"Welcome back to the show!" -Hess shouts at the overexcited crow- "As you can see, its getting pretty exiting down here!"

-She grins and walks over to the side of the stage where the judges desk was previously, which is now occupied by two sofas on which the judges and contestants are gathered-

"How's everyone doing?" -she asks grinning at them. There's a general murmur, of 'Great' and 'Okay''s- "Excellent!"

"Well we've now closed the voting lines, and are just correlating the votes now. While we're waiting lets go back to Andrew who's onboard the Enterprise!" -she grins at the screen as his image appears- "Andrew! What's going on over there?"

"It's organised chaos ma'am!" -He reports with a grin- "Last minute, frantic bets are going on as we speak."

"What about the rivalry between the departments that you mentioned earlier?"

"Worse than ever ma'am! There have been a few more heated discussions. A couple of the communications peoplewere getting so annoyed with the bickering that they threatened to hack the voting system to see who was winning!" -he exclaims-

"But they haven't?"

"No ma'am, not as far as I know."

"Thanks Andrew!" -she smiles at him before the image disappears and turns to the audience-

"Well this is the moment you've all been waiting for . . .the results are in!" -crowd cheers-

"In third place . . . ." - a drum roll is played in the background and the lights dim- "ENSIGN HOSHI SATO!" -the crowd cheers loudly as Hoshi walks up onto the stage, Nic gives her a hug and holds up her arms in a triumphant gesture- "Well done Hoshi!" -the crowd cheers again as Hoshi grins excitedly-

"Okay now for second place, and let me just say this was a close call between first and second place," -she pauses and smiles at the contestants, who are all sitting on the edge of their seats- "And might I just take this opportunity to add that I think all the contestants performed amazingly," -the crowd groan at her obvious stalling, and Trip shouts a loud 'Hear hear!' over the din-

"Okay, okay! In second place tonight is . . . . COMMANDER TRIP TUCKER!" the crowd scream in appreciation as he gets up and strides over to the stage, taking an overdramatic bow and grinning madly- "Congratulations sir!" -Nic says as he plants a kiss on the top of her head-

"And finally," -Nic shouts over the screaming crowd, who immediately quieten. Trip steps back to stand with Hoshi and slings an arm around her- "The winner of Enterprise Idol is . . . . ." -she trails off and grins at them all as they all shout at her to get on with it- "LIEUTENANT MALCOLM REED!" -the crowd cheers deafeningly in appreciation as a shocked Malcolm stands up and makes his way over to the stage. Silver confetti falls from the ceiling into the studio covering them all-

"Well done Malcolm!" -Nic says grinning, giving him a one-armed hug- "Any coherant thoughts for us?"

"Erm . . . that was completely unexpected!" -he stutters, smiling at everyone-

"Obviously not Malcolm, you got 40 percent of the votes!" -she tells him with a grin-

"That's amazing!" -he says in disbelief as Trip and Hoshi step forward to give him their congratulations and the other contestants get up and walk over to congratulate him-

"Would it be too amazing to expect you to sing us out?" -she questions-

"Err, yes?" -he laughs-

"We can give him a hand!" -Trip says enthusiastically, Malcolm nods in agreement-

"Okay then!" –Nic exclaims as there isa mad scramble behind her to set up the stage for all six to perform- "Here they are! The crew of the Starship Enterprise, and the contestants and winners of Enterprise Idol singing Addicted to Love!"

-The six of them all gather on the stage as the music swells, Travis at the drums, Hoshi at his side holding a mic, Malcolm with his guitar, sharing a mic on a stand with Trip, and Archer andT'Pol sharing the other next to them-

Malcolm: "Your lights are on, but you're not home
Your mind is not your own
Your heart sweats, your body shakes
Another kiss is what it takes"

Trip: "You can't sleep, you can't eat
There's no doubt, you're in deep
Your throat is tight, you can't breathe
Another kiss is all you need"

Archer and T'pol: "Whoa, you like to think that you're immune to the stuff, oh
yeah"

Travis and Hoshi: "It's closer to the truth to say you can't get enough,"

Malcolm: "You know you're gonna have to face it, you're addicted to love!"

T'Pol: "You see the signs, but you can't read"
Archer: "You're runnin' at a different speed"
T'Pol: "You heart beats in double time"
Archer: "Another kiss and you'll be mine, a one track mind"

Travis: "You can't be saved
Oblivion is all you crave"
Hoshi: "If there's some left for you
You don't mind if you do"

Trip: "Whoa, you like to think that you're immune to the stuff, oh
yeah"

Malcolm: "It's closer to the truth to say you can't get enough,

You know you're gonna have to face it, you're addicted to love"

All: "Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love"

MALCOLM GUITAR SOLO (ONCE AROUND)

(All sing rest)
Your lights are on, but you're not home
Your will is not your own
You're heart sweats and teeth grind
Another kiss and you'll be mine

Whoa, you like to think that you're immune to the stuff, oh
yeah

It's closer to the truth to say you can't get enough, you
know you're

Gonna have to face it, you're addicted to love

Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love!

-They all take a bow and all crowd around Malcolm again. Nic ventures into the small crowd and pulls his arm in the air by the hand-

"Malcolm Reed everyone! Your winner!"

Sorry for the wait! Thank you to firebirdgirl wolfling, Birdee da Trekkie, novelwriter, Pef head, General Kunama and Nichola for reviewing the last chapter, and for all the amazing reviews I got for this story! It's been great fun to write!

I hope some of you were happy with the winner, or not too dissapointed! I actually counted the votes from the reviews and everyone I know who watches the show, and Maclolm won by one vote!

Thanks again x Queen of Fairyland x

P.S. I reposted this chapter because in my hurry to get it up I make some horrific grammar and spelling mistakes, all better now!