Disclamer: See chapter one.
Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-one Hours
Nine months later…
Captain Kathryn Janeway of the federation starship Voyager was feeling less of a captain than usual as she placed a hand on her aching back and continued her way down the Corridor. Only moments before Tuvok, Chakotay, and The Doctor, had ganged up on her to try and get her to rest. She had told them that she was going to go to her quarters for the rest of the night but she hadn't decided yet weather or not she would.
"Captain, Captain, wait up," she glanced over her shoulder to see her first officer hurrying to catch up with her
"I suppose you're here to make sure I go to my quarters." She asked him.
"You better believe it. The doctor wanted to do it himself but of course he can't. Tuvok wouldn't because he said we should trust you."
"Oh, Tuvok, I thought you knew me better than that," she muttered under her breath
"Ah-ha, you admit it, you weren't going to go back to you quarters," he accused with a grin.
"I admit nothing," she said almost laughing, "I hadn't decided… Aaah." She stopped suddenly and grabbed her stomach.
"Captain…are you Ok?"
"I'm not sure but I think I should go back to sickbay."
"Good idea," he said grabbing her arm and helping her back in the direction they had come.
*
"Push!" the doctor shouted.
"NO!"
"Captain, you have to push."
"No I don't, Captain's prerogative."
"Commander will you please talk some sense into her?"
"Come on Captain, you can do this, but you have to push." Chakotay whispered to her.
"Commander," she hissed through clenched teeth, "you should be on the Bridge."
"I'm not going anywhere," he said squeezing her hand.
"In-su-bord-ina-tion" she said gasping in between each syllable as another contraction overtook her body.
"Well you can throw me in the brig when this is over, because like I said, I'm not going anywhere."
"Push, Captain!" The Doctor commanded
"AAAAAAAHHH"
*
Chakotay smiled down at his dozing captain, who was still clutching her newborn daughter. The Doctor had told him that she had refused to put the baby down. The sight was so endearing that he suddenly found himself fighting the urge to kiss her on the forehead. He wondered where that urge had come from as the Captain's eyes fluttered open.
"Commander, you're still here?"
"Not still, again."
"Mmmm." She said as her eyes slid shut. "Do you want to hold her?"
"Sure." He took the sleeping child from her arms. "She's beautiful," he sighed.
"She looks like Mark," there was a hint of sadness in her voice.
"Oh I see quite a bit of you in her." His eyes were soft as he looked down the Captain, "have you picked a name yet?"
"Mm-hm, Shannon Elizabeth Janeway."
"Well, welcome Voyager, Shannon." He was looking so intently at the baby that he didn't notice the Captain smiling up at him.
"You know," she said tearing her gaze away from her first officer. "When we get back to the Alpha quadrant, and the admiralty finds out how I behaved during that delivery, I'm probably going to have to face a court-martial for conduct unbecoming an officer."
"Don't worry, Captain, your secret's safe with me." He chuckled as he put his free hand tenderly on the back of the captain's head. "You should probably make ship wide announcement to inform everyone of the new arrival."
"Can you do it?" she asked, "I don't think I have enough energy to activate my commbadge"
"Of course. All hands this is Commander Chakotay, today at nineteen hundred and fifty-one hours; Voyager gained a new crewmember, Shannon Elizabeth Janeway. Both mother and daughter are doing fine." He smiled as he ended the transmission, "Chakotay out." He was almost sure that he could hear the cheers of the crewmembers echoing through the corridors.
To be continued
Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-one Hours
Nine months later…
Captain Kathryn Janeway of the federation starship Voyager was feeling less of a captain than usual as she placed a hand on her aching back and continued her way down the Corridor. Only moments before Tuvok, Chakotay, and The Doctor, had ganged up on her to try and get her to rest. She had told them that she was going to go to her quarters for the rest of the night but she hadn't decided yet weather or not she would.
"Captain, Captain, wait up," she glanced over her shoulder to see her first officer hurrying to catch up with her
"I suppose you're here to make sure I go to my quarters." She asked him.
"You better believe it. The doctor wanted to do it himself but of course he can't. Tuvok wouldn't because he said we should trust you."
"Oh, Tuvok, I thought you knew me better than that," she muttered under her breath
"Ah-ha, you admit it, you weren't going to go back to you quarters," he accused with a grin.
"I admit nothing," she said almost laughing, "I hadn't decided… Aaah." She stopped suddenly and grabbed her stomach.
"Captain…are you Ok?"
"I'm not sure but I think I should go back to sickbay."
"Good idea," he said grabbing her arm and helping her back in the direction they had come.
*
"Push!" the doctor shouted.
"NO!"
"Captain, you have to push."
"No I don't, Captain's prerogative."
"Commander will you please talk some sense into her?"
"Come on Captain, you can do this, but you have to push." Chakotay whispered to her.
"Commander," she hissed through clenched teeth, "you should be on the Bridge."
"I'm not going anywhere," he said squeezing her hand.
"In-su-bord-ina-tion" she said gasping in between each syllable as another contraction overtook her body.
"Well you can throw me in the brig when this is over, because like I said, I'm not going anywhere."
"Push, Captain!" The Doctor commanded
"AAAAAAAHHH"
*
Chakotay smiled down at his dozing captain, who was still clutching her newborn daughter. The Doctor had told him that she had refused to put the baby down. The sight was so endearing that he suddenly found himself fighting the urge to kiss her on the forehead. He wondered where that urge had come from as the Captain's eyes fluttered open.
"Commander, you're still here?"
"Not still, again."
"Mmmm." She said as her eyes slid shut. "Do you want to hold her?"
"Sure." He took the sleeping child from her arms. "She's beautiful," he sighed.
"She looks like Mark," there was a hint of sadness in her voice.
"Oh I see quite a bit of you in her." His eyes were soft as he looked down the Captain, "have you picked a name yet?"
"Mm-hm, Shannon Elizabeth Janeway."
"Well, welcome Voyager, Shannon." He was looking so intently at the baby that he didn't notice the Captain smiling up at him.
"You know," she said tearing her gaze away from her first officer. "When we get back to the Alpha quadrant, and the admiralty finds out how I behaved during that delivery, I'm probably going to have to face a court-martial for conduct unbecoming an officer."
"Don't worry, Captain, your secret's safe with me." He chuckled as he put his free hand tenderly on the back of the captain's head. "You should probably make ship wide announcement to inform everyone of the new arrival."
"Can you do it?" she asked, "I don't think I have enough energy to activate my commbadge"
"Of course. All hands this is Commander Chakotay, today at nineteen hundred and fifty-one hours; Voyager gained a new crewmember, Shannon Elizabeth Janeway. Both mother and daughter are doing fine." He smiled as he ended the transmission, "Chakotay out." He was almost sure that he could hear the cheers of the crewmembers echoing through the corridors.
To be continued