Forwarded by the ASC-VSO Posted: 7 Jan 2004 13:48:02 -0800 In: alt.startrek.creative From: jeanette_slinn@yahoo.co.uk (Hoshissis) Title: "Did I Just See A Mermaid" 5 Author: Hoshissis Series: ENT Rating: PG-13 for swearing Disclaimer: Paramount owns Star trek and I derive no financial gain from this story. Codes: Tu, A, T, Ma, S, R, P, angst, friendship, humor, action/adventure Summary: This story is set before Season 3 when the mission is one of Chapter Five "24 hours!" said Trip with a blank look on his face. Putting on a brave face, "Oh well, I never wanted to live forever," he casually remarked hoping he could ease the tension in the room. Unfortunately his voice was wavering at the time, so it didn't have the desired effect. "Commander, rest assured I will not stop until I find an antidote" replied Phlox. "I know you will Doc!" "I'll get T'Pol to help," said an anxious Captain Archer walking over to the comm.. unit "You know what they said about two heads." After pressed the communicator on the wall asking T'Pol to report to sickbay and help Phlox, he again sat down next to Trip trying to think of a solution to this new dilemma. "You don't have to baby sit me Cap'n" said Trip, wondering why it was always him that this happened to. "Sssshhhh, I'm thinking!" replied Captain Archer. "Sorry!" "Phlox what about placing Trip in status?" asked Captain Archer. "I'm not going in one of them damn coffins," argued Trip. "If it would mean slowing down the poison and give us more time to find an antidote?" argued back Captain Archer. //God why is Trip so stubborn.// "No!" "Gentlemen please!" said Phlox stepping in, "I don't think getting worked up will help matters. Captain I've already ruled that option out, once the toxin reaches the spinal column it effectively slows the bodies systems down anyway, just as it would during status, rendering the patient in a coma. It will then work its way to the brain where it will destroy all higher functions, in effect killing the patient. " "Sorry Phlox, Trip – Times like this I just wish there was something I can do" replied Captain Archer. "Well if ya promise not to annoy me, we could watch that recent polo match that ya got last week." "I thought I was supposed to be taking your mind of this" said Captain Archer trying to find the game in the computer's database. "You are, can I help it if ya have me hooked," replied Trip chuckling. ------------------------------------------------------------ "Arrhh T'Pol!" said Phlox as she walked through sickbay door, "could you help me with this blood work analysis. We need to find an agent that will counteract this toxin's effect." "How is Commander Tucker at the moment?" asked T'Pol as she got to work. "Aside from hiding the fact that he is in considerably pain, he doesn't seem to be suffering from any more side effects apart from numbness in his lower extremities," replied Phlox softly. "We only have a few hours though before it reaches his spinal column. When this happens I estimate we will have at most another six hours before we lose our patient." "Let's begin at once then doctor." ------------------------------------------------------------ The engineers had finished their diagnostic on Hoshi's communication/UT console and even they could find nothing wrong with it. The light was still flashing to indicate that they were still receiving a signal, so Hoshi got to work trying to lock on. It was weird, each time she thought she had found the correct frequency there was a lot of interference, yet it didn't sound like the usual kind of static. If she didn't know any better it sounded like it was coming from far below the lake. Going by her gut instinct that this was indeed the case, she began to direct this out so she could reach the original source. ------------------------------------------------------------ Captain Archer looked over at Trip, who was looking rather flushed again with a grimace on his leg "are you all right, do you want me to call Phlox again?" "No I'll be okay, just feeling a little flushy and ma leg is numb right up to ma thigh. Kinda hard to get comfortable when you've got a dead weight attached to ya." "Hey what was it that you said when you came round on the planet, something about a big fish," queried Captain Archer. "Not a big fish, a mermaid!" Captain Archer just smirked and threw him a you-can't-be-serious look. "You were hallucinating!" "She seemed so real; really long flowing blond hair, sparkling blue eyes, huge luscious lips, a very curvaceous body and a really sparkly tail," said Trip with a far a way look on his face as he pondered the image of this beautiful creature once again. "Sure sounds like one great hallucination," chuckled Captain Archer as he turned back to watch the game. "Yep! She sure was," replied Trip as he lay back on his pillow suddenly feeling very tired and drained. //Maybe I'll just close ma eyes for a second.// "Hey Trip, who………." Said Captain Archer as he turned round to ask Trip a question. "Trip! Trip!" he said shaking his friend gently on his shoulder. There was no response. "Phlox! Get here quick!" shouted a frantic Captain Archer. Phlox and T'Pol rushed in, Phlox took one look at Commander Tucker before grabbing his scanner and looking over his new readings. "How long as he been like this?" asked Phlox. "He said he was feeling flushed and that his leg was numb up to his thigh just a few minutes ago," said Captain Archer. Phlox grabbed a hypo spray and pressed it to Commander Tucker's neck, hoping to revive the engineer. Nothing happened. Phlox turned to both of his companions "We don't have much time, he's slipped into a coma while his systems are starting to slow down." "Have you made any progress finding an antidote?" asked Captain Archer to both T'Pol and Phlox. "No, I'm afraid we haven't, and the speed this toxin is spreading I don't think we will," replied a pensive Phlox. "Captain, I think we have to prepare ourselves for the worst." Captain Archer sat down and buried his face into his hands, he couldn't lose Trip, he just couldn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Hoshi carried on fizzling out the interference, unaware of what was happening in sickbay. //Nearly there, I've almost got it. Come on Hoshi, you can do it girl.// All of a sudden the image of a beautiful woman appeared on the screen with long flowing blond hair, dazzling blue eyes and huge luscious lips. "At last, we are able to speak. I didn't think you were technologically advanced enough to understand us" she replied in a friendly manner. "I believe you have a crewmember who we can offer assistance to, the one who was captured by the orphoid." Hoshi grabbed the comm.. link " Hoshi to Captain Archer!…… Hoshi to Captain Archer!" "Yes Ensign!" "Can you come to the bridge right away sir. You are not going to believe this." -- Stephen Ratliff ASC Stories Only Forwarding In the Pattern Buffer at: http//trekiverse.crosswinds.net/feed/ Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCL/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:ASCL-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. From ???@??? 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