Author's note:

I need some input on who you'd like to see Orion with.

But with out further ado....I give you the next chapter!

"What!?!?!?!" came the collective shout of many of the people in the room. There was no way that this....this....woman could have been one of Scotty's ancestors. The man in question paled slightly.

"But I highly doubt it means anything, after all genetics can totally change in...how ever far into the future I jumped," Orion said quickly, which sent everyone into whispers. Chekov now paled slightly but then flushed bright red with a wide grin on his face. He knew.

"Ye wouldn't have a brother named Artemis now would ye?' he asked in a slightly hesitation, and though he spoke rather softly, the hub bub ceased and all eyes went from Scotty to Orion. Orion stood wide eyed. How the hell did he know what her brother's name-

"Yes why?" she asked tentatively, unsure about whether or not she wanted to hear what they had to say about it.

"Er...well...there is no easy way to say this but, you and your brother are in part responsible for everything that is here and now," explained Scotty.

Orion fell off her chair. She and Arty were responsible in part for this future? "Ya'll are shitting me, right?" she asked as she looked at the crew as if they were crazy. There was almost no way that she and her brother could have started the beginnings of this fantastical future.

"No one is 'shitting' anyone or anything," said the elderly Vulcan who proceeded to stand. He started to pace around the room with his hands clasped behind him. "Orion Montgomery and her twin brother Artemis Montgomery were the first two who successfully time travel, at least if your appearance here is any indication.

"But upon his return to his original time, the biographies and newspapers of the era tell us the young man went crazy trying to recreate the time machine you two were able to build. Though his engineering skills were not quite up to your expertise, he was able to build many prototypes for much of what you see here and have seen on your way to this room. "

He stopped pacing and stood in front of Orion. He did something that made her wonder if he was Vulcan. The elderly one smiled sadly at her. "In his latter years, Artemis realized the futility of attempting to get here again. He married and named his child William Orion Montgomery in honor of your father and yourself."

Orion stared and stared. Her breathing was a little shaky and her hands were shaking. Bones had started toward her in case she should happen to go unconscious again. Orion's brow furrowed with her frown.

How the hell could Arty have been so stupid? She wasn't there, and Orion didn't want to know he wasted most of his life for a pointless folly. Sure she missed him like hell and he probably missed her worse, but the young woman wished he hadn't done that. Orion wanted him to have lived a happy and full life.

"Damn it," she muttered, looking at the floor around her and not at the people around her. Orion held her hand to her chin. "I see," muttered the young woman before she rose to her feet and brushed her clothes off (even though Orion had a feeling that dust fled the premises like people fleeing sandstorms or hurricanes).

"Seeing as we all know how you got here, and that you pose no threat to the Federation," started Kirk who was smirking again. "You have a few options to choose from."

Orion raised an eyebrow and cocked her head to the side. "And what are these options, Captain?" she asked with a small hint of sarcasm which made a few people snort and one grin even wider. Was there any bounds on this man's....eccentricity?

"Well, you can stay aboard and fine a suitable occupation after catching up, we could dump you at the next port and leave you for dead," he paused when everyone especially Orion glared at him. "What! It's an option albeit on we wont take!" he said in his defense. He huffed and cleared his throat. "Or the final option is that next time we make a shore leave on Earth, you could go make a life for yourself." He seemed a little saddened at that.

Orion looked down. "Can I think about it for a bit?" she asked looking up at directly at Kirk. "After all it's a life altering kind of decision...." she trailed off and shrugged. Orion was not one to make choices like that in a few moments unless the situation demanded an immediate response. At least she could spend some time to think about the possibilities and choose what she wanted and felt was the best thing for her life in what ever year it was.

The elderly Vulcan smiled ever so lightly. He seemed to admire that a human would show wisdom when such a decision seemed almost painfully obvious. This Vulcan knew that Orion was happiest when tinkering around, and though life on Earth could provide that, this young woman yearned for adventure. For he had met this young woman once before, and it was in part why he was there on the ship.

"Sure...I'll have someone show you to a room for the time being. Anything you need just use this to call and ask someone,' Kirk said holding out a communicator after he used it to get someone to bring Orion to a guest room.

Since she was officially a guest now, it was only proper. She could move into the quarters designed for the crew members if or when she decided to join. Until then, Kirk figured that even a woman such as Orion wouldn't be able to refuse the luxuriousness of a guest room.

"Thanks, Cap'n,' she said with a small smile before leaving the room with the aid who was called. On her way out, the young woman stared at the device in her hand with a calculating look.

Tonight along with thinking about what she should do with her life now, Orion would figure this thing out by pulling it apart, studying the parts and putting it back together hopefully working as well as it did before she 'destroyed' it. It was a think Orion did when she encountered some new equipment or technology. The young engineer claimed it helped her understand the device better than just reading and using it.

"No problem, Orion," he said with a nod right as the the doors swooshed closed, leaving the room in utter silence for a few moments before discussion of the new arrival on the USS Enterprise began in earnest.

Author's note;

Thank you for reading! I hope you take some time to review! Don't forget I'm still wishing for some input!

I hope you enjoyed this installment.

But again I digress, thanks and hope you read again!