Disclaimer: I own nothing of any recognized fictional characters within.
AN:
Current Enterprise Reality Girls:
Kaitaama played by Padma Lakshmi
Hoshi played by Linda Park
T'Pol played by Jolene Blalock
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Tucker played by Liv Tyler
Rajiin played by Nikita Ager
Amanda Cole played by Noa Tishby
End AN
Chapter 19
When it was discovered by our upgraded deep space sensor network that an asteroid was headed for earth a deep scan was initiated for analysis. The gravitational pull of the meteor was greater than it should have been for something of its size made of common materials. When it was found to be composed of naquadah at its core we knew it was likely an attack from Anubis. The meteor was like a coming out party present for Anubis. A few of our still cloaked fleet were able to tow the deadly object into a stable orbit around Jupiter where it can be mined for naquadah.
The fact that Anubis still couldn't detect all of the ships we have cloaked justifies our plan to keep our power hidden.
April 4th 2002…
The team stepped through the gate following master Bratac onto the planet claimed by the free Jaffa. Their endorsement of the rebel Jaffa leader Kytano caused us to bring with us several hundred weapons and enough ammunition to fight a small war. Of course most of supplies were waiting in cloaked cargo ships in orbit. These cargo ships were not the small Goauld version but purely human built ships that could carry many hundreds of tons of cargo. The cargo ships could deliver their supplies most anywhere in the galaxy quickly via intergalactic speed hyperdrive engines and transporters.
The transporter technology was now advanced enough to convert energy into matter of a form stored in the controlling computer. We are only limited by the energy required to form the object. Several of the more powerful Tollan power generators supply each vessel with energy. This was how the weapons were created for the free Jaffa.
"I am master Bratac of Chulak. I have come with warriors of the Tauri," Bratac informed the group of Jaffa waiting for us.
Jack chose that moment to drop his backpack.
"Hi guys," he shouted in greeting.
"Tek me tek," Bratac continued.
"It means friends well met…we come in peace," Daniel translated for those of us who don't speak Goauld.
"Racnor," Teal'c greeted an old friend.
"Teal'c Tek me tek," Racnor returned in greeting as they clasped forearms.
"It was Teal'c who gave me my first taste of freedom. It is because of you I am here," Racnor vouched.
"These are among the great warriors of the Tauri; Daniel Jackson, Major Carter, Dr. Demire, and their leader Colonel O'Neill," Racnor introduced.
"Tek me tek," Racnor addressed us.
"Back at you," Jack greeted.
"Back at you," Racnor tried.
The Jaffa were a little skeptical of our earth based projectile weapons but we moved on quickly to receive a tour of the camp. We could see even during our tour of the camp the effects of having a Goauld leading the Jaffa. Kytano's training methods showed no concern for the survival of the Jaffa who followed him.
We watched the Jaffa gather and cheer as Kytano returned from the mission he was on.
"Jaffa this day three of our warriors have fallen in the name of freedom. They fought fiercely against the enemy forces and they died bravely. They have secured for themselves a place in Keb. So to have they strengthened our ability to fight back at the enemy," Kytano informed the gathered Jaffa as several held up captured Zat guns.
We watched as Kytano first greeted Bratac and Teal'c before he turned his attention on us. After our greeting a demonstration of Earth weaponry was required. Many of these Jaffa had never actually seen or heard of us in battle because of our penchant for making sure there were no witnesses left alive. They often only heard of the end result.
After the very effective demonstration carried out by my beautiful wife Sam turned to face the watching Jaffa with a smile. Sam snapped her fingers together on her right hand after which a device dropped down to wrap around her hand. Dropping to one knee Sam raised her right hand towards Katano and activated the hand weapon. The wave of force was compressed into a tight beam as it lashed out and launched Katano over the crowd of Jaffa.
Quickly there were quite a few staff weapons aimed at my wife. But just as quickly all of SG-1 was aiming hand device weapons at the threatening Jaffa as the golden glow of our shields initializing washed over us.
"Racnor…check Kytano for a symbiote pouch. Major Carter was once host to a Tokra. She left some very helpful abilities to sense fully matured Goauld behind," I called out.
Racnor cautiously did so and found no pouch. Instantly all the staff weapons were now aiming at the stunned Kytano.
"He is yours to do with as you wish but I should inform you that our long range sensors inform us that there is a Goauld vessel on the way," I continued.
"It was supposed to be a ship liberated for us by more free Jaffa…according to Kytano," Racnor spoke up.
"Then it is likely on the way to wipe you out," Jack stated.
"What should we do," Racnor asked while looking at Bratac and Teal'c for guidance.
"Whether Kytano was one of us or not most of what he said was true. We shall move and fight on. Earth will provide you with whichever weapon you choose, earth designed or Goauld designed," Teal'c announced knowing that it would be rather simple for us to make the new weapons.
"This is Dr. Demire, we need a relocation for the entire population and their belongings," I spoke into the com.
"Yes sir," answered the commander of the one of the orbiting Hatac class vessels.
The Hatac contingent had been called in as soon as the approaching enemy ship had been picked up on long range scanners. We had the Jaffa relocated on an off network planet with a relocated stargate in a matter of hours. They had better dwellings set up by us than they had previously. We also made sure they had adequate food and medical aid. We would begin training them to capture their own ships with earth based special forces techniques.
April 26th 2002, Kappa research station…
I stood beside Sam as the Tollan scientist placed the recharged power cell in the android Reese. Nuru was one of the only Tollans allowed off their planet under heavy supervision. They helped us set up quite a few safety precautions on our research stations, including a phase generator that will take the object of study out of phase should it prove dangerous. Without being able to touch anything the danger shouldn't theoretically be able to harm anything.
Reese took a deep breath all of a sudden.
"It has a pulse," Sam stated.
"It has a heartbeat," Daniel asked.
"It might not appreciate being referred to as an it if she was designed to simulate life so fully," I stated.
"Where am I," Reese asked after she sat up.
"You are in a research facility on the planet we call Kappa," Daniel answered before introducing the rest of us.
"My name is Reese," Reese answered.
"Where's my father," Reese asked.
"Was your father on the planet we found you on," I asked.
"Yes I think so," she answered.
"I'm sorry Reese but I think your father is dead," I gently answered her seeing no point in lying.
Reese started crying so I went and hugged her. She gave me a hug with more force then she realized I'm sure. It would have really hurt a normal human but I just rubbed her back smoothly.
"Do you want to talk about what happened," I asked gently after she stopped crying.
The others kept silent and let me take the lead.
"My father knew there was danger. He told me to go to sleep. He said he would wake me when the danger went away. What do you want," Reese asked.
"We wanted to get to know you," I answered while signaling the others not to say anything.
I began to talk to Reese like I would any child. Her creators had tried to simulate human life in hopes of creating something similar to Harlan. This was one of their approaches to immortality. Their hardware was advanced but their software was lacking. Reese was unfortunately raised by a scientist who didn't know how to go any further. I eventually through much persuasion (candy and walks outside seemed to work best) got Reese to explain the replicators and even show me how she made one.
The others were highly alarmed but I made sure they stayed calm.
"So Reese you said you lost control of the other replicators. Do you think you would be able to create different replicators, ones that would go out and stop the existing replicators? You could make them so they only replicate using the parts from the existing replicators," I suggested.
"I…I think I could do that," Reese said after some thought.
"I'll show you some pictures of some animals you could modify them after," I told her as I quickly retrieved a picture book which I obtained from the transporter synthesizer.
"Oooh…I like that one," Reese squealed when she saw a picture of a cat.
They apparently didn't have many animals left on Reese's planet like on the original Tollana.
"I'll make you a deal Reese. If you make me a replicator to do what I suggested before I'll get you a real cat and show you how to take care of it," I promised.
"Deal," a happy Reese replied before she got to work making the cat shaped replicator.
"I call them replicats," Reese informed us when she finished.
The replicat just sat there until Reese instructed it to do something.
"He will follow your instructions. You can get him to make more by telling him to do so but he will only do so when you give him a specific number. They are direct copies so they will also follow your commands," Reese informed me.
"Thank you Reese," I said giving her a hug.
A waiting airman brought in an orange cat that resembled crookshanks from my old reality. Reese was immediately cooing and petting her new cat. Sam showed her how to handle it while I stepped out. General Hammond was waiting in his office when I made a vid call.
"How is it going Doctor," Hammond asked.
"Fantastic sir," I replied with a smile before explaining events so far.
"That is great news. What do you think we should do with Reese," Hammond asked.
"I was hoping I could convince you to let me take care of her. I know a planet where she will be welcome and relatively happy."
"I was hoping you would have a solution. The president and I weren't honestly sure what to do with her."
"I'll take care of it sir," I assured him.
"Thank you Doctor," replied Hammond before we ended the call.
"Reese I'd like to introduce you to another friend of mine," I told her as I walked back into the room.
"Ok," she replied before she followed me out of the room with her cat.
My friend was actually a human form replicator who will was slaved to my own. She was about the same age as Reese. The AI running her was advanced enough to keep Reese occupied and happy but without causing any trouble. Reese and her new friend would be well looked after on Utopia 7.
When I got back to Kappa I instructed the cat to replicate several copies. I took the opportunity to install more fail safes into the design and make the replicats completely slave to my will. Several were sent through to the Asgard home world with instructions for Thor on what to do with them. They wouldn't immediately defeat all of the bug replicators the Asgard are facing but they will definitely even the score.
We had stopped the rogue NID operatives before they could kill the person responsible for activating the sentinel like they did in canon. Therefore there was no need to save the people that were endangered in canon.
When we arrived on Kelowna I stayed to watch the experiments with Daniel. When the control rods were stuck to the naquadria I acted before Daniel could.
"Daniel shield Jonas," I ordered as the head scientist ran from the room.
My force weapon snapped around my hand even as I activated my shield. A recent improvement with Tollan technology was the ability to switch the shield between a solid all the time shield and a shield that let low velocity objects through like the original Goauld hand device. As I blast through the window and jumped through I ordered a thin but strong pole of metal beamed down from the ship in orbit. It appeared in a flash of white light in my hands. I hooked it through a gap in the control rod mount and grabbed the other side.
Pulling hard I jerked the control rods out. Turning I saw Jonas staring in amazement as both Daniel and my own shields were glowing gold from blocking the radiation. I ordered the severely irradiated scientists beamed aboard a Hatac where they were restored to full health in a sarcophagus.
A half hour later…
"Security arrest that man," the minister of the country we were currently in ordered as he strolled in.
"Say what," exclaimed Jack even as our weapons came into our hands from their wrist mounts.
"He sabotaged our project and should face charges accordingly," the minister stated.
"I don't think so you asshole," I replied as I activated the holographic recorder I had recording the entire incident.
The ground shook just as the projection finished playing.
"What was that," the minister asked in terror.
"That would be your administrative building blowing up as our ship in orbit fired upon it," I replied with a smirk.
The administrative building had been evacuated when the accident happened.
"What do you want," the terrified little worm of a minister asked.
"Now we are going to discuss trading some naquadria," I answered.
"Jonas will arrange it," the minister replied before leaving the room quickly.
As it turned out Jonas was assigned as a liaison to the SGC on an ongoing basis. The minister wanted to make sure earth was happy so we didn't rain fire down from the sky on anymore of their buildings. My superiors would be very happy after they read the energy readouts on the naquadria. I thought about letting Daniel ascend but I don't think Sharai and Sarah would be very happy with me if I let him "die" even if it was only temporary.
Lily Evans Potter appeared in the lab of her daughter in law. She still had trouble believing she had a daughter in law already. She still thought of her Harry as her little boy. She knew he was grown up in a lot of departments, being part veela in all, but the sheer magnitude of what he now is still amazed her. It had been after one of their frequent sessions of sex when Harry had informed her that he was now merged with his consciousness from another reality, a consciousness that was a sex god.
She had been skeptical but then he had shown a sexual stamina that not even a veela could possess. Harry let her read a summary of his life so far that was chronicled by a seer he called his channel. The changes had started off slowly with her getting an upgrade in her scientific knowledge along with the knowledge of the true origin of their people. Then Harry started letting her chat with his wives. Finally Harry had asked her if she would form an essence bond with him.
She knew from chats with her daughter in laws that an essence bond was even deeper than a soul bond and could only be formed between a truly ascended god and a mortal (in the divine sense). Lily had to think about it because not even veela soul bonded with their children. It was ok for Harry to soul bond with his sisters but his mother? She knew it would assuage a lot of her son's fears. If another god tried to kill Harry's loved ones they wouldn't be able to kill his essence bonded without killing him first. It would even theoretically allow the bonded to survive the destruction of their reality because the essence bond was rooted in the between of the multi verse.
In the end that was what caused her to agree although it did turn her on quite a bit. She had stipulated that she would essence bond if Harry made her pregnant. Her daughter in laws' descriptions of the effects of carrying the child of a sex god were too good not to experience it herself. James had been very accepting of all of this. He knew he would have to be very open minded when he married a veela.
"Hi mom," Anise greeted her mother in law for the first time in person.
Lily insisted all of Harry's wives call her mom because it turned her on to no end. Lily hugged her very attractive daughter in law. She pulled back and stared into Anise's beautiful eyes before leaning forward and kissing her deeply. Her veela senses picked up Anise getting instantly wet.
"Are you ready to get preggers," asked Lily with a wide grin.
"Oh definitely," Anise answered with a matching grin.
"Well lets go find that son of mine then," Lily stated as she mentally activated the transportation device which traveled through any space and time via the between.
They appeared in Harry's chambers on Atluria to find him taking a rare nap. Not actually needing to sleep Harry usually only did it to relax or after sex with his wives. It looked like he was relaxing after a long day at work. The other wives were not in the room because they didn't need to sleep either and most of them didn't have full time jobs so didn't need the relaxation. A constant state of orgasm while pregnant tended to keep one relaxed anyway.
The two beauties quickly slipped off their clothes and padded over to either side of the large bed. As Lily slipped under the covers she scooted up beside her naked son. Harry was a vision of beauty as she gazed upon his sleeping form. The planet he created as his version of heaven was one of the only places in the multi verse where he could safely let his true power show. There was a literal glow to his skin as she ran her fingers up and down his toned body.
Insert smut scene here
When the Asgard Freyr came through the gate and asked for our help in evacuating an Asgard scientist we quickly agreed. The scientist was on a planet under siege by a Goauld who supposedly killed Thor. Of course I knew better but played along for now. We went with a several Hatac force. Coming out of hyperspace there was a few millisecond window where it was possible that the Goauld could have detected us while the cloak activated but it was very unlikely. We had implemented the design for the sensor dispersion field the Goauld we fought over Tollana employed.
Unlike the cloak the dispersion field could be active while in hyperspace. So they would really need to be looking in order to pick us up. The planet in question was so hot and toxic on the surface that nothing could survive up there. The planet's upper atmosphere was thick so we went down in a cargo ship which had a phase generator. Phasing through the atmosphere ensured an extra smooth ride.
We found the Asgard lab after a deep scan and quickly beamed inside.
"Hello," I spoke up to announce our presence.
The Asgard scientist jumped a bit in the air in fright.
"I was not aware earth possessed transporter technology."
"Well we reverse engineered it from Cimmeria," I answered.
"You did? Well that is quite impressive. I am Heimdal. I assume you were sent by the Asgard High Council."
"Not exactly…," Jack replied before making introductions.
"I have heard much of your exploits on behalf of the Asgard."
"We should be evacuating soon," Jack stated.
"I'm afraid we cannot leave."
"Why not," Sam asked.
"First we must rescue Thor," Heimdal replied.
"Thor isn't dead is he," Jack asked with a grin.
"He is not. However his life is in grave danger. He is a prisoner of the Goauld. They picked up his escape pod after his ship was destroyed," Heimdal explained as she brought up a scan of the interior of the Goauld Hatac.
"Alright Heimdal make your preparations for departure while we retrieve Thor," I told the Asgard.
"I've got this covered," I told the others before I beamed away.
Once aboard one of the orbiting Hatac vessels I targeted the shield generators of the ship holding Thor with a phase missile. The phase missile worked in the same way as the Alteran drone to penetrate shielding. They could be blocked but only if you knew how. As soon as the missile took out the shield generator I beamed Thor out.
I took the opportunity to beam a high yield explosive aboard. The plasma bomb detonated shortly after and took the ship out without. Unfortunately Anubis hadn't arrived yet so wasn't affected. Shortly afterward we evacuated Heimdal from her lab before activating the self destruct.
"Thank you for rescuing me Dr. Demire," said Thor after he was recovered from his ordeal with the Goauld.
"No problem. How are the replicats working out," I asked.
"They have halted the advance of the replicators. That is yet another thing we are grateful for. If you did not already possess our transportation technology we would give it to you. As you humans say we'll owe you one, or several in this case," replied Thor.
After we sent Thor and Heimdal home with her research I decided it was time I head back to Enterprise to kick some Xindi ass.
Star Trek Enterprise Reality…
We have been in the Expanse for six weeks. In that time we haven't gathered any important information about the Xindi. We are currently following a lead on a Xindi given to us by a shady freighter captain. It's the best lead we have so far. We've encountered several spatial anomalies which cause disruptions in the ship's systems. After the first few I managed to find a way to block the anomalies using our shields after some modifications.
It was actually a feature of our warp engines that allows us to do this. I "warped" space-time just enough to deflect incoming anomalies off the curved space-time bubble surrounding the ship. Lizzie has been helping me with everything. She picks up new science very quickly. I've even been teaching her some Alteran science. Mind you it isn't so advanced as to appear suspicious but plenty of the early Alteran space exploration technology is within feasibility for Enterprise.
When we arrived in orbit around the mining planet the captain, Malcolm, and I went down in a shuttle.
"We should have worn EV suits," Malcolm complained at the noxious atmosphere from the mining.
"Relax Malcolm, these shields will protect against most energy weapons. They will handle the atmospheric filtering," I reassured him.
It looks like the captured technology would finally be paying off. We found an entrance into the facility and made our way down a metal ladder. We were greeted by two mask wearing and weapon toting aliens.
"I'm Captain Archer of the Starship Enterprise," the captain announced us.
"This way," one said as he gestured with his head before going back through the door he emerged from.
We followed down the tunnels past several aliens mining. We were led into an office.
"Archer," the alien behind the desk stated.
"I'm Jonathan Archer. This is Lt. Reed and Commander Tucker," the captain replied.
"I've been told you might be able to make it worth my while if I were to arrange a certain introduction," the alien stated.
"Depends what you mean by worth your while."
"I've always had a fondness for platinum, specifically in its liquefied state."
"That can be arranged," the captain answered after I nodded that it was doable with the energy to matter synthesizer.
We were given a finger to confirm the person we are after is Xindi before we were shown out.
That night in my quarters…
The ringing of the door chime woke my wives and I.
"Should I go invisible," Kaitaama asked.
"Yeah but don't teleport away. It's Lizzie," I answered as I sensed my sister.
A wave of my hand opened the door.
"Oh I'm sorry I didn't realize you had company…," Lizzie trailed off while turning to go after seeing Hoshi and T'Pol on either side of me.
"Lizzie it's ok. Come in," I told her.
"Is it another nightmare," asked T'Pol.
Lizzie and my two lovers have been getting along great these past few weeks.
"Come here," I told her as I held open the covers.
She crawled in the bed with us only to realize she was the only one wearing clothes.
"Trip are you all naked," she squeaked.
"What you didn't think we were all just snuggling did you," Hoshi asked.
In truth we were all just snuggling after such a long day. We just like to sleep in the nude. I pulled Lizzie closer to me so that she had her head resting on my shoulder. Hoshi hugged her from behind. Kaitaama was beside T'Pol.
"Lizzie I think it's time you know some things," I told her.
"What is it Trip," she asked.
I told her, everything. When I was done with a recap of my life she was naturally a bit skeptical. Kaitaama appearing from nowhere lessened her skepticism but that could be explained by a personal cloaking field. It would be difficult with Enterprise's current level of tech but not impossible. The fireball I conjured in my hand quelled any skepticism in her.
"So what do you think," asked Hoshi as she hugged my sister.
"Well it definitely explains all of your girlfriends…I mean wives," Lizzie said thoughtfully.
"Can I join," she finally decided to ask.
This got giggles from my wives.
"Oh we knew that would be your response. Our dear husband didn't believe us," Kaitaama replied.
"So how about it," Lizzie persisted.
"Welcome to the family…the close and personal one," T'Pol stated before leaning forward and kissing Lizzie.
At first Lizzie was surprised but then returned the kiss. The two beauties kissing over me got a response out of certain parts of me.
"Mmmm…somebody likes that," T'Pol stated as she pulled back from the kiss.
My pregnant wife grabbed my member and pulled back the covers.
"You get first dibs," she told my sister.
Insert smut scene here
After we synthesized the platinum and confirmed that the finger belonged to a Xindi, even if it was a different species of Xindi, we took a shuttle back down to the planet.
"You're aware this stuff is volatile above thirty degrees Celsius," I confirmed as I opened the case of platinum.
"I'm familiar with the properties of liquid platinum," the alien foreman confirmed.
"I've insolated the outer container. It should keep everything stable," I explained while starting to hand it to him.
"There's a little more than a half liter in here," the captain observed as he grabbed the container.
"What exactly do you want with our Xindi friend? He's not very attractive, especially after his recent…surgery," the foreman asked.
"I have something to discuss with him."
"And what might that be?"
"I brought you what you asked for. Now let me see the Xindi."
"His work group should be awake in about an hour's time," the foreman stated after checking a schedule on a nearby computer.
"It took six of my men half the night to extract this platinum. I think you could wake him an hour early," the captain lied.
The foreman agreed as we were soon led deeper into the tunnel system.
"Is Trillium D the only thing you mine here," I asked as we were shown into the worker accommodations.
"The only thing…Trillium D," the foreman confirmed.
"I'm not familiar with it. What's it used for," I asked while already having a pretty good idea.
"Insulation, mostly for interstellar vessels…what insulation does your ship use captain?"
"Our outer hull is lined with duranium," the captain replied.
"I imagine you must have a very large crew."
"Why would you imagine that?"
At that moment the Xindi was literally thrown into the room.
"Take your time," the foreman said as he left the room after receiving his payment.
"Do I have you to thank for this," the Xindi asked as he held up his hand which was missing a finger.
"The foreman said it was an accident," the captain answered.
"Did he? What do you want?"
"You're Xindi," the captain asked.
"A nine fingered Xindi. What do you want?"
"Where is your home world?"
"You came all the way to this hideous world and brought the foreman to see me. All for what…directions to my planet…I find that hard to believe."
"We have important business with your people."
"But you don't know where to find them…well if you want information you're going to have to help me escape from this place."
"What do you mean escape," the captain asked naively after the treatment we have seen.
"What do these look like volunteers…we're captives, slaves."
"A simple set of coordinates is all I want," the captain answered as he paced.
"The only payment I'm interested in is my freedom," he answered.
"If you can't provide that then stop wasting my time," he added.
"Captain there are three warships approaching at high warp. Their hull alloys match that of the mining towers on the surface," T'Pol stated over the com.
"How long before they get here," Archer asked.
"Two hours sir," Travis answered.
"Go to tactical alert. We're heading back to the shuttle pod," the captain answered before ending the transmission.
"Shuttle pod…you have a ship in orbit? You made it so easy on them. Usually they have to go find ships to replenish their labor force," the nine fingered Xindi informed us.
"You want a way off this planet then you've got it," I stated as I pulled a remote out of my vest.
"What is that," Archer asked.
"Just watch," I answered with a grin.
As I pressed the button an explosion rocked the ground.
"That scum got platinum, mixed with some highly explosive nitro glycerin inside of the casing," I answered with a smile.
"Never change Trip," the captain answered with a matching grin.
"Now with the hole that stuff just made we should be able to transport out," I informed the captain.
Once ourselves and the Xindi were aboard we started raining fire down on the compound. We made sure to transport out any captives to a safe distance from the target area. When the three war ships showed up they were in for a surprise. They didn't last more than three seconds before we wiped them out with our Thalaron weapon. We kept two of the ships to trail our own as escort and gave the third to the now released slaves.
I made sure to transport a significant portion of the Trillium aboard the two escort ships. Not only would it come in handy for Enterprise later but it would also be a good form of currency while in the Expanse. Our Xindi "guest" informed us that the Xindi home world had been destroyed years ago. The Xindi left were spread all over the expanse. He had no clue where the ones who built the weapon were.
Archer left the Xindi on an abandoned but habitable planet. He kept his word by getting him out of the mine. That didn't mean he needed to make the Xindi's journey easy. We set a course deeper into the expanse to continue our mission.
On our course deeper into the Expanse we encountered an anomaly field which taxed my spatial bubble shield. Our ion-neutrino reactor had to divert a significant portion of its power to the spatial shield. When we picked up a ship which didn't answer our hails we set a course for it. There was no atmosphere aboard along with no artificial gravity.
On the bridge…
"Any sign of what happened to them," the captain asked.
"No sir," Malcolm answered.
We were soon suiting up to go over.
"Have you spent much time in gravity boots corporal," the captain asked.
"I did a six week tour on Jupiter station. The grav plating went down a few times," answered Corporal McKenzie.
"Only in simulations sir," answered another marine.
"This is an alien ship we're boarding. We could run into magnetic variances. Watch your step."
A chorus of "yes sir" rang out from the team of marines.
"We're looking for any indication of what might have happened to them," the captain continued.
Malcolm wasn't pleased but I was taking his place on this mission. As the captain put it, "I've learned it's a very good thing to have you at my back in unknown situations Trip."
Objects were floating all over inside the ship without artificial gravity active.
"This is weapons fire," I confirmed as I scanned some scorch marks.
One of the marines pulled open a door to find our first dead alien.
"Captain," he spoke up to call attention to the corpse.
"No external injuries," the marine revealed after running a scan.
"Let's find the bridge," the captain instructed after examining the corpse briefly.
We found more floating alien corpses on the bridge.
"Try to access that station," the captain instructed me.
"We counted seventeen bodies," I informed T'Pol as we were changing.
"Most of them died when their life support ran out," Archer added.
"The rest were killed by particle weapons," I informed my lover.
The captain ordered Travis to resume our previous course.
"Captain it might be a good idea to make sure everybody is wearing their personal energy shield," I suggested.
"Do it," he ordered T'Pol.
A ship soon showed up.
"Distance," the captain asked as he entered the bridge.
"Three thousand meters and closing," answered Travis.
"They're charging weapons," informed Malcolm.
"Shields are on full," I informed.
There was no response to attempts at a hail.
"Two thousand meters," announced Travis.
"They just attempted to transport over," I announced.
"Were they successful," asked the captain.
"No…I just picked up their quickly fading life signs just outside our shield. It appears their transporter technology doesn't prevent a transport if they can't arrive at the destination like ours does," I answered.
The captain smiled grimly.
"Fire across their hull…show them it isn't wise to drop in on us unannounced," the captain ordered.
Our phase canon spat energy into their hull. It was powerful enough to damage but not destroy.
"The ship is pulling away," Travis announced.
"Cloak and follow them," the captain ordered.
We did just that. We followed them for a few hours until they disappeared inside of a cloaked area. We followed them inside. Some serious turbulence was hitting our spatial shield as soon as we entered the cloak field.
"What's going on," Archer asked.
"It's a phase based cloak. It takes you slightly out of phase with our dimension," I explained.
We came through the cloak field to see a massive metal sphere.
"T'Pol," the captain asked.
"It's approximately nineteen kilometers in diameter," she reported.
"Ever seen anything like it," the captain asked.
"No," T'Pol answered.
"It's constructed entirely of a single alloy," she announced.
"Who could build something that big," Travis asked.
"I'm imagining a very old and powerful race…a race capable of building a dimensional phase cloaking field," I replied.
We went in for a closer look.
"Any luck scanning the interior," asked the captain.
"Our sensors are being deflected," answered T'Pol.
The interdimensional sensors on my cruiser were not and I was not liking what they were telling me. We eventually found a portal and took a shuttle to go inside the sphere. Shooting the locking mechanism allowed us entrance.
"There's enough energy running through here to power a dozen cities," Travis announced.
"What's that down there," Malcolm asked.
"Those modules have a breathable atmosphere," the captain announced.
We docked and cut our way inside of a module.
"They've been busy," the captain stated as we came across a lot of pirate loot.
"There are a lot of modules to search so fan out and keep open com links," the captain continued before I interrupted.
"Wait sir there is a better way. When we first entered the shuttle dropped a cloaked probe at the portal. It was a relay that should allow matter beams to be relayed back to the ship. It also relays the ship's sensors. So Enterprise should be able to beam anything out now past the hull of the sphere," I explained.
"Good work Trip. Start having them transport over as much as we can carry," the captain ordered.
Travis found a cargo manifest which we downloaded and transmitted back to Hoshi. Her translation revealed a piece of Xindi equipment. We waited under cloak for the Oosarian pirate ship to return. Their manifest told us their language. We didn't have to wait long.
Our first shot disabled their engines, the second one their weapons.
"Initiate our little gift exchange," the captain ordered.
"Yes sir," I replied.
The Oosarian computer core was transported to our cargo bay only to be replaced by a high yield explosive. We set a course out of the cloaking field as the ship exploded behind us. As we suspected the Oosarians had downloaded a copy of the Xindi database from the ship they attacked. The computer on the sphere contained parts of databases from other species that fell victim to the pirates.
Now we have a lead on where to look for the Xindi. It is time for some payback.
The captain managed to piece together the flight path for the Xindi ship. We made our way to the last planet they visited. There were no humanoid bio signs but we did find what appeared to be a shuttle craft on sensors. I again went down instead of Malcolm with the away team.
"Captain I'm detecting a very nasty airborne virus," I announced as soon as I opened the shuttle pod door.
"Are our shields stopping it," he asked.
"Yes but I wouldn't recommend staying for long."
"Understood…we'll make this quick."
"Judging by the oxidation this happened about two weeks ago," T'Pol stated as she scanned the alien craft.
"Right about the time the Xindi were her," said Hoshi.
"It's definitely one of theirs. I recognize it from the database," confirmed the captain.
"Search the area. See what you can find. Some of their databanks may still be intact," he instructed T'Pol and I.
"Captain...a body," Hoshi announced.
"It isn't Xindi…at least not one of the three species we're familiar with," T'Pol stated.
"It might have been. The virus is a very nasty retrovirus. It seems to want to mutate the DNA of any species it encounters into that," I informed everyone as I pointed to the charred corpse.
"This whole area has been scorched," said the captain.
"Sir I think this is a quarantine measure. The virus has been scorched along with the infected…but it's still airborne. We need to get the databanks if we can and get the hell out of here," I urged.
"Do it," he ordered.
We salvaged what data we could and quickly made our way back to the shuttle pod. We took off and made it into decon in record time. Two ships soon showed up responsible containing the virus. They detected no infected on board so mostly left us be. Phlox quickly realized that T'Pol's physiology was immune to the virus. He synthesized a cure for the virus and we gave it to the quarantine ships before we left.
About a week later we came across a chemist who said he could tell us how to refine the Trillium we have stored in our escort ships. We were invited back to his home planet. The city he lived in was one of heavy commerce.
"The chemist said his shop is in barge twelve," the captain informed us as we made our way through the crowded market.
"Phlox would be pretty happy here," I stated as I examined some of the interesting species in cages nearby.
"I'm afraid we'll have to save the souvenir hunting for another time," replied the captain.
"I don't recognize your species…you must be newcomers, welcome," a strange looking alien greeted us.
"We're looking for barge 12, a chemist named B'Rat," the captain asked.
He tried to sell us something but the captain managed to brush him off while getting a direction to go.
"I'm closed," the chemist announced as we walked into the shop.
"I have an appointment," answered the captain.
"We met at the Deuterium station on Orellis," the captain reminded him.
We haggled for a bit before the merchant brought up the Xindi.
"Some Xindi arrived here last week. I thought you might be interested," he informed as us the captain perked up with interest.
"Where can we find them," Malcolm asked promptly.
Their eagerness was just driving up the price.
"They had business with another merchant."
"Who," asked Archer.
I managed to haggle a good price with him. It didn't hurt that I was using compulsions to pretty much give us the information we want for next to nothing. We made our way over to the merchant the Xindi had business with.
"To answer your first question I regret to inform you that I cannot offer free samples," the alien with a large forehead informed us.
"B'Rat said you might be able to help us," the captain replied.
"I always welcome referrals. What is your pleasure," the sex slave merchant asked.
"We were told you had recently done business with some Xindi," prompted the captain.
"Excellent customers they purchased two Nutoni serpent women. I'm afraid I don't have anymore but perhaps I can interest you in an Eluvian concubine…she's quite skilled."
"We're not interested…I want to know where I can find these Xindi," the captain asked.
I quickly pulled the captain back.
"Why don't you and Malcolm let me handle this sir," I whispered.
"You pretty much took that chemist for next to nothing so I'll agree Trip. Do what you have to in order to get the information."
"How much for her," I asked indicating a female that looked closest to human.
"You have an excellent eye…she can be very accommodating," the merchant informed me.
I got him to tell me her price.
"I'll pay you double if you tell me something useful about the Xindi."
"It was a couple of reptilians and they left orbit a few days ago. They stop back periodically. They don't tell me anything more. I don't make it a habit of asking questions," he explained.
I paid him and led my new slave, Rajiin, back to the others.
"She is staying in your quarters. I don't think it would be allowed if you weren't you. As it is I'm pretty sure nobody on earth would deny you anything," the captain informed me once he saw my purchase.
After we made it through decon and an examination for Rajiin I took her back to my quarters.
"I will serve you well," she informed me as she slipped off her dress.
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I later informed the captain about Rajiin's former status as unwilling Xindi operative. He trusted me enough to deal with her. As for the matter of the two Xindi reptilian vessels waiting to retrieve their operative the captain and I easily dealt with them. We had Rajiin call them forth. When they tried to disable Enterprise they found more than they could handle. They barely managed to escape into what I detected were short range wormholes before we destroyed them.
It looks like just like the races in the Stargate verse used the Stargates to learn interdimensional travel so to did the Xindi use the spheres. I already figured out that the spheres were actually responsible for generating the anomalies that made the Expanse what it is. My wives took to training Rajiin to serve them right away. I would often walk into our quarters to find Rajiin with her head buried between the legs of one of my bonded. I would often join in. Life was good.
The mission room…
"I talked to chef after dinner. He's a little worried about the crew. People have started missing meals. He figures they're either to busy or the stress of this mission is starting to get to them," I informed the captain.
"I haven't had much of an appetite myself," he replied.
"Movie night has been on hold since we entered the Expanse. Maybe we should start it up again," I suggested.
"There will be plenty of time for movies after we have dealt with the Xindi."
"I feel the need for some Xindi ass kicking as much as the next guy but this crew needs a little R and R. Unless you want Phlox to start medicating people we need to boost morale."
"What did you have in mind?"
"Possibly a comedy," I suggested.
"Good choice," he replied just before T'Pol walked in.
"Captain," she questioned our current actions.
"We've been reviewing some of these Xindi star charts. Trip thought they might be able to help us figure out if there are any more spatial anomalies in the region," Archer explained.
"I would have helped you do that," answered T'Pol.
"It's late…I didn't want to get you out of bed," the captain explained.
"Trip's absence was noticeable," she replied.
I had to suppress a smirk at her reply.
"Well Trip was pretty restless and was looking for something to do," the captain answered before walking to a console on the other side of the room.
"We're going to have to tire you out more," my wife said in a quiet voice so the captain wouldn't overhear unless he tried hard.
"Impossible…remember what I am love," I replied with a smirk.
"How can we ever forget…so many orgasms," T'Pol trailed off with a far off gaze for a moment.
Just then our other lover chirped over the intercom, "Bridge to captain Archer."
"Go ahead," the captain answered after activating the com.
"I'm picking up an automated distress call sir…it's Vulcan."
"Have you tried hailing them," asked the captain.
"Several times," answered Hoshi.
"We're on our way," the captain replied before leading the way to the bridge.
"Where are they," Archer asked once we reached the bridge.
"3.2 light years, bearing 016 mark 12."
"I recognize the transponder frequency…it's the Seleya. They entered the Expanse nine months ago," T'Pol explained.
"Keep hailing them. Set a course," ordered the captain.
Several minutes later, the edge of an asteroid field…
"The asteroids are moving in a chaotic fashion, their paths are unpredictable. It may be the result of some spatial anomalies," T'Pol announced after looking through the viewer.
"Where's the Vulcan ship," asked Archer.
"Approximately 2000 kilometers dead ahead," she answered.
"I can guess why they were interested in this field. The asteroids are loaded with Trillium ore," I spoke up.
"It looks a little too crowded in there for Enterprise," the captain stated.
"Sir I can boost power to the shuttle pod for a short while, long enough to extend the shuttle's shields around the Seleya," I started to explain.
"What good will that do," the captain asked.
"Enterprise can blast her way in far enough at full shields to use her tractor beam and tow the Seleya out," I explained.
"Do it," the captain ordered.
A half hour later…
"Main power is offline and their hull has taken quite a beating. Life support is minimal," Malcolm announced from his scans after we pulled the Seleya out of the field.
"Decks twelve and thirteen have decompressed," I added.
"I'm reading multiple bio signs," T'Pol announced.
I knew this was difficult for my wife. She had served on the Seleya for a year before transferring to the Vulcan consulate on Earth. The Seleya was attempting to map the thermo baric cloud at the edge of the Expanse when they reported getting pulled in by some type of subspace eddy. That was their last transmission.
"Sir I recommend transporting one of the Vulcans into a contained area to see what is going on with them," I suggested.
"Do it," he replied.
Luckily I transported the Vulcan into an empty cargo bay because he was quite mad with rage. It didn't take Phlox long to discover Trillium D is a potent neurotoxin to the Vulcan brain physiology. Luckily T'Pol hasn't handled any of the Trillium we have stored in the escort ships. Her physiology has been altered enough with my Alteran upgrades that it probably wouldn't affect her the same anyway.
"What can we do for them," asked Captain Archer as we stood in sick bay.
"Before Commander Tucker here I would have said nothing but now we have his healing chamber. It should repair the damage," Phlox replied.
"How long will it take?"
"We have two chambers so we'll have to transport them over by pairs. A day or so to do the entire crew of the Seleya…at least the still alive ones," answered Phlox.
"Take anyone you need for help," the captain ordered.
"Sir I think I can put Trillium on our hull along with the Seleya's hull," I spoke up as we walked out of sick bay.
"How," he asked.
"Well I can use the energy to matter converter synthesizer design to create a device capable of coating the hull in a layer of Trillium D and then layer our normal hull material over that. It will be on the outside of the ships so it won't affect the Vulcans," I explained.
"Do it and as I just told Phlox take whatever help you need. How long will it take to repair the Vulcan ship," the captain asked.
"Well with our synthesizer making parts and material I'd say about a week," I answered before going off to work.
It didn't take me more than a day to coat both ships from our stores of Trillium. It took us the rest of the week I estimated to repair the Seleya. It took that time for all of the Vulcans to recover. They decided that since getting out of the Expanse seems to be harder than getting in they would follow us discretely and assist us. I provided them with a cloaking generator so they could remain undetected with our escort ships. As our allies the Vulcans felt it was in their best interest to help us save Earth.
When T'Pol discovered a pattern in the spatial anomalies on our sensors indicating a second sphere likely less than five light years from our current path we quickly set a course. That same night Hoshi started getting telepathic messages from an alien about three light years away.
I reached out with my senses to locate him immediately upon her alerting me to what he was doing.
Three light years away…
Tarquin grinned as he made contact with his latest victim. He liked to call them his companions. In over four hundred years of life he has had several companions. He wasn't sorry about the methods he used to mold their minds to his will. Suddenly he felt the most powerful telepathic presence he had ever dreamed of shifting through his memories, reading him like an open book.
Tarquin clutched his head in pain from the force of the search before he screamed for a moment, then his head exploded.
Back on Enteprise…
"Well that thing won't be bothering you or anyone else anymore," I informed Hoshi.
"Thanks," Harry she replied with a kiss before her head slipped below the covers to thank me in our favorite way.
We located the sphere right where T'Pol thought it would be. Enterprise had no trouble making it through the surrounding anomaly field with our Trillium D lined hull. Now we didn't have to power the spatial shields non stop. We took plenty of scans of the gravitometric energy field surrounding the sphere before we left.
Mission room...
"What have you got," asked the captain of T'Pol and I as he walked into the room.
"They data you collected allowed us to create a nearly accurate map of the anomalies," answered T'Pol.
"Nearly," asked Archer.
"These are the coordinates where we've encountered strong anomalies," I explained as I brought up the map on the view screen.
"Waves aren't intersecting where they are supposed to," the captain noticed immediately.
"Exactly the locations are being influenced by more than two gravitometric sources," T'Pol replied.
"A third sphere," Archer guessed.
"That would only correct some of the map. We'll need more data but there has to be a network of at least fifty spheres," I explained.
"Fifty spheres made by living beings and each the size of a small moon," Archer stated as he examined the map.
"And each one generating massive amounts of gravitometric energy," T'Pol added.
"I can't be sure yet but I think the anomaly network is causing the expanse," I spoke up.
"Why," asked T'Pol.
"The anomalies are actually altering the properties of the space the longer they are influencing it. I'm guessing the builders need a certain type of space to survive in. They want more territory," I answered.
We all went to bed that night pondering my guess.
Mission Room…
"There are no defensive systems," Malcolm clarified.
"No active sensor sweeps or artificial satellites and no vessels anywhere in the vicinity," T'Pol answered.
"We've seen how different Xindi technology is. They could have defenses we can't detect," Archer suggested.
"Well sir we won't know that until we get in there," I spoke up.
The planet in question was one T'Pol and I "found" in the Xindi database we recovered. It was actually one we implanted in the database. In my recent free time I've been meditating to see what other powers I might have. I've found I can glimpse into a timeline in the reality I'm currently in and see what would have occurred had I not come there. It only worked up to a day in advance at the moment but it was still interesting.
The alien I killed trying to mess with my wife telepathically would have given Enterprise the location of this facility, which will aid in our mission. So my wives and I decided to provide that information ourselves.
"What about these energy readings. They could be coming from a weapons complex," Archer speculated as he brought up the scans on the screen.
"It could be any number of things. Speculation at this point is of no use to us captain," T'Pol replied.
"We'll go in cloaked the whole way," Archer ordered before we left to carry out our preparations.
When we arrived in orbit we took the transporter down to the surface near the complex.
"That is definitely the source of the energy readings," Malcolm stated the obvious as we looked over the Xindi complex.
"They're Xindi," Archer confirmed while looking through binoculars.
"Reptilian," Major Hayes asked.
"No one of the other species we saw in the database."
"Let's go in," Archer ordered finally after he was satisfied.
"I'm not picking up any security devices," Malcolm informed us as he scanned the perimeter fence.
"Hold off sir," I spoke up as I saw he was preparing to cut through the fence with his phase pistol.
I pulled out a canister which I aimed at the fence. Depressing a button a liquid shot out onto the fence and immediately began to eat through it until there was a nice person sized hole for us.
"Acid," Archer asked.
"A special type I've been working on," I answered.
"Nice," Malcolm commented as we all crawled through the hole.
We made it inside the complex.
"Captain it's some kind of radiolytic compound," Malcolm informed as he scanned a canister.
I scanned it as well before announcing, "It's called Kemocite. It was in the probe that attacked earth and I've since then found the name in the databased."
Just then we heard someone coming. As we hid I noticed Malcolm left the canister out on the lab table. I acted with the speed of a god, moving faster than the human eye could follow. The canister was back in its place and I was hiding with the others very quickly. I pulled a notice me not field up around our group.
Several Xindi walked in and were discussing impurities in the refinement process.
"Degra isn't being realistic. This facility simply wasn't designed to manufacture such quantities," one Xindi stated.
"Your job is to synthesize Kemocite. I suggest you get back to it," the one in charge answered.
"Have these canisters retested. Salvage what you can and then destroy the rest," he ordered the other two before they left.
After the leader left we discussed what to do. Hayes and Malcolm wanted to destroy the facility immediately.
"We need to find another lead on the weapon," I argued.
"I agree. Let's question that leader," Archer ordered.
When the leader entered his home we were right behind him with our guns trained on him.
"I have some questions for you," stated Archer.
"Who are you? What do you want from me," asked Gralik.
We had finally managed to obtain the leader's name.
"Sit down," Archer ordered as Gralik stood and spread his arms.
"The area is clear sir…apparently he lives alone," Malcolm announced as he and Hayes returned.
The two left to stand watch outside.
"My name is Jonathan Archer and this is Charles Tucker," the captain began.
"I'm from Earth," the captain tried to see if he recognized the name.
"Is that supposed to explain why you forced your way into my home?"
"Tell me about Kemocite," answered the captain.
"It's a multi-phasic isotope."
"Used for what?"
"There are numerous applications. It depends on the level of refinement."
"You're working with someone named Degra. Who is he," asked the captain.
"That's none of your concern," he answered while pointing his finger at us.
"What is he using it for?"
"I don't make a habit of asking what my clients use it for."
"Maybe you should because this batch is being used to make a weapon to exterminate my people," Archer said as he got right in Gralik's face.
"What?"
"I want to know where the weapon is being built and when it's going to be ready," the captain demanded.
"I don't know what you are talking about," replied Gralik.
"Captain he is telling the truth," I spoke up.
"You're sure," he asked backing off.
"Yes I'm sure," I answered.
I walked up to the table and set a small disc shaped device in front of him. Pressing a button on my wrist activated a hologram.
"Look at what your Kemocite was used for Gralik," I instructed as we watched the beam cut a swath through part of our planet.
"How many dead," he asked quietly when it was finished.
"Over seven million," Archer answered.
We had decided it was best to let the Xindi think their attack had succeeded. We want the satellite I have in orbit to remain a secret so it is a better defense.
Just then a fragment of the probe which attacked earth beamed onto the table.
"That's a part of the probe. Verify for yourself what we have said," I instructed.
"The Kemocite is extremely refined and it did come from this facility," Gralik finally responded after taking scans.
"When Degra requested shipments so highly refined we celebrated. It would bring much wealth to our colony. We never considered why he wanted such pure Kemocite. Perhaps our greed blinded us from the possibility that it would be used in constructing a weapon," Gralik explained.
"Is Degra a reptilian," asked the captain.
"No, he is a Xindi primate."
"I met one at a mining complex," replied the captain.
"They are similar to you, ape like. Degra and his people have always been fair, truthful. That may have been why I believed him when he said the shipment was for research. Perhaps he has become untrustworthy as the reptilians."
"We've run into our fair share of them as well. It's hard to imagine five sentient species evolving on the same planet."
"Five…hmm…I suppose there are now. There was a sixth species, the avians. They've been extinct since the war. As far as I'm told none of them fled before our home world was destroyed. The war went on for so long I doubt any of the six species remembered what started but we all remember what ended it. In a last act of desperation the insectoids and reptilians detonated massive explosions beneath the eight largest seismic fissures. I like to think they didn't realize how devastating the result would be. My grandfather lived there. He told me of places where the sky was sometimes filled with avians. Now they're gone."
"The other five species did survive. From what I can tell they don't all live on remote colonies like this one."
"The descendants of those that escaped are scattered across the Expanse. Many live peaceful lives but obviously not all," Gralik explained as he picked up the piece of the probe.
Hayes pulled the captain out at that time to inform him that a lot of activity was going on down at the complex. T'Pol also alerted us to approaching reptilian vessels.
"Captain they will want to talk to me before they accept delivery of their final shipment. I may be able to obtain information for you about this weapon," Gralik offered.
"He's telling the truth sir," I spoke up again.
The captain trusts me so agreed.
Gralik was able to distract the Xindi reptilians and Degra while I snuck in a tagged sample of Kemocite. It was pretty simple when I was invisible and able to apparate. The captain said his goodbyes to Gralik before we broke orbit. The captain promised to remember that not all Xindi are the enemy of Earth.
We next encountered a planet that had six thousand humans and just under a thousand aliens. A closer investigation revealed the humans were from earth. They were taken by the Skagaraans as slave labor just over 250 years ago. Eventually the humans rebelled and started oppressing their former captors. It reminded me so much of the people who freed themselves from the Unas and then started selling the Unas as livestock.
Our first contact was a little rough but it wasn't anything a phase pistol on stun and some time in a healing chamber couldn't fix. We left a cloaked escort ship behind in orbit. The ship had transporters and a few healing chambers. They could help fix a lot of the ailments the locals suffered from. A few Enterprise crew members along with a few Seleya crew members offered to stay behind.
Insert smut scene here
A few weeks later when I detected a wormhole entering the ship which wasn't caused by one of my wives apparating I knew the captain would be getting a visit from Daniels. When I heard the chirping at the door I got up to answer it instead of making my wives get up.
"Trip…can I speak to T'Pol," he asked.
"Daniels just give us a new mission," I asked.
"Yes…how did you know," he asked.
"I detected his wormhole naturally," I answered with a smirk.
"You better here this too then."
"Daniels and his team have discovered three reptilians on earth in the early 21st century. He wants to send us back to find out what they're doing," explained the captain.
"Us," asked T'Pol.
"He told me I could only bring one person, no more."
"That won't be a problem sir. I've been making some more modifications in one of the cargo bays," I informed him.
"You know it's amazing we have any room for cargo with how many of the bays you take up," the captain said with amusement.
"And what will these modifications do," he asked.
"Allow the ship to follow you back in time of course."
The captain stared at me with a gaping mouth before shaking his head in disbelief.
"I shouldn't be surprised. Ok T'Pol and I will go back and you can follow us," the captain instructed before walking to the door.
"Oh and captain I'm almost sure this is the reptilian's attempt at completing the bio weapon. Since they couldn't get the information from Rajiin they will go to safest place to get it, the past," I added.
"That is logical," he replied before leaving the room.
"Did you even start the time engine," T'Pol asked curiously.
"Nope," I answered with a smile as I came up behind her and rest my chin on her shoulder.
I had my hand on her swollen abdomen. I could sense the life force of our child in her womb.
"How long will it take to complete the modifications?"
"Oh I'd say a few minutes. I've already ordered the human form replicators slaved to my control on the cruiser to begin creating it. They work fast," I replied.
"That's a few minutes in which you can meet your wife's needs," she purred as she turned and practically pounced on me.
In the end it took us more than a few minutes but what is the point of being a god if you can't bend time a little bit around you. A simple time dilation field gave us all the time we needed.
As soon as my lover and the captain stepped into the ready room I felt through our connection that she had gone through a wormhole into the past. Immediately the ship followed them with my cruiser right behind it.
"Captain, honey," I greeted them as I appeared beside them.
"Trip someone could have seen you transport," the captain reprimanded.
"Sir you obviously don't know anything about the people who lived in these big cities during this time. They are too engrossed in their own lives to pay attention to outside things. Nobody saw me."
"Let's go find some inconspicuous transportation," the captain suggested.
Once we found a car that didn't have a security system I used my handheld to unlock it and start it up.
"Captain I think you should let me drive," I suggested.
"Why?"
"Trip is an expert of this era in earth's history," my lover answered.
"Oh…I didn't know that. Go ahead and drive," the captain told me as he climbed into the back leaving the passenger seat for T'Pol.
"This apparatus…it appears to have been designed to incapacitate the vehicle," T'Pol informed us before she got in.
"I've got it sir just wait right here," I told him as I jumped out and ran around to the other side to find a lock on the wheel.
I grasped the steel lock and broke it free with a burst of strength. T'Pol and I got in the car before I pulled away from the curb.
"I've got Enterprise scanning the city from orbit. It shouldn't take them long to find what we are looking for," I informed my passengers.
"Were they aware at this time that Earth's supply of fossil fuel was nearing depletion," T'Pol asked.
"They had been for 30 years but it wasn't until 2061 that they finally…," the captain began to explain but was cut off by the chirp of the com.
"T'Pol here," my wife answered after she retrieved my communicator from my pocket.
"They are one kilometer straight ahead of you," Hoshi informed us.
"Thank you Ensign," T'Pol replied.
"The second structure from the left contains three Xindi bio signs and five human bio signs," T'Pol informed us as she examined her hand scanner.
"Sir when I knew we were coming back I made us some weapons that will blend in better with the era. Also when we were at the Kemocite facility I took some scans of the reptilians. I believe our phase pistols will have some trouble on the reptilians," I informed the captain as I handed both him and T'Pol a gun each along with several clips.
"Projectile weaponry," Archer asked.
"The projectiles are electromagnetically accelerated to about the speed of a bullet from this era," I explained.
I could have made them go at rail gun speeds but I didn't want to explain how I fit an inertial dampener into a gun. Enterprise was feeding us the scans from her sensors directly to our handhelds. We watched a man pull up in a car and go inside. We listened through a listening device I had beamed down to the conversation between the kidnapper and the Xindi who hired him.
"Scum…some people will do anything for money," I growled as we followed the kidnapper home.
"Trip can you think of a reason why it would be bad if we just transported up every piece of technology in that building along with the humans inside before transporting down a high yield explosive," asked the captain.
I paused and thought about it.
"No sir…but I recommend we do it when this scum bag is inside," I answered.
"I agree," the captain answered.
We waited until the kidnapper took his next victim to the Xindi to act. By that time everything was in place. After we atomized the Xindi in the building with the kidnapper we made sure the victims were fine before transporting them into empty hospital rooms. From there we went back to our own time. As someone who travels through time on a regular basis it was a rather tame trip.
As we resumed our mission in our time we encountered a ship filled with worshippers of the sphere builders caught in a cluster of anomalies. As soon as I heard they refused medical scans stating religious reasons I ran some scans of my own. I detected the organic explosives in their bodies. Not all of them had the explosives in them but over half did. As soon as the leader made his threat to the captain I was ready.
The leader threatened to destroy the ship if we didn't do what he said. Immediately I transported him and every one of his explosive equipped followers into space. The rest were rounded up and held until their ship was repaired enough. We then placed them back on their ship and left.
"If you ever try something like this again your ship will explode before you get a chance. I've rigged powerful explosives under cloak to your ship. You won't be able to detect them but they will be watching you," I warned the survivors before we left.
"That was a nice touch. Is it true," asked the captain as we prepared to go to work.
"Of course…I rarely bluff," I replied with a grin before walking off to find my wives.
It was true that there were safety protocols to destroy their ship should they try to take another ship by force but they weren't attached to the ship. The protocols were in the form of a cloaked phasing hyperspace capable probe with enough explosives to atomize the ship.
"It's days like these which make me seriously consider destroying any ship that sends out a distress signal to us," commented the captain before we jumped to warp to continue our mission.
After I planted the tagged Kemocite in Degra's latest shipment we lost the trail for a while due to them jumping through a short range wormhole. I began manufacturing sensor increasing probes in Engineering and sending them out to try to pick up the tagged Kemocite again. Hoshi found it just recently. The captain ordered us to set a course immediately.
Just as we were about to pass through a dense anomaly field with our spatial shields on full we received a hail.
"On screen," ordered the captain.
"Captain Archer you're braver than I imagined if you were going to try to traverse an anomaly field in a ship this fragile," Shran greeted us.
"Hello Shran why are you here," asked the captain, not in the mood for pleasantries.
"Your world was brutally attacked. The imperial guard thought you would be grateful to have an ally."
"And how did the imperial guard know Earth had been attacked," asked T'Pol.
"Seven million killed is not exactly a state secret," answered Shran.
We all suppressed a smile at the fact that our disinformation had worked. Even our neighbors still thought we had lost seven million people.
"Especially if you're monitoring communications between Star Fleet and the Vulcan high command," replied T'Pol.
We listened to Shran posturing about wanting to help us.
"Alright keep up if you can," Archer agreed before cutting off the communications.
"The Seleya heard everything," the captain asked T'Pol.
"Every word sir," she confirmed.
"Good," Archer replied.
"Captain you realize that they just want a weapon that can destroy so many lives in one go," I spoke up.
"The thought crossed my mind. They aren't going to get such a weapon," the captain assured me.
"Good," I replied.
"Proceed through the field with shields at full," ordered the captain.
The other side of the anomaly field, the bridge…
"It's a G type star system with six planets and many moons," T'Pol informed the captain.
"Any bio signs," asked the captain.
"Four vessels and all Xindi," replied T'Pol after examining our scans.
A few minutes later, the mission room…
"Many of the moons show evidence of heavy weapons bombardment," T'Pol explained.
"Why attack an uninhabited system," asked Shran.
"It's a testing site for prototypes of the weapon," I announced.
"Are you sure the," the captain asked me.
"Yes…the residual radiation in those craters matches that of the probe which attacked earth," I explained.
"Those are some powerful sensors you have," observed Shran.
"If you truly want to be allies then there is a good chance we could be exchanging non offensive technologies in the future," replied the captain.
"Sir I recommend a closer look in full stealth," I suggested.
"I agree," replied the captain.
Shran was quite surprised when our ship completely disappeared from their sensors and view to run its scans. The Xindi got spooked for some reason and halted the first fire of the prototype. The captain made a show for Shran of planning on capturing the weapon so earth could develop a defense. Not only did it serve as a test for Shran's true intentions but it also kept the Andorian in the dark about the survival of all of Earth's thought dead seven million people.
When we observed the actual weapons test we watched as the target moon was almost destroyed. The device had an overload in it so had to be shut down before it could finish. We made plans to capture the probe in one of our bays. It couldn't be collected by the Xindi because it would be emitting high levels of radiation for the next six hours. We had force fields inside of our bays so wouldn't have to worry.
Hoshi intercepted and decrypted a chat between Shran and one of his commanders ordering him to betray us and get the probe. When it came time for the action to go down Shran tried just that, however reluctantly he did so. After we had the probe and were safely away he tried to take it by force. When the Seleya dropped out of cloak and backed us up he had no choice but to run.
The probe was transferred to a cargo bay for study.
When we returned to the weapons testing system a few hours later we found Degra and one of his companion ships had returned to run scans. While cloaked we set a hyperspace capable cloaked probe to follow Degra back to his lab. Luckily it was able to ride in their vortex/wormhole field because that was the method Degra used to reach Azati Prime. It would take us two weeks to get there if we want our Vulcan friends to be able to keep up. We decided to stay at their speed so we would have the backup.
I started to really get close to one of Major Hayes' MACOs, Amanda Cole, over the next few days. She and I were sparring and she was complaining of being sore from all of the times I was putting her on her back. Naturally this led me to offer to massage her down afterwards. I of course knew she wasn't really that sore but wanted to spend some time alone with me. I had no problem with that. The conversation mostly revolved around how Hayes and Malcolm always bickered.
"I feel like I've just had twelve hours sleep," said Amanda as she turned to face me.
"I guess that means I did it right," I answered with a grin.
She got a small smile on her face before she leaned forward and kissed me. I happily returned the kiss.
"Consider that a little preview for next time," she whispered in my ear before getting up and leaving.
"Oh you haven't felt anything yet Amanda," I whispered to the empty room.
AN:
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