A/N A ficlet courtesy of a challenge by the lovely ladies over on VAMB. I don't own Star Trek Voyager, which you can easily tell because I wouldn't have ended it like they did. As it happens, Paramount is in charge. Ha.
It must be night time again, because everything has become quiet. On the bridge they have left The Young One in charge again. I like him; he sits so calmly and sometimes he plays his music. I like The Young One's music. I know everything is alright when I hear it.
The Healers deep in my belly have changed as well. At night, younger Healers take over, but I know I am safe because sometimes The Chief Healer will come and see that they are doing their job properly. I know that she trusts them and so I trust them as well. She never wants any harm to come to me and gets upset if it does. She will not visit tonight though, because she is in her quarters with The Director. She loves The Director and he loves her. They are my two closest friends and I am glad that they are together. When they are happy, I am happy as well.
Most of all though, I know it is night because The Leader is having dinner with The Second. The warmth coming from her quarters would tell me, even if I didn't know. These two are different; although they sometimes do things that hurt me, they are still my friends. The Leader talks to me, as though I were another Explorer standing besides her. They do not hurt me on purpose, I know. If only they were so kind to one another – sometimes both of them get upset because they are not allowed to love each other like The Chief Healer and The Director do. When they are sad, all the comfort I can offer is to hold them safe and warm in their beds and whisper silently that everything will be alright in the end. I do not know much about love – only what I can see – and so I know they will one day be together. It is impossible that they will not; The Leader is only really happy when The Second is near and The Second is sad when she is away from him. Sometimes, I've heard the others talking as well; The Director, The Chief Healer, The Young One, The Light Man, The Feeder and even The Soldier. They all know as well and so soon both The Leader and The Second will no longer be alone. That is why I like night so much.
Because at night, I feel like one of them.
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