The Captain's Ladies

Author: Jett Wall (wall@jetcindx.zzn.com)

Rating: PG Disclaimer: Paramount owns the characters.I love and respect them. My story, my words, my way of interpreting the characters. Do not reproduce without permission.

She hung against the black curtain of space as a luminous jewel seductively calling to him. Teasing him with her majestic sleek lines, enticing him with the power and speed he knew lay within. She seemed to be almost straining against the docking clamps, waiting.

Waiting for him. Her master, her commander, for tomorrow she would be his to command.

The image in the view port reflected a man ready to take control, to mark her virgin voyage with his brand. He desired her as he had desired none before. He would come to know every sound, every shudder, and every movement. This magnificent beauty of man-made fire would respond to his authority alone without protest. He would push her to the limits in order to explore her full potential while she took him along for the ride. Feeding his needs, he would be sated with the joy of the challenge. Even her name touched the very core of her new captain, sealing their fates together, for she would launch as the U.S.S. Janeway. The anticipation of the journey made his breath quicken, his body tremble. Did every captain feel this way when faced with such a remarkable creation? His eyes closed against the rush of pleasure for tomorrow she would be his.

"I thought I'd find you here." A soft voice whispered as small hands encircling him from behind. "Should I be jealous that my husband is drooling over another?" she murmured as her soft lips kissed the back of his neck.

Gathering her into his embrace he placed his large hand over her stomach where his daughter lay waiting to enter their world. His ladies. The one of metal and bio-circuitry, for all her glory, could never give him what this small, lovely creature in his arms had. Never give him the joy of discovery he would face when the one growing under her breast made her entrance into their world.

His wife raised her blue eyes to his, frowning, waiting for an answer. Tapping her foot impatiently she started to pull from his arms and as if needing to voice her own opinion, their child kicked his hand.

"Never, she's a tempting mistress and she'll serve well but you.you are my life, my love and I serve you." he said as he pulled her back into his arms placing a kiss on her fire-touched hair. His heartbeat, as always became one with hers, she knew his every sound, every shudder, every movement. Bending he kissed her belly and repeated this pledge to his littlest lady, "You too, Angel."

"Good answer, Captain. Now take me home and we'll serve each other." she gently chided against his lips. She understood his need, this feeling for his ship better than anyone. "Tomorrow she can have you but tonight you are mine. I'm going to show you impulse power exploding into warp like you will never feel with her."

Without a backwards glance, the Captain escorted his ladies home.

The End