"Trip keep still!" said Archer exasperatedly struggling to keep hold of him.
"Captain, hold him still," said Phlox advancing on them with the hypospray.
Archer gave a sigh of relief as he felt Trip go limp and his breathing become deep and even. He laid him down on the biobed next to Malcolm. Malcolm stared at him a moment before poking him. Phlox swept him up and handed him to Archer.
"Captain, we'll need to begin the procedure now," said Phlox. "I trust you'll be alright to watch Mr Reed."
Archer looked at Malcolm who gazed up at him sucking his fingers. Smiling Phlox handed him a bag.
"Nappy bag," he announced. "Also it contains bottles he'll need feeding soon."
"Phlox," Archer began. Then stopped short remembering he was Captain of a Starship in charge of eighty odd people, he could just order someone else to do it-he had no intention of spending the next three days changing his officers nappies in fact he had no intention of even seeing that part of Malcolm whether he was a baby or not.
Phlox stared at him curiously as a grin came over his face as he imagined handing Malcolm to T'Pol and telling her about nappies and feeding time.
"Humans," Phlox muttered shaking his head as he watched Archer leave with an evil grin on his face.
Archer carried Malcolm onto the bridge.
"Captain?" T'Pol asked raising her eyebrow.
"Someone's got to watch him," Archer shrugged. "Right now we need everyone at their posts in case the aliens return, besides Malcolm knows all about Bridge protocol don't you Malcolm?"
Malcolm giggled.
"See."
"Captain, I..."
"Are you volunteering to watch him Sub-Commander?"
For a second Archer could've sworn he saw a look of horror briefly flash across T'Pol's face.
"As you rightly said Captain, everyone is needed at their posts."
Hoshi and Travis let out a sound that sounded oddly like laughter but quickly covered it up with simultaneous coughing fits.
"Something to add Ensigns?" T'Pol asked looking far from amused realising Archer was winding her up.
They shook their heads quickly.
There was about five minutes of silence broken only by the sound of Malcolm sucking on his fingers and the soft tap tap of people working at their consoles.
"He looks tired sir," Travis commented. "I think he's falling asleep."
"Phlox said he'd need feeding though," Archer frowned slightly. "But I suppose he'll wake up if he's hungry."
He looked down at the baby boy on his lap uncertainly.
"Are you sleepy?" he asked hopefully.
Malcolm rubbed his eyes and stared at him curiously.
"Are you sure he's sleepy?" Archer asked doubtfully.
Travis shrugged.
Archer gazed at Malcolm again, he watched his eyes droop lower and lower until finally they closed completely and he sighed leaning against Archer and sucking his fingers.
"Aww that's adorable."
"Nobody make a sound," Archer warned. "We've all heard him scream and it isn't pretty."
Hoshi cringed remembering the tantrum Malcolm had thrown, how high pitched he'd gotten, it sent shivers down her spine just thinking about it. She had to admit though he did look cute-when he was asleep.
Archer had no idea what to do, he didn't want to move in case he woke Malcolm up and knowing the volume he could reach he had no intention of waking him accidently. On the other hand he needed to get up and move remembering he had reports that needed to be read also he wanted to do something that distracted him from the fact his best friend was currently having some sort of procedure done on him to make him adult again.
He glanced down at Malcolm again before deciding to try and move him without waking him up and foisting him off on someone else. His gaze landed on Hoshi, she'd changed his nappy earlier she was perfect for the job!
"Hoshi."
"Yes Captain?"
"Can you take him?"
Hoshi saw the look in his eyes and decided she couldn't be bothered to argue with him. She sighed quietly and nodded.
Archer grinned. Carefully he managed to slip his arms beneath Malcolm and passed him to Hoshi.
* * *
"Is it supposed to be that colour?"
"How the hell should I know?"
"Do you even know what you're doing?"
"Of course I do I've done this hundreds of times."
"Really?"
"Well, my teacher assured me that had my subject not already been dead he would've lived."
"I thought you'd been on these missions before!"
"I have! But usually the equipment doesn't go haywire and it can be reversed from a safe distance away!"
"Oh God he's gonna die!"
"He is not going to die! Keep your voice down! Do you want us to get killed?"
"You have no idea what you're doing!"
"Yes I do! Now pipe down! I need to concentrate!"
"But Jac'tir!"
"Shut it! I've been trained for this situation, I know what I'm doing now hand me that thing."
"What?"
"That pointy thing, slightly curvy."
"Oh that's reassuring 'That pointy thing'."
~*~Please review! More Trip in the next chapter promise!!!! Ok now to thank all those who have reviewed so far:
Jen, Orion9, Joslin, Melly, Ocean, Luna, Ashti, Flyingpurplepig, Wildcat, Phaser Lady, kaliedescopecat, The Libran Iniquity, The Watch Stander, Edel, pitch, Gene, weegie, anita, soultoast, souothern trip, maraschino, Jacqui Simon, Anna, chianna, Katie, captaincrash, gizzi1213, Alison, Jazzy, dyslexic moaner, mike, wolfa moon, melodie, Jen717, Angharad, malcolmsluv, jaz, A.Windsor, thomasina, drakcir, mini, wuemsel, reedie, paleoloca, kool- cat, cryogenie, insane elven pirate, cillian4, pipper-noiter, Emiliana Keladry, gia and jaws-love you all for reviewing!!!!!!~*~