Abandon and Forgotten
by red rooster dawn
T&T
Disclaimer: All the characters are the property of Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek. They are use purely for entertainment value only.
Summary: The captain sends Trip & T'Pol to observe an alien culture. A few days later the Enterprise is sent on a mission of great importance leaving Trip and T'Pol behind until the mission is completed.
Author's note: I posted the wrong first part to this story. In the process I have lost the first part. I will give a brief summary as to what was supposed to have happen in the first scene.
Scene one
The Captain gets word from Starfleet to retrieve to cultural observers from a planet for debriefing. They are expected to be gone for one month.
Since Commander Tucker has had several misguided interactions with new cultures Starfleet wants him to be trained properly, preferably a Vulcan.
The Enterprise retrieves the two observers and leaves Commander Tucker behind with T'Pol to train him. Before the Enterprise can return for them Starfleet contacts the Enterprise to send them on a mission that will last several months.
The Captains pleads with Starfleet to let him retrieve Tucker and T'Pol. They are his two best people and he's going to need them on the mission. But Starfleet refuses to let the Captain and Enterprise retrieve Tucker and T'Pol.
scene four Getting to know oneself
Over the next month Trip spent time with T'Pol getting to know her better. Then they started working on showing the emotions she was feeling. At first she began to learn to show simple emotions like smiling, showing disgust, and displeasure.
But later as time went on T'Pol learned to let all her emotions show and embraced them. With her ability now to show Trip how she felt, Trip began to love her even more then he ever thought possible. What a remarkable woman he thought T'Pol was.
One night a few months later Trip was tending bar when Anton showed up to talk to Trip. He ordered a couple of beers and asked Trip to join him at a table to talk.
"So what did you want to talk to me about Anton?" asked Trip.
"I can't believe the difference in Polly behavior. She seems to be so in touch with her emotions now. She sees to be very happy. What happen?" asked Anton.
"We had a meeting of the minds." grinned Trip.
And he meant that literary. In order to facilitate T'Pol understanding her emotions she had mind melded with Trip. She had looked into his mind and he into hers. They were of one mind now. They knew each other so well.
"I think for the first time in her life she is truly happy. She knows what's important and what's not. She taking time to smell the roses. And I think we have finally connected on a level that is very special to us." replied Trip.
"I still can't believe it, but I happy for the both of you." smiled Anton.
Several months later Trip and T'Pol were finally settling down with the idea that they were going to be spending the rest of their lives together. They had been left behind and forgotten or the Enterprise had met an untimely demise.
Which ever it didn't matter anymore. All they could do was live the life fate had dealt them. But at least they were happy and together. A couple of months later Sabrina was having lunch with T'Pol. She didn't know how to approached the subject with T'Pol, but knew she had to.
"Polly, may I ask you a personal question?" asked Sabrina.
"Of course you may, you can ask me anything." replied T'Pol coyly.
Sabrina hem and haw for a few minutes before finally she asked "Polly, are you capable of bearing children? The only reason I ask is because the elders are trying to increase the population of our community as quickly as possible. If you are capable, they will expect you to be pregnant with child within a year."
To say T'Pol was stunned and a little shock was an understatement.
"Charles and I have only begun to become a real loving couple. We haven't even talk about having children yet. We don't even know if it's possible." replied T'Pol.
"I think you should talk to Charles about it and real soon. The elders don't waste time. They have their agenda and you're expected to go along with it." responded Sabrina solemnly.
T'Pol thought about the idea of having a baby with Charles for the rest of the day while she work. The idea of having another spouse other than Charles was repulsive to her.
She didn't want to procreate with anyone she didn't know. She needed to talk to Charles when they got home. They need to start working on having a baby. It would be better to be stuck with someone you knew if you were going to be stuck raising a child.