Confrontations
Summary: Why am I writing anything here? If you read this, you should have read the previous parts so...summary is irrelevant.
Disclaimer: Is there any law that say's I have to write here that Paramount owns them all? It's common knowledge.
Author's note: Why am I doing this? Okay, so I like it. This is my philosophy day...
Chapter 1
They were dancing close. Very close. Too close. Kathryn tried to tell herself it didn't matter, but it didn't work. Laja Chrono approached her. She was chuckling lightly.
'Look at Jenny and Chakotay. Poor girl, she doesn't know what she's getting herself into.
'What? What's wrong with him?'
'Nothing wrong. But Jenny Delaney is a seducer. It wont work on him, though. He sees right through her. She should stick to men like Harry Kim.
'Oh no, not Harry. He's so young and innocent. We wouldn't want him corrupted.' Laja shook her head.
'Gotta go. I think I'm turning in early. Bye.'
Kathryn kept watching the closeness of the dancing couple. She didn't really believe Laja's theory. He didn't look like seeing right through her. Suddenly, their eyes met. He held her gaze for a moment, before she turned around and left the room. She just wanted to get away, no matter how much questions she'd get from B'Elanna later. After only a few yards she heard the doors open behind her. She started walking faster, ignoring the person behind her. He gripped her arm and swung her around. It was Chakotay.
'Is something wrong?' His dark eyes looked worried, looking for answers in her face. She avoided his gaze, anxious to get out of there.
'Is this about me and Jenny dancing?' She met his gaze, angry at him for telling her what she didn't want to admit to herself.
'Don't be ridiculous!'
'Am I?' He took a fast grip of her shoulders. 'Where were you going?'
Where were you going?'
'To my quarters.'
'May I join you?'
'B'Elanna will come back later and...'
'She is having a great time, she wont be leaving for a while. I think you and I have to talk about some thing's.'
'All right then. But not too long.'
When they entered Kathryn's and B'Elanna's quarters, Chakotay noticed how small it was. Well, he knew exactly how small it was, but he never stopped wondering how two people could live in a room with less space than the one he had to himself. Kathryn sat down on one of the beds, probably hers. He sat down beside her.
'The first thing I think you should know is that I have a fiancée back on earth. I intend to stay fateful to him.'
He sighed and looked down at his feet. Well, his advantage was that he was with her, that fiancée weren't. On the other hand, it was him she loved. Not Chakotay.
'Well, you're probably not seeing him again, so you shouldn't keep him as a wall against new relationships.' In the moment the words left his mouth, Chakotay knew that was the wrong thing to say. It couldn't have sounded more selfish, cold or stupid. Anger, hurt and despair flashed in her eyes. She rose and started to push him toward the door.
'If you're going to demote me for not accommodating you, be my guest, but don't you dare approach me personally again.' The door slammed shut in front of him. He turned around to see a speechless B'Elanna.
'What was that all about?' He sighed.
'Maybe we should take a walk.'
'So you really love her?'
'Yes. It was so stupid, that thing I said. She probably wont look at me again. I don't know what to do. I don't like my feelings flying away like this.'
'Look. Probably her feelings are in turmoil right now. She reacted the way she did because you said what she couldn't admit to herself. After a while, she'll accept the facts of probably not seeing him again. Then she'll open up to a new relationship.'
'If she does, it wont be me.'
'You never know. I can talk to her if you'd like. I mean, not like saying your words, but as a friend. She needs one now, and so do you. I know you didn't mean to hurt her, and I'll make her see that too.'
'Thank you B'El. It's very kind of you. I'll see you in the morning.'
B'Elanna went back to her quarters. When she stepped in, Kathryn looked completely unaffected, or she were just good at hiding her feelings.
'Hi B'El. Did you have a good time at the party?'
'Look, I talked to Chakotay. I know what he said to you and it was damned stupid! But he didn't mean it. He really loves you, Kath.'
'How can he love me, he barely knows me!'
'You've been working together for four months now. You've concentrated on work, but he's been watching you a lot. He knows you more than you think.'
'What he said...it really hurt me. If he loves me, then why would he say something like that. It sounded completely heartless.'
'He told me how sorry he is and he doesn't know why he said those things. I just think you should give him a chance. Please.'
'Okay. I'll try. Goodnight.'
Chakotay weren't sure whether she'd come to the bridge or not. He really hurt her yesterday. Why couldn't he stop saying stupid things? When they had detected an M-class planet, he decided to be on the awayteam. Maybe he could fill his mind with something useful. Suddenly, his first officer got on the bridge. Without giving him a look, she went to stand beside him. Chakotay decided to call a staffmeeting in a room which could be used as a meeting-room, but it was really too small. When all his "senior officers" were assembled, Chakotay spoke.
'Sensors have detected an M-class planet not far away. I will take an awayteam and go down to collect some supplies. Mr. Thoran and Ms. Stadi, you're with me.'
He quickly left the room and left everyone quite surprised. Chakotay always waited for objections before he left, but no one had even had a chance to open their mouths. They shrugged their shoulders and went back to the bridge. Ricky and Taia went to prepare for their mission. When the small shuttlecraft, left Voyager everyone was a bit worried. All their shuttlecrafts had been designed and built by Tom Paris. He had some help. but he did a lot of work. No one really trusted those shuttles as much as they'd have done if they were built on earth by Starfleet engineers. But the maquis crew trusted Kathryn enough now, so there were no problem for her to be acting captain of Liberty.
Chapter 2
Chakotay and his group had been collecting supplies without any problems so far. They had detected no lifesigns on the planet, which was strange since the atmosphere was good, and the planet had a lot of supplies. It didn't matter to Chakotay though, it meant more food for them. After a while Ricky looked at him.
'Maybe we should try to find another place to look. All we have found this far is this thing called...Leola root. After earlier experience, it's not the crew's first choice of dinner. If we could find something else too, maybe we could avoid mutiny and execution.'
Chakotay grinned and then shot a glance at Taia Stadi. She was very quiet and shy to him and the other maquis, but she seemed to interact well with the Starfleet crew. He couldn't understand why, and it angered him sometimes. But she had to be able to choose her own friends. Some time ago, he had promoted her to one of the pilots. She seemed very happy about that. He called for her to follow and they started to walk over a hill to find other things to eat. Suddenly some armed soldiers showed up in front of them. They turned around, but the soldiers were all around them. There were nowhere to run.
~On Liberty~
Kathryn were worried about the awayteam. They hadn't reported back for a day, and it wasn't even supposed to last for a whole day. They had tried to hail the shuttle, but they got no response. She decided to send a new awayteam to look for them. She had a strange feeling about this.
'Commander, awayteam 2 is reporting back.'
'On screen.'
Ayalas face appeared on the screen.
'I'm sorry, but we couldn't find them. They seem to be gone.'
Kathryn sighed and closed her eyes. This was going to be a long search.
~Awayteam~
The door opened and there was light. Chakotay were immediately on his feet. So were Ricky and Taia. A big man with ugly spots on his face stepped in.
'Who will I negotiate?'
'I'm the senior officer, you'll talk to me.' Chakotay said.
'Very well. Follow me, this way.'
The guards pointed at him with their weapons and motioned for him to follow. They walked through several corridors and Chakotay tried not to think about the horrible smell. The...well, aliens didn't seem to mind, though. The corridors were rather dark, only a few torches were hanging on the wall. Finally they entered a large room and the smell weren't so intense anymore. The leader sat down and asked him to do the same. He sat down, a little unsettled because of the guards who had their guns constantly pointed at him.
'So you are the leader of this people?'
'Yes, I am. And I suppose you are the leader of yours?' The alien laughed.
'I am merely the boss of this prison. Now, I ask the questions. Are this two people the only ones you're the leader of?'
'Yes.' In the moment he spoke the word he felt a nauseous feeling coming over him and the chair started to shake. He tried to rise, but found he couldn't. The alien prison-boss smiled.
'If you only speak the truth from now, we won't have anymore of that. Would you like a caramel?' Chakotay meant to say no, but something in the aliens eyes forced him to take one. The boss leaned back in his chair and watched him.
'Now, I ask you again. Are there anymore of you're people here?'
'Yes. They're in the orbit with our ship.' He cursed himself for telling the alien, but something seemed to control him, and he had a bad feeling that the prison-boss already knew everything he said.'
'The other two will be allowed to leave, so they can tell your ship to leave our orbit immediately. You will stay here.' Chakotay nodded. If Taia and Ricky were released, his freedom would be a small price to pay.
~On Liberty~
B'Elanna and Laja were going to the bridge.
'I've heard that Seska is saying to everyone that Kathryn won't save them, cause she wants to be captain.' B'Elannas head snapped up.
'No one believes that, do they?'
'No, I don't think that will be a problem. Everyone knows she'd never do something like that. I just can't understand why she says that. Do you have any idea?'
'Chakotay loves her.'
'What?! Who?! Seska?!'
'No, Kathryn of course, you dumb-ass. And Seska is jealous. I guess that's why.'
'Let's hope no one actually believes that. Do you think we should tell her?
'No. She's got enough problems as it is. Hopefully, this won't evolve anymore than Seska being stupid and humiliated.'
~Awayteam~
The door opened and Ricky thought Chakotay would return. But instead, a guard approached them.
'You will be released. Come with me and you can return to your ship.'
'What about Chakotay?'
'Your leader will stay here. You will go back to your ship and then leave orbit.'
'We might as well go back to the ship. We have a bigger chance of saving Chakotay then.' Ricky thought. They followed the guards outside, then returned to the shuttle.
~Chakotay~
He looked around the room. A voice spoke to him. He looked around, but couldn't find any loud-speaker.
'Welcome Chakotay. If you need anything, just push the red button beside your bed. You will find we treat our guests very well. You've got a wardrobe with clothes. You can now get familiar with your room. We will come and get you when it's time.'
Chakotay frowned. What did that mean? Time for what? Suddenly a fatigue came over him and he settled down on the bed before falling asleep.
Chapter 3
~Liberty~
'Commander, a shuttle is hailing us!'
'On screen!' Ricky and Taia appeared on the screen.
'The captain is still down there, in one of their prisons!'
'Who's prisons? I thought there were no people living there.'
'Well, there were. We've got to save Chakotay. But I don't know how. From what I can tell, there were very many people living there. They could definitely beat our crew in a fight.'
'So we can't solve it with weapons. We have to make up a plan.'
'What do you know about these prisons?'
'Well, I think that there purpose is science. They work with genetics and need test-subjects.' Taia said.
'And they will use Chakotay as one. Anybody thinking of an idea?' The room remained quiet until Tuvok spoke up.
'If someone could enter the...lab, maybe that person could have a small node under the skin which could be used to beam up.' (Authors note: Didn't Kathryn have one of those in "Sacred ground"?)
'That is a good idea.' (Why didn't anyone else think of that, it's quite obvious, don't you think?)
'But who would go?' B'Elanna intervened. Kathryn looked at her and Tuvok.
'B'Elanna, Tuvok. Do you think you could manage being in charge of this ship?' B'Elanna opened her mouth to say something, but Tuvok silenced her with a kiss...uh, I mean a look.
'We would. Are you saying you will be going?'
'I could not order anyone to go away on this mission. This is something I have to do myself. I will go away as soon as possible.'
Kathryn left the room, and went to prepare for the mission.
Author's note: I'm sorry, I know this was supposed to be a J/C story, but I fell in love with writing about that prison. I write faster with feedback so pliiiizzzz give me some... : )
Summary: Why am I writing anything here? If you read this, you should have read the previous parts so...summary is irrelevant.
Disclaimer: Is there any law that say's I have to write here that Paramount owns them all? It's common knowledge.
Author's note: Why am I doing this? Okay, so I like it. This is my philosophy day...
Chapter 1
They were dancing close. Very close. Too close. Kathryn tried to tell herself it didn't matter, but it didn't work. Laja Chrono approached her. She was chuckling lightly.
'Look at Jenny and Chakotay. Poor girl, she doesn't know what she's getting herself into.
'What? What's wrong with him?'
'Nothing wrong. But Jenny Delaney is a seducer. It wont work on him, though. He sees right through her. She should stick to men like Harry Kim.
'Oh no, not Harry. He's so young and innocent. We wouldn't want him corrupted.' Laja shook her head.
'Gotta go. I think I'm turning in early. Bye.'
Kathryn kept watching the closeness of the dancing couple. She didn't really believe Laja's theory. He didn't look like seeing right through her. Suddenly, their eyes met. He held her gaze for a moment, before she turned around and left the room. She just wanted to get away, no matter how much questions she'd get from B'Elanna later. After only a few yards she heard the doors open behind her. She started walking faster, ignoring the person behind her. He gripped her arm and swung her around. It was Chakotay.
'Is something wrong?' His dark eyes looked worried, looking for answers in her face. She avoided his gaze, anxious to get out of there.
'Is this about me and Jenny dancing?' She met his gaze, angry at him for telling her what she didn't want to admit to herself.
'Don't be ridiculous!'
'Am I?' He took a fast grip of her shoulders. 'Where were you going?'
Where were you going?'
'To my quarters.'
'May I join you?'
'B'Elanna will come back later and...'
'She is having a great time, she wont be leaving for a while. I think you and I have to talk about some thing's.'
'All right then. But not too long.'
When they entered Kathryn's and B'Elanna's quarters, Chakotay noticed how small it was. Well, he knew exactly how small it was, but he never stopped wondering how two people could live in a room with less space than the one he had to himself. Kathryn sat down on one of the beds, probably hers. He sat down beside her.
'The first thing I think you should know is that I have a fiancée back on earth. I intend to stay fateful to him.'
He sighed and looked down at his feet. Well, his advantage was that he was with her, that fiancée weren't. On the other hand, it was him she loved. Not Chakotay.
'Well, you're probably not seeing him again, so you shouldn't keep him as a wall against new relationships.' In the moment the words left his mouth, Chakotay knew that was the wrong thing to say. It couldn't have sounded more selfish, cold or stupid. Anger, hurt and despair flashed in her eyes. She rose and started to push him toward the door.
'If you're going to demote me for not accommodating you, be my guest, but don't you dare approach me personally again.' The door slammed shut in front of him. He turned around to see a speechless B'Elanna.
'What was that all about?' He sighed.
'Maybe we should take a walk.'
'So you really love her?'
'Yes. It was so stupid, that thing I said. She probably wont look at me again. I don't know what to do. I don't like my feelings flying away like this.'
'Look. Probably her feelings are in turmoil right now. She reacted the way she did because you said what she couldn't admit to herself. After a while, she'll accept the facts of probably not seeing him again. Then she'll open up to a new relationship.'
'If she does, it wont be me.'
'You never know. I can talk to her if you'd like. I mean, not like saying your words, but as a friend. She needs one now, and so do you. I know you didn't mean to hurt her, and I'll make her see that too.'
'Thank you B'El. It's very kind of you. I'll see you in the morning.'
B'Elanna went back to her quarters. When she stepped in, Kathryn looked completely unaffected, or she were just good at hiding her feelings.
'Hi B'El. Did you have a good time at the party?'
'Look, I talked to Chakotay. I know what he said to you and it was damned stupid! But he didn't mean it. He really loves you, Kath.'
'How can he love me, he barely knows me!'
'You've been working together for four months now. You've concentrated on work, but he's been watching you a lot. He knows you more than you think.'
'What he said...it really hurt me. If he loves me, then why would he say something like that. It sounded completely heartless.'
'He told me how sorry he is and he doesn't know why he said those things. I just think you should give him a chance. Please.'
'Okay. I'll try. Goodnight.'
Chakotay weren't sure whether she'd come to the bridge or not. He really hurt her yesterday. Why couldn't he stop saying stupid things? When they had detected an M-class planet, he decided to be on the awayteam. Maybe he could fill his mind with something useful. Suddenly, his first officer got on the bridge. Without giving him a look, she went to stand beside him. Chakotay decided to call a staffmeeting in a room which could be used as a meeting-room, but it was really too small. When all his "senior officers" were assembled, Chakotay spoke.
'Sensors have detected an M-class planet not far away. I will take an awayteam and go down to collect some supplies. Mr. Thoran and Ms. Stadi, you're with me.'
He quickly left the room and left everyone quite surprised. Chakotay always waited for objections before he left, but no one had even had a chance to open their mouths. They shrugged their shoulders and went back to the bridge. Ricky and Taia went to prepare for their mission. When the small shuttlecraft, left Voyager everyone was a bit worried. All their shuttlecrafts had been designed and built by Tom Paris. He had some help. but he did a lot of work. No one really trusted those shuttles as much as they'd have done if they were built on earth by Starfleet engineers. But the maquis crew trusted Kathryn enough now, so there were no problem for her to be acting captain of Liberty.
Chapter 2
Chakotay and his group had been collecting supplies without any problems so far. They had detected no lifesigns on the planet, which was strange since the atmosphere was good, and the planet had a lot of supplies. It didn't matter to Chakotay though, it meant more food for them. After a while Ricky looked at him.
'Maybe we should try to find another place to look. All we have found this far is this thing called...Leola root. After earlier experience, it's not the crew's first choice of dinner. If we could find something else too, maybe we could avoid mutiny and execution.'
Chakotay grinned and then shot a glance at Taia Stadi. She was very quiet and shy to him and the other maquis, but she seemed to interact well with the Starfleet crew. He couldn't understand why, and it angered him sometimes. But she had to be able to choose her own friends. Some time ago, he had promoted her to one of the pilots. She seemed very happy about that. He called for her to follow and they started to walk over a hill to find other things to eat. Suddenly some armed soldiers showed up in front of them. They turned around, but the soldiers were all around them. There were nowhere to run.
~On Liberty~
Kathryn were worried about the awayteam. They hadn't reported back for a day, and it wasn't even supposed to last for a whole day. They had tried to hail the shuttle, but they got no response. She decided to send a new awayteam to look for them. She had a strange feeling about this.
'Commander, awayteam 2 is reporting back.'
'On screen.'
Ayalas face appeared on the screen.
'I'm sorry, but we couldn't find them. They seem to be gone.'
Kathryn sighed and closed her eyes. This was going to be a long search.
~Awayteam~
The door opened and there was light. Chakotay were immediately on his feet. So were Ricky and Taia. A big man with ugly spots on his face stepped in.
'Who will I negotiate?'
'I'm the senior officer, you'll talk to me.' Chakotay said.
'Very well. Follow me, this way.'
The guards pointed at him with their weapons and motioned for him to follow. They walked through several corridors and Chakotay tried not to think about the horrible smell. The...well, aliens didn't seem to mind, though. The corridors were rather dark, only a few torches were hanging on the wall. Finally they entered a large room and the smell weren't so intense anymore. The leader sat down and asked him to do the same. He sat down, a little unsettled because of the guards who had their guns constantly pointed at him.
'So you are the leader of this people?'
'Yes, I am. And I suppose you are the leader of yours?' The alien laughed.
'I am merely the boss of this prison. Now, I ask the questions. Are this two people the only ones you're the leader of?'
'Yes.' In the moment he spoke the word he felt a nauseous feeling coming over him and the chair started to shake. He tried to rise, but found he couldn't. The alien prison-boss smiled.
'If you only speak the truth from now, we won't have anymore of that. Would you like a caramel?' Chakotay meant to say no, but something in the aliens eyes forced him to take one. The boss leaned back in his chair and watched him.
'Now, I ask you again. Are there anymore of you're people here?'
'Yes. They're in the orbit with our ship.' He cursed himself for telling the alien, but something seemed to control him, and he had a bad feeling that the prison-boss already knew everything he said.'
'The other two will be allowed to leave, so they can tell your ship to leave our orbit immediately. You will stay here.' Chakotay nodded. If Taia and Ricky were released, his freedom would be a small price to pay.
~On Liberty~
B'Elanna and Laja were going to the bridge.
'I've heard that Seska is saying to everyone that Kathryn won't save them, cause she wants to be captain.' B'Elannas head snapped up.
'No one believes that, do they?'
'No, I don't think that will be a problem. Everyone knows she'd never do something like that. I just can't understand why she says that. Do you have any idea?'
'Chakotay loves her.'
'What?! Who?! Seska?!'
'No, Kathryn of course, you dumb-ass. And Seska is jealous. I guess that's why.'
'Let's hope no one actually believes that. Do you think we should tell her?
'No. She's got enough problems as it is. Hopefully, this won't evolve anymore than Seska being stupid and humiliated.'
~Awayteam~
The door opened and Ricky thought Chakotay would return. But instead, a guard approached them.
'You will be released. Come with me and you can return to your ship.'
'What about Chakotay?'
'Your leader will stay here. You will go back to your ship and then leave orbit.'
'We might as well go back to the ship. We have a bigger chance of saving Chakotay then.' Ricky thought. They followed the guards outside, then returned to the shuttle.
~Chakotay~
He looked around the room. A voice spoke to him. He looked around, but couldn't find any loud-speaker.
'Welcome Chakotay. If you need anything, just push the red button beside your bed. You will find we treat our guests very well. You've got a wardrobe with clothes. You can now get familiar with your room. We will come and get you when it's time.'
Chakotay frowned. What did that mean? Time for what? Suddenly a fatigue came over him and he settled down on the bed before falling asleep.
Chapter 3
~Liberty~
'Commander, a shuttle is hailing us!'
'On screen!' Ricky and Taia appeared on the screen.
'The captain is still down there, in one of their prisons!'
'Who's prisons? I thought there were no people living there.'
'Well, there were. We've got to save Chakotay. But I don't know how. From what I can tell, there were very many people living there. They could definitely beat our crew in a fight.'
'So we can't solve it with weapons. We have to make up a plan.'
'What do you know about these prisons?'
'Well, I think that there purpose is science. They work with genetics and need test-subjects.' Taia said.
'And they will use Chakotay as one. Anybody thinking of an idea?' The room remained quiet until Tuvok spoke up.
'If someone could enter the...lab, maybe that person could have a small node under the skin which could be used to beam up.' (Authors note: Didn't Kathryn have one of those in "Sacred ground"?)
'That is a good idea.' (Why didn't anyone else think of that, it's quite obvious, don't you think?)
'But who would go?' B'Elanna intervened. Kathryn looked at her and Tuvok.
'B'Elanna, Tuvok. Do you think you could manage being in charge of this ship?' B'Elanna opened her mouth to say something, but Tuvok silenced her with a kiss...uh, I mean a look.
'We would. Are you saying you will be going?'
'I could not order anyone to go away on this mission. This is something I have to do myself. I will go away as soon as possible.'
Kathryn left the room, and went to prepare for the mission.
Author's note: I'm sorry, I know this was supposed to be a J/C story, but I fell in love with writing about that prison. I write faster with feedback so pliiiizzzz give me some... : )