Chapter 85.
Timeless.
(Clara POV)
Chakotay, Harry and I were on a Class L planet, We just hoping this is it. As we headed along the way. Till we finally found it.
"We're here," Chakotay said.
Dad.
"The Glacial fractures are stable," Harry said.
"We're clear to Beam inside," Chakotay said.
"Acknowledged," Tessa said.
As we beamed inside. As we finally took the head covers off.
"Not exactly the way I remember it," Harry said.
"She's completely Frozen," I said.
As we got the Panel back online.
"Power grid's been destroyed, Neural gel pack, Frozen Solid, Decks 9 through 14 are now Deck 10, They've been compacted," Harry said.
"Look like they hit the ice at full impulse," I said. "Can you get the Doc,"
"I'm trying to access sickbay," Harry said. "The relays aren't responding, I'm losing the interface, Reset the power cell," As it powers down. "Come on,"
"Let's get moving," Chakotay said. "Keep an open comlink,"
As I headed towards my quarters but I found Chloe. Dead. Frozen.
"Chloe," I said. "I should of took you with us, I love you baby sis,"
Then I headed for the Bridge. Where I found Chakotay.
"Anything," I said.
"Nothing yet," Chakotay said.
As I went down finding Tom. Dead and Frozen. Then I found Dad. Exactly the same.
"Dad," I said.
"Chakotay to Tessa," Chakotay said.
"Go ahead," Tessa said.
"I found her, Lock onto the transporter relay and beam her to the lab," Chakotay said.
"Stand by," Tessa said.
"Make it quick, This isn't exactly a happy reunion," I said.
"I've got a lock, Got her," Tessa said.
"Lets get to Harry," Chakotay said.
"I'll catch up," I said. Taking one last look at Dad. "We're going to fix this Dad, I promise, I love you," Then Went after him.
As we got to Sickbay.
"Wait I demand an Explanation," Doc said.
"I'll give you one," Chakotay said. "We're here to change history,"
As we beamed up.
XXX
(Scott POV)
We were all in Engineering as we were celebrating our new Warp Drive.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, Please, May I introduce the Next generation of instellar Propulsion, The Quantum Slipstream Drive, 4 years, 2 months, 11 days, That's precisely how long Voyager's been in the Delta Quadrant, And during that time, We've advanced the frontiers of Exploration And more importantly, We've survived, Now it's time to go home," I said. "Enjoy the celebration by keep in mind, we've still got a lot of work to do before tomorrow's flight. Go Easy on that Champagne LT," As Chakotay and I moved off. "Quantum Matrix, Benamite Crystals, Borg Technology, Can you imagine what Starfleet is going to say,"
"I don't think we'll hear any complaints, The Federations first Slipstream drive, They'll probably nominate us for the Cochrane medal of honour," Chakotay said.
"Start working on my acceptance speech," I said.
"I'd like the thank the Borg Collective," Chakotay said.
"Dinner Plans," I said.
"Nothing special. Date with a Replicator," Chakotay said.
"Cancel it, That's an order," I said.
"Aye Captain," Chakotay said.
XXX
Then we got a problem.
"That can't be right," B'Elanna said. "We tested this engine molecule by molecule,"
"I'm sorry B'Elanna," Tom said.
"I wish to examine the Results of the Simulation," 7 said.
"Holodeck 2 Run them for yourself," Tom said. "That is if you don't mind being Vaporized a few dozen times,"
"I looked at their findings, Captain, If we try to take that flight in the morning, we'll be in escape pods by afternoon," Chakotay said.
"It would appear we have no choice but to cancel it," Tuvok said.
"Either that or, We can try it Harry's way," Tom said.
"Harry," I said.
"I've got an idea, It's tricky but I think it could work, the Trouble begins about 17 seconds into the flight, The Phase variance kicks in and the Slipstream becomes unstable, What we need is someone in a shuttle to ride the rapids in front of Voyager," Harry said.
"Yes," B'Elanna said. "They could map the threshold of the slipstream as it's forming and send the phase corrections back to us, That is a great idea, Harry,"
"Now, here's the tricky part," Harry said. "The Shuttle will only be a couple of seconds ahead of Voyager, that doesn't give auto navigation much time to compensate,"
"Tom," I said.
"Couple of seconds," Tom said.
"We can do this, Captain," Harry said. "Put me on that shuttle, I'll get Voyager through the slipstream, What choice do we have? Take the Drive offline, Months of work for nothing,"
"We built a highly experimental piece of Technology, There were bound to be set backs, " Tuvok said.
"The Benamite crystals at the heart of this engine have already started to decay, It could take years to synthesize more, I don't know about the rest of you, But I didn't do all this work just to be stopped by a .42 phase variance," Harry said. "No offense, Captain,"
"None taken, All right, You've convinced me, Prepare a flight plan and have it on my desk within the hour," I said.
"Yes sir," Harry said.
"I'll let you know what I decide," I said.
XXX
Chloe and Clara were in their room since they had already ate. As the Door bell Rang.
"Come in," I said.
As Chakotay came in.
"Commander, I hope you've got an appetite," I said.
"Famished but I assumed you called me here to talk about the slipstream flight," Chakotay said.
"No reason to cancel dinner Plans," I said. "I've programmed a dish,"
"I Don't know you could cook," Chakotay said.
"I used too," I said. "But Tonight is a special occasion,"
"Oh," Chakotay said.
"Our last night in the Delta Quadrant," I said. "I'd say that's special enough,"
"You've made your decision," Chakotay said.
"We launch Tomorrow at 0800, You, Harry and Clara will take the Delta Flyer," I said. "Voyager will be right behind you,"
"The crew will be pleased," Chakotay said.
"You can give them the news yourself, After dessert," I said. "What about you, Chakotay, What do you think about my decision,"
"I've analyzed Harry's flight plan, The theory is sound, but there are just too many variables, if something goes wrong in that slipstream," Chakotay said.
"This could be our only chance to use the quantum drive," I said.
"True but if you showed this data to any Starfleet engineer, They'd think we were out of our minds," Chakotay said "We can find another way home, We've waited this long,"
"Long enough, We've waited long enough, I know it's a risk, Probably our biggest one yet, But I'm willing to take it," I said. "Are you with me,"
"Always," Chakotay said.
"Speaking of risks, Are you ready to try some home made cooking," I said.
"I'll alert Sickbay," Chakotay said.
"Oi, Mine is not that bad," I said.
XXX
(Clara POV)
"15 years," Doc said.
"Give or take a few weeks," Harry said.
"Where are we?" Doc said.
"In the Takara Sector, Just outside the Alpha Quadrant," Chakotay said.
"The Crew?" Doc said.
"Dead," I said. "Expect for us,"
"We think the Captain Tried to make an emergency landing on this planet," Chakotay said. "The ship must have been too heavily damaged, They were all killed on impact,"
"You've been buried inside a glacier for the past 15 years," Harry said.
"You 3 were here, on the Delta Flyer ahead of Voyager, You made it," Doc said.
"All the way back to Earth, We got home, Doc, And all it took was killing everyone we cared about," Harry said.
"Harry," Chakotay said.
"Starfleet Certainly took their time finding us," Doc said.
"Starfleet, Their gave up searching for Voyager over 9 years ago, We had to find you on our own," I said.
"Well, I don't know what to say except, Thank you," Doc said. "I suppose I'd have stayed in that deep freeze forever,"
"We're not here to salvage your program, We're here to prevent this disaster from ever happening," Chakotay said.
"You see, Doc, 15 years ago, I miscalculated the slipstream threshold and transmitted the wrong phase corrections to Voyager," Harry said. "Boom, they were knocked out of the slipstream and sent to an icy death, Thank you Ensign Kim, But I've had a long time to rethink my mistake, And now I know how to fix it, So we're going to send Voyager a new set of phase corrections,"
"Isn't it a little late for that?" Doc said.
"We've found a way to communicate with Voyager in the past just before the accident," I said.
"Better late than never," Harry said.
"A message back through time," Doc said.
"Exactly," Chakotay said.
"How," Doc said. "I don't understand,"
"One of her cranial implants is a transceiver, designed to communicate with other drones," Chakotay said.
"That's right, It's called an interplexing beacon," Doc said.
"We want you to extract the beacon and determine it's translink frequency," Chakotay said.
"That shouldn't be a problem, She looks reasonably well preserved," Doc said.
"Good. That'll tell us where to send the message, Now the hard part we need to know when to send it," I said.
"Can you access 7's Chronometric node and pinpoint the exact moment her cybernetic implants disengaged from her organic systems," Chakotay said.
"Her time of death," Doc said.
"Down to the millisecond if possible," Chakotay said.
"I'll see what I can do," Doc said.
"I told you he'd come in handy," Harry said.
"You said you'd found a way to communicate with 7 in the past, How?" Doc said.
"Behold, Salvage component 36698 a Borg Temporal transmitter," Harry said.
"Starfleet Intelligence found it in the Wreckage of a Borg Cube in the Beta Quadrant," Chakotay said.
"We stole it," Harry said.
"Trouble," Tessa said. "Long range Sensors are picking up a Federation Vessel,"
"How much time do we have?" I said.
"I entered a low orbit and remodulated our shields. But it won't be long before they find us," Tessa said. "6 hours if we're lucky,"
"Let me get this straight, You're fugitives," Doc said.
"Galaxy's most wanted, We stole the Delta Flyer too, Right out of a Federation Shipyard," I said.
"We're wanted on 2 counts of High treason and conspiracy to violate the Temporal Prime Directive," Harry said.
"Wonderful, out of the ice box and into the fire," Doc said.
"We don't have time for this, Get startled," Chakotay said.
"Aye sir," Doc said.
"We still have to retrieve those sensors logs," Chakotay said. "Get ready,"
"I'm on back down there," I said. Activating the Transporter going back.
Beaming onto the Bridge. As I found Dad. Still there. As I got him into the ready room.
"I'm you and Chloe, Dad, I promise," I said. As I headed out.
As Chakotay was at OPS.
"These controls are a little clumsy, I thought you said this ship was state of the art," Tessa said.
"She was at the Time," I said.
"I've located the sensor logs, But the Computer is denying me access," Tessa said.
"My Command codes should still carry some weight," Chakotay said. "hmm, looks like there's an active file here,"
"But Should our luck run out, I'd like to say for the record that the crew of Voyager acted with distinction and valour," Dad's voice said.
"You okay?" Tessa said.
"Yes, It's just, the last time I was in this chair, they were all here alive," Chakotay said.
"We're here to get them back," Tessa said.
"Can I see that tricorder," Chakotay said. "It's downloading, Give it a minute,"
"I don't supposed we have time for a tour," Tessa said.
"Afraid not, Besides I left my quarters a mess, In just a few hours, if all goes as planned, We'll have changed history, the past 15 years erased," Chakotay said. "We don't have to do this,"
"We do, I'm bring them back, One way or another," I said headed out and beamed back to the Flyer.
As I was on the Bridge part. as I got a letter and loaded into the Transmission ready to go.
"Tactical Alert, Vessel approaching Bearing 184 mark 7," Computer said.
"Computer signature," I said.
"Federation," Computer said.
"Chakotay," I said.
"Go ahead," Chakotay said.
"Starfleet's on an intercept course, It's now or never," I said.
"We're on our way," Chakotay said.
As I saw them back on board I hit the Gas.
XXX
(Scott POV)
"Captain's Log Stardate 52143.6,With any luck my next log entry will be made in the Alpha Quadrant, But should our luck run out, I'd like to say for the record, That the Crew of Voyager acted with distinction and Valour, End Log," I said.
"Chakotay to Voyager," Chakotay said. "We're Ready,"
"All hands this is the Captain, Take your stations, Secure all systems and Standby for the jump to Slipstream," I said
"I've established a telemetry link with the shuttle," 7 said.
"Match their course and speed," I said. "Voyager to Chakotay,"
"Yes sir," Chakotay said.
"Prepare to enter the slipstream," I said.
"Acknowledged," Chakotay said.
"Tom," I said.
"Slipstream velocity in 4, 3, 2," Tom as as we went in.
"I'm detecting a phase variance, .1 ,.2" 7 said.
"Helm," I said.
"I'm still waiting for Harry," Tom said.
"Point 3," 7 said.
"Voyager to Delta flyer, we need those corrections or we'll have to shut down the drive," I said.
"We're on it Captain," Harry said.
"I'm receiving the Phase Corrections," Tom said.
"The Phase variance is decreasing," 7 said.
"Shields are holding," Tuvok said.
"Look like we're on our way," I said.
As we got hit. As the Klaxon went Red.
"Phase variance is increasing, Point 3, Point 4," 7 said.
"Harry what's happening," I said. "The phase variance is still increasing,"
"I'm not sure, Captain," Harry said. "It should be working,"
"I need an answer, Harry, We're running out of time," I said.
"Let me try recalibrating the sensors, I might be overcompensating for the variance in the," Harry said before it cutted off.
"We've lost our comlink," Tuvok said.
"Telemetry's down too," Tom said. "The Slipstream's destabilizing,"
"Shut down the Drive," I said.
"I can't, There's some kind of overload in the quantum matrix, I've lost helm control," Tom said.
"Bridge to Engineering, B'Elanna shut down the Drive, "I said.
"I'm working on it captain," B'Elanna said.
"Captain, I'm receiving a transmission," 7 said.
"You said comlink was down," I said.
"It is," Tuvok said.
"The Signal is being routed through one of my Cranial implants, It contains a new set of Phase corrections," 7 said.
"Does Harry know how to access your Borg system," I said.
"No," 7 said.
"He must have found a way do it," I said.
"They're not compensating for the phase variance," 7 said. "The Slipstream is collapsing,
"Full power to the Deflector," I said.
"No effect," Tuvok said.
"Our hull is buckling," Tom said.
"7 use the ZPMs. Shields at Maximum hold her steady Tom," I said.
"It's no use we're losing attitude control," Tom said.
As we fell out.
"Inertial dampers offline," Tom said.
"What about the Delta Flyer," I said.
"There is no sign of them," 7 said. "They must have remained in the slipstream,"
(Clara POV)
"Voyager's been thrown into normal space," Chakotay said.
"Alter our slipstream course, We've got to go back," Harry said.
"We can't even if they survived reentry at this velocity we wouldn't," Chakotay said.
"What are you saying," I said.
"We've got to find them," Harry said.
"Harry, There's no choice," Chakotay said.
"Dad," I said.
(Scott POV)
"Captain, We're just a few parsecs from the Alpha Quadrant," Tom said.
"Not exactly how I wanted to cross the finish line," I said.
"Hull breach on Deck 5 through 10," Tuvok said. "We're losing life support, If we don't land the ship, We're risking structural collapse,"
"I'm reading a planet, 9 million kilometers ahead, It's Class L," Tom said.
"Do it," I said. "We're coming in too fast Reverse thrusters, All hands brace for impact,"
XXX
(Clara POV)
I was in there as Harry just sent them.
"Harry," I said.
"We're still here," Harry said. "Why are we still here?"
"Harry," I said.
"The new Phase corrections didn't work," Harry said.
"Are you certain," Doc said.
"If Voyager had gotten through safely, we wouldn't still be here trying to save them," Harry said.
"I didn't work," I said.
"The Transmitter's functioning," Harry said. "7 must have received our message,"
"Chakotay's problem," I said.
"I can see that," Chakotay said. "Harry we just brought you a few more minutes,"
"Acknowledged," Harry said.
"Harry forget about that, Can we send phase Corrections to cancel the drive, If we can't get them home, we can save their lives," I said.
"Harry we looking at a core breach in less than 3 minutes," Chakotay said. "How's it coming back there,"
"Great just great, It took me 10 years to make these corrections, I can't fix it in 3 minutes," Harry said.
"Harry, Send codes to shut down the drive, At least their be alive," I said.
"I could send a phase correction which would disperse the slipstream entirely," Harry said.
"Do it," I said.
"Warning Warp core breach in 60 seconds," Computer said. "45 seconds,"
"Harry, Now would be a good time," Chakotay said.
"Harry the Transmitter," I said.
"It's losing power," Harry said.
"The Doc Emitter," I said. "It should have enough power to do it,"
"Glad you could join us Doc," harry said.
"It's been a pleasure," Doc said.
"Chakotay we got one more try at this," I said.
"Yes," Harry said.
(Scott POV)
Captain, I am Receiving a transmission," 7 said.
"You said the comlink was down," I said.
"It is," Tuvok said.
"It's being routed through one of my cranial implants," 7 said. "There is a new set of Phase Corrections,"
"Does Harry know to access your Borg systems," I said.
"No," 7 said.
"He must of found a way Use them," I said.
"Captain the Quantum Drive just went offline, We're dropping to impulse," Tom said.
"Captain, we've lost the slip stream," Tuvok said.
"The Flyer," I said.
"They were thrown out with us," Tom said.
"Delta Flyer to Voyager, What happened?" Harry said.
"You miscalculated, Harry, We entered the exact phase corrections you sent to 7," I said. "They shut down the Drive,"
"Captain, I didn't send any corrections to 7," Harry said.
"You sure," I said. "She received a message through one of her Cranial implants, That wasn't you,"
"No sir," Harry said.
"Get back on Voyager," I said.
"On our way," Chakotay said.
XXX
"Captain's log Supplemental, Our slipstream flight may have been brief, but it took nearly 10 years off our journey, I've given the order to dismantle the Quantum Drive, until the technology can be perfected, Despite the setback, we have a renewed sense of momentum, It's no longer seems a question of if we get home, but when, End log," I said.
Then I put on one of the message from the transmission.
"Hey, Dad," Clara said it was an older one. "If you are seeing this then everything changed. On my side you got threw out of the slipstream and crash landed on a Class L planet, Which killed everyone including you and Chloe. If you seeing this it work, We either got back home together this time or We are still in the Delta, But I'm got you back again. Love you Dad,"
Then found one for Harry. As I headed for the mess hall.
"At ease," I said. "Am I interrupting,"
"No, I just came here to try and figure things out," Harry said.
"Phase corrections," I said.
"The Corrections I sent you were wrong, If you used them, Voyager would have been heavily damaged, maybe even destroyed, " Harry said. "What I can't figure out is who sent the other phase corrections to 7,"
"you," I said.
"Captain," Harry said.
"7 found a starfleet security code, embedder in the Transmission, yours," I said.
"I'm telling you I didn't send it," Harry said.
"Not yet, The Transmission had a temporal displacement, We believe it originated from the future, 10, 20 years from now, We can't be sure," I said.
"Wait a second, If I sent a message from the future, and changed the past, then that future would no longer exist, right," Harry said.
"I gave up on trying to figure that out," I said. "To me, All that matters is that somewhere, some how, sometime, you'll come through for us, Well if you won't take it from me, Take it from you, 7 found an log entry encoded in the telemetry, from you, to you, At least we are al still around,"
As I left and headed to my Quarter. Where I was attacked by my Girl's as soon as I got through the door.
That's all for this chapter.
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