The Delta Quadrant was lonely today
Part Three in the Delta Quadrant Series
By: Kimmy Malfoy
Disclaimer: These characters are Paramount's. I could afford Versace if they weren't.
Kes's POV
Author's Note: Ah! The long awaited sequel! Here is part 3- set between the end of Scorpion and the beginning of whatever the next episode might be… I can't remember off hand. I thought I'd forget canon and just roll with what I've got, so I'm starting with Kes, just before she dies- or whatever happened to her. This is set right after Scorpion and I hope you enjoy it! No relationship- ness in this chapter, it's a little scary actually. Kind of scared myself when I wrote it…But anyway- enjoy what I have concocted here! Please R&R as always! Thanks!
It was dark on board the Starship Voyager as the change of shift completed. She could hear the pitter patter of boots upon the carpet, echoing between her ears. She squeezed her eyes shut as the sound grew louder and louder inside her mind. She slammed her hands against her ears trying to prevent the noises from growing louder. As she peered through her tired, tear filled eyes she noticed sickbay was barley illuminated by the lights of the various consuls. She had been in Sickbay for days, under observation like a lab rat, surrounded by a level six force field, caged like a wild animal. She hated the darkness, for in the darkness she would see things. Things she dreaded to see.
The visions came more frequently now, and they were more painful. Occasionally they hurt so much, that she would find herself unable o control her powers. She had hurt people; she had hurt her friends, her family. That was why she was here, so she wouldn't hurt anyone anymore. But she hated the dark, and she would not sleep. In sleep she saw them killed, one by one. The entire crew tortured, destroyed, each time a different way. The visions burned into her mind and she could feel the hot tears of anguish as the creatures returned to claim them all. She felt dizzy and faint and she gripped the bio-bed. She was so tempted to scream but she knew that no one would hear her, or be able to stop the nightmares.
The pain only got stronger as the night wore on. She had collapsed onto the floor, and in the shiny paneling of the bio- bed she could see her own reflection. Or at least what used to be a vibrant young Ocampan. Now her eyes were bloodshot, black circles engulfed them, and her hair was a wild mane. She could see that she had ripped out some of her long blond locks, and her lips were caked with blood from her ferocious biting of them. She felt like an animal, but there was no way to escape this pain, she needed to remain in isolation. As she stood shakily and allowed her eyes to wander Sickbay, she noticed Seven of Nine, asleep on a bio-bed, her own life saved from the nightmare that was the Borg. So it is she who will replace me… Kes mused before the voices returned and in a barley audible whisper she called out to Seven. "Get them home for me…" She fell to the floor knowing that tomorrow she would leave the ship, and her family behind.
Tomorrow she would die.