Sorry for not updating, my must needed inspiration and she wasn't finding it. And yea I am on break so my muse had a chance to think and create .
MANY THANKS to KageOkami-Kogo for inspiring my muse to start writing again. If you get a chance you should read the story Irrelevance it is awesome !!!!!
Amy darling thank you for your help on the fic!!!
And now with the story!
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Icheb smiled at his parent-in-laws, "It sure came in handy when we helped Korok and the other Borg rebels destroy the second transwarp conduit."
Everyone stared at Icheb in amazement except for Admiral Janeway who had read about it in the nodule of information sent back last year.
He smiled, "Well let me start at the beginning."
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"Naomi Wildman…" rang over the intercom system.
Naomi lifted her head from Icheb's chest and grumbled, "What?"
"It's eight oclock in the morning missy why are you still asleep?" Miral's voice resounded throughout the room.
Icheb grumbled, pulled his arms around his wife, to keep her by his side as he turned on his back. Naomi smiled content to continue using her husband as a pillow. The beating of his heart lulled her into almost forgetting that Miral had commed in.
"We have the day off, now go away my dearest friend." Icheb grumbled.
"Fine, have fun love birds. I wanted to let you know that those transwarp signatures we saw last night haven't reappeared as of yet. We will keep an eye on them. I asked Emily this morning to run some Astro scans for me, hope you don't mind me monopolizing your workers time. Have fun!"
"That's fine Miral. Also have them also scan for neutrino emissions with the transwarp scans. Bye." Naomi sighed, closed her eyes, and intertwined her fingers with Icheb's and welcomed wonderful sleep.
Icheb ran his free hand over her shoulder and down her back, Naomi snuggled into his chest. Every day he thanked the sprits that this beautiful woman chose him.
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"SHIT." Miral exclaimed.
Faulk turned around and stared at her, "What is going on M&M?"
Faulk came up with nicknames for all of his crew. He felt close to his team, after being with them for five years and wanted to integrate them into his family. Almost every person who had ever served with Faulk, for any extended period of time had a nickname. His terms of endearment made everyone feel loved and special on his ship.
Miral's fingers flew over the consol, "SHIT, a transwarp conduit is opening right behind us. I thought they were gone."
Faulk stood up and ran to the consol while Shonan opened the comm. system, "Report to battle stations, a transwarp conduit is opening."
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"Miral report." Faulk.
"They hit our deflector and damn it…" Miral cursed as her fingers flew across her counsel.
"They just took out our aft phaser bank. And the damn computer is not responding, I am switching to manual…" Mannif slammed his hand against the consol, "Shields are at 68% and dropping…"
"Mannif head towards the cluster of stars near 15 by 45…" Naomi inputted, her fingers flying across the screens at the back of the bridge.
"Engineering to bridge, we are fixing the phaser banks but I need to keep the shields up. I've called in everyone I can but I need Miral's skills to keep these damn shields up, they are changing the frequency of their pulses and its wreaking havoc on our systems…"
"Icheb I can do it, pass controls from engineering to ops, and I will keep an eye on that…" Miral's hands flew over the consol trying to get a handle on the problem they were having.
"Grab Emily from Astro she can help you with the phasers." Naomi said before he went off the comm. system.
"Thanks Love, Icheb out."
"Alright Miral…" Naomi stopped talking, shocked at the readings appearing on her screen.
"What the hell is that, Naomi are you seeing what I am?"
"God what the hell did we do to karma, another fucking transwarp conduit opened up off our port bow. Damn it another sphere is coming to join the fight."
Faulk went into overdrive combat mode, "Naomi position us so our engines…"
"Faulk we are receiving communication from the sphere that just came out…" Miral interrupted, Faulk nodded towards her to continue.
"General Korok to Federation Ship, after I fire you need to hit their shield generator. My blast should be enough to compromise their shields for a minute." General Korok yelled as another blast shook his ship.
Everyone on the bridge was stunned to silence, "Federation ship do you copy?" Korok inquired.
The minute she head that name, Naomi sprung to answer, "Yes Korok we will fire whenever you do." The communications channel cut out, "Faulk you have to trust me, fire when he does. They are on our side."
Faulk cocked his head but nodded to Mannif, "Do as she says."
It was a surreal sight watching one Borg ship attack another, one that all but two on the ship had never seen before. As they fired at the Borg ship, Mannif sent a concentrated blast at the shield generators, trusting Naomi.
The first Borg sphere's shields fell and within seconds it blew apart. It was a surreal experience for the entire crew.
"Korok to Federation Ship" suddenly blared on the intercom.
"Captain Faulk here. Thank you for coming to our aid. Now can you please explain what the hell is going on…"
"If you will permit me to come aboard Captain I can explain everything. Let me reassure you, neither my crew nor myself are in league with the Borg. We are a part of the Unimatrix Rebellion and we have a proposition for you."
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"You want to destroy a transwarp hub?" Miral asked in amazement at the Klingon sitting in front of her.
General Korok smiled, "Yes… and Miss Miral I can assure you we are not as crazy as you think we are. Two months ago we encountered a Borg transmission, their communications has not been the same since the Unicomplex was destroyed by Voyager. Scatterings of messages intended for Collective Borg ships have been sent to Rebellion ships. We found out that the transwarp hub that is ten light years away has not been reconnected to the Collective. It is extremely vulnerable with only a scattering of Borg ships protecting it. The transmission said that in two weeks time it will be reconnected to the Collective. For the last two months we have been gathering every ship we can find who will help us. Mostly Liberated Borg but we have found other species that are willing to help us. We do not want the Borg to get back this area, more worlds will continue to fall under their terror. Will you be willing to join us in battle?"
Faulk smiled, "We would be honored General."
And with that a ten hour battle preparation meeting began.
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The meeting finally ended, all Senior Officers had information to prepare for the battle. They would be working around the clock to get Odyssey
"Naomi…" Korok asked in amazement, he was not expecting to see her out here in the Beta quadrant.
Naomi moved across the table quickly and hugged the General. He embraced the young girl he once knew and mentored. Some of the Rebellion ships stayed with Voyager for a while after they had been set free from the Borg to repair their ships and remove as much of the Borg implants as possible. Naomi and the four Borg children had been given the chance to spend time with the Rebellion members. Icheb fondly remembered those times when they were allowed to ask questions, run around the ship and help them rebuild areas of the Rebellion ships. He remembered that Naomi spent a lot of time aboard the ships learning from the General himself. He smiled as his wife caught up with her mentor.
She smiled at her mentor, even if he was just that for a few months of her young life. She sat down next to him with a huge smile on her face. Naomi was very thankful for this experience and had become close to Korok. He took a special interest in the budding leader he saw in her and wanted to share his advice. Little did Naomi know that that experience gave Korok a chance to feel normal again. Here was this little girl, who should be terrified by the sight of a Borg but she wasn't. She didn't even seem to notice the Borg implants, or the radical changes he went through as the implants were removed. She just wanted to keep him company and help him through this change. She visited him while he was in sick bay, read him stories and when he was released showed him to his new set of quarters that she had put together for him on his ship. They stayed by Voyagers side for a few months before taking off to find more Rebellion members.
"Its great to see you again General." Naomi said with a huge smile on her face.
"What a small universe this truly is. The one Federation ship I find in the Beta quadrant has my Assistant on it. Oh how truly lucky I am."
Naomi laughed, she had become Korok assistant while he was getting his ship together. She remembered the day when Captain Janeway called her into her ready room to have a serious discussion with her.
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Captain Janeway smiled as her bright young Assistant walked into the room, "Naomi thank you for coming to see me today."
Naomi smiled at the Captain, "It is never a problem Captain." In her child exuberance all manners flew out the window as she sat down next to the Captain and started telling her about her day, "General Korok went in for his spine implant removal today. Doc says it is going to be a couple of days before he can move on his own." She sighed, "I hope he does okay, the Doctor says he is going to be fine…"
Janeway patted her on the shoulder, "Then I am sure he is going to be fine, you know the Doctor wouldn't lie to you about this." Naomi smiled at the Captain who continued, "Naomi I wanted to talk to you about something pretty serious."
Naomi sat up straight and fixed her shirt, wanting to look presentable, "The Borg ships are going to be with us for a while. I am expecting General Korok's ship to be with us for at least another three months. I need someone who I can trust to be my liaison to him and to help him."
Naomi's eyes brightened at her suggestion, "Captain Janeway I would like to do that. I have read the Starfleet regulations manual twice, I have been assisting you for a year now and I really want to spend more time helping him." All of it came out in a rush.
Captain Janeway grabbed Naomi's hand as she stood up, "Naomi Wildman, I hereby task you with the duty of Assistant to General Korok and the liaison between myself and the Borg rebellion."
Naomi's expression brightened as she placed an ambassador pip on her collar, she ran her fingers over the emblem.
"I have discussed this with General Korok and he will be expecting you to report to him."
"Yes Captain." Naomi stood straight, and with honor at the new position she had been given.
Janeway got down on her knee and hugged Naomi, "Congratulations. Now I have an idea of something we could do for the General that would make his day when he gets out of the Doctors grasp. We should make him his own ready room, so he feels like a real Commander of his vessel.
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Korok held Naomi's hand in his, happy to be reunited with his former Assistant, "By the way that room is still just as perfect as the day you and Janeway showed it to me."
He had been completely shocked the day after his spine implant removal when he saw his ready room and his living quarters completely redone. He was amazed at the work the women had put into his living areas. He always cherished the work they put into his room but most of all the bat'leth that had his name engraved in the hilt with a heart below it with NW in the middle. It held a place of honor for the General, she touched his heart and he would never forget her. His heart filled with joy seeing her again.
"Wow you grew up… so much" they laughed at that comment, "How have things been since the return of Voyager? How has Starfleet been? You must tell me everything. Lets go to my ship and I can show you the improvements we have made to it." He said in excitement at seeing Naomi again.
Naomi wanted to reminisce with her mentor but she first had a duty to get her crew working on the modifications, "General can we meet you there in an hour? I want to get my crew working on the modifications and star charts we need to make for the battle."
Korok stood up and patted her on the shoulder, "I told you, you would make an excellent commander one day. How about this, meet me at 1800 hours for dinner and catch up."
"Do you mind if my husband joins us?" Naomi pointed to Icheb.
Korok smiled at the two, he saw their chemistry when they were younger and was glad his mentee found love.
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"Lucas please be serious…" Naomi snapped at Lucas' offhand comment. She wanted to get the modifications done as soon as possible.
Lucas threw his hands in defeat, "I was just joking Naomi…" he walked over to his best friend and put his arm around her, "Whats wrong hun you have been acting strange all day?"
Naomi rested her head on his shoulder and sighed, "Sorry I keep snapping at you Lucas. I don't know what is going on with me today." Tears started falling down her cheeks, "What the hell and now I'm crying… god…"
Lucas wiped the tears off her cheeks. He chocked his head to the side in confusion, Naomi typically didn't just start crying for no reason. He then felt her forehead to check her temperature worried that she may be sick.
"You need to go see Dr. Fancsis your head is burning up."
Naomi reached up and felt her forehead, "It's not that warm dude, my body temperature is warmer than humans." She smiled at her friend.
Lucas smiled, "Okay well then no more crying… you know me I am useless when girls cry." Naomi laughed, "Ha see I got you smiling again. Now we should get back to work."
Naomi wiped the remaining tears from her cheeks, and sighed, "alright the sooner we get this done the sooner we can leave."
They went back to work mapping out the area of space they would be fighting the Borg. It was an area that Lucas had more experience at than Naomi, as he was the Beta quadrant aficionado. Naomi was to do all of the detail work once Lucas cordoned off an area on the star map.
Most people who watched them work would wonder what they were doing and how they were doing it so fast. Their movements were in sync and fluid. They didn't have to talk once they got started working on mapping an area. Naomi attributed this to their days back in Academy when they used to race each other in the Star Trials. This was a tradition they started two years into Academy. It spread like wildfire from a small competition between friends to a biannual event. Teams from around the academy competed to see who could map a random area of the Alpha quadrant the fastest. Because of the Astrometrics department there was a separate category for Astrogeeks, it was random areas of all known areas of all four quadrants. Naomi and Lucas dominated this area of the competition until their senior year when a new pair of Astrogeeks stole the crown. They were happy to pass the crown to new first years to continue the tradition.
The reason why Naomi and Lucas worked so well together and dominated the competition was because Naomi knew the Delta and Alpha quadrants like the back of her hand as Lucas knew the Beta and Gamma quadrants. They would task the knowledgeable one with cordoning the area and the other with the details of mapping. It was a system that worked well and it helped them immensely while running the Astrometrics department.
Naomi finished the last scaling on the map and saved the file to two separate areas of the computer, "Finally."
Lucas sighed, "I am off to find my significant other and get some sleep. Tomorrow should be an interesting day. You have dinner with the General don't you?"
With a smile on her face she nodded and followed Lucas out of their department. She bid him farewell as she headed to engineering to find Icheb.
She was whistling as she walked into the turbolift, she commanded it to go to engineering.
Naomi was suddenly thrown against the other side of the turbolift as a blast coursed through the ship.
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"All hands report to battle stations immediately." Faulk yelled as a Borg ship appeared out of nowhere and started firing on Odyssey.
Mannif yelled, "Shields took a major hit with that one. Odyssey to Korok, we need assistance they are trying to take down our field generator." His hands flew over the counsel as he tried to damage the sphere.
"We are taking them down Odyssey but your generator is not going to last this fight. Take refuge in General Axum's ship, and start making repairs. We need you ready to fight tomorrow. Korok out" He silenced the communications.
Before Faulk could give the order their generator gave out, "Get us in the ship before any Borg beam aboard."
"Aye aye Captain." Michelle said.
"Miral find all crew members now and search for intruders."
Miral's hands flew over her screen as she worked the controls of the CMF, so creatively named the Crew Member Finder. The computer quickly sifted through the data and brought up a list of crewmen that were not in frequently trafficked areas of the ship and went over those people's vitals.
The computer sent a message to all computer monitors on the ship and opened a comm. line to make an announcement, "Look at the closest computer monitor to you, if you are in any of the following areas please assist in the finding the following crew members…" it continued to read off areas of the ship and crewmembers who were there. Miral's eyes scanned down the list and her heart dropped as the computer read off the last name, "Naomi Wildman is in turbolift two and unconscious. Intruder alert in turbolift two."
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