Disclaimer: Same as on chapter 1 and 3

Summary: On the bridge they make first contact with a new alien species.

Here's the 4th chapter...

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Chapter 4

The captain and commander stepped onto the bridge and made their way down to the command chairs. Tom turned swiveled around in his chair at the helm to face the command duo. "You managed to get the captain out of bed. wow." Tom said with mocked surprise. He shouldn't have done that. The glare that the captain directed at him would have put a phaser to shame.

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Tom yawned and stretched his arms out in front of him. Janeway sighed and looked around the bridge. This had to be the most boring duty shift ever. In fact, it was so boring that some of them were falling asleep at their posts. Harry's eyes were starting to close and his head was about to touch the console. She decided to shake him up a bit. "Something interesting on sensors Mr. Kim?" Harry's head jerked up. "Wha.what?" Tom tried to stifle his laughter but only succeeded in making it come out as a snort. Harry blushed, "No, ma'am" "Something amusing Mr. Paris?" Tom opened his mouth then closed it again. "No, captain" Good, lets get back to work, and Mr. Kim it's not crunch time, Captain will do."

Janeway was about to lean back into her chair when suddenly, Voyager shook violently. The lights dimmed then came back on again.

The captain found herself temporarily pinned under her first officer as the two of them tumbled off their seats to their right and were slammed down onto the deck. She found herself staring into Chakotay's eyes as he pushed himself off her and pulled her up. "Sorry about that Captain", Chakotay grinned. "Apology accepted", she smiled back. "An alien vessel has just decloaked and has just opened fire. Shields are down to seventy-four percent." Harry had just pulled himself off the floor and was nursing his left arm as he studied the sensor data coming in. Janeway turned to Tuvok who had somehow managed to remain seated while everyone else was thrown to the deck. He nodded in confirmation.

"Red alert! Well then Mr. Tuvok, return fire. After all a good turn deserves another, I'm sure the same goes for phaser blasts." Tuvok just raised an eyebrow and complied. "Mr. Kim try hailing them." Voyager shook again. "Shields down to seventy percent. No response to hails captain."

"Mr. Tuvok, arm photon Torpedoes."

"Torpedoes armed captain"

"Fire!"

"Torpedoes away"

"Enemy ship has been disabled and is retreating." Harry announced. Janeway let out a deep breath. "Stand down red alert"

"Captain! There's another ship approaching. It has the same hull configuration as the first. This one is much bigger though."

"Shields up. Hail them Mr. Kim."

"They're hailing us, captain." Harry sounded surprised. The captain got up and walked towards the view screen, tucking the strands of hair that had escaped from her clip behind her ear. "On screen."

A male humanoid face appeared on the screen. His eyebrows and eyes were set farther apart then a human's and his red hair and beard was so long that the end could not be seen on the view screen.

"Greetings alien vessel. I am commodore Lokan of the Omari vessel Vikad."

"Captain Janeway of the starship Voyager. We have no hostile intentions towards your people. We were just passing through on our way home."

The alien Lokan cut her off. "No need for apologies Captain...um... Janeway. We should be the one apologizing. May I meet with you in person? Preferably your ship as mine has no meeting room."

Captain Janeway turned her head and glanced at Chakotay then at Tuvok who merely raised his eyebrows.

"Prepare to be transported over."

Then she signaled Harry to cut the transmission. She turned and headed for the turbolift. She called over her shoulder. "Chakotay,

Tuvok, you're with me. Paris you have the bridge. And Harry report to sickbay and get the docter to fix that arm of yours." She flashed him a smile as the turbo lift doors closed, bringing its passengers down to transporter room one on deck 4.

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