In the Darkest Night
After a very traumatic incident Kathryn falls into a deep depression, can the crew of voyager save their captain from herself?
Rated M
Disclaimer: All Characters are owned by their respective parties, I'm just writing for entertainment, no infringement intended.
Chapter Two: Waking Up
"How is she?" Chakotay asked no sooner then he appeared from behind the doors. He made his way to the doctor's side.
"I've stabilized her, but she's going to need extensive surgery to repair all of the damage that's been done to her." He stated running his tricorder over her body. He pressed the button on the surgical bed, and the ring formed around her. Chakotay just looked at her; she was almost unrecognizable, her face was swollen, her arms and legs were bloody and scabbed over. She looked very small, and very helpless.
Chakotay was lost in thought, and horror looking at what they'd done to her, when he suddenly became aware of the doctor saying something, "Commander, I'm going to need you to leave, we have a lot of work to do, and you'll only be in the way, I'll call you as soon as we're done." There wasn't any time for him to respond to what the doctor asked, when he found himself being lead out of sickbay by Tom.
Tom looked at him, "She'll be fine, I promise" with that he went back inside leaving Chakotay to just stare at the closed door.
Hours passed by, and the doctor was finishing up, he'd placed her in a hospital gown, and was braiding her hair back when the doors opened. "You're just in time, we're done" he said placing a band at the end of the braid. "I've managed to repair all of the damage, and she's resting comfortably." The doctor stated with a smile.
Chakotay nodded, "Can I sit with her?" he asked.
"Yes of course, she'll need a friendly face when she wakes up" he stated, just before he disappeared behind the doors to his office.
A few more hours passed, and soon she began to stir. "Doctor, she's waking up." The Doctor came around the corner with a tricorder in hand.
Slowly the sounds of beeping came to meet her ears, she swallowed and started opening her eyes, the room was bright and she closed them again for a moment, then she opened them once more. Her vision was blurry, but she could make out the form of two men, one in blue the other in red. With a few more blinks it started to clear and she then recognized who they were, and where she was. "Doctor" she stated, trying to sit up.
"Not so fast" he said laying her back down on the bed.
"What happened," she asked as she brought up her hand to her forehead, she had a nasty headache.
"You were captured, we rescued you… you were badly injured, but the doctor has managed to repair the damage" he smiled, taking her hand. Not too long after he'd told her what had happened, did the memories start to surface. She closed her eyes for a moment trying to push them back. "Hey, are you alright" Chakotay asked, in concern, he turned to look at the doctor who was once again scanning her.
She nodded, "yeah, I'm fine just tired." She lied, the memories were pretty painful, and she didn't want to talk about it at the moment.
"In that case I think we should let her get some rest" the doctor said eyeing Chakotay. He nodded, and gave her a hand a quick squeeze before he turned to leave. "Good night captain" the doctor stated, "we'll see about releasing you to your quarters in the morning if you're feeling alright" he too then turned and left disappearing into his office.
She turned onto her side; she slept more comfortably that way, as she closed her eyes a single tear ran down her cheek.
