Tom wasn't sure exactly what he was looking at on the screen, but the third time several of the Captain's readings spiked into the red and the console began to beep he became concerned for her. He cursed himself internally for suggesting the Captain be the one to go to the half-Klingon experiencing Pon Farr. He began to fidget. "Shouldn't we get her out of there?"

"Relax, Mr. Paris, Captain Janeway is fine."

"How can you say that?" He demanded, his voice rising an octave. "Red is bad. Beeping is bad."

"Lieutenant Paris," the Doctor admonished. "While I can not be 100 percent positive without the more in-depth readings of a cortical monitor or visual evidence, I believe the Captain to be enjoying herself. Thoroughly."

"What?" Tom asked, not making the connection immediately.

The EMH cocked an eyebrow and waited for the dots to connect in the other man's brain.

The EMH smiled as Tom flushed slightly. "Oh!"

"Mr. Paris, welcome to the wonderful world of the female human body."

=/\=

Kathryn lay panting trying to take more air into her lungs. After several minutes, she pushed herself up on her elbows with some effort, she was spent. Multiple orgasms in quick succession, each one building on the last, left her languid and slightly uncoordinated. She stayed like that for several minutes, slowly taking deep breaths in an effort to center herself, as she studied the other woman. She silently observed B'Elanna, head still between her legs, hands still gripping her knees holding her legs widely and uncomfortably apart. B'Elanna whispered words of dominance and possession as she alternatively nuzzled Kathryn's juice slicked mound and her bloodied thigh.

She sat up fully and quickly ran her fingers through B'Elanna's hair. Taking a deep breath Kathryn tightly seized two fistfuls of the other woman's hair, as she slowly let out her breath she forcibly pulled B'Elanna from between her thighs.

A frenzied growl escaped from deep within as B'Elanna forcefully shoved against Kathryn's sternum with the heel of her hand, trying to force the other woman back down. Kathryn just wound her fingers deeper into B'Elanna's hair, using her as leverage to stay upright. B'Elanna hit her, again, with more force, but Kathryn refused to acquiesce. She just pulled down harder on her hair, forcing B'Elanna's face up to look at her.

Kathryn pulled B'Elanna towards her by the hair until their lips met. She moved her newly freed leg between B'Elanna's thighs as the kiss deepened. B'Elanna's hands moved to Kathryn's waist pulling her to rest against her thigh. Kathryn unwrapped the fingers of one hand from B'Elanna's hair and moved her hand to the button of the other woman's pants. In one swift movement she had the button undone, the zipper down and her hand inside her underwear; finally able to touch her where she wanted to most. All the while continuing to explore her mouth.

Kathryn's analytical mind took everything in as she ran her fingers over B'Elanna's clitoris for the first time—larger, more distended than a human female's, it was prominent enough she hadn't had to uncover it from its folds, from the sounds and movements coming from the other woman it was more sensitive, too. Maybe this was all due to the Pon Farr, she didn't know what was normal for the woman in front of her.

B'Elanna had stopped trying to fight Kathryn. She was now fully focused on the woman's fingers moving over her. She pushed herself towards Kathryn's hand, moving her hips to put Kathryn's fingers where she wanted them. Kathryn read all the signs B'Elanna was wordlessly giving her and quickly had the woman tumbling over the edge. B'Elanna ripped her mouth away from Kathryn's and roared with the passion she felt. As the waves of orgasm continued to move over her she brought her mouth down on Kathryn's shoulder and bit down.

Kathryn groaned in pain, pulling B'Elanna away from her by the hair. She could see her own blood on B'Elanna's lips and teeth. Kathryn could see the frenzy in her eyes, but she could also see the calculation. B'Elanna was deciding on her next move. Kathryn tugged harder on B'Elanna's hair, removing her hand from the other woman's pants, and quickly used the hand to shove B'Elanna as she slid off the stone table.

"Enough!" she commanded, sounding more in control than she was.

Before B'Elanna had time to lay her hands on her, Kathryn extracted her hand from B'Elanna's hair and moved out of her reach. B'Elanna let out a sound of frustration as she lunged for her Captain. Kathryn easily sidestepped B'Elanna and remained out of her grasp.

"I said enough."

"I'm not finished with you," B'Elanna spat out in an angry, ragged breath.

"For now you are. Finish getting undressed," the woman ordered, though she wondered just how commanding she looked while naked and smeared with both their blood.

B'Elanna began to comply, she toed out of her shoes and slid her pants over her hips letting them pool at her feet before stepping out of them. She bent down, Kathryn thought to remove her socks, instead, she picked up a boot and threw it at Kathryn, hitting her squarely between her breasts with the heel of the boot. The boot heel left a small gash and a trickle of fresh blood rolled down her body. B'Elanna's nostrils flared and she was ready to lunge for Kathryn.

"Stop right there!"

Then her voice softened and in a sort of sing-song voice, Kathryn intoned, "Just be a good girl and do as you're told. Now finish getting undressed."

The condescending tone incited B'Elanna, as Kathryn knew it would. She needed time to regain her stamina and strength. She knew she couldn't handle B'Elanna's continued onslaught to her senses. She needed to keep B'Elanna mentally off balance if she was to retain the upper hand and give herself time to recover.

"Ql'yaH," she shouted at Kathryn, but she finished getting undressed as she seethed.

She finished by picking up her other boot and throwing it at Kathryn, this time only managing to graze Kathryn's right shoulder. Hurling insults at her in both Klingon and Federation standard.

When B'Elanna looked at her she could see the approval and raw desire for her in Kathryn's eyes. There was something else there as well, a ferocity 一 something almost feral 一 and B'Elanna shivered as the other woman began to stalk her.

B'Elanna instinctively took a step back as Kathryn approached. Kathryn suddenly left off her approach. She turned around, instead, and found B'Elanna's boots, tossing them at the other woman's feet. She pointed at the boots and nodded, "Go ahead, pick them up, they're the only thing in this place to throw" she smiled in such a way it appeared threatening.

With a tilt of her chin, "Though I suppose if you're going to throw things at me, I'll have to recite poetry while you do it. That's how this goes right? You throw things and insult me while I recite a love poem?"

Not waiting for an answer or a boot to be thrown, Kathryn began reciting the first thing that popped into her head. Moving around B'Elanna in a semi-circle, remaining out of her reach. "How you must have suffered getting accustomed to me, / My savage, solitary soul, my name that sends them all running. / So many times we have seen the morning star burn, kissing our eyes, / And over our heads the grey light unwind in turning fans."

Kathryn began to advance on B'Elanna, again, making her feel as if she was being stalked and herded. She had no ideas of what her Captain's next move might be. Though she was sure the other woman had it all plotted out. She tried to get the upper hand and she moved towards Kathryn. The other woman just gave a piercing glare as she elegantly dodged B'Elanna's grasp.

B'Elanna threw a shoe at her head. She missed and Kathryn continued her recitation.

"My words rained over you, stroking you. / A long time I have loved the sunned mother-of-pearl of your body / Until I even believe that you own the universe. /

I will bring you happy flowers from the mountains, bluebells / Dark hazels, and rustic baskets of kisses"

B'Elanna threw the other shoe. Kathryn caught it and threw it back at her in one motion, surprising B'Elanna and hitting her on the hip with it.

"I want / To do with you what spring does with cherry trees" Kathryn finished her recitation as she sprang into action.

The Captain leaped on the Lieutenant, propelling her backward. Unprepared for such a bold attack, B'Elanna fell hard on the dais, her skull and left elbow making painful contact with stone. B'Elanna's left arm was at an odd angle when Kathryn landed on top of her. She had her hands on B'Elanna pushing her shoulders painfully into the table. Kathryn's knees landing on B'Elanna's arms to immobilize her. There was the sickening sound of bones breaking as her left arm buckled under the pressure.

B'Elanna roared. Kathryn thought she sounded more aroused than pained so she settled herself onto B'Elanna's stomach, assuming the other woman would tell her if something was seriously wrong. B'Elanna bucked her hips frantically, trying to throw Kathryn off of her. Her need to possess her stronger than her need for her own release.

Kathryn pushed her shoulders down harder, forcing her chest wide. Kathryn sat and watched for a moment as B'Elanna wildly tried to buck her off, all the while throwing verbal insults at her.

"Such a mouth, B'Elanna," she said as she leaned over her, pressing her lips to her mouth. The kiss was slow and unsatisfying for both women. B'Elanna tried to change the pace, tried to make the kiss deeper and more hurried; Kathryn would not let her.

Kathryn was in control now.

"You will be mine, Kathryn," she growled, ripping her lips from Kathryn's, still trying to buck her off.

Kathryn took the other woman's chin in her hand, painfully squeezing and forcing B'Elanna to look at her. Kathryn brought her lips to B'Elanna's once more, this time with a kiss meant to possess. Kathryn sucked B'Elanna's lower lip into her mouth and bit down until she tasted blood.

"No, you will be mine," Kathryn commanded, as she moved her hand from B'Elanna's chin and placed it around her neck.