CHAPTER 2
" I have no child." Kathryn said, looking at the girl, then at Tuvok.
" You can put that down Tuvok." She said. Moving closer to the girl.
" Where did you come from?" She asked, confused herself.
" I told you, I came from here. Right here !! in this lab!" She said.
"And your human?" Kathryn asked, wondering if there was a possibility that an alien species had genetically modified someone to look human.
" Yes. Yes!!!" Morgan said, thinking to herself, Don't I look it?
Kathryn stood there, looking the girl down. She knew that she had not had a child, wasn't even thinking about having children, yet the girl did resemble her in some ways. As Kathryn thought this over she began to notice that the child resembled another member of her crew as well.
" Lets get you to sickbay." The Captain said.
" Make sure that your alright." Kathryn said.
" I'm not crazy!" Morgan said to her mother. She thought that that was what was on Kathryn's mind. Someone beaming onto her ship and saying that she was her daughter, that has to sound crazy.
" I just want to make sure everything checks out." The Captain said, walking out of the rooms doors and into the corridor. Tuvok behind them.
" What's the star date." Morgan asked as they walked to the turbo lift. She knew that was the only explanation, her being countless years into the past could only have something to do with the spacial distortion that she noticed earlier.
" It's 2479.12." Kathryn stated, the girl paused in her steps, thinking and realizing that what she had assumed was true.
" Are you alright?" Kathryn said, realizing that the girl was no longer walking.
"Ummm, yes." She said.
" What was the star date before you were "beamed" on board?" Kathryn asked, a little sarcastically for Morgan's taste.
" It was 2507.07." She said, knowing that her situation was not right at all.
" Like I said, we'll get you to sickbay." Kathryn said as the turbo lift began.
I thought she was sarcastic before…….guess that's nothing compared to now. Morgan thought to herself, looking at her mother, then slightly smiling to herself.
" Is there a problem?" The Captain asked, noticing this.
" No, no problem." She said, still smiling.
" You don't believe me." Morgan began, the turbo lifts doors opening with sickbay down the corridor.
" I know this I know that you dont. But I'm telling you the truth. I don't have a reason to lie about that." Morgan said, as sick bays doors opened.
" Computer, activate EMH." Kathryn said. As the computer acknowledged this, the EMH appeared.
" Please state the nature of the medical emergency." Said the doctor, noticing the girl that he had never seen before.
" It seems we have a visitor doctor, just want to make sure everything is well." Kathryn said, indicating for Morgan to sit on a bio-bed. She did so.
Kathryn pulled the doctor over to the side, out of earshot of the girl.
" She seems to claim that I'm her mother." Kathryn began, the doctor glanced at the girl, then back at Kathryn.
" Where did she come from."
" Can't find out. There weren't any ships in close range when she was beamed on board…she claims that she's from Voyager, but……..the future?" Kathryn couldn't figure it out herself.
" I don't know if she's lying to cover something up or telling the truth. If it is the truth, we're going to have an issue on our hands." She said, the doctor acknowledged this.
" I'll check her genetic code, see if they line up." The doctor said, moving away from the Captain and towards the girl.
" I'm just going to do a simple scan, if you don't mind." He said.
" Sure…go ahead." Morgan replied, knowing fully well what he would find. It was slightly funny to her, all the times that she herself had tried to avoid sickbay, and here she was. She assumeed that she got that quality from her mother.
As his scan began, at first his expression was plain and simple, but as the scan went on, he began to look as if he had just seen a ghost.
" Alright, all done." He said, putting away his tricorder and moving over the Captain. Morgan still sat there.
As the doctor walked over, Kathryn moved into his office, sitting down.
" It appears…Captain. That she is correct." He stated, sitting at his chair.
" Correct?" Kathryn replied, hoping that he didn't mean what she thought.
" She has your genetic codes, to a T." He said, pulling up the information that he just scanned onto his PADD and showing this to Kathryn.
" She has yours…Kathryn……" Before he could finish, Kathryn looked up.
" But….it….appears that she has….."
Morgan sat there, trying to listen to what they were saying but gave up.
Well this is boring. She thought, looking around her….
Hmm, 25 years later and sickbay still looks the same.
As she thought this the doors to sickbay opened, walking in was Chakotay.
Noticing him, Morgan grinned.
Gray tips…..she thought, original.
Giving her an odd look, Chakotay walked into the doctor's office, sitting down next to Kathryn.
Sitting there, as Chakotay walked in, Kathryn had a more than serious look on her face. At first Chakotay thought that Kathryn was going to be slightly ill.
" Good Morning Chakotay." The doctor said, glancing from him to his information that was on his PADD.
" Morning, Doctor…you wanted to see me."
" Yes….Captain."
" Our intruder alert was…..this child." Kathryn said, nodding to the girl.
" It seems that she claims to have come from the future. From…Voyager."
Chakotay glanced at the girl.
" There weren't any ships near by and at this time, we can only assume that she is telling the truth." Kathryn said.
" She's…human." Chakotay began.
" Yes, she is….everything checked out…fine." The doctor said.
" So you wanted to see me..because?" Chakotay asked.
The doctor paused…….sighing..then began.
" Well……it seems that she has….Kathryn's genetic coding."
Chakotay looked over to the woman that was sitting next to her.
So that's why she looks..shocked. He thought.
" While I was doing my scan….I noticed something else." The doctor continued.
" Yes…doctor."
"She has Kathryn's genetic coding…Chakotay…but it also seems that…..they match yours as well."
Chakotay just stared at the doctor. " Excuse me?" He asked. Confused and hoping that he had heard wrong.
" My scan, Chakotay." The doctor handed him his PADD.
" The child has your and Kathryn's DNA…..it seems that she is..your daughter.
Both of them looked over to the girl who was sitting on the bio-bed. Noticing this, the girl gave them a brief smile.
This is kind of priceless.. She thought.
" How is that possible?" Chakotay asked.
" She must be telling the truth." Kathryn began.
" If she really has come from the future, we have to get her back to her own time as soon as we can." She said, her head beginning to ache.
" How far in the future?" Chakotay asked.
" She seems to be 19 years of age." The doctor began.
" So we would have to assume anywhere in the range of 20-30 years into the future, depending on the time that she was born."
" This is impossible." Chakotay said, also receiving a mild headache.
" Until she is able to return back to her own time..I would suggest you two……make her comfortable… but any information that she tells now could impact her own time."
" We will try." Kathryn said. Standing to her feet, Chakotay doing the same.
" Thank you, Doctor." Kathryn said.
" Computer end EMH."
As the two walked out of the doctor's office, Morgan stood to her feet.
" Are you hungry?" Kathryn asked as the girl moved towards her.
" A little……..didn't have time for breakfast." She said, not really mad anymore that her mother had forced her to get up at 5 in the morning, but she was hungry.
" How about we all get something to eat. I think food will serve us good!" Kathryn said, as the doors opened.
" Then I'll show you to your guest quarters."
" Guest quarters?" Morgan sharply asked back. Halfway forgetting that she was 25 years in the past, since both of her parents were by her side.
" Yes." Chakotay said, glancing at Kathryn.
Beginning to take all of the information in and accepting the fact that she has a daughter in the future, Kathryn began to realize that this is probably just as awkward of a situation for her and Chakotay as it is for Morgan.
" Where are you quarters..normally." Kathryn asked.
" Down the corridor from yours." Morgan replied. Walking between her two parents.
Seeing that this day could be one of the most interesting days of her life
The scene in the mess hall was one that Morgan rarely saw in her own time. It was slightly calm, with people scattered here and there. Of course there was Nelix cooking in the kitchen and food on the counters. In her own time, the mess hall would have been full of people. The crew, but also the numberous children that were now onboard. Liking the calmness that was the mess hall, Morgan walked over to the table that her parents were headed for.
Sitting down, Nelix came over, excited and happy as usual.
" Ah! Captain...commander!" He said, then noticed Morgan.
" And a guest! Always happy to serve our ship's guests."
Morgan smiled back to him.
'" Good Morning to you too Nelix." Kathryn said.
" What could I get you this morning." He asked, as Kathryn and Chakotay told him what they would like, Morgan already had her meal in mind.
" And for you..." He asked, relizing that he didn't know the girls name.
" Morgan." She said back, knowing the the rest of the crew probably didn't know who she was, but soon would.
" Morgan!, What would you like?"
" Ummm, toast and eggs would be fine...with a little mac and cheese on the side." Morgan occasionally liked to order non breakfast foods for breakfast, even though her mother disapproved constantly. Seeing that her mother now, didn't know her own future policies and rules, Morgan took it upon herself to take all that she could.
" Mac and cheese?" Neelix asked, confused, glancing at Chakotay and Kathryn.
Great...Morgan thought to herself...He doesnt know how to cook that yet!
" Bacon will be fine." She said, Neelix went to his kitchen.
" Mac and cheese for breakfast?" Kathryn asked.
" That can't be healthy."
Morgan smiled, Her mother was still the same.
" I thought you would say something like that." She said.