The Day he found out
Part 9
The following moments were silent. Chakotay for his part didn't know what to say, or even begin how to say it. In the early years of their journey, Kathryn had always said kind things about her fiancé. It never occurred to him how difficult it must have been for her away from him, or the shock that she was going to receive about him now.
Phoebe was the first to speak. She spun around in her chair, and sighed heavily.
"You know Chakotay; I always sensed that something was wrong. After Kathryn returned to Earth, Mark was so cold to everyone. I assumed that he was taking the whole situation hard. But I never thought that he would do something so cold."
"Phoebe, why did you ask for a private investigation from Starfleet?"
"Honestly I felt strange when I found out that Mark had left his wife. Kathryn had told me about it a week after they had been together, and something just didn't sound right. Mark's wife had a good job here in Indiana; this is where all of her friends and family were. It just didn't sound right. When I told mom about it she did some digging as well, and apparently she found the dirt I was looking for. Unfortunately so did Mark."
"I need to find her Phoebe. Especially since Mark is still hanging around alive. Who knows what that man will do if he finds her alone."
There was a slam of the front door, and Phoebe and Chakotay both jumped at the sound. Chakotay put his hand on his phaser in his pocket. He was on edge after reading the transmission."
But his edge eased a bit when he heard Kathryn's voice.
"Phoebe where are you?"
Phoebe and Chakotay both darted out of the room and stopped dead in their tracks when they saw the sight in front of them. Standing in the doorway, was Kathryn.
Kathryn yelled at both of them. "It's a trap get down."
Chakotay and Phoebe hit the floor, just as Kathryn was stunned by a phaser.
Chakotay got up and aimed for the door. A woman entered, and he was so surprised as she came out of the shadows that he lost his grip on his phaser. The women heard the sound of the phaser hitting the floor, and grabbed her phaser from her side pocket.
Kathryn was still unconscious on the
floor next to the couch.
The women shouted at Chakotay. He
recalled the voice immediately.
"Seven?"
Indeed it was Seven. She placed the phaser on stun and shot Chakotay in the chest. Chakotay dropped sharply toward the ground. Seven looked pleased as she walked over to his body. She hogtied his arms around his back and tied him to a pillar in the living room. Satisfied with her work she called out to someone in the doorway.
A man entered and smiled at Seven
"Good work, I knew I could count on you."
Seven pointed at Kathryn's body. "What shall we do with her Mark?"
Mark looked at Seven's body and licked his lips. "Place her next to that one. After all now that I have you my dear I don't need that wreck any longer."
Seven complied. She finished tying up Kathryn just as Mark was placing the explosives outside the house. Mark smiled as he saw her. "Everything in order my dear?"
Seven shook her head, as Mark activated the explosives. He smiled at her. "We have 60 seconds let's get out of here Seven. The both of the beamed away in a shower of light.
Phoebe had sensed something was wrong and she had rolled toward the kitchen. She hid in the root cellar during all of the commotion. She raised the trapped door and saw her sister, and Chakotay tied up. Thinking quickly she grabbed a knife from the kitchen and cut through the ropes. She dragged Kathryn's body and slid it down the stairs. She was just finishing cutting through Chakotay's ropes when she heard a familiar sound. Something that her father had taught her came rushing to her brain.
Her head went up. She grabbed Chakotay's body and rolled it down the stairs. She had just latched the hatch on the root cellar when every bone in her body shook. She was slammed against the concrete walls, and she fell unconscious to the floor.
Several hours later Kathryn's eyes began to open slowly. She tired to get up but she was feeling dizzy. She tried to focus with her eyes. She saw a lamp and a small table. She realized that she was warm. She was covered in blankets. She saw a shadow in the corner, and she was about to scream when she heard a familiar voice.
"Kathryn its Chakotay can you hear me?"
Kathryn shook her head as best as she could.
"What happened?"
Chaktoay shook his head. "Honestly Kathryn I don't remember much. But I'm sure that your sister could tell us, if she ever wakes up. But she is still unconscious."
TBC
