T'Pol is sitting in the Captain's chair waiting to be relieved so she could go to her quarters and meditate. The captain and Hoshi are down on a planet talking to a Bolian ambassador. She has never heard or seen this species before, so she wasn't much help. She wanted to stay on the ship to keep an eye on things on the planet. She turns to Malcolm.
"Have you scanned for any vessels in the area?"
He begins to runs scans.
"There are none."
Tucker looks up from his station and looks at her.
"You think someone might attack us Sub-commander?"
She looks at him and then at the view screen.
"Anything could happen Commander. I thought you would know that by now."
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"Last week we were scanning a class 7 planet when out of nowhere an alien ship open fires on us. I would not want to be so careless this time."
Just then they get a hail from the Captain.
"Yes Captain."
"We will be back in a few minutes."
"Did everything go well down there?"
"Yes. So you in a few minutes. Archer out."
She is relived now. She moves her hand to her neck and messages it a little. She has a headache and her neck hurts. She hasn't slept for days. She has to get out of there. She turns to Malcolm.
"Lt you have the bridge until the Captain comes back."
She gets up and leaves the bridge. Malcolm moves to the Captain's chair and sits down. He looks at Mayweather and smiles.
"Continue what you're doing Ensign."
"Yes sir."
A few minutes later the Captain enters the bridge. He sees Malcolm sitting in the chair.
"Where's T'Pol."
Reed turns around.
"She left the bridge a few minutes ago. No idea where she went."
He nods and takes his chair as Reed goes back to his station. Ten minutes later Tucker's shift is over so he goes to the messhall for dinner. He grabs a cheese pizza and looks around and finds T'Pol sitting by the window looking out.
"T'Pol are you OK?"
She looks up at him.
"I'm fine commander."
"May I sit down?"
She nods her head. He sits down and starts eating his pizza. She's watching him. He looks up at her.
"Would you like a bite?"
"What is it?"
"It's a cheese pizza. Very good."
"Do you have to touch it with your hands?"
He smiles a little.
"You can eat it with a fork. Here."
He hands her a fork. She cuts the tip off and slowly puts it into her mouth.
"Good ain't it?"
She nods her head. Then she goes back to reading something on a pad.
"I haven't had pizza in such a long time."
"That's nice commander."
He silently laughs while he eats his dinner.
"Good night commander."
She gets up to leave.
"Good night."
She enters her quarters and goes to check if there any messages from her family. There aren't any. She's relieved that there aren't because Commander Tucker would probably go snooping around again. Suddenly there was a huge jolt and she falls to the floor. She slowly gets up when she hears the Captain calling the senior staff to the bridge, that they are being attacked. There was another jolt and she bangs her head again her table as she fell. She slowly slipped into unconsciousness.
Go to Part Two.