Finding Chakotay
Summary: A hint: Look at the other chapters before you read this one.
Disclaimer: Here we go again...
Authors note: Please don't kill me when I make mistakes, english isn't my mother tongue.
~Liberty~
B'Elanna was pacing the room while Kathryn prepared for the awaymission, or rather Tom prepared her by putting in the small device (okay, I don't know what it's called) under her skin so she could beam back with Chakotay. B'Elanna thought it would be to dangerous and they should find another way. Not that she didn't want Chakotay back, but she were sure the plan would fail and they would have two people stuck in the prison. The aliens would immediately detect the beam-back-node and take it out. Then Kathryn would be a prisoner there too, and they would have to make up a new plan. This plan sucked, and B'Elanna wondered why no one could see it.
'All set and ready commander.'
'Thanks Tom. I hope I can get him back now. If I don't, we're pretty much out of options.'
B'Elanna stayed quiet as they walked toward the transporter room. She had voiced her opinions to Tuvok earlier and he just told her that if she couldn't make up a better plan, they'd stick to the one they had. B'Elanna didn't like Tuvok. Except for the captain and first officer, Liberty didn't have any rank systems. If both Chakotay and Kathryn died, B'Elanna and Tuvok would both captain the ship since they were the most qualified. (Not that I think either would make a good captain, but I think it would be fun. Just imagine how much they'd argue about command decisions...) Therefore, Tuvok could not give her orders, but she felt like he thought he was outranking her. And there was nothing she could do about it.
~Chakotay~
He woke up and felt well rested. He rose from the bed and checked the wardrobe. He had a lot of clothes there. He looked around the room. It was big, with white wallpapers, floor and roof. When he looked around, he realised everything was white. It seemed very clean, somehow. The door looked robust and solid. In a corner stood a couch with a small table in front of it. The only thing that he felt uncomfortable with, was that there were no windows. He saw another door, which looked less prison-like and noticed it led to a bathroom. He decided to take a shower. The water was hot, but not too hot. After the shower, he dressed in a white set of clothes from the wardrobe. When he were finished with everything, he didn't know what to do. He pressed the red button, to get some answers. A young woman entered the room with a false smile on her face.
'Hello and welcome. How can I help you?'
'What am I doing here? What do you want from me?'
'Don't worry about that. It's nice weather outside, would you like to take a walk in the garden?'
'All right.' He'd do anything to get out of this room. He followed the woman through the same grey corridors until they came to a door. He were surprised when he noticed how beautiful it was. The environment on the planet before had not been this green. The garden was...perfect. He strolled around, admiring the beautiful trees and flowers. The grass was perfectly green and shimmering like emeralds. But behind all the beauty it looked plastic somehow. Chakotay looked around him, and realised there were no one else there. The young woman were standing at the door, waiting for him. He wouldn't hurry. He walked a bit and realised something odd. The garden weren't so perfect anymore. The trees were older there, and didn't have the perfection of the other trees. Chakotay thought they were ugly. He didn't like the old trees, he preferred the pretty ones. But suddenly he remembered the old trees at his home. He had never found them ugly. He had always liked old trees. He saw a man, about his age, sitting on a bench. He greeted the man and when he looked up, the strange look in his eyes made Chakotay step back. The man looked almost hypnotised.
'We are happy here.' He said, like reading out of a book. Then he left leaving a perplexed Chakotay.
Chakotay strolled further into the gardens, but it went darker. He looked up at the sky, but it had not changed. It was something else, something he couldn't describe, but the air went chilly and he wanted to cover himself up. And not just against the cold. There were something else, something dangerous in the air, but he couldn't bring himself to turn around. Suddenly he saw trees again. But these trees weren't beautiful, neither in the perfected way or in the way of old trees. They were black, dead and looked like taken straight out of a horror movie. He saw dark forms hanging from the trees, and he turned to leave when he heard a horrible scream of agony from somewhere near him. A woman, not much different from the other one, except she didn't smile approached him quickly.
'You're not supposed to be here. Leave, and return to the gardens.' Now, he detected the blood stains on her clothing and quickly left the place. He didn't want to know more about the place. When he were back in the beautiful gardens, the young woman who brought him there were still standing in the same position. He sat down, just watched the beauty. The terrifying place he'd just been to was already escaping his mind, not supposed to be there. He could be happy here. Yes, he could.
~Kathryn~
She had beamed down at a safe distance and now walked toward the prison/laboratory. Taia and Ricky had been able to tell her how to find her way. She were going to say she wanted to voluntarily let them use her as a test subject or whatever they wanted to call it. She kept walking through the rocky landscape and started to wonder if she had taken the wrong path, when she suddenly saw the large building in front of her. She weren't sure of how to proceed, but knocked the door. She were surprised when a guard opened.
'Who are you, and why are you here?'
'I volunteer to be a test subject here. So I can help society. I don't have any great goals in my life, so I could as well help others.' The guard looked perplexed.
'Volunteer...? Well, come with me then.' They walked through grey corridors...(well pretty much the same Chakotay went through) until they came to a room. The guard said something to a man and then left. The alien man broke into a smile.
'Oh how nice! So you want to stay here? Come on, I'll show you to your room. We treat our guests very well.' Kathryn followed the man until they came to a room that looked exactly like Chakotay's. (She didn't know that though.) The door locked behind her and she wondered how she'd get to Chakotay from here. She saw a red button over the bed and decided to push it. It wouldn't do any harm, then it wouldn't be there, she thought. After only a few seconds, a young woman appeared in the doorway.
'Hello and welcome. Would you like to take a walk in the garden? It's very pretty.'
'Yes please.' Kathryn followed the woman for a few minutes and then she were let out in a beautiful garden. She saw someone sitting in the grass, probably sunbathing and went to talk to him.
Chakotay really enjoyed the sunlight. He felt at home with all the flowers and trees, that's why he liked the garden so much. Like in a fog, he saw a woman approach him. It was something familiar with her, but he couldn't remember who she were. It didn't matter. He enjoyed it here, why would he want to see someone from The Life Before? He turned his head back to the sunlight and pretended not to see her.
'Chakotay! Are you okay?' He looked at the woman. She knew his name, so she had to be someone he knew. Not that it mattered. He just nodded his head slightly and turned back to the sun.
Kathryn didn't understand. He were so changed, he didn't seem to care if he could be rescued or not. Maybe something here affected him to be like this. She had to get him out.
'Chakotay, we have to move a bit. I can get us out, but we have to hurry. Come on!' He reluctantly followed her to the place with the old trees. There she hit the node and the tingling beam of the transporter made them disappear.
~Liberty~
'I'm beaming them out now' Harry Kim's fingers flew over his panel. The relief in his face soon changed into despair.
'Sir, I...I don't know what happened but...they disappeared.'
'That's ridiculous, they can't just be gone.' B'Elanna snapped, but she looked at the console and she had to agree. They weren't there anymore.
'They have to be down on that planet somewhere, we just have to look. Someone inform Tuvok. Not you Harry.' She said as the young man moved toward the door. He always tried to do everything. He probably wanted to be appreciated by everyone. Or he wanted to get away from her temper.
~On the planet~
Kathryn looked around. They were no longer at the science lab, but they were certainly not on Liberty. She looked at Chakotay. He were walking with certainty over the fields. She ran to catch up on him.
'Where are you going?'
'Have to get back.' He mumbled.
'To the lab? Are you crazy?'
They kept walking, Kathryn tried to make Chakotay stop and turn around but he was determined to get back. Somehow he seemed to know what way to go. After a while Kathryn fell down in a ditch. She screamed as a sudden pain stung her bare ankle. She looked down and saw a yellow lizard quickly crawling away.
Chakotay looked back. Suddenly memories came over him. He had been taken prisoner by an alien race. Kathryn came to get him. Why had he been acting so strange? Now something had happened to her and it was his fault. He sat down to examine the wound. Something seemed to be spreading itself through her foot. He remembered something his father had told him. If someone got poisoned, you can suck the poison out of the wound. He didn't hesitate, and did so. He quickly spit it out but she were still unconscious. Chakotay lifted her up and started to walk away from the lab. After a while of walking he saw a cave. He decided they could stay there until they could get back to the ship. Suddenly he remembered Kathryn hit her arm and tried to beam out. Maybe he could hit it again and beam back. He found the right spot on her arm and hit it.
~Liberty~
'Sir, I'm getting some kind of signal from the surface.'
'Please elaborate. Which kind of signal?'
'I...I think it's them sir.'
'Can you locate the signal?'
'Well, it's somewhere close to the science lab, I can't tell you more. Sir, shouldn't we take a shuttle and try to find them.'
'Yes, we will. Prepare a shuttle. I will go and bring Ms. Stadi and Mr. Thoran. They have been on this planet before, they can make sure we won't get too close to the lab.' A/N Um maybe you wonder why this took so long for me to write, but my interest for Star trek has died (or something) This chapter was half- written, so I posted it anyway. If anyone is interested in continuing this story, write me at mistress_of_evil_cliffhangers@hotmail.com
//Natta
Summary: A hint: Look at the other chapters before you read this one.
Disclaimer: Here we go again...
Authors note: Please don't kill me when I make mistakes, english isn't my mother tongue.
~Liberty~
B'Elanna was pacing the room while Kathryn prepared for the awaymission, or rather Tom prepared her by putting in the small device (okay, I don't know what it's called) under her skin so she could beam back with Chakotay. B'Elanna thought it would be to dangerous and they should find another way. Not that she didn't want Chakotay back, but she were sure the plan would fail and they would have two people stuck in the prison. The aliens would immediately detect the beam-back-node and take it out. Then Kathryn would be a prisoner there too, and they would have to make up a new plan. This plan sucked, and B'Elanna wondered why no one could see it.
'All set and ready commander.'
'Thanks Tom. I hope I can get him back now. If I don't, we're pretty much out of options.'
B'Elanna stayed quiet as they walked toward the transporter room. She had voiced her opinions to Tuvok earlier and he just told her that if she couldn't make up a better plan, they'd stick to the one they had. B'Elanna didn't like Tuvok. Except for the captain and first officer, Liberty didn't have any rank systems. If both Chakotay and Kathryn died, B'Elanna and Tuvok would both captain the ship since they were the most qualified. (Not that I think either would make a good captain, but I think it would be fun. Just imagine how much they'd argue about command decisions...) Therefore, Tuvok could not give her orders, but she felt like he thought he was outranking her. And there was nothing she could do about it.
~Chakotay~
He woke up and felt well rested. He rose from the bed and checked the wardrobe. He had a lot of clothes there. He looked around the room. It was big, with white wallpapers, floor and roof. When he looked around, he realised everything was white. It seemed very clean, somehow. The door looked robust and solid. In a corner stood a couch with a small table in front of it. The only thing that he felt uncomfortable with, was that there were no windows. He saw another door, which looked less prison-like and noticed it led to a bathroom. He decided to take a shower. The water was hot, but not too hot. After the shower, he dressed in a white set of clothes from the wardrobe. When he were finished with everything, he didn't know what to do. He pressed the red button, to get some answers. A young woman entered the room with a false smile on her face.
'Hello and welcome. How can I help you?'
'What am I doing here? What do you want from me?'
'Don't worry about that. It's nice weather outside, would you like to take a walk in the garden?'
'All right.' He'd do anything to get out of this room. He followed the woman through the same grey corridors until they came to a door. He were surprised when he noticed how beautiful it was. The environment on the planet before had not been this green. The garden was...perfect. He strolled around, admiring the beautiful trees and flowers. The grass was perfectly green and shimmering like emeralds. But behind all the beauty it looked plastic somehow. Chakotay looked around him, and realised there were no one else there. The young woman were standing at the door, waiting for him. He wouldn't hurry. He walked a bit and realised something odd. The garden weren't so perfect anymore. The trees were older there, and didn't have the perfection of the other trees. Chakotay thought they were ugly. He didn't like the old trees, he preferred the pretty ones. But suddenly he remembered the old trees at his home. He had never found them ugly. He had always liked old trees. He saw a man, about his age, sitting on a bench. He greeted the man and when he looked up, the strange look in his eyes made Chakotay step back. The man looked almost hypnotised.
'We are happy here.' He said, like reading out of a book. Then he left leaving a perplexed Chakotay.
Chakotay strolled further into the gardens, but it went darker. He looked up at the sky, but it had not changed. It was something else, something he couldn't describe, but the air went chilly and he wanted to cover himself up. And not just against the cold. There were something else, something dangerous in the air, but he couldn't bring himself to turn around. Suddenly he saw trees again. But these trees weren't beautiful, neither in the perfected way or in the way of old trees. They were black, dead and looked like taken straight out of a horror movie. He saw dark forms hanging from the trees, and he turned to leave when he heard a horrible scream of agony from somewhere near him. A woman, not much different from the other one, except she didn't smile approached him quickly.
'You're not supposed to be here. Leave, and return to the gardens.' Now, he detected the blood stains on her clothing and quickly left the place. He didn't want to know more about the place. When he were back in the beautiful gardens, the young woman who brought him there were still standing in the same position. He sat down, just watched the beauty. The terrifying place he'd just been to was already escaping his mind, not supposed to be there. He could be happy here. Yes, he could.
~Kathryn~
She had beamed down at a safe distance and now walked toward the prison/laboratory. Taia and Ricky had been able to tell her how to find her way. She were going to say she wanted to voluntarily let them use her as a test subject or whatever they wanted to call it. She kept walking through the rocky landscape and started to wonder if she had taken the wrong path, when she suddenly saw the large building in front of her. She weren't sure of how to proceed, but knocked the door. She were surprised when a guard opened.
'Who are you, and why are you here?'
'I volunteer to be a test subject here. So I can help society. I don't have any great goals in my life, so I could as well help others.' The guard looked perplexed.
'Volunteer...? Well, come with me then.' They walked through grey corridors...(well pretty much the same Chakotay went through) until they came to a room. The guard said something to a man and then left. The alien man broke into a smile.
'Oh how nice! So you want to stay here? Come on, I'll show you to your room. We treat our guests very well.' Kathryn followed the man until they came to a room that looked exactly like Chakotay's. (She didn't know that though.) The door locked behind her and she wondered how she'd get to Chakotay from here. She saw a red button over the bed and decided to push it. It wouldn't do any harm, then it wouldn't be there, she thought. After only a few seconds, a young woman appeared in the doorway.
'Hello and welcome. Would you like to take a walk in the garden? It's very pretty.'
'Yes please.' Kathryn followed the woman for a few minutes and then she were let out in a beautiful garden. She saw someone sitting in the grass, probably sunbathing and went to talk to him.
Chakotay really enjoyed the sunlight. He felt at home with all the flowers and trees, that's why he liked the garden so much. Like in a fog, he saw a woman approach him. It was something familiar with her, but he couldn't remember who she were. It didn't matter. He enjoyed it here, why would he want to see someone from The Life Before? He turned his head back to the sunlight and pretended not to see her.
'Chakotay! Are you okay?' He looked at the woman. She knew his name, so she had to be someone he knew. Not that it mattered. He just nodded his head slightly and turned back to the sun.
Kathryn didn't understand. He were so changed, he didn't seem to care if he could be rescued or not. Maybe something here affected him to be like this. She had to get him out.
'Chakotay, we have to move a bit. I can get us out, but we have to hurry. Come on!' He reluctantly followed her to the place with the old trees. There she hit the node and the tingling beam of the transporter made them disappear.
~Liberty~
'I'm beaming them out now' Harry Kim's fingers flew over his panel. The relief in his face soon changed into despair.
'Sir, I...I don't know what happened but...they disappeared.'
'That's ridiculous, they can't just be gone.' B'Elanna snapped, but she looked at the console and she had to agree. They weren't there anymore.
'They have to be down on that planet somewhere, we just have to look. Someone inform Tuvok. Not you Harry.' She said as the young man moved toward the door. He always tried to do everything. He probably wanted to be appreciated by everyone. Or he wanted to get away from her temper.
~On the planet~
Kathryn looked around. They were no longer at the science lab, but they were certainly not on Liberty. She looked at Chakotay. He were walking with certainty over the fields. She ran to catch up on him.
'Where are you going?'
'Have to get back.' He mumbled.
'To the lab? Are you crazy?'
They kept walking, Kathryn tried to make Chakotay stop and turn around but he was determined to get back. Somehow he seemed to know what way to go. After a while Kathryn fell down in a ditch. She screamed as a sudden pain stung her bare ankle. She looked down and saw a yellow lizard quickly crawling away.
Chakotay looked back. Suddenly memories came over him. He had been taken prisoner by an alien race. Kathryn came to get him. Why had he been acting so strange? Now something had happened to her and it was his fault. He sat down to examine the wound. Something seemed to be spreading itself through her foot. He remembered something his father had told him. If someone got poisoned, you can suck the poison out of the wound. He didn't hesitate, and did so. He quickly spit it out but she were still unconscious. Chakotay lifted her up and started to walk away from the lab. After a while of walking he saw a cave. He decided they could stay there until they could get back to the ship. Suddenly he remembered Kathryn hit her arm and tried to beam out. Maybe he could hit it again and beam back. He found the right spot on her arm and hit it.
~Liberty~
'Sir, I'm getting some kind of signal from the surface.'
'Please elaborate. Which kind of signal?'
'I...I think it's them sir.'
'Can you locate the signal?'
'Well, it's somewhere close to the science lab, I can't tell you more. Sir, shouldn't we take a shuttle and try to find them.'
'Yes, we will. Prepare a shuttle. I will go and bring Ms. Stadi and Mr. Thoran. They have been on this planet before, they can make sure we won't get too close to the lab.' A/N Um maybe you wonder why this took so long for me to write, but my interest for Star trek has died (or something) This chapter was half- written, so I posted it anyway. If anyone is interested in continuing this story, write me at mistress_of_evil_cliffhangers@hotmail.com
//Natta