Disclaimer: I only wish Voyager was mine, but Paramount owns them and it is our duty to speculate what they don't see fit to reveal in the series, and are too lazy to make a movie. If only they would see it our way...
Banned From Coffee Chapter 12 - That Damned Q
As the senior staff entered the Captain's ready room, the pair of Q appeared next to them on the couch.
Kathryn stared at he omnipotent beings, giving them a death glare. "Q, Q," she addressed each of them. "I'm afraid this is a private meeting. I'm going to have to ask you to leave the room." The stare she gave them implied she meant serious business.
The omnipotents stood infront of the hormome enraged, caffeine deprived captain and looked her directly in the eye. "What are you going to do to stop me," the older Q challenged. Kathryn stared at the being standing in front of her, her stance that of someone who has the upmost confidence in herself. "Oh, I'l just snap my fingers," she snapped her fingers, "and your worst nightmare will appear right in front of me.
The next moment, a blinding flash of light brought the female Q to Voyager, a horrified look on her face, obviously directed at the other two omnipotent beings in the ready room.
"WHAT WERE YOU TWO THINKING, RUNNING AWAY FROM THE CONTINUUM LIKE THAT, JUST TURNING UP ON VOYAGER? YOU TWO COULD BE BANISHED FROM THE CONTINUUM FOR PULLING A STUNT LIKE THAT! AND BRINGING THE BORG INTO THE BATTLE? YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! YOU ARE SO LUCKY YOU..."
A large "Ahem" stopped the female Q in the middle of her verbal bashing. Kathryn Janeway gave another death stare to the omnipotents, this time aimed at the female being. "Excuse me, Madam Q, thank you for yelling at them like that, but right now I need you to escort your 'mate' and your son back to the Continuum so we can get back to business."
"And just why should I be doing you that favour?" she asked.
"Listen Q," Janeway was starting to lose her patience, the lack of caffeine in her system making her even more uptight as her body stressed out even more. "I don't care what this pair did before they came on my ship, and I don't care what they do after they leave my ship, but right now, I wnat them off my ship so we can DO OUR JOBS!" everyone in the room, with the exception of the three Q's, knew her anger was rising above the level it should for a pregnant woman. "So, can you possibly take your family and leave my ship." It was not a request, it was an order, and even the Q weren't suicidal enough to defy her orders when she was this angry.
As the trio were about to leave the ship, the Q male turned to look at the overly distressed Captain. "Oh, and Kathy," he said. "You know you're angry when you're beautiful.." he stopped before she could yell at him again.
"Q," she said under her breath. "Just leave my ship, now."
He smiled, slightly nodded his head in respect for the officers, then snapped his fingers and the three dissappeared from the ready room.
Kathryn Janeway, as well as every other officer occupying the couch in her ready room, let out a huge sigh as the omnipotent trio left the room, and hopefully the ship.
"OK, everyone," she said, her voice returning back to it's calm, relaxed, healthy state. "Now that they have let us be, I have a favour to ask. My god-Q, Quentin, would like to do some, let me say, work experience on Voyager with us. I have been asked to consult with the department heads to gain permission for him to study in your departments, under your supervision." A horrified look on the faces of her senior staff scared he almost. "He has said he will become mortal for the whole work experience period, sacrificing his omnipotence for the sake of us. Now that I have asked you, I would like to hear what you have to say."
She looked at each of the different chiefs in front of her, B'Elanna for Engineering, Tuvok for Security, Harry for Ops, Tom for Helm, Seven for Astrometrics, The Doctor for Medical and Chakotay for his moral support.
B'Elanna was the first to speak up, almost shocking the meeting with her outburst. "Captain, if we set up some strict ground rules and limitaions, I'd be happy to have a mortal, emphasis on the mortal, Quentin in Engineering under the constant supervision of Vorik or Carey. But, at the first sign of trouble, he would be restricted from everything in an instant."
Kathryn, Chakotay and everyone else in the room stared at B'Elanna, disbelief showing on their faces. Everyone had expected the half-Klingon engineer to blatantly refuse an omnipotent being in her engine room.
"B'Elanna, we were expecting you to say..." the Captain started, eyeing her Chief Engineer with suspicion.
"I know, I know, you were all expecting me to say Q has no place in my engine room," she started. "But lately, I've discovered something. You know how I tend to have mood swings when..." she trailed off, knowing everyone would soon pick up her drift.
"Wait a minute," Tom said. "B'Elanna, are you telling us you're..." Tom struggled to say the words out loud. "Pregnant?"
A collective gasp circled the room. Having not only a pregnant captain but having the chief engineer pregnant again was wonderful. Almost wonderful. It meant there would be two hormone-enraged caffeine-deprived women on the senior staff. not the best thing in the world, but it was the two women they loved the most, so they would accept it with joy. Another child on the ship, after the birth of the Captain's child, would bring so much joy to everyone and increase morale. It would be a blessing.
"Yes, I found out yesterday that I am indeed expecting a child in the near future. Miral will finally have a sibling!"
Stunned looks appeared on the staff's faces, all looking towards their Chief Engineer, both delight and confusion on their faces.
