A Ruined Vacation.

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"A Ruined Vacation"

Lieutenant William Gamble

Starfleet Weapon Systems Specialist

 

Bill was sitting comfortably on the beach of a small island in the Bahamas. He was sipping away on a pina colada, in his swimming trunks, enjoying his much deserved leave. He had been working on the NX-02 project for months and now after nothing but endless paperwork and barking orders at Engineers he was on this beach, in complete seclusion for the two weeks of leave he had stored up.

 

He was already one week into his leave and hadn't heard a thing about what had happened with the Xindi Planetkiller and the disappearence of Enterprise, but that was all going to change soon.

 

So, here he was laying back in a chair with a hat over his eyes, and a pina colada to his side, when a gentleman came out of no where.

 

"Ahem, Lieutenant I hope I'm not interrupting something??" said the gentleman. Surprised, Bill jumped up from his chair. "Who said that!?" he said. He then noticed the gentleman that was speaking to him was Admiral Forrest and he immediatley stood at attention. "Sorry, sir. I meant no disrespect." Bill said.

 

The Admiral made a motion with his hand "At ease Lieutenant, carry on as you were." replied the Admiral, and with that Bill sat back down in his seat. The Admiral grabbed a nearby chair and pulled it over to Bill and sat himself down. "Well it seemed as if you were enjoying yourself, I'm sorry for interrupting." said the Admiral with a grin.

 

"No, sir, everything is okay. What brings you to the Bahamas, sir?" replied Bill.

 

At that moment the Admirals grin went away "Bill, have you been paying attention to the news??" said the Admiral.

 

"Why, no, sir, I haven't heard anything since I came on leave a week ago. Did something happen to the NX-02 while I away?" said Bill as the sound of desperation came in at the end of his sentence.

 

The Admiral shook his head "No, no, the NX-02 is fine." the Admiral said. "It was about the Xindi. A few days ago the Xindi launched an attack against Earth, one of our stations were destroyed and 40 people were killed. Thanks to the Andorians, Captain Archer managed to destroy the Xindi Planetkiller, but he gave his life in the process. We've also lost contact with Enterprise, we have no idea where she is." added the Admiral.

 

Bill looked at the Admiral in shock. "My god....I can't believe it." said Bill.

 

The Admiral himself looked a bit somber. "I know, I know, but to the matter at hand. Due to the attack we've decided to speed up the NX project. Starting with the NX-05. We are going to launch it in 3 months..." but at that moment Bill interrupted.

 

"WHAT!? Excuse me, sir, but that is ludicrous, why would you want to do that..." the Admiral then raised his hand. "Trust me Bill, this is stuff I've already heard, and we have made up our mind. We are going to move you off the Columbia project and onto the Challenger project. We need someone with the experience and your the best man to work on the Challenger's weapon systems." the Admiral said.

 

"I...I understand, sir." said Bill with reluctance.

 

"Good, get in touch with Commander Elias Moore right away, he'll brief you on your position and on the team that you will head." the Admiral replied, and with that he stood up.

 

Bill jumped up and saluted the Admiral, as he saluted back and walked off. As Bill watched the Admiral walk off he thought "Great....My vacation is shot now. This is going to give me gray hairs and I know it.....How do I keep getting into these situations!" He then plopped back down into his seat and finished off his pina colada. As he saw his fruitful concoction disappear, he saw his much needed leave go down the drain.

 

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