Chapter Five: "Conversations"
Captain Janeway collapsed into a soft chair and cicked off her shoes as soon as she entered her quarters. It had been a really long day, starting with the strange vortex in the transporter room and ending with a duplicate of her first officer, most likely from an alternate reality, and no plosible way to send him home and retrieve their Chakotay. She had consumed over ten cups of coffee, (something which The Doctor wouldn't be to happy with), and yet she was still exhausted. She hadn't eaten all day and she forced herself to rise to her feet and cross her room to the replicator located on the other side. She was about to order a salad when a popping sound from behind her made her spin around in surprise. Standing behind her, Q smiled cheerfully.
"Hello Kathy!" he cried, sweeping her into his arms.
She allowed herself to lean into his embrase and smiled up at him.
"Where have you been?" she asked.
"Oh.here and there." He said vaguely.
She pulled back and mockn glared at him, "That's not the answer I was looking for." She said in her best Captain's voice.
He laughed and she couldn't help the laughter which bubled up from inside her. She turned back to the replicator and ordered her salad. Taking the dish from the slot she moved to sit beside Q on the couch. Curling her feet up underneath her she began to eat hungrily.
"So I heard you have a visiter." Said Q after a while.
Janeway nodded an afirmitive with out looking up from her plate.
"Have you gotten any closer to finding a way to send him home?" asked Q.
This time Janeway glanced up at him with annoyance, "You can send him back.' She snapped.
Q shook his head appoligeticly, "I'm sorry Katheryn, I'm not allowd to mess around with alternate realities."
"Why not?!" she demanded.
"Long story." He answered.
She rolled her eyes and returned to eating. A few silent minutes passed with both of them caught up in their own thoughts. Suddenly Q said, "He's in love with you know?"
Janeway's head shot up. "Who?"
"Chakotay. The one from the other reality. He's in love with your counterpart."
"Oh my God!" cried Janeway, "Chakotay.and.me?."
"No," Q assured her, "He hasn't gotten up the nerve to tell her yet."
"How do you know if you can't go into alternate realities?" she demanded.
"The continuum forbad me from effecting the realities, not watching them. They're two very different things."
Janeway stared at Q for a long minute and then she rose to her feet and dropped her plate in the recycler. Turning toward her bedroom she said a short good night to Q. She entered her room and the doors closed behind her. Q waited until she had had enough btime to change and then tapped on the door. Receiving permission to enter he walked in to find her already in bed. He walked over to her and leaned down, "I love you." He said quietly.
She looked up at him for a minute then whispered, "I love you too."
He straightened and vanished in a flash of light, leaving Janeway to sleep.
Captain Janeway collapsed into a soft chair and cicked off her shoes as soon as she entered her quarters. It had been a really long day, starting with the strange vortex in the transporter room and ending with a duplicate of her first officer, most likely from an alternate reality, and no plosible way to send him home and retrieve their Chakotay. She had consumed over ten cups of coffee, (something which The Doctor wouldn't be to happy with), and yet she was still exhausted. She hadn't eaten all day and she forced herself to rise to her feet and cross her room to the replicator located on the other side. She was about to order a salad when a popping sound from behind her made her spin around in surprise. Standing behind her, Q smiled cheerfully.
"Hello Kathy!" he cried, sweeping her into his arms.
She allowed herself to lean into his embrase and smiled up at him.
"Where have you been?" she asked.
"Oh.here and there." He said vaguely.
She pulled back and mockn glared at him, "That's not the answer I was looking for." She said in her best Captain's voice.
He laughed and she couldn't help the laughter which bubled up from inside her. She turned back to the replicator and ordered her salad. Taking the dish from the slot she moved to sit beside Q on the couch. Curling her feet up underneath her she began to eat hungrily.
"So I heard you have a visiter." Said Q after a while.
Janeway nodded an afirmitive with out looking up from her plate.
"Have you gotten any closer to finding a way to send him home?" asked Q.
This time Janeway glanced up at him with annoyance, "You can send him back.' She snapped.
Q shook his head appoligeticly, "I'm sorry Katheryn, I'm not allowd to mess around with alternate realities."
"Why not?!" she demanded.
"Long story." He answered.
She rolled her eyes and returned to eating. A few silent minutes passed with both of them caught up in their own thoughts. Suddenly Q said, "He's in love with you know?"
Janeway's head shot up. "Who?"
"Chakotay. The one from the other reality. He's in love with your counterpart."
"Oh my God!" cried Janeway, "Chakotay.and.me?."
"No," Q assured her, "He hasn't gotten up the nerve to tell her yet."
"How do you know if you can't go into alternate realities?" she demanded.
"The continuum forbad me from effecting the realities, not watching them. They're two very different things."
Janeway stared at Q for a long minute and then she rose to her feet and dropped her plate in the recycler. Turning toward her bedroom she said a short good night to Q. She entered her room and the doors closed behind her. Q waited until she had had enough btime to change and then tapped on the door. Receiving permission to enter he walked in to find her already in bed. He walked over to her and leaned down, "I love you." He said quietly.
She looked up at him for a minute then whispered, "I love you too."
He straightened and vanished in a flash of light, leaving Janeway to sleep.