The Three Sisters
By Voyager Queen
* * Voyager * *
Janeway and Tuvok entered the briefing room where all the other senor officers were already waiting. Tuvok took his seat but Janeway remained standing.
"We've discovered some disturbing news," Janeway announced and all were listening intently. "Apparently this station belongs to a covert operations unit of Starfleet called Section 31."
"How did they get here?" Harry blurted out.
"A wormhole. It leads right to Earth's backdoor and we've been ordered to enter it."
Harry beamed, "We're going home."
"Telishia plans to keep Tom Paris hostage as our toll to use her wormhole but I don't plan on leaving him behind. B'Elanna, what's the status on our weapons?"
"They've activated some sort of dampening field around Voyager. Weapons are useless as long as we're within it and its set to follow us."
"Is there any way to block it?"
"Maybe, but they have extremely advanced defensive systems, forcefields, dampening fields, security…"
"So if we get weapons back would we be able to launch a rescue?"
B'Elanna sighed. She had hoped so much that Tom would return to Voyager with Janeway. She never wanted to have to answer this question. "No, they may have no weapons systems on the station but that's because they don't need them, even if we were able to block their dampening field they'd have another up before the hour."
"You can't be saying that there is absolutely no way in."
"That's exactly what I'm saying. With all their forcefields in place I doubt even those inside would be able to get out."
"Why don't we just go home and get backup from Starfleet?" Harry asked eagerly.
Janeway shook her head, "Section 31 has kept this wormhole a secret for years, its their only cover. Because we know about it, once we return their covers blown. Either they don't intend for us to make it through or they won't be here any longer when we return."
Tuvok nodded, "A probable conclusion, however, I see no other course of action which would allow us to both retrieve Lt. Paris and return home."
"You believe I should cut my losses? Leave him behind? I won't do that. I won't leave," they all nodded with sullen understanding, "but I won't ask you to stay, either." Now they were looking at her in surprise.
"Voyager will go through the wormhole as planned. I have every faith that you will make it through."
Chakotay got a sinking feeling in his stomach, she hadn't said 'we'. "And you, Captain?"
"I will remain behind in the Santiago."
Chakotay, Tuvok and Harry all began to protest at once but she held up her hand, "I won't change my mind. You have your orders."
They all nodded reluctantly, all but B'Elanna, "Captain, permission to accompany you? I'm in no hurry to get home and no offense but you could use my help if you intend to pull this off." Janeway looked reluctant so she continued. "Please, I want to help you get Tom back. I won't leave without him either."
"Very well, Lieutenant. Prepare the shuttle we'll be leaving immediately."
Everyone filed out with the exception of Chakotay who cornered Janeway, "Do you at least have a plan?"
Janeway didn't move her gaze from the viewport,
"No, I don't"
* * Section Headquarters * *
Tom had been able to get them out of the cell, every bit as flawlessly as his earlier tone had suggested. Security was excessive, though and Tom had used all his training to keep them out of sight and couldn't have done it without Evey remembering perfectly the route back to the dockingbay.
They made it to the Cochran before anyone even knew they were gone. Tom sat down at the helm and studied the readings on the console. There was no way through all their forcefields.
It was impossible.
A fox like grin spread across Tom's handsome features. He specialized in pulling off the impossible.
As he heard the footsteps behind him however, he realized 'impossible' had just become a lot more complicated. He slid his hand slowly to the phaser under the console spun around and fired.
It was Mirage and she had fired at the same time.
But not at him.
Evey had jumped from her chair and was now sprawled out on the floor. Mirage was lying beside her, dead.
He prayed Evey hadn't suffered the same fate but ran to the helm without checking.
Evey didn't stand a chance if he couldn't get her out of here. Nobody here would help her, they had all wanted her dead long ago.
Now more than ever, they needed to escape.
* * The Santiago * *
Voyager had made it through the wormhole.
That knowledge was enough to make Janeway smile, even in the midst of the situation her and her crewman were in.
They were planning an attack. Charging in phasers blasting.
It was futile, they knew. But they had to try.
That was when they received a ray of hope.
In the form of the Cochran racing away from Section 31 at full impulse.
* * The Cochran * *
Tom set a course for a wormhole he'd discovered and knelt beside Evey. Voyager was not on sensors and she was in desperate need of treatment.
"Tom?" she said with a sharp intake of breath. "Are we out?"
Tom smiled, "Yes, we made it. We're going to be fine."
Evey shook her head no, "My spirit is already leaving me. Tom, I need you to promise me something," he nodded, tightly gripping her hand. "I want you to go on and keep fighting. There is someone out there who loves you."
"Loves me?"
"Yes, she's worried about you and waiting for you to return to her, you must."
"I don't think there's anyone out there who loves me, Evey. Now let me go get med kit." Evey wouldn't release his hand.
"Take off my necklace." When he hesitated she spoke again. "Please, Tom. Do it."
Tom did, it was the same black chain and purple coin shaped pendent that she'd been wearing when he'd met her all those years ago. "I want you to wear it, it will keep you safe and when you meet your soul mate it will glow," Evey began to drift away but uttered her last words before leaving, "Wear it always…"
Tom watched in horrified fascination as her eyes closed and she stopped breathing.
He'd promised to live but didn't know if he could. He pulled Evey close holding back tears and felt the familiar tingle of a transporter.
He appeared on the Santiago and laid Evey down before looking up, "Captain?" Tom gasped. "You died."
Janeway smiled and turned to someone up front, "Take us through."
Tom just stared at Janeway as if she were a ghost, watching her in fascination as she knelt beside him. "Welcome back, Tom. We'll be in the Alpha Quadrant soon,"
Tom nodded to shocked to do anything else.
Janeway jumped up when the ship began to rock, "What's going on?" she shouted.
"The wormhole is destabilizing!" B'Elanna cried.
"Can you get us through?"
"I think so…" B'Elanna fought the controls and the Santiago sailed through the opening just before it collapsed, forever sealing Section 31 in the Delta Quadrant.
Janeway sighed with relief and headed back towards Tom. He was still holding Evey in his arms.
Janeway sighed again and knelt beside him, "I'm sorry about Evey, Tom."
He nodded, "She was just a kid…" he whispered.
Janeway didn't know what to tell him, she'd never really met Evey and Tom had rarely talked about his time aboard the Miser but it had been clear how much Tom cared about her.
"How are we back in the Alpha Quadrant?" he asked quietly.
"The wormhole we went through led here. Section 31 found it years ago and used it to make their base in the Delta Quadrant."
Tom nodded and allowed Janeway to pull him up and lead him to one of the bunks… away from Evey.
"You should get some rest Tom. It will take us a couple hours to catch up with Voyager and a little longer to reach Earth."
Tom nodded dispassionately but didn't close his eyes. Janeway sighed for the gazillionith time and returned to the helm, relieving B'Elanna.
B'Elanna allowed Janeway to take her place and went to the back. She wanted to see Tom for herself, to ensure that he was alright.
"I'm so sorry, Tom," she whispered when she reached him. She didn't know exactly what had been going on but Janeway had whispered to her that someone close to Tom had died.
Tom sat up looking a little dazed and B'Elanna pulled him into a hug. She didn't know what made her do it but she hated seeing him so vulnerable. "I'm so glad that you're alright," she said pulling back. "We're home now and everything will be alright."
Tom nodded. Maybe it could be.
"Wha…" B'Ellana gasped.
"What?" Tom asked concerned.
"Your necklace, it's glowing."
The End
Finally, finished!
Now, to write the sequel.
By Voyager Queen
* * Voyager * *
Janeway and Tuvok entered the briefing room where all the other senor officers were already waiting. Tuvok took his seat but Janeway remained standing.
"We've discovered some disturbing news," Janeway announced and all were listening intently. "Apparently this station belongs to a covert operations unit of Starfleet called Section 31."
"How did they get here?" Harry blurted out.
"A wormhole. It leads right to Earth's backdoor and we've been ordered to enter it."
Harry beamed, "We're going home."
"Telishia plans to keep Tom Paris hostage as our toll to use her wormhole but I don't plan on leaving him behind. B'Elanna, what's the status on our weapons?"
"They've activated some sort of dampening field around Voyager. Weapons are useless as long as we're within it and its set to follow us."
"Is there any way to block it?"
"Maybe, but they have extremely advanced defensive systems, forcefields, dampening fields, security…"
"So if we get weapons back would we be able to launch a rescue?"
B'Elanna sighed. She had hoped so much that Tom would return to Voyager with Janeway. She never wanted to have to answer this question. "No, they may have no weapons systems on the station but that's because they don't need them, even if we were able to block their dampening field they'd have another up before the hour."
"You can't be saying that there is absolutely no way in."
"That's exactly what I'm saying. With all their forcefields in place I doubt even those inside would be able to get out."
"Why don't we just go home and get backup from Starfleet?" Harry asked eagerly.
Janeway shook her head, "Section 31 has kept this wormhole a secret for years, its their only cover. Because we know about it, once we return their covers blown. Either they don't intend for us to make it through or they won't be here any longer when we return."
Tuvok nodded, "A probable conclusion, however, I see no other course of action which would allow us to both retrieve Lt. Paris and return home."
"You believe I should cut my losses? Leave him behind? I won't do that. I won't leave," they all nodded with sullen understanding, "but I won't ask you to stay, either." Now they were looking at her in surprise.
"Voyager will go through the wormhole as planned. I have every faith that you will make it through."
Chakotay got a sinking feeling in his stomach, she hadn't said 'we'. "And you, Captain?"
"I will remain behind in the Santiago."
Chakotay, Tuvok and Harry all began to protest at once but she held up her hand, "I won't change my mind. You have your orders."
They all nodded reluctantly, all but B'Elanna, "Captain, permission to accompany you? I'm in no hurry to get home and no offense but you could use my help if you intend to pull this off." Janeway looked reluctant so she continued. "Please, I want to help you get Tom back. I won't leave without him either."
"Very well, Lieutenant. Prepare the shuttle we'll be leaving immediately."
Everyone filed out with the exception of Chakotay who cornered Janeway, "Do you at least have a plan?"
Janeway didn't move her gaze from the viewport,
"No, I don't"
* * Section Headquarters * *
Tom had been able to get them out of the cell, every bit as flawlessly as his earlier tone had suggested. Security was excessive, though and Tom had used all his training to keep them out of sight and couldn't have done it without Evey remembering perfectly the route back to the dockingbay.
They made it to the Cochran before anyone even knew they were gone. Tom sat down at the helm and studied the readings on the console. There was no way through all their forcefields.
It was impossible.
A fox like grin spread across Tom's handsome features. He specialized in pulling off the impossible.
As he heard the footsteps behind him however, he realized 'impossible' had just become a lot more complicated. He slid his hand slowly to the phaser under the console spun around and fired.
It was Mirage and she had fired at the same time.
But not at him.
Evey had jumped from her chair and was now sprawled out on the floor. Mirage was lying beside her, dead.
He prayed Evey hadn't suffered the same fate but ran to the helm without checking.
Evey didn't stand a chance if he couldn't get her out of here. Nobody here would help her, they had all wanted her dead long ago.
Now more than ever, they needed to escape.
* * The Santiago * *
Voyager had made it through the wormhole.
That knowledge was enough to make Janeway smile, even in the midst of the situation her and her crewman were in.
They were planning an attack. Charging in phasers blasting.
It was futile, they knew. But they had to try.
That was when they received a ray of hope.
In the form of the Cochran racing away from Section 31 at full impulse.
* * The Cochran * *
Tom set a course for a wormhole he'd discovered and knelt beside Evey. Voyager was not on sensors and she was in desperate need of treatment.
"Tom?" she said with a sharp intake of breath. "Are we out?"
Tom smiled, "Yes, we made it. We're going to be fine."
Evey shook her head no, "My spirit is already leaving me. Tom, I need you to promise me something," he nodded, tightly gripping her hand. "I want you to go on and keep fighting. There is someone out there who loves you."
"Loves me?"
"Yes, she's worried about you and waiting for you to return to her, you must."
"I don't think there's anyone out there who loves me, Evey. Now let me go get med kit." Evey wouldn't release his hand.
"Take off my necklace." When he hesitated she spoke again. "Please, Tom. Do it."
Tom did, it was the same black chain and purple coin shaped pendent that she'd been wearing when he'd met her all those years ago. "I want you to wear it, it will keep you safe and when you meet your soul mate it will glow," Evey began to drift away but uttered her last words before leaving, "Wear it always…"
Tom watched in horrified fascination as her eyes closed and she stopped breathing.
He'd promised to live but didn't know if he could. He pulled Evey close holding back tears and felt the familiar tingle of a transporter.
He appeared on the Santiago and laid Evey down before looking up, "Captain?" Tom gasped. "You died."
Janeway smiled and turned to someone up front, "Take us through."
Tom just stared at Janeway as if she were a ghost, watching her in fascination as she knelt beside him. "Welcome back, Tom. We'll be in the Alpha Quadrant soon,"
Tom nodded to shocked to do anything else.
Janeway jumped up when the ship began to rock, "What's going on?" she shouted.
"The wormhole is destabilizing!" B'Elanna cried.
"Can you get us through?"
"I think so…" B'Elanna fought the controls and the Santiago sailed through the opening just before it collapsed, forever sealing Section 31 in the Delta Quadrant.
Janeway sighed with relief and headed back towards Tom. He was still holding Evey in his arms.
Janeway sighed again and knelt beside him, "I'm sorry about Evey, Tom."
He nodded, "She was just a kid…" he whispered.
Janeway didn't know what to tell him, she'd never really met Evey and Tom had rarely talked about his time aboard the Miser but it had been clear how much Tom cared about her.
"How are we back in the Alpha Quadrant?" he asked quietly.
"The wormhole we went through led here. Section 31 found it years ago and used it to make their base in the Delta Quadrant."
Tom nodded and allowed Janeway to pull him up and lead him to one of the bunks… away from Evey.
"You should get some rest Tom. It will take us a couple hours to catch up with Voyager and a little longer to reach Earth."
Tom nodded dispassionately but didn't close his eyes. Janeway sighed for the gazillionith time and returned to the helm, relieving B'Elanna.
B'Elanna allowed Janeway to take her place and went to the back. She wanted to see Tom for herself, to ensure that he was alright.
"I'm so sorry, Tom," she whispered when she reached him. She didn't know exactly what had been going on but Janeway had whispered to her that someone close to Tom had died.
Tom sat up looking a little dazed and B'Elanna pulled him into a hug. She didn't know what made her do it but she hated seeing him so vulnerable. "I'm so glad that you're alright," she said pulling back. "We're home now and everything will be alright."
Tom nodded. Maybe it could be.
"Wha…" B'Ellana gasped.
"What?" Tom asked concerned.
"Your necklace, it's glowing."
The End
Finally, finished!
Now, to write the sequel.
