Once in her quarters, Kathryn changed from her command coloured dress to a more traditional white one. Chakotay, still attired in his dress uniform, then escorted his wife to the Mess Hall for the reception. He did his best to behave during their walk, resisting the urge to kiss Kathryn soundly. Instead he held her hand firmly in his and walked, close to her side, into the Mess Hall.

The couple had not yet seen the Mess Hall, since Neelix and his band of merry men had set about decorating for the reception. Therefore, when they did walk in, they where quite surprised. The room was decorated for the occasion, with streamers and Terra Delta flora. Off to the side was a large, white wedding cake. Both presumed that Neelix had more stored away for all the expected guests.

"Wow," was all Kathryn could manage as she looked around the room.

Chakotay nodded his agreement. "They sure did a number in here, I wouldn't have recognized it," he noted with a smile, before Neelix all but ran up to them.

"Welcome! I hope you enjoy your party," he gave, ushering the newlyweds the rest of the way in.

It didn't take long before people where clanking their forks against their glasses. Tom's voice could be heard above the rest of the crew. "Kiss!"

Kathryn and Chakotay laughed and did as their friends, and family, requested. Whoots could be heard from the crew after they separated, grinning light teenagers who'd been caught doing something they shouldn't.

The couple where then allowed their first dance as husband and wife before all the single women gathered for the traditional bouquet toss.

Kathryn turned her back to the crowd of single females and threw the bouquet over her shoulder, hoping her aim wasn't terrible. It wasn't, as the flowers landed squarely in Naomi's hands, causing a round of applause from the crowd.

"Nice catch," Sam, now attired, like the other bridesmaids, in a champagne coloured dress, offered to her daughter.

Now was time for the garter toss, which was done, blushingly, by the couple. Harry, somehow, ended up with the item in his hands, and blushed furiously. Tom, of course, laughed and clapped Harry on the shoulder.

"Nice catch, now you have a souvenir for the occasion," the helmsman said. This afforded the young lieutenant another round of laughs from the crew.

Kathryn smiled before she walked to the crowd and said her thanks to as many people as she could. Chakotay did the same thing, starting on the opposite side from his wife. That thought still marvelled him, his wife. Kathryn Janeway, fierce Starfleet Admiral, was HIS wife. Those two words kept running through his head.

After they finished the thank you's they cut the cake. Kathryn fed Chakotay a small piece, most of which ended up smeared around his mouth. Chakotay also managed to miss Mrs. Chakotay's mouth, getting some of the cake on the tip of her nose.

All in all, the reception was quite a success. It was full of laughter, fun and games, and Tom constantly calling for the married couple to kiss. The celebration ended shortly before 2400 hours, the crew had plenty to do the next morning. The end of the week would see Voyager making the descent to Terra Delta

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The week directly following the Command Couples nuptials was busy. Many of the crew had worked overtime to ensure that everything was in order for the descent. By the end of the week the crew, and Voyager, was ready.

The senior staff was on the bridge, inclusive of B'Elanna, at 0900 hours, awaiting the landing that would occur in just a few short minutes.

"Tom," Janeway looked towards the pilot. "Ready to take her down?" she asked.

Tom nodded his head. "Ready when you are, Admiral," he answered.

"Lieutenant Kim, open a channel."

"Channel open, Admiral."

Janeway nodded slightly. "All hands, this is Admiral Janeway," she started. "It's been a pleasure serving on Voyager with you, and calling this vessel home. Today we start a new journey and build a new home on Terra Delta. All hands, prepare for landing. Janeway out."

Kim ended the transmission and Kathryn gave Tom the go ahead to take Voyager down, which he did with ease.

As expected, there was some turbulence as Voyager entered the planet's atmosphere. The landing, however, was relatively smooth, as they'd already found a smooth strip to land on.

Upon landing, Harry opened another transmission so that Kathryn could inform the crew that they could leave at the discretion of their commanding officers. She also noted that there would be a ship wide meeting at 2000 hours in the town square. This left the crew with plenty of time to finish moving and get somewhat settled in. They also had to finish getting Voyager ready for their departure.

The Bridge Crew secured their stations for the skeleton crew that would take over. The senior officers then disembarked from Voyager and moved to their new homes. Kathryn and Chakotay started moving the items from what was to be Janeway's home to their shared house, beside the Torres-Paris house.

By the time the newlyweds had finished unpacking it was 1955 hours, giving them just enough time to get to the nearby square. A podium had been set up for the expected announcement to be made from Kathryn.

Silence was quick to fall on the crowd once the Admiral took to the podium.

"Good evening, everyone. Welcome to our new home. As of now we are no longer exploring space," she said in a somewhat mournful voice. "So the first order of business is to note that the use of ranks is no longer necessary," she paused before carrying on. "At the moment, I'm sure, we'll all have a difficult time adjusting to life on Terra Delta, but I'm also sure that, in the next little while, we'll all find our niche. If anyone needs to talk to myself or Chakotay," she nodded to her husband, "we are, as ever, available to you. For the time being we'd also like it if you would continue to look to your commanding officers as your liaisons and for direction. Any pertinent information will be relayed to them," Kathryn finished, before stepping down from the podium.

A round of applause followed Kathryn's last speech as Admiral as she stepped into the crowd. Her husband waited to lead her home. As of the next evening the pair would be going on their honeymoon, leaving the town in the capable hands of the senior officers.

FIN

AN: Thank you to all my reviewers and readers who have diligently read, and reviewed, this particular story.