Author's Note: This is the last chapter!!! I will be starting another story soon.
At Any Cost- Ch. 13- Area 51
At O eleven hundred forty-five hours, I started down to the Captain's Ready room. I was starving, but I had a bet that after our little 'talk', I wouldn't be too hungry. Anyway, the Captain would probably feed me; at least she would've done it for anyone she knew. But then again, as Harry said before, 'I'm not the person who he thought I was.'
When I got into the lift, I noticed that Harry was in it. He stepped aside to let me in.
"Going to the Bridge?" Harry asked. I just nodded a yes. The turbolift resumed towards the Bridge. "I thought you had the day off."
"I do, the Captain wants to talk." I replied. Harry just nodded. This was just too awkward, but I decided against yelling at him and just stood there.
"B'Elanna woke me up at around four in the morning." Harry said. "She started yelling at me and my neighbor started pounding on the wall. B'Elanna just told him to shut up and deal with it." We shared a laugh, just a little one, but it was a laugh.
"She woke me up at around two in the morning and I've been up ever since." I said. "She wanted to say thanks for saving her and she forced out the conversation that we had from me."
"Well, you know B'Elanna, when she wants something, she'll get it one way or the other." Harry smiled. "It's okay, I'm not mad, but I still need some time alone."
"I totally get you. I understand completely." I said. The lift stopped and Harry went to his station and I went to ring the door chime to the Captain's Ready room. The Captain called me into her ready room.
On her desk, there was a coffee cup that, by the look of it had been used several times. No doubt she also had a long night and she probably also woke up early. Those 'past events' must've done a number on her. I stood at attention; thank god I wore my uniform! Janeway was sitting at her desk; hand around the coffee cup, about to pick it up. She was staring at her computer and finally looked up after several minutes.
"Lieutenant, at ease." She said. "Please, sit down over there." She was pointing towards the couch. I walked over there and sat down. "Would you like something to eat, Lieutenant?"
"I'll have tomato soup-" I started.
"Let me guess, hot, plain tomato soup." We both smiled. It seems some things are never forgotten. "What do you want to drink?"
"Coffee would be good." I said. Janeway ordered more coffee and some chicken parmesan. "Captain," Janeway handed me my food and my coffee, and boy did I need that coffee! "I'm sorry for the way Tameth acted when you talked to him, and for what he said in that holodeck thing. I'll make sure he doesn't do that when he's around for that one day that will at some point happen. I think Jack and I have found a way to keep him from going against the rules."
"And what would that be?" She asked. We started to eat and drink.
"Well, it's actually three different ways. Jack's way is to take a stab at Dukat every time he disobeys." I told her. She looked at me for a second. "Tameth doesn't like it when someone else kills Dukat. He has a really bad vendetta against him. My way is to show Dukat killing everyone he loves, problem is, he doesn't love a lot things. I know, a little more mean, but believe me, it should work. And the other one is sort of a punishment, the same thing we did to him in the Briefing room."
"You and Jack did that?" She asked a little stunned. I nodded. "We thought he was having a heart attack or something life threatening!"
"It can't be life threatening because he's already dead, so it would be death threatening." We laughed a better laugh than the laugh Harry and I shared earlier. We stopped and then it was sort of an awkward silence.
"Actually, Lieutenant, that isn't exactly what I wanted to talk about." She said. "I wanted to talk more about the Asgard and anything else you're keeping a secret."
The Stargate!!!!!! I was screaming in my head. Don't tell her!!!! No matter what, don't let the secret out!!!
"Like what about the Asgard?" I asked, pretending to sound baffled.
"How did Colonel O'Neill meet the Asgard?" She asked.
Tell her you met the Asgard by Roswell or some other alien crash!! The screaming was starting again in my head. Tell her you met him in Area 51!!! Remember, don't tell her about the Stargate!!!
"Captain has you ever heard of the famous crash at Roswell, New Mexico?" I asked. She shook her head yes. "Area 51?" Another yes. "Okay, well, when the famous 'alien' crashed in Roswell, it was rumored that it was taken to a very secretive and sensitive place called Area 51."
"That was Thor?" She asked in disbelief.
"No. That was a scout ship sent from an Asgard ship." I replied. We were getting into the conversation. "The ship that came after, it was Thor's." She looked surprised. "I'll explain it all later about age. Thor communicated with Area 51 and Jack and his team met him at Area 51. Thor came and took the scout ship and its occupant home. Thor came back now and again and he liked Jack the most and they became friends."
Thank god for Whose Line Is It Anyway?!!!!! I thought. If it weren't for that, I wouldn't know anything about imbrov!
"Okay, what about the age thing?" Janeway asked. I told her about the cloning and stuff. "Mister Paris, I'm glad that we have had this talk. Dismissed, Lieutenant." I got up to leave and was almost out the door when Janeway called back, "And save Tameth's day off for another day, sometime in the far, far future." We smiled.
"He'll be completely disappointed; Captain, but Jack and I can control him." I said, again I was almost out the door when she called again.
"Tell him that since we'll saving his day off until later, we won't keep him in the Brig." She smiled and I just stared at her.
"Captain, you are never easy to predict. I didn't even think of that and I had two other voices in on it, Culnac and Jack that is. Goodbye." I finally left.
I looked around the Bridge and saw Chakotay smiling from his command chair, still grateful that I saved his life and the crew's. Tuvok was standing at his console, being Vulcan. Harry was also at his console, but he still wasn't smiling. I got into the turbolift.
Life is so perplexing. At one point its happy happy joy joy. The next it's 'leave me alone.' Dammit, why does this always happen to me? Why?
At Any Cost- Ch. 13- Area 51
At O eleven hundred forty-five hours, I started down to the Captain's Ready room. I was starving, but I had a bet that after our little 'talk', I wouldn't be too hungry. Anyway, the Captain would probably feed me; at least she would've done it for anyone she knew. But then again, as Harry said before, 'I'm not the person who he thought I was.'
When I got into the lift, I noticed that Harry was in it. He stepped aside to let me in.
"Going to the Bridge?" Harry asked. I just nodded a yes. The turbolift resumed towards the Bridge. "I thought you had the day off."
"I do, the Captain wants to talk." I replied. Harry just nodded. This was just too awkward, but I decided against yelling at him and just stood there.
"B'Elanna woke me up at around four in the morning." Harry said. "She started yelling at me and my neighbor started pounding on the wall. B'Elanna just told him to shut up and deal with it." We shared a laugh, just a little one, but it was a laugh.
"She woke me up at around two in the morning and I've been up ever since." I said. "She wanted to say thanks for saving her and she forced out the conversation that we had from me."
"Well, you know B'Elanna, when she wants something, she'll get it one way or the other." Harry smiled. "It's okay, I'm not mad, but I still need some time alone."
"I totally get you. I understand completely." I said. The lift stopped and Harry went to his station and I went to ring the door chime to the Captain's Ready room. The Captain called me into her ready room.
On her desk, there was a coffee cup that, by the look of it had been used several times. No doubt she also had a long night and she probably also woke up early. Those 'past events' must've done a number on her. I stood at attention; thank god I wore my uniform! Janeway was sitting at her desk; hand around the coffee cup, about to pick it up. She was staring at her computer and finally looked up after several minutes.
"Lieutenant, at ease." She said. "Please, sit down over there." She was pointing towards the couch. I walked over there and sat down. "Would you like something to eat, Lieutenant?"
"I'll have tomato soup-" I started.
"Let me guess, hot, plain tomato soup." We both smiled. It seems some things are never forgotten. "What do you want to drink?"
"Coffee would be good." I said. Janeway ordered more coffee and some chicken parmesan. "Captain," Janeway handed me my food and my coffee, and boy did I need that coffee! "I'm sorry for the way Tameth acted when you talked to him, and for what he said in that holodeck thing. I'll make sure he doesn't do that when he's around for that one day that will at some point happen. I think Jack and I have found a way to keep him from going against the rules."
"And what would that be?" She asked. We started to eat and drink.
"Well, it's actually three different ways. Jack's way is to take a stab at Dukat every time he disobeys." I told her. She looked at me for a second. "Tameth doesn't like it when someone else kills Dukat. He has a really bad vendetta against him. My way is to show Dukat killing everyone he loves, problem is, he doesn't love a lot things. I know, a little more mean, but believe me, it should work. And the other one is sort of a punishment, the same thing we did to him in the Briefing room."
"You and Jack did that?" She asked a little stunned. I nodded. "We thought he was having a heart attack or something life threatening!"
"It can't be life threatening because he's already dead, so it would be death threatening." We laughed a better laugh than the laugh Harry and I shared earlier. We stopped and then it was sort of an awkward silence.
"Actually, Lieutenant, that isn't exactly what I wanted to talk about." She said. "I wanted to talk more about the Asgard and anything else you're keeping a secret."
The Stargate!!!!!! I was screaming in my head. Don't tell her!!!! No matter what, don't let the secret out!!!
"Like what about the Asgard?" I asked, pretending to sound baffled.
"How did Colonel O'Neill meet the Asgard?" She asked.
Tell her you met the Asgard by Roswell or some other alien crash!! The screaming was starting again in my head. Tell her you met him in Area 51!!! Remember, don't tell her about the Stargate!!!
"Captain has you ever heard of the famous crash at Roswell, New Mexico?" I asked. She shook her head yes. "Area 51?" Another yes. "Okay, well, when the famous 'alien' crashed in Roswell, it was rumored that it was taken to a very secretive and sensitive place called Area 51."
"That was Thor?" She asked in disbelief.
"No. That was a scout ship sent from an Asgard ship." I replied. We were getting into the conversation. "The ship that came after, it was Thor's." She looked surprised. "I'll explain it all later about age. Thor communicated with Area 51 and Jack and his team met him at Area 51. Thor came and took the scout ship and its occupant home. Thor came back now and again and he liked Jack the most and they became friends."
Thank god for Whose Line Is It Anyway?!!!!! I thought. If it weren't for that, I wouldn't know anything about imbrov!
"Okay, what about the age thing?" Janeway asked. I told her about the cloning and stuff. "Mister Paris, I'm glad that we have had this talk. Dismissed, Lieutenant." I got up to leave and was almost out the door when Janeway called back, "And save Tameth's day off for another day, sometime in the far, far future." We smiled.
"He'll be completely disappointed; Captain, but Jack and I can control him." I said, again I was almost out the door when she called again.
"Tell him that since we'll saving his day off until later, we won't keep him in the Brig." She smiled and I just stared at her.
"Captain, you are never easy to predict. I didn't even think of that and I had two other voices in on it, Culnac and Jack that is. Goodbye." I finally left.
I looked around the Bridge and saw Chakotay smiling from his command chair, still grateful that I saved his life and the crew's. Tuvok was standing at his console, being Vulcan. Harry was also at his console, but he still wasn't smiling. I got into the turbolift.
Life is so perplexing. At one point its happy happy joy joy. The next it's 'leave me alone.' Dammit, why does this always happen to me? Why?