A/n: Star Trek Voyager and it's characters belong to paramount, the only ones I own are the Val'haatan and the Tal'haari as they were created by me for this story.
The bridge of the USS Voyager shook, under the weapons fire from an unknown ship which has just decloaked off their starboard bow. "Report!" Janeway barked as the standard illumination dimmed and the crimson glow of the red alert lights flashed and the klaxon blared.
"Warp drive is offline, impulse and thrusters only." Tom Paris answered from his seat at the helm.
"Forward shields are down to 90%." Tuvok in toned from tactical.
"We're being hailed." Harry Kim announced from his station at ops.
"on screen" Janeway ordered.
"Lower your shields and prepare to be boarded, your ship and crew now belong to the Val'haatan. You have ten seconds to comply or we will open fire." The alien on the view screen, his black eyes glittering menacingly before he terminated the link.
Another blast rocked the ship. "Direct hit to our port nacelle." Harry called.
"Shields are down to 87%" Tuvok called from tactical.
"Mr Tuvok return fire all phasers." Janeway barked, the safety of her crew becoming priority. "Their shields are down to 89%" Tuvok reported. Just before another blast caused sparks to fly from several consoles and panels.
"Inertial dampeners are offline." Harry called as he monitored the ships systems.
"Impulse drive is offline, thrusters are functioning at minimum capacity." Tom called out from the helm. Another blast rocked the ship, throwing everyone, including Janeway to the deck.
As the crew picked themselves up off the floor, another blast tilted the ship to port knocking them down again. Janeway picked herself off the deck, ignoring the trickle of blood from the corner of her lip. She stood in front of Harry's station as Tuvok reeled of the list of damage to the shields and weapons.
"Casualty reports coming in from deck 12 through 14, injuries reported on all decks." Chakotay called, as he checked the console between the command chairs.
"Captain, I believe I may be able to re route phasers through the deflector array." Seven called from her station.
"Do it." Janeway ordered. "Mr Tuvok, re route power from all systems except life support." She instructed.
"Mr Kim I'm reading a power surge in your console, get away from your station." Seven called out a hint of urgency creeping into the former borg's voice.
Harry quickly dived away from his console and Janeway followed suit. The console overloaded in a shower of sparks and debris. Harry picked himself of the deck and moved over to offer assistance to Seven with re routing phasers through the deflector array. Janeway had moved over to tactical once she had picked herself of the deck.
The com link crackled to life as another communication came through, audio only this time. "Your vessel in damaged and you are defenceless, hand over your ship an crew or we will be forced to use our main weapon." The Val'haatan Captain growled before cutting the link, not giving Janeway a chance to respond.
"Seven how is the deflector coming along?" Janeway asked.
"The modifications have been completed, with the assistance of Mr Kim." Seven replied .
"On my mark." Janeway instructed before turning to watch the view screen. The Val'haatan ship was large and had a similar structure to a Romulan Warbird. The front of the ship opened like a flower and a long antenna like structure extended out of it. The antenna bristled with purple energy. A jet of purple energy shot out towards Voyager.
"All hands brace for impa..." Chakotay managed to warn the crew before the strike cut him of. The purple jet, crackled as it tore through Voyager's remaining shields and the hull plating around the bridge module on top of the ship, the purple energy flew straight through the bridge and caught Janeway square in the chest, sending her flying off her feet into the bulkhead near the turbolift. Just before she blacked out Janeway heard someone yell "Kathryn!"
Chakotay was aware that he had called Janeway by her first name, rank forgotten as he watched the purple energy hitting her in the chest, sending her flying into the bulkhead. But right now he had to focus or Voyager would be captured or destroyed. "Fire." He ordered. Seven complied firing the phasers through the modified deflector array. The Engines of the Val'haatan ship were severely damaged. "Tom get us out of here." He ordered as he made his way over to were Janeway was lying in a heap on the deck. Tuvok was crouched by her checking her pulse, a looked up as Chakotay approached.
"Her pulse is erratic." His monotone voice stated. As a vulcan Tuvok buried his feelings, but Chakotay knew that Tuvok was concerned for his friend, even if he didn't show it.
"Bridge to sickbay,medical emergency." Chakotay called tapping his commbadge.
"You'll have to bring the injured down here commander, transporters are down." The Doctor said.
"Acknowledged." Chakotay said breaking the link, before opening one to engineering. "B'elanna, how long will it take to get those transporters online?" He asked.
"At least two hours. We're pushing it as it is, the matrix needs to be stabilised." The slightly frustrated voice of Voyager's Chief Engineer filtered through.
"Keep working on it,Chakotay out." Chakotay said before addressing Tuvok who was scanning Janeway's body with the tricorder he had managed to salvage.
"Her pulse and respiratory rate are erratic, I'm detecting Internal bleeding, Cranial swelling and her neural pathways have been damaged." Tuvok said reeling of the extent of her injuries. "If we were to move her it would prove fatal." Tuvok continued.
"B'elanna I need those transporters." Chakotay said slapping his commbadge.
"I'm working as fast I can, I'll have to take power from life support to make it work." She yelled over the sound of panels and hurried work.
"Do whatever you need to just get the transporters online." Chakotay said, urgency lacing his tone.
"You've got minimal power to the transporter, it's all I can give you right now." B'elanna replied.
"Chakotay to sickbay, we have transporters and we're beaming the Captain to you." Chakotay said.
"Acknowledged." The Doctor said in response. Janeway's body shimmered then disappeared.
"Sir there is a ship approaching, it's of unknown origin, they're hailing, audio only." Harry called from the flickering ops station.
"Put it through." Chakotay ordered.
"I'am Captain Tal'robin of the Tal'haari, can we assist you in anyway?"A friendly looking alien asked.
"I'am Commander Chakotay of the starship Voyager, we are in need of a place to conduct repairs, we had a run in with the Val'haatan." Chakotay answered.
"The Val'haatan are ruthless, we have lost many ships and many people to them. Our starbase is 4 hours from here,my ship will escort you." Tal'robin said.
"Thank you, we have minimum thruster capability, we don't meet many who would provide us assistance. " Chakotay said.
"It's expected in our culture to help those in need of assistance,we are more than happy to help." Tal'robin replied. Before terminating the link.
"Sickbay to Commander Chakotay." Came the hail from the Doctor.
"Go ahead." Chakotay replied.
"Commander please report to sickbay immediatly." The Doctor said before cutting the link.
"Tuvok you have the bridge, keep me informed of our status.I'l be in sickbay." Chakotay said to Tuvok before heading for the turbolift.
