This is the second story in what will hopefully be a long line of stories. This story continues the adventures of the Lieutenant Simon Hartstone. While not necessary to read the story "Punishment" it would be advisable to set up why this new character is aboard Voyager.

Captured! Chapter 14

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Chapter 14: Happy Trails

Simon stepped out onto the Bridge his shotgun raised in readiness.

"Mr Hartstone I presume, finally we meet" the Leader said smiling, he pulled the Captain close to him with a phaser directly at her head "I suppose I don't need to tell you to drop your weapon"

Simon looked directly into the eyes of the Captain before he threw his weapon down near the helm. The Antillian at ops went for the phaser under the console but the Leader stopped him

"Stop this one is mine" he looked his subordinate with a really angry stare showing that he was not kidding around and the Antillian at ops raised his hands back above the console showing that he was carrying no weapons. Simon raised his hands above his head

"So you got me, why don't you just go ahead and put me out of my misery"

"Oh I will, but I want to savour the moment, your not some ordinary kill anymore you are special"

"Oh wow my mother always told me I was special" Simon retorted, the Leader smiled at the joke

"Well she was right you are special, not many people can say to have slaughtered an assault team like you have but two that is truly something to be proud of"

"I wouldn't say I was proud of it, I don't enjoy the killing"

"Well you should because I am going to get great pleasure from killing you" the Leader pointed the phaser at Simon

"But why Voyager, what the hell do you want with this ship"

"Well on Antillian of late, we have fallen behind our neighbours in technological advancements and our scientists have not been coming up with the goods, so we decided to steal a ship to help their analysis and Voyager is very technologically advanced. Warp drive, phaser weapons, replicators, the list goes on. So we follow you for just under two weeks study you and collect all the data we can about you. We were going to attack you but then the Borg got to you first, so we stayed back and let you two fight it out"

"That was the time I came onboard" Simon responded, "I was the one who helped Voyager defeat those Borg ships I used to hunt the Borg"

"I see well you must see yourself as one of you earth cowboys" Simon stood in disbelief for a second before the Leader explained "Oh I have been studying your history database and in the 18th century of your earth's history in the western section of the North American continent on your planet many of your people called themselves Cowboys and the ones who got into law enforcement called themselves sheriff's who upheld the law usually by shooting the enemy" he smiled at Simon "Time to die Cowboy"

The Leader pressed the button on the phaser weapon but then something happened which no one expected the phaser shot passed through Simon and hit the bulkhead behind him. Simon frazzled in a holographic effect before stabilising.

"Simon if you're here now might be the time," he shouted out all of the people on the bridge including the Captain were greatly confused. Another Simon wheeled out of the doors to the briefing room

"Over here asshole" with a Desert Eagle raised, the Leader turned and in the instant of confusion the Captain jabbed her elbow into the Leader which broke his hold on her and she hit the deck as this other Lieutenant Hartstone fired two shots directly into the Leader's chest. He swivelled and turned to the Antillian at ops who was still in complete shock Simon fired again and got the Antillian directly in the head as the alien fell back onto the seat at the ops station before slumping to the floor.

"Happy Trails asshole" the other Simon said as he saw the Leader drop head first onto the deck. This other Simon span the gun on his finger, before holstering the weapon and slowly walking over to the Captain.

The Captain looked at this new Simon and he was heavily beaten and bruised as he hobbled towards her, with his right eye swollen shut. He was being very careful about how he walked and holding his right side intently.

"Sorry I am a little late Captain," he said with a smile but the Captain was still struggling to find out what was going on

"Who, how if you're the real Simon Hartstone" she pointed at the battered and bruised version "Who is this, how did you program a fully functioning and interactive holographic version of yourself in 10 minutes"

"Simple Captain" he smiled "Computer" he called out "Uplink with the Doctors' mobile emitter and restore his physical parameters and vocal modulation back to normal." The other Simon frazzled out of existence for a second leaving the mobile emitter suspended in mid air before the Doctors' familiar features appeared again.

"Well Mr. Hartstone if I am done 'being the decoy' as you put it I will return to my medical duties and my first act is to order you to come to sickbay" the Doctor looked at him sternly

"In a minute Doc, still one last thing to be done"

"Mr Hartstone you have pushed yourself beyond the limits of what the human body can take." Simon ignored the Doctor as he slowly hobbled over to the engineering station and he sat in the chair and started to punch in controls

"I am CMO of this ship and no one listens to me," complained the Doctor. Simon tapped his commbadge

"Hartstone to Commander Chakotay its all clear you can come up now"

"Is the Captain alright" the Captain decided to field that question herself

"I am fine Commander, now I need you all to report to the bridge"

"We are on our way, Captain" and the commlink closed.

"There we go" Simon said

"What?" the Captain questioned

"All systems have been restored Captain, Warp Drive online, Phaser banks and Torpedo bays online and internal sensors have been unscrambled"

"Thank you Mr Hartstone" the rest of the senior officers walked onto the Bridge, Tom and Tuvok took their stations while Harry was more concerned with the dead body slumped at his station.

"Ok Doc everything is done I can come to sickbay"

"Finally" the Doc said as he flapped his arms

"Ok Doc no need to get your matrix in a knot I would have come to sickbay earlier but there was stuff that needed doing first" Simon pulled himself out of the chair and he put his arm over the Doctors' shoulder and he slowly escorted him towards the turbolift.