Disclaimer: I don't own Voyager or its characters regretfully, but Starfalcon and its crew are mine.

A/N: Well, I'm back! Wow, it's been a while, hasn't it? Why has it taken so long? School's started! I'm going to be pretty busy this school year...what with homework and Japanese club and ROTC and all, but I'll update when I can, I promise!

Now for the chapter...

Chapter 5: Leila's Horrific Discovery

A month passed, with Leila making several trips to Voyager with different members of her crew. Soon, Voyager and Starfalcon were good friends.

Life on Starfalcon was good as well: Ayame was due to have her twins in two months, so the crew was getting ready for that. Starfalcon had also gone into only one battle, with a Klingon ship. They hadn't been attacked since.

Now, as Leila got up, she decided she would pay a visit to Christie Kasumi before leaving for Voyager. She was feeling strange sensations in her stomach every now and then, and her belly had grown a bit larger. She figured it was nothing; she had just gained some weight, but she decided to see her anyway.

"Why, good morning, Captain!" the blonde EMH greeted as Leila walked into Sickbay. "Anything I can do for you, besides keep the name Christie Kasumi?" Leila smiled.

"You can run tests on me," she answered. "I'm feeling something really weird in my stomach today."

"All right," said Christie. Leila hopped up onto the bed, and her world went dark with the familiar jab in the neck.

"Oh my goodness. Oh...my goodness."

Leila opened her eyes. She witnessed the strange feeling of not being asleep when she noticed Christie looking at images on a small monitor. She slid off the bed and crossed to the EMH.

"What's up with me?" Leila asked. Christie looked away from the screen ino the captain's eyes.

"I don't think you'll believe me if I told you," she said.

"Oh, come on," pressed Leila. "It can't be that bad!"

"All right," Christie sighed. "Leila, you're pregnant."

Leila retreated several paces and gripped the sides of a table to keep herself from falling over.

"Wh...what?" she stuttered. "Th...that's impossible! I haven't been intimate with anyone!"

"That's not all," said Christie. "You're carrying triplets."

"Triplets!" screeched Leila. "Oh my..." She sat down in a nearby chair. She closed her eyes for several minutes, then opened them.

"How many months?" she asked.

"Five," the EMH answered.

"Oh, God," Leila muttered. "Damn it! I'm only fourteen! I'm not supposed to have kids!" She got up and began to leave Sickbay.

"Where are you going?" Christie cried.

"Voyager," Leila replied. "I need to talk to B'Elanna." Before Christie Kasumi could stop her, Leila was on her way to the transporter room.

"Featherflame to Voyager," she said once she entered the room.

"Voyager here," came a reply. "Ensign Harry Kim speaking."

"Hey, Ensign," said Leila. "One to beam up."

She met Ensign Kim on the bridge.

"Where are Captain Janeway and Lieutenant Torres?" she asked him.

"Captain Janeway is in her quarters," the ensign answered, "and B'Elanna's in Engineering."

"Thank you," said Leila. She quickly left the bridge and found Janeway's quarters. She pressed the doorbell-like button next to the door.

"Come in," came the captain's voice. The door opened, and Leila walked inside.

"Why, Leila," said Janeway, getting up from the table at which she sat. "What a pleasure to see you again. Why the long face?"

"Call up B'Elanna," answered Leila, dropping herself in a chair at the other end of the table. "I need to talk with both of you." Janeway tapped her badge.

"Janeway to Torres," she spoke.

"Torres here," came the response.

"Report to my quarters immediately," Janeway ordered.

A few minutes later, the door chime rang. "Come in, B'Elanna," said Janeway. The door opened and B'Elanna entered.

"Hi," she greeted Leila. "What brings you out today?"

"That's what I need to talk to you about," Leila replied. She then suddenly hung her head, ashamed.

"What is it?" Janeway pressed. Leila looked up, tears in her eyes.

"Christie Kasumi said I'm pregnant with triplets," she finally said in a shaky voice.

"What?" cried B'Elanna. "What do you mean, you're pregnant, La'Kieta?" Leila flinched. When B'Elanna used her Klingon name, it usually meant she was angry and something wasn't being told.

"How did you get pregnant?" Janeway asked calmly.

"I don't know!" wailed Leila. "I don't know how it happened! I haven't been with anyone!"

"Can you think of any unusual event that happened to you when you were thirteen?" asked Janeway.

"Well, one night Kohana and I went to a party on a Federation starship because we were invited," answered Leila. "I don't remember very much about it, only that Kohana got really drunk; she kept drinking Romulan ale...and I know this guy kept hitting on me...I think he was drunk, too..."

"Okay, what happened?" B'Elanna demanded.

"He led me to his quarters, and...oh my God!" Leila suddenly stood up in a panic.

"I must have slept with him!" she cried. "We must have..."

"I know what you're trying to say," said Janeway. "Go on."

"Next thing I know, I'm in Starfalcon's Sickbay, suffering from a really bad hangover," Leila finished. "So I must have gotten drunk somehow. I swear by Starfleet protocol I didn't have anything!"

"I believe you," said Janeway. Suddenly, a voice drifted from Janeway's comm badge. "Chakotay to Captain Janeway, Captain Featherflame, and Lieutenant Torres. Report to the bridge at once." All three got up and left Janeway's quarters.

"What is it, Chakotay?" Janeway asked as they entered the bridge.

"Ma'am, we have discovered another Array, similar to the one that brought us here," Chakotay replied.

"Another?" said B'Elanna in disbelief.

"Coordinates, Mr. Tuvok," ordered Janeway.

"Seven-three-one-one-point-nine," the Vulcan responded.

"Set a course, Mr. Paris," said Janeway.

"Yes, ma'am," said the man who had spoken to Leila on her first visit.

"Why the hell are you going towards it!" cried Leila, still upset over the news of her pregnancy.

"We're going to destroy it, just like we did the Caretaker's," answered Janeway.

"Well, where's Starfalcon?" Leila asked. "If you can see it, we must be able to as well..."

Several tense moments passed. Then: "Uh...I think we've got a problem here..."

It was Harry Kim. Janeway and Leila went to his side and squinted down at the small monitor.

"What's the problem?" asked Janeway.

"I'm not getting any life readings from Starfalcon's last known position," Kim replied.

"What's that supposed to mean?" demanded Leila. "Everyone on my damn starship's alive!"

"I know, I saw that!" answered Kim.

"Onscreen," Janeway instructed. The viewscreen showed nothing except the stars.

"Where's Starfalcon?" said B'Elanna.

"That's what I've been trying to tell you," Kim responded. "Starfalcon's not there! It's totally disappeared!"

A/N: Next Chapter: Easy Prey for a Dangerous Predator

Starfalcon's attacked by the Borg! Leila decides on one solution to save her crew: assimilation.

R/R please! I'll update ASAP!