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Knock, knock, knock.

Lizzie approached Admiral Pike's door and waited for an answer. But one never came. She took a deep breath and tried again.

Knock, knock, knock.

It had taken her 5 minutes to build up the courage to knock in the first place, the least he could do was answer!

"Who is it?" came a voice from the other side of the door.

At last, a response! But what did she say? He had no idea who she was. Did she just say her name?

"I said who is it? I'm busy, I don't have time for this" an agitated voice came from behind the door.

"Erm….my name is Elizabeth Woods and-".

But she was cut of as the door slid open with a whoosh noise. It revealed a large room containing shelves full of hundreds of books and several pictures on the wall, the decorating was simple. On the far end of the room was a large desk and behind it sat a man. He had grey hair and bright blue eyes.

"That must be Admiral Pike" Lizzie thought to herself as she slowly and cautiously entered the room.

She was praying that Admiral Pike would give her some answers. The cute Russian boy had been a gentleman to her, but he didn't give her any useful information to help her. If anything, he had just confused her more. So now it was all or nothing.

"Please, take a seat Miss Woods" Pike said to her, gesturing to the seat in front of the desk. Lizzie pulled it out, slowly sat down, placed her hands carefully in her lap and looked up at the Admiral. Many questions were flying around her head.

"Its nice to finally meet the little runaway" Pike said, holding his hand out for Lizzie to shake. She shook his hand with a confused look and carefully placed it back in her lap.

"Excuse me?"

"Medical bay alerted me that you were missing".

Oh, well that made sense.

"Erm…yeah. Sorry about that". Lizzie gave the Admiral an uncomfortable smile.

"So, are you going to explain to me why you legged it out of the medical bay?". Pike's eyebrows raised expectantly, waiting for her to answer his question.

"I-I….its just….I don't know where I am. I was confused so….". She could feel stinging in the back of her eyes as the tears started to build up.

"Even so, its no excuse to be running from medical bay when your in there for a good reason."

"Sorry" she told him, hanging her head slightly. Her long brown hair falling forwards, her fringe covering her eyes a little. Her hands were playing nervously with the hem of her shirt.

"Well to answer your previous statement, this is the Starfleet Acha-"

"Yeah, I know that, the Russian boy told me, its just…."

"Its just what?" Pike asked, leaning forward in his chair to rest his elbows on his desk. He was clearly intrigued.

"Its just that…..I'm not supposed to be here…I'm not from here…..I….." but she didn't know how to finish.

"Well, where are you from?"

Praying she would get the same reaction Chekov had given her when she told him, she spoke to Admiral Pike.

"2009.……the-the past." She looked him in the eyes as she said it.

Pike was silent for a few moments, processing her answer. Finally he let out a deep, long breath and rubbed his face with the palms of his hands.

"I knew it…..", he rose from his seat.

Lizzie's eyes followed him as he paced the room, mumbling to himself quietly. At least Pike gave the reaction that most people would after hearing her situation, not like the Russian boy, not like Pavel Chekov.

"Excuse me sir" Lizzie started. "What's going on?". Pike obviously knew something and she wanted answers.

"You shouldn't be here, this should not have happened". He refused to meet her gaze.

"Tell me something I don't know" she said with a hint of sarcasm. Her eyes continued to follow him, her body turning in the chair so that it followed where ever he was pacing.

"You're here by chance Lizzie." His blue eyes finally met her brown ones. "An experiment gone right for us, wrong for you."

Lizzie just stared at him, not fully understanding what he was trying to say to her. Pike had obviously noticed her confusion and elaborated on what he had said.

"Time travel Miss Woods, is something we have been trying to perfect for many years at the Academy" he began. "Several experiments have been carried out to try to see if we can succeed in this task. So far, all have failed." Lizzie's eyes followed the Admiral as he made his way back to his seat. She was listening intently.

"We began our 7th attempt 2 days ago within our science labs. Your presence here now clearly shows us that this experiment has finally worked."

So she had come here through a time portal. This helped a little, but it still didn't answer all of her questions.

"But why me?" she asked. "How come I'm here whilst no one else is?" Her voice was almost pleading.

"The only way I can describe it Miss Woods is that you were in the wrong place at the wrong time."

"The wrong place at the wrong time?" she asked, the tears starting to build in her eyes.

"Yes. It would seem that the position of the time portal here leads to the position it would have been in in 2009. In other words where you were in 2009 is now the academy today. A direct locational link."

But this was not what she was thinking about.

"THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME?!" she shouted at him, standing up, the tears streaming down her face blurring her vision.

"Please calm down Miss Woods."

"My brother is DEAD, I'm stuck in the future, I'm lost with no idea how to get home and all you can say is that I was in the wrong place at the wrong time?!"

Her breathing had started to quicken as she tried to wipe away the tears, all to no avail as new tears fell in their place.

"I know this is a lot to take in Miss Woods but I need you to remain calm for me." He walked over to her and put his hands on her shoulders, gently lowering her back into her seat.

"Well where is the time portal? I'll just go straight back through it, get it to take me home" she said to him eagerly.

It was as simple as that right?

"Its not that easy Miss Woods. It seems that when you came through it, the portal closed. Nothing else can pass through."

"Well make a new one then." There was anger in her voice now. "You have done it before, you can do it again."

"We cannot. There is no guarantee that the new portal will take you back to 2009. You could end up anywhere." Pike told her.

This was not what she wanted to hear.

"Oh god, oh god, oh god." Lizzie started to shake. Pike handed her a tissue as he knelt beside her chair and took her hands in his.

"Elizabeth, look at me" he said to her. But she was too frightened to move. "Elizabeth."

She finally turned her head to look at him, not able to see him properly due to her tears.

"Listen to me. I am going to do everything in my power to get you home ok. I'll get the science team right on it. I'll get you home if it's the last thing I do."

Lizzie was too shocked by the whole thing to take any of this in. However, she nodded at the Admiral and used the tissue to wipe away her tears, her crying slowly beginning to slow down.

Pike walked back around his desk and sat back down in his chair. He leaned forward and pressed a button on what looked like a small grey box and began talking through a speaker.

"Miss Timmins, please tell the science team I will be paying them a visit in a short while with regards to a serious matter."

"Yes sir" a feminine voice replied from the other end.

"And please organise guest quarters for Miss Woods. Pike out"

Pike released the button and looked back up at Lizzie.

"How long will it take?" Lizzie asked. Her tears had stopped, but her voice was breaking due to her crying.

"I'm not sure Miss Woods. But we will be as quick and efficient as possible."

"Thank you" she replied quietly. But another thought finally hit her. "What do I do till then?"

"Starfleet Miss Woods, is an organisation based in space. Our primary objective being to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilisations."

"Wow" Lizzie thought to herself. Space! This is definitely the future.

"With your permission, I wish to enlist you in Starfleet for a 3 week crash course and put you on one of our starships until we can send you home. I believe this will help pass your time here and perhaps help you make new friends and learn new things."

"Put me on a starship?" Lizzie asked the Admiral.

"Yes, but only with your permission."

She thought about this. What did she have to lose? It was either go on an adventure or sit alone for who knows how long and wallow in self pity. Things couldn't get any weirder for her. If she was stuck in the future, she may as well explore it. She knew which she wanted to choose.

"I would like that very much Sir."

"Very well" Pike replied with a smile. "I shall organise your classes ready for you to start tomorrow."

At this, a knock came from the door.

"Who is it?" Pike asked.

"It is Miss Timmins Sir" came the reply.

"Ah, please enter."

The door slid open and a woman entered. She was about mid-forties with long blonde hair. But what shocked Lizzie the most was her green skin. She looked at the woman with wide eyes. This was definitely the future.

"The science team has been informed Admiral and Miss Woods' quarters are ready. I am here to chaperon her there."

"Thank you Miss Timmins." Pike stood up and Lizzie followed suite.

"Well Elizabeth, everything shall be organised right now and I wish you good night."

"Thank you Sir" Lizzie replied as she took her leave following the green woman.

"Erm, Elizabeth?" Pike called to her. Lizzie looked at him from the door way.

"Yes?"

"Earlier you mentioned a Russian boy. What was his name?"

"Pavel Chekov Sir." Lizzie smiled as she said his name.

"I thought as much. Good kid" he laughed to himself.

"He's the only person I know around here…apart from yourself."

"I see. In that case, I shall be enlisting you to serve on the same ship as the ensign, the U.S.S Enterprise. A familiar face might help you and comfort you."

Lizzie smiled at this. "Thank you sir…..good night."

And with this, Lizzie left to go to her quarters.

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3 weeks later

3 weeks had come and gone so fast. But Lizzie knew the basics and she was ready. She was on her way to the shuttle bay. She was about to board the U.S.S Enterprise and meet her crew…..and the Russian boy again.

A/N: shall I keep writing Chekov with the accent or would you guys prefer it if I wrote in plain English and you can just imagine the accent as you read?