Estranged Relations

Chapter 2: Little Runaway

"Sir, there is an unauthorized shuttle launch." Harry Kim said.

Shinzon turned to look at Mr. Kim and requested him to hail the shuttle. When Harry received the acknowledgement from the shuttle, he put the person on the view screen. To Shinzon's amazement Kat was looking back at him. "Kat, what are you doing? Bring that shuttle back at once!" He turned to Mr. Kim and asked him if they could still get a tractor beam on the shuttle, but Mr. Kim shook his head no. Shinzon turned back to Kat and said, "I don't know where you plan on going, but this quadrant of space is very dangerous. Please come back to the ship and we'll talk about whatever is bothering you." Shinzon tried to remain calm, he knew the events of the previous night must be the cause for his little girl's attempt at such a dangerous feat.

Kat replied, "After last night, I know the truth. You don't love me, I'm just a burden to you and so I am ridding you of your burden once and for all." Kat cut the communications signal and guided her ship towards Romulus. She had heard her father talk of a Romulan named Donatra. He had loved her once, Kat thought to herself. Now she was headed to Romulus to find this Donatra. She also hoped Donatra would be able to tell her more about her father and the dream she had awaken him from last night.

Back on Voyager, Shinzon was pacing his ready room. They were in pursuit of Kat, but were not able to hail her again. She was headed for Romulus, and if she kept maneuvering her smaller craft the way she was, there would be no way to reach her before she accomplished her flight plan. Shinzon couldn't help but be a proud of his little girl's cunning. She had only sat on his lap as a child while he had maneuvered a shuttle through Earth's skies, but she piloted this craft as though she had been a pilot for years. He told the helmsman to keep tracking her and if they could reach her before the Romulans, he wanted her and the shuttle transported back. This was their highest priority in Shinzon's mind, not obeying orders or following regulations, but getting back his little girl. He was grateful that his crew agreed.

Voyager's attempts to catch up with Kat had failed. She had reached the Romulan home world and had been escorted to the planet by a Romulan ship. She landed her craft expertly and walked out to greet one of the senators. Kat explained who she was and her mission. She had met with no resistance from the Romulans and she attributed this to the allied negotiations. The Romulan Senator named Chen took her to the home where Donatra had grown up, and introduced Kat to Donatra's parents. To Kat's surprise they looked at her with an odd expression of recognition. Kat felt a bond to them almost instantly, but she couldn't explain why. As she asked her questions she found out their daughter was a great warrior. She had helped defeat their enemies on several occasions, until she had met a Reman solider named Shinzon. He had been her undoing. Kat wondered if this Shinzon was her father, but the Romulan couple would say no more about him. They had been told to keep Kat with them until Voyager arrived. Senator Chen had notified Voyager of Kat's safety and told Shinzon where she would be when he arrived.

Shinzon had no love for the Romulans, but he thanked them for keeping his little girl safe. He went to the couple's home and they released Kat into his custody. Kat didn't want to go with her father, she didn't understand why he would even want her to go back to Voyager with him, but she had no choice. When they arrived, he locked her in their quarters and returned to his duties, he promised that once they were back on their side of the Neutral Zone they would talk about her punishment for stealing a shuttle craft. Kat asked him to tell her about her mother, the dream he had the previous night and Donatra, but Shinzon refused.

When Shinzon returned to his quarters later that evening, Kat was asleep. He decided not to wake her, what he needed to talk to her about could wait until the morning. He went to his room, and was shocked to find candles lit and Alura in his bed. He asked her why she was there. Alura looked at him coyly and said, "Isn't it obvious? I know you're needs. I know if you would let go of your frustrations you would be more amicable with Kat in the morning, so I am here to provide you this outlet. I find you very attractive and I know you desire me. Take advantage of this moment and don't think about tomorrow. I will not expect any love from you or attachments, but it has been a long time for you, and for me as well."

Shinzon looked at Alura. She was so desirable. He leaned over her and grabbed a handful of her hair while pushing her face near his own and whispered, "You don't know what you are saying Alura, I could hurt you and wouldn't even know I had."

Alura smiled at him and touched her lips to his. "I like it rough."

Shinzon felt his passion growing. He took off his clothing and laid across Alura's beautiful body. He fondled her breast and kissed her neck tenderly. He started to do a rhythmic dance with her and was feeling the frustrations starting to subside within him. They were passionately embraced when Shinzon heard his door open and Kat yell at him, "I hate you, you disgust me! How dare you put you selfish lusts before your own daughter!" Kat ran from him and locked herself in her room. She had figured out how to disable the computer's locking mechanism, so her dad was unable to physically reach her. Shinzon figured this code out, it was a simple one he had learned himself in the academy. He only had time to grab a towel as he followed her, but it was enough. He walked into her room and grabbed her arm hurting her deliberately.

"You don't yell at me and humiliate me by entering my quarters without permission. I am ashamed of your actions and have been since you boarded the ship. If I want to have sex, it is my right to have it with whomever I choose. If you have a problem with it, I suggest you keep these feeling to yourself before you see a side of me you've never seen before."

This outburst surprised Kat. She had known Alura was her father's next prey, and felt sorry for her. Her dad was no better than James T. Kirk had been with women in his day, at least according to all the accounts in history she had read. Now her father was a maniac, she didn't like this side of him.

Shinzon turned and went back to his room. He told Alura she needed to go. He kissed her one final time and left her in his bed as he went to shower. He wasn't sure how to make Kat understand, but he was tired of her attitude towards him. He stayed up the rest of the night in their living quarters, away from his room and the memories of what had happened, prepared for any type of escape Kat would want to make in the middle of the night.

The next morning, Kat went to her father and glared at him with disgust. He tried to explain to her that he had to move on with his life, her mother was dead and he was tired of being alone. Kat reminded him that he wasn't alone, that she was his daughter. Shinzon couldn't get Kat to understand that for a grown man, he needed the sensuousness of a woman. Kat didn't want to hear his wants, his desires, she wanted the father who loved her and her mother back. She wanted to be kissed on her forehead and cheeks as he had done when she was little, but this man before her, was not the father she wanted.

After they had discussed what they needed to do about heir lives, Kat had given in to her father and promised to make life aboard Voyager work. She started school with Alura as her teacher and even told Alura she didn't hold her responsible for her father's lusts. They became friends and Kat started to enjoy her studies more than she had ever enjoyed school.

Shinzon avoided Kat and Alura for the next few weeks. He spend any time he was off duty in the holodeck. He had decided to program his previous life as Shinzon of Remus and all the horrific acts he had done then as well as when the memories had been planted into his new body. He worked out how to tell Kat that Donatra and Isabelle were both her mother, and saved the program with securities so she couldn't access it without him being there. He felt this was very important knowledge for her to have about what the Romulans were capable of, and what he was capable of.

Alura did her best to interest Kat in her studies. She knew the better Kat was with her schooling, the more likely Shinzon would keep her around. She still wanted him, more than anything. Until the chance came along though, she would do her best for Kat.

Kat had decided she would fool her father into believing she was over him trying to kill her, and the whole sex with Alura thing. She planned on showing her father exactly how cunning she could be. She knew he wasn't use to disobedient females, and he had no idea what a sixteen year old was capable of. . . .yet.

Shinzon removed the restriction to quarters he had placed upon her two weeks ago. He was hoping she would get to know China. He thought she needed a friend more her own age. China was doing an internship as was Tom Paris Jr. and Kat thought China was sweet, but she had her eyes set on Tom.

Every chance she had to be with China she took. She knew that being up front with Tom would disinterest him, so she maneuvered her way to him through China. She hated using China's friendship this way, but in order to get back at her dad, she had to get Tom to fall in love with her.