Volcano

pt3

I'm sorry but I have to respond to this mile long post I received! LOL

(This will be the last time I promise!)

I don't even know what to say... I read it and almost fell out of my chair laughing!

EXCUSE ME! I think maybe your should check your previous post.

No wonder you changed your profile who would want to talk with you! Good Grief!

I'm jealous of you? The only people who ever say that are the jealous ones!

And if I did give you a vague review(I don't remember doing that, but then again you have written so many stories how could I forget) at least I don't go around insulting people!

I believe your line was- What is this crap anyway? It sounds like an 8 year old wrote it while playing with her dolls- Those are your words, not mine. And hey if I am 8 and did write these stories. I'm a lot smarter than you when you were 8!

And you don't like the politics here? Sounds like someone that can't get along with anyone! So far you are the only one that I have had any problems with! It really sounds like you have a personal problem with me, not with my writing. I never said that I was a writer. I am an actress, and unlike you I can take criticism and I don't have attack people personally. If you don't like my stories don't read them! TADA- problem solved!

Good luck with all those stories of yours!

P.S- I would really like to see this review that I gave you!

Prt 3

Kathryn and Chakotay reached the top of the volcano later that afternoon. Both of them were looking over the edge, when Chakotay heard a hissing sound.

"Did you hear that?"

Kathryn was about to answer him when the ground began to shake. She fell to the ground, but the ground was shifting so violently, that it was actually moving her closer to the edge.

Chakotay tried to get to her, but he was already sliding down the side of the mountain. He tried one last time to maneuver through the sand to get to her. And then he heard her scream, and she was gone.

A few hours later, Chakotay's eyes opened. He didn't remember much, his body felt scorched. He tried to get up, but his body refused. He tried to speak but his throat was dry. He felt a hand on his, his head turned and he saw the face of his sister.

"Chakotay, you are awake, how do you feel?"

"Strange. I don't feel like myself."

"I can understand that. When they transported you to the hospital you had millions of sand lacerations on your skin. They said that some of them are going to be permanent. You took quite a fall brother."

He was about to ask his sister about Kathryn. And she must have sensed it, because she took his hand again.

"They have conducted many searches Chakotay. But it has been a week, since the accident and they have found nothing. I heard that they are going to call off the search tomorrow. I'm sorry."

Chakotay grumbled something under his breath. But the tears were just beginning to form.

Chakotay was released from the hospital a few days later. He was still a bit weak. The first time that he actually looked in a mirror he understood what his sister meant about the scars, caused by the sand. He didn't have any on his face, but his arms were covered with thin deep lines.

As he watched his reflection in the mirror he cursed at himself. Even thou he knew that the accident hadn't been his fault, a part of him felt responsible. Perhaps if he had never mentioned the path to her the lead up to the Volcano, she would still be with him. Or if they had simply slept in that morning, they would have been in bed when the accident would have happened.

He heard a knock on the door. For a moment, he thought that he might hear Kathryn's voice. But it was only his sister reminding him that he shuttle was going to be leaving soon. He sighed and took one more look at his reflection.

He returned to the bedroom, and finished packing. If she was still alive the two of them would be getting married in a week. But she wasn't coming back. And he was going to be alone, for the rest of his life.

Chakotay said goodbye to his sister and headed toward the airport. It wasn't a long walk, a little more than a mile. He didn't want to look back. He knew that if he did, he would see that damn volcano. And the only thing at this point that he didn't want to see was that damn volcano. That damn volcano had taken everything away from him.

He had just finished checking in when he heard a familiar sound. It was the same pitch that he had heard just before the earth had begun to shake. He put his thoughts aside, and tired to block out the sound. He was not going to be a prisoner of his memories.

He was just boarding the shuttle, when the earth began to shake. He dropped to the ground, like he had done before. He closed his eyes, waiting for the shaking to stop.

He heard his sisters voice. He opened his eyes.

"Chakotay, you need to come now."

"My shuttle leaves in a few minutes. I can't miss it. I have to get out of here."

"Chaktoay,"

Her sister had a look of shock on her face.

"Kathryn's at the house."

TBC