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Fate never changes.



Cavitt looked around the cell at the other Starfleet officers. He had waited for Janeway but she hadn't been brought here with the rest of them, most likely being 'questioned' by the Maquis scum! He knew that he should have turned down this assignment. What did he really expect when a woman was captaining a vessel? Oh they were fine in sciences or medicine but not in command. This was evident. He knew that if he had been the Captain then they would never have been captured. Cavitt needed to get out of this place. He had to survive, that way Starfleet would crown him a hero and most likely he would be promoted to Captain for his bravery. So he sat at the back of the cell waiting for his opportunity. Others in the crew had turned to Cavitt when they had first discovered the Captain missing but after repeated comments from him about leaving him alone, he was thinking of a plan, the crew had steered clear. The first officer was supposed to be the source of strength for the crew when the Captain was missing, but the Starfleet crew realised that his was just out for himself. Tuvok wasn't really much help, he just kept spouting things like' that is illogical' so the crew had turned to Harry Kim. He was an Ensign but seemed a natural at taking command. He reassured the others that the Captain as doing everything she could to get them out of it. Cavitt at first found the shift of command infuriating but he realised it gave him the perfect opportunity to escape with his life. If he acted the withdrawn officer then the Maquis would most likely leave him alone. Unfortunately for him the Maquis had also come to the same conclusion and Cavitt's quiet confidence diminished the minute he heard a Bajoran woman enter the room and direct her sadistic smile directly at him.

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This time when Kathryn opened her eyes the pain in her body wasn't as bad, her head still pounded but it had reduced to more tolerable levels. A movement from across the room alerted her to the fact that she wasn't alone. Kathryn tried to keep still so that the other person wouldn't realise that she was awake. Unfortunately it was too late.

"Ahh Captain, I see you're awake." It was Chakotay. She felt her face grow red at the sight of his annoyingly smug smile.

"Clever observation." She may be his captive but she wasn't going to be nice to him.

"I see Seska didn't bruise your sarcasm." Janeway narrowed he eyes and gave him a death stare. She had heard from Mark that it turned crewman on her ship to jelly. It didn't seem to work with the Maquis Captain, he just kept smiling at her, showing his dimples. If she were in a different situation she would sure that they could be quite distracting. "Well now you've finally woken up we should talk."

"About?"

"Your mission, your ship, the federation. You!"

"No."

"No what?

"No." Kathryn continued to glare at him just as he continued to smile at her. In an instant his face suddenly changed and she could feel the change of his mood. He walked towards her from where he had been siting at the foot of the bed. He strode in long fast strides and leaned in really close to her face. With one hand he held her face by her chin. The other he placed on her belly. She recognised it as a sign of power.

"Listen Starfleet bitch, you may think that Seska was bad but you haven't seen anything yet. Normally I leave the dirty work to the people who enjoy it more but you have just crossed the line. Haven't you heard the rumours from Starfleet intelligence about the Maquis and their sordid ways?" As if to prove a point he took his hands off her belly and placed it on her breast. Involuntary Kathryn gasped and shivered. The situation brought back too many painful memories, ones that she had buried so deep. She had tried to pretend t had never happened. This wouldn't be the first time she had been raped. She was absolutely terrified. She had no doubts that this man could cause her a lot of harm, she was sure he was about to rape her when suddenly he withdrew. Kathryn looked up at him with wide eyes; she then remembered where she was and her command mask slid back on. Chakotay appeared to be thinking about something before his head snapped up and he looked directly at her. "Remember who the prisoner is and who the captor is!" With that he turned and stormed out of the room. Kathryn slumped back onto the bed and let out the breath she didn't know that she had been holding. That had come too close. She didn't understand why he just didn't do it. It was the ultimate breaker. She had no doubts that if he did rape her she would break. The last time it had happened, she had nearly gone insane but Justin had been there and pulled her through it. This time there was no Justin. She needed to escape. She looked around the room but there was nothing she could use as a weapon, nothing to help her loosen the bonds holding her. She struggled against them, trying to loosen the rope but it bit into her wrists. Kathryn shut her eyes against the memories that kept resurfacing. She continued to try and loosen the rope, nit caring that it caused her pain, she welcomed it.

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Chakotay stormed out of his quarters and went directly to his quarters. What the hell had just happened? Why couldn't he do it? At first he had every intention of taking Janeway right there and then. She was far too defiant. She was his prisoner but she had the balls to order him around. He could feel his temper start to rise and he welcomed the feeling of power it gave him. He should go back there and finish what he started. He was heading for the door when an image popped into his mind. It was Janeway's face as he held her chin. She looked so vulnerable and scared. He could feel his temper dissipating. How did she do that? He should have revelled in that look. It meant that he was close to breaking he, 'well maybe not' he thought. Slumping down in the nearest chair Chakotay held his face in his hands. If any of his crew knew that he was having this problem then he would have a full-blown mutiny on his hands, well maybe except for B'Elanna and Paris. Seska would probably lead it. Chakotay jumped out of his chair. 'Seska'. He had to find her, she still didn't know that Janeway was in his room and he knew that even with out his authorisation she would most likely hurt her again. For some reason the thought of anyone causing Janeway pain except him made his blood boil. He was confused how this woman could provoke so many different reactions in him. He felt the pull of attraction but buried deeper and probably the most powerful was the hate. She was Federation, she was the enemy. Chakotay wanted to know everything he could about that woman. He walked around his desk and sat at his chair. He opened his screen monitor and pulled up the federation database. They had downloaded it from Voyagers computer. He went directly to the personnel files. Finding the right one he opened it. It was only a small one. There were two sealed files. It seemed as if Captain Janeway had some secrets. More intrigued he went to find Tom Paris; he could crack into any database in the federation and beyond. Chakotay hoped that this was no different. He was dying to know what was in those files.

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Tom was in Voyagers shuttle bay when he got Chakotays call. He wanted to see how Starfleet a-had upgraded since he left and if this ship and shuttles were anything to go by then it looked like they had been busy. Tom tapped his badge, they weren't as sophisticated and their range wasn't as far as Starfleet combadge's but they worked, B'Elanna was in the process of changing the frequencies on their prisoner's badges so Starfleet couldn't detect them.

"Tom here."

"Hey Paris can you come back to the base, I need your help with something."

"Sure thing, what is it?"

"I'll tell you when you get back here. Chakotay out." Tom was out of the shuttle bay in a shot. If Chakotay wanted his help on something he was going to be right there. Tom hated it when Chakotay didn't tell him what was up, he knew that the Captain did it mainly to annoy him. Tom beamed down to the base's transporter room and made his way to Chakotays office. Wen he got there he knocked and waited for Chakotay to let him in. The door swished opened and he saw Chakotay leaning over a computer console. 'Hacking' Toms second favourite thing to do.

"You got something tricky for me today?" He walked to the desk and sat down on an empty chair. Chakotay swivelled the monitor around to face him.

"What's in those files?"