Author's Note: Sorry this took so long, I wasn't feeling to good the past few days and I wasn't in the mood to write at all. But here's the next chapter. I hope you enjoy! And thanks for the reviews.
Summary: Will the Maquis choose to join Janeway and help save the alpha quadrant? Or will they choose to live the rest of their lives were they are?
{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}
Chapter Four:
Leaving and Beginning
**Kotec Ship**
"Why the Federation? We could easily subdue this race. Perhaps they would be more forth coming in this," Artex Grizmore told his Commander, Talic Mento, in their native language.
The two of them, accompanied by Tineach Kitmere, were hunched over a table with a holographic map of the galaxy hovering over it. Their race had charted most of the known galaxy centuries ago, and with their new information they had recently gathered, it was completely up-to-date.
They were debating, at the moment, about their strategy they were using in the alpha/beta quadrant. The Federation was the leading power in the two quadrants, followed by the Romulans, Klingons, and Cardassians.
"They are the strongest of all four. Not to mention that they are all allies, in some form," Talic Mento answered his Second in Command. "It will be easy to use them as a whole to get what we want in the other two quadrants."
**Maquis Colony**
She looked around at everyone. She missed them all deeply. It had been so long. Too long. She walked around talking to many of them. She found out that quite a few had married and that there were many other children than Miral, of course she was oldest.
B'Elanna and Tom had taken, what used to be, some of the higher-ranking Maquis officers into a large building at the end of the path. They had been talking, most likely about the situation, for almost an hour now.
Janeway strolled down the path and took in her surroundings. The buildings were the standard Starfleet issued houses that they had left them. Of course, they had fixed them up and made them look nicer within the last two years.
They were in an open meadow with wild flowers and exotic plants. The meadow had a radius of about three kilometers, but the lush green grass seemed to go on forever.
Surrounding the meadow was an arrangement of trees. The forest was made up of pines, maple, and oak trees. Inside, she knew that many more exotic plants grew and wild animals live. She could hear the sound of birds singing and that tipped her off.
The entire place made her think back to the time she and Chakotay had been stranded on 'New Earth'. The setting, the houses, and even the feel of what you could do there, gave her that impression.
The only deference in setting was the beautiful sound of children playing and laughing. She could see a group of seven or eight one and two years olds playing in the meadow. Ensign Tyrell and Lieutenant Jecok stood watch over the toddlers, Jecok holding a baby in her arms.
Janeway smiled and thought, 'If we had stayed out in the delta quadrant, I would have witnessed their births and them growing up. I would have been able to congratulate the parents and see these children. But a Starship is no place for them to grow up. Here they can at least live safely.'
"Captain!" Ensign Tyrell exclaimed and walked over to her. "We heard you here, it's good to see you again."
Janeway smiled and said, "You, too." They walked over to where Jecok was sitting with the baby. "Lieu-" Janeway stopped herself and said, "Arya, how have you been?"
"All right, but this one certainly keeps me up at night," she answered, playfully. She smiled as she looked down at the bundle in her arms, "Don't you?"
"And...his father?" She felt almost embarrassed to say it but she was curious.
"Ben Harris." The two of them were dating on and off on Voyager and she was happy that they had gotten married and had a baby. "And this is Donald," the Bajoran woman introduced her half Bajoran, half Human son.
She looked at the small infant. He barely had any hair, and what he did have was light brown. His nose looked adorable with its little ridges and made him look like he was constantly scrunching his nose.
"May I?" Janeway asked, gesturing to the child. Arya handed over her son and Janeway held him close to her chest. She rocked gently and starred at the baby in her hands.
"Captain, could you come with me?" Ensign Lynn, a Bajoran male that had worked in Engineering under B'Elanna, asked her a few minutes later. She nodded and gave Donald back to his mother. She then followed Lynn up the path and was lead to the building where they had been talking in.
"We'll help you, all of us. Just tell us the plan," Tom Paris announced after Janeway sat down. The entire colony was there except for five who were watching the children or other important actives that had to be observed.
"You know what you're risking, right?" Janeway cautioned, she had seen their new lives and knew that they were at risk if they followed through with this plan.
"This place, our lives. Yes. But we also know what we would be risking if we didn't. Our home, our lives, our children's lives, and the Federation, not to mention the rest of the galaxy's." Janeway nodded her approval and smiled. This was her old crew alright; behind her one hundred and fifty percent.
"Alright." Janeway preceded to tell them what they were planning. She told them how they would use the maintenance schedule of Voyager to their advantage by using the window to steal (Janeway preferred 'borrowed') her.
Then, she told them how Doc's program would be uploaded to Voyager's computer and that later when they got the Maquis, B'Elanna could give him his Mobile Emitter. They would also have to help Chakotay escape from prison as they were taking the ship over and beam out of there.
"So, we're going with you, to Earth from here when you go back, right?" One of them asked.
"Yes, I can take as many that are willing to go," Janeway replied.
"Well, someone has to stay behind to watch the kids. They can't come," Darrel stated.
"Tyrell and Jecok can do that. They watch the children all the time anyway," Chell stated.
"Anyone who doesn't want to come, doesn't have to." Janeway looked around, no one moved or flinched. "Agreed then. You're coming with me. At the precise time, you'll board Voyager. B'Elanna and Harry can get the Doctor; you'll need Starfleet codes to get in and you're the one with all the knowledge about the Emitter," Janeway explained to B'Elanna.
"Right," she answered.
"I'll get Chakotay. Tuvok and his crew with make sure that no one notices that Voyager is gone until it's too late. They'll keep the transporter signals covered so no one can trace us." Everything was set and they all knew what to do. Now they just had to worry about if it'll work or not.
**B'Elanna and Tom's Quarters**
B'Elanna had been put in charge of getting the Doctor. She, along with Harry, would sneak into Starfleet Medical, find him, and take him with them to the ship. Considering this, she had gone to her quarters to get the Mobile Emitter that had been given to her for safekeeping.
She kept the object up in a shelf with the only lock in the colony. Occasionally she would take it out and work on it. Mostly it was to keep her hands busy but some times it was to make sure her mind was as well.
She still remembered the reason, the event, the lie that made her have possession of it.
She sat still in Admiral Paris's office. They had gotten along well as daughter and father-in-laws but as Starfleet officers and such, it was another matter entirely.
Janeway sat next to her, answering a question B'Elanna didn't quite hear. Then it was her turn to answer a question; one she was hoping she wouldn't have to.
"I read about a...what did you call it? Mobile Emitter? Your Doctor, the EMH, used it to walk freely about the ship. It could be a great creation if we could replicate it. Where is it?" Admiral Paris asked, giving her no leniency for her marital status.
B'Elanna looked at Janeway and then back to the Admiral. "It was destroyed when we returned. Some of the turbulence knocked the doctor against the wall. It...shattered upon impact." B'Elanna wouldn't look him in the eye. She hated to lie. She was good at it, but that didn't mean she had to like it.
"Really, what a shame. Did you manage to find a way to repair it? Or replicate it?" B'Elanna shook her head. At least that wasn't technically a lie. She never did figure out how to replicate it nor did she have to repair it considering it wasn't broken.
B'Elanna held the smooth object in her hand. She hated that memory. She hated doing that. But Captain Janeway was right; this was 28th century knowledge and it wasn't time for them to know it. In time they would, but not in that short leap of time that it took to open it up and replicate it.
She stood up and walked out the door. It could be used once again. Used in a time that it didn't belong in just as it was made in a time it shouldn't have been thought of. But at least in this instance, it would be used for good and not what they feared Starfleet might think up. {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}
I like to hear feedback. **hint , hint** Please R/R.
Summary: Will the Maquis choose to join Janeway and help save the alpha quadrant? Or will they choose to live the rest of their lives were they are?
{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}
Chapter Four:
Leaving and Beginning
**Kotec Ship**
"Why the Federation? We could easily subdue this race. Perhaps they would be more forth coming in this," Artex Grizmore told his Commander, Talic Mento, in their native language.
The two of them, accompanied by Tineach Kitmere, were hunched over a table with a holographic map of the galaxy hovering over it. Their race had charted most of the known galaxy centuries ago, and with their new information they had recently gathered, it was completely up-to-date.
They were debating, at the moment, about their strategy they were using in the alpha/beta quadrant. The Federation was the leading power in the two quadrants, followed by the Romulans, Klingons, and Cardassians.
"They are the strongest of all four. Not to mention that they are all allies, in some form," Talic Mento answered his Second in Command. "It will be easy to use them as a whole to get what we want in the other two quadrants."
**Maquis Colony**
She looked around at everyone. She missed them all deeply. It had been so long. Too long. She walked around talking to many of them. She found out that quite a few had married and that there were many other children than Miral, of course she was oldest.
B'Elanna and Tom had taken, what used to be, some of the higher-ranking Maquis officers into a large building at the end of the path. They had been talking, most likely about the situation, for almost an hour now.
Janeway strolled down the path and took in her surroundings. The buildings were the standard Starfleet issued houses that they had left them. Of course, they had fixed them up and made them look nicer within the last two years.
They were in an open meadow with wild flowers and exotic plants. The meadow had a radius of about three kilometers, but the lush green grass seemed to go on forever.
Surrounding the meadow was an arrangement of trees. The forest was made up of pines, maple, and oak trees. Inside, she knew that many more exotic plants grew and wild animals live. She could hear the sound of birds singing and that tipped her off.
The entire place made her think back to the time she and Chakotay had been stranded on 'New Earth'. The setting, the houses, and even the feel of what you could do there, gave her that impression.
The only deference in setting was the beautiful sound of children playing and laughing. She could see a group of seven or eight one and two years olds playing in the meadow. Ensign Tyrell and Lieutenant Jecok stood watch over the toddlers, Jecok holding a baby in her arms.
Janeway smiled and thought, 'If we had stayed out in the delta quadrant, I would have witnessed their births and them growing up. I would have been able to congratulate the parents and see these children. But a Starship is no place for them to grow up. Here they can at least live safely.'
"Captain!" Ensign Tyrell exclaimed and walked over to her. "We heard you here, it's good to see you again."
Janeway smiled and said, "You, too." They walked over to where Jecok was sitting with the baby. "Lieu-" Janeway stopped herself and said, "Arya, how have you been?"
"All right, but this one certainly keeps me up at night," she answered, playfully. She smiled as she looked down at the bundle in her arms, "Don't you?"
"And...his father?" She felt almost embarrassed to say it but she was curious.
"Ben Harris." The two of them were dating on and off on Voyager and she was happy that they had gotten married and had a baby. "And this is Donald," the Bajoran woman introduced her half Bajoran, half Human son.
She looked at the small infant. He barely had any hair, and what he did have was light brown. His nose looked adorable with its little ridges and made him look like he was constantly scrunching his nose.
"May I?" Janeway asked, gesturing to the child. Arya handed over her son and Janeway held him close to her chest. She rocked gently and starred at the baby in her hands.
"Captain, could you come with me?" Ensign Lynn, a Bajoran male that had worked in Engineering under B'Elanna, asked her a few minutes later. She nodded and gave Donald back to his mother. She then followed Lynn up the path and was lead to the building where they had been talking in.
"We'll help you, all of us. Just tell us the plan," Tom Paris announced after Janeway sat down. The entire colony was there except for five who were watching the children or other important actives that had to be observed.
"You know what you're risking, right?" Janeway cautioned, she had seen their new lives and knew that they were at risk if they followed through with this plan.
"This place, our lives. Yes. But we also know what we would be risking if we didn't. Our home, our lives, our children's lives, and the Federation, not to mention the rest of the galaxy's." Janeway nodded her approval and smiled. This was her old crew alright; behind her one hundred and fifty percent.
"Alright." Janeway preceded to tell them what they were planning. She told them how they would use the maintenance schedule of Voyager to their advantage by using the window to steal (Janeway preferred 'borrowed') her.
Then, she told them how Doc's program would be uploaded to Voyager's computer and that later when they got the Maquis, B'Elanna could give him his Mobile Emitter. They would also have to help Chakotay escape from prison as they were taking the ship over and beam out of there.
"So, we're going with you, to Earth from here when you go back, right?" One of them asked.
"Yes, I can take as many that are willing to go," Janeway replied.
"Well, someone has to stay behind to watch the kids. They can't come," Darrel stated.
"Tyrell and Jecok can do that. They watch the children all the time anyway," Chell stated.
"Anyone who doesn't want to come, doesn't have to." Janeway looked around, no one moved or flinched. "Agreed then. You're coming with me. At the precise time, you'll board Voyager. B'Elanna and Harry can get the Doctor; you'll need Starfleet codes to get in and you're the one with all the knowledge about the Emitter," Janeway explained to B'Elanna.
"Right," she answered.
"I'll get Chakotay. Tuvok and his crew with make sure that no one notices that Voyager is gone until it's too late. They'll keep the transporter signals covered so no one can trace us." Everything was set and they all knew what to do. Now they just had to worry about if it'll work or not.
**B'Elanna and Tom's Quarters**
B'Elanna had been put in charge of getting the Doctor. She, along with Harry, would sneak into Starfleet Medical, find him, and take him with them to the ship. Considering this, she had gone to her quarters to get the Mobile Emitter that had been given to her for safekeeping.
She kept the object up in a shelf with the only lock in the colony. Occasionally she would take it out and work on it. Mostly it was to keep her hands busy but some times it was to make sure her mind was as well.
She still remembered the reason, the event, the lie that made her have possession of it.
She sat still in Admiral Paris's office. They had gotten along well as daughter and father-in-laws but as Starfleet officers and such, it was another matter entirely.
Janeway sat next to her, answering a question B'Elanna didn't quite hear. Then it was her turn to answer a question; one she was hoping she wouldn't have to.
"I read about a...what did you call it? Mobile Emitter? Your Doctor, the EMH, used it to walk freely about the ship. It could be a great creation if we could replicate it. Where is it?" Admiral Paris asked, giving her no leniency for her marital status.
B'Elanna looked at Janeway and then back to the Admiral. "It was destroyed when we returned. Some of the turbulence knocked the doctor against the wall. It...shattered upon impact." B'Elanna wouldn't look him in the eye. She hated to lie. She was good at it, but that didn't mean she had to like it.
"Really, what a shame. Did you manage to find a way to repair it? Or replicate it?" B'Elanna shook her head. At least that wasn't technically a lie. She never did figure out how to replicate it nor did she have to repair it considering it wasn't broken.
B'Elanna held the smooth object in her hand. She hated that memory. She hated doing that. But Captain Janeway was right; this was 28th century knowledge and it wasn't time for them to know it. In time they would, but not in that short leap of time that it took to open it up and replicate it.
She stood up and walked out the door. It could be used once again. Used in a time that it didn't belong in just as it was made in a time it shouldn't have been thought of. But at least in this instance, it would be used for good and not what they feared Starfleet might think up. {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}
I like to hear feedback. **hint , hint** Please R/R.