Just One More Day
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A/N: I know this chapter's shorter than usual, but I wanted to give you all something. The more you review, the longer I'll make the next chapter.
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Chapter 14
"What could we do to stop this? If this is a random occurrence, there'd be no way to predict it, and even if it weren't, we have no way to monitor it. A few tricorders is hardly enough," Janeway said, thinking aloud.
"Why Naomi?" B'Elanna asked, drawing everyone's attention towards her. "Why are the antichronitons being drawn toward her?"
"It is possibly her Ktarian heritage?" Neelix suggested.
"I don't think so," B'Elanna said, thinking aloud. "Antichronitons shouldn't hurt corporeal beings, so there's no reason for Naomi to continue to be attacked."
"Maybe the planet changed her in some way," Tom suggested.
Janeway, who had been deep in silent thought was brought back to her memories of their early days on the planet. She had been concerned for her crew, as well as for her daughter which no one else on the planet knew about. she took a leadership role, assigning tasks and working on things near camp, staying close to Sam Wildman and little Naomi. She was always so worried her daughter would catch the same repetitive illness. Luckily, the natives had been able to help her using some special medicines, they called
"Out of Time Rocks," Janeway said, speaking the end of her thoughts aloud.
"Out of Time Rocks?" Tom asked skeptically.
"Isn't that what the translator called the medicines Konoth gave Naomi?" Neelix asked.
"At the time, we had no idea why it was called that, but do you think it could have effected her somehow?"
"It's possible," Chakotay surmised. "Now that we know the cause, how can we stop it?"
Just then, as if the universe decided to torture them, Chakotay and Tom were gone.
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Chakotay and Tom found themselves once more in the Meeting Hall, only this time it was empty. Tom examined the results of scans and reported to Chakotay.
"The chroniton levels have decreased again. I don't know why they keep deciding to go off, but . . ." He stopped mid sentence, getting an idea. "I've noticed that every time we jump, we stay in the location for longer. What if that is because their are less chronitons to cause a jump, so it takes them longer to get ready?"
Chakotay thought it over, finding Tom's idea plausible.
"OK, so the spent chronitons convert into antichronitons and are drawn to Naomi. How does that help?"
"The effects on Naomi appear to be cumulative, which would suggest that they are going backwards in time as well."
"OK, so they're following us, but how does that help us stop the jumps?"
"We don't want to stop the jumps."
"What?" Chakotay asked in disbelief.
"If we stop the jumps, we remain here, whenever here it, but, if we could find a way to manipulate the chronitons and the antichronitons, we might be able to control our jumps to go back to a specific time."
"And what time did you have in mind?"
"The day the Kazon landed."
To Be Continued . . .
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