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Vienna didn't even have time to consider the fact that she almost just got her first kiss, and with Pavel nonetheless, as she was rushing to Engineering. She felt a small smile cross her face. She had told Pavel. Pavel knew, and he felt the same way. If the entire Enterprise wasn't in a state of emergency right now, she would have allowed a giddy laugh to bubble past her lips. Forcing herself to stay calm, she ran towards Scotty, ignoring the thrashing that the ship was undergoing and maintaining her balance surprisingly well.

"What is it, what's happening?" She asked her boss. He didn't even turn around to face her, but spoke in a frantic flurry of words in Scottish that Vienna couldn't quite understand, but his message was clear enough in the tone of his voice.

"Scotty, please, English! And a bit slower, if you don't mind!" She exclaimed rather loudly, putting her hands on her boss' shoulders. Vienna King had a certain knack for staying calm in an emergency.

"We're under attack, lass!" Scotty said, his eyes wide. Vienna knew that he would probably die before he told anyone, but that incident last year with Khan had really shaken the man. Maybe it was the fact that the Enterprise and Captain Kirk were both close to death, or maybe it was the fact that he was thrown into the thick of things on Khan's ship where, if he would have messed up, had killed everybody on the Enterprise. Vienna didn't know. But she did know it was an incident that he didn't think about without numerous bottles of strong alcohol.

And to be under attack so soon afterword… the woman could scarcely imagine how horrible her boss/surrogate father felt at the moment. It only occurred to her later that during this entire thought process, she never once thought about herself.

"Calm down, we're going to be fine. Now, what is attacking us, and is there anything important damaged here?" Vienna asked calmly. The blaring alarms were being pushed to the back of her mind and she did her best to not see the red lights flashing where ever she turned. The instincts she had inherited from her father had taken over.

"No, as far as I can tell, there ain't nothin' that's broken that cannae be fixed and is necessary for gettin' the bloody hell out o' here. Kirk hasn't tol' me much, but I do know that it's a Starfleet ship that's attackin' us. Renegade, probably. Starfleet has made a lot of–" Scotty was cut off from his frantic rambling as the Enterprise was hit again by the other ship. Whether it was aimed at the Engineering section of the ship or not (all ships were designed the same, after all, and anybody who's ever been on a ship would be able to know where the engines were located), Vienna didn't know. She didn't even have time to contemplate this as she was abruptly shoved to the ground by the sheer force of the firepower.

Barely managing to throw her arms out in protection and turn her face sideways to prevent breaking her nose, she grunted and got herself back up immediately, assessing for damage in her area. Nothing, thank the-deity-of-your-choice. Helping her boss back up, she rushed to the nearest computer.

"Computer, give me a status report of the Engineering section." She ordered.

"Outer hull of the Enterprise has been dented near the warp core." The computer replied.

"And the shields?"

"Shields at fifty-nine percent."

Vienna bit her lip before asking the next question. "Locate Lieutenant Pavel Chekov."

"Lieutenant Pavel Chekov is in the bridge."

"Is he alive?"

"Affirmative."

Vienna let out a sigh of relief. He may not be safe – at this point, nobody was – but at least he was alive. "Give me status reports on the attacking ship."

"Loading. Please wait." The computer said, making Vienna growl in frustration.

"There isn't any time for me to wait!" She ground out, almost ready to punch the glass. "My friends are in trouble, you stupid computer!"

Before Vienna could take a swing at the computer, another blast shook through the Enterprise. It would have knocked her to her feet if she hadn't have grabbed a nearby beam and held on as she was falling. Once she looked around and made sure nothing appeared broken or burning, she looked around for her mentor. He was nowhere to be seen.

"Scotty!" She yelled over the commotion of the alarms that were still ringing. "Scotty!" She repeated, yelling now out of pain instead of trying to be heard as she saw him sprawled against the floor with blood coming out of a cut on his forehead.

Vienna rushed to his side, examining his cut and checking his wrist for a pulse. She let out a sigh of relief before another shot was fire at the Enterprise. Cursing as she fell, Vienna heard Captain Kirk's voice ring out over the comms that connected the bridge to Engineering.

"Scotty, give me a status report on the Enterprise!" He commanded.

"Sir, its Lieutenant King. Scotty's unconscious."

"I'll have Bones send somebody over to get him. Is the Enterprise damaged in any way? Could we use warp and get out of here?"

"Yes, sir. So far, nothing is damaged and Scotty appears to be the only one injured down here."

Vienna attempted to ask him more questions, but he beat her to it. "Excellent. Stand by, King. We might need you to beam a party on board the Red Rose. Kirk out."

Two more frightening hits to the hull of the ship later and somebody surprising came into Engineering. Her 'date', Aaron Michaels, carrying a hoverbed. And like herself, he was in full on serious mode.

"Vienna, where's Mr. Scott?"

"Over there," she pointed, then went over to help put her boss on the bed, "Oh, and Aaron?"

"Not the time for chit-chat, sweetie."

"I just wanted to say that Nyota's plan worked, we don't have to fake date anymore."

The brown-haired man smiled. "Good. I don't want people to think I'm straight, it might ruin my image."

Vienna allowed herself to crack a grin. She was about to respond when another hit went into the hull, sending Vienna stumbling, but not quite falling. She met Aaron's brown eyes again, this time more seriously. "Thanks for taking care of him. Good luck." She said, waving at him as he speed-walked away with her unconscious mentor.

Vienna winced as another hit shook the ship. She wasn't quite sure how long the Enterprise could take this much abuse. Sighing, she went back to the computer, checking and assessing for any damage.

Alright, I'm not gonna lie. I kinda pulled most of this out of my ass. I wrote it in like two days, so if you don't like it, well, I can understand why. Anywho, I solved a mini plot line to make up for the cliffhanger last chapter! Remember Aaron from chapter one? Well, bam. He's gay. There you go. Well, please review! Tell me what you liked, what you didn't, so on and so forth.

ALSO! Please check out my other story, A Twist in My Story. It's about the Avengers, and I like it. Shameless self promotion over.

PPS. Congrats on making it ten chapters with AIL! *waves tiny flag* Thank you so, so much for reading, and thank you even more if you reviewed/favorited! I love you guys!

-Les