Horror Days- Chapter 17

Day 11 (Nighttime on Voyager)

"Seven of Nine to Captain Janeway." Chirped Janeway's comm. badge.

"Go ahead, Seven." Janeway replied. She was just about to leave the Bridge for her quarters to sleep when Seven called.

"I have detected a cloaked ship off the starboard side of the ship." Seven answered. "I am sending the coordinates to the Tactical station, now." Janeway looked at the man at tactical. He nodded saying he got the transmission.

"Red Alert." Janeway called aloud. The ship went dark and the red alert sounded. "Commanders Tuvok and Chakotay, please report to the Bridge immediately." Janeway then turned towards Harry who was at his Ops. station. "Harry, find a way to decloak that ship." Harry nodded and began to work at the task at hand.

Tuvok and Chakotay arrived at the Bridge immediately and took their positions. Chakotay took over at the Helm since Tom was still off duty.

"We have a cloaked ship off the starboard side." Janeway told the both of them.

"Captain, I've found a way to decloak them." Harry said.

"That will not be necessary." Tuvok replied. "The ship is leaving at warp 8."

"Should we chase after them?" Chakotay asked.

Janeway contemplated at the moment. "No, whatever they were interested in, they aren't anymore." Janeway responded. "They caused no damage. No more Red Alert." The lights came back on.

"Doctor to the Captain!" The EMH commed in.

"What is it Doctor?" Janeway asked.

"Mr. Shon Faber is dead." The EMH replied. "He has been poisoned."

"We'll be right there, Doctor." Janeway responded. "Tuvok." She motioned for him to follow her.

Sickbay

Janeway and Tuvok walked into Sickbay and saw the Doctor standing next to the dead Faber. They walked up to the body and the Doctor handed Janeway a padd.

"He's been poisoned." The EMH said. "I was taken offline ten minutes ago and when I was reactivated, I saw him lying there dead. But I think I know who did it."

"Spit it out, Doctor." Janeway replied after his dramatic pause.

"I believe its Mr. Locke Penter." The Doctor replied. "He is the only one besides me that knows how much of a dosage to give Mr. Faber."

"Are you sure, Doctor?" Janeway asked.

"Very. I don't know why he would do it, but I have a very strong feeling he did." The Doctor answered.

"Tuvok, get Mr. Penter down here." Janeway said to the Vulcan. He nodded and left.

Ten minutes later, Tuvok brought Locke Penter and two more security guards to Sickbay. Locke was looking around avoiding Janeway's gaze. She noticed one of the security guards that were guarding Penter before looked like he had just woken up.

"Captain, I found Ensign Harris lying outside of Mr. Penter's quarters." Tuvok said to the Captain.

"I did it, Captain." Locke said looking at Shon Faber. "I killed him."

"Why?" Janeway asked.

"He deserved to die for what he did, Captain." Locke replied. "He killed millions of people, he deserved it."

Janeway was about to say something when Ambassador Nils Orin and the two others ran in. Following them were three security officers. Nils Orin walked up beside Locke Penter.

"Is it true you killed him?" Orin asked Penter.

"Yes." Penter responded.

"Captain," Orin said looking in Janeway's direction. "are you going to press charges against him?"

"Yes." Janeway replied.

"Then my planet is willing to give asylum to Mr. Penter." Orin answered.

"What?" Janeway asked.

"He saved many people from this man by killing him, so we are going to grant him asylum." Orin replied. "I'm sure the Erinson will agree."

Day 12

Locke Penter and Tom Paris were in the Shuttlebay. They were saying goodbye to each other. Janeway wasn't too happy about the Petrin Erinson granting Penter asylum, but had to obey their request.

"I'm glad you did that." Tom said to Locke.

"I'm happy you told me." Locke replied. "I don't want to be remembered as the guy that saved the man that killed a lot of people."

"I knew you wouldn't." Tom answered. "That's why I asked you and not any of the others."

"Phil probably wouldn't do it and he is also a security risk to your ship." Locke said. "And that kid pilot doesn't even know what the hell is going on."

"Yeah." Tom responded. "Again, I'm glad you did that. And thanks."

The Day Before (Day 11 mid-day)

Tom had gotten bored and decided to go to the Astrometrics lab. He found that no one was there, not Seven or Icheb so he started to look over the weather changes of Petrin over the years. That's when he found a ship not far off the starboard side of the ship. He knew that they were probably here to get Shon Faber; they were part of the horrible secret organization.

Tom downloaded that information to a padd and back tracked a couple of things he did so Seven or Icheb wouldn't be able to detect it easily. Tom walked out of Astrometrics and wondered who he should take the information to. The young pilot, Rinkala Pinso, would be the easy choices, but Tom didn't know if the kid had enough guts to kill Shon. Then Locke Penter entered Tom's thoughts. He would know how to kill Shon without setting off any alarms.

Tom made his way to Penter's quarters. Ensign Harris was standing outside. "The Doc asked me to bring this to Penter; it has something about the guy in Sickbay." Tom said to Harris. Harris nodded and let Tom into Penter's quarters. Tom walked in and the doors closed.

"Tom, great to see you!" Penter smiled, but then he stopped smiling noticing something was wrong. "What's wrong?"

Tom told him about the cloaked ship and how it's probably going to try and get Faber out of here. Then he told him who Faber really was and told him everything. "The video camera I swallowed has him pretty much confessing to the crime." Tom continued. "I know this might be pushing it, but I want to know if you're willing to kill him."

Locke paused for a moment. "I am more than willing, Tom." Locke replied. "I don't want to be known as the man that saved the man that killed millions."

"You might be charged with the crime of killing him." Tom said.

"I'm willing to take the risk." Locke replied. "How do you want to kill him?"

"Do you know the right dosage to kill him?" Tom asked.

"Yes." Locke answered.

"Okay, I'm going to show you how to disable and activate the Doctor's program by a trick I learned awhile ago." Tom replied. "I suggest not taking more than twelve minutes to complete the mission."

"Twelve minutes is more than enough." Locke responded. "But how will I get away from the Ensign out there?"

"That's what this is for." Tom said handing Locke a hypospray. "I stole this from Sickbay, you might want to put it back while your there. This should keep Harris sedated for fifteen minutes. That should give you enough time."

"Why aren't you doing this?" Locke asked though he somewhat knew the answer.

"I've been here for seven years." Tom replied. "These people trust and respect me. I'll probably get caught and thrown in the Brig. I don't want to be in the Brig when my daughter is born. You're planet will probably grant you asylum, so you'll be safe."

"I understand, Tom." Locke answered. "Now, teach me how to deactivate the Doctor."