Another Place

Chapter 9

"So let me get this straight." Janeway started. "Q's wife took you to an alternate universe while you were knocked unconscious. In that universe, you and I were married. Harry and B'Elanna were together and…"

"Chakotay and Seven were, too." Tom replied. They were still in Sickbay and the Doctor had left and gone into his office before Tom told his story. "You were eight months pregnant."

"And I gave birth while you were there?" Janeway asked and Tom nodded a 'yes'. "Okay, what else?"

"You kept coming on to me." Tom stated.

"I've gotten that, you've said it several times." Janeway responded.

"Just trying to get that across." Tom answered. "Q kept telling me to take care of the triplets since they were born, but I was only with them for like an hour and she let me got home."

"How many…days did you spend there?" Janeway asked.

"Two." Tom replied. "I did try to tell you all about what was going on, but Q redid it so you all wouldn't know. She like wiped everyone's memory and filled in the gaps."

"Two days and that's all you did?" Janeway asked.

"Well, umm, after you gave birth, I wasn't allowed to see you and the kids until the next day so I had some fun." Tom replied. "Don't worry; I didn't screw up their universe."

"What did you do, exactly?" Janeway questioned.

"Q decided to do something and then go back a few hours in time so it would never happen." Tom answered. "I just joined in for a little bit."

"How many times did you go back in time and what did you do?" Janeway asked.

"Over 150 times we went back in time." Tom responded. "I can't really remember all that we did, just some highlights. Umm, we played golf on the Bridge and I accidentally hit Chakotay in the head with the club. I kissed B'Elanna in Engineering, made snowmen and threw snowballs at people in the corridors, rode a bike in the corridors, watched seasons of various television shows, and it goes on."

"You threw snowballs at people?" Janeway asked.

"Yeah, it was really funny." Tom answered smiling. "I made a smiling Vulcan snowman, which was pretty funny, too." Tom stopped smiling once he realized Janeway wasn't smiling either. "I know you're going to punish me, Captain. I know what I did and for once, I don't regret it. I tried to save a planet, Captain. I know this isn't going to change my punishment, but I want you to know, I've tried to be a better person since you got me out of Auckland. And I'd like to think that I've succeeded."

"What a touching speech." Q said. It was Q, the Q, the husband to the female that had been torturing Tom for the past two days. "I think I might just cry."

"Go away, Q." Tom replied.

Q pretended to look hurt. "I'm surprised you're not thanking me, Tommy." Q responded. "I'm the one that brought you back to this dismal side of the galaxy." Q smiled smugly and crossed his arms. "Yep, it was Q's turn to watch Junior so I just popped you back here."

"Thanks…now, go away." Tom replied. Q looked at Janeway as if she would want him to say.

"I agree with Tom, you can leave now, Q." Janeway said. Janeway walked into the Doctor's office and began to talk to him. "When will Tom be able to leave Sickbay?"

"He can leave right now." The Doctor answered. "He wasn't seriously hurt, but he should stay on light duty for two days."

"That should be easy enough for him." Janeway replied.

Janeway had decided what punishment Tom was going to get the second he came back. She was mad at him, very mad. It was always taught to never punish someone when you're still mad at them, but Kathryn Janeway wasn't in the right mind to think of that rule, now. She had tried so hard to get Tom to become a model officer and here he was disobeying orders.

Tom looked at Janeway's face through the glass into the Doctor's office. She was beyond mad. He knew he would be getting a pretty bad punishment and Tom guessed he deserved it. He did disobey orders and commandeer a shuttle. But, there was a bright side. If he was going to get thrown in the Brig, he wouldn't have to face Janeway for awhile. And, at least he had fun before getting in trouble.

The End

Author's Note: Thanks for all that have been reading and those that have reviewed. Don't worry, this is the end, but I'll be doing a missing scenes sort of thing where you will get to see more of the fun stuff Tom and the female Q did. Until then, have fun everyone!