Memories Part One
Chapter Five
Just then, a sensation began in Cassidy. Her eyes became large and her grip on Kathryn and Chakotay's hand came tighter. The sensation then traveled to Kathryn and then to Chakotay. In a split second, Cassidy, Kathryn and Chakotay were locked and then they collapsed. Cassidy however, was beginning to experience something miraculous that she got up, looked around and found that she absorbed Kathryn and Chakotay into her with just her touch. Now she has three personality traits. She is Captain Kathryn Janeway, Commander Chakotay, and herself Cassidy.
Cassidy stood there wondering what has happened. She could understand how the minds of Kathryn and Chakotay just simply transferred to her. Cassidy looked at Kathryn and Chakotay on the floor unconscious. Not knowing what to do, she started to panic. But then somehow, Kathryn's memory began to talk to her. "Call Sickbay!"
"Sickbay, that's it." Cassidy exclaimed. She bent over, grabbed Kathryn's COM badge and tapped it. But something even worse happened.
"Janeway to sickbay, Medical Emergency." What was that? Cassidy spoke in the Captain's voice. The COM badge beeped again with the Doctor on the line, "Captain is something wrong?"
"Beam three directly to sickbay." Continued Cassidy in Kathryn's voice.
Later they were materialized in sickbay and the Doctor rushed over to see what was wrong. But what he came upon, struck him with even more curiosity.
"From what I can tell is that Cassidy somehow absorbed the energy from the Captain and the Commander. She has regain all of their memories." The Doctor explained.
"How can we return them to their original state?" Tuvok questioned.
"That I can't answer." Doctor concluded, "But if we can find a way, we need to find it soon."
"Has she said anything as to how to get them back." Tom wanted to know.
"Nothing so far. But she has full memories and here's another thing. She can talk in the voices of both Captain Janeway and Commander Chakotay."
"How is that possible?" Kim chimed in.
"From the scans that I took of her Cerebral Cortex, I have observed that she can change personalities more than once."
"Could it be to the cause of her powers?" Tuvok now came in.
"I believe so." The Doctor finished.
Cassidy stood between the bio-beds that carried Kathryn and Chakotay. Her mind was confused by the transfusion of their minds. She did not know what to do next. She began to pace around sickbay, talking to herself.
"What am I going to do now? I don't know how this came about. Is this a dream? Will I ever wake up? I can hear them in my head. I can feel their memories run through me. There companionship together as a team. The command structure that they endure. Their willingness to work together to get a homesick crew home." She stopped in her tracks, looked at the command team one more time, and again began to think. "The two of you have a secret don't you. You have a place that you want to remember but you keep hidden. Tell me what it is. I can help you."
"How can you help us?" Cassidy turned and there in sickbay she saw, Kathryn standing there in a faded image with Chakotay standing next to her.
"I don't know how." Cassidy began, "I know you have a secret. You're just hiding it. An intimate secret."
"And with that secret, what will you do with it?""I don't know. I guess we'll find out when we get there. Tell me how to get you back where you belong."