A/N: I'm sorry for the delay. Work got in the way but here you go. I hope you enjoy.
Tom dropped a plate of scrambled eggs in front of Harry and B'Elanna in his quarters. They had been together on the bridge when the Kazon had overpowered the Talaxian fleet and boarded the ship. Tuvok had been taken away along with the rest of the security teams and they hadn't been heard from since. The rest of the crew had been herded to their quarters and placed on lockdown. B'Elanna had slipped into Harry and Tom's quarters to help formulate a rescue plan.
"What is this?" B'Elanna asked as she watched the slimy yellow mixture slip from her fork.
"Tom's version of scrambled eggs," Harry said. He took a forkful and said, "Eat it. It looks worse than it tastes and it's better than Neelix's cooking."
"Anything is better than Neelix's cooking," B'Elanna said.
"Hey, I've used up all my replicator rations and then some to fix us all breakfast," Tom said. "Some appreciation would not be out of line."
"If you used any of my rations for this mess, I want them back," B'Elanna said.
Tom leaned across the table and winked. "Then you can starve."
B'Elanna pushed her plate away. "I will."
"Hey you two, we need to come up with a plan to get the ship back," Harry said. "There was a recent transport from Cullah's ship to Voyager."
"It was probably more uninvited guests," Tom said.
Harry shook his head. "Only three people. A Kazon male, a human female, and a baby."
B'Elanna sat up. "Cullah, the Captain, and Chakotay's kid."
"Alleged kid," Tom said.
"I thought the Doctor said the test came back and it confirmed that it was the Commander's?" Harry said.
"The Doctor had to do one more test. Besides, scans can be unreliable," Tom said.
"Says the trainee without any real medical experience," B'Elanna said.
Tom finished his breakfast and pushed his own plate away. "Says the engineer whose livelihood is scanning for anomalies. You've never seen anything appear as something that it is not?"
B'Elanna scoffed. "We're talking DNA, Tom. Not energy particles. You think this kid is a hologram?"
Harry chuckled as Tom said, "DNA can be manipulated." He waved his hand at her and said, "Exhibit A."
B'Elanna sat up straight and glared. "Excuse me?"
"You're a hybrid of two species. DNA manipulation. You're just a natural version of it."
She relaxed and thought a moment and said, "I don't think Seska is as adept as a genetic engineer but, from what she used to do in Engineering, I wouldn't put it past her." Looking up, she said, "But how exactly would Seska do that?"
"Oh I'm sure she's picked up a few talents here and there especially since she herself was not as advertised," Tom said. "Wanna bet she had more to do with her Bajoran look than we may have originally thought?"
Harry nodded. "Okay, so what are we going to do to help the Captain take back Voyager?"
Tom put his hands together and said, "Not all of the Talaxian fleet were damaged. A few managed to escape."
"So they'll be back," B'Elanna said. "But Talaxia is a long way from here. We've traveled pretty far from their space. I think we had everyone who was out this far already helping us."
"Talaxia must have friends," Harry said.
Tom nodded. "And we have to be prepared to help them when they return and try again. We need something to overwhelm to Kazon."
"Well, I've rigged the replicator to monitor the ship's basic communications and activity," B'Elanna said. "It looks like, as best I can tell, most of the Kazon are making themselves right at home in my Engineering department."
"Figures," Harry said. "They want our technology. They're trying to figure it out."
"Then we'll have to get them out of there," Tom said.
"How?" Harry asked.
Tom turned to B'Elanna and said, "Can you rig a transmission to Engineering to make something happen?"
B'Elanna pursed her lips and shook her head. "No, not from here. It would have to be done in or around Engineering."
"You mean from the Jeffries tubes," Harry said.
B'Elanna nodded. "If we could get to them, I could overload a circuitry and blow them out of there."
"Won't that hurt the warp core?" Tom said.
B'Elanna shook her head. "Not if I shield it first. I can do that before the blast. It would be a lot of clean up but nothing we couldn't handle."
"More importantly, it would be devastating and effective," Tom said.
Harry and B'Elanna nodded.
Tom leaned back in his chair. "Sounds like a plan. So, how do we get to the tube and, more importantly, how do we communicate with you so you know when to blow it?"
B'Elanna put her hand against her stomach and said, "I think your eggs just made me sick. I need a trip to sickbay and I think the doctor's communicator is just what I need when I access the tube from there."
Tom smiled along with Harry and stood up. "Ready to start vomiting?"
B'Elanna smirked. "Since you first put that slop in front of me. Let's do it."
Chakotay stirred and awoke to find himself untied and lying on a bed. He presumed it was the same bed Cullah and Seska shared. He was certain when a punch to the jaw moved him off of it.
"You dare to defile my own bed with my woman?"
Chakotay got to his feet as quick as he could to defend himself. He watched Cullah stalk him from the other side of the room and said, "Why don't you teach her not to kidnap unwilling guests? Believe me, this was not my idea!"
Cullah pointed at him. "If you have conceived a child with her, I will kill her before she has a chance to give it life."
Chakotay threw out his hands and said, "I don't want any child with her. I never did!"
"Good! Because you have none and it will stay that way if you value her life."
Chakotay straightened and said, "You can have her life. I only demand the child."
Cullah grinned and placed a hand on his chest. "He is not yours. He is my son. Your Doctor confirmed it. He is the son of a Kazon Mage."
Chakotay felt a weight lift from him. "Is that the truth? The Doctor extracted the DNA and confirmed that he's yours?"
Cullah nodded. "He's mine. His genes were manipulated to make him appear human but he is my son and he is being cured from what she did to him as we speak."
Chakotay listened and said, "Seska manipulated her own unborn child's genetic development? Why?"
Cullah frowned. "She apparently has a thing for you." He pointed again and said, "And that will end. Today."
"It has ended. I want nothing to do with her. It's more likely she has a thing for Voyager. She came for me under the pretense of a child to take our ship again. Return me now!"
"It is my ship! And I have no intention of moving you to it. Voyager and its captain are completely and totally under my control now. No one else's! And one day, I shall pass it to my son. It is his birthplace and his birthright and I claim it for him!"
Chakotay's heart froze at the mention of his captain. "Kathryn," Chakotay said. "What have you done with her?"
Cullah licked his lips and glanced at the bed between them. "We've had fun."
Chakotay clenched his fists and narrowed his eyes. "What does that mean?"
"Now, now, Commander. You obviously had my woman last night. I, at least, had the courtesy to take yours away from your quarters. You really do need to learn some proper manners."
Rage ran through Chakotay as he screamed, "I'll kill you!" He lunged over the bed at Cullah who quickly grabbed him and tossed him over his shoulder. Chakotay fell hard but sprung up and charged again until Seska appeared behind him and aimed a weapon.
Firing one shot, Chakotay was hit in the side and slumped to the ground. "Kathryn," he whispered.
Seska acknowledged Cullah's hard stare before walking over and kicking Chakotay with her foot. "Stupid fool. You still have her name on your lips and after everything we shared last night."
Cullah growled and she stepped back. "You've had your fun," he said. "He dies today, Seska. Have the guards bring him to the cargo bay. We'll finish him off and jettison his body once it's done." He grabbed her chin. "And I know what you did to my son, woman. You will soon pay for that, dearly."
Cullah released her and she knelt down by Chakotay. His mumbled words were incoherent as she brushed a hand across his forehead and said, "You and Janeway deserve each other." Standing up, she kicked him hard in the side and yelled, "Guards!"