Trip and Trix stayed hugging on the bridge until they heard a groan. Trip looked around and noticed that it the groaning was coming from the figure slumped in the Captain's chair. The Engineer moved over.

"Cap'n?" Trip said waiting to see if Archer would wake up any more.

The captain's eyes scrunched up and the released as he opened his eyes, letting them adjust to the brightness. "Trip? What are you doing back here I thought I sent you and Malcolm to find Trix."

Trip smiled a little. "We found her sir." Trip looked at his young friend and Archer followed his glance. Archer's face grew into a smile at the sight of her.

"Are you all right Trix?"

"I'm fine sir." The young girl replied as she nodded her head. She was rubbing her hands together nervously, trying to ignore her fears for now. With Archer now awake she was beginning to relax.

Another groaning sound was heard, this time closer to Trix. She looked around and noticed that by her feet Malcolm was beginning to stir. She bent down to him. As he woke up he nodded to her and Trix helped him into a seated position.

Trix had been standing in front of the countdown screen and as she bent down Archer had a clear view of it. Like lightning Archer got out of his chair and moved over closer to it.

"What the hell has happened here?"

"Suliban activated the self destruct sequence. We stopped it just in time."

Archer turned to Trip. "How did they get the codes…" Archer paused he needed no answer. "Trix." The captain noted that Trip nodded.

"I couldn't stop myself sir. Truth serum."

"I understand." Archer sighed heavily as he looked around the bridge. His eyes fell on the three Suliban lying near the front. "Better get them to the Brig."

"Aye sir." A groggily Malcolm replied as he stood up, massaging his head from where it had hit the floor. He pressed a COMM button and called for his security team to come along and help with the task. Within a few minutes all three Suliban were securely locked down in the brig.

By this time Travis and Hoshi had woken up. With orders from Archer, Travis scanned for the Suliban ship, but couldn't locate it. Both Trip and Archer concluded that they must've run off knowing that their attempt to destroy Enterprise had failed.

Archer had noticed the way that T'Pol had fallen, half on, half off her chair. And just like Trip, he had wished he'd had a camera with him. It just so happened that he did have one in his ready room which Trip fetched, and being the onboard photographer Trip to the photo, hoping to one day make T'Pol look like a bit of a fool. It was clever timing because only seconds after Trip took the photo T'Pol regained consciousness.

Archer turned to see Trip and Trix hugging again, the main reason being so that Trip could hide the camera by placing his arm around Trix's waist. "You'd better get her sickbay. Get Phlox to make sure she's gonna be all right."

"Aye sir." Trip nodded and moved over to the turbolift with Trix, being very careful not to let the Vulcan see what was in his hands. T'Pol watched his movements and became slightly suspicious that he was trying to hide something from her, but she didn't question it.

"Travis. Set a course for Earth. Warp 6."

"Aye sir." Travis responded with a smile, happy to make the ship jump to warp 6.

Archer patted Travis' shoulder and then sat down in his own chair pressing the COMM button as he did. "Bridge to Engineering, be prepared to go to warp 6."

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Doctor Phlox had never seen anyone so happy to be in sickbay. Trix was being the perfect patient, no complaints and even asking him to perform more tests than were necessary.

Nearing the end of Trix's examination Archer walked in, anxious to know how she was. He smiled seeing that she was having a bit of a joke with Trip.

"What's the verdict?"

Phlox turned to face Archer after placing a scanner on the table. "She's perfectly healthy. All her cells have mended. There's no trace that she even had the cellular breakdown. She'll be able to lead a normal life as long as she stays relatively close to Commander Tucker." Those were just the words both Archer and Trip wanted to hear. Both men had grown quite attached to the young girl.

Archer nodded with satisfaction "That's good to hear."

"Captain?"

Archer looked at where the voice was coming from. Trix was staring at him, her happy expression now gone.

"What's going to happen with me?"

Archer sighed slightly and moved nearer to the child. "I'll have to talk with Admiral Forrest, but under the circumstances I think it's fairly safe to say that your home will now be Enterprise."

"With the information I've collected about the cellular breakdown they'll have to keep you both together." Phlox added.

"And I don't particularly wanna leave En'erprise." Trip replied. He loved the ship. He loved the engine.

Trix turned her head to look at Trip. She smiled and hugged him.

Archer could tell that now, whenever Trip looked at Trix he saw a daughter, and whenever Trix looked at Trip, she saw a father.

"How exactly did you manage to find me so fast?" Trix asked. Looking between Archer and Trip for a response.

"We got the engine working to warp 6, with no problem."

"You did?" Trix face grew into one of surprise with a smile. Trip just nodded.

"We're currently travelling at warp 6 so we can talk to Admiral Forrest sooner."

"Bridge to Captain Archer." Hoshi's voice came through over the ship's intercom.

Archer sighed a little and moved over to a COMM panel. "Archer here."

"Sir… we're getting a call from Admiral Forest. He sounds pretty angry."

"Patch him through to my quarters. I'll be there in a minute."

"Aye sir."

Archer moved over to the main doors of sickbay and left.

Nothing more was heard from the captain for a couple of hours.

After finishing up in sickbay Trix and Trip headed off the mess hall and managed to find a couple of slices of Pecan pie. They concluded chef must've known that that's what they would have wanted and made sure he had some prepared.

They had just finished eating when Captain Archer walked in and sat down at the table with them.

"What did he say?" Trip asked.

"He's eager to meet Trix."

"But… and I gonna stay on Enterprise?"

"Of course." Archer replied with a light grin. Both Trip and Trix smiled. "Once I'd explained about the cellular breakdown and sent him some of the scans Phlox had taken he couldn't argue with the fact that you have to stay with Trip."

"That's great news Cap'n."

"It sure is Trip… although I'll have to warn chef to make sure there's more pecan pie than usual."

The three friends laughed at Archer's comment.

A/N: Thanks for all the reviews guys. I hope you liked the ending. More stories will come soon.