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A/N: This will be a collection of oneshots (some story lines may be related to others, some not) based off of pick-up lines and rebuttals. Each oneshot will have at least one pick-up/rebuttal in it and will include various characters. I may not post as regularly as I usually would since I'm mainly posting as I write, but I do have a couple already written and a few ideas I just have to write up. Hope you enjoy!

Hearing Difficulties

Kathryn Janeway marched down the hall, nodding reflexively at passing crew members as she made her way to the transporter room. She didn't want to go down to the planet for shore leave. She would much rather stay on board and go over the readings from that supernova they obtained. Not to mention she had reports to catch up on!

But no, the good Doctor just wouldn't let it go. He insisted she needed rest and relaxation and the best way was for her to leave the ship. He even threatened to take her off duty! So here she was, being bribed off her own ship.

The Doctor was lucky they needed him or she would have deactivate him for the remainder of this trip! While she was at it she might have locked her first officer in his quarters for not backing her up. Instead he had agreed with the Doctor and kept telling her over and over that she'd have fun. The only thing that stopped her was B'Elanna entering the ready room with her last report before she left for her own shore leave. If Torres could be pulled away from Engineering then she supposed she could spare a few hours as well.

She just knew this wasn't going to end well though. She had the feeling in the pit of her stomach again. Maybe it was because of the inhabitants of this planet and their 'gift'. This particular spiecies was somewhat telepathic. They could only speak telepathically to others of their race however, so at least she didn't have to worry about them reading her every thought.

Externally they weren't too different from other species they'd encountered. They were slightly paler then most humans and their ears were rounder. The males had a bit of an orange tinge to their hands, while the females' were more of a red. Most seemed to have black hair, though she had noticed a couple with dark brown. If their ears and hands were covered they could probably be passed off as very pale humans.

Except for their 'Voice' of course. They could hear and communicate with anyone in their species at any given time even if that person was on the other side of the planet. All of their thoughts and voices were also linked together to make 'The Voice'. Normally, this Voice didn't interfere much from what she'd been told, but occasionally it would talk to a person, even carry on entire conversations if need be. The High Counselor had explained it as 'two voices in your head talking to each other'.

They were a welcoming society though and had immediately agreed to let the crew take shore leave on their planet. They didn't seem to have any problems with questions either. Tuvok had spent the last two days discussing and studying their abilities and culture. How he managed to get out of shore leave she didn't know. She didn't have much time to think about that either because she had just reached the transporter room.

Walking in she raised an eyebrow at her first officer who was standing there apparently waiting for her. What, did he want to make she actually got off the ship? Next thing you know she'd be grabbed by security officers and forced off her damn ship.

Just as that thought entered her mind she noticed Chakotay trying not to laugh. Was he telepathic now too? Or was she just that predictable that he knew what she was thinking. If so, she'd have to fix that.

"Here to see me off, Commander?" Janeway asked briskly, discreetly looking him up down as he continued to smile over at her.

"I'm here to beam down with you, Captain." He answered and took a step closer to where she stood by the console. "B'Elanna, Tom, and Harry just left and invited us to join them."

"I see." Janeway said, eyeing him suspiciously. "And where exactly are we joining them at?" She asked, crossing her arms over her chest.

Chakotay shrugged before answering, "Not sure. It's supposed to be some sort of bar I think."

"Well, let's get going then, Commander." She then uncrossed her arms and walked over to the transport pad, knowing Chakotay would be right behind her.

VOYVOYVOY

Alright, so far things weren't too bad. In fact she was having a pretty good time. She had already beaten Chakotay three times at Mallneak, a local bar game that seemed to be similar to an old Earth game called Tic-Tac-Toe. Or was it Tac-Tic-Toe? Either way the concept seemed about the same.

Nothing had gone wrong as of yet. The only thing she was even slightly concerned about was the local man who had been watching her for the last six minutes. Not long after they had arrived she had noticed him wondering around, stopping to talk with various women. She knew his type just by watching his behavior.

Fortunately he hadn't paid her much attention until now. She supposed it was probably because this was the first time she was actually alone at the bar. For the past two hours she had been in the company of at least one, if not all four, of her crew members, but after losing another game of Mallneak Chakotay had went to get them both a drink and something to eat. This man obviously saw her as being easy prey if she was alone. He obviously didn't know her.

Sure enough he was walking towards her, grinning from round ear to round ear. She hid the smirk threatening to escape as he finally reached her table.

"Hello." He began in the rumbling voice most of his species had. "The Voice told me to come over and talk to you." He added with a mischievous smile strangly reminiscent of the human version she'd been given too many times to count. The one that clearly said what he really wanted to 'talk' about.

"Really?" She asked, sounding generally curious before leaning in a bit closer. "Well, I think you heard wrong."

He looked taken aback for a moment, clearly not used to that kind of retort, but soon recovered and went to speak again.

She cut him off before the words could even leave his mouth though. "Maybe you should go find a nice secluded corner and listen again." She stated with a pointed look that left no doubt to her meaning. After staring at her for a brief second he silently turned and went back the way he came.

VOYVOYVOY

Half an hour later Janeway was standing at the drink counter with Harry and Chakotay. After their last little encounter the local man had avoided her completely, but she noticed he hadn't stopped trying with others. She was smiling and laughing at a story Chakotay just told when she glanced up and saw the chief engineer being approached from behind. That was a mistake and she just knew this wasn't going to be good.

Noticing her distraction, the other two turned to watch just in time to see the man put a hand on B'Elanna's shoulder. Within seconds he was flipped over onto his back. Now several more people in the bar were watching, but this man apparently didn't realize what a 'no' was.

He stood up, dusted his clothes off, and grinned. Janeway couldn't hear what he was saying, but apparently B'Elanna didn't buy his act anymore then she had. The engineer crossed her arms and said something in return that made the man's face take on a faint orange hue.

He then spoke again, just as Tom walked up to the pair. B'Elanna's arms went to her sides with closed fists and even Tom looked like he'd like to punch the guy. But he didn't get the chance.

Before the stranger was even done talking B'Elanna raised her arm and swung her fist right into the side of his face, knocking him off his feet and into a table behind him. The two occupants of that table jumped to their feet and, obviously drunk, staggered over to forcefully pull the intruder to his feet before throwing him over into another table. Within seconds the whole bar was in one big fist fight.

As soon as she detangled herself from the crowd, Janeway pushed her com badge and ordered an emergency beam out for all five of them. She had just known this wasn't going to end well.

First chapter done! What did you think? Also, if any of you have any pick-up/rebuttals that you'd like to suggest or other ideas just let me know!