"How dare you!" Kathryn yelled as soon as the door to her quarters closed. "You have some nerve you know that. What if someone had seen us?"
"Is that all you're worried about Kathryn, what someone would have seen? It's not as if anything happened out there."
Before Kathryn could respond she felt a sharp pain in her abdomen and fell to the floor. Chakotay was instinctively at her side. "Kathryn, what's wrong?" he said worriedly. "Nothing, please just go!" As she tried to get up, another pain hit. "This is nothing Kathryn." He touched his commbadge, "Medical emergency! Two to beam directly to sickbay!" Both felt the tingle of the transporter surround them.
"Doctor! Doctor!" shouted Chakotay. The Doctor raced from his office as he saw Chakotay placing Kathryn on a biobed. "What happened?"
"We were talking and then she just fell to the ground in pain." The Doctor gave Kathryn a hypo to relax her and then motioned Chakotay away from the biobed. "Commander, I would like for you to wait in my office while I examine the Captain." Chakotay was about to protest, but the Doctor gave him a stern look. He walked into the office, feeling so helpless as all he could do was watch through the window.
The Doctor walked back over to the biobed and looked down at his Captain. He wanted to be sure from her before revealing too much to Chakotay. "Does he know yet Captain?" Kathryn nodded no. "From the looks of things, I don't believe the two of you were 'just talking' as the Commander claims." Kathryn turned her head to look away from the Doctor and quietly spoke, "I haven't yet made a decision about this whole situation Doctor." The tears began to form. The EMH placed a hand on her shoulder. "Captain, I would suggest that you take the next few days off. The added stress is not good for you either way. I will try and figure out something to tell the Commander. You should take the next few days and rest, but if all possible, come by and speak with me. We can discuss your options. Maybe I can do something to help you out, even if I am just a hologram." Kathryn looked at the Doctor as he gave her a small smile.
She slowly got up and saw Chakotay walk out of the Doctor's office, worry shown all over his face. "How is she Doc?"
"The Captain is doing better. She is just suffering from stress, exhaustion...I think you get the picture. I have suggested that she take a few days off to just relax, hopefully this kind of thing doesn't happen again." The Doctor hoped Chakotay would buy this.
In the back of Chakotay's mind he knew this couldn't possibly be the answer, but went ahead and accepted it. "Can she return to her quarters?" The Doctor looked at the Captain and then to the Commander. "As long as she promises to rest for the next two days...otherwise she will have to remain here."
Kathryn gave him a stern look, but then her face softened. Both she and Chakotay left sickbay in silence and didn't speak until they were outside her quarters. "Kathryn, I'm sorry about what happened tonight. I never should have let you get so upset with me, although I do believe that there is more going on that what the Doctor said." Kathryn's head shot up quickly and Chakotay finished, "I care very much for you and if there is something wrong, I wish you would tell me."
Both stood in silence for a few seconds before Kathryn reached up and gave him a light kiss on the cheek. "Goodnight Chakotay," pausing in her open doorway, "and thank you for caring so much." The door closed behind her and Chakotay was now alone. He then walked back quietly to his quarters. In her quarters, Kathryn climbed into bed and cried herself to sleep.
"Is that all you're worried about Kathryn, what someone would have seen? It's not as if anything happened out there."
Before Kathryn could respond she felt a sharp pain in her abdomen and fell to the floor. Chakotay was instinctively at her side. "Kathryn, what's wrong?" he said worriedly. "Nothing, please just go!" As she tried to get up, another pain hit. "This is nothing Kathryn." He touched his commbadge, "Medical emergency! Two to beam directly to sickbay!" Both felt the tingle of the transporter surround them.
"Doctor! Doctor!" shouted Chakotay. The Doctor raced from his office as he saw Chakotay placing Kathryn on a biobed. "What happened?"
"We were talking and then she just fell to the ground in pain." The Doctor gave Kathryn a hypo to relax her and then motioned Chakotay away from the biobed. "Commander, I would like for you to wait in my office while I examine the Captain." Chakotay was about to protest, but the Doctor gave him a stern look. He walked into the office, feeling so helpless as all he could do was watch through the window.
The Doctor walked back over to the biobed and looked down at his Captain. He wanted to be sure from her before revealing too much to Chakotay. "Does he know yet Captain?" Kathryn nodded no. "From the looks of things, I don't believe the two of you were 'just talking' as the Commander claims." Kathryn turned her head to look away from the Doctor and quietly spoke, "I haven't yet made a decision about this whole situation Doctor." The tears began to form. The EMH placed a hand on her shoulder. "Captain, I would suggest that you take the next few days off. The added stress is not good for you either way. I will try and figure out something to tell the Commander. You should take the next few days and rest, but if all possible, come by and speak with me. We can discuss your options. Maybe I can do something to help you out, even if I am just a hologram." Kathryn looked at the Doctor as he gave her a small smile.
She slowly got up and saw Chakotay walk out of the Doctor's office, worry shown all over his face. "How is she Doc?"
"The Captain is doing better. She is just suffering from stress, exhaustion...I think you get the picture. I have suggested that she take a few days off to just relax, hopefully this kind of thing doesn't happen again." The Doctor hoped Chakotay would buy this.
In the back of Chakotay's mind he knew this couldn't possibly be the answer, but went ahead and accepted it. "Can she return to her quarters?" The Doctor looked at the Captain and then to the Commander. "As long as she promises to rest for the next two days...otherwise she will have to remain here."
Kathryn gave him a stern look, but then her face softened. Both she and Chakotay left sickbay in silence and didn't speak until they were outside her quarters. "Kathryn, I'm sorry about what happened tonight. I never should have let you get so upset with me, although I do believe that there is more going on that what the Doctor said." Kathryn's head shot up quickly and Chakotay finished, "I care very much for you and if there is something wrong, I wish you would tell me."
Both stood in silence for a few seconds before Kathryn reached up and gave him a light kiss on the cheek. "Goodnight Chakotay," pausing in her open doorway, "and thank you for caring so much." The door closed behind her and Chakotay was now alone. He then walked back quietly to his quarters. In her quarters, Kathryn climbed into bed and cried herself to sleep.