Mutiny (part 3)
Disclaimer: See part two.
The next morning Louis Zimmerman sat at a seat in the Mess Hall. Tomas was sitting across from him. "So," Tomas said, "How do you like your look-a-like?"
"Look-a-like, that's all he is. You know how I hate holograms. Tell me about their version of you."
"He's fine, though he likes to talk about himself too much."
"And you don't?"
"That's the problem. We both prefer to talk about ourselves. I mean listening to him all the time gets really boring."
Annika passed by, "At least yours talks to you. Mine won't do that." She sat in a chair and pulled her hair to tighten her pony-tail. "She said one thing to me and that was, 'The fact that we look alike is irrelevant.' "
"I know how you feel," said Commander Tuvok said, who was near-by, "The other Tuvok wouldn't talk to me," he sat in the chair opposite from Annika, "And when he did talk all he talked about was logic."
Annika laughed, "I can't picture you being logical."
"Neither can I," said Harry who at the next table. He brought he chair closer. So did Kathryn who was also at that table.
"So," Louis said, "Have any complaints about Harry Kim?"
Harry smiled, "Not much, I haven't really been able to talk to him. But he seems kind of quiet."
Kathryn smiled, "Oh, Cpt. Janeway definitely isn't quiet."
B'Elanna walked up to them, "What's this, a group meeting?"
"We're complaining about our look-a-likes," Louis answered.
"Neat, I would say my complaint is that she's an engineer. What a boring job."
"Boring?" Neelix said as he approached. "Engineer is not boring. Also while we're complaining I must say have you spoke to the other Neelix. He's always so happy, it's annoying."
"I wonder what the Captain thinks," Tomas asked.
"I heard him," Tuvok said, "Mutter something about Chakotay being happy to meet him until he realized he was a hologram."
"I know how he feels," Louis said.
As people thought they put in more complaints or they repeated the same complaints.
"She always wears her hair the exact same way," Annika said.
"At least she does something with her hair," Kathryn pointed out.
Tuvok shook his head, "Logic this, logic that, logic, logic, logic."
"And to think who his best friend is." Harry said.
"For once," Tomas said, "I agree with you."
"He's a cook," Neelix said, "Now that is a boring job."
Eventually people their was more talking then listening.
Kim and Paris were on their way to the Mess Hall. They heard much talking just as they entered, but the talking quickly stopped. They watched as, B'Elanna quickly went back to her cooking station from a near-by table, Neelix quickly leaving the same table and out the door, Harry and Kathryn moved their chairs from that table to the one next to it, Annika left her chair and started talking to the nearest person who was not at the table, Tuvok practically ran to the other side of the room, and Tomas and Louis looked down and started eating their food quickly.
"Hmm," Paris said quietly to Kim, "Do you think they were talking about us."
Kim smiled and said jokingly, "What makes you say that?"
"Say what?" They heard from behind them. They turned to see Janeway.
"Oh, just it was kind of weird," Paris said, "That all the people in this room who have doubles were at the same table talking. But when we came in they all upped and left."
Janeway smiled, "I see."
Tom nodded, "Well, I'm going to try to talk Tomas." Tom left, got breakfast, then approached the table that Tomas and Louis were at.
Kim hesitated, he wanted to talk to Harry. But part of him didn't want to. He also wished he could talk to Harry alone.
Janeway seemed to know what he was thinking, "You know well enough that if we don't approached them, they're going to approached us."
They both got breakfast from B'Elanna, which was soup, then approached the table.
"Ah, sit," Kathryn said, "I'm glad you decided to join us."
Kim sat and looked at his soup, it was it was green and lumpy.
"So," Harry said, "Do you too have any questions you'd like to ask."
"Yes," Janeway said, "What were you before you joined the Maquis. Both of you."
"I was a starfleet doctor before I quit, " Kathryn said.
Harry nodded, "And I was in my third year at the Academy."
"Then you quit," Kim said, it was half a question.
"No, actually, I never quit."
"Look," Kathryn said, "We'll tell our story, and then you can tell you about yourselves."
"Sounds good."
Harry started, "Kathrena and I met when I joined the Academy. We became friends very quickly. She's the reason I became interested into medicine."
"A year later it became something more," Kathryn continued, "And after another two years we became engaged. By this time I heard of a group, the Maquis, they started after Ferengi started taking away the homes of Federation colonies from ex-Federation planets. A friend of mine, Sara, had lost her home. So I decided to join the Maquis."
Harry started talking, "When she told me she wanted to join, I decided to join too. We found a way to talk to the people in charge. They told Kathrena to quit Starfleet, which we figured. But they told me to stay and be their spy and give any information I could find that would be helpful. We agreed, but the problem was you can't have a Maquis and "Starfleet" get married."
"So, Harry and I decided to marry in secret. We did a month later. Only three other people knew about it besides us. The guy who preformed the ceremony, and the two witnesses, Annika and...Chakotay."
"Chakotay?" Janeway asked, "You mean non-hologram?"
Harry smiled, "Yes, he was my teacher at the Academy. He found out I had joined the Maquis but he said he'd never say anything about it. I trusted him and I was right to do so." Harry waited a second to continue with the story, "We did change our names in that marriage to Kija, but we both continued using our formal names. For her, Janeway, for me, Kim. So in our first year of marriage we hardly saw each other. But we did give many coded messages to each other. Then the ship she was in, the Kaay, disappeared in the Roughgrounds. Starfleet wanted to look for it because it had one of their spies on it."
"Though they didn't know, Harry had told me about the spy, who by the way was B'Elanna. The ship USS Voyager was to be the one to find it. Harry volunteered to be on that ship. If Voyager did find us, he was to make sure they didn't capture us. Then Voyager disappeared and was brought to the Delta Quadrant, like the Kaay was. We were reunited."
Janeway smiled.
Kim smiled too, he was glad he was talking to them now.
Harry smiled, "You know, the Captain wasn't very happy to hear he had a spy."
"And then when we told him we were married," Kathryn said smiling, "The look on his face."
"So how was life before Voyager?" Paris asked.
"I told you about mine," Tomas said, "Traveling from place to place for free room and board. When and if they told me I had to start paying I would go someplace else." Tomas sat back, "Ah, now that was the life to live."
"You must have been to alot of places," Paris said.
"Yeah, but mostly ships, unfortunately," Tomas sighed, "The last ship I chose was the USS Voyager."
Louis laughed, "Well if I hadn't taken that offer I would be here either. Now I can't keep my name up in newspapers."
Paris frowned, "What?"
"I always wanted to be famous, I went into the Academy thinking I could invent something really great and get in the newspaper. But that didn't work. When the Maquis came I thought of joining them, but leaving Starfleet to join them wasn't really a big deal after so many others had done it. So I did something different, I joined them secretly, then after a week went back to Starfleet, then after another week I rejoined the Maquis, then back to Starfleet. I figured once I was caught I would be in the newspaper. I went back to the Maquis but by this time they figured out where I was going, so I went back Starfleet, and I was arrested. It was great, I was interviewed by three different reporters and made it in 5 newspapers, one being the front page."
Paris couldn't help think that this guy was a little strange. But he was curious, "What happen after?"
"I was sentence for 10 years in jail. Then Starfleet came and offered 4 less years if I help Voyager find a missing Maquis ship, the Kaay. If I knew I would end up here I would have never taken the offer."
"You don't have it so bad," Tomas said, "You did after all become Operations officer and well respected."
Louis sighed.
Later that day Kathryn was talking to Harry and Annika. "Harry, George Q'tal, works on the bridge soon, right?"
"Yes, at the science station."
"Update him before he gets there. Annika, you talk to Yena."
They nodded and left.
Pearl Forest sat in a corner of engineering. Her fingers glided over the station to find the Captain's program.
The computer said, "State your code for access."
Pearl frowned and tried again.
"State you code for access."
Pearl hit the council, "What code? There is no code."
"A code is needed to access the holocaptain's program."
"For how long?"
"Two months, 3 days, 6 hours, 48 minutes and 13 seconds."
Pearl frowned then suddenly tapped her combadge, "Forest to Dr. Kija."
"Kija here, is-"
"Something's wrong, I can't get to the Captain's program. It needs a code."
"Since when?"
"Two months ago." Pearl lowered her voice, "Could they know?"
Kathryn frowned, "Why wouldn't they say anything?"
"I don't know." Pearl looked up as someone approached, Vorik.
Vorik went up to her with a phaser, "Pearl Forrest, you are under arrest for tampering with the Captain's program. I am to take you to the brig."
"What? I am the chief engineering I was merely checking to make sure it was in working correctly."
"You are arrested, no arguments."
Kathryn frowned, if it was just her they suspected it was ok. She stayed quiet until the transmission cut off.
"Hannsen to Dr. Kija, I tried to locate Yena, she's in the brig. Then when I tried to access my security council I was denied access. I needed a code."
"Pearl needed a code to get to the holoprogram. She was arrested. Starfleet must have figured it out."
"I guess Plan A didn't work."
Kathryn grabbed a phaser from her closet "Neither will Plan B, we're going to Plan C."
"Aye sir, Hannsen out."
Kathryn left her quarters and tapped her badge, "Dr. Kija to Lt. Kija."
"Kathrena, I was about to call you."
"George is in the brig?"
"Yes."
"Pearl and Yena were arrested too. Plan C."
"Understood. Kija out."
Louis was at operations on the bridge when Alex Kindle, from security pointed a phaser at him, "Which side are you on?"
Louis frowned, "What?"
"Arrest him," the Captain said.
"What?" Louis said again. "Why? Side? What are you talking about?"
He was taken to the brig, it was there he first learned about the mutiny.
Neelix (from engineer) heard about the mutiny after Pearl was arrested. The new chief engineer, Fauna, had to received new orders. The job to find the way back to the other universe had ceased.
Neelix kept working, unsure what to do. His job slowed.
"Work faster, Neelix," Fauna said, "We have to help stop the Maquis."
Neelix quickened his pace, then slowed to ask, "If this going to become an all out fight."
"I don't know."
"If the Maquis win, what will happen to us."
"I don't know. Neelix, are you on their side or our side?"
"Your side of course."
"Good." Fauna left.
Neelix worked for a few more seconds, then he left. He decided it would be best stay neutral.
Janeway and her crew were in one of the quarters. "The mutiny started, and engineer forgot about us."
"That's one way to say it," Paris said.
"Are we still staying neutral?" Neelix asked.
"Unless you have a better idea."
"Captain," Chakotay said, "Both sides are pretty even, and they're both are probably going ask us to join their side."
"Yes?"
"Well, I was thinking, we can help whoever says they'll help us."
"Chakotay, I don't think we should interfere."
"Us being here is interfering."
Janeway looked around, "What does everyone else think?"
"I agree," Torres said, "Stay neutral until one side comes to us."
"Anyone disagree?" Janeway looked among them, but no one said anything. "Ok, well, if anyone is approached, then tell me and will go with that side. Whatever side that is."
The Captain worked in his office trying to figure out what to do next. Afraid any moment someone would get to his program and delete it.
The door charmed.
The Captain looked up suspisously, "Computer who's at my door?"
"Lt. B'Elanna Torres."
He nodded, "Come in."
B'Elanna entered. "You wanted to talk."
"I assume you know about the mutiny."
"Yes."
"I ordered engineer to stop finding a way to help our visitors, for now."
"That's understandable."
"I have a plan. Find one of them and tell them that if they agree to work with us, I will order engineer to continue."
"You think that will work."
Chakotay held up a small microphone. "I just listened to a meeting of their's. They will."
"Sneaky, you better hope they don't find out."
Harry listened in. The Captain continued talking having no idea he had a bug in his office. "Yes, now go find one of them. Dismissed."
"Very clever of you Captain." Harry said to himself. He tapped his combadge, "Lt. Kija to Dr. Kija."
to be continued...
Disclaimer: See part two.
The next morning Louis Zimmerman sat at a seat in the Mess Hall. Tomas was sitting across from him. "So," Tomas said, "How do you like your look-a-like?"
"Look-a-like, that's all he is. You know how I hate holograms. Tell me about their version of you."
"He's fine, though he likes to talk about himself too much."
"And you don't?"
"That's the problem. We both prefer to talk about ourselves. I mean listening to him all the time gets really boring."
Annika passed by, "At least yours talks to you. Mine won't do that." She sat in a chair and pulled her hair to tighten her pony-tail. "She said one thing to me and that was, 'The fact that we look alike is irrelevant.' "
"I know how you feel," said Commander Tuvok said, who was near-by, "The other Tuvok wouldn't talk to me," he sat in the chair opposite from Annika, "And when he did talk all he talked about was logic."
Annika laughed, "I can't picture you being logical."
"Neither can I," said Harry who at the next table. He brought he chair closer. So did Kathryn who was also at that table.
"So," Louis said, "Have any complaints about Harry Kim?"
Harry smiled, "Not much, I haven't really been able to talk to him. But he seems kind of quiet."
Kathryn smiled, "Oh, Cpt. Janeway definitely isn't quiet."
B'Elanna walked up to them, "What's this, a group meeting?"
"We're complaining about our look-a-likes," Louis answered.
"Neat, I would say my complaint is that she's an engineer. What a boring job."
"Boring?" Neelix said as he approached. "Engineer is not boring. Also while we're complaining I must say have you spoke to the other Neelix. He's always so happy, it's annoying."
"I wonder what the Captain thinks," Tomas asked.
"I heard him," Tuvok said, "Mutter something about Chakotay being happy to meet him until he realized he was a hologram."
"I know how he feels," Louis said.
As people thought they put in more complaints or they repeated the same complaints.
"She always wears her hair the exact same way," Annika said.
"At least she does something with her hair," Kathryn pointed out.
Tuvok shook his head, "Logic this, logic that, logic, logic, logic."
"And to think who his best friend is." Harry said.
"For once," Tomas said, "I agree with you."
"He's a cook," Neelix said, "Now that is a boring job."
Eventually people their was more talking then listening.
Kim and Paris were on their way to the Mess Hall. They heard much talking just as they entered, but the talking quickly stopped. They watched as, B'Elanna quickly went back to her cooking station from a near-by table, Neelix quickly leaving the same table and out the door, Harry and Kathryn moved their chairs from that table to the one next to it, Annika left her chair and started talking to the nearest person who was not at the table, Tuvok practically ran to the other side of the room, and Tomas and Louis looked down and started eating their food quickly.
"Hmm," Paris said quietly to Kim, "Do you think they were talking about us."
Kim smiled and said jokingly, "What makes you say that?"
"Say what?" They heard from behind them. They turned to see Janeway.
"Oh, just it was kind of weird," Paris said, "That all the people in this room who have doubles were at the same table talking. But when we came in they all upped and left."
Janeway smiled, "I see."
Tom nodded, "Well, I'm going to try to talk Tomas." Tom left, got breakfast, then approached the table that Tomas and Louis were at.
Kim hesitated, he wanted to talk to Harry. But part of him didn't want to. He also wished he could talk to Harry alone.
Janeway seemed to know what he was thinking, "You know well enough that if we don't approached them, they're going to approached us."
They both got breakfast from B'Elanna, which was soup, then approached the table.
"Ah, sit," Kathryn said, "I'm glad you decided to join us."
Kim sat and looked at his soup, it was it was green and lumpy.
"So," Harry said, "Do you too have any questions you'd like to ask."
"Yes," Janeway said, "What were you before you joined the Maquis. Both of you."
"I was a starfleet doctor before I quit, " Kathryn said.
Harry nodded, "And I was in my third year at the Academy."
"Then you quit," Kim said, it was half a question.
"No, actually, I never quit."
"Look," Kathryn said, "We'll tell our story, and then you can tell you about yourselves."
"Sounds good."
Harry started, "Kathrena and I met when I joined the Academy. We became friends very quickly. She's the reason I became interested into medicine."
"A year later it became something more," Kathryn continued, "And after another two years we became engaged. By this time I heard of a group, the Maquis, they started after Ferengi started taking away the homes of Federation colonies from ex-Federation planets. A friend of mine, Sara, had lost her home. So I decided to join the Maquis."
Harry started talking, "When she told me she wanted to join, I decided to join too. We found a way to talk to the people in charge. They told Kathrena to quit Starfleet, which we figured. But they told me to stay and be their spy and give any information I could find that would be helpful. We agreed, but the problem was you can't have a Maquis and "Starfleet" get married."
"So, Harry and I decided to marry in secret. We did a month later. Only three other people knew about it besides us. The guy who preformed the ceremony, and the two witnesses, Annika and...Chakotay."
"Chakotay?" Janeway asked, "You mean non-hologram?"
Harry smiled, "Yes, he was my teacher at the Academy. He found out I had joined the Maquis but he said he'd never say anything about it. I trusted him and I was right to do so." Harry waited a second to continue with the story, "We did change our names in that marriage to Kija, but we both continued using our formal names. For her, Janeway, for me, Kim. So in our first year of marriage we hardly saw each other. But we did give many coded messages to each other. Then the ship she was in, the Kaay, disappeared in the Roughgrounds. Starfleet wanted to look for it because it had one of their spies on it."
"Though they didn't know, Harry had told me about the spy, who by the way was B'Elanna. The ship USS Voyager was to be the one to find it. Harry volunteered to be on that ship. If Voyager did find us, he was to make sure they didn't capture us. Then Voyager disappeared and was brought to the Delta Quadrant, like the Kaay was. We were reunited."
Janeway smiled.
Kim smiled too, he was glad he was talking to them now.
Harry smiled, "You know, the Captain wasn't very happy to hear he had a spy."
"And then when we told him we were married," Kathryn said smiling, "The look on his face."
"So how was life before Voyager?" Paris asked.
"I told you about mine," Tomas said, "Traveling from place to place for free room and board. When and if they told me I had to start paying I would go someplace else." Tomas sat back, "Ah, now that was the life to live."
"You must have been to alot of places," Paris said.
"Yeah, but mostly ships, unfortunately," Tomas sighed, "The last ship I chose was the USS Voyager."
Louis laughed, "Well if I hadn't taken that offer I would be here either. Now I can't keep my name up in newspapers."
Paris frowned, "What?"
"I always wanted to be famous, I went into the Academy thinking I could invent something really great and get in the newspaper. But that didn't work. When the Maquis came I thought of joining them, but leaving Starfleet to join them wasn't really a big deal after so many others had done it. So I did something different, I joined them secretly, then after a week went back to Starfleet, then after another week I rejoined the Maquis, then back to Starfleet. I figured once I was caught I would be in the newspaper. I went back to the Maquis but by this time they figured out where I was going, so I went back Starfleet, and I was arrested. It was great, I was interviewed by three different reporters and made it in 5 newspapers, one being the front page."
Paris couldn't help think that this guy was a little strange. But he was curious, "What happen after?"
"I was sentence for 10 years in jail. Then Starfleet came and offered 4 less years if I help Voyager find a missing Maquis ship, the Kaay. If I knew I would end up here I would have never taken the offer."
"You don't have it so bad," Tomas said, "You did after all become Operations officer and well respected."
Louis sighed.
Later that day Kathryn was talking to Harry and Annika. "Harry, George Q'tal, works on the bridge soon, right?"
"Yes, at the science station."
"Update him before he gets there. Annika, you talk to Yena."
They nodded and left.
Pearl Forest sat in a corner of engineering. Her fingers glided over the station to find the Captain's program.
The computer said, "State your code for access."
Pearl frowned and tried again.
"State you code for access."
Pearl hit the council, "What code? There is no code."
"A code is needed to access the holocaptain's program."
"For how long?"
"Two months, 3 days, 6 hours, 48 minutes and 13 seconds."
Pearl frowned then suddenly tapped her combadge, "Forest to Dr. Kija."
"Kija here, is-"
"Something's wrong, I can't get to the Captain's program. It needs a code."
"Since when?"
"Two months ago." Pearl lowered her voice, "Could they know?"
Kathryn frowned, "Why wouldn't they say anything?"
"I don't know." Pearl looked up as someone approached, Vorik.
Vorik went up to her with a phaser, "Pearl Forrest, you are under arrest for tampering with the Captain's program. I am to take you to the brig."
"What? I am the chief engineering I was merely checking to make sure it was in working correctly."
"You are arrested, no arguments."
Kathryn frowned, if it was just her they suspected it was ok. She stayed quiet until the transmission cut off.
"Hannsen to Dr. Kija, I tried to locate Yena, she's in the brig. Then when I tried to access my security council I was denied access. I needed a code."
"Pearl needed a code to get to the holoprogram. She was arrested. Starfleet must have figured it out."
"I guess Plan A didn't work."
Kathryn grabbed a phaser from her closet "Neither will Plan B, we're going to Plan C."
"Aye sir, Hannsen out."
Kathryn left her quarters and tapped her badge, "Dr. Kija to Lt. Kija."
"Kathrena, I was about to call you."
"George is in the brig?"
"Yes."
"Pearl and Yena were arrested too. Plan C."
"Understood. Kija out."
Louis was at operations on the bridge when Alex Kindle, from security pointed a phaser at him, "Which side are you on?"
Louis frowned, "What?"
"Arrest him," the Captain said.
"What?" Louis said again. "Why? Side? What are you talking about?"
He was taken to the brig, it was there he first learned about the mutiny.
Neelix (from engineer) heard about the mutiny after Pearl was arrested. The new chief engineer, Fauna, had to received new orders. The job to find the way back to the other universe had ceased.
Neelix kept working, unsure what to do. His job slowed.
"Work faster, Neelix," Fauna said, "We have to help stop the Maquis."
Neelix quickened his pace, then slowed to ask, "If this going to become an all out fight."
"I don't know."
"If the Maquis win, what will happen to us."
"I don't know. Neelix, are you on their side or our side?"
"Your side of course."
"Good." Fauna left.
Neelix worked for a few more seconds, then he left. He decided it would be best stay neutral.
Janeway and her crew were in one of the quarters. "The mutiny started, and engineer forgot about us."
"That's one way to say it," Paris said.
"Are we still staying neutral?" Neelix asked.
"Unless you have a better idea."
"Captain," Chakotay said, "Both sides are pretty even, and they're both are probably going ask us to join their side."
"Yes?"
"Well, I was thinking, we can help whoever says they'll help us."
"Chakotay, I don't think we should interfere."
"Us being here is interfering."
Janeway looked around, "What does everyone else think?"
"I agree," Torres said, "Stay neutral until one side comes to us."
"Anyone disagree?" Janeway looked among them, but no one said anything. "Ok, well, if anyone is approached, then tell me and will go with that side. Whatever side that is."
The Captain worked in his office trying to figure out what to do next. Afraid any moment someone would get to his program and delete it.
The door charmed.
The Captain looked up suspisously, "Computer who's at my door?"
"Lt. B'Elanna Torres."
He nodded, "Come in."
B'Elanna entered. "You wanted to talk."
"I assume you know about the mutiny."
"Yes."
"I ordered engineer to stop finding a way to help our visitors, for now."
"That's understandable."
"I have a plan. Find one of them and tell them that if they agree to work with us, I will order engineer to continue."
"You think that will work."
Chakotay held up a small microphone. "I just listened to a meeting of their's. They will."
"Sneaky, you better hope they don't find out."
Harry listened in. The Captain continued talking having no idea he had a bug in his office. "Yes, now go find one of them. Dismissed."
"Very clever of you Captain." Harry said to himself. He tapped his combadge, "Lt. Kija to Dr. Kija."
to be continued...