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Summary: After a year of being home, Voyager's scattered crew gathers together for one last battle~ but it's not the jolly reunion one might expect… Janeway, Chakotay, Tuvok, Tom, B'Elanna, Harry, Seven, Celes…and some new characters. Enjoy!

Past Re-Visited

By Erin and Rebecca

Chapter 5:

Distress

Harry fiddled around with the data Padd for the thousandth time that day. He couldn't make anything of it. Naomi Wildman had really stumped him this time.

            After the away mission, Commander Riker had debriefed him and relieved him for the day. Before heading to Ten Forward for a drink, he stopped by his quarters to pick up a few things that had been sent to him over Starfleet channels. One of which was this data padd from Naomi Wildman. She had taken to writing to the crew over the past year. Sending them fun little activities she'd been creating, in an attempt to remain close to the family she was born to. Harry couldn't help but smile when he read her letters and played her games. Sitting in Ten Forward, reading mail from Naomi was something he looked forward to every week.

            Just then, a familiar looking young woman walked into Ten Forward, looking rather nervous and timid. She approached the bar and was greeted by the bartender. Harry was sitting close enough to listen parts of their conversation.

            "Well hello honey. I don't believe I've ever seen you in here before."

            The girl smiled and took a stool, "That's because I was just transferred here a few days ago. I was told by a friend that if I ever got here, I had to come and see Ten Forward. Didn't think I'd actually be serving here though."

            "Well Ensign, I'm Guinan. If there's anything you need, you just come right up to me and ask huh? What'll you have?"

            "Umm, you got any Bajoran ale?"

            "A steady supply. I'll grab the bottle. Say you seem pretty young. Is this your first assignment?"

            At that the girl almost laughed, "Oh no. I've been in Starfleet for about eight years now. Umm, for the past 13 months I've kinda been taking a break. Before that, I was on the longest mission of my life."

            "Oh? Where was that?"

            She took a while to answer, "The Starship Voyager."

            "Celes!" Harry exclaimed, finally recognizing who she was. "Tal Celes!"

            She spun around in her stool, surprised at the outburst, but even more surprised at the source, "Ensign Kim! Or…er, I'm sorry. Lieutenant!"

            Harry approached the bar and the two shook hands, "I'm sorry, I couldn't help but overhear your conversation."

            "Oh that's okay. It's really nice to finally know someone on this huge ship. This is a lot bigger than Voyager."

            Harry nodded as Guinan came back with her drink, gracious enough to realize she had done her job well, and left the rest of the "Enterprise welcome" to Harry.

            "So when did you go back on active duty?"

            "A few weeks ago. I applied to every ship I could get an application to," she added timidly, "Captain Janeway apparently gave me a good recommendation. I'm almost not sure I belong here. I mean, Captain Picard?!"

            Harry laughed, "I know exactly how you feel." Then he motioned to his data Padd. "Gotten anything from Naomi Wildman recently?"

            "Well, as a matter of fact-"

            "Lieutenant Commander Data to Lieutenant Kim." The comm system chimed in.

            Harry hit his communicator.

            "Kim here."

            "We require your assistance Lieutenant. Please report to the senior staff briefing room."

            Harry's smile disappeared, "Yes sir. I'm on my way."

            "The senior staff briefing room?" Celes asked, "You're already pretty important here."

            But Harry gave her a nervous look, "Actually, I'm not at all that important here. I wonder what that's all about."

            "Well, you'd better go…I um, hope everything's all right."

            "Yeah, I hope so too."

            "Thank you for coming Lieutenant." Data stated as Kim walked in the room.

            Kim nodded, momentarily in awe of the place he was standing in. This was the briefing room of the U.S.S. Enterprise. Captain Picard, Commander Riker, Lieutenant Commander Data, Dr. Crusher, Lieutenant Commander LaForge. They were all in the same room, waiting for him. It wasn't like he'd never seen them before. He often rotated into Commander Data's ops station when he was needed and had served directly under the Captain. And of course he was a regular on away missions with Riker. But never had he seen the briefing room or been part of something that was, judging by the serious expressions on their faces, so obviously important.

            "Please, have a seat Lieutenant."

            "Thank you Captain."

            "Lieutenant Kim," Picard started, "At 0600 hours, the Enterprise received an encrypted message from a small science vessel. It was sent over several channels through the worm hole that leads to the Beta Quadrant near Deep Space Five," Harry nodded as he continued, "I'm afraid it appears to be from a close friend of yours. He mentions your name several times."

            "A science vessel?"

            "Yes. It's called the Darwin."

            "Tom," he said, his stomach starting to churn.

            "Yes, Tom Paris," Riker continued, "Only fragments of the audio message came through. We'd like you to listen to it."

            Kim nodded hesitantly as random thoughts passed through his mind. It was amazing what terrible scenarios the human mind can create in only a few seconds. But every possible situation that the Paris's could've been involved in all played out in his head in the time it took for Commander Data to play the message.

            "This is Tom Paris of the federation science vessel Darwin…on a mission to Packard 3…debris field…missing ships. I'm sending this encrypted because…engines are in need of repairs…lost main power to………Harry Kim…recognize the data I'm sending…B'Elanna's in trouble…Get the data to Janeway…may not have a lot of time…Harry…please hurry…losing more power…got to-"

            The message ended as Harry immediately began replaying the important parts over in his mind. Recognize the data…we may not have a lot of time…B'Elanna's in trouble.

            "The data he sent, is it in tact?"

            Data looked at LaForge across the table who sighed as he handed Kim a Padd. "I'm afraid there's not much on here. Just a few images of the debris field, some half-deleted schematics we think are from a leftover mission, and some weapons signatures that we're unfamiliar with."

            "Mr. Paris expressed that he believed you would know more about this data he sent us," Captain Picard told him, walking over to his chair. "It sounds like he's in desperate trouble. If there's anything you recognize…"

            Kim took the Padd carefully and examined the data. LaForge appeared to be right at first. There wasn't much there. Then he saw something. A frequency grid he hadn't seen in years. But it was a sight he would never forget. His face went pale as he looked up at the Captain. "This is a weapons signature of a species we came across in the Delta Quadrant," he said slowly, his mouth going dry. He hesitated, frantically trying to find his voice.

            "Can you be more specific Lieutenant?"

            "Captain, I'm afraid the federation is in great danger."

            "Why, Mr. Kim?"

            An eternity seemed to pass before he summoned the courage to finish, "It's Species 8472."

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