Janeway was awoke to find Val'kara leaning over her.
"Glad you could finally join us." Val'kara spat before dragging Janeway to her feet. Val'kara's claws dug into her flesh momentarily before dragging her out of the mess hall where Val'kara's body guards pointed their disruptors at Janeway before taking her to the ready room.
When Val'kara pushed Janeway into the ready room she saw that Val'sar had his weapon trained on Chakotay. The restraints went on and Val'kara glared at them. "Here's how this will work. If either of you refuse to answer my questions I'll use this." She purred gesturing to the small silver remote lying in front of her. "If either of you tries to escape we wont hesitate to kill you." She hissed moving to stand in front of Janeway. "Fair warning captain, the setting has been increased." Val'kara hissed before moving back to lean against the desk. "Now tell me, where is the rest of your crew?" Val'kara questioned. Silence pressed around them. "Pity. I'm going to enjoy this." Val'kara purred before she pressed a button on the remote, sending an intense wave of pain through Janeway's body. Val'kara smiled as she watched Janeway fall to the floor, her body writhing in pain.
"Leave Kathryn out of this Val'kara." Chakotay objected. He realised his slip when Val'kara turned to him, intrigued.
"Kathryn is it. Well,well, well. In all my time serving the empire, I have never encountered this before. A first officer who calls his captain by name. This is intresting. Tell me commander. Is dearest Kathryn more than just your captain?" Val'kara purred. Standing inches away from him. Chakotay didn't say anything. "Would you feel more co-operative if I were to let Val'sar have his way with her?" She purred moving slightly so he could see Val'sar smiling maliciously, running his claws along the edge of a long bladed dagger.
"Touch her and you'd beg me to kill you." Chakotay spat. Glaring at Val'kara.
Val'kara smiled maliciously, her black eyes glittering with malevolence. "Maybe I will let Val'sar have his way with her. Her hair would look very nice hanging off his wall. I'll send them to his new quarters where he would seduce her and then his knife would pierce her heart." She purred, brushing her claws along his jaw. Val'sar gazed at them his eyes glittering with malice as he made his way over to Janeway, who was pulling herself to her knees. Val'kara glared down at Janeway. "That just wont do." She hissed pressing the remote sending Janeway to the floor again. "Maybe I should seduce you, get you to tell me what I want." Val'kara purred, her voice seductive and smooth. "We could go to the privacy of my new quarters, no interruptions, no guards and no Kathryn." Val'kara purred as she began to close the few inches between them.
"Nice try, but he wont fall for your seduction that easily." Janeway spat. Val'kara swiftly moved over to Janeway.
"Kathryn, you know he deserves more. A federation captain or An imperial commandant. A simple choice." Val'kara purred. "He just needs to choose." She purred turning to Chakotay. Awaiting his answer.
She never got his answer. Voyager shook under weapons fire. Val'kara and Val'sar left the ready room and entered the bridge, but not before releasing Chakotay from the restraints and pressing a different button on the silver remote causing Janeway's restraints to send short bursts of intense pain through her body every 40 seconds. Once they had left, he was at Janeway's side immediately, holding her as the second burst wore off.
"I'll see if I can find something to get these off you." Chakotay told her, gazing into her eyes, clouded with pain.
"You've got 40 seconds before the next bust." Janeway gasped.
Chakotay nodded before he began to frantically search for something to remove the restraints. He managed to find a hammer like object just before the third burst tore through Janeway's body. Her agonised screams seemed to pierce his soul. Her thrashing made it harder to remove the restraints from her wrists.
"Kathryn, hang on." He said, holding her still as best he could whilst he used the heavy object to smash her restraints. Her thrashing had stopped just before the restraints came off and her limp body sagged against him. "Kathryn." Chakotay called gently shaking her shoulders. She didn't respond. He pressed his fingers to her neck and was relived to find her pulse. Chakotay gathered her in his arms and placed her under the desk, away from the objects that were falling around them. A pained groan escaped her lips and her eyes fluttered open.
Out of the ready room window they could see an entire fleet of Tal'haarian ships fireing on the Val'haatan ships and Voyager. Voyager shook violently, Janeway felt Chakotay throw himself over her and keep them both tucked safely under the desk as bulkheads came crashing down around them. Voyager shook violently again, more bulkheads came crashing down. Janeway felt Chakotay pull her tighter against him. The familiar tingling sensation of the transporter engulfed them and they found themselves on Tal'robin's ship.