Voyager had been following the ship that had abducted Kes for an hour until
Paris informed the Captain, "Captain, the ship has gone to warp 9.95, we
can't match it." Janeway hit her fist on her chair, keep following them at
maximum warp." "Aye Captain."
* * *
Her captor stopped at a door clearly marked 20-A and punched a code in on a keypad, the door opened and her captor threw her in. Kes didn't have time to get her footing so she landed on the floor.
Before she turned over and got up she heard the door to the cell closing. Kes took a breath to think what she should do when she heard movement in the room. Kes turned her head to see a small form balled up in the corner farthest away from Kes.
"Hey, I won't hurt you." Kes got up slowly and made a step to the form, but stopped when she saw that the body just drawed itself up tighter when Kes made that move.
"I'm Kes, who are you." Kes moved another step toward the form.
That was when she got close enough to see that it was a girl, not more than 11. Kes' heart went out for the girl when she saw that she had lash marks all over her back and arms, and a deep cut on her side.
"Don't be scared, I promise I won't hurt you." The girl looked to Kes a moment; the girls' black eyes seemed to go right through her. Then to Kes' relief the girl seemed to relax just a little bit. Kes got another two steps in and kneeled beside her.
"It's alright, what's your name?" The girl looked to Kes another moment then licked her lips and answered in a very dry, cracked voice,
"You're Ocampan?" Kes was stunned that the girl would know anything about Ocampans, but decided that at least the girl talked.
"Yes I am." Kes went from kneeling to sitting by the girl and was glad to see that the girl didn't flinch when she did.
"What species are you?" Kes asked softly.
The girl looked to Kes again before answering; "I'm not." This raised a question in Kes' brain, "You're not what?"
"I'm not," The girl answered, "just one species, I have bits of almost 20 different species in me." This puzzled Kes, she had never known anyone to be crossbred with more than 2 species.
"How is that possible?" Kes asked. "I'm a supersoldeier, the scientist who made me used species with one strong background for that part of me then another species for another." The girl answered.
"Made you?" Kes was still puzzled.
"Let me restate that, he made me the super soldier I am today, I was originally a single species." The girl clarified.
"And what species would that be?" Kes asked.
"You wouldn't know who they are, they're not even from this quadrant." The girl informed her.
"Try me." Kes answered. "I was originally Human."
* * *
Her captor stopped at a door clearly marked 20-A and punched a code in on a keypad, the door opened and her captor threw her in. Kes didn't have time to get her footing so she landed on the floor.
Before she turned over and got up she heard the door to the cell closing. Kes took a breath to think what she should do when she heard movement in the room. Kes turned her head to see a small form balled up in the corner farthest away from Kes.
"Hey, I won't hurt you." Kes got up slowly and made a step to the form, but stopped when she saw that the body just drawed itself up tighter when Kes made that move.
"I'm Kes, who are you." Kes moved another step toward the form.
That was when she got close enough to see that it was a girl, not more than 11. Kes' heart went out for the girl when she saw that she had lash marks all over her back and arms, and a deep cut on her side.
"Don't be scared, I promise I won't hurt you." The girl looked to Kes a moment; the girls' black eyes seemed to go right through her. Then to Kes' relief the girl seemed to relax just a little bit. Kes got another two steps in and kneeled beside her.
"It's alright, what's your name?" The girl looked to Kes another moment then licked her lips and answered in a very dry, cracked voice,
"You're Ocampan?" Kes was stunned that the girl would know anything about Ocampans, but decided that at least the girl talked.
"Yes I am." Kes went from kneeling to sitting by the girl and was glad to see that the girl didn't flinch when she did.
"What species are you?" Kes asked softly.
The girl looked to Kes again before answering; "I'm not." This raised a question in Kes' brain, "You're not what?"
"I'm not," The girl answered, "just one species, I have bits of almost 20 different species in me." This puzzled Kes, she had never known anyone to be crossbred with more than 2 species.
"How is that possible?" Kes asked. "I'm a supersoldeier, the scientist who made me used species with one strong background for that part of me then another species for another." The girl answered.
"Made you?" Kes was still puzzled.
"Let me restate that, he made me the super soldier I am today, I was originally a single species." The girl clarified.
"And what species would that be?" Kes asked.
"You wouldn't know who they are, they're not even from this quadrant." The girl informed her.
"Try me." Kes answered. "I was originally Human."