Disturbances
Captain Janeway hastily began packing her much needed belongings for the away mission. They had recently discovered a nearby earthlike planet that could possibly contain a biosphere similar to Earth. After taking some opinions from the crew, Janeway decided it would be best if they would go on an expedition to investigate the theory. To better the journey, she requested that the Doctor and Seven of Nine accompany her along to the planet. The EMH happily accepted the request, but Seven was defiant and saw no interest in partaking in what she referred to is "frivolous pursuits". "Would I need these?" Janeway thought as she held up her lilac satin nightgown that she received as a gift from Q. During the middle of her thought process, she was interrupted by a voice on the com system. "Doctor to the Captain!"
"Yes doctor what can I do for you?"
"I require your assistance in sickbay." A brief pause made her rub her temples in frustration after hearing the doctor's request. She certainly did not have any time to waste, as well as her open suitcases that were pining for clothes. Still, disobeying the doctor's orders was enough to go on a rampage of rage. "I'm on my way", she sighed as she barged out her chamber, leaving the unpacked bags weeping behind.
Meanwhile in Astrometrics, Seven was working carefully to map out a safe route for the shuttle. She was absorbed in her data so much that she barely noticed Chakotay as he entered the room. He cautiously walked up to Seven and took a long deep breath. "Seven, a word please."
"Yes Commander?"
Chakotay looked away for a minute, almost if it was painful for him to say what he wanted to say. "I understand you have decided not to go on the away mission."
"The mission is pointless, it serves no purpose." It must have been the way she responded to that, because the muscles on Chakotay's face seemed to tighten up rather briskly. "Seven, I insist you go. Your expertise would be most contributive to the mission." he pleaded. Even after he made his convincing speech, she seemed not to be affected by his threat. "I am certain Captain Janeway and the Doctor will not require my assistance." she hastily replied. After this, Seven resumed her work on plotting the course as if Chakotay no longer mattered. Unfortunately, he was not pleased of Seven's hostile attitude. "Look , I am giving you an order! You can either report to the shuttle bay or I will confide you to your quarters for the remainder of the mission! So what's it going to be?" Annoyed, Seven gave Chakotay a blank stare as she stormed out of Astrometrics and headed straight to the shuttle bay. In her mind, she knew the only reason that Chakotay wanted her on the mission was just so she could "bond" with the captain, which did not matter to her at all. Nevertheless, disobeying the commander was not going to sit well with the captain.
"Alright Doctor might this quick, we are scheduled to leave at 13:00 hours , what is the emergency?" The Doctor stepped out of his office showing a face of rage and frustration. "Captain, I request you find a more suitable replacement for me while I am away. Mr. Paris never shows up on time and treats my precious medical equipment like toys!" Janeway sighed and rubbed her sweaty hands through her short red hair. "I assure you Doctor, Commander Chakotay will handle it, I have complete faith that Tom will do as he is instructed." The Doctor seemed pleased that the rebellious lieutenant would be taken care of. However, it was obvious the Doctor still did not trust Mr. Paris with his medical equipment or his patients. On the other hand, if the Captain says it will be taken care of, it would be taken care of. "If I may ask captain, has Seven discovered the name for the planet yet?"
"I do not believe so. I am positive Seven will inform of us of the name when we arrive at the shuttlebay." she said.
"Thank you captain." Janeway,after hearing the Doctor's reply, leaves the room and heads back to her room to finish the tedious job of packing. A few minutes later and two suitcases properly packed, she ventured to the shuttle bay where the Doctor and Seven were waiting. The Doctor was enthusiastic and could hardly contain his holographic buffers while on the other hand, Seven was just a blank slate as a computer could show more emotion than her. There was a moment of silence as Janeway loaded her suitcases onto the shuttle as all three of them gathered inside the vessel and took off into space.
For a while, there was not a sound to be found inside the dreary shuttle. Janeway was occupied with the piloting while Seven was in the back room, collecting and observing some data she wasn't able to finish due to Chakotay interuptting her work time. The Doctor however, was just sitting with his camera, waiting for something spontaneous to occur. With nothing in sight, he was about to toss the camera aside until a group of asteroids began to drift in front of the shuttle. At that moment The Doctor decided to just happily break the silence . "Captain do you mind if we stop and collect some samples from asteroids?" Without waiting for an answer, he attempts to change the course to intercept some clusters of asteroids, but Janeway gently held back the Doctor. "As tempting as that sounds,, we have to stay on course. It's just a precaution Doctor! We don't want to get even more lost in the Delta Quadrant. " The Doctor sadly sits back down with his camera and lazily continues to watch the asteroids drifting away in the distance. At that second, Seven enters the cockpit and fiercely swipes the Doctor's camera and topples it into a nearby storage locker while she continued to calcuate more data. "How...how dare her!" In a hot-headed rage, the Doctor stomps over to the locker to grab the discarded camera just so he can whap it against her mechanical head until..."BAMMM!" The shuttle rocks violently, throwing the Doctor and his camera to the left.
Janeway struggles to regain control of the shuttle when a monstorous hole appears in front of the shuttle. "REPORT!" Seven went over to the console and began to calcuate a readout of the disturbance. "It is an anomaly, its structure and density is similar to...Captain...it is beginning to flucuate...we are being pulled towards the anomaly!" Fascinated, the Doctor began snapping photos of the grand anomaly, only to be stopped by Janeway who threw the camera aside. The shuttle continued to recieve more damage as it crept towards to the anomaly. "Hull integrity at 50%! The core is unstable." The only thing Janeway had in mind was the worst decision that any captin could make. In situations in like these however, there were no other options. "DUMP THE CORE!" Before Seven could fulfill her request, the shuttle was sucked into the bowls of the anomaly. It seemed to expand into the cosmos until the shuttle and its crew reached the end of the distoration. What was waiting at the exit? A planet. This planet, in all of its emerald and sapphire glory, was enough to bring a tear to Janeway's eye. "Seven...welcome to Earth.."
A few minutes of content happiness allows Seven to gaze at the magnificent planet until Janeway calmly orders her to hail Starfleet Command. In a turn of events, there was no answer...but an unexpected discovery. "Captain, there is no sign of Starfleet command, or any Federation ship." Janeway was puzzled, until it came to her. It was a disturbing theory, but the most terrifying ideas could be true ideas. "Seven, can you give me the year?"
"The year Captain?"
"Just do it Seven." Seven sternly did a calcuation on the year, and to her surprise, the theory was a fact. "2025." The Doctor (sitting silently in the back) couldn't believe this was possible! However, he had been to 1996 so his worries were only instinct, which was pretty deep for a hologram . Thank you Henry Starling...
All of a sudden, the shuttles power completely fails as Janeway notices they were spiraling down straight into Earth's atmospheres. " We have lost engines and thrusters, I can't pull the shuttle up!" Seven loudly reported. Janeway held onto the console for her dear life as they continued to slowly fall to their supposed deaths. "BRACE FOR IMPACT!"
The vulenrable vessel rocketed through the atmosphere as a fire erupts on its hull. The Doctor quickly ducks under the terminal he was at as Seven attempts to regain control of the shuttle. Spontaneously, the console Janeway was holding onto exploded in her face which propelled her into the air and then onto the floor. She was knee-deep in blood as the Doctor ran to her aid to try and perform some kind of operation. "Please don't try to move captain." The Doctor scanned the captain anxiously. "You have internal and external bleeding and a severe concussion, you require treatment." The Doctor looks up in a moment of shock and sees the shuttle had surpassed the atmosphere and they now were viewing where Starfleet Headquarters was supposed to be, but in its place was a foreign building that looked high-tech even for 2025. Seven looks back to her station in utter shock and tries to compile any information she can find on the structure. "The building we are looking at is not listed on any files in our databa...DOCTOR!" The shuttle slams into a freeway as Seven flies for cover while the Doctor shields Janeway from the impact of the collison. Janeway, tring to stay awake, slowly slips out of consciousness as the hulking metal vessel finally crashes into a pit.
That is for Chapter 1. I will re-release the other chapters using this format soon. Please review and favorite! ~ Aidan