It's been a couple of days because I was at a party (I do have a live
outside of sci-fi).
This is another short one but like I said I had to write them that way. I
don't really like this chapter but it's necessary for the story to
progress. Please give me your opinion.
Disclaimer: Voyager and it's characters are not mine.
Spoilers: None.
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They sat in silence eating their dinner, usually they talked about the past week, what was happening on the ship, but Chakotay was just glad she hadn't cancelled after what had happened that day.
She wasn't really eating, just pushing her food around her plate with her fork; he put his own fork down and looked straight at her.
"Kathryn," he said and paused, choosing his next words carefully, he decided on the direct approach, maybe not his best idea but it was an idea, "Why did you offer our technology to an obviously less developed species?"
She looked him straight in the eyes and he felt his will weaken, but he wasn't going to give up.
"How do you know they were less advanced, their," she started, he wouldn't let her finish.
"How do you know that they weren't, we've never met them before," he interrupted.
"They were warp capable," she said.
"So are the Kazon," he countered.
She looked down and he knew he'd won, she was going to explain.
"I'm tired Chakotay," she said.
He didn't understand, she hadn't said it like a request for him to leave, he didn't think she meant tired in that way, so he waited for her to expand on the simple statement. When she glanced up again her eyes were sad.
"I'm tired of my life, all I do is fight, life shouldn't be a constant struggle."
He stood up when she'd finished talking and walked over to her, his Captain, his friend, he put a hand gently on her shoulder.
"I understand, it's different for you, you're the captain, the rest of the crew they get time off," he said sympathetically, he did understand to some extent, he'd bee a Captain once.
Then she did something surprised him, and very little still surprised him. She started to cry. He knelt beside her on the floor. In the last couple of days he'd seen a new side of her, she was a fighter, he'd never known her to give up before. He ran the back of his fingers down the side of her cheek and wiped away a tear with his thumb. He hugged her just like he had so many times on new earth, and she sobbed into his shoulder. ************************************************************************
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Next chapter coming soon.
Disclaimer: Voyager and it's characters are not mine.
Spoilers: None.
************************************************************************
They sat in silence eating their dinner, usually they talked about the past week, what was happening on the ship, but Chakotay was just glad she hadn't cancelled after what had happened that day.
She wasn't really eating, just pushing her food around her plate with her fork; he put his own fork down and looked straight at her.
"Kathryn," he said and paused, choosing his next words carefully, he decided on the direct approach, maybe not his best idea but it was an idea, "Why did you offer our technology to an obviously less developed species?"
She looked him straight in the eyes and he felt his will weaken, but he wasn't going to give up.
"How do you know they were less advanced, their," she started, he wouldn't let her finish.
"How do you know that they weren't, we've never met them before," he interrupted.
"They were warp capable," she said.
"So are the Kazon," he countered.
She looked down and he knew he'd won, she was going to explain.
"I'm tired Chakotay," she said.
He didn't understand, she hadn't said it like a request for him to leave, he didn't think she meant tired in that way, so he waited for her to expand on the simple statement. When she glanced up again her eyes were sad.
"I'm tired of my life, all I do is fight, life shouldn't be a constant struggle."
He stood up when she'd finished talking and walked over to her, his Captain, his friend, he put a hand gently on her shoulder.
"I understand, it's different for you, you're the captain, the rest of the crew they get time off," he said sympathetically, he did understand to some extent, he'd bee a Captain once.
Then she did something surprised him, and very little still surprised him. She started to cry. He knelt beside her on the floor. In the last couple of days he'd seen a new side of her, she was a fighter, he'd never known her to give up before. He ran the back of his fingers down the side of her cheek and wiped away a tear with his thumb. He hugged her just like he had so many times on new earth, and she sobbed into his shoulder. ************************************************************************
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Next chapter coming soon.