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2300 hours
"Harry, get out of my way. I'm going to miss them," Jenny Delaney snapped as she hurried towards the turbolift.
"Miss who?" Harry asked innocently, hoping to stall her long enough for Tom and B'Elanna to get out of the mess hall.
"Tom and B'Elanna. They're going to trying and leave the ship," Jenny answered.
"Tom and B'Elanna?" Harry echoed, trying to see into the mess hall.
"Yes, Vorik overheard them in the mess hall this morning, making plans," Jenny explained.
"Plans?" Harry asked, struggling to keep his voice level.
"Yes. Plans." Jenny stopped short and whirled around to face Harry. "Look, I didn't ask you to follow me. Now either shut up or go away, you're slowing me down with all these questions!"
Harry's hurt expression was hidden when the whole deck suddenly went dark.
"Now what?!" Jenny Delaney exclaimed in frustration.
"What happened?" Tom called from behind B'Elanna in the Jeffries tube.
"I don't know. The sensor glitch I programmed shouldn't have done this," B'Elanna said as she blindly felt around for the door release.
"Well, now what?" Tom asked shifting in the tube.
"We keep going," B'Elanna said in a determined voice.
They wandered through a few more tubes and finally came to a junction. B'Elanna sighed. "I have no idea which junction this is."
Tom laughed. "Well, I guess we can stay here for the night. Nobody'll find us in here anyway."
They lay down in the junction, one next to each door.
"What fools these humans are," Q said from his perch on top of Voyager.
"Shouldn't we help them, Father?" q asked from beside him.
"Exactly what I was thinking son. For your first lesson, I want you to bring that couple together. That way, they'll leave the other ones in peace, and I won't lose two of my favorite people to torment," Q said, grinning at his son. He paused as if listening to something, the grin on his face fading. "Be back in a flash son. Your mother's calling."
"Of course," q replied distractedly, figuring that casting a love spell should be easy. He transported himself to the sleeping couple in the Jeffries tube junction. It was the pair that his father had been watching, so it must have been the ones that needed help. He knelt down next to the female and whispered, "May the first person you see be the one that you love." With a wave of his hand, he put his words into action, and returned to wait for his father and to watch the scene unfold.
"Do you really think they took the Jeffries tube?" Harry called back to Jenny.
"If I were trying to escape, this is the way I would go. They're usually deserted," Jenny answered.
Harry didn't answer since his attention was focused on trying to navigate the Jeffries tubes without causing bodily harm. He came upon a set of open doors to a junction. He'd started to climb down but stopped when he realized B'Elanna was right under him. He had just managed to stop himself when Jenny ran into him from above. Harry, knocked off balance, made an almost successful attempt to miss B'Elanna. He landed hard on her legs.
B'Elanna awoke with a start and anger flashed in her eyes. Her expression almost immediately changed and Harry wasn't sure if that was a good sign or a bad one.
"Harry, sweetheart, you found me," B'Elanna sighed softly as she smiled at him.
*Definitely a bad sign,* Harry thought. He was trying to decide how to deal with this unexpected turn when B'Elanna suddenly kissed him.
Tom awoke at the sound of the crash and glanced over to make sure B'Elanna was all right, only to find her locked in a passionate embrace with his best friend. He couldn't say anything for a minute. "What's going on here," he demanded when he finally found his voice again.
Harry, who had finally managed to push B'Elanna away, answered, "Tom! I don't know what happened. We were looking for you and Jenny hit me from behind and... and..."
"It's none of your business what we're doing, Tom," B'Elanna said, standing and pulling Harry up with her.
"What's going on here?" Jenny asked from the tube above the junction.
Tom narrowed his eyes as he glared at Harry. "That's what I'm trying to find out," he said, crossing his arms over his chest.
"It's simple. Harry managed to find me, despite your attempts to get me to leave with you," B'Elanna replied, smiling adoringly at Harry.
"I knew it! I knew you were trying to leave the ship," Jenny announced triumphantly.
"Shut up, Jenny!" Tom and Harry shouted in unison.
Jenny instantly closed her mouth, surprised at the reaction of the two men. Harry was glad for the small break in the conversation. It finally gave him a chance to think. But he couldn't think with Tom looking at him that way. Deciding the best course of action was a tactical retreat, he headed for one of the doors.
B'Elanna noticed him leave and cried, "Harry don't go." Harry ignored her plea and continued down the Jeffries tube. But B'Elanna was determined not to let him go, so she followed him.
"B'Elanna wait," Tom called after her. Before he could move to go after them, Jenny hopped down and grabbed his arm.
"Let them go," she said softly. "She's obviously made her choice."
"No, he can't be her choice," Tom said, pulling out of her grip and following them down the tube.
"What did you do?" Q asked as he flashed back into view. Amazed, he watched Jenny debate over whether or not to follow them into the tube.
"Just what you said, Father. I found the couple in the Jeffries tube," q answered.
"The wrong couple. Those two were already in love," Q said, feeling quite irritated.
"How was I supposed to know there would be more than one couple in the Jeffries tube? All humans look the same to me," q answered with a pout.
"Go find Harry and bring him back here. I'll take care of Jenny," Q commanded.
"Yes, father," q answered softly.
Q found Jenny asleep. Apparently all that thinking had worn her out. Just as he finished his task, his son popped back into the room.
"They're coming father," q reported.
Almost before the words were out of his mouth, the trio appeared. With a little help from Q, Jenny woke up just as Harry came in.
"Beloved," Jenny cried.
Harry rolled his eyes. "What is this? Some sick kind of joke you've all decided to play on me? What did I ever do to you?"
"The only joke here is her love," Jenny said pointing to B'Elanna.
"Liar, I've always loved him. It's your love that's false," B'Elanna shouted back.
"So you were just using Tom," Jenny shot back.
"Of course, you always knew that, right Tom?" B'Elanna said turning to face him.
"Tom...Tom?" B'Elanna called, gently shaking Tom.
"What... what?!" Tom said, waking up with a start.
"Wake up. We're in the next scene," B'Elanna said, smiling down at him.
He looked up at B'Elanna and grabbed her arm. "You still love me, right? You're not going to run off with Harry and leave me with Jenny, right?"
B'Elanna reached down and felt his forehead. "Are you feeling all right? I think you need more sleep. Come on, I'll take to your quarters. Harry will cover for us."
Tom didn't say anything. Happily he let B'Elanna take him back to quarters. When they got there, she steered him towards the bedroom. "Now get some sleep, and don't worry about the Doctor. We'll cover for you."
"I love you," Tom said, kissing her.
B'Elanna smiled knowingly and said, "Good night, Tom."
Tom curled up in bed, knowing that all was right with the world. Just before he drifted off to sleep, he could have sworn he heard voices coming from the living room.
"You're right, father. These humans really are fun to play with," q said as he looked around Tom's living room.
"Of course, but these are the boring ones. If you really want to have some fun, I have some friends on another starship in the Alpha Quadrant," Q said, smiling down at his son.
"I'd love to see them, Father," q said, excited. With that, they both disappeared with a flash of light.
THE END
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2300 hours
"Harry, get out of my way. I'm going to miss them," Jenny Delaney snapped as she hurried towards the turbolift.
"Miss who?" Harry asked innocently, hoping to stall her long enough for Tom and B'Elanna to get out of the mess hall.
"Tom and B'Elanna. They're going to trying and leave the ship," Jenny answered.
"Tom and B'Elanna?" Harry echoed, trying to see into the mess hall.
"Yes, Vorik overheard them in the mess hall this morning, making plans," Jenny explained.
"Plans?" Harry asked, struggling to keep his voice level.
"Yes. Plans." Jenny stopped short and whirled around to face Harry. "Look, I didn't ask you to follow me. Now either shut up or go away, you're slowing me down with all these questions!"
Harry's hurt expression was hidden when the whole deck suddenly went dark.
"Now what?!" Jenny Delaney exclaimed in frustration.
"What happened?" Tom called from behind B'Elanna in the Jeffries tube.
"I don't know. The sensor glitch I programmed shouldn't have done this," B'Elanna said as she blindly felt around for the door release.
"Well, now what?" Tom asked shifting in the tube.
"We keep going," B'Elanna said in a determined voice.
They wandered through a few more tubes and finally came to a junction. B'Elanna sighed. "I have no idea which junction this is."
Tom laughed. "Well, I guess we can stay here for the night. Nobody'll find us in here anyway."
They lay down in the junction, one next to each door.
"What fools these humans are," Q said from his perch on top of Voyager.
"Shouldn't we help them, Father?" q asked from beside him.
"Exactly what I was thinking son. For your first lesson, I want you to bring that couple together. That way, they'll leave the other ones in peace, and I won't lose two of my favorite people to torment," Q said, grinning at his son. He paused as if listening to something, the grin on his face fading. "Be back in a flash son. Your mother's calling."
"Of course," q replied distractedly, figuring that casting a love spell should be easy. He transported himself to the sleeping couple in the Jeffries tube junction. It was the pair that his father had been watching, so it must have been the ones that needed help. He knelt down next to the female and whispered, "May the first person you see be the one that you love." With a wave of his hand, he put his words into action, and returned to wait for his father and to watch the scene unfold.
"Do you really think they took the Jeffries tube?" Harry called back to Jenny.
"If I were trying to escape, this is the way I would go. They're usually deserted," Jenny answered.
Harry didn't answer since his attention was focused on trying to navigate the Jeffries tubes without causing bodily harm. He came upon a set of open doors to a junction. He'd started to climb down but stopped when he realized B'Elanna was right under him. He had just managed to stop himself when Jenny ran into him from above. Harry, knocked off balance, made an almost successful attempt to miss B'Elanna. He landed hard on her legs.
B'Elanna awoke with a start and anger flashed in her eyes. Her expression almost immediately changed and Harry wasn't sure if that was a good sign or a bad one.
"Harry, sweetheart, you found me," B'Elanna sighed softly as she smiled at him.
*Definitely a bad sign,* Harry thought. He was trying to decide how to deal with this unexpected turn when B'Elanna suddenly kissed him.
Tom awoke at the sound of the crash and glanced over to make sure B'Elanna was all right, only to find her locked in a passionate embrace with his best friend. He couldn't say anything for a minute. "What's going on here," he demanded when he finally found his voice again.
Harry, who had finally managed to push B'Elanna away, answered, "Tom! I don't know what happened. We were looking for you and Jenny hit me from behind and... and..."
"It's none of your business what we're doing, Tom," B'Elanna said, standing and pulling Harry up with her.
"What's going on here?" Jenny asked from the tube above the junction.
Tom narrowed his eyes as he glared at Harry. "That's what I'm trying to find out," he said, crossing his arms over his chest.
"It's simple. Harry managed to find me, despite your attempts to get me to leave with you," B'Elanna replied, smiling adoringly at Harry.
"I knew it! I knew you were trying to leave the ship," Jenny announced triumphantly.
"Shut up, Jenny!" Tom and Harry shouted in unison.
Jenny instantly closed her mouth, surprised at the reaction of the two men. Harry was glad for the small break in the conversation. It finally gave him a chance to think. But he couldn't think with Tom looking at him that way. Deciding the best course of action was a tactical retreat, he headed for one of the doors.
B'Elanna noticed him leave and cried, "Harry don't go." Harry ignored her plea and continued down the Jeffries tube. But B'Elanna was determined not to let him go, so she followed him.
"B'Elanna wait," Tom called after her. Before he could move to go after them, Jenny hopped down and grabbed his arm.
"Let them go," she said softly. "She's obviously made her choice."
"No, he can't be her choice," Tom said, pulling out of her grip and following them down the tube.
"What did you do?" Q asked as he flashed back into view. Amazed, he watched Jenny debate over whether or not to follow them into the tube.
"Just what you said, Father. I found the couple in the Jeffries tube," q answered.
"The wrong couple. Those two were already in love," Q said, feeling quite irritated.
"How was I supposed to know there would be more than one couple in the Jeffries tube? All humans look the same to me," q answered with a pout.
"Go find Harry and bring him back here. I'll take care of Jenny," Q commanded.
"Yes, father," q answered softly.
Q found Jenny asleep. Apparently all that thinking had worn her out. Just as he finished his task, his son popped back into the room.
"They're coming father," q reported.
Almost before the words were out of his mouth, the trio appeared. With a little help from Q, Jenny woke up just as Harry came in.
"Beloved," Jenny cried.
Harry rolled his eyes. "What is this? Some sick kind of joke you've all decided to play on me? What did I ever do to you?"
"The only joke here is her love," Jenny said pointing to B'Elanna.
"Liar, I've always loved him. It's your love that's false," B'Elanna shouted back.
"So you were just using Tom," Jenny shot back.
"Of course, you always knew that, right Tom?" B'Elanna said turning to face him.
"Tom...Tom?" B'Elanna called, gently shaking Tom.
"What... what?!" Tom said, waking up with a start.
"Wake up. We're in the next scene," B'Elanna said, smiling down at him.
He looked up at B'Elanna and grabbed her arm. "You still love me, right? You're not going to run off with Harry and leave me with Jenny, right?"
B'Elanna reached down and felt his forehead. "Are you feeling all right? I think you need more sleep. Come on, I'll take to your quarters. Harry will cover for us."
Tom didn't say anything. Happily he let B'Elanna take him back to quarters. When they got there, she steered him towards the bedroom. "Now get some sleep, and don't worry about the Doctor. We'll cover for you."
"I love you," Tom said, kissing her.
B'Elanna smiled knowingly and said, "Good night, Tom."
Tom curled up in bed, knowing that all was right with the world. Just before he drifted off to sleep, he could have sworn he heard voices coming from the living room.
"You're right, father. These humans really are fun to play with," q said as he looked around Tom's living room.
"Of course, but these are the boring ones. If you really want to have some fun, I have some friends on another starship in the Alpha Quadrant," Q said, smiling down at his son.
"I'd love to see them, Father," q said, excited. With that, they both disappeared with a flash of light.
THE END
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