Three Days Later
Bridge of Enterprise, NX-01
Starbase One
200 Miles above Earth

Archer had found little difficulty recruiting his former crew for the special mission that brought their Enterprise out of the mothballs. Some wondered why either Columbia or Challenger was not assigned to the mission, and others wondered why a small vessel couldn't be used for such a short trip. But all Archer had to do was say it was more of a "thank you" from Williams than anything else, and the real story was safe. By the time Archer made it to Enterprise, all of the crew was on board. He did this on purpose to experience the effect of walking onto a fully-staffed Enterprise one more time.

After coming on board and riding the turbolift to the bridge, the doors hissed open and he saw the sight he never thought to see again…a busy Enterprise bridge with all his senior staff at work, minus Trip of course. T'Pol was the first to see him and flash a very quick smile from the corner of her mouth. "Captain on the bridge!" she announced. Everyone stopped what he or she were doing and looked back at him. He stepped forward and the chirping doors sounded behind him. Archer looked around to take in the moment and smiled.

"As you were, everyone." He paused for a moment noticing that nobody moved. He exhaled a laugh of emotion. "It's really great to see all of you here again."

"It's great to see you again, too, sir." Hoshi Sato said, gleaming more than she ever had. Archer nodded at her and began to make his way towards his chair.

"Well, we have a job to do," he said as he walked down the steps. "Regardless of how insignificant it may sound, it's still a mission and we need to take it seriously." He stopped in front of his chair and looked at the viewscreen. "Let's all just enjoy it. We were kind of robbed of enjoying our voyage home the last time, so now we have another opportunity."

Malcolm Reed nodded his head. "You mean because if Trip. I wish he were here."

Archer knew better not to look over at T'Pol. He turned to Reed instead. "Trip will always be with us. Let's do this for him." Little did Reed or anyone else know what Archer truly meant, aside from T'Pol.

Archer sat in his chair. "Travis, what's our status?"

"All moorings cleared, Captain," Travis Mayweather said. We're ready!"

"Excellent. Then take her out, Lieutenant," Archer said.

"With pleasure, sir" Mayweather responded as initiated launch.

Enterprise began to move. Workers outside spacedock in environmental suits waved as the ship passed them by. Within seconds, they had cleared the structure.

"Warp speed, Travis."

"Aye, Captain…warp speed!"

With that, Enterprise warped out of Earth orbit.

Archer spent the time it took to make it to Risa visiting his old quarters and taking a self tour of the ship. He was certain it would be the last time he would be on Enterprise before it would be put back in the museum, and permanently this time. He wondered if there would ever be another Enterprise. He figured such. Since there already have been different ships named Enterprise, there was no reason to believe this would be the last one.

Most of the people he saw as he walked were not on the ship before, so they really couldn't comprehend how special this was for Archer. Basically, it was his senior staff that Archer made sure came along. Even though there wasn't a real need to bring Phlox, he certainly wanted to come along, being one of the few people who knew Trip was alive. It would be special for him to see the man he single-handedly saved to be reunited with his friends.

Archer entered sickbay unnoticed.

"Reminiscing, Doctor?" Archer said as he startled Phlox. He jumped and then turned around.

"Captain! You nearly ended my life in fright right there."

"Sorry. That wasn't my intention. What are you doing?"

"Oh, just looking at the medical database…seeing what's left over since we brought Enterprise back to Earth. Surprisingly, everything seems to still be here. I supposed they didn't get a chance yet to raid all my findings."

Archer chuckled. "Perhaps they did and just decided to keep it on board. You know how those museum folks can be. They want everything as authentic as possible."

"Yes, I know. Although, there are some rather unflattering things in here I wouldn't necessarily want just anyone to see. I may want to have a chat with someone when we get back about them."

"Unflattering?" Archer said curiously. "Like what?"

Phlox seemed to get flustered. "Oh, I don't know…a lot of things happen in sickbay that nobody really knows about except the doctor. Of course all the personal records were removed by me, but some of the general logs…well let's just say I was usually pretty specific with my entries and sometimes…" Archer put up his hand to stop Phlox.

"That's OK, doctor…you don't need to explain any further."

"T'Pol to Captain Archer," the intercom intervened. Archer walked over an activated it.

"Go ahead."

"Captain, we have reached Risa." Archer seemed surprised. How long was he walking around the ship, he thought.

"Thank you. Would you assemble and join the senior staff in the transporter room, Commander?"

"Acknowledged," T'Pol responded.

"Thank you. Archer out." He turned to Phlox. "I'm sure you'll want to join the landing party to the surface?" Phlox looked at Archer like he has three heads.

"Captain, I wouldn't miss this for anything!" he giggled and bounced on his toes.

"It certainly is going to be interesting," Archer said as he and Phlox left sickbay.