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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 8:
Underway
"Please state the nature of the medical emergency."
But there was no emergency. Janeway just looked at her old friend and smiled. "Hello Doctor."
"Captain," he said respectfully, and shook her hand. "It's good to be aboard. I was briefed by Lieutenant Barclay at your request before they transferred me."
"I'm glad you're here."
"Captain," he said, moving forward, "It's truly an honor to be serving with you again. These past 13 months at Lieutenant Barclay's research center have been…less than eventful. But are you sure there are no…hard feelings between you and Doctor Bartlett."
Janeway nodded in understanding. Dr. Bartlett had been somewhat offended when she informed him the Doctor would be coming back. But she wasn't worried. "Doctor," she said patting his shoulder, "There's no other physician I would rather have for this mission."
The Doctor just smiled. "Thank you Captain."
"Captain on the bridge," Harry called out. Janeway almost jumped at the command.
"Harry, I've forgotten what that sounded like, coming from you." Harry grinned and looked back at his console.
"I figured you had Captain. It's good to be back under your command."
Janeway walked over to the Captain chair and looked at her first officer's chair. Commander McGary had originally intended to go along with his Captain when the situation arose. With Chakotay actually being out of Starfleet now, combined with the fact that Janeway had known McGary to be a very trusting and loyal officer, she saw no reason to replace him with an alternate Voyager crewmember. But McGary wouldn't in fact be joining them. At the last minute, he was called away on urgent family business. Janeway all but ordered him to go. If his family needed him, she wasn't about to take him into an area of space where, truth be told, they might not be coming back from. There wasn't time to find another qualified first officer so Tuvok had agreed to share responsibilities between tactical and command. Still, there wasn't anything she wouldn't give to have Chakotay back at her side…and Tom Paris at the helm. In fact, of all the people she had specifically requested from Starfleet, about one-third of them had either been reported unavailable or chosen not to go. She understood of course. There were some that would rather not face 8472 unless they absolutely had to. Still, she was grateful for the members of her Voyager family that had come back. Every one of them would be needed at their stations. She looked from Harry to Tuvok and then back to the viewscreen.
"Janeway to Odyssey, we're ready to get under way."
"You're cleared to go, good luck, Athena."
"Helm, take us out. Lay in a course to the last known coordinates of the Darwin. One-third impulse until we clear the space station, then take us to maximum warp."
"Aye, Sir."
Harry looked over at the Captain who was giving this look to the helmsman. He remembered the day he and Tom first walked in the ready-room and Harry made that mistake, twice. The memory brought him back to the present and the message the Enterprise had received from Tom. He watched impatiently as the stars whipped by and he silently pleaded to his friends.
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After leaving Earth's solar system, the senior staff met in the briefing room. It was there that they heard Tom's distress call, Harry having been the only one to have heard it, and they discussed ideas and scenarios.
"The Doctor and I can begin modifying Borg nano-probes, for weapons," Annika said.
"Good. Doctor, you have a larger medical staff. Use whatever resources you need to."
"Understood," the Doctor replied.
"Captain, there are six more crewmen who have volunteered to help, but were unable to make it to Earth," Tuvok informed her.
"Who?" Janeway asked.
"Ayala, O'Donnell, Kyoto, Ashmore, Gennaro, and Mulchaey," he responded.
"Where are they?"
"They have rendezvoused on a station that is fifteen light years from here, towards the Darwin's location."
"Send a message to them, we'll be picking them up."
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