Out of Time, Out of Place, Out of Mind

By voyfan7 (aka Cortiana)

Authors note:

A few people have sent me some questions in reference to the story so I thought I should put the answers here to make it simple for all of you.

First: Cortiana's name is pronounced Cort-e-ana.

Second: This takes place during Voyager's 6th season. I assume that previous episodes have all happened – no alternative universes here. Also, I assume that Jeri Taylor's books are the true background of the characters (Mosaic and Pathways), it is easier that way.

Third: Paramount or who-ever now owns Star Trek owns the character names from Voyager and I intend to make no money from this story online (although that would be really cool in my dream world…).

Fourth: I thought that I should mention this in case anybody I know reads it… any references to ship names, races, or characters that may resemble actual names from the online game EVE online are COMPLETEY accidental (cough), and not intended (cough) to be used to cover a lack of imagination on the author's behalf. (If any of you play EVE online then see if you find the references… I used base words and changed them up, but good luck anyway…).

Fifth: If anybody actually wants to post this story elsewhere feel free to do so but make sure my name stays on it (voyfan7 or Cortiana will work) and let me know where it is, I think it would be cool to see it on other sites!

I think that is all, any problems or questions let me know I am happy to hear them! (Yes, good and bad). Thank you and enjoy the story!

Prologue

Cortiana was driving home from a bad day at work. She worked at a grocery store as a cashier. One particular customer had pissed her off and she was trying to calm down by driving very fast on her way home. For some reason the excessive speeds she was achieving acted to exhilarate her and draw her attention completely to her driving, thus away from her bad day. Usually this would calm her down any night. Tonight, however, was a different story. She came reluctantly to a stop at the traffic light and her whole world changed…