*~* Disclaimer *~* How many disclaimers have you read in your entire life out here on the nets? I think you basically get the point by now. Some people have come up with really creative disclaimers, which I really like, but I'm not in a very creative mood right now, sorry. These characters do not belong to me, I'm borrowing them for a while. The story, however, is mine to do as I like with. I think that about sums it up.
*~* Author's Note *~* I love reviews, so anything you want to give me is great! This story can become confusing at times, so also feel free to ask questions about it in the reviews and I'll try to clear things up. Thanks! :D
[Stardate 50283.1, U.S.S. Voyager, somewhere in the Delta Quadrant]
Captain Kathryn Janeway sat in her command chair, surveying the scene. Everything was as it should be. Tom, in his pilot's chair, guiding the ship towards the Alpha Quadrant, Seven, running diagnostics at the science station, and Harry... Harry, with his eyebrows furled, looking at some data.
"Something wrong, Harry?" Kathryn didn't see the point of calling her senor officers by their rank unless needed. They'd been lost in the Delta Quadrant long enough for her to get to know them, although she still preferred them to call her Captain, just to remind everyone that she was still in charge.
"I'm not sure Captain. The sensors have picked up some sort of rift forming directly ahead. But I can't seem to get any information about the rift. All the sensors can tell me is that it's there."
Kathryn frowned slightly as she leaned her chin against one hand. "Tom, slow us to a quarter impulse. Let's take a look."
"Yes Captain," Tom replied, his fingers deftly bringing the huge ship to near stop.
"Are you getting anything on sensors now, Harry?" Kathryn asked as she turned back to her youngest senor officer.
"Not much more, Captain, I think --" he paused as he saw what the sensors were trying to tell him. "There's a ship coming out!"
"A ship?" a new voice came from behind Kathryn, as the turbo lift hissed closed. She had been too preoccupied to notice when it had opened. She turned to her first officer.
"Apparently so. What do you think?"
"Well, they haven't shown any hostile intentions," he replied, as he took his seat next to her.
"Captain, the ship is headed directly towards us," Tuvok's emotionless voice joined the conversation, as Harry interrupted him.
"The rift has closed, Captain, but I got some last minute information on the it. I believe that it led to the Alpha Quadrant!" Harry said excitedly. "He could open it up again and we could go home!"
"Let's not get our hopes up," Kathryn chided him gently. Then her tone grew thoughtful. "However, it never hurt to try. Hail them, Harry." As he did what she asked, a confused, human face appeared on the view screen.
"What are you doing here?" the man demanded, then looked at his sensors. "And where exactly is here, anyway?"
"You're human," Chakotay didn't even bother to answer the man's questions as he and Kathryn traded shocked expressions.
"Of course I'm human, what did you think I was, a Farka? Oh, never mind, it's a bit early for their species. But maybe not, if there are starships, and they're this far out. Who did you say you were?"
"I'm Captain Kathryn Janeway, of the Federation Starship Voyager," Kathryn heard herself reciting as she stood up in a daze. "Who are you?"
The man stared at her. "The Federation? The Federation doesn't exist for-- Wait a minute!" He typed for a moment on his strange computer. "How could I have been so Kala like!" he cried a moment later. "I misprogramed the stupid thing! A master's degree in this ship's technology, bah! Bart was right. I shouldn't have asked for this mission. And I'm not even orbiting Earth like I'm supposed to. Now, to correct my mistake..." he busied himself at the controls, as the Voyager crew looked on in amazement. Who was this crazy man?
"Excuse me," Chakotay breached the silence, "You know who we are, would you mind telling us who you are?"
"Also, that rift you came out of, where did it lead?" Kathryn added, trying to get as much information as possible on what could be their way home.
The man looked up, as if surprised to see them still there. "I'm Captain Lue Chaz, and as for that rift, it's none of your business. I shouldn't even be talking to you." He moved to terminate the link.
"Wait a minute, please!" Kathryn exclaimed, before Lue could touch the controls. "We're lost here in the Delta Quadrant, and we're trying to get back to Earth. Didn't that rift lead to there? Can't we go through it to go home again?"
Lue narrowed his eyes . "Absolutely not. You may know where the rift leads, but you need to stay out here until you do whatever you're supposed to do. I'm sorry," he added as he saw their faces, "but no."
"Why not? We're not even supposed to be out here in the first place, so what is it that we're supposed to do?" Kathryn asked desperately.
"How should I know? Besides, I couldn't tell you that. Worth more than my life," Lue said, his eyes hardening. "Now, if you'll excuse me..." He pressed a series of buttons and his image was replaced by the stars and his ship floating in space.
"Captain, if the ship came out of a rift, it's a sure bet that he's going to have to go through another one to get out of here. And he said he's supposed to be orbiting Earth..." Harry let the thought lay there for a moment. "We could follow him into the rift and be home in no time at all."
*~* Author's Note *~* I love reviews, so anything you want to give me is great! This story can become confusing at times, so also feel free to ask questions about it in the reviews and I'll try to clear things up. Thanks! :D
[Stardate 50283.1, U.S.S. Voyager, somewhere in the Delta Quadrant]
Captain Kathryn Janeway sat in her command chair, surveying the scene. Everything was as it should be. Tom, in his pilot's chair, guiding the ship towards the Alpha Quadrant, Seven, running diagnostics at the science station, and Harry... Harry, with his eyebrows furled, looking at some data.
"Something wrong, Harry?" Kathryn didn't see the point of calling her senor officers by their rank unless needed. They'd been lost in the Delta Quadrant long enough for her to get to know them, although she still preferred them to call her Captain, just to remind everyone that she was still in charge.
"I'm not sure Captain. The sensors have picked up some sort of rift forming directly ahead. But I can't seem to get any information about the rift. All the sensors can tell me is that it's there."
Kathryn frowned slightly as she leaned her chin against one hand. "Tom, slow us to a quarter impulse. Let's take a look."
"Yes Captain," Tom replied, his fingers deftly bringing the huge ship to near stop.
"Are you getting anything on sensors now, Harry?" Kathryn asked as she turned back to her youngest senor officer.
"Not much more, Captain, I think --" he paused as he saw what the sensors were trying to tell him. "There's a ship coming out!"
"A ship?" a new voice came from behind Kathryn, as the turbo lift hissed closed. She had been too preoccupied to notice when it had opened. She turned to her first officer.
"Apparently so. What do you think?"
"Well, they haven't shown any hostile intentions," he replied, as he took his seat next to her.
"Captain, the ship is headed directly towards us," Tuvok's emotionless voice joined the conversation, as Harry interrupted him.
"The rift has closed, Captain, but I got some last minute information on the it. I believe that it led to the Alpha Quadrant!" Harry said excitedly. "He could open it up again and we could go home!"
"Let's not get our hopes up," Kathryn chided him gently. Then her tone grew thoughtful. "However, it never hurt to try. Hail them, Harry." As he did what she asked, a confused, human face appeared on the view screen.
"What are you doing here?" the man demanded, then looked at his sensors. "And where exactly is here, anyway?"
"You're human," Chakotay didn't even bother to answer the man's questions as he and Kathryn traded shocked expressions.
"Of course I'm human, what did you think I was, a Farka? Oh, never mind, it's a bit early for their species. But maybe not, if there are starships, and they're this far out. Who did you say you were?"
"I'm Captain Kathryn Janeway, of the Federation Starship Voyager," Kathryn heard herself reciting as she stood up in a daze. "Who are you?"
The man stared at her. "The Federation? The Federation doesn't exist for-- Wait a minute!" He typed for a moment on his strange computer. "How could I have been so Kala like!" he cried a moment later. "I misprogramed the stupid thing! A master's degree in this ship's technology, bah! Bart was right. I shouldn't have asked for this mission. And I'm not even orbiting Earth like I'm supposed to. Now, to correct my mistake..." he busied himself at the controls, as the Voyager crew looked on in amazement. Who was this crazy man?
"Excuse me," Chakotay breached the silence, "You know who we are, would you mind telling us who you are?"
"Also, that rift you came out of, where did it lead?" Kathryn added, trying to get as much information as possible on what could be their way home.
The man looked up, as if surprised to see them still there. "I'm Captain Lue Chaz, and as for that rift, it's none of your business. I shouldn't even be talking to you." He moved to terminate the link.
"Wait a minute, please!" Kathryn exclaimed, before Lue could touch the controls. "We're lost here in the Delta Quadrant, and we're trying to get back to Earth. Didn't that rift lead to there? Can't we go through it to go home again?"
Lue narrowed his eyes . "Absolutely not. You may know where the rift leads, but you need to stay out here until you do whatever you're supposed to do. I'm sorry," he added as he saw their faces, "but no."
"Why not? We're not even supposed to be out here in the first place, so what is it that we're supposed to do?" Kathryn asked desperately.
"How should I know? Besides, I couldn't tell you that. Worth more than my life," Lue said, his eyes hardening. "Now, if you'll excuse me..." He pressed a series of buttons and his image was replaced by the stars and his ship floating in space.
"Captain, if the ship came out of a rift, it's a sure bet that he's going to have to go through another one to get out of here. And he said he's supposed to be orbiting Earth..." Harry let the thought lay there for a moment. "We could follow him into the rift and be home in no time at all."
