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Chapter 10

It had been over a week since Voyager had engaged the Kanesh fleet and they were still making repairs. Their escort ships and come out of the battle even worse. They were now a day away from a Tanasi space station where the three ships could be repaired. There had been much debate among the crew when they had decided they couldn't go after the Captain. After the battle Voyager hadn't even been capable of warp for several days and even now they couldn't go any faster than warp four. They had no weapons and several decks were so badly damaged they had been completely evacuated. Shields were back online but one hit and they would be gone again. There was no way Voyager or her escorts could save the Captain even if they could go after her.

They had been informed that the Tanasi had located the ship she was being held on and that a fleet of Tanasi military vessels was preparing to intercept them along with Commander Chakotay.

"How long are these repairs going to take?" Tom asked, eager to go after the Captain.

"If the people at this station work as efficiently as the last one, I estimate a few days" B'Elanna answered.

Kathryn hit the deck plating once again as the mans fist collided with her face. She had no idea how long she had been here anymore, sometimes it felt like months but the part of her mind that was still rational told her it had only been weeks, three weeks at most.

She could hear Steon asking her a question but she had no idea what the question was. His voice had become a muffled sound days ago, she no longer knew exactly what he was asking her. In a way she found it a comfort, it made it almost impossible for her to tell him anything.

One of the men dragged her too her feet once again as Steon shouted at her, she still had no idea what he was saying. It was probably another question but from the tone of his voice she knew he was getting annoyed with her.

He shouted again, he was getting angrier but she still had no idea what he was saying. Suddenly he hit her, his fist connected with her face harder than anything the other two men had been able to do to her. She could feel herself falling, her head crashed into the deck plating and she was plunged into darkness.

Chakotay stood on the bridge of the military ship that had transported him here. The Commander of the ship Captain Dalan had turned out to be a good guy. He had gathered as many military vessels as he could in a few short days and had wasted no time in leading the fleet straight for the Kanesh fleet. He had even been extremely tolerant of Chakotay when he was feeling a little more impatient than usual. It had been three weeks since he had found out Kathryn had been taken and he would be relieved when this was all over and she was safe again.

They were now approaching the Kanesh fleet, in few moments they would drop out of warp and engage them. Chakotay had been assigned to the away team that would board the Kanesh ship to rescue Kathryn as soon as they discovered which one she was on. He would be beamed to a part of the ship where the shields were weak enough to allow transport and they would have to find Kathryn from there. This was why the man standing next to him, Krav, was going with them. He knew Kanesh ships better than he knew his own Tanasi ships and he would no where to go to find Kathryn.

The ship dropped out of warp and Chakotay could see the Kanesh fleet on the view screen.

"Weapons ready, shields to full, away to the transporter room" Captain Dalan ordered and Chakotay looked to the fleet on the view screen one last time before he left.

"Hold on Kathryn, I'm coming for you"

TBC