In the Darkest Night
After a very traumatic incident Kathryn falls into a deep depression, can the crew of voyager save their captain from herself?
Rated M
Disclaimer: All Characters are owned by their respective parties, I'm just writing for entertainment, no infringement intended.
Chapter One: The Rescue
"Over here!" came the voice of B'Elanna, the captain had been missing for nearly three days, after being forced to transport to an alien vessel alone. Within moments of her transport, a dampening field went up, preventing Voyager from being able to pull their captain back. It had been three days, and they had tracked the ship to a remote planet. Inside a series of caves, the away team searched for Kathryn Janeway.
"What is it?" Chakotay asked coming around a large rock formation.
"I'm picking up human life signs, very faint" she stated kneeling down and pointing in the direction of a few more tunnels. B'Elanna looked toward Chakotay, "at least we know she's alive" she offered a smile.
Chakotay nodded, and the two of them made their way into the middle tunnel, her bio-signs were emanating from within. At the end of the tunnel, they found a series of what appeared to be cells, all were empty except one. "Captain" B'Elanna knelt just in front of a force field. Kathryn Janeway lay there near naked, most of her clothing tattered and torn, large cuts and burses could be seen over most of her body. B'Elanna quickly pulled out her phaser, and hit the control panel for the force field. Alarms began to sound.
Without hesitation, Chakotay had his jacket off, and covered her body with it. He then lifted her up, and the three of them proceeded to the mouth of the cave. They were nearly halfway to the entrance when a group of large grey men came round the corner, Chakotay ducked behind a rock formation, and B'Elanna took cover around the corner. A phaser fight ensued, and once all of the aliens were naturalized, the continued their journey.
Once outside, they hurried to the delta flyer, where Tom was waiting for them. He assisted Chakotay in bring Kathryn's limp body into the ship, and took off, fighting their way through several enemy vessels, before joining voyager. As soon as they were on board voyager jumped to high warp, getting as far away from the planet as they could as fast as they could.
In sickbay the doctor rushed to stabilize the captain's condition. She was deteriorating fast, she had extensive internal injuries, and more broken bones then he'd have guessed. The fact that she was still alive was an amazing show of will power and strength. Her heart rate began to falter, he pressed several hypo-sprays into her neck, and thankfully was rewarded by a slow steady pulse.
On the bridge, Chakotay was overseeing the repairs from the fire fight they had just been in, Voyager like her captain had suffered a fair amount of damage. He knew they needed to get the key systems back up and running quickly, they weren't out of hostile territory just yet, and the last thing then needed to do was sit there long enough for the enemy to catch up. Voyager needed to stop though, her damage was to extensive to try and repair while at warp, Harry came up with a plan to hide behind a magnetized moon, suggesting that the properties of the moon would help evade the sensors of the enemy. Chakotay nodded, and said, "Do it." Once voyager was safely behind the moon, Chakotay left Tuvok in charge, he wanted to know how she was doing.