The Birthday (Part 4)
Neelix was
doing his best to help Seven of Nine repair the shuttle.
He kept looking over at Tom. He was
worried about him. Tom wasn't doing
well at all. He was pale, his breathing
was very labored and he kept drifting in and out of consciousness. A few times he heard Tom call out for
B'Elanna. He felt sorry for Tom, but
there was nothing that he could do for him until they were able to contact
Voyager.
When
Kathryn Janeway walked into the mess hall, she didn't realize that anyone else
was there until she turned on the lights.
That's when she saw B'Elanna. "I
think that you should get some rest", the Captain said. B'Elanna turned around and said, "I couldn't
sleep. All I kept doing was thinking
about Tom. He's everywhere. I tried our quarters, but he was there. I went to Engineering, but he was there
too. I went to the Bridge and to
Sickbay, but he's there too. I finally
ended up here. He's here too, but
there's only so many places you can go on a starship." She smiled slightly. Janeway understood. "I know B'Elanna", she said, "We'll find
them…him". She put a reassuring hand on
B'Elanna's shoulder and didn't say anything, while her half-human, half-Klingon
chief engineer sat there crying softly.
"I've
gotten communications back online", said Seven, "I will attempt to contact
Voyager." "Tom", said Neelix, "did you
hear that? Voyager will be here in no
time and then the doctor can take care of you." Neelix tried to act cheerful, but he didn't know if Voyager would
get the message on time, let alone get it at all. "Yeah Neelix," Tom said, weakly, "I heard."
"Captain to
the Bridge"
"On my way Mr. Kim", said the Captain, "B'Elanna, it could
be something important." They walked
quickly to the Bridge. "Mr. Kim,
report", said Janeway. "We've received
a distress call", Harry said, "and it has a Starfleet signature."
To Be Continued
