Chapter Six

The bridge of the Federation Starship Voyager sat idle, for the entire crew lay sprawled out on the floor unaware to what was going on around them. Suddenly, there was a flash of bright light, and the physical parameters of the bridge crew was scanned and recorded. A being, of extremely advanced intelligence appeared on the bridge. It looked somewhat like an incomplete holographic persons template for all it had was a human form, no defining attributes.

The grey colored being slowly glided across the bridge from its original position in the middle, to the helm. When it manually tried to access the computer, it came against a block: LCARS – SYSTEM LOCKED. The being then drifted to another panel, and tried again… and ultimately ran across the same message. It suddenly disappeared, and then reappeared in main engineering. Without interference from the crew for the moment, it tried to access the ships systems from there. Still, it got the same response – 'system locked.' The being was suddenly frustrated with itself, for underestimating these strange creatures. No matter. It thought. I will bring them down the hard way. It suddenly was back on the bridge of the ship, and it knelt down near Janeways body. It touched her forehead twice and repeated it on every member of the bridge crew. That should do it. It thought, and vanished.

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"Harry Kim. Born in South Carolina in 2349. Died today on a desolate frozen rock." Harry opened his eyes, and found himself standing in area of pure white light. The voice that had spoken didn't seem to have a face, because he didn't see anyone around. As a matter of fact, he couldn't see anything but white light.

"I am dead?" He asked loudly, trying to reach someone.

"Yes, you are. Don't you remember?" The booming voice replied. Suddenly, Harry found himself standing over a frozen body in the icy wind. The difference was he didn't feel any cold this time. "That's you. Your life terminated about two minutes ago, due to extreme cold temperatures." Harry bent down and looked at himself curled up in a ball, completely frozen. A strange sensation it was, to look at your own dead body. With a flash of light, he was back in the white expanse.

"Are you… God?" Harry asked, still looking around for a face to put the voice with.

"…no." Came the reply. "I am… good."

"Excuse me?" Harry asked as he felt a wave of confusion.

"Harry Kim, your death was unexpected. It wasn't planned. It happened by an unfortunate event. I stopped you from passing on just yet, to help you so you can help me." The voice said again.

"Ok, I am officially lost." Harry said, as he threw his arms up in the air.

"You see… the universe is filled with good and evil. I am good. What your vessel encountered is evil… pure evil."

"Still lost." Harry said again, still trying to comprehend what he was being told.

"Right now, your ships take over is inevitable. But with you on my side, we can counteract evil and prevail!"

"Look, I am all for defeating evil and everything but why does my ship, one ship matter?"

"Because! It just does. Because it wasn't supposed to happen. What is happening now is not what was written, therefore it needs to be changed… fixed."

"Why do you need me?"

"Because it wasn't your turn to die! I have to send you back! Look, I am planting things in your ship to aide you, things to help you along. I will come back to you and explain further if necessary. But now, have your life back. Good luck, Harry Kim of Voyager!"

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Tuvok opened his eyes, and noticed he was staring at the ceiling of the bridge. He righted himself, and stood up. He walked down to the front of the room, and helped Captain Janeway stand up.

"I have one hell of a headache." She muttered as she stood.

"As do I." He replied, and got a small grin out of her." They helped everyone else up, and finally got everyone to their stations.

"Computer, lift security lockout only on the bridge. Authorization Janeway delta epsilon omega four.

-Voiceprint confirmed. All bridge functions have been re-instated. "Tuvok, full sensor scan. What happened?" She asked, as she rubbed her head.

"I am not sure… Captain, I found the away teams comm signals!" He suddenly said. Janeway jumped out of her seat.

"Computer, reinstate all ship functions. Janeway to transporter room two, get our people out of there, now!"

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"So are we on earth, or what?" B'Elanna asked Chakotay as they stood under a large stone, looking at the marvel of Stonehenge.

"I don't really think so, It just doesn't feel right. Besides, I don't think Voyagers transporters can reach quite that far." Chakotay replied, as he propped his foot up on a rock.

"Lets not forget the odd power signature," The Doctor started. "that and mine and B'Elannas tricorders loosing their minds."

"Yeah, that's an issue too. We must be dealing with an advanced alien race." Chakotay said. Suddenly, B'Elanna jumped up.

"I'm tingling!" She said quickly.

"Hum?" The Doctor frowned, and started to move toward her.

"I am too!" Chakotay exclaimed, as he looked at the Doctor.

"It's the transporter!" B'Elanna said, excitedly as the matter stream swept over them. "We are saved!"

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Again, probably some errors.. sorry. I just hope you enjoy it.