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A/N: Last one for today I think. This time a Kes POV.
Any minute now my ship is coming in
I'll keep checking the horizon
And I'll stand on the bow
Feel the waves come crashing
- 'Waiting for My Real Life To Begin' by Colin Hay
Kes brought her knees up to her chest, carefully avoiding the scrapes and bruises covering her ankles and knees. She kept hoping her rescue would come along and take her away from all this.
Day after day, lonely night after lonely night, she kept looking to the sky for any sign that Neelix was coming back. She knew he would return for her. He had promised he'd get her away from these Kazons, take her off this planet, and show her all the wonderful things that were waiting for her to discover just beyond her reach.
It wouldn't be long now.
Soon she'd leave this world and start a new life. She would experience things that none of her people had experienced in decades. Like the feel of rain on her skin, the sun of other worlds shinning down on her, new people to share stories with...
"Hello my friends..."
She knew that voice! It was Neelix! She jumped up, momentarily forgetting her battered body, and hesitantly sneaked over to the crumbling wall. She couldn't help the smile that began to form on her face as she watched Neelix barter with her Kazon captors.
She also noticed Neelix's friends...they were...different. Unlike anything she'd seen before, but she somehow knew they'd help her, that these new people were good. She could feel it.
And when Neelix grabbed her, bringing her closer to these strangers, and held her as they somehow left the planet and materialized inside a ship...she knew she'd found her new home. And her new family.
A/N: Thanks for reading! More to come soon!