I should kill him
A/N: I don't know what came over me to cause this story.
Kathryn walked through the corridors of Voyager. Another sleepless night for the Captain. She walked through the doors of engineering and the engine crew snapped to attention.
"As you all were I am just taking a walk."
As she made her way around the warp core crew man stopped her.
"Captain may I have a word with you?"
"Of course Crewman what is it?"
"Well its Lieutenant Torres ma'am."
At the mention of her fiery half Klingon Chief Engineer Kathryn's eyes brightened and a slight smile formed on her lips.
"Well you see Ma'am the Lieutenant has been in her office all today and she hasn't left."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean she went in there when I left this morning and she is still in there now."
Kathryn had an uneasy feeling in her stomach now. She never knew B'Elanna to spend more than her shift in her office unless she had too.
"Thank you crewman I'll look into it."
She patted the young man's shoulder and walked toward B'Elanna's office. She decided to just walk in since she knew something was wrong and she wasn't going to allow the brunette a chance to hide it.
"Captain? What are you doing here?"
"I could ask you the same thing B'Elanna? You have been in here for 17 hours. Is there something you need to tell me?"
B'Elanna looked down at the floor and at her desk.
"Nothing to report Captain, the ship is running as it should. I have just been working on a possible way to get more use out of the deuterium we have so we don't have to find supplies as frequently."
Kathryn looked at her very skeptically.
"Let me see what you have maybe I can help, I can't sleep anyway."
B'Elanna hesitantly handed her a PADD and waited for her to look it over. She fidgeted a lot and it didn't go unnoticed.
"B'Elanna cut the crap," she put the PADD down, "What is going on? I have seen you work on things like this and gotten much more done if not had it completed by the end of your shift but you have been in here all day."
B'Elanna let out a shaky sigh and heavily sat down in her seat. Kathryn crouched down infront of her and waited for her to speak.
"I don't. . . It's Tom."
B'Elanna's voice cracked a bit and a single tear ran down her face. Kathryn wiped her cheek and waited for her to continue.
"He um. . . He attacked me last night."
Kathryn gave her the 'what the fuck are you talking about' look, a cross between anger and concern. B'Elanna let out a sigh; she rubbed her hands over her face and through her hair.
"He went to the holodeck last night so when I got our quarters I went to bed."
She took a deep breath not sure if she should continue. Kathryn put a reassuring hand on her knee. B'Elanna looked up into Kathryn's face and caught the support sadness anger and something else pass through her eyes. What that something else was she couldn't quite figure out. She had never seen it directed at her.
"B'Elanna?"
She must have been staring at her she shook herself back to reality and what she was saying.
"What happened after you went to bed B'Elanna?"
"Well I woke up to find him on top of me. I told him to get off but he slapped me. He told me if I opened my mouth again he would. . ."
She couldn't finish, she started to sob and Kathryn pulled her into her embrace. She started seething she wanted to put her fist through a certain pilot's face but knew she couldn't, wouldn't leave B'Elanna. Just then B'Elanna's office door opened and the sandy haired man stood in the door.
"B'Elanna what's wrong?"
He rushed over to her but Kathryn stood blocking his path.
"Tom get out of here."
He looked down at her questioningly.
"What? You can't stop me from seeing my wife."
He went to push past Kathryn but she shoved him back toward the door.
"Tom I am warning you. Leave her alone or…"
"Or you'll what? What is your measly little ass gonna do to me?"
He loomed over her but she showed no sign of fear. He stepped back a bit and threw his fist at her face connecting with her jaw. Kathryn went down landing in B'Elanna's lap who protectively wrapped her arms around her friend. As Tom moved over them B'Elanna let out a yell. The team in engineering heard their superior officer's cry and ran toward the office. The doors opened and two crewmen grabbed Tom and pulled him out of the room still screaming at B'Elanna. Two female crewmen stood over the other two women huddled in a corner of the office their Captain still wrapped tightly in their Chief's arms. One of them tapped her commbadge.
"Jennings to transporter room 2 emergency beam out, beam the Captain and Lieutenant Torres to sickbay."
The team watched as their superior officers disappeared in the blue light of the transporter.