Chapter 2
Adjusting.
Phoebe had passed out again almost immediately after it had dawned on her were she was. Weather it was from shock or from the massive head-wound that had seemingly come out of nowhere she had no idea.
When she came to again the warm eyes of Harry were replaced with those of a man she recognized as the holographic doctor of Voyager. He was smiling down at her and she forced herself to smile back. She only half succeeded.
"Don't be alarmed, you're perfectly safe. You are in the medical bay of the Starship Voyager. You took a rather nasty blow to the head, but I repaired the damage."
"Thank you."
"What happened to you?"
"I don't know. I don't remember." It was the truth, she didn't remember, and even if she did, she wasn't sure she could tell him. The last thing she remembered was falling asleep on her bed whilst watching Voyager. And this was far too real to be a dream…
The doors to sickbay slid aside and a handsome woman that Phoebe immediately recognized as Captain Janeway entered. She smiled invitingly as she approached Phoebe.
"I´m Captain Kathryn Janeway, welcome onboard Voyager miss…"
"…Halliwell, Phoebe Halliwell."
"Welcome miss Halliwell. Now please tell me, I´m very curious to know how a lone human ended up in the Delta quadrant."
Phoebe thought about it for a moment. She was not quite sure how to approach this, but then she decided.
"What do you mean the Delta quadrant? Where am I? What year is this?" The Captain looked at her suspiciously.
"2377 earth calendar."
"2377?" Phoebe put on her best surprised and shocked face. "But that can't be, I´m from the year 2000."
The doctor and the captain starred at each other in surprise. The Janeway looked back to Phoebe.
"You didn´t seem terribly surprised by all these new settings or even by the mention of the word starship…"
"Well, I´ve seen a lot of unusual things in my day, so…"
Phoebe decided that in this universe she could tell the truth about her heritage without endangering herself. So she started telling them about her and her sisters being witches and about all the demons she had battled over the last couple of years.
"And that's probably also what put me here… a demon or warlock of some sort."
"But why, for what reason?"
"To get me out of the way in my own time, devide the power of three."
"Well we have to find a way to get you back to your own time. But until then, you are more than welcome here on Voyager."
"Thank you Captain."
"You stay here for now and let the doctor give you a full check-up. I´ll go and arrange for some quarters for you and have some one come and take you there."
"Again, thank you very much, I really appreciate this."
The captain just smiled and left sickbay again. Phoebe looked around the room and once again stumbled onto the smiling face of the doctor. Although she knew that she was totally screwed she thought that this might be an interesting experience.
* * *
Back in San Francisco the sun was rising along with the Halliwell sisters, or at least two of them. Piper was trying to find a blouse that went with the new pants she had just bought, but apparently non of what she had in her closet at the moment would do the trick. Oh, she knew, Phoebe had a blouse that would be perfect with this…
She trotted aross the hallway and knocked on the door lightly as she entered the room.
"Phoebe, can I borrow you… Phoebe?"
She was nowhere to be seen, her bed was un-maid and the TV was still running. Piper smelled trouble.
"PRUE…"
* * *
The checkup was not so bad. Phoebe chatted away with the doctor and he entertained her with funny anecdotes. She found him every bit as entertaining as she had on the episodes she had watched. And actually, so far she was enjoying being on Voyager. She was fairly sure that her sister would find a way to get her out of this, so she was reasonably calm.
The doors to sickbay once again slid open, and a man she now definitely recognized as Harry Kim entered.
"Okay doc, I'm here to take her of you hands."
Harry neared her and directed a warm smile at her. She smiled back, and not half-hearted this time.
"I hope your feeling better Miss Halliwell."
"Please, it's Phoebe. And don't I know you?"
"Harry Kim… I'm the one who rescued you."
"Oh, right. Been meaning to thank you for that."
"You're welcome. Now if you would come with me, I´ll take you to your quarters."
Phoebe hopped of the biobed and turned to face the doctor.
"Thank you doctor, it's been a pleasure."
"Likewise, please come back and see me anytime."
"I will." Phoebe gave the doctor a big smile and them excited sickbay with Harry at her side.
The walked the corridors in silence and Phoebe observed all of the alien races she had only seen on-screen walk past her. Harry seemed surprised at how calm she was.
"For someone from the past, you're taking all the new races in stride."
"Oh trust me, I've seen a lot worse. Demons aren't exactly known for being beauty queens. And I'm just assuming here that everybody on Voyager is friendly and wont try to steel my powers."
"No one will hurt you here… What powers?"
"Didn't the Captain tell you I'm a witch?"
"Yes, but not that you have powers. What do you do?"
"I have premonitions, I see past and future events. My sisters Prue and has the ability of telekinesis and my other sister Piper can freeze time. It's called the power of three, together we are the charmed ones…"
"Sounds interesting. I´d love to hear more about it, perhaps over dinner?"
"Yes, that would be nice."
As Phoebe once again gazed into the smiling warm eyes of Harry Kim, she had a feeling she was going to like it here…
To be continued…
