As we walked through the dimly lit corridors, Seven of Nine continued to
try and get out of going.
"Seven, some of these excuses sound like something from Tom Paris" I told her which made her pause. "Some of them are from Tom Paris aren't they?"
"Yes, but that is irrelevant" she would say "This is an inefficient use of time. There is work to be done" but she wasn't going to get off that easy.
"Seven you will be able to mingle with the crew more" she gave me one of those famous stares before continuing to argue.
"I believe I 'mingle' with the crew just fine during work"
"Well, you are still coming." I told her holding her hand and pulling her along.
"Commander…"
"Seven we aren't on the bridge its Chakotay"
"Fine, Chakotay I do not see the point of…" but she was cut off by the swish of the mess hall doors opening to reveal a lavishly decorated room full of Senior officers off duty. We were having a small party while the graveyard shift was on duty. Everyone was happy to be out of their uniforms B'Elanna Torres was wearing a long black dress and Kathryn Janeway wore a red one. All the guys were in suits Tom Paris had been researching the early 21st century of earth with Naomi Wildman, when he came across his pinstriped outfit. When he saw us he looked over and yelled across the room
"I guess none of my excuses worked! Sorry Sev" then returned to his conversation with B'Elanna. Seven and I were the last two senior officers to enter the mess hall. I was also in a suit and Seven was wearing a long, flowing royal blue dress that looked great on her.
She of coarse disagreed and didn't see why everyone was so dressed up just to see each other. We walked around the room together, hand in hand, talking to our crewmates. I had been able to convince her to come to the party, but trying to her to dance was a whole other story. I once walked into the holodeck where she was dancing she stopped when she saw me, later that week the program had been deleted.
Seven and I walked out together and down to cargo bay 2.
"Was it as bad as you thought it would be?" he asked Seven
"It was…entertaining" she replied with the hint of a smile. In front of the cargo bay I gave her a small kiss, smiled and walked away. I knew that Seven remained outside the cargo bay the doors staying open and watched as I walked away. If the computer could make comments it would probably ask her if she was ever going to enter. Soon disappearing from view I heard the doors slide close as she walked into the cargo bay to begin her regeneration cycle.
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"Surveying the planet now Captain" Ensign Harry Kim said as Seven stepped onto the bridge and headed over to a science console. There was a short beep from the computer. Seven looked up at the planet on the view screen and I looked towards Ensign Kim.
"Captain, Dilithium has been detected" Captain Janeway let out the breath she had been holding with a smile.
"Good then lets go dig it up." She turned giving me a nod I returned it.
"Seven, Tom you're with me" and the three of us headed down to the transporter room.
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Down in the transporter room Seven, Tom and I had met two other crewman Ensign Ritter and Ensign Wildman preparing to beam down to the planet with us. We had borrowed some laser scalpels from the doctor after learning we would have to cut the dilithium into small blocks. The planet was windy and very dusty with no life anywhere.
"We should split up." Tom suggested. We all agreed and if we found anything or got into trouble they would contact us. We took out our tricorders and began to scan. After a few minutes Seven found something; she bent down to check and sure enough it was what we were looking for, peering up at Tom and me
"It's dilithium that we can use," she said as Tom whistled at the amount.
I contacted ensigns Ritter and Wildman and they headed back, Seven removed the scalpel from her pouch and slowly started taking away pieces of dilithium, Tom and Wildman started to pack it into containers, when all of a sudden BOOM! Seven of Nine had flown back and hit the ground about ten feet away. She wasn't moving…
To be continued…
"Seven, some of these excuses sound like something from Tom Paris" I told her which made her pause. "Some of them are from Tom Paris aren't they?"
"Yes, but that is irrelevant" she would say "This is an inefficient use of time. There is work to be done" but she wasn't going to get off that easy.
"Seven you will be able to mingle with the crew more" she gave me one of those famous stares before continuing to argue.
"I believe I 'mingle' with the crew just fine during work"
"Well, you are still coming." I told her holding her hand and pulling her along.
"Commander…"
"Seven we aren't on the bridge its Chakotay"
"Fine, Chakotay I do not see the point of…" but she was cut off by the swish of the mess hall doors opening to reveal a lavishly decorated room full of Senior officers off duty. We were having a small party while the graveyard shift was on duty. Everyone was happy to be out of their uniforms B'Elanna Torres was wearing a long black dress and Kathryn Janeway wore a red one. All the guys were in suits Tom Paris had been researching the early 21st century of earth with Naomi Wildman, when he came across his pinstriped outfit. When he saw us he looked over and yelled across the room
"I guess none of my excuses worked! Sorry Sev" then returned to his conversation with B'Elanna. Seven and I were the last two senior officers to enter the mess hall. I was also in a suit and Seven was wearing a long, flowing royal blue dress that looked great on her.
She of coarse disagreed and didn't see why everyone was so dressed up just to see each other. We walked around the room together, hand in hand, talking to our crewmates. I had been able to convince her to come to the party, but trying to her to dance was a whole other story. I once walked into the holodeck where she was dancing she stopped when she saw me, later that week the program had been deleted.
Seven and I walked out together and down to cargo bay 2.
"Was it as bad as you thought it would be?" he asked Seven
"It was…entertaining" she replied with the hint of a smile. In front of the cargo bay I gave her a small kiss, smiled and walked away. I knew that Seven remained outside the cargo bay the doors staying open and watched as I walked away. If the computer could make comments it would probably ask her if she was ever going to enter. Soon disappearing from view I heard the doors slide close as she walked into the cargo bay to begin her regeneration cycle.
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"Surveying the planet now Captain" Ensign Harry Kim said as Seven stepped onto the bridge and headed over to a science console. There was a short beep from the computer. Seven looked up at the planet on the view screen and I looked towards Ensign Kim.
"Captain, Dilithium has been detected" Captain Janeway let out the breath she had been holding with a smile.
"Good then lets go dig it up." She turned giving me a nod I returned it.
"Seven, Tom you're with me" and the three of us headed down to the transporter room.
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Down in the transporter room Seven, Tom and I had met two other crewman Ensign Ritter and Ensign Wildman preparing to beam down to the planet with us. We had borrowed some laser scalpels from the doctor after learning we would have to cut the dilithium into small blocks. The planet was windy and very dusty with no life anywhere.
"We should split up." Tom suggested. We all agreed and if we found anything or got into trouble they would contact us. We took out our tricorders and began to scan. After a few minutes Seven found something; she bent down to check and sure enough it was what we were looking for, peering up at Tom and me
"It's dilithium that we can use," she said as Tom whistled at the amount.
I contacted ensigns Ritter and Wildman and they headed back, Seven removed the scalpel from her pouch and slowly started taking away pieces of dilithium, Tom and Wildman started to pack it into containers, when all of a sudden BOOM! Seven of Nine had flown back and hit the ground about ten feet away. She wasn't moving…
To be continued…