The Power of the Q- Ch. 15- Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid
"Wait!" I yelled, reaching my arm out, but it hit the forcefield. "Please, let us explain!"
"Tuvok," Janeway said ignoring me. "Get extra security down here. Janeway to Chakotay." She said into her commbadge.
"Chakotay here; is there some reason why you called for red alert?" he asked.
"Yes, and you should come to Sickbay immediately if you want to find out. Janeway out." She answered.
"STOP!" I yelled and everyone turned to face me. "What the hell ever happened to innocent 'til proven guilty! Now, let us tell you our damn story before you try and kill me!"
Janeway looked at me with a neutral face. "First off, Borg don't get that kind of treatment. Secondly, I do like a good story, and I know someone that will love to hear it. Wait a couple minutes until my first officer comes down and we'll have story time." Janeway said.
"Chakotay already has too many stories, does he really need anymore?" I whispered to Sam. She laughed.
"Hey, why doesn't she get a forcefield?" I asked to Janeway.
"She seems to be more Samantha Wildman than the dead Samantha Wildman." Janeway replied. This confused the hell outta me.
After a few more minutes, Chakotay showed up with more security behind him. He looked shocked, but hey, who wouldn't be?
"Alright, Ensign Wildman, you can tell us the story, now." Janeway said looking at Sam.
And Sam told most of our alternate universe story adding in Janeway and mine's little…thing. I filled in the gaps of where I was. I only said that Q admitted he was the cause of the switch and the attempted murder of us; no need to add in what he said about me. Then I told them what happened to me on the planet and what happened while Sam and I were on the Asgard ship.
"Well, that was a rather long story." Janeway said upfront.
"Yeah, but my story doesn't have a moral unlike many of Chakotay's." I smiled.
"It's probably him." Chakotay said to Janeway. "Has the same cocky attitude."
Janeway nodded at Chakotay smiling, but became serious when she looked at me. "So, you were assimilated by an advanced form of Borg?" The Captain asked to me.
"Yeah, but for some odd reason, I haven't shown any signs." I answered. "Thor thinks that it's because I'm a Tok'ra and as far as they are concerned, no Tok'ra has been assimilated, yet. This means that I get the honor of becoming the first. You guys believe that we're both Tom and Sam, the real ones?"
"Yes, we had been noticing some…odd behavior by both before they died." Janeway answered. "I asked the Doctor to do an autopsy on both. The Doctor didn't find any Tok'ra in you-" looking at me. "and you-" looking at Sam. "had a child in you that weren't half-Ktarian. And we had a feeling that something was wrong."
"Does Thor know what will happen to you since you have been assimilated?" the Doctor asked.
"No, can't you get the nanoprobes out?" I asked him.
"I'm not sure how the nanoprobes will act, but of course I will have enough time to find a way to get them out while you rest here for the next two days." The Doctor smiled smugly.
I looked at him shocked. "You have got to be kidding me." I said.
"No, I am quite serious, you owe me two days. And the Captain I believe still owes me one day." The Doctor kept smiling and walked into his office. "Oh, and Mrs. Wildman, would you please come to my office?" Sam got off the biobed and walked into the Doctor's office.
Janeway smiled at Chakotay and nodded for him to go. Tuvok, the security officers, and Chakotay left Sickbay. Janeway walked over to the biobed to my right and sat down on it. It was…awkward; more awkward than when we first had to be together in the beginning. But there was one thing that kept bothering me.
"Captain?" I asked turning my head to face her. She looked back at me.
"Tom, we went through this before, call me Kathryn." She smiled.
"No, believe me, after what I went through-no offence-but I prefer Captain." I smiled. "I was wondering…what exactly did the alternate me do here?" I asked her.
The Captain went red. "Tom, I think the question is, 'What didn't the alternate you do?'"
"Oh god, was he that bad?" I asked embarrassed.
"It depends…" Janeway responded. "He tried to kiss B'Elanna in Main Engineering and she fractured his nose in three different places."
I started laughing. "You're not serious, right?" I asked still laughing.
"I am, and I can only imagine how B'Elanna feels now that she knows you're back." Janeway asked. Janeway smiled and laid down on the biobed.
"…And you?" I asked getting back to embarrassed. "In the alternate universe, you and he were married, so I'm guessing that he tried something and was confused you weren't pregnant."
"Tom, some things are better left unsaid." Janeway answered.
"He was that bad wasn't he?" I poked into her statement. Janeway didn't answer. "Well, I'm sorry about whatever the hell he did. Hey, how did the alternate Sam and I die? Was it B'Elanna, but then, why would she kill Sam?" I pondered.
Janeway laughed. "No, B'Elanna didn't kill them, but I'm betting she was willing to kill the alternate you." Janeway responded. "The alternate you and Sam were in Cargo Bay 1, probably talking about how wrong everything was when it suddenly got decompressed and sucked them out into the vacuum of space. When we finally noticed some people were in space, we beamed them up, but the alternate you and Sam were already dead."
"You're betting Q did it?" I asked.
"Since you said Q was responsible for switch and the whole point was to try and kill you, yes." Janeway answered. "Now, Tom, I suggest you get into your Sickbay Blues and get some sleep." Janeway smiled at me and picked up a padd.
"Whatever you say…Kathryn." I said cockily getting up from the biobed. I walked passed Sam and the Doctor and grabbed the ugly Sickbay clothing to change into.
It was good to be back on Voyager, my Voyager. But still, I gotta fix things right with B'Elanna…