Horror Days- Chapter 3
The group left the Delta Flyer and was greeted by Erinson Lerik. He bowed to them all and they responded by bowing back.
"Captain Janeway, what a pleasure it is to meet you in person!" The man said happily. "And who are these people that you have brought with you?"
"Erinson Lerik, this is Lieutenant Commander Tuvok, he will accompany me while we get a tour and discuss other things." Janeway answered smiling at the happy man. "This is our Ambassador, Neelix, and our pilot Lieutenant Tom Paris; they will be looking through the closest market. And these four will be your engineers that will help you get the environmental system up and running."
"Great!" Lerik answered. "Here, you four can follow Rolick here; he will show you where you can set up the system. Lieutenant and Ambassador, you can both follow Sart, she will show you to Forsting, our capitol city where many items can be found. And Captain, you and Commander Tuvok can come with me!" Lerik smiled and began to walk away.
The group started to disperse, but Tom and B'Elanna lingered behind.
"Don't let-" Tom started.
"I know Flyboy." B'Elanna interrupted. She kissed him briefly on the lips. "You come back in one piece; I would like a father for this kid." Tom smiled and walked away following Neelix, B'Elanna did the same, but following Rolick. Tom and Neelix, led by Sart got to the capitol city.
6 hours later…
It took hours to get the stuff that they thought the ship could use. The good part was that B'Elanna would be happy with the things Tom and Neelix would've been able to pick out for Engineering. The bad part was that Neelix had chosen some native foods…that moved and wouldn't stop moving even after it went down your throat.
Tom knew he would be using his and B'Elanna's rations just to not eat it. He had tried to convince Neelix that the food was a health concern, but that didn't work too well. Neelix insisted Tom use his medical tricorder to check for nutrients, which they found out it had plenty of. Tom also tried to lie to Neelix saying the foods were full of cholesterol and other nasty things found in some foods, but Neelix foiled that, too.
"I'm telling you Neelix, if you had just stuck with the fruit, everyone would have been good." Tom said carrying some food in one hand and the other hand had all Engineering parts. Neelix on the other hand only carried a small box full of the live food.
The three of them got back to the shuttle, which everyone else had already gotten to.
"We thought you guys were never going to show up." B'Elanna called.
"Sorry, been waiting long?" Tom asked as he got closer, then he whispered to her. "We're going to be using rations for the next couple of oh…years."
"That bad?" B'Elanna inquired.
"Well, I personally don't want to eat something alive and moving." Tom answered. He went inside the shuttle and put down the food and parts he was carrying. Then he came back outside.
"Does it even taste good?" B'Elanna asked.
"Captain Janeway! Captain Janeway!" Lerik yelled. Janeway, whom was in the shuttle putting stuff away, ran outside.
"What is it, Erinson Lerik?" Janeway asked.
"Look!" He answered.
Lerik was pointing out towards the nearby ocean. Off in the distance was a giant wave coming towards them very fast.
"You should hurry and leave now, this has not been seen before in my lifetime." Lerik said, he turned around and started to run. All but Sart followed Lerik. She just stood and watched the wave come. "I bid you goodbye Captain!"
"Everyone, get inside. Tom, get us going now!" Janeway yelled.
Everyone got inside the shuttle, but Tom who was standing next to Sart. "We're leaving, we'll take you with us, but you have to come now." Tom said to her, pulling her by the arm towards the shuttle.
"I will not be joining them, and neither will you." Sart replied, and then she put something up to his throat, like a hypospray. And then she injected some sort of sleep thing that made Tom drop to the ground fast. "Go!" she called out.
Many men in camouflage came out of the bushes nearby and picked up Tom Paris. They started carrying them away rapidly. Janeway looked out and saw the men carrying Tom away.
"Get back here!" she called out after them. The men either didn't hear her, or they were ignoring her. Tuvok looked out at the men then back to the ocean.
"Captain, either we go after Mr. Paris and those men or we leave, I suggest leaving." Tuvok said.
"What!" B'Elanna yelled. "We can't just leave Tom!"
"If we stay and go after him, we will most probably die." Tuvok responded. "But if we get the Delta Flyer and leave towards a different part of the planet, we will live."
"And what about Tom?" B'Elanna asked, and then turned towards the Captain. "We can't just leave him behind, Captain."
"B'Elanna, we have to leave." Janeway answered unhappily. She walked inside the shuttle. "We'll find Tom again, he'll be alive." Janeway got behind the helm and after everyone sat down in their respected places, the Delta Flyer took off.
Janeway piloted it away from the oncoming storm and towards the opposite side of the continent, hoping that wasn't about to be hit. "Tuvok, how bad do you think that storm could get?" Janeway asked. She didn't want to, but she had to know.
"I do not know exactly, Captain, but I do know that it might cause severe flooding in and around Forsting." Tuvok replied. "I suggest finding a place where there are very good pilots and take us back to Voyager."
"Good idea, do you remember one around here at all?" Janeway asked.
"Yes, I believe there are two nearby, but one is rather close to Forsting." Tuvok answered. "There is one as I recall on the outer edge of the continent in the direction we are going."
While Janeway got directions from Tuvok, B'Elanna was sitting in the back fuming silently.
"We'll find him again, B'Elanna, we had to leave you know." Neelix said to B'Elanna. "But, it's Tom, he never dies, he just comes close."
"Neelix, that was just barely comforting…and yes, I know that we had to leave." B'Elanna replied. "But if he's not-"
"Hey!" Neelix interrupted. "Don't talk like that, B'Elanna, he'll be alive when we meet up again. Everything always works out in the long run."
"But there are always sacrifices…" B'Elanna said.