1 Captain and Kathryn
By Katy Jane
Four months earlier…
Once the away team materialized on the uninhabited M-class planet they separated out into groups and began scanning for edible vegetation. The captain and the commander were side by side as they moved away from the other team members. He glanced over at her; she looked content, maybe even happy. As she scanned with the tricorder in her right hand she idly let her left hand brush lightly over a large white flower.
She was letting her shields down, just slightly and he decided to take advantage of the situation. He plucked one of the blossoms and handed it to her with a full dimpled smile. She took the flower and smiled back. He was flirting with her but she was flirting right back. It was subtle, and to the untrained observer the overtures might have gone unnoticed. Chakotay knew what was going on, The Captain was letting Kathryn come out and play. He wished she would do that more often. The pair continued on their way exchanging looks and smiles and occasionally words. They didn't notice instantly when the sky turned dark, however it didn't take long.
"Captain Janeway to Tuvok."
"Tuvok here," Tuvok's disembodied voice came over the combadge.
"Have the away team regroup, we're getting out of her" she yelled as the plasma storm began to rage. She ended the transmission and began another, "Janeway to Voyager"
"Voyager here, Captain." It was Harry. "What's happening down there. We're getting some strange readings."
"It's a plasma storm, begin beaming up the members of the away team."
"Under stood, captain. We'll do our best but there is a good chance that the storm is going to cause interference with the transports.
"Do your best, Janeway out."
Janeway and Chakotay began looking for the rest of the away team, wanting to insure that they all successfully made it back to the ship. They came over a slight rise and saw them, one by one dematerializing. As the Captain felt the familiar tingle of the transporter beam she glances over and saw that Chakotay was beginning to dematerialize also her mind felt at ease.
Chakotay materialized on the transporter pad, alone. "Where is she!" he shouted at the transporter chief.
"The storm is interfering with the beam out. Her pattern is breaking up." The transporter chief explained, working the console feverishly. "I'm going to try using a second beam to stabilize her pattern." After a few moments he said, "Its working the pattern is stabilizing… wait a moment I'm showing two patterns.
"What?"
"I don't know what happened."
Chakotay pulled a phaser and aimed it at the transporter pad, "well, lets see what we have." Two figures began to materialize on the pad, "Step a way Captain." he warned. Both figures almost jumped away from the other. It took a moment for everyone in the transporter room to register what they were seeing. Upon the transporter pad stood two Kathryn Janeways.
*
The senior staff had assembled in the briefing room; the two Janeways sat at the head of the table.
"There is still no sure explanation for what happened." Chakotay said as he paced the briefing room, "And as far as we can tell there is no way to reverse it. So now we need to figure out what to do about this.
"Well, I suppose we can't have two different captains," Tom quipped trying to ease some of the tension in the room.
"No," he said stopping and placing his hands palm down on the table. "The doctor is working to determine which is the original and which it the duplicate. The original will continue as the captain and the duplicate will choose whatever position on the ship they want."
"EMH to Commander Chakotay."
"Chakotay here."
"I have determined which is the original."
Chakotay glanced quickly to the two identical women next to him, "We'll be right there."
*
"After running several different analyses," the doctor began once they had convened in sickbay, "I have discovered a 0.0012% genetic drift in the captain on you're right."
"Well, I guess that settles that," Chakotay said tuning to the women, "now I'll leave you to discuss things, to decide what happens now." Chakotay left and the Doctor, takeing the hint, deactivated him self."
"I'll pick another name, I think maybe I'll go with our middle name, Elizabeth…"
"No," the captain interrupted her, "no one calls me Kathryn anyway, you can keep the name, I'll take Elizabeth."
"Chakotay calls us Kathryn."
"Well that's only one person."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
"If you insist." Kathryn said.
After a pause the captain asked, "So what are you going to do now?"
"Well, with your permission, I think I'd like to work in the science department. It will take a while to get use to taking orders again, but I missed being a scientist."
"Permission granted." The captain said giving her double a slight smile, she was taking this whole thing better than she had expected. She thought since they had been the same person that she should know how Kathryn was thinking but apparently she was wrong.
By Katy Jane
Four months earlier…
Once the away team materialized on the uninhabited M-class planet they separated out into groups and began scanning for edible vegetation. The captain and the commander were side by side as they moved away from the other team members. He glanced over at her; she looked content, maybe even happy. As she scanned with the tricorder in her right hand she idly let her left hand brush lightly over a large white flower.
She was letting her shields down, just slightly and he decided to take advantage of the situation. He plucked one of the blossoms and handed it to her with a full dimpled smile. She took the flower and smiled back. He was flirting with her but she was flirting right back. It was subtle, and to the untrained observer the overtures might have gone unnoticed. Chakotay knew what was going on, The Captain was letting Kathryn come out and play. He wished she would do that more often. The pair continued on their way exchanging looks and smiles and occasionally words. They didn't notice instantly when the sky turned dark, however it didn't take long.
"Captain Janeway to Tuvok."
"Tuvok here," Tuvok's disembodied voice came over the combadge.
"Have the away team regroup, we're getting out of her" she yelled as the plasma storm began to rage. She ended the transmission and began another, "Janeway to Voyager"
"Voyager here, Captain." It was Harry. "What's happening down there. We're getting some strange readings."
"It's a plasma storm, begin beaming up the members of the away team."
"Under stood, captain. We'll do our best but there is a good chance that the storm is going to cause interference with the transports.
"Do your best, Janeway out."
Janeway and Chakotay began looking for the rest of the away team, wanting to insure that they all successfully made it back to the ship. They came over a slight rise and saw them, one by one dematerializing. As the Captain felt the familiar tingle of the transporter beam she glances over and saw that Chakotay was beginning to dematerialize also her mind felt at ease.
Chakotay materialized on the transporter pad, alone. "Where is she!" he shouted at the transporter chief.
"The storm is interfering with the beam out. Her pattern is breaking up." The transporter chief explained, working the console feverishly. "I'm going to try using a second beam to stabilize her pattern." After a few moments he said, "Its working the pattern is stabilizing… wait a moment I'm showing two patterns.
"What?"
"I don't know what happened."
Chakotay pulled a phaser and aimed it at the transporter pad, "well, lets see what we have." Two figures began to materialize on the pad, "Step a way Captain." he warned. Both figures almost jumped away from the other. It took a moment for everyone in the transporter room to register what they were seeing. Upon the transporter pad stood two Kathryn Janeways.
*
The senior staff had assembled in the briefing room; the two Janeways sat at the head of the table.
"There is still no sure explanation for what happened." Chakotay said as he paced the briefing room, "And as far as we can tell there is no way to reverse it. So now we need to figure out what to do about this.
"Well, I suppose we can't have two different captains," Tom quipped trying to ease some of the tension in the room.
"No," he said stopping and placing his hands palm down on the table. "The doctor is working to determine which is the original and which it the duplicate. The original will continue as the captain and the duplicate will choose whatever position on the ship they want."
"EMH to Commander Chakotay."
"Chakotay here."
"I have determined which is the original."
Chakotay glanced quickly to the two identical women next to him, "We'll be right there."
*
"After running several different analyses," the doctor began once they had convened in sickbay, "I have discovered a 0.0012% genetic drift in the captain on you're right."
"Well, I guess that settles that," Chakotay said tuning to the women, "now I'll leave you to discuss things, to decide what happens now." Chakotay left and the Doctor, takeing the hint, deactivated him self."
"I'll pick another name, I think maybe I'll go with our middle name, Elizabeth…"
"No," the captain interrupted her, "no one calls me Kathryn anyway, you can keep the name, I'll take Elizabeth."
"Chakotay calls us Kathryn."
"Well that's only one person."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
"If you insist." Kathryn said.
After a pause the captain asked, "So what are you going to do now?"
"Well, with your permission, I think I'd like to work in the science department. It will take a while to get use to taking orders again, but I missed being a scientist."
"Permission granted." The captain said giving her double a slight smile, she was taking this whole thing better than she had expected. She thought since they had been the same person that she should know how Kathryn was thinking but apparently she was wrong.