Enterprise and Scotty

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Finding a Starfleet legend like Montgomery Scott, alive and well, was an incredible discovery. Especially with how he'd managed to survive-A crazy crosslinked transporter system. Aside from his broken arm, he was in perfect health. As Doctor Crusher announced, finishing her scans over him. The old engineer chuckled.

"Well! I'll say this for yer Enterprise-The doctors are a fair sight prettier!" He chuckled to Commander LeForge, who had been on the team that had found him. Doctor Crusher laughed back, smiling warmly at the old man.

"Much appreciated," she said. The holoemitters hummed above them, and a tall, white haired woman appeared. Scotty looked over in shock, his eyes widening. The avatar of the Enterprise stared back in equal shock.

"... Scotty?" Enterprise asked. Scotty grinned broadly.

"LASS!" He cried. The Enterprise avatar immediately hugged him joyfully, an embrace he returned just as eagerly. He winced at the feeling of his wrist though, and pulled back.

"Ooh! Ah!" He cried. Enterprise pulled back, immediately concerned. Something that Geordi didn't miss, as he tensed up just a bit.

"Oh! Are you all right? Oh," she looked at Doctor Crusher, "you've just mended his bones! I'm sorry."

"It's all right," Scotty laughed, patting the avatar on the shoulder. "I'm all right... And you! Look at you! Solid! A conformal forcefield?"

Enterprise nodded. "Oh yeah! The field emitters have really advanced in the past century! The Minovsky field coils were the real breakthrough!"

"Oh yeah!" Geordi interjected, immediately moving closer to Enterprise's avatar, "that invention allowed for conformal forcefield projection across multiple, complex topologies."

Scotty was clearly fascinated, but just as he was about to ask more the doors to sickbay opened. Captain Picard entered, a smile on his face.

"I just wanted to check in on our guest," he said. He looked at Enterprise, his pale brows rising. "I see you're familiar with him?"

"Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott, USS *Enterprise* NCC-1701," Enterprise announced proudly. Scotty chuckled back, and patted the avatar on her shoulder.

"Why thank you, Captain and Lass. But please: Call me Scotty!"

"How are you feeling?" Picard asked. Scotty looked over at Enterprise and Doctor Crusher.

"I don't know-How am I feeling?" Scotty asked. Crusher smiled, consulting her tricorder.

"Other than a touch of dehydration and exhaustion, I'd say you'll be fine with a bit of bed rest," she said. She looked over at Enterprise. "I think Enterprise can handle that?"

"I can!" Enterprise said happily. "Oh there's so much to talk about! You've missed so much!"

"We didn't know you were aboard the Jenolan," Picard said. "Our records don't indicate you were a member of the crew."

"Oh, well," Scotty began, sounding a bit embarrassed, "I wasn't a member of the crew. I was just a passenger. I was going off to the Norpin Colony, to enjoy me retirement." He looked up at Enterprise. "And last I heard, you were an *Excelsior*! How you've grown!"

"Aw, thank you," Enterprise said with a beam. "I can't wait to talk to you about everything! Right now!"

"Actually," Geordi interrupted, "we do need to set up for the Dyson Sphere survey, Enty. Given the scale, we may need your full computational abilities for it in main engineering."

He gave the avatar a significant look. Scotty grinned.

"Engineering? I thought you'd never ask!" Scotty cried. He immediately tried to push off the biobed, and cried out. "AH!"

Enterprise caught him by one of his shoulders, while Crusher held his other arm.

"Careful, Captain Scott," Crusher warned. "You need to get some rest. Before anything else!"

"But..." Scotty tried. He looked imploringly at Enterprise, but she shook her head.

"We'll have time for that later," she said gently. "You, however, need some rest!" She beamed at him. "After that, we can catch up! It's so good to see you again, Scotty! It really is!"

"We're going to be pretty busy anyway, Captain," Geordi said. He gently patted Enterprise's bicep. "Don't worry: We'll have plenty of time to catch up later. Together."

Enterprise nodded and smiled. "Together." she confirmed.

Scotty seemed a bit crestfallen, but nodded in acceptance. Captain Picard smiled back at the old engineer.

"I'll be happy to meet with you when I'm off duty as well, Captain," he said. "I think your expertise may be very useful on this mission."

"Thank you Captain," Scotty said with a smile. Geordi nodded to Enterprise. The white haired avatar nodded back, and gave Scotty a kiss on the cheek.

"See you soon," she said. She shimmered out of existence, as Geordi nodded back to Scotty and headed out with the captain. Crusher squeezed Scotty's hand.

"I'll find someone to take you to your quarters," she said gently. Scotty raised an eyebrow at the door Geordi had just vanished through.

"He seems a bit... Possessive of her, doesn't he?" He asked. Crusher chuckled.

"Well. Chief Engineers do tend to get... Attached to their ships," she said. "Wouldn't you agree, Captain?"

Scotty chuckled knowingly.

"Aye. That I do..."

* **Wiki Note**: This story is written as film Star Trek: Generations **had yet been** released, thus Scotty in the story had remember having been one witness Captain James Kirk's demise on aboard USS *Enterprise* NCC-1701-B.

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