Hey all, please enjoy my new Star Trek Voyager fanfic, I love the show and am addicted and my muse hit with inspiration for a Voyager FF. Please enjoy reading and please let me know what you think of it by reviewing or sending me an email.
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"WE ARE DOWN!!." Faulk yelled as he activated the shipwide communication system (comm) as they set down in the Star Fleet Gamma headquarters, a hidden base near Starfleet command.
Everyone erupted in a resounding celebration, Faulk cleared his breath to get everyone attention, "Now that we are here, pull out that bottle of bubbly I have placed in every room and celebrate. We have achieved something that has NEVER been done since the impromptu voyage to the Delta quadrant by Star Trek Voyager BUT WE MADE IT LONGER. We have made history, let us celebrate and be merry for we shall pay in the morning. Since Starfleet has started downloading our database lets make sure your final reports are in. I wanted to say I am proud of this team and lets celebrate, TO OUR ODYSSEY!"
Unlike other Starfleet Captains who would have assigned the task of putting champagne in every room to an underling, Captain Faulk felt it an honor to do it himself. If someone was under age or just didn't like champagne he put various bottles of bubbly juices in those rooms. He knew this crew and their tastes that is what happens when you have been together for ten years.
Everyone around the ship yelled, "TO ODYSSEY"
He leaned down and pressed the counsel on his chair and stood up from his chair pulling out the bottle of champagne and sparkling apple cider, "Lets drink and be merry."
Naomi shrieked as Icheb wrapped his arms around her and spun her around kissing her soundly.
As Commander Shonan Barbab vacated her chair to hug her husband, Head of security Mannif Kelsion, Alexis (Lexie) skipped over and sat down in the recently vacated chair with a huge smile on her face.
She turned to the Captain and held out her glass, "May I have some bubbly please Captain?" she said holding down her glass.
He smiled at her, "Why of course my assistant." He popped open the sparkling cider with much pomp and circumstance and poured her a glass then poured himself a glass, he handed the bottle to Marie who walked by.
Counselor Marie Johnson grabbed the bottle and smiled at the exchange between the two. She knew Faulk before the accident and had been worried about him. But seeing him and Lexie she just knew that Faulk was fine.
Lexie turned and faced the view screen sipping on her bubbly. Faulk turned and looked at the viewscreen, "Well girly we are back, what do you think of your first view of earth?"
"Its pretty, exactly like mommy told me it was. So captain are you coming with us tonight?"
He turned to Lexie, she was an extraordinary little girl. This crew and this little girl helped to renew the spark in his life that left when his wife died. The entire crew treated Lexie like their niece or granddaughter, but Faulk was her god father and therefore had a special bond with her. Her smile would make his bad days go away, and her youthful enthusiasm made his heart leap.
"I will be coming by the Voyager reunion later after I see the Admirals and give a brief report. And then we shall dance."
She smiled at him and drank her juice, both of them staring out the window at the view of San Francisco. After a few minutes Captain Faulk turned and smiled at Naomi and Icheb. Naomi was standing in front of Icheb with his arms wrapped around her talking lively with him.
"How is the bubbly honey?" Naomi asked Lexie.
She turned around and smiled at her parents, "Mommy it is really good, very bubbly."
"That's good love, now do you want to go and see the doc right now? He said that he really wanted to see you today…"
A huge smile appeared on her face, "YES" she put down her glass and skipped up to her mother, "I really really want to see Doc we have our Flotter to finish."
Naomi smiled at her, "Well go and see him honey, and remember your gift for him. You have to be back in the room by two, Doc knows that. Now you two go and have fun with Flotter."
She smiled and started to run off the bridge but then stopped and turned around to the Captain, "Permission to leave the bridge sir?"
He smiled and nodded his head to her, she ran out of the bridge with a huge smile on her face, they had one more adventure to finish. Doctor Richardson, aka Doc, was her Flotter buddy. After an embarrassing incident in the past, which made Naomi uncomfortable around Flotter, she asked around if anyone liked Flotter and wanted to go through the adventures with Lexie. Doc volunteered and was having just as much fun as Lexie was, and he was, of course, able to relentlessly tease Naomi and Icheb about their rendezvous in the holodeck and the Flotter characters. Also he was writing children's holostories and wanted to see a child's perspective when using the stories. Doc and Lexie had a lot of fun doing it, and this was their last adventure before they started on the Doc's stories.
Naomi turned in Icheb's arms and stared at him, "So now that we have right now to ourselves whatever shall we do with it?"
Icheb gave her a seductive smile and captured her lips with a tender kiss.
"PDA PDA PDA PDA" Lucas screamed as he walked over to Naomi and Icheb kissing.
A very pregnant Miral rolled her eyes and walked up to her husband, she tapped him on the shoulder "Ill show you PDA Mr." and pulled him into a very raunchy kiss.
"Oh momma." He said when she broke the kiss, he turned to Naomi and Icheb who were watching them laughing, "Now that is PDA baby."
Naomi rolled her eyes, "Lucas you two are an extreme example of PDA, having sex in the mess hall, now that is PDA.'
Miral smiled at Naomi, her mind going back to that day, then grabbed Lucas's hand and turned to Faulk, "I am going to steal my husband away now, you guys have fun doing what you are going to do."
"Remember no glove no love." Icheb yelled as they walked out, "oh wait too late for that"
Miral stuck her tongue out at him, "whatever now its you two who must be careful, I'm the one who is already knocked up so I have nothing to…" she let out a scream giggle as she was pulled into the elevator by Lucas unable to finish her sentence.
"Those two are going to be very interesting parents." Faulk said raising his glass to Naomi and Icheb, they raised theirs too, Naomi clinking her glass with Icheb's, "To our family" Faulk raised his glass.
"Here, here" people on the bridge cheered to that one, Faulk stood up on his chair and stared at his bridge commanders, "EVERYONE, to my family whom have made me laugh and cry over these 10 years. To those who are leaving I love you and you will always have a home here, and for those of you who are staying WE shall party more and more!"
"Here, here" Shonan Barbab toasted with the Captain hugging him, he hugged her back.
He then walked around the bridge to each crewmember hugged and toasted each of them. He then left the bridge with a bottle of apple cider and did the same to every crewmember on the ship, they were all his family and he wanted to speak with each of them.
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Naomi and Icheb walked into the mess hall hand in hand. "Two Nelix-4's, hot." Naomi requested then 2 bowls of Hot Talaxian Spice soup appeared in the replicator, Icheb grabbed the bowls and found a table.
Naomi grabbed silverware, and two Talaxian iced teas then sat down next to Icheb. He choose their favorite table at the back of the mess hall by the window.
"Oh man this will be interesting to go to the reunion…" Naomi sighed and took a bite of her soup.
Icheb smiled knowing the look that crossed her face, "Oh yea, I hope your father wont kill me. I mean I have been shamelessly corrupting his only daughter year after year…"
Naomi gave him an affronted look, "Now, now dear Icheb 'tis I who have corrupted you."
They both erupted in laughter, this was an ongoing joke between them and went back to talking about the reunion and finishing their bowls of soup.
Icheb suddenly looked over to Naomi, "Want to go for a walk, I have some holodeck time and I think the Andes are calling our names?" her face lit up and she was up before he could finish his sentence
They took the long route to the holodeck enjoying each others company and comfort. Icheb wrapped his arm around Naomi's waist and she wrapped her arm around his hip, leaning her head on his shoulder.
"Computer, begin program Andes fall." Icheb said, "Passkey Naomi is beautiful".
Naomi smiled at him. Half way through the trip a group of engineers, Miral leading the party, wrote a program that allowed the computer not only use voice key passes, but to also locate members of the crew using their voices. It was a quick and ingenious way of locating people, so that if they left their com badge off they could still be located. It had been critical at times on their trip, and had saved many lives.
The computer responded, "Program is now running Icheb."
They walked into the now forested, hilly area. It was a tad on the cold side causing Naomi move closer to Icheb.
"So honey how are those jitters?" Icheb asked, not knowing if they had grown exponentially over the day.
"Oh they are still there, and growing more." She stopped suddenly, "I just…"
Icheb turned so that he was facing Naomi and wrapped his arms around her, "I know I have the same thing but it will be great to see everyone."
She leaned her head on his chest and mumbled something in agreement with him. Some jitters started slowly leaving as she looked up into his eyes.
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Miral dragged Lucas to Holodeck 4 and smiled as it changed from the standard holodeck grid to a pine alps scene.
"So you said you thought about it…" Lucas stopped, sat down on a large boulder and pulled her on to his lap.
She smiled and started, "So that opportunity is amazing and just so awesome." Lucas tried not to hide his disappointment with how the conversation started, "Perk up cowboy and listen." She gave him a quick kiss and continued, "But this ship is our home, my job is great and…"
"But Miral it's your dream to command a starship, we love each other we WILL make it work no matter what…"
"BOY I told you hush up, let me finish. I have thought about this all night so let me say it or else…" she smiled at him, her evil smile that told him to keep it shut, "I don't want to give up our life on this ship, I want little Xavier…" She put her hand on her ever expanding stomach, "to grow up with his family. Plus who says I cannot eventually become commander or captain. Plus Captain said that I am next in line to advance in rank, so I'll be able to take over, Captain has to retire eventually..."
He smiled but continued, "But…"
She rolled her eyes and put her hands over his mouth, "Now shut up mister, I want OUR life here on this damn ship, we can be together and not have the chance of being split up. Plus Xavier needs us both. I don't want him to grow up without a dad, or without me. Plus Lucas, officers are leaving to lead their own ships so I will get my chance to lead, I have proven myself to Faulk or so I have been hinted at many times. So this is the end of this conversation, dear, now please kiss me."
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"Mommy what jewelry should I wear?" Lexie came into her parents room in her shimmery pink dress after finishing Flotter with the doc five hours later.
"Well sweetie, your Daddy told me to tell you, not to put on any jewelry. So, we should wait to see what he has in store for us."
Lexie smiled and rolled on the balls of her feet with excitement while she watched her mother finish getting dressed. Naomi turned around and smiled at Lexie, "Alright you go first and see what your daddy has planned, I am going to finish my hair."
Lexie started out the door but then stopped and gave her mother a look, Naomi stopped and looked at her, "Mommy…" she looked apprehensively at her mother. Naomi walked over and picked up Lexie sitting down with her on the bed.
Lexie had her arms wrapped around her mother, "What's wrong honey?"
"I'm just… I don't…." she sighed getting frustrated at herself, finally she continued, "I think I assimilated butterflies like daddy did… and I don't know…" she sighed, "will they go away?"
Naomi smiled and hugged her tighter, "They will eventually… I hope. Honey guess what, mommy has butterflies too."
Lexie looked up at her mother, "really?"
Naomi smiled and laughed, "Well of course I do, I want to see everyone but I'm nervous about it too I haven't seen them in ten years. Your daddy is nervous too." Lexie looked even more surprised, "But we are so excited to see everyone and it will be fun, I promise honey" reassured a little more Lexie got off of Naomi's lap and stood in front of her, "now lets not let those butterflies get in our way, you go out and see your daddy I want finish my hair."
Lexie nodded and smiled as she walked out of her parents room.
Icheb watched Lexie walk out of the bedroom and smiled, "My, my Miss Lexie you look absolutely beautiful." He got up and scooped her into his arms..
"Why thank you daddy." She smiled at him and he reached behind him and grabbed the pink velvet box off of the table and showed it to her.
It was a set of pink amethyst jewelry in a white gold setting; it was complete with earrings, necklace, bracelet and ring, "For my beautiful daughter on her fifth birthday… well almost your fifth birthday." Lexie smiled and was about to say something when Icheb continued, "I thought that since tonight was a special night, you would want to wear them." He handed her the box.
"Daddy." Was all she said as she enveloped him in a hug.
Naomi stood by the door watching Lexie and Icheb, her heart melted in a million pieces when Lexie hugged Icheb. Icheb hugged her back with a huge smile on his face. She wiped a tear that formed and finished putting on her red heels.
Icheb put Lexie down and she ran over to the couch to put on her jewelry. She was stubborn and didn't want help putting on jewelry, she could do it herself. And she always made sure to tell them precisely that. Even if she had issues with it she still wanted to put it on herself. He turned around and stopped as he caught a glimpse of Naomi in a red halter top dress.
She walked over to Icheb trying to keep the sweet innocent smile on her face, she wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a very chaste kiss. He tried to pull her in to deepen the kiss, she held him back, he looked dejected "You're so cute when you pout honey."
He pulled her against him, "And you're such a tease." He captured her in a very deep kiss.
Lexie stared over at her parents and sighed, "DAD, MOM you two are so embarrassing." She stood up and walked into the bathroom to put on her earrings and necklace on.
Naomi broke the kiss and both of them laughed. She stared over Icheb's shoulder at her daughter who sauntered off to the bathroom to finish putting on her jewelry and smiled.
Sending shivers up and down her spine Icheb whispered in Naomi's ear, "So I have a present for you too..."
"And what might that be." She looked up at him, he reluctantly let go of her and grabbed the small red box on the table.
He opened the box for her, she looked at the ruby heart shaped necklace, Icheb continued, "I found it and I knew that it would match your wedding ring and of course the red matches this new sexy slinky dress.", tears formed in her eyes, he smiled at Naomi as he put the necklace around her neck.
"Mister. you are something else." She wrapped her arms around him, pulling him into a hug.
He smiled contently, not wanting to ever let her go.
The doorbell chimed, Lexie yelled from the bathroom, "I'll get it, I want to get it…" she came running out of the bathroom and ran to the door, "Come in." she said commanding the door to open.
Lucas and Miral stood at the door, Miral stepped in, "Hello Lexie, don't you look just beautiful tonight."
Lexie looked at Miral in her blue strapless dress and smiled, "Why thank you. You look very pretty too. How is cousin doing?" she asked referring to the baby.
Lexie and Miral walked over to the table and sat down, Lucas followed into the room and stood behind Miral rubbing her shoulders.
'Oh Xavier is doing quite fine, a little hyper but fine. How is that blanket going?" Miral asked about the blanket that Lexie promised to make her son when she found out that Miral was pregnant.
"It's going good, I got all of the fabric washed and the cuts for the ties made, I am going to start the tying soon. It is very cute, but I want to surprise you when I am done, so I'm not going to show it to you tonight." She smiled at Miral.
"Yea girl its looking good." Naomi added turning around in Icheb's arms so that she faced her two best friends.
"Oh I'm so excited I cannot wait. I cannot wait until this little man is out in the world. But I am so excited for tonight, to get to see our family and well our even bigger family is going to be fun. Oh I wonder what's happened to everyone."
Naomi smiled a sad smile, "Yea I am excited to see my mom and dad and of course all of Voyager. But one person will be missing, man I am going to miss Grandpa Wildman." Icheb pulled her closer to him comforting her. "But he would be happy with what I have done with my life…"
"And he is looking down at you and us and smiling." Lexie said leaning down and strapping her sandals.
All four of the adults smiled and their hearts melted at the sight of the little girl, "Yes, yes he his my Lexie, yes he is."
"So how much partying are we doing tonight?" Lucas asked trying to change to a happy subject.
"Before or after we are killed by our wives parents." Icheb asked.
Naomi and Miral laughed, Lucas added, "Well both dude DUH."
Naomi grabbed her purse and turned to them, "alright crew lets go." Lexie jumped up and grabbed her mother's hand, Icheb reached over and grabbed Naomi's other hand.
Lucas laughed at his best friend and her family, "So milady shall we follow themst to the ballist?"
Miral shook her head at him and grabbed his hand as she walked towards the door.
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"Alright, ready for transport?" Lieutenant Natalya Ayala, daughter of Voyager's Ayala, asked the five of them.
Lexie smiled, "Aye, aye."
She tipped her hands to her, "Have a fun time at the reunion. Ill see you all there, I cant wait to see my dad!" She didn't even have to think about the command sequence, she knew it by heart after being the head of the transporter department for five years.
They dematerialized and rematerialized on a platform at the end of a hallway, Naomi pulled out her Voyager pass card and started down the hall. They were transported to a location near Voyager. They would then be transported from that location to Voyager after their ID's were verified. After they visited the ship, they would then have their ID's checked again and transported to the hall where the reunion party was being held Due to the fascination of the Voyager story, many people tried to get in to the reunion that were not invited. Starfleet finally came up with a system that would work, for the most part.
Naomi smiled noticing that the crewman who took her families ID cards was new to the Reunion crew and didn't recognize Naomi on sight, but since she hadn't been to the reunion in many years not a lot of people would, "These hooligans are with me."
"Have fun at the reunion." He handed her back the card and motioned for her to move on.
Miral handed him her and Lucas's ID cards, "And this strange man is with me." She said as they walked past the man, Lucas grabbed the cards as he handed them back.
"Hey guy," Naomi said as she turned to face the front of the transporter, "Smile a little, it will make the night go by a lot faster I guarantee."
"Ill try," he started the code, "Thanks" he smiled at her and pushed the last sequence.
The familiar sight of Voyager's transporter room welcomed Naomi, Icheb and Miral.
"So…" Lexie said, smiling at her mother who was looking at the room.
"Alright, so the plan is to show miss Lexie and Mr. Lucas around Voyager and then head to the room and meet up with everyone." Naomi said as they walked out of the transporter room around Voyagers familiar halls.
As they toured the ship which had been her home for the first five years of her life, Naomi thought back to the day Voyager returned to Earth.
"Voyager returns home," flashed over the news nets and billboards around the Federation.
"Mommy where are we meeting Daddy?" Naomi looked at Samantha who was looking around trying to find her husband. They were in a huge crowd of people and both were getting very frustrated, very quickly.
"We are going to get through these people and then…" she started to say but was interrupted.
"SAM, NAOMI OVER HERE!" Greskrendtregk (Gresk) yelled across the room waving his arms.
"DADDY!" Naomi yelled, she started running towards him. People in the crowd immediately moved out of the way as she started towards him.
Sam was hot on her tail, smiling at her husband the entire time, "Honey!" She yelled.
She wiped tears away from her eyes as she and her daughter hugged her father. Gresk reached out with one arm and lifted his daughter in a hug, and wrapped the other arm around his wife. Naomi wrapped her arms around his neck and rested her head on his shoulder, she drew in his scent, cologne and peppermint. Naomi thought to herself as tears fell down her cheeks 'I am never, ever going to forget this, my dad.'
Naomi was brought out of her thoughts as they walked into Sam and Naomi's former quarters, "So this is where your grandma and I lived when we were on Voyager." Naomi showed Lexie around the quarters, whom ever was living there currently, had a daughter living in her old bedroom.
"Mom, she has a Flotter doll, AWESOME!" Lexie commented as they walked out of the room.
The crewmen and women of Voyager let everyone go in and show their families the rooms as long as things were not taken. It was a nice gesture for Voyager's returnees to see where they lived and show their families.
"Daddy can you show me where the Borg stuff was?" Lexie asked Icheb, as she grabbed both Naomi and Icheb's hands and they all headed off in that direction.
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Samantha immediately turned around and looked around, Gresk stopped walking and looked at his wife, "Honey?"
"I could have sworn I just heard Naomi…"
Gresk turned with his wife, "Well maybe she is back, but honey…" he pulled Samantha into his arms trying to distract her, "honey don't get your hopes up, it could be another year. We don't know when it will be exactly."
Samantha relaxed in his arms sighing, "Man, oh man, I miss that girl."
He hugged his wife close to him, "Yea me too, but what an opportunity for her, I wonder if her and Lucas ever started something."
Sam looked up at him, "Naw, they are too much best friends', maybe she met some cute Lieutenant and fell madly in love."
"So, let's go to the ballroom and mingle." With that they walked towards the transporter room.
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"Mommy…" Lexie looked up at her mother making sure she had her attention, "would we be able to stop by the bathroom? I really gotta go." Naomi smiled and headed down a corridor towards a bathroom.
Miral popped into this conversation, "Yea Mommy, I gotta go too." She smiled at Naomi who turned around and laughed at her.
"Alright crew, pit stop time," she turned around another corner.
Samantha and Gresk looked at a group of five people in front of them, Sam wondered who they were, but they turned the corner before she could inquire. They walked into the transporter room and transported to the ballroom.
"Cheers!" Everyone turned when the transporter deposited Sam and Gresk into the room, the computer automatically announced, "Samantha and Gresk Wildman." He tipped his glass in their direction, "Here, here" Samantha yelled grabbing a drink from the table where they were set out.
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"Alright off to the ballroom we go." Naomi said, the butterflies in her stomach growing more intense as they stepped on the platform.
Icheb wrapped his arms around her, Lexie came and stood in front of them and grabbed on to Naomi's free hand, she squeezed it back in reassurance.
Miral leaned her head on Lucas's shoulder. The transporter operator said, "Alright, so you'll be announced as you arrive, drinks and food are to your immediate left. Have a great time."
"Thanks," Naomi said as they were transported.
All of a sudden three names blared over the intercom system that they did not expect,
"Naomi, Icheb, and Alexis Wildman." The computer then announced, "Lucas and Miral Fennings."
Everyone in the ballroom stared in shocked silence at the newcomers on the platform.
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Have a great holiday season, thanks for reading!!! More to come, second chapter is getting near done, sneak peak Naomi and Icheb first meeting on the Odyssey and Lucas and Miral's first encounter; you'll have to wait till chapter two comes out!!!!