Out an Airlock

Just a funny for you…poor Chuckles though.

"So Seven, you're saying they are becoming more and more frequent?" The doctor asked, making sure he heard the desperation in his patient's voice correctly. "You are correct doctor. They are getting longer and more…" she stopped. "What Seven, what is it?" the Doctor asked, noticing the awkwardness. "intimate."

"Oh, I see" said the Doctor, looking down at the floor now trying to find SOMETHING to say. "Well, I will call the Lt. Torres and explain to her that you are taking the rest of the day off, and you will remain here in Sickbay so that I can see what your brain is doing that's causing these constant daydreams." He motioned for her to lie back on the biobed and she complied. He was then curious.

"So you say they are all the same? Would you mind elaborating? With, uh…a bit more detail?" He began scanning her head with a tricorder and was not surprised at all by what he found. "In every sequence, I enter the Captain's quarters, and I hear her voice call me. The room is usually thick with a kind of steam, so it is difficult to see. When I usually get to her bedroom…" the Doctor cut her off there. "I think that's enough for now, Seven. Nighty night!"

Seven closed her eyes, and began to drift off, which began as an unusual feeling for her, since she was only used to regenerating.

The doors to the Captain's quarters swooshed open, revealing a living area, full of steam, the furniture in the room somewhat visible, but not completely. As soon as she stepped into the quarters, she heard a whisper. "Seven…Seven…" It was the Captain's voice, she knew it well enough and had had this dream enough times to know by now it was indeed Janeway. "Captain?" Seven's voice cut through the steam like a knife, flowing through the silence with great ease. "Seven…" She heard the husky voice say her name again, and this time she felt a shockwave go right to her core, electrifying all her senses, and more importantly, her sense of smell. The scent of lavender, soap, and something she couldn't identify now filled the air, and led Seven into a place of the Captain's quarters nobody had ever gotten to before except for the Captain herself. She entered the room, and there, lying on the bed, with her arms and legs sprawled out over the gray Starfleet issue sheets, there lay Captain Janeway, calling Seven's name in her husky voice, this time only really loud, as if shouting…"SEVEN!"

Seven sat up with a startle, her eyes jerked open, and she stood as soon as she could gather where she was. Before her she saw the Doctor, a friendly face, and to his right, there she was…the woman of Seven's dreams right before her eyes. (Literally)

"Captain, I…" Seven trailed off, her head still swimming from what was in her head only moments ago. She adjusted herself and regained her normal posture, standing ramrod straight with her hands clasped behind her back. "Seven, while you were sleeping, I noticed the levels of melatonin, oxytocin, and adrenaline have a startling increase all throughout your body. I understand the melatonin, that's what activates the body's REM cycle, but the other two…I don't quite know why those would be elevated."

I do, Seven thought, merely nodding to the Doctor in acknowledgement. She then looked at the Captain and stated, "Captain, I do feel much better now that I have regen…slept. Do you need my assistance with anything at the moment?"

Janeway thought for a brief moment, and smiled. "Why I believe I could use your expertise on something. Would you go with me to Shuttle bay one? Chakotay and I are supposed to be meeting Mr. Paris as he brings back some information on the nebula we will be nearing in a couple of days."

Seven nodded in acknowledgement, and said good-bye to the doctor, who was going over one of the tests he had run on Seven while she was sleeping.

On their way to the shuttle bay, Janeway invited Seven to the next talent completion they were going to be having onboard ship, in hopes of getting some more people to 'come out of their shell'. "If you like, I can escort you to the show. Just think on it for a little bit." As the Captain finished her statement, she and Seven were entering Shuttle Bay 1, and acknowledged Chakotay who was standing in the middle of the runway, a PADD in hand, making it look like he was doing something useful.

Seven and the Captain then started a debate on humanity, and as they were talking, there was a loud WHOOSH, a rather feminine scream, and then Chakotay was gone.

"Seven, what happened?" Asked the Captain, as she looked out from the station they were at. "Apparently, in an attempt to bring the shuttle back into the bay, Mr. Paris depressurized the bay, and sent Commander Chakotay out into space along with everything else in the bay. Thankfully no useful equipment was lost." Janeway's jaw dropped, stating, "Seven!" and before she could say another word, Tom Paris had docked the shuttle, and was walking towards them.

"I thought Chakotay was going to meet us here Captain." He said, looking around for the commander. Janeway was still too in shock to say anything, so she just stood there, unable to form any words.

"The commander was thrown out of the airlock once you depressurized the bay, Mr. Paris. I guess it was either that or be run over by your shuttle since it seemed he was not going to be moving from his location any time soon." Seven looked at Tom with not a stitch of emotion in her voice or on her face, and then turned to the Captain once again. "Captain, I believe I will accept your offer to go to the talent completion. Shall I come by your quarters beforehand to make it an official date?" When Janeway didn't respond except with an unhinged jaw, Seven took that to mean 'yes', and Seven nodded and left the Shuttle bay.

More to come!