Hoshi shivered a little as she poked at the small fire she had built up in her fireplace. No one really had use for a linguist on this rock and money was getting a little tight. Again.
She left the flames and went to watch the sun dip bellow the horizon and her mind drifted to Trip again. He had become more and more distant and self destructive as time went on.
The Xindi succeeded in destroying the Earth; something they had witnessed and could never shake from their memories.
The Enterprise stayed one step ahead of the Xindi for the better part of a year before it too joined the fate of Earth. Only a handful of the crew made it to the rock they now called home.
Shortly after the Earth's destruction, boomers started reporting that the Xindi were systematically seeking out the surviving humans and destroying them and anything associated with them.
Phlox, thinking quickly, began systematically altering the crew so that they no longer looked human.
Hoshi rubbed a hand over the ridges now gracing her face. She had stopped looking in mirrors a long time ago, tired of longing to see her own face stare back.
A cold wind blew through a crack around the window and she shivered, pulling the blanket tighter around her. She glanced at the communications terminal for a moment before squaring her shoulders and heading over to it.
Hoshi opened a secure channel and didn't have to wait too longer before hearing an answer.
"Yes?"
"Is your offer still standing?" she asked quietly, looking at a point over the shoulder of the person whose image filled the screen. A slight smile was her immediate answer.
"For you, always. I was hoping you'd reconsider." A heavy silence fell over them. "I'll send a car around for you. Wear something . . . nice."
Hoshi agreed and cut the channel, a single tear rolled down her cheek before she steeled herself and headed off to get ready.
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**Fanfiction stats**
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**The 4400 - 1
**Andromeda - 3
**Dead Like Me - 1
**ER - 2
**Enterprise - 9
**Gilmore Girls - 8
**Harry Potter - 17
**Voyager - 3
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Total: 44 stories in 8 fandoms
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