Malcolm didn't know what to say. That's when he realised the head injury had resulted in a small amount of brain damage. The fact that she could still remember him, the twins and Nailos was a good thing, but she didn't know who Trip was, which shocked him the most. He moved back over to Marlaya.

"Do you remember Phlox?" he asked as he gently placed himself on the edge of the bed. he placed a hand on her shoulder as she watched him. she was slightly confused as to why Malcolm was asking her the question, but she answeredit without and trouble.

"Yes. The Denobulan doctor." She nodded her head.

"I'll be back in a few minutes all right? You won't be on your own for long, I promise." He put his hand on her check and she slightly smiled at him. he stood up and turned to leave. That's when he saw Phlox walk in. "She's woken up! I'm off to tell the Captain."

"Why don't you do it over the COMM?" Phlox was fairly surprised at the news.

"She doesn't remember Commander Tucker or the Captain." He said and left. Phlox was slightly surprised at the Lieutenant's behaviour, but he moved over to his patient anyway. Hoshi was walking along the corridor from the Mess Hall to make her way up to the bridge when she saw Malcolm come out of the turbo lift.

"Lieutenant! Is something wrong with Marlaya?" seeing Malcolm walking around was confusing her. 'Surely if she had woken up he would've stayed with her.' She thought.

"Hoshi, is the Captain and Commander Tucker still in the Mess Hall?"

"Yeah, I think so, having breakfast with T'Pol. What's going on?"

"No time to explain now!" And he ran off into the Mess Hall. Hoshi watched him disappearing round a corner and then continued on her way to her quarters. He quickly moved over to the door that led to the Captain's Mess, ignoring any calls from the rest of the crew that were in there. He pressed the doorbell on the panel. Inside Trip, T'Pol and John were finishing off their breakfast.

"Come in." John called as he heard the door chime. All three were surprised to see Malcolm come in. "Malcolm? Has something happened to Marlaya?" he was concerned for the welfare of his young friend. He put down the knife and food he was holding in his hand so that he was distracted whilst talking to Malcolm.

"She's woken up sir." Malcolm said. The hearts of the three senior officers having breakfast together rose and they all sighed.

"That's great! How is she?" John said with a slight smile.

"Well, it's half great. She can remember Phlox and myself, but she doesn't remember you or Commander Tucker. It appears she has some brain damage." John and Trip were slightly shocked at what Malcolm was saying.

"She doesn't remember me? How could she not remember me after all I've done for her? Everything we've been through."

"Trip, you've got to remember that Phlox said she could have brain damage." John sighed before asking his next question. "What did Phlox say about this?"

"I don't know. I left sickbay as soon as I knew to come and tell you and he was just entering as I left." Malcolm replied.

"I'll come back to sickbay with you. She may remember me if she sees my face." Trip was about to protest but John put his hand out to stop him. "Trip, you stay out of the way at least until she knows who I am." Trip looked away. He wasn't happy about the decision. "I know this is going to be hard for you Trip, it's going to be hard for everyone, but it would be easier…"

"Cap'n please. I know her more than you do. Please. Let me go and see her." John looked at Malcolm for a second then back at Trip. "Cap'n I'm beggin ya. I've got her kids in my quarters. She has a right to know how they're doing, if she remembers them." Trip said standing up.

"She does Commander." Malcolm quickly interrupted, helping Trip's argument without him realising it. Both John and Trip looked him then back at each other as Trip continued speaking.

"See! And I'm the one that's been with them most besides Doctor Phlox and Hoshi. Cap'n please, just let me see her, only if it's just for a few seconds."

"I said no Trip!"

The three men entered sickbay and Malcolm went straight over to Marlaya. John had finally let Trip come along, although he was not entirely happy with his decision. He was worried that if there were too many people she didn't know she may get stressed out and have more damage done to her than good. She was sitting up and Phlox had removed the bandage from around her head. Malcolm moved back over to her hand sat down on the bed next to her.

"See. I told you I would be back soon." Marlaya smiled and quickly noticed something standing a few meters away. She looked over his shoulder and noticed the two men standing near the door. Malcolm could tell she was looking at them.

"Malcolm. Who are these men?"

"They're Captain Archer and Commander Tucker. Don't you recognise them?" Marlaya looked from the men, to Malcolm's eyes then back to the men again. Something began to scratch at the back of her mind. She tried to push it forward, but it didn't want to seem to budge.

"Where are my daughters? I want to see them." She finally asked trying to look away from Trip who was very close to crying, but however much she tired her eyes kept wandering over to the Commander.

"I'll go and get them." Trip turned and headed for the door. Marlaya then suddenly remembered something. Trip was about to press the button to open the door when Marlaya's voice stopped him.

"Trip." She said. Trip turned to look at her and Marlaya looked at him. "Your name is Trip, isn't it?" Malcolm was beginning to smile.

"Yeah it is." He said, a smile also beginning to spread across his face. Marlaya then turned to look at John.

"Yours is John. You're the Captain of the Enterprise. Am I right?"

"Spot on." He said. All four men were now smiling at how well Marlaya was beginning to recover so quickly after waking up. For a few seconds Marlaya's face was straight and expressionless, but seeing the men around her smiling gave her comfort and she began to smile too. Trip moved away from the door and sat on the bed next to Malcolm and soon Commander and Cadet were hugging.

The End