At Any Cost- Ch. 11- I Risked My Life for the Crew
"Okay, Tuvok, you have a point. Whenever strange things happen, I'm usually related to the cause, but not this time." I said. Where's Thor when you need him?
"I've had enough. Lieutenant Mica, Ensign Sanders, take Mister Paris to the Brig. I want three guards in the Brig watching Lieutenant Paris twenty-four hours a day." Janeway practically yelled. Mica and Sanders grabbed me again and this time didn't drag me, but put their phasers to my back urging me towards the turbolift.
"Captain..." I whispered.
"No, Lieutenant Paris, I don't want to hear anymore from you! Now take him away!" Janeway sat back in her chair. As I walked past Harry, he looked a little stunned. And just as I got into the turbolift, I heard a transporter beam.
I looked out through the closing doors of the turbolift to see who or what beamed in and the only thing a saw before Sanders pulled me back into the lift was a grey head. Sanders ordered the lift to the Brig and as soon as it started, I started to go crazy.
"Something just beamed in; shouldn't we go see what it was?" I was saying a little too fast. If I could, I would've started to climb the turbolift walls. "We should go see. Just let me turn the turbolift around, we'll go back."
"Lieutenant Paris," Sanders started a little irritated by me. "calm down or else I will have to sedate you."
"But we should go back, right Mica?" I asked. Mica just stared at me blankly. It was then I decided to take matters into my own hands. "Computer, reroute turbolift to the Bridge." The lift stopped and started going to the Bridge.
"Computer, delay that request. Continue going to the Brig." Mica said.
"Lieutenant, please be quiet." Sanders tried to sound calm.
I decided that now was the time to be quiet, Sanders was starting to sound angry and she has the phaser, so I'm actually going to listen. I looked at Mica again and he didn't even turn his head towards me. The next thing I knew, Sanders, Mica, and I were in this white light and then in the Briefing room.
Mica and Sanders were near the door and Tuvok dismissed them. I saw Janeway standing at the head of the table and Thor was standing next to her. The senior staff were all sitting in their seats around the table, Neelix, Kes, and the Doctor included (the EMH was on their emergency medical channel.)
"Where the hell were you when I needed you, Thor?" I asked practically yelling at him.
"I needed to ask the High Council if it was alright for me to join you upon returning to Voyager." Thor answered.
"Why can't you do something spontaneous for once?" I asked. "They could've killed me!" I looked at Janeway my arms up in the air. Not a good thing to say, she was staring me like she actually did want to kill me. "No wait, never mind. Good timing Thor, best in the world, the galaxy, no waits, both of our galaxies!" I was faking a smile and nodding my head. Okay, now I made them go from angry to thinking I'm insane. That's a definite step in the wrong direction. "You know what, I'll let you guys do all the talking." So I just stood there and shut up. I noticed out the window was Thor's ship.
"Captain Janeway," Thor started. "my ship was the one that attacked you and we programmed a holographic ship and holographic charges as a cover- up. Since we are more advanced, we gave them false readings to make you think that there were several people onboard.
"You should be very happy that Lieutenant Paris was onboard, Captain. If it weren't for him, you would all be dead, including him." Janeway and the others just turned to me. I looked around and shrugged.
"They were going to kill you guys." I said in a pretty low voice. "It was my fault that you were about to be killed, so I took responsibility and tried to save you guys. I was willing to risk my life, but I found a pretty good bargaining chip. Oh, and Captain, be careful, be very careful."
"Tameth?" she asked.
"It's only a little debt that we have to repay." I replied. "Don't worry, Captain, I'll make sure he follows the rules this time."
"Yes, and by the time Enin Tameth comes out, my ship and I will be very far away." Thor said. "Captain, it is now obvious that Lieutenant Paris was telling you the truth. And now, since Enin Tameth's virus is gone and the Asgard High Council still deciding Lieutenant Paris's punishment, your entire crew is saved and the Asgard will reveal themselves and the Tok'ra to your galaxy. Now, if you excuse me, I need to leave before Enin Tameth comes out."
"Commander Thor, thank you for clearing this all up. We hope to see you again." Janeway said.
"Thor, wait, can I ask you something?" I asked. I went over to where he was standing and we went into that dark corner, out of earshot of the others. "What about, you-know-who?"
"We will stay within range until he comes back and we will contact your ship when we're ready to leave." Thor replied. We came out of the corner and Thor pushed the back of his hand and was beamed back to his ship.
Janeway and the rest of the senior staff were still in the Briefing room several minutes after Thor left, staring at me.
"What? Do I have something on my face? Why are you all staring at me?" I asked.
"You saved us." B'Elanna said. "You actually risked your life to save us at the risk of you dying."
"I think that we've already established that." I replied. "It's not a big deal. I know that any person on this ship would've done the same thing."
"Lieutenant?" Janeway said a little bit of a grin on her face. "You are very lucky. If it weren't for Thor, you would've stayed in the Brig indefinitely. But, you had to get the luck of the draw with Thor coming to your rescue after you coming to our rescue."
"Paris, I think I owe you my life again." Chakotay smiled and stood up. "What is it now, two lives I owe you?" I just smiled back. The senior staff all went onto the bridge and I thankfully got to take the helm. It was the first time in several weeks. Feeling the ship move beneath me is a great feeling, though, a change of clothes is defiantly needed.
"Okay, Tuvok, you have a point. Whenever strange things happen, I'm usually related to the cause, but not this time." I said. Where's Thor when you need him?
"I've had enough. Lieutenant Mica, Ensign Sanders, take Mister Paris to the Brig. I want three guards in the Brig watching Lieutenant Paris twenty-four hours a day." Janeway practically yelled. Mica and Sanders grabbed me again and this time didn't drag me, but put their phasers to my back urging me towards the turbolift.
"Captain..." I whispered.
"No, Lieutenant Paris, I don't want to hear anymore from you! Now take him away!" Janeway sat back in her chair. As I walked past Harry, he looked a little stunned. And just as I got into the turbolift, I heard a transporter beam.
I looked out through the closing doors of the turbolift to see who or what beamed in and the only thing a saw before Sanders pulled me back into the lift was a grey head. Sanders ordered the lift to the Brig and as soon as it started, I started to go crazy.
"Something just beamed in; shouldn't we go see what it was?" I was saying a little too fast. If I could, I would've started to climb the turbolift walls. "We should go see. Just let me turn the turbolift around, we'll go back."
"Lieutenant Paris," Sanders started a little irritated by me. "calm down or else I will have to sedate you."
"But we should go back, right Mica?" I asked. Mica just stared at me blankly. It was then I decided to take matters into my own hands. "Computer, reroute turbolift to the Bridge." The lift stopped and started going to the Bridge.
"Computer, delay that request. Continue going to the Brig." Mica said.
"Lieutenant, please be quiet." Sanders tried to sound calm.
I decided that now was the time to be quiet, Sanders was starting to sound angry and she has the phaser, so I'm actually going to listen. I looked at Mica again and he didn't even turn his head towards me. The next thing I knew, Sanders, Mica, and I were in this white light and then in the Briefing room.
Mica and Sanders were near the door and Tuvok dismissed them. I saw Janeway standing at the head of the table and Thor was standing next to her. The senior staff were all sitting in their seats around the table, Neelix, Kes, and the Doctor included (the EMH was on their emergency medical channel.)
"Where the hell were you when I needed you, Thor?" I asked practically yelling at him.
"I needed to ask the High Council if it was alright for me to join you upon returning to Voyager." Thor answered.
"Why can't you do something spontaneous for once?" I asked. "They could've killed me!" I looked at Janeway my arms up in the air. Not a good thing to say, she was staring me like she actually did want to kill me. "No wait, never mind. Good timing Thor, best in the world, the galaxy, no waits, both of our galaxies!" I was faking a smile and nodding my head. Okay, now I made them go from angry to thinking I'm insane. That's a definite step in the wrong direction. "You know what, I'll let you guys do all the talking." So I just stood there and shut up. I noticed out the window was Thor's ship.
"Captain Janeway," Thor started. "my ship was the one that attacked you and we programmed a holographic ship and holographic charges as a cover- up. Since we are more advanced, we gave them false readings to make you think that there were several people onboard.
"You should be very happy that Lieutenant Paris was onboard, Captain. If it weren't for him, you would all be dead, including him." Janeway and the others just turned to me. I looked around and shrugged.
"They were going to kill you guys." I said in a pretty low voice. "It was my fault that you were about to be killed, so I took responsibility and tried to save you guys. I was willing to risk my life, but I found a pretty good bargaining chip. Oh, and Captain, be careful, be very careful."
"Tameth?" she asked.
"It's only a little debt that we have to repay." I replied. "Don't worry, Captain, I'll make sure he follows the rules this time."
"Yes, and by the time Enin Tameth comes out, my ship and I will be very far away." Thor said. "Captain, it is now obvious that Lieutenant Paris was telling you the truth. And now, since Enin Tameth's virus is gone and the Asgard High Council still deciding Lieutenant Paris's punishment, your entire crew is saved and the Asgard will reveal themselves and the Tok'ra to your galaxy. Now, if you excuse me, I need to leave before Enin Tameth comes out."
"Commander Thor, thank you for clearing this all up. We hope to see you again." Janeway said.
"Thor, wait, can I ask you something?" I asked. I went over to where he was standing and we went into that dark corner, out of earshot of the others. "What about, you-know-who?"
"We will stay within range until he comes back and we will contact your ship when we're ready to leave." Thor replied. We came out of the corner and Thor pushed the back of his hand and was beamed back to his ship.
Janeway and the rest of the senior staff were still in the Briefing room several minutes after Thor left, staring at me.
"What? Do I have something on my face? Why are you all staring at me?" I asked.
"You saved us." B'Elanna said. "You actually risked your life to save us at the risk of you dying."
"I think that we've already established that." I replied. "It's not a big deal. I know that any person on this ship would've done the same thing."
"Lieutenant?" Janeway said a little bit of a grin on her face. "You are very lucky. If it weren't for Thor, you would've stayed in the Brig indefinitely. But, you had to get the luck of the draw with Thor coming to your rescue after you coming to our rescue."
"Paris, I think I owe you my life again." Chakotay smiled and stood up. "What is it now, two lives I owe you?" I just smiled back. The senior staff all went onto the bridge and I thankfully got to take the helm. It was the first time in several weeks. Feeling the ship move beneath me is a great feeling, though, a change of clothes is defiantly needed.