Author's Note: Wow, it's like people read my mind! Iamari- thanks for the idea! I'll take you up on that- I was actually thinking of doing just what you said… So for now we are skipping the POV's- I had to set up how everyone was feeling actually before I made the "disaster" occur, so thanks for the reviews… They really make me feel loved. Now off we go!! Hope I got all the techno babble right… it's not my strong point… I hope this is a little believable…

The Captain watched as the stars flew by, faster and faster as they sped through the Delta Quadrant at impulse speed. The warp drive was off line and so cruising at impulse was the best the ship could do. The Captain raised her hand, wanting to hail engineering, just to check the progress being made, but she lowered her hand, deciding it was better to leave the Chief Engineer alone. Things had not been going smoothly between the crew lately, and so she decided to leave it alone, and just wait. After a few minutes, a slight beep from the consul behind her sparked her attention. It beeped again, and she turned to face Ensign Kim.

"Mr. Kim, what is that noise…?" Again the consul beeped, and again, and again, as Kim struggled to reply.

"It seems… well, I … there is a fleet of Kazon ships approaching, we…"

"Out with it Mr. Kim!" she called, more than a little aggravated at the Ops Ensign behind her.

"They're powering weapons…" The voice of her chief of security called from behind her.

"Hail them!" She found herself up out of her chair, and walking toward Tuvok's station.

"They are not responding Captain". Her eyes flew to her first officer. The last thing she wanted was a confrontation… especially since they had no warp drive. A blast rocked the ship. She had no choice; they at least had phasers… and photon torpedoes. "Fire at will Lieutenant."

"Minimal damage to their shields Captain…They're hailing us…"

"Open a channel" Her eyes moved to the screen, to see the horribly ugly Kazon watching her.

"Captain Janeway… it's a pleasure to finally meet you. You have stolen from and murdered the Kazon people… now you will die" The channel was cut as she quickly looked back at her first officer, who was reaching for his comm badge. His hand froze and for a split second the world seemed to stop. Another blast rocked the ship and Tuvok's voice jarred her from her thoughts. "Shields down to 70%..."

"Fire photon torpedoes"

As she watched the Kazon ship absorb the blows she could hear Chakotay's voice.

"B'Elanna, we're being attacked, how long till you can get the warp engines back on line?" A more violent blast came this time and the Captain nearly lost her footing.

"Shields down to 45%, we've lost sensors" came the voice of Harry Kim. It had never crossed her mind that without the warp core they were sitting ducks. A huge blast rocked the ship. "Mr. Paris, evasive maneuver Delta"

"The helm controls are offline ma'am"

Another voice… "Ma'am, that last blast caused significant damage to the hull, it's staring to buckle in the lower part of the ship.

And another… "There is now way I can get the warp core back online, that phaser blast knocked out all the controls in engineering…"

And another… "Shields down to 20% and falling"  

They really were stuck, and as another blast slammed the ship she heard the computer's voice.

"Warning hull breaches on decks 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12. Collapse is imminent." She turned toward her first officer who had risen from his seat. His eyes burned into her soul. His eyes said everything. They had to get out.