"First matter, the investigation into the destruction of the Hirogen ship. Tuvok?"
Tuvok stood to speak and walked to a computer on the wall. "The ship we encountered was a projection, originating from planet's surface - here," he displayed a map on the screen and located the position. "The jolts experienced by the ship seemed to be caused by short bursts from a repulsor beam, fired at random intervals, also originating from the surface. We are still unable to confirm living organisms on the planet's surface. This could be an automated program or their life signs could be masked."
The Captain continued to frown and stare at the screen. After a few seconds of silence she nodded and stood up and leant on the back of her chair.
"And if there is someone down there what do they want? …Can we send an Away Team?"
"Unlikely. The atmosphere is Y class and we wouldn't be able to transport down there with all the radiation interference. We could use the Delta Flyer," said Harry Kim.
"Do you think the shields could withstand an environment like that?"
"We could use Borg-enhanced multi-spectral shielding to withstand the pressures. I could have the Flyer ready by 1500 hours." This was the blonde woman who spoke.
"You've got until 1400 hours," the Captain said. Well, she's not very demanding is she? "Now, second…Mr Potter's arrival."
Harry felt sick. He looked up to find everyone staring at him except Tuvok, who had returned to his place around the table, now deep in thought.
"Suggestions?" The Captain asked.
Tuvok spoke, "We have confirmed that somehow he was transported through time and Space. We cannot rule out sabotage, Captain."
"Maybe it was simply an accident. It could have been a shockwave which fractured space-time, and Harry could simply have been in the wrong place at the wrong time," B'Elanna said.
"Unlikely," said Tuvok, "the odds on him appearing on Voyager and not in the middle of Space are slim to none. It is logical to presume that someone wanted to Harry here and now in an attempt to possibly to alter their future. It may only be a hunch Captain but I stand by my suspicions."
"And I said I'd pay more attention to your hunches, Tuvok," the Captain said.
Harry swallowed hard. Sabotage? Someone wanted him in the future - but why? Or maybe someone simply wanted him out of the past.
"Harry," the Captain spoke, "do you have anything to say?"
He thought.
"Well it could have been Voldemort. Maybe he thought this was the only way to get rid of me…"
"Again, unlikely, Captain. It is more likely to be someone in this time or the future, who travelled back. People from the pre-warp eras in the 20th Century lack the ability to fracture space-time and cause time-travel effects," Tuvok said.
"Agreed," the Captain said.
"But Voldemort's really powerful, maybe he used magic," Harry said quickly.
"But again, why here?" B'Elanna added.
The Captain spoke again, "All we can do is theorize at the moment. Do you think this has anything to do with whatever's happening on the surface?"
"Could be, but there's no real link," B'Elanna said.
"You know who it could be? Q. Sound's like something he'd do if he was bored - send a famous Wizard from the 20th Century to Voyager and see how we cope," added Tom.
"I'm not dismissing that idea either. At the moment we haven't really got any real leads on this," the Captain sighed. "Harry, do you remember anything unusual happening before you apparated, or while you apparated?"
"Erm…not really, no. Captain? Can you tell me what happened to the Wizards?"
Janeway and Chakotay exchanged looks. She sighed and began, "After you disappeared they were nearly all wiped out by Voldemort and his followers, and he died shortly afterwards. Nobody really knows why he died." She shrugged. "Our knowledge of the ancient wizarding world is not…perfect."
Harry thought. Maybe the prophecy was wrong…'And either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives…' That was what the prophecy had said…I never killed Voldemort, and Voldemort never killed me…so how did he die? Was it Dumbledore? Was the prophecy wrong? Was he finally human enough to die?
"And Harry," she said softly.
"Yes?"
"I…," she looked around the room with a pained expression, "I would like a word with you when I return."
Harry looked down at the table and nodded. Why can't she just tell me now?
"Tuvok, B'Elanna, Seven - you're with me on this Away Mission," the Captain commanded.
"Captain, I don't think it's such a good idea for you to go. I'll lead the Away Team," Chakotay objected.
"Chakotay, you're not my mother," she replied before walking out the room.
TBC…