Summary: A friendly trade on a planet turns dangerous when Captain Janeway vanishes. Can Chakotay find her in time?
Disclaimer: Not mine. Wish it was.
Note: Set sometime after 'Lineage.' There might be a bit of blood and stuff later on, but nothing too bad.
Prologue: The Kidnapping
"Are you sure you don't want me to go with you?" Chakotay asked for the umpteenth time.
"Chakotay, relax," Kathryn sighed. "The Minister just wants to bid me farewell in private. We've become friends over our stay here." Chakotay still didn't look convinced. Kathryn stopped walking, hands on hips.
"Why don't you go help B'Elanna finish finding things for her new baby?" she suggested.
"Are you sure?" Chakotay asked, drawing a scowl from Kathryn. "It's almost dark."
"The streets are lit," Kathryn pointed out the levitating lights above their heads. "And I've got my commbadge if I get into trouble." Chakotay hesitated, and then nodded.
"But if I don't hear from you in an hour, I'm sending a search team after you," Chakotay promised. He began walking in the other direction. Kathryn waited until he disappeared around the corner, before continuing through the near-abandoned streets towards the Minister's house.
Suddenly, two people emerged from the shadows, rushing up behind Kathryn. One of them covered her mouth with one hand and pinned her arms to her body with the other. The other person snatched her commbadge, phaser and tricorder, throwing them to the floor and crushing the badge under his boot.
Kathryn tried to scream and she was dragged backwards into the shadows and out of sight, but a swift blow to the head, and her struggles were halted.
"We have to get her out of here," one of them said. "Before her First Officer comes looking for her."
"We're doing the right thing," the other reassured. "Aliens do not belong on our planet, and we'll prove that to the Minster. They'll have to listen to us now."
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