You cana set you rminds at ease, Harry isn't falling for Ashla. He's a little unnerved by her.
WARNING! This chapter contains Doctor bashing!
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Kes really didn't like Ashla. Ashla was everything that she wanted to be and she didn't trust her either. There was just something about Ashla that didn't seem right to her.
Ashla looked at her and Kes could tell that the woman knew her thoughts.
"Do not let you negative feelings cloud your judgment. Just because I save Hogan and you and Neelix from being taken or killed doesn't mean that I am taking your place in the hearts of the crew. I know that one day that I will be going back to my home and then everything will return to normal." Ashla said.
Ashla suddenly grimaced in pain.
"Are you alright?" Kes asked, curious. "My little one is upset about something." Ashla replied simply. Kes's eyes widened. "Your pregnant?" she shocked; it hadn't appeared on any of the scans.
Ashla nodded.
"The little one is too young for thoughts but It can send me what it is feeling and right now the little one is upset that Bogden is angry, or at least that's what I think is wrong." Ashla explained.
"But it still should have shown up in the scans that you are expecting a child almost no matter how young it is." Kes replied perplexed.
Ashla frowned.
"I am not human so I can't be expected to follow the same rules. Besides computers can't think independently without either extra programing or being told to look for it." Ashla stated simply.
"The Doctor can think independently. He is intelligent and has helped us with our medical needs." Kes said hotly. "Can he reproduce? Can he be empathic? Does he breathe? Does he eat?" Ashla asked coolly.
Kes was unsure how to respond to the attacks on her friend and mentor.
"Does he have to reproduce to be considered a living thing? Commander Data is considered to be and he's a android." Kes finally answered, a hint of triumphant in her voice.
Ashla gave her a look.
"All living things take from their environment and give back to it in some way. All living things create young. This hologram is different from from this android that you mentioned. Holograms are used in communications while androids are used either to assist beings in their lives. This hologram is arrogant and overbearing that thinks it deserves praise and admiration for nothing." Ashla explained.
"The crew wasn't being respectful to him." Kes shot back. "I had to tell him to demand their respect!"
Ashla looked Kes straight in the eyes. "Respect can't be demanded it should be given. A child doesn't have to respect their parents but they should. A parent must teach their children to be respectful not demand respect from their children. If their child hits them then the parents have the right to punish the child. The child as so learns from example to be respectful.
"Besides I don't tell my loom thank you for the beautiful tapestry when it is just a tool to create tapestries. It has no feelings so it isn't hurt when Bogden shrieks at it." Ashla continued.
Before Kes could reply Neelix came over. "It's time to try to get some sleep. Tuvok, Chakotay and a few others are going to keep watch tonight." He explained.
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Tom smiled as he and his allies took back Voyager.
Quickly they boarded and gasped. There were dead Kazons everywhere.
The few remaining Kazons surrendered to them in panic.
Lon Suder was waiting for them along with the Doctor, holding a baby, and a strange creature wearing a cloak with the hood drawn over the face; the only thing that showed was it's glowing poisonousness yellow eyes.
"Nealy all the Kazons are either dead or fled." Lon reported. Tom nodded, relieved.
"We need to retrieve the rest of your crew and my Mate." The creature with the strange eyes said.
Tom nodded again and led the Talaxians to the posts that they would be needed at and headed for the planet that the crew of Voyager had been left on.
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Told you that there would be lots of dead Kazons.
