Author's Note: Thanks for all the reviews and suggestions! Cicimalone, I'm saving the doctor for the next chapter… and you'll see why, at least I hope my madness makes sense. Okay so fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy ride. Sorry it took me so long to update, but I've been swamped with grad parties! Isn't it funny, you think that you're going one way with something and then it spins itself into something different? I was going to do a happy ending, but now I'm not so sure I want to…

She was furious, and Tom swore he could see the steam rising off the top of her head. He and the rest of the bridge crew had heard her screaming at the Commander, and as she sat in her chair, she didn't even spare him a passing glance. Tom looked at her, awaiting orders, and as she gave them, he could see that she had been crying, her nose was slightly red and her voice was strained and tearful. Chakotay looked over at her, trying to talk to her, but she turned her head sharply away and nearly yelled:
 "Mr. Paris, Engage." It seemed as if she was trying to drown out her own thoughts, and for once Tom felt a twinge of guilt.

He had always taken for granted how well the Command team worked together, how their relationship kept things on the bridge a little more bearable. But now, now that they refused to speak to one another, Tom hated it. Sure he hated it when Chakotay was flattering the Captain and she was indiscriminately flirting with him, but the silence was thick enough to cut with a knife. As personally satisfied as he was that he finally had a chance to win over the Captain, he could not help but worry about how the crew would react…

A blast shook the ship, as the Captain looked over her shoulder at Tuvok.

"Report!" she called

"It seems that our cloaking device has been disabled and we are being encircled by both the Kazon and Viidian ships" Tuvok replied calmly. Chakotay opened his mouth to say something, but a sharp glance from the Captain shut him up.

"Mr. Paris" she addressed him as she moved toward the con. "Are you able to get us out of here?" Tuvok's voice called out from behind her.

"It would be unwise, for if we try to escape we will only draw their fire".

Chakotay stood up and moved next to her. She shied away from him as another blast rocked the already damaged ship.

"I could take a shuttle Captain". She looked at him coldly.

"Don't be ridiculous."
 "I could draw their attention away from Voyager…"

"They won't go after you Commander, they're after the big fish"
 "So are you just going to stay here? We're out of choices, anything we do would cause them to open fire, and in the state this ship is in, we can't take to many blasts."

"I won't let you go out there"

"We don't have a choice"

"Fine. Take the shuttle, but take someone with you, this isn't something you can do alone." She replied.

"Captain, this is something I need to do alone"

"I'll go with you" called the voice of Harry Kim.

"Ensign…" the Commander warned.

"I want to go sir…"

"Be careful Harry…" Tom spoke to his friend. "Don't do anything stupid Harry; we want you back in one piece"

Smiling they walked off the bridge as Kathryn looked behind her and whispered to herself… "Be careful Chakotay, I don't think I can make it home without you."

Turning back to face her, their eyes locked and he spoke:

"You won't have to."

I know you're gone
I watched you leave
I always thought
That it was me
You made it clear
With that last kiss
You couldn't live a life
With maybes and what if's

When every boat
Has sailed away
And every path
Is marked and paved
When every road
Has had its say
Then I'll be bringing you back
Home to stay

I have the cards you sent to me
You wrote of trains and Paris galleries
This spring you'll draw
Canals, and frescoed walls
Look how far your dreaming' s gone

When every town looks just the same
When every choice gets hard to make
When every map is put away
Then I'll be bringing you back
Home to stay

And now I know why you had to go alone
Isn't there a place between

When every boat
Has sailed away
And every path
Is marked and paved

When every road
Has had its say
Then I'll be bringing you back
Home to stay

Reach out to me
Call out my name
And I would bring you back again
Today

The Song is Josh Groban's; the song at the end was per request of Celine Janeway…