So I found a roommate to help with rent and stuff and I'm signed up for Intro to Literature and Intro to Computers. So that'll be fun. Enjoy guys.
Still don't own Star Trek besides a few magazines with what looks suspiciously to be lipstick kisses on them.
All mistakes are Anna's.
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For the next month Maddie got up at five, went to the facility, got frozen from, six to noon, went home, spent time with Alex, and went to bed. And repeat the same thing twice a week. She woke up at five on Tuesday and fifteen minutes later she was dressed and ready to go. After dropped Alex off at the Hadley's then catching a bus to the testing facility. By the time she got there it was pouring rain. She dashed into the facility shaking out her hair.
"This is not the dog groomers." Amelia quipped up.
Maddie laughed and signed in. "See ya in six hours."
She glanced back as Jade walked through the door looking well put together and even worse she was dry. Grumbling to herself Maddie made her way down the tangle of hallways, she passed Kahn's room and waved hello to him like she always did, and finally made it to study 221B. She met Doctor Wright and was led to tube 17.
"See you in a few hours Lizzy." Maddie smiled up at the woman.
"See you later Maddie."
Elizabeth smiled and closed the door hitting the button. Maddie closed her eyes as the air filled with the scent of flowers and oil? She didn't have time to question before she went under.
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Earlier…
Jade woke up at a bed and breakfast along the California coast. She glanced at the clock before snuggling up to Leah. In her sleep Leah smiled and cuddled closer. Slowly she opened her eyes and looked up at her best friend.
"Time to go. I'll drive." Jade said kissing her.
Leah sighed and got up out of bed. Together they grabbed their clothes and walked hand in hand down stairs. Leah handed in the key to the owner and grabbed them two muffins. She hopped into the passenger seat while Jade slid into the driver's. She handed Jade a blueberry muffin while she munched on a chocolate chip. They drove in silence listening to the radio enjoying each other's company. When they got to the facility Leah sighed and got out. Jade grabbed her bag and met her girlfriend at the driver's door. She pecked her lips.
"I'll be fine." She promised.
"You'd better be." Leah pulled her girlfriend down for a kiss before climbing into the car and driving off.
Jade entered the building and signed in with Amelia and headed on back. Doctor Wright led her over to her own tube before putting her in and pushing the button. Jade took a deep breath and was met by a sickly sweet smell and oil. Her lips twitched into a frown before she lost consciousness.
In the control room…
There was a red blinking light in Sector 5 that needed to attention, but there was no one in the control room to answer it. They were all dead. Heads crushed in. Just then the power went out plunging the lab into darkness. There was a few minute interval before the emergency power kicked in. Doctor Wright met Doctor Christie in the hallway as they tried to get answers. Right as they met the alarm started ringing.
"What's going on?!" Agatha shouted to be heard over the blaring alarms.
"Don't know!" Elizabeth shouted back.
Just then the alarm stopped.
"Ladies and gentleman if I could have your attention." A cold voice said over the intercom.
Both women froze identical looks of horror on their features as the voice continued.
"You have abused your power, and my brothers and sisters, for years trying to create your weapons. Well no more." Khan went on. "It's time for us to do what you have created us to do. It is time for a new generation of humans to rule."
Both women stayed like that for the space of five heartbeats before hurrying off. They met up with other Doctors who had survived and after Doctors Dean and Crowley made a diversion Doctors Wright and Christie made it to the emergency control room where their neutralizer was kept. Bolting the door behind them they got to work. After sixty tense minutes passed of nonstop damage control they paused and Agatha held her hand over a red button.
"All these years of research just gone." She mumbled.
Elizabeth sighed. "It can't be helped. He must be stopped."
"You're sure that they got them all in the tubes?"
"Affirmative."
"Those poor test subjects."
Both of them felt pangs of guilt over what they were about to do, but it couldn't be helped. Agatha took a deep breath and cut her eyes to Elizabeth. The woman nodded. Agatha pressed the button. There was a distant boom then the whole building went up in flames.
The following morning…
A man and his partner Emily stood at door of apartment 3C. They looked at each other and the man knocked on the door. An old woman answered looking tired and worn out.
"Irene Hadley?" Emily asked professionally.
"Yes?"
"Madam may we come in?" the man asked. "It's about Madeline Davis."
The woman seemed to age even further as she let the two into the small apartment. Emily glanced around. An old man sat in a recliner with a young boy on his lap fast asleep. A younger man and a pretty blonde girl sat on the couch silent.
"Mrs. Hadley my name is Emily Carter and this is my partner Liam Rockford." She said slowly. "We are here to notify you that the building your neighbor Madeline Davis worked as a volunteer is-" she hesitated.
"Miss Davis is dead ma'am." Liam said bluntly.
Emily shot him a glare. Irene stood there before she started shaking as sobs wracked her body. The blonde woman got up and helped Irene to a seat on the couch murmuring soft words.
"What happened?" Henry Hadley asked from the recliner.
"Gas leak." Liam stated. "Building went up in flames. We're still searching the ruins."
"If it's any consolation Madeline didn't feel any pain and if you'd like we can release her ashes to you for a burial." Emily said softly.
Irene glanced up her posture straight and proud showcasing a toughness in her that only a woman whose husband went to war knew. "Yes. That would be lovely."
There was a stirring and small noises from the recliner. All eyes cut to Alex as he slowly woke up. He glanced confused around the room. "Where's mommy?"
Emily bit back tears as her thoughts drifted to her own kids. She slowly walked over to the boy and knelt down too his level. "Hi there. I'm Emily. What's your name?"
"Hullo Emily. I'm Alex. Where's my mommy?"
"Hello Alex. Your mommy went to sleep and she's not going to come out of it."
Alex blinked. "When can I see her again?"
Emily struggled to keep a smile on her face. "You won't be able to see her for a very long time I'm afraid."
"Oh." Alex mumbled. He looked up at Henry.
"Can we go see mommy in her sleep?"
Emily stood up and walked back to Liam blinking hard.
"I'm afraid not Alex." Henry told him.
Alex frowned. "But I want to go see mommy!" he stated.
Sensing a tantrum Irene stood up and picked Alex up. "Let go look at mommy's photo albums shall we?" she disappeared down a hallway and into a room.
"Someone will contact you soon about releasing Miss Davis's ashes to you." Liam said somewhat gruffly.
The pair took their leave and exited the apartment to allow the family to grieve. Emily took a deep breath and the pair rode the elevator down in silence. The young CIA agent glanced back up at the apartment complex.
"I hate my job." She muttered before getting in the black SUV.
With Leah…
The sandy haired young woman glanced up as the bell that signaled customers rang in the empty coffee shop where she worked. She was done for the day and was excited to get back to Jade. She looked over the two people who stood before her.
"Leah Charleston?"
"Yes?"
Okay now she was curious.
"I'm Agent Parker and this is my partner Agent Kohl."
"You are the girlfriend and partner to Jade St. James?" Agent Kohl asked.
"Yes I am." She frowned. "Is everything alright? Is Jade hurt?"
The pair glanced at each other and Leah's frown deepened.
"There was an explosion, a gas leak, in the building where Miss St. James was volunteering at." Agent Kohl informed her. "Jade is dead."
Leah blinked as the reality crashed down on her. Shakily she sat down at an empty table.
Agent Parker slowly approached the young woman. "Someone will get in contact with you within the week about releasing Jade's ashes to you." He, somewhat awkwardly, patted her shoulder. The pair of agents left the coffee shop. Leah buried her head in her arms and let out a loud sob.
With Leanne…
Leanne looked Jade over as she finished telling her part of the story about Leah. The twenty-two year old was silent as soon as she was done. Maddie reached over and took Jade's hand in hers. She squeezed tightly allowing Jade to squeeze back as hard as she needed.
Leanne got up and busied herself with making hot coco. She let the water boil and added the instant coco and a small dash of Jack Daniels to Jade's cup. Adding a bit of whipped cream and cinnamon on top she handed the two girls the mugs. Maddie slipped out of her boots and pulled a fuzzy blanket around her legs tucking them up under her on the sofa. She took a sip of the drink.
Jade sat very still staring at the coco until her vision blurred. She blinked as a single tear fell down her cheek and another and another until she was sobbing quietly. Maddie leaned against her silently. After a few minutes she got control over her emotions.
"A-after we got sent back I found out that Leah committed suicide after falling into a deep depression." Jade said quietly. "I killed her." Sobs wracked her body and her hands trembled.
Maddie rubbed Jade's back slowly and got her to drink the coco.
"When I got back I found out that Alex moved in with the Hadleys." Maddie said into the silence. "When they died a few years later he went into foster care until he was ten and was then adopted by a nice family." She took a sip of coco. "When we came back to the proper time I could have saved him and came up with a lie, but he grew up to be so successful I couldn't take that from him." She fell silent.
"That was a very noble thing you did." Leanne said.
Maddie chuckled dryly. "It didn't feel like it at the time. It felt like my heart had been ripped out then doused in lemon juice, salt, and razor blades."
"Spoken like a true mother." Leanne complimented.
Maddie met her with a small smile. Jade took a sip of her coco as they fell into silence. She took a deep breath. Then let it out.
Currently…
In the years that followed the government moved the cryogenic tubes into a top secret facility in San Diego. Thanks to Doctors Christie and Wright Khan and his crew were subdued thanks to a top secret nerve paralyzer they developed just in case they went rouge. After the crew was in their tubes they blew the place up to cover their tracks. Unfortunately they, and everyone else not in a tube, were killed in the blast. A secret government sect took the tubes and placed them in a warehouse in San Diego.
Following the transport to their new home a few tubes malfunctioned and the occupants died. Others simply didn't make the journey. They were put into the warehouse and over the years the government forgot about the tubes and their project until 2054 when the tubes were rediscovered. After discussing the pros and cons eventually it was decided that Khan and his crew would be on one space shuttle and the test subjects would be on another.
In 2067 the shuttles launched for deep space. They were put in a direction and that was that. Eventually they faded from minds and the project was lost all together. Sometime in the late 22nd century and early 23rd century Admiral Jones, eventually Admiral Marcus, found Khan's shuttle and brought him out of his slumber. The effect was disastrous and Khan went rouge and vanished.
On the star ship Enterprise on their way back to Earth…
"Captain I'm detecting a signal from a nearby ship." Nyota stated turning to face Kirk.
"Well hail them."
"Sir I can't. No one is responding."
"Sir I can't detect any heat signatures. The shuttle is completely empty." Someone reported.
Kirk frowned. "No one is on board?"
"No one sir. It's empty."
Kirk stood up and clapped his hands together grinning. "Well looks like I'm going aboard. Tell security team Five to get ready. They're coming with me."
Someone sighed, but did as he instructed.
"Spock." Kirk said clapping his commander on the shoulder. "You're in charge until I get back."
"Captain this could be a trap." Spock advised.
"Good." Kirk said cheerfully.
Kirk left the bridge and met the security team in the teleporter room.
"Energize."
They appeared in the bridge of the unmanned ship. "Spread out and be careful. We don't know what's on this ship." Kirk instructed.
The men nodded and they all sent their way. "It's very primitive." Kirk muttered as he carefully made his way through the ship. So far no traps or people or anything. Freaky.
"Ummm Captain Kirk." A man said over the communicator. "You might want to come down to the cargo bay sir."
Kirk made his way down the ship and met his security team there. "What?"
A member pointed to the four tubes lined up in a row. Kirk walked over and wiped away some dust on the first tube. A pale face looked back at him. Her eyes were closed, but she had short brown hair with bright red streaks. She looked so peaceful sleeping there. Jim glanced over and noted the other tubes. He flipped open his communicator.
"Jim to Bones. There's something you want to see here."
"What did you do this time?" came an irritable reply.
Jim felt his lips twitched into a smile. "Jim to bridge. We have company."
Slowly one at a time they transported each tube onto the Enterprise and into the med bay. McCoy shooed Jim out of the medbay and went to work. The first tube malfunctioned and they lost the occupant. The second tube they managed to unfreeze the girl inside, but her heart failed ten minutes after from shock.
McCoy convened with the nurses and they came up with a plan. They'd bring out one girl then put her in a medically induced coma. No chance for her to wake up until they could properly examine her. With baited breath they unfroze the blonde first slowly then as soon as she was ready quickly put her into the medically induced coma. They waited fifteen minutes before doing the same with the short brown haired one.
After thirty minutes of checking their background history Nurse Chapel found something strange.
"Sir?"
McCoy walked over to her and wordlessly she handed him both girl's files and pointed to their birthdays. Leonard blinked.
"Well this can't be right. Care you sure?"
"Positive."
Leonard flipped open his communicator. "Jim you'd better get down here. There's something you gotta see. Bring the green blooded hobgoblin."
Five minutes later the three of them were in Leonard's office going over the files. After taking the girls off the medicine to induce their comas Nurse Chapel went to help a burn victim. She missed the twitch of the brown haired girl's finger fifteen minutes later. After helping the burn victim she went into Leonard's office to help figure out the files.
Groaning slightly Maddie slowly opened her eyes. She hissed at the bright lights and shut her eyes quickly. Giving them time to adjust she tried opening her eyes again and glanced around. There were machines hooked up to her arm, she tried not to glance at the needles, and they had a steady bleeping. Glancing to her right she saw a door that lead to an office of sorts since it read 'Leonard McCoy CMO' on it. Glancing to her left she saw Jade hooked up to the same machines her chest raising and falling steadily. She heard a groan from her left and saw that Jade was waking up herself. The blonde looked over at Maddie and blinked.
"Where are we?" she asked hoarsely.
"No clue. Maybe it's a test?" Maddie replied.
"First chance we get we're getting out of her understand?"
"Yeah Jade."
Just then the door to the CMO's office opened and the four left the room. Nurse Chapel was the first to notice that they were awake. She strode over to the pair and began injecting various things into their IVs.
"Hello." She said pleasantly.
"Hello." Maddie replied. "What's going on? Where are we?"
Nurse Chapel glanced over at Bones, Jim, and Spock.
"Maybe they can explain better then I can."
She left and her place was replaced by Jim. Sitting up slowly Maddie looked at him and he looked back.
"Hi."
Blink.
"Hi."
"Jim Kirk. You are?"
"Maddie Davis."
"Maddie what month, day, and year were you born?"
"Subtle." Bones muttered.
Maddie blinked in confusion. "August 2nd, 1995. Why?"
She shared a look with Jade who was frowning.
"Do you know where you are?" Jim asked.
"The testing lab. 221B." Maddie answered. "Or some other lab for some other test?"
Jim shared looks with Spock and Bones.
"Maddie this may come as a shock to you, but you are on the Federation starship the U.S.S. Enterprise."
Maddie blinked and frowned. Jade made a soft noise as she made herself comfortable wincing at the pain in her back.
"Stop lying. Who do you think you are?" she snapped crossing her arms over her chest and glaring at Jim.
Maddie looked down at her hands in her lap twisting them together nervously. This was all so confusing. She glanced up at Leonard scrutinizing his face, but could detect no lie from him. Glancing at Spock she did the same. Still no lie.
'They actually believe what the Doctors told them. Or they're very good actors. Or they're insane.' She thought.
"Keptin Kirk is needed on the bridge." A voice called over the intercom.
Kirk looked at Bones who nodded. He and Spock left. Nurse Chapel and Leonard took the needles out and turned off the machines since they concluded that the girls were fine. Nurse Chapel fitted the girls in baggy sweats and a soft long sleeved shirt. They both retired to McCoy's office to discuss further tests and the files. Jade caught Maddie's eye and nodded.
Time to leave.
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I got a little carried at the end. Oops. Anyway I hope you guys enjoyed. Things are going to get a lot more interesting from now on.