Star Trek Enterprise- Malcolm & OC

Chapter1: Meeting the Crew

Sunday: 15/08/2151

Jonathan Archer, Captain of the USS NX-01 Enterprise and my big Brother.
It was a curse being his little 28-year-old sister, constantly being in his shadow and trying to prove myself without having some sort of advantage because of my Name but it was a blessing having him as my big Brother. I just had graduated from Starfleet Academy and my Brother had chosen me to accompany him, on the first ever Space Mission, to go where no man has gone before.

I kind of do everything but my speciality is Communications and Operations, and I also knew how to operate the Helm of a ship, having a Diploma in those categories.
But I also had some extra credits in science; in the Botany and Geology sector. I also had a little bit of knowledge about the weapons on board.

"Hi Anja!" I heard my name being called and turned around
"Oh Jon! Shouldn't we address each other more formal?" I asked, looking at my Brother looking handsome in his Uniform.
"You might be right Ensign" he teased me, he knew how badly I wanted to be a Lieutenant, and if I keep going as I do right now, I might be by the end of this mission.
"Let's go to the Bridge and I introduce you to everyone" he suggested.

We went into the Lift and after a few seconds we stepped onto the Bridge. It was massive and instead of introducing myself first, I ran straight away to the Helm and looked at the Navigation

"Wow! This is amazing! I never seen such a helm before" I wowed
"The Enterprise is the most advanced ship in Starfleet" Jonathan walked over to me obviously amused by the reaction of his little sister. He placed his Hands on my shoulders and turned my to face him
"You have grown so much" he looked serious for a second, reminiscing in the past when I used to annoy him all the time and just be a pain but we always had this special sibling bond, I would risk my life for him and he would do the same for me.

"Well, lets meet your new family okay?" he asked and slipped his arm around my shoulder.

First, we met a young Chinese woman, Hoshi Sato, turns out she will be the one I will be working the closest with as she is a communications officer as well
"Nice to meet you Hoshi" I smiled at her and we shock hands
"I can't wait to work with you and get to know you better" Hoshi said, "I believe we share a room?" she asked, looking at Jonathan.
"You do Hoshi, so tell me if my little Sister ever annoys you or misbehaves" Jonathan messed up my hair and I rolled my eyes swatting his hand away, pulling a comb out of my pocket and tidying up my ginger/auburn bangs.
I also took out a little pocket mirror and straightened up my pointed female Starfleet style sideburns, what a name that is.
Jonathan laughed and lead me towards the next person, a female Vulcan. I knew Vulcans don't shake hands, so I just politely nodded at her, which she seemed to appreciate
"This is our Sub-Commander T'Pol, she has been sent here by the Vulcan High Command to observe us/me on our first mission and help as a science Officer" Jonathan explained
"Pleasure to meet you" she said in a typical Vulcan monotone voice. I was taken aback; she was so beautiful and carried herself with so much grace and dignity
"The pleasure is all mine; I hope I can learn a lot from you"
"Well, Anja, don't lose your emotions working with the Vulcan" Jonathan snorted and pushed me to the next person
"Don't be rude Jon! I really like Vulcans; I think they're very interesting"
He threw me a questionable look and continued his introduction
"Anyway, this is Phlox our Chief medical officer, I, personally hope you won't see him very often" Jonathan introduced me to the Denobulan, who was so happy to meet me that he leaned in to gave me a hug
"You have a beautiful looking sister, Captain" Phlox trilled happily, making me blush and feeling shy and uncomfortable.
"My dear Doctor, except for medical reasons you keep your hands off my sister" Jonathan jokingly gave him a raised eyebrow
"Oh, I am too old for her anyway, but I can see a couple of young men in here that would be a perfect catch for her" the doctor laughed. Jonathan quickly grabbed my hand and steered me towards a black guy.

Handsome and tall and well build he introduced himself with a shining smile as
"Travis Mayweather"
"He is our Helmsman, so you probably switch between the communications station and the helm, you will be working closely together, I hope you become good friend" Jonathan mentioned, I nodded as he explained
"Looking forward to learn from you" I said, and Travis shock my hand
"I bet it will be ME learning from you, Anja"
"How about you guys just learn from each other" I could tell, Jonathan was itching to get this introduction over and done with, especially as the two most handsome guys were still to come.

The next one, blond hair and clean face, he reminded me of a 21st century boyband member. He also greeted me with a hug
"Trip Tucker, Chief Engineer, nice to welcome you on board" he also had a big shining smile for me, which made me feel slightly wobbly on my legs and Travis had to catch me as my legs gave away.
"Oh, I am very sorry, I had some sort of Dizzy spell or something." I blushed and tried to play it down but my Brother being overly protective wanted to get this done and sent me to my room for a little rest.
"You both can get acquainted later! Anja you did some Major in engineering didn't you? Maybe Trip can show you our Warp drive generator later?" Jonathan instantly regretted his decision, rolling his eyes the instant he saw Trip's eyes lit up and pushed me to the last person for now.

As soon as my eyes hit his, my whole world started spinning and it had nothing to do with being tired or sick, my hands started shacking, my heart beating double the usual speed.

His shortish brown hair roughly brushed back and his blue/green eyes, a colour I had never seen like that, piercing trough mine, I had the feeling he had the same experience as me.

My Brother, who of course noticed me staring, moved a little next to me to get my attention
"And this is our Armory Officer, Malcolm Reed, I hope you get along. Malcolm is a little quiet and reserved but I am sure you will get him talking, as you never shut up anyway" Jonathan teased me and poked me into my ribs, which made me jump forward, right into Malcolm's Chest.
Which wasn't the result Jonathan had wanted, he wanted me to jump sideways and not forward. Malcolm put his hands on my arms to steady me "Hi" he just said, I blushed and peeped a little
"Hi" back.
"She is very interested in the new weapons we have, maybe you can show her your new phaser-guns later?" Jonathan said reluctantly as he knew I would ask about it anyway.
"Of course, Captain" Malcolm said in a professional manner and gave me a polite smile. 

"Hoshi, would you mind showing Anja to your room?" Jonathan asked her
"I have a lot of reports to write. Anja will you join Trip, T'Pol, Malcolm and me later in the Captain's mess for dinner?"
"Of course, we have a lot to catch up on" I smiled, and Hoshi and I went into the Lift.

One last glance at Malcolm and our eyes met once again, my cheeks blushed slightly, and he gave me a little wave which I returned and then the doors of the lift closed.