Disclaimer; I don't own voyager, Tom Paris, Harry, Janeway etc. but the storyline is all mine you may get ideas but it has to be completely different, the S.E.F is all mine too. Plus Turner, knight, Davis, Madison etc. so don't use them otherwise read and enjoy.

Rating: PG-13 to be on the safe side, but if you really wants to read it. I'm not stopping you; it's only Pg-13 cause of violence death, angst and all that stuff.

Summary; Tom Paris is not who he appears to be, he is an agent for the S.E.F (Special Elite forces) When he is sent 10 fresh new agents to train, it is a matter of time before the cover breaks, but that is not all which is on their mind.

Chapter 4 of????? A lot though but I don't know exactly. I will post as quickly as I can. Plus this is a series so if you like it and more with the Tom is an agent the next chapter is coming SOON!!! Reviews, Reviews, Reviews. Get the hint?

Thanks to H Louise for checking this for me. The depth of a lie ****************** Chapter 4: A shoulder to cry upon

Chapter 4: A shoulder to cry on.

Janeway stood in front of the young woman, giving her time to breathe, whatever she had to say was big on her part. The young woman opened her mouth to speak, the words on the tip of her tongue.

"Tuvok to Janeway," Tuvok said over the com.

"Here, what is it Tuvok," Janeway said slightly annoyed, she was so close to getting this poor girl to open up.

"Crewman Mitchell was found dead on the quarters deck," Tuvok said, in his usual monotone voice.

"What? How? Dead! I'll be right there," Janeway said closing the com-line before turning to Casey." Stay here, I'll be back then we can talk," Janeway said in soothing voice. With that Janeway walked out of the door, and headed towards the crew quarters deck.

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Paris looked at the body, it lay there, motionless. Paris had called Tuvok immediately, as the crew needed to know the threat. He had wanted to go and find Casey, but they had wanted him to stay, as he had found the body and fill out a report. He wasn't worried about Casey telling anymore, Janeway probably didn't have time to hear what she had to say. At that moment he heard footsteps coming his way, he knew it had to be Janeway, because this section was closed off to everyone but the security team, him and Janeway.

Janeway walked over and talked to Tuvok. Paris saw her turn her face away from the body, obviously upset and worried about the death of one of her crewmembers. Tuvok finished his conversation with Janeway, and walked to his security team. Janeway looked once more at the devastating sight, which once was a loyal member of her crew. Paris felt slightly sorry for the Captain, one because of what she was going through losing just one member of her crew, and two, because more lives would most definitely be lost. Janeway looked up and caught his eye, she looked shocked, and started walking over.

"Tom, what are you doing here/" Janeway said with a confused look on her face.

"Captain, didn't Tuvok tell you, I found him," Paris said, looking Janeway in the eye. He hadn't said body. "Tuvok said I should stay here."

"Why don't you go back to your quarters, I think we can trust you not to tell anyone yet, we don't want people to start panicking," Janeway said, patting Paris on the shoulder. Paris nodded his thanks, and started walking out of the restricted area, not to go to his quarters, but to find Casey.

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Casey hadn't waited long, she had started thinking about what she had almost done, she nearly exposed the S.E.F. After a couple of minutes of that thought echoing in her mind, she decided to talk to Paris about her problems, and telling Janeway about the S.E.F was not acceptable.

*I'll find Paris, he'll help me, that's what he's there for. * Casey thought walking down the corridor *He'll help me through this. *

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Janeway couldn't believe it, one of her crewmembers had been consumed by an unknown creature, the thought of it made her feel sick. The more worrying thought was that the creature was still on her ship, and that more lives could be taken in this devastating way. They had to find it, usually that would have been easy, just look on the ship's internal sensors to find any unwanted life forms, but this creature seemed to mask its life-signs in some way. Janeway hated to think who would be next and hoped there wouldn't be a next. Janeway walked onto the bridge, she was just about to sit down, when she remembered Casey was in her Ready room. Janeway walked in, expecting to see Casey standing there, but she wasn't in the room. Janeway strode onto the bridge with a perplexed look on her face.

"She said she had to be somewhere, she was in a rush." An Ensign said, realising the reason for her bewilderment.

"Thank you Ensign," Janeway said walking into the turbolift. The doors closed and Janeway addressed the computer. "Where on board is Ensign Casey?" Janeway said expecting the young woman's quarters or one of the other newcomers quarters. "Ensign Casey is in Lt Paris' quarters," The computer stated in its usual tone.

*Why is Casey in Tom's quarters* Janeway thought confused, then again Casey had gone to speak to Tom first, maybe they were friends or something, she hadn't known. Janeway made her way to Paris' quarters, she needed to speak to Casey.

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Paris' sat in his quarters, he had asked the computer where Casey was but the computer had said she was moving. Paris had guessed she was going to be coming to him, so he would wait. Paris didn't have to wait little over a minute before his chime rung.

"Come in" Paris said to the person on the other side of the door, he knew who it was, but he had to pretend he didn't expect her. He knew she wouldn't say anything, she was to dedicated she was just shuck up with finding the body. Casey walked into the quarters wearing a worried expression on her face. Paris would have to agree with what her file and the other agents said about her, her only weakness was that she showed emotions easily, but Paris would fix that. He was one of the best, especially at hiding his emotions, and if it took extra training for Casey so that she could hide her emotions as well, he would do. This girl was clever and Turner had given him a letter from the S.E.F, saying that Casey could be one of the best if she could conceal her emotions. Paris then realised something, why did they send their new best agents in training to the Delta Quadrant? He had looked at Casey's file, and wondered why they had given him all this information on her. Then he got it, the reason all ten of these agents were here to be trained by, was not just so the S.E.F would have some agents in another quadrant, but so Casey could be taught by him, to control her emotions, that was the mission.

*Casey's really clever and good at nearly everything, I can see why they want to train her but what's so special about her, that they have to send her to me, when I'm in the Delta Quadrant. It must have taken years to develop the technology, so what's so special about Casey. * Paris thought realising Casey still hadn't come in.

"Come in," Paris said for a second time. Casey walked in trying to keep her emotions in check.

"Sir, I need." Casey said, stopping as she straightened up and spoke again in a stronger more controlled voice. "I need to speak to you."

"At ease, before you break your back. Sit down," Paris said trying to ease the situation. Casey loosened up and sat down next to Paris.

"You found the man, didn't you," Paris said in a calm reassuring voice. Casey nodded and burst out crying. Paris got a tissue, in these cases it was best to let them get it out of their systems, reassure them, and that's what she did. Casey leaned on his shoulder crying her eyes out. He thought he heard her say sorry over and over again, he felt sorry for her, he felt sorry for all of them.

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Janeway walked down Voyager's corridors on the way to Tom's quarters, to speak to Casey. Janeway stepped up to Tom's quarters and wondered how good a friend Tom was to Casey. She had never seen them eating in the mess hall, or talking for that matter. Janeway rang the door chime and awaited a response, and got one.

"Come in," Janeway walked in on the sound of Tom's voice. Janeway was a bit taken back when she saw the scene in Tom's lounge area. Casey was leaning on Tom's shoulder, tears falling freely down her cheeks while Tom was handing her tissues. He looked up to see the Captain and so did Casey, taking her head off of Tom's shoulder and wiping her eyes to clear the tears.

"Captain, something wrong?" Paris said in his best, surprised voice, he knew she would be coming.

" Nothing is, wrong Tom, I just need to talk to Ensign Casey for a minute," Janeway said with a motherly smile on her face. "We need to finish our conversation, remember." Casey looked at Paris for reassurance, she couldn't tell. Paris understood that Casey had regained her self-control, and wasn't going to tell Janeway about the S.E.F.

"Casey, it's ok, you can tell me," Janeway said, looking at her softly.

"I don't think she wants to talk about it right now, Captain," Paris said politely. Janeway looked at Tom he had a stern look in his eyes, one she hadn't seen before, a cold look.

"Ok, I'll speak to you when your ready," Janeway said walking out of the door. She had never seen Tom like that before; he was like a totally different person.

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Paris watched as Janeway walked out of the door, he was mad at her and for a moment he had let it show a little. Janeway was being selfish just then, which was a rare thing for the brilliant Captain; she had come here not to comfort the girl, but to get the information she wanted out of her. Paris looked up as he saw Casey walk into the bathroom and close the door, he put his head in his hands, how could he blame Janeway? She didn't know any better, she may be a good Captain but when all things were added up she was only Starfleet. Paris didn't like Starfleet, even though the S.E.F and Starfleet worked closely with one another, they thought they were the only organisation worthy of being in space. They thought they were good at what they did, and some of them were good, but not as good as any S.E.F agent. S.E.F agents had been trained in everything. Only top Starfleet officials knew about them for many reasons, the main one being that they would want to be a part of the missions. They would always be asking to do joint work but they didn't understand how good you have to be to be an agent. Casey walked out of the bathroom, bringing Paris' mind to the present, her face was dry and her eyes focused. She nodded to Paris, and headed towards the door, just before she was about to go out she looked at Paris her eyes calm.

"Thank you," She said, turning around again.

"Just remember, your staying behind for an hour after training, so you can learn to control your emotions," Paris said looking her in the eye smiling, and with that she walked out. Paris' smile faded and a sad look replaced it, he had given her a shoulder to cry on, he hadn't done that in a while. Paris' face turned back to neutral. He closed his eyes, his mind going back to the real problem, the creature.

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Janeway walked into the sickbay, her eyes filled with sorrow as she saw the lifeless Ensign on the bio-bed.

"Doctor," Janeway said simply, it was all she needed to say.

"It's confirmed, he was eaten," The Doctor replied looking at the Captain, he knew what she was thinking, who's next?

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Paris walked into the Mess hall for breakfast, he looked around and saw Harry, sitting alone. Paris walked up to him, and sat down. "What's, the matter Harry?" said Paris acting in his friendly way.

"You haven't heard," Harry said looking up at Tom.

"You mean the devoured crewman, yep I know," Paris said calmly.

"You don't seem very upset," Harry said, upset that his friend wasn't bothered. When Paris didn't speak up Harry continued, "I feel sorry for the person who found the body."

"I found him, didn't you know?" Paris stated plainly, he was acting a lot like Paris today, probably because he didn't fell like being Tom today.

"You! Are you ok? It must have been a horrible sight," Harry said worried about his friend.

"Harry, it's not like I'm the one who was eaten alive," Paris said, slightly annoyed at how naive Harry was.

"Still," Harry said so quietly that it was almost a whisper, Paris only just heard it. Harry got up and left, saying a small good bye to Paris as he walked out of the mess hall doors.

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The creature moved slowly along the deck, he was hungry again. He needed food and soon. The creature looked around wondering who was next. A man walked out of the mess hall doors, he looked upset, he had dark hair and eyes, and he looked young and naïve, perfect.

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Harry walked out of the mess hall, he was mad at Tom for not caring. Harry walked up to his quarters and entered the code, he heard someone behind him, and he smiled, Tom had probably come to apologise. Harry turned and the expression on his face drastically changed, as his eyes lay upon a creature, the creature. The one that had consumed the Ensign. Harry thought for a second if he was ever going to see tomorrow, or was it all over for him, and maybe even Voyager.

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Well, well, well, aren't I just so mean, not really. That's the 4th chapter, the 5 will be more to do with Paris and his lies and the creature again, also it will have more of Knight, this one was more Casey, as you could tell.

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