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Author's notes: I hope you all are enjoying the story so far if you have any suggestions or ideas please tell me. I'm always excited to hear from the readers.
Songs of a life
Chapter Four Unusual Territory
Dust rose from the box Kathryn was holding. She coughed intensely and made her way to her quarters with a box of Chakotay's belongings. They had decided that he would move into her quarters because it was larger. She had never imagined he had this much stored away in the wall of his quarters. There were probably plenty of little secrets he had kept hidden over the years. She entered the door to her quarters, their quarters; she silently corrected herself and made a mental note to lose the habit of calling it her quarters.
Immediately after the door opened she saw Chakotay unpacking yet another box from the now growing mountain he had next to him. She gave him a slight smile and walked to the stack of boxes to unload the last of his clutter.
"What could you possibly have in all of these boxes?" She sarcastically gestured to the mount in front of her.
"Well if you help me unload them you'll know."
"Very funny." She grabbed the cup of coffee on the counter and took a quick break before she dove into the seemingly endless amount of boxes.
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"What in the world is this?" Kathryn held an old tattered piece of cloth in her hand.
"My great-great grandfather gave that to my dad when he was a child. It's a piece of the headdress of a great chief. My father told me only the pure of heart were even allowed to touch it and those who weren't would immediately feel extremely ill. You seem to have the right touch."
Kathryn gave him a grin and continued to look through the contents of the box.
"Kathryn, I wanted to run an idea by you."
"Shoot."
"Would you ever consider surrogacy?'
"As a means for what?"
"Us."
" No I hadn't." Kathryn's voice portrayed a slight edge.
Chakotay had clearly hit an unexpected nerve. "Is it out of the question?"
"Chakotay I have some crew performance reports to go over before morning. I'd love to continue this conversation but I just don't have the time." She stood and hastily made her way to the door.
Once in the quiet comfort of the corridor she let out a heavy sigh. She rubbed her temples and began down the hallway. Her thoughts where soon interrupted by the beep of her comm. badge.
"Torres to Janeway"
"Go ahead B'Elanna"
"We need you in Engineering"
"On my way, Lieutenant"
The hum of the warp core greeted Kathryn. Crewmen were hurrying about. She made her way to the station where her Chief Engineer was diligently looking over diagnostics.
"What seems to be the problem, B'Elanna?"
"The plasma manifolds aren't holding charges and keep going offline. We checked all sections for plasma leaks but we can't identify the culprute. If they continue in the same pattern we'll lose warp drive and impulse engines. We'll be dead in the water."
Kathryn's finger flew over the keypad processing the readings on the screen. Her demeanor was calm and collective on the outside but she knew what the consequences where if the manifolds disengaged.
"Did you check with astrometrics to see if they had picked up any spatial distortions that might be affecting the charges"?
"No Captain"
Janeway clicked her comm. badge. " Seven have you came across any unusual spatial activity"
"Not even a stray electron, Captain"
Kathryn ended the link and went back to the engineering screen.
" B'Elanna transfer all power cells from holodecks and unessential systems to the warp field. Maybe the extra power will reinforce the manifold packs and hold the surges."
B'Elanna went to work immediately trying to stabilize the most essential system onboard. She moved from station to station imputing data and transferring power. The computer's female voice chimed in. "Warp drive is stabilized."
"Nice job lieutenant. I want constant reading on warp activity. Monitor the packs for the next 24 hours and report to me at 0900 hours. I want to know what caused the lapse in the first place"
"Yes, Ma'am"
Janeway exited engineering with a feeling of relief. Voyager was once again stable.for now.
Author's notes: I hope you all are enjoying the story so far if you have any suggestions or ideas please tell me. I'm always excited to hear from the readers.
Songs of a life
Chapter Four Unusual Territory
Dust rose from the box Kathryn was holding. She coughed intensely and made her way to her quarters with a box of Chakotay's belongings. They had decided that he would move into her quarters because it was larger. She had never imagined he had this much stored away in the wall of his quarters. There were probably plenty of little secrets he had kept hidden over the years. She entered the door to her quarters, their quarters; she silently corrected herself and made a mental note to lose the habit of calling it her quarters.
Immediately after the door opened she saw Chakotay unpacking yet another box from the now growing mountain he had next to him. She gave him a slight smile and walked to the stack of boxes to unload the last of his clutter.
"What could you possibly have in all of these boxes?" She sarcastically gestured to the mount in front of her.
"Well if you help me unload them you'll know."
"Very funny." She grabbed the cup of coffee on the counter and took a quick break before she dove into the seemingly endless amount of boxes.
* * * *
*
"What in the world is this?" Kathryn held an old tattered piece of cloth in her hand.
"My great-great grandfather gave that to my dad when he was a child. It's a piece of the headdress of a great chief. My father told me only the pure of heart were even allowed to touch it and those who weren't would immediately feel extremely ill. You seem to have the right touch."
Kathryn gave him a grin and continued to look through the contents of the box.
"Kathryn, I wanted to run an idea by you."
"Shoot."
"Would you ever consider surrogacy?'
"As a means for what?"
"Us."
" No I hadn't." Kathryn's voice portrayed a slight edge.
Chakotay had clearly hit an unexpected nerve. "Is it out of the question?"
"Chakotay I have some crew performance reports to go over before morning. I'd love to continue this conversation but I just don't have the time." She stood and hastily made her way to the door.
Once in the quiet comfort of the corridor she let out a heavy sigh. She rubbed her temples and began down the hallway. Her thoughts where soon interrupted by the beep of her comm. badge.
"Torres to Janeway"
"Go ahead B'Elanna"
"We need you in Engineering"
"On my way, Lieutenant"
The hum of the warp core greeted Kathryn. Crewmen were hurrying about. She made her way to the station where her Chief Engineer was diligently looking over diagnostics.
"What seems to be the problem, B'Elanna?"
"The plasma manifolds aren't holding charges and keep going offline. We checked all sections for plasma leaks but we can't identify the culprute. If they continue in the same pattern we'll lose warp drive and impulse engines. We'll be dead in the water."
Kathryn's finger flew over the keypad processing the readings on the screen. Her demeanor was calm and collective on the outside but she knew what the consequences where if the manifolds disengaged.
"Did you check with astrometrics to see if they had picked up any spatial distortions that might be affecting the charges"?
"No Captain"
Janeway clicked her comm. badge. " Seven have you came across any unusual spatial activity"
"Not even a stray electron, Captain"
Kathryn ended the link and went back to the engineering screen.
" B'Elanna transfer all power cells from holodecks and unessential systems to the warp field. Maybe the extra power will reinforce the manifold packs and hold the surges."
B'Elanna went to work immediately trying to stabilize the most essential system onboard. She moved from station to station imputing data and transferring power. The computer's female voice chimed in. "Warp drive is stabilized."
"Nice job lieutenant. I want constant reading on warp activity. Monitor the packs for the next 24 hours and report to me at 0900 hours. I want to know what caused the lapse in the first place"
"Yes, Ma'am"
Janeway exited engineering with a feeling of relief. Voyager was once again stable.for now.