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So for now….here is the next chapter

Disclaimer: I don't own star trek, which means I don't own cute little Chekov or moody Bones or womanising Kirk lol.

The Shuttle Bay was busy when Lizzie entered, people laughing, talking, saying goodbye to friends. Different groups of people waiting for different shuttles to different star ships.

"You nervous?" Pike asked her as they walked.

"Yeah, a little" Lizzie replied, giving the Admiral a small smile. With Admiral Pike accompanying her, she was making her way to the Enterprise shuttle, ready to begin her trip into space.

The 3 weeks worth of intense training she had to undergo had come and gone so fast and she had learnt so much. Now she was ready to put all her new skills into practice. Pike led her past group after group of people, shuttle after shuttle and as they neared the shuttle for the Enterprise, Lizzie's heart began to beat faster and harder, the nerves really kicking in.

They finally stopped in the middle of a large group of people, who Lizzie understood to be the Enterprise's crew.

"Now, I want you to stay here for a moment Lizzie. I'm just going to go find the Captain and let him know that you're here" Pike said with a smile.

"Oh, ok" Lizzie replied as Pike walked further into the crowd before he was finally out of sight.

This gave Lizzie a chance to look at who she would be working with. There were so many people. Men, women, young, old. Different sizes, different races, all in different coloured uniforms. Red, blue, yellow. She was sure one woman had three eyes. That was something she still hadn't got used to, aliens, extra terrestrials. But she was in the future. She needed to get used to it. All of them were her new crew mates for the next who knows how long. And she really didn't know how long. Pike had given the orders to the science team to replicate the time portal the second Lizzie had left his office 3 weeks ago. They were no where near succeeding. But she had hope that she would be home soon. She needed to say a proper goodbye to her brother.

Lizzie was suddenly broken out of her thought process by the mention of her name.

"Miss Elizabeth?"

Lizzie turned around and found herself face to face with a familiar and comforting face. Her Russian saviour from her first day at Starfleet.

"Pavel!" she said, a huge smile coming across her face as she made her way over to him. She quickly embraced him in a hug. "It's so good to see you."

"You to Miss Elizabeth" he told her as they broke apart, his face turning red from blushing. "But vhat are you doing here? Are you not going home"

"Not yet" she replied in a small voice. "So Admiral Pike has put me on the Enterprise for the time being. I guess you got a new crew mate Pavel." She brought her voice back up to a more lively tone so as to not ruin the excitement of the moment and smiled.

"So zhat means you vill be on zhe ship?"

"Uh-huh" Lizzie nodded.

Chekov could not help the smile that came to his face at hearing this. "Zhat is wonderful Miss Elizabeth."

"I know" she said. "And call me Lizzie. Only my mom calls me Elizabeth."

"As you vish Miss Eliza…..Lizzie." Neither person could stop laughing and smiling.

"Geez, what's got you so happy kid?" came a voice from behind Chekov. As Chekov turned so as to see the owner of the voice, Lizzie saw that it belonged to a tall man with brown hair and hazel eyes. He was in his thirties, wearing a blue jumper.

"Ah, good to see you Bones" Chekov said to the man.

"Yeah likewise" he replied in his deep southern drawl. He then looked at Lizzie.

"Ah, so I see it's a lady friend whose got you all perky and happy."

Chekov blushed again. "Bones, zhis is Miss Elizabeth Voods, zhe newest member of zhe Enterprise crew." He gestured towards Lizzie.

Bones held his hand out for Lizzie and she shook it. "Dr Leonard McCoy, Chief Medical Officer."

"Hi, its nice to meet you" Lizzie replied with absolute sincerity. "So I guess its you who I come to if I'm ill right?"

"Sure is. But if I see you in there more than twice a week, its your own stinkin' fault and you'll be on your own kid."

Lizzie slowly nodded at this, not sure whether it was a joke or whether he was deadly serious. She looked at Chekov for the answer to her query but he just remained quiet and red in the face.

"Now Bones, that's no way to treat a lady is it?" came the third mysterious voice of the day. Lizzie turned around to see a blond haired man with a yellow jumper, his arms crossed standing with Admiral Pike. He was mid-twenties and had a cheeky smile on his face. Even though he was just standing there, he had an enormous presence.

Pike spoke. " Lizzie, I would like to introduce you to James Kirk, Captain of the Enterprise."

"Wow, it's a pleasure to meet you Captain" smiled Lizzie, holding her hand out.

"Likewise" replied the Captain who, instead of shaking her hand, choose instead to kiss it. This earned him a smile and blush from Lizzie, a shake of the head from Pike and a roll of the eyes from Bones. Chekov just gave him a glare, hoping Lizzie wouldn't be subjected to Kirk's advances and charms during her time on the ship.

"Please don't hit on our newest cadet Kirk" Pike told the Captain.

"Of course not Admiral, but as they say, what happens on the ship stays on the ship" Kirk said, winking at Lizzie, who went red as a tomato.

"Just ignore Jim" Bones butted in, speaking to Lizzie. "When he first meets a woman, he tends to think with his pants rather than his brains." This caused sniggers of laughter from Lizzie, Pike and Chekov whilst Kirk gave a lop sided smile after realising what Bones had just said was most likely true.

"Anyway" Pike spoke up. "I guess this is where we part ways Lizzie". He turned to face her.

"I guess it is" she replied.

"Enjoy yourself, have fun but most of all, be careful."

"I will sir."

"Good and if I have any updates or advancements, I will be sure to notify you straight away."

"Thank you sir."

"All I have left to say is take care cadet….or should I say ensign." Pike held out his hand. Lizzie shook it.

"You too sir." And with that Pike turned away and took his leave. Lizzie was sad to see him go. He had been like a father figure to her for the past 3 weeks, took care of her, made sure she was ok. However, she would do him proud and hoped for an update soon.

Kirk's voice broke her from her thoughts.

"Right folks, they're boarding the shuttle, lets go." He gestured for everyone to walk ahead of him. Lizzie walked alongside Chekov.

"You nerwous?" he asked her.

"Yes, a bit, but I feel better now I've made a few friends."

"Vell, if you need anything, Miss Elizabeth, do not esitate to ask. A Russian man is alvays a gentleman to a lady". He puffed his chest out a little, causing a giggle to escape Lizzie's mouth.

"I'll bare that in mind. Thank you Pavel. And like I said, call me Lizzie."

"Yes Elizabeth….Lizzie ackh Lizzie sorry LIZZIE."

A smile came across her face once again and she started to laugh at his mistake. Chekov seemed really sweet, if a little naïve, but she liked him. He made her smile and laugh and she enjoyed his company. Not to mention he was a little cute.

"Lizzie?"

"Huh?"

"I see you still daydream." Chekov broke her from her thoughts.

"Hehe, yeah. Future or not, that's never going to change."

"Vell, vould you like me to accompany you in zhe shuttle craft?"

"That's so nice Pavel! Of cour-" But she was cut short as Kirk poked his head between the two of them.

"Well since I am Captain, I think it would be best if I accompanied the new recruits to the ship."

Chekov's smile dropped as he heard this. "Of course Keptin. I vill see you on zhe ship zhen Lizzie."

"Oh, ok" she replied, giving him a small smile to say sorry. Chekov gave a gentle nod towards the two of them before walking ahead to catch up with his other crew mates.

"Shall we?" Kirk asked, offering Lizzie his arm.

"Sure" she said politely taking his arm. At this, they began to walk to the shuttle. It was quite a short walk, but Kirk managed to wink to at least 6 girls on the way.

"So Lizzie, tell me about yourself. I mean, Pike told me about the whole 'time' problem, but not about the real you." Kirk looked at her with deep interest in his eyes, his attention going to her rather than the other females of the crew.

"Well there's not much to tell really…..I'm 18 years old, I like to read, I have a dog, my favourite colour is purple….." Lizzie knew she was rambling but she was nervous.

Kirk allowed her to go first into the shuttle as he followed, telling her to go to the front row of seats. She did so taking a window seat before Kirk took his seat next to her, both of them strapping their selves in. Lizzie looked around the small shuttle for Chekov. She failed in her task. Perhaps he was on another shuttle.

As the doors were closed, the shuttle took of with a jolt. Lizzie jumped at the suddenness of this causing Kirk to snigger a little. She glared at him.

"Sorry" he said, trying his hardest to wipe the smile off of his face. "It's just that your so new to all this."

"Tell me about it" Lizzie replied to him, folding her arms and looking out of the window. She didn't realise how fast the shuttle was until she saw the blackness of space outside. Her eyes widened at the sight of it.

"Wow" she said quietly to herself. It was so dark, so vast, so……beautiful.

"That's not the half of it" Kirk spoke, realising what Lizzie was looking at.

"Huh?" Lizzie asked turning to look at her Captain.

"Look" he said as he pointed out of the window. Lizzie turned her attention back out side to see what Kirk was pointing to. She was shocked at the giant space station floating in the middle of no-where, but her attention was drawn to the ship that they were heading towards. The U.S.S Enterprise.

"Is that it?" Lizzie asked in wonderment.

"That's her. That's my baby." Kirk was practically beaming as he said this.

That's when Lizzie realised something about her captain. No matter how many women he flirted with, or tried it on with, his first and only love would be his ship. She admired him for this. Maybe Kirk wasn't the terrible womaniser Bones made him out to be.

"I'll show you around her sometime if you get my meaning" he told her winking.

Or maybe he was!

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?