I dreamt this one up while listening to my mum moaning about parking, even though parking isn't involved.

I've taken Coda, fiddled around with it, and put it back together again. This remake erases Kathryn's dad and the alien consciousness, she isn't in a time loop and it's the first time they crashed on the planet. No Vidians no timeloop and all that jazz. The only bit from the episode is the beginning and when she's in sickbay, the rest of it focuses on Kathryn being a ghost and an alien who comes aboard (That isn't her dad and that everyone can see) and is the only one who can see her. Anyway, now I've explained it… read it! (And please review!)

BTW- although this is probably my longest story to date, I'm working on something big. Stay tuned for 'SHORTCUT THROUGH THE VORTEX' mwha ha ha. (Cue scary music and lightning flashes)

'Don't you die on me… breathe dammit breathe! Start breathing! Come on Kathryn, come on!'

'Chakotay, I'm here,' Kathryn said, reaching out a hand to touch his arm, but, to her surprise, it passed straight through him.

Kathryn looked down at the body on the ground, so like her, similar in every detail. But how could it be her? Why were there two Kathryn's? Surely she was the real one? Was she dreaming?

Kathryn watched Chakotay call to her body on the ground, while he blew into her mouth and pumped at her chest. 'Come on Kathryn come on!'

'Voyager to Sacagawea' Tuvok's calm Vulcan voice chirped out of Chakotay's commbadge.

'Yes Voyager,' Chakotay'spanicked voice responded. 'How quick can you get here? The captain's dead. We need to get her to sickbay the Doctor may still be able to revive her.'

Dead? Dead? Kathryn's mind reeled. 'I'm not dead Chakotay I'm not dead, look at me I'm here I'm not dead I'm here!'

Not acknowledging this, Chakotay scooped Kathryn up into his arms and held her close.

'It's alright Kathryn,' he whispered, his tears dripping down his face and splashing into her auburn hair, 'it's all right, we'll get you to sickbay, you'll be okay soon. Just hang on!'

'Cortical stimulator, now!' The Doctor yelled to Kes, who ran forward to place the small grey rectangle on her Captain's forehead.

Kathryn watched this with anxiety rising. 'I'm here! I'm here!' she yelled. 'Kes, Kes, can you see me? Kes?'

The Doctor closed his tricorder with a final expression. 'Make a note in the log,' he said, 'death occurred 0320 hours.'

Kathryn stared at him, then at her body. 'No!' she cried, 'no! Keep going please! Chakotay!'

Kathryn ran after him as Chakotay turned and ran from the room.

And then her vision clouded. She fell to her knees, hands at her face. But when the cloud disappeared, she found that sunlight was streaming through her fingers. Kathryn looked up and stared around her. She was kneeling in the field next to her home in Indiana. But the sunlight was bright, too bright, everything reflected. It was like she was seeing an echo.

'Kathy, no fair!' an eight year old Phoebe Janeway yelled as her twelve year old sister waved the ball above her head.

'Of course it's fair!' the younger Kathryn Janeway said laughing, 'it's basketball!'

Kathryn then threw the ball and it bounced effortless through the hoop. 'And she scores!' Kathryn yelled, cheering and doing a cartwheel.

'Daddy! Daddy!' Phoebe yelled, holding out her arms as Admiral Edward Janeway strolled across the field, his grey eyes twinkling.

Captain Janeway stared at him. 'Daddy,' she said, echoing her sister, the words choking in her throat as she stared at her father.

But he didn't see her.

'Too small honey?' Edward asked chuckling. He scooped Phoebe up in his arms and handed her the ball, who now, because of her added height, easily threw the ball through the hoop.

'Now who isn't playing fair!' the younger Kathryn yelled, running forward and tackling her father.

Captain Kathryn Janeway watched this sadly. She dimly remembered this. But it wasn't often that she had played basketball with her father, especially after the Cardassian's threatened war. Then he'd been tired and grey.

'Daddy…' she said again softly. Her father, dead now. Buried under the polar ice caps with Justin. Justin… and she faded again.

What do you think? Please review!