Part 2
Chakotay and I left sickbay moments later, with another warning form the doctor to take it easy. I just nodded then left.
"You really should listen to him." Chakotay said.
"I'll take it easy." I said. "Since when is taking care of this crew a dangerous job?" He looked at me like I was crazy. "Okay, bad example." I sighed. "I promise, when I'm sure we're in the clear I'll take it easy."
"You should take it easy ever while your waiting." Chakotay said softly. "If we aren't clear of this thing, the ship will need its captain at full strength."
"They'll have me at full strength. I'm always at full strength." I joked.
"Not with broken ribs and a concussion."
"How did I know you were going to send that back on me?" I sighed. We stepped into the turbolift. "Bridge." I told it.
"Computer halt Turbo lift." Chakotay said seconds after it had started. He turned to me. He had a worried look on his face. "Kathryn, how come you didn't tell me about what happened this morning?"
"I didn't think it was important for you to know. Plus I knew you'd get worried." I said looking into his eyes. There was a quietness about them, but at the same time a wildness that would probably never go away. I remember the first time I looked into his eyes. They were angry and hard. There was none of that now.
"You're my captain and my friend, it's part of my job to worry." He said with a smile.
"Is it now?" I asked returning his smile. "Well who am I to stand in the way of a man and his job?"
"Computer resume." He said and the turbolift started to hum once more. Despite the pain in my head and the pain in my side, I couldn't get rid of the silly grin on my face.
"Report." I said walking onto the bridge.
"We're holding course Captain." Tom said.
"How far from the anomaly are we?" Chakotay asked.
"This can't be right." Harry said.
"What is it ensign?" I asked worried.
"According to sensors we are less than a light year away." Harry said. I looked up at Seven who was checking the data at her station. She sighed heavily before lifting her head.
"He is correct captain." She said calmly.
"Tom?" I question turning to face my helmsmen.
"We haven't changed course Captain." He said. "At least not according to my reading anyway." He turned to face me with a worried look on his face.
What is going on here?" I asked confused.
"The readings are to scattered. I can't get anything." Harry said.
"Seems to be the story of the day." I said throwing up my arms in frustration. "Is there anything that we can figure out?"
"We're being hailed." Harry said. "Audio only."
"Well that's a start." I said standing up slowly. "Put it through."
"Captain Kathryn Janeway." The cold voice ran over the commsystem. "I knew you would come."
"Funny how you know who I am but I haven't the slightest idea who you are." I remarked.
"Just because you don't recognize my voice don't mean you don't know who I am." The voice said.
"Do you have a name?" Chakotay asked.
"Ah the beloved first officer." The voice mocked. "You could be my main problem"
"Who are you and are you what's keeping my ship here?" I asked annoyed.
"I am what's keeping you ship here, and I do have a name, but it's not important now." The voice said.
What if I decide it is?" I asked. "In order to give you what you want or help you, I'm going to need your name."
"Here Kathryn, you do not make the choices." The voice said. I could hear him smile. "Here I make the decisions. You aren't in control anymore."
I sat back down in the chair. Something about this voice did seem familiar, but I couldn't quite place it. Something about if frightened me.
"It bothers you doesn't it? That your not in control of the situation." He mocked me. The voice didn't seem to be coming from the commsysytem anymore. It came form everywhere.
What's going on?" Harry asked. "Who is this guy?" I raised my hand to silence him.
"Vengeance Kathy. That's what I want." Then it was quiet.
"Hello?" I called out, but there was nothing.
"That was strange." Harry commented.
"Do you know what he meant be that?" Chakotay asked me. I just sat dumbfounded. I hadn't the slightest idea what just happened let alone what was meant by anything that was said.
"No." I said quietly.
I excused my self and walked to my ready room. Chakotay would be able to handle things; right now I needed to find out who would want vengeance on my crew and me. This was shaping up to be a very bad day.
I sat in my ready room for a good while thinking about the voice. It seemed so familiar. I f I could just put my finger one who's it was, maybe I could figure out what they wanted, or at least try to right the wrong that was done. I walked over to the replicator and got my self some coffee. I needed it to help me think. The door chimed and Tuvok came in.
"Captain I though you would like to know that state of the ship." HE said handing me a PADD. I put it down on my desk.
"Thank-you Tuvok." I said.
"Everything appears to have returned to normal. The Borg command centre is no longer occupying cargo bay two, and all weapon banks are at the proper capacity." I told me. I nodded. "Captain, can I ask you a question?"
"Yes." I said walking behind my desk and sitting down.
"Have you figured out who our enemy is?" He asked me.
"No. I haven't." I said. "But I'm sure I know him from somewhere. The voice was so familiar."
"I too recognized the voice. It was one I haven't head in a long time."
"I had the same feeling. Normally I would remember these things, but for some reason today, I can't seem to do anything quite normal." I sighed.
"Maybe I can help." He said.
"Do you mean you remember?" I asked.
"Vulcan's have and easier time remember thing than most humans." He said walking over r to the window and looking out at the stars. "Do you remember when we served together on the Oceanos?" I nodded. "We came into contact with an emery whose power rivalled that of a Q." He explained.
"Yes. The only difference was they could be killed." I said. Things were starting to come together.
"Yes. There were actually quite easily defeated once they appeared. One however was only ever killed." He said.
"I remember." I nodded. "It appeared on the bridge and started attacking the captain with some sort of bio-energy. I tried stunning it with my phaser, but even on the lowest setting, I killed it." I said quietly.
"You were not to blame, you were protection the captain and you had no way to tell that such a light blow would kill it."
"I know." I sighed.
"However, its brother did seem quite upset with you."
"I apologized to him, but it wasn't enough." I lamented. I hadn't thought about this in a long time. "He was so angry and his voice—" I paused to think. "His voice. That is who is out the."
Tuvok nodded. "And the vengeance he is after, is not on the crew, but on you."
~~*~*~~
After Tuvok and I were done talking, we decided the best route of action was to brief the senior officers and come up with some kind of game plan. I explained to them everything. Who the enemy was, what he wanted, and the history behind it.
"Couldn't you explain to him that is was an accident?" asked B'Elanna Torres. "I mean it wasn't as though you wanted to kill his brother. He was attacking your captain for Christ sake." She said firey.
"We've already tried that. He doesn't care." I sighed.
"We could make him." B'Elanna said under her breath.
"Does he want you dead?" Tom asked quietly/
"I'm sure if it was just that he would have killed her already." Chakotay said quietly. It was the first time I heard him say anything since I told them what happened.
"I have learned that when most crave vengeance, it is not the death that's important, but the suffering." Seven said. Her voice faltered slightly. The thought of that made my hands shake as I reached for my coffee cup.
"Well what can we do?" Harry asked.
"I have some shield modifications I would like to try." Seven said.
"And I can try to get more power to the engines, se we can pull away from here." B'Elanna suggested.
"Okay." Chakotay said taking charge. "Harry you work with B'Elanna and Tuvok you work with Seven. Let's try to get these modifications done as quick as possible."
"Dismissed." I said when Chakotay was done. Everyone got up to leave, save for Chakotay and me. I just sat starting at my coffee cup, while he stared at me.
"We'll get through this." He said calmly.
"I know." I said giving him a weak smile. "I worry most about the stuff he will try to pull." Chakotay looked at me confused.
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"I mean, if he knows what I fear, what will torment me most, what will stop him from doing it?" I said quietly.
"We will. Or we will try." Chakotay said putting his hand on my arm. "We aren't going to let him hurt you Kathryn."
"I know." I said again. "I should go look over the crew reports I didn't get to this morning." I said standing up.
"You should go rest." Chakotay said worried.
"I don't think I could sleep now even if I wanted to." I said annoyed.
"You could always get a sedative from the doctor." He suggested.
"I'd rather do some work to get my mind of things." I smiled. "But thank you for your concern."
"Kathryn I'm serious. You need to rest. You got two serious injuries today. The only way they will heal fully is if you get some rest." He lectured.
"You starting to sound like the doctor." I laughed. He smiled at me.
"I'm just worried you'll wear you self out. People make easy pray when they are warn out."
"You obviously don't know me that well commander. I am never easy pray." I gave him a playful smile.
"I know." Was all he said. I think I saw a glint in his eye.
"Okay. I'll go ask the doctor for something, and I'll head to bed." I gave in. That smile was just too much for me.
"Thank you." He said.
I walked out of the briefing room and headed towards Sickbay. The doctor was more than willing to give me something to help me sleep, seeing as he had been trying to get me to rest all day. I then headed to my room. Once I hit the bed I quickly drifted off to sleep.
I dreamt of strange things. Of being all alone in Voyager, which was seconds from falling apart. Everywhere I turned there was another dead body of a crewmember. The worst part about it was everyone seemed to have been going about they're business. No one knew what had happened. I lost my entire crew in only seconds. I continued walking around the ship, hoping to find someone who was alive. I did. I entered Chakotay's room and found him lying under a pile of debris. He was conscious and in a lot of pain. He held my hand and said he was sorry, and then died there in my arms.
I woke up shaking with sweat pouring down the sides of my face, and my hair sticking to the back of my neck. Nothing prepaired me for that. I might have been ok if the dream hadn't been so real. I actually had to turn the lights on to make sure I didn't have blood on my hands. I laid back down and curled up in my blankets so that nothing could get in and tried to get back to sleep. When I woke up the second time it was because Chakotay was shaking me. I sat straight up, quite surprised to see him there.
"Kathryn are you okay?" He asked me. He had a look of panic on his face.
"What are you doing here?" I asked him, my voice trembled a bit.
"We tried calling you, but you didn't answer. So I came down to look for you. You didn't answer your door, so I overrode the codes and came in to find you tossing and turning and screaming in your sleep." Chakotay explained.
"I didn't think I was in that deep of sleep. Then again to have the vividness of the dreams I was having, I must have been in a very deep sleep." I sighed. I was still shaking slightly.
"Do you remember what you were dreaming about?" He asked me as I knew he would.
"The first one I remember, the one I just had, I do not." I explained.
"What was the first one about?"
"I don't particularly care to discuss it." I said resting my head in my hands.
"It will make you feel better." Chakotay smiled at me.
"No it won't." I said shaking my head. I pulled the blanket off me and got out of bed. Chakotay stood up at the same time and turned me to face him. He looked deep into my eyes.
"I have never seen you this scared before." He said quietly. He cupped my face with his hand.
"You didn't see what I saw." I replied trying to fight back the tears. I took his hand from my face hand held it for a moment, before letting it fall.
"If you tell someone it loses its power." Chakotay said as I walked away from him. I turned again to face him. He really did want to help, but how could I tell him what I saw? I could barely even think about it, let alone put it in words.
"Maybe." I nodded. "But I'm not ready to yet."
"Promise me you'll let me know when you are." He said to me.
"I will." I gave him a weak smile.
"I'll see you on the bridge." Chakotay said. Then he turned and left. I quickly got changed into my uniform and headed to the bridge.
When I got to the bridge everything was quiet. Harry and B'Elanna were still working down in engineering, and Tuvok and Seven were still working on the shields. Tom was slated to work the morning in sickbay, so ensign Lansin was at the helm. I went to my ready room to look at the crew reports from the night shift.
The quiet was starting to get to me. A couple of times when I looked up, I could have sworn the bulkheads had fallen down around me. Once I thought I heard the red alert alarm go off. I stood up and stretched to clear my head. I walked over to the window and sat down on the couch underneath it. Finding myself starting to doze off, I got off the couch and headed back to the bridge. Chakotay entered, just as I was exiting. We bumped heads.
"Hello." I said rubbing my head at the spot where we collided.
"You do seem to have unusual timing don't you?" Chakotay asked laughing.
"It runs in my family." I joked.
"I just came to see how you were doing. You've been in here for almost six hours." He said.
"Has it really been that long? It only felt like an hour or so." I said confused.
"So, your losing time now?" He asked concerned.
"No, I'm just getting caught up in what I'm doing." I lied. He was already worried enough, I didn't need to add to it. He gave me look that said he didn't believe me, but wasn't going to push it.
"The modifications are completed. Although there is no way to be sure they will work until the next attack." Chakotay said.
"The next attack." I nodded. I was worried that I wouldn't be ready for the next attack, even if the ship was.
"Captain, you seem a bit distracted. Are you sure that there is nothing bothering you? Other than the obvious I mean." Chakotay asked me.
"I'm fine. Just tired." I said. He continued to give me a look of concern. I held his gaze, trying to show him that there was nothing for him to be worried about, when the right side of his face started to erupt with plasma burns. I gasped in shock, and stumbled backwards. He started to walk towards me, very obviously in pain. The burns kept spreading, down his neck and on to his hands.
I tried to call sickbay, but the commsystem wasn't working. Chakotay made is way over to me. I tried to support him, but he was to heavy for me. We collapsed on to the floor, and I held him as he gasped for air.
Chakotay and I left sickbay moments later, with another warning form the doctor to take it easy. I just nodded then left.
"You really should listen to him." Chakotay said.
"I'll take it easy." I said. "Since when is taking care of this crew a dangerous job?" He looked at me like I was crazy. "Okay, bad example." I sighed. "I promise, when I'm sure we're in the clear I'll take it easy."
"You should take it easy ever while your waiting." Chakotay said softly. "If we aren't clear of this thing, the ship will need its captain at full strength."
"They'll have me at full strength. I'm always at full strength." I joked.
"Not with broken ribs and a concussion."
"How did I know you were going to send that back on me?" I sighed. We stepped into the turbolift. "Bridge." I told it.
"Computer halt Turbo lift." Chakotay said seconds after it had started. He turned to me. He had a worried look on his face. "Kathryn, how come you didn't tell me about what happened this morning?"
"I didn't think it was important for you to know. Plus I knew you'd get worried." I said looking into his eyes. There was a quietness about them, but at the same time a wildness that would probably never go away. I remember the first time I looked into his eyes. They were angry and hard. There was none of that now.
"You're my captain and my friend, it's part of my job to worry." He said with a smile.
"Is it now?" I asked returning his smile. "Well who am I to stand in the way of a man and his job?"
"Computer resume." He said and the turbolift started to hum once more. Despite the pain in my head and the pain in my side, I couldn't get rid of the silly grin on my face.
"Report." I said walking onto the bridge.
"We're holding course Captain." Tom said.
"How far from the anomaly are we?" Chakotay asked.
"This can't be right." Harry said.
"What is it ensign?" I asked worried.
"According to sensors we are less than a light year away." Harry said. I looked up at Seven who was checking the data at her station. She sighed heavily before lifting her head.
"He is correct captain." She said calmly.
"Tom?" I question turning to face my helmsmen.
"We haven't changed course Captain." He said. "At least not according to my reading anyway." He turned to face me with a worried look on his face.
What is going on here?" I asked confused.
"The readings are to scattered. I can't get anything." Harry said.
"Seems to be the story of the day." I said throwing up my arms in frustration. "Is there anything that we can figure out?"
"We're being hailed." Harry said. "Audio only."
"Well that's a start." I said standing up slowly. "Put it through."
"Captain Kathryn Janeway." The cold voice ran over the commsystem. "I knew you would come."
"Funny how you know who I am but I haven't the slightest idea who you are." I remarked.
"Just because you don't recognize my voice don't mean you don't know who I am." The voice said.
"Do you have a name?" Chakotay asked.
"Ah the beloved first officer." The voice mocked. "You could be my main problem"
"Who are you and are you what's keeping my ship here?" I asked annoyed.
"I am what's keeping you ship here, and I do have a name, but it's not important now." The voice said.
What if I decide it is?" I asked. "In order to give you what you want or help you, I'm going to need your name."
"Here Kathryn, you do not make the choices." The voice said. I could hear him smile. "Here I make the decisions. You aren't in control anymore."
I sat back down in the chair. Something about this voice did seem familiar, but I couldn't quite place it. Something about if frightened me.
"It bothers you doesn't it? That your not in control of the situation." He mocked me. The voice didn't seem to be coming from the commsysytem anymore. It came form everywhere.
What's going on?" Harry asked. "Who is this guy?" I raised my hand to silence him.
"Vengeance Kathy. That's what I want." Then it was quiet.
"Hello?" I called out, but there was nothing.
"That was strange." Harry commented.
"Do you know what he meant be that?" Chakotay asked me. I just sat dumbfounded. I hadn't the slightest idea what just happened let alone what was meant by anything that was said.
"No." I said quietly.
I excused my self and walked to my ready room. Chakotay would be able to handle things; right now I needed to find out who would want vengeance on my crew and me. This was shaping up to be a very bad day.
I sat in my ready room for a good while thinking about the voice. It seemed so familiar. I f I could just put my finger one who's it was, maybe I could figure out what they wanted, or at least try to right the wrong that was done. I walked over to the replicator and got my self some coffee. I needed it to help me think. The door chimed and Tuvok came in.
"Captain I though you would like to know that state of the ship." HE said handing me a PADD. I put it down on my desk.
"Thank-you Tuvok." I said.
"Everything appears to have returned to normal. The Borg command centre is no longer occupying cargo bay two, and all weapon banks are at the proper capacity." I told me. I nodded. "Captain, can I ask you a question?"
"Yes." I said walking behind my desk and sitting down.
"Have you figured out who our enemy is?" He asked me.
"No. I haven't." I said. "But I'm sure I know him from somewhere. The voice was so familiar."
"I too recognized the voice. It was one I haven't head in a long time."
"I had the same feeling. Normally I would remember these things, but for some reason today, I can't seem to do anything quite normal." I sighed.
"Maybe I can help." He said.
"Do you mean you remember?" I asked.
"Vulcan's have and easier time remember thing than most humans." He said walking over r to the window and looking out at the stars. "Do you remember when we served together on the Oceanos?" I nodded. "We came into contact with an emery whose power rivalled that of a Q." He explained.
"Yes. The only difference was they could be killed." I said. Things were starting to come together.
"Yes. There were actually quite easily defeated once they appeared. One however was only ever killed." He said.
"I remember." I nodded. "It appeared on the bridge and started attacking the captain with some sort of bio-energy. I tried stunning it with my phaser, but even on the lowest setting, I killed it." I said quietly.
"You were not to blame, you were protection the captain and you had no way to tell that such a light blow would kill it."
"I know." I sighed.
"However, its brother did seem quite upset with you."
"I apologized to him, but it wasn't enough." I lamented. I hadn't thought about this in a long time. "He was so angry and his voice—" I paused to think. "His voice. That is who is out the."
Tuvok nodded. "And the vengeance he is after, is not on the crew, but on you."
~~*~*~~
After Tuvok and I were done talking, we decided the best route of action was to brief the senior officers and come up with some kind of game plan. I explained to them everything. Who the enemy was, what he wanted, and the history behind it.
"Couldn't you explain to him that is was an accident?" asked B'Elanna Torres. "I mean it wasn't as though you wanted to kill his brother. He was attacking your captain for Christ sake." She said firey.
"We've already tried that. He doesn't care." I sighed.
"We could make him." B'Elanna said under her breath.
"Does he want you dead?" Tom asked quietly/
"I'm sure if it was just that he would have killed her already." Chakotay said quietly. It was the first time I heard him say anything since I told them what happened.
"I have learned that when most crave vengeance, it is not the death that's important, but the suffering." Seven said. Her voice faltered slightly. The thought of that made my hands shake as I reached for my coffee cup.
"Well what can we do?" Harry asked.
"I have some shield modifications I would like to try." Seven said.
"And I can try to get more power to the engines, se we can pull away from here." B'Elanna suggested.
"Okay." Chakotay said taking charge. "Harry you work with B'Elanna and Tuvok you work with Seven. Let's try to get these modifications done as quick as possible."
"Dismissed." I said when Chakotay was done. Everyone got up to leave, save for Chakotay and me. I just sat starting at my coffee cup, while he stared at me.
"We'll get through this." He said calmly.
"I know." I said giving him a weak smile. "I worry most about the stuff he will try to pull." Chakotay looked at me confused.
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"I mean, if he knows what I fear, what will torment me most, what will stop him from doing it?" I said quietly.
"We will. Or we will try." Chakotay said putting his hand on my arm. "We aren't going to let him hurt you Kathryn."
"I know." I said again. "I should go look over the crew reports I didn't get to this morning." I said standing up.
"You should go rest." Chakotay said worried.
"I don't think I could sleep now even if I wanted to." I said annoyed.
"You could always get a sedative from the doctor." He suggested.
"I'd rather do some work to get my mind of things." I smiled. "But thank you for your concern."
"Kathryn I'm serious. You need to rest. You got two serious injuries today. The only way they will heal fully is if you get some rest." He lectured.
"You starting to sound like the doctor." I laughed. He smiled at me.
"I'm just worried you'll wear you self out. People make easy pray when they are warn out."
"You obviously don't know me that well commander. I am never easy pray." I gave him a playful smile.
"I know." Was all he said. I think I saw a glint in his eye.
"Okay. I'll go ask the doctor for something, and I'll head to bed." I gave in. That smile was just too much for me.
"Thank you." He said.
I walked out of the briefing room and headed towards Sickbay. The doctor was more than willing to give me something to help me sleep, seeing as he had been trying to get me to rest all day. I then headed to my room. Once I hit the bed I quickly drifted off to sleep.
I dreamt of strange things. Of being all alone in Voyager, which was seconds from falling apart. Everywhere I turned there was another dead body of a crewmember. The worst part about it was everyone seemed to have been going about they're business. No one knew what had happened. I lost my entire crew in only seconds. I continued walking around the ship, hoping to find someone who was alive. I did. I entered Chakotay's room and found him lying under a pile of debris. He was conscious and in a lot of pain. He held my hand and said he was sorry, and then died there in my arms.
I woke up shaking with sweat pouring down the sides of my face, and my hair sticking to the back of my neck. Nothing prepaired me for that. I might have been ok if the dream hadn't been so real. I actually had to turn the lights on to make sure I didn't have blood on my hands. I laid back down and curled up in my blankets so that nothing could get in and tried to get back to sleep. When I woke up the second time it was because Chakotay was shaking me. I sat straight up, quite surprised to see him there.
"Kathryn are you okay?" He asked me. He had a look of panic on his face.
"What are you doing here?" I asked him, my voice trembled a bit.
"We tried calling you, but you didn't answer. So I came down to look for you. You didn't answer your door, so I overrode the codes and came in to find you tossing and turning and screaming in your sleep." Chakotay explained.
"I didn't think I was in that deep of sleep. Then again to have the vividness of the dreams I was having, I must have been in a very deep sleep." I sighed. I was still shaking slightly.
"Do you remember what you were dreaming about?" He asked me as I knew he would.
"The first one I remember, the one I just had, I do not." I explained.
"What was the first one about?"
"I don't particularly care to discuss it." I said resting my head in my hands.
"It will make you feel better." Chakotay smiled at me.
"No it won't." I said shaking my head. I pulled the blanket off me and got out of bed. Chakotay stood up at the same time and turned me to face him. He looked deep into my eyes.
"I have never seen you this scared before." He said quietly. He cupped my face with his hand.
"You didn't see what I saw." I replied trying to fight back the tears. I took his hand from my face hand held it for a moment, before letting it fall.
"If you tell someone it loses its power." Chakotay said as I walked away from him. I turned again to face him. He really did want to help, but how could I tell him what I saw? I could barely even think about it, let alone put it in words.
"Maybe." I nodded. "But I'm not ready to yet."
"Promise me you'll let me know when you are." He said to me.
"I will." I gave him a weak smile.
"I'll see you on the bridge." Chakotay said. Then he turned and left. I quickly got changed into my uniform and headed to the bridge.
When I got to the bridge everything was quiet. Harry and B'Elanna were still working down in engineering, and Tuvok and Seven were still working on the shields. Tom was slated to work the morning in sickbay, so ensign Lansin was at the helm. I went to my ready room to look at the crew reports from the night shift.
The quiet was starting to get to me. A couple of times when I looked up, I could have sworn the bulkheads had fallen down around me. Once I thought I heard the red alert alarm go off. I stood up and stretched to clear my head. I walked over to the window and sat down on the couch underneath it. Finding myself starting to doze off, I got off the couch and headed back to the bridge. Chakotay entered, just as I was exiting. We bumped heads.
"Hello." I said rubbing my head at the spot where we collided.
"You do seem to have unusual timing don't you?" Chakotay asked laughing.
"It runs in my family." I joked.
"I just came to see how you were doing. You've been in here for almost six hours." He said.
"Has it really been that long? It only felt like an hour or so." I said confused.
"So, your losing time now?" He asked concerned.
"No, I'm just getting caught up in what I'm doing." I lied. He was already worried enough, I didn't need to add to it. He gave me look that said he didn't believe me, but wasn't going to push it.
"The modifications are completed. Although there is no way to be sure they will work until the next attack." Chakotay said.
"The next attack." I nodded. I was worried that I wouldn't be ready for the next attack, even if the ship was.
"Captain, you seem a bit distracted. Are you sure that there is nothing bothering you? Other than the obvious I mean." Chakotay asked me.
"I'm fine. Just tired." I said. He continued to give me a look of concern. I held his gaze, trying to show him that there was nothing for him to be worried about, when the right side of his face started to erupt with plasma burns. I gasped in shock, and stumbled backwards. He started to walk towards me, very obviously in pain. The burns kept spreading, down his neck and on to his hands.
I tried to call sickbay, but the commsystem wasn't working. Chakotay made is way over to me. I tried to support him, but he was to heavy for me. We collapsed on to the floor, and I held him as he gasped for air.