Next chapter, it's a bit longer than the last one but not much. Somehow
they look longer on paper. The end is defiantly in sight. There is one
more short chapter that I have to post and then it's done. Review.
Disclaimer: Voyager is not mine.
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2 weeks previously.
Chakotay sat in the dark cold, damp cave he had been assigned to along with Harry and Cassie. They'd bee in the mines for two weeks but it seemed like an eternity to Chakotay. Their captors, the pirates of the Tol Norath had taken them to the mining planet as slaves after transporting them from the shuttle, mere moments before it was destroyed. Right now Chakotay felt he would rather be dead then without Kathryn.
"Chakotay," Harry's voice sounded form beside him, Chakotay looked up at the Ensign. They'd had their uniforms taken from them when they arrived, now they were wearing plain brown tops and trousers. Harry's skin and clothes were coated with weeks of dirt and sweat; he had stopped working for just a moment to speak with Chakotay.
"You have to work," Harry told him, "we need to play along until we can find a way out."
"And then what?" Chakotay asked, "Voyager is gone, they think we're dead."
"You will be dead if they catch you slacking off," Harry said, Cassie had moved to stand the other side of him, showing her agreement with Harry.
"I can only hope," Chakotay said, hating the self pity in his words and the fact that he was showing them so much emotion, in his voice, his face and his posture, but he couldn't help it. The pain was too much for him to bear, he couldn't take it anymore.
"We've got to come up with a way to get out of here," Harry said, signalling for Cassie to sit down as he did.
"We're never going to leave," Chakotay said, staring straight ahead at the solid rock wall in front of him.
Around them the other slaves were moving away. Talk of escape could result I death, even if it was just talk. That's what they had been told when they arrived.
Maybe it's worth a try then.
"Stop feeling sorry for yourself Chakotay," Cassie snapped, "it's not like you."
"Self pity is all I have left now. I've lost my lover, my child, my life. It's perfectly normal for me to feel sorry for myself, maybe you should try it." Chakotay said in a flat voice.
"Chakotay, I think you're delirious or something," Harry suggested, "here." He held out a container of water.
"I'm fine," Chakotay hit the water away.
"Chakotay you don't have a child." Cassie explained softly.
"She's pregnant," Chakotay smiled and laughed bitterly.
"Who?" Cassie asked, her brow creased in confusion.
"Oh god," Harry said, Chakotay looked up at him, noticing the realization on his face, "Captain Janeway."
That was it, the secret was out. Chakotay turned his attention back to the wall, not even acknowledging Harry's discovery.
"Tom always said there was something between you two," Harry said, looking shocked, "I just thought he was being Tom."
"Well it doesn't matter now," Chakotay said.
Cassie looked stunned, and started to stutter something.
"W, w, were you ,um, seeing her when we went out?" She asked. "Was that why you?"
"No," Chakotay answered, it was only half a lie. She was being very selfish.
Good for her, maybe she's starting to understand the self pity thing.
"You have to try and get out of here," she said sensibly, recovering form her shock, "for them."
"They're gone," Chakotay said bluntly, standing up and walking away from the two crew members.
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I know this is a little out of character but most of the story is. Sorry. Tell me what you think.
Disclaimer: Voyager is not mine.
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2 weeks previously.
Chakotay sat in the dark cold, damp cave he had been assigned to along with Harry and Cassie. They'd bee in the mines for two weeks but it seemed like an eternity to Chakotay. Their captors, the pirates of the Tol Norath had taken them to the mining planet as slaves after transporting them from the shuttle, mere moments before it was destroyed. Right now Chakotay felt he would rather be dead then without Kathryn.
"Chakotay," Harry's voice sounded form beside him, Chakotay looked up at the Ensign. They'd had their uniforms taken from them when they arrived, now they were wearing plain brown tops and trousers. Harry's skin and clothes were coated with weeks of dirt and sweat; he had stopped working for just a moment to speak with Chakotay.
"You have to work," Harry told him, "we need to play along until we can find a way out."
"And then what?" Chakotay asked, "Voyager is gone, they think we're dead."
"You will be dead if they catch you slacking off," Harry said, Cassie had moved to stand the other side of him, showing her agreement with Harry.
"I can only hope," Chakotay said, hating the self pity in his words and the fact that he was showing them so much emotion, in his voice, his face and his posture, but he couldn't help it. The pain was too much for him to bear, he couldn't take it anymore.
"We've got to come up with a way to get out of here," Harry said, signalling for Cassie to sit down as he did.
"We're never going to leave," Chakotay said, staring straight ahead at the solid rock wall in front of him.
Around them the other slaves were moving away. Talk of escape could result I death, even if it was just talk. That's what they had been told when they arrived.
Maybe it's worth a try then.
"Stop feeling sorry for yourself Chakotay," Cassie snapped, "it's not like you."
"Self pity is all I have left now. I've lost my lover, my child, my life. It's perfectly normal for me to feel sorry for myself, maybe you should try it." Chakotay said in a flat voice.
"Chakotay, I think you're delirious or something," Harry suggested, "here." He held out a container of water.
"I'm fine," Chakotay hit the water away.
"Chakotay you don't have a child." Cassie explained softly.
"She's pregnant," Chakotay smiled and laughed bitterly.
"Who?" Cassie asked, her brow creased in confusion.
"Oh god," Harry said, Chakotay looked up at him, noticing the realization on his face, "Captain Janeway."
That was it, the secret was out. Chakotay turned his attention back to the wall, not even acknowledging Harry's discovery.
"Tom always said there was something between you two," Harry said, looking shocked, "I just thought he was being Tom."
"Well it doesn't matter now," Chakotay said.
Cassie looked stunned, and started to stutter something.
"W, w, were you ,um, seeing her when we went out?" She asked. "Was that why you?"
"No," Chakotay answered, it was only half a lie. She was being very selfish.
Good for her, maybe she's starting to understand the self pity thing.
"You have to try and get out of here," she said sensibly, recovering form her shock, "for them."
"They're gone," Chakotay said bluntly, standing up and walking away from the two crew members.
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I know this is a little out of character but most of the story is. Sorry. Tell me what you think.