Chapter seven- The Race Pt.2
Disclaimer see chapter one
Paige and Tom set of the next day only to find that the delta flyer had been attacked in the night "Tom get the tools we'll have to fix this before the race ok" Paige said as a young female entered "I see that you now, they got three other ships but yours looks the worst hang on we'll help" Tom looked at Paige then to the ship "Can we trust them?" "We don't have much choice do we the race is in a few hours. Now I wish Vorik and B'Elanna were here to help!" "So how long have the two been together then?" "Who" "Ensign Vorik" "Right, well can't let the gossip mall down can we tom" she said looking under the shuttle "Right guys this looks like the last on now come on and get to work" the female said as she walked back in with three other people.
For the next hour and a half they worked to fix what was broken once they had finished Tom and Paige quickly got something to eat and headed back to start the flight. Once the race started everything seemed fine that was until they reached the lead "Right Tom you can take the helm and put a shield up so that no-one can reach you I'll be at the back fixing the panel ok! And keep the shield up" Paige said getting up and heading for the back of the shuttle, once she had left the room Tom put the shield up not happy about it but did it anyway. Mean while Paige was fixing the panel when some-one beamed into the ship. "Paige now I am not surprised that you have put in place the force field" Rellik said slapping her "It can't be move and when it does you would have lost" Paige replied as the other tried to disable them, Rellik move forward and grab her by the hair dragging her to where Tom was sat "Tell him to stop this ship" "No if you want to win the do it fairly not like this" Paige said before Rellik threw her against the console. "Tell him to stop or else" he said as Paige stood up "no he fly's" she said before she punched him and he fell to the floor, "beam him back to his ship Tom" she said after he beamed him back he dropped the shield and Paige sat down "right we need to get the lead back" they had just got the lead near the finish line and crossed it in first place.
Paige let out a sigh when they finally landed back at the space station "I want Rellik taken out of the race now" Paige demanded when she saw Murray "What happened? He went this far" "He did and I floored him" half an hour of talking Paige left and headed for voyager. Once Tom and Paige had landed back on Voyager they had to see the Doctor for their check up "Right Paige" the doctor said scanning her "You both seem fine, you have a bruise on your side." He added before scanning Tom. "Hang on the two of you! You're pregnant." Tom said Paige and the Doctor looked at one another "I'll see you two later" she said walking out of the medical bay and headed for engineering
"Paige" B'Elanna said "Hi" "Made it back then" "Yeah a few bruises but yeah Tom's in sickbay" she said looking about for Vorik "I'll see you later Paige" B'Elanna said leaving engineering as Vorik had entered "Hey" she said when she saw him carrying a tool box "morning" he replied moving to a console. Every-one had been told that there would be a party later on in the evening, so Paige and Vorik had talked Tuvok into doing the ceremony the same night,
Later that night
"B'Elanna I'm telling you I'm not lying. Paige is pregnant!" "Tom that isn't funny" B'Elanna replied in front of half the crew "I think that you just let the cat out of the bag" as the Captain, Commander, Harry and everyone else stopped talking. "Computer locate Paige" Tom said "Paige is in her quarters" "Janeway to Paige" but the reply was not one that they expected "Captain, Paige is currently busy at the moment" Tuvok replied as the captain raised an eye brow "Well we will be wanting the pair of you to attend today" she added "Of course as soon as the three of us can, Ow!" Tuvok said while the captain looked at Chakotay "Three of them?" she said "I'll let Tuvok explain when he gets here"
Two hours later Paige walked in with Tuvok and Vorik who where engrossed in a discussion, "I said I was sorry it's not like I meant to aim for him and besides at least it wasn't a hard object that I threw at him!" Paige said as the captain walked up to the three of them "Evening, I've heard something interesting tonight, about a pair of Vulcan's anyone want to clue me in!" she said as the Doctor walked up behind her. "Right and can I ask what that was?" Paige asked "that a member of my crew is pregnant" the captain said in the corner of the room "Would that include yourself or exclude?" Paige replied seeing the look of shock on her face "Right, well Tom's right" the captain smiled then said "Congratulations Paige" they continued to chat for half an hour until Vorik came and the Captain congratulated him. "So Tuvok what were you three of you doing then?" she asked away from the rest of the crew, Tuvok looked at his Captain "Well as the captain I have a right to know!" "True Captain, I did a joining ceremony for the two of them!" he said "And we were not invited?" she teased as Chakotay walked up "something funny!" "We now have another excuse for a party" the captain said not letting anything else out.
"It seems that Tom has found out about the pregnancy" Paige said as they walked in to their quarters. Vorik looked at her then said "Tuvok knows" Paige smile knowing that there wasn't much that Tuvok didn't know "I'm going to bed I'm so sleep" she said as he sat on the chair she walked over to him kissing him "night" she said before heading to bed.
"I can't believe that you are being so narrowed minded here" the Captain said
"You think that everything will be all right with us when Kathryn it isn't at all and I just about had enough that, we're done that's it!"
"Fine, get out!" she said with her hand outstretched to the door once he left the captain broke down into tears when she finally got herself together she found her com badge and asked Paige to meet her in her quarters "Captain" she said once that, looking around she saw a broken vase she moved around it to find the captain curled up on the bed "Kathryn!" she said again "Paige" She said looking up showing that she had been crying "What happen? Did you and Chakotay have a disagreement?" she asked the Captain put her head back on the pillow and started to cry again Paige place her captains head on the lap as she said "I'm sure it will all work out, the pair of you are having a child. He doesn't know does he?"
"No, and you can't tell him."
"Kathryn he'll find out as soon as you're showing"
"I know."
"Look just go back to sleep and we can work it out in the morning ok" Paige stayed with the Captain the whole night so when she woke up in the morning she found a sleeping Paige on her bed as she walked out in to her living area she remember the argument that she had with Chakotay now she had to sit on the bridge with him. When Paige woke up five minutes later she found the Captain sat by the toilet "Morning sickness sucks I know!" she said kneeing down and moving the hair out of her captains face as she mumbled and "thank you" "Do you want something to eat?" She said as Kathryn took a shower "I'll meet you on the bridge; else Vorik will think that I've been kidnapped" Kathryn smiled as Paige left "Oh you're up! Paige said as she entered her quarters to find her husband sat eating. "You spent the night with the Captain interesting" her husband said as he kissed her, twenty minutes later Paige had showered and change and headed for the bridge when she had a sharp pain in her stomach once it had stopped she entered the turbo lift "Bridge" she said and stood by herself until it reached it floor, when she reached the bridge Tom turned and said "someone didn't get enough sleep then" the captain looked at her as she took her place half an hour later the sharp pain returned but lasted this time for five minutes but no-one noticed "Paige would you join me in my ready room" the Captain said Paige nodded and followed her when a wave of sickness came over her and ran to the bathroom this time it was the Captain who held her hair while she was sick "Finished?" she questioned ten minutes later "Yeah" Paige replied quietly "I wanted to thank you for last night I know that just getting married and having to spend your wedding night with your captain must have annoyed your husband"
"He was fine with it, now if it was another man then he might have had a problem" She smiled but another sharp pain hit and the Captain saw "Paige!" She yelled as Paige fell to the floor "Janeway to Paris get in here now" she called to seconds later tom found Paige on the floor with the captain kneed by her "HELP HER!" she said as the three of them where beamed to sick bay "Tom go back to the bridge, don't tell the Commander a thing!" the captain said with a warning in her voice four hours later Tom returned to the medical bay to find Vorik and the Captain with Paige "How is she?" he asked when he walked in saw that the Captain had been crying "She lost the baby" the doctor said "how?" "It seems that something happened on the flyer," the replied "But you checked her over and said she was fine I was here!" Tom said as the Commander entered and saw the scene of three crying people and an upset doctor but yet he still stood there smiling "Why the hell are you smiling!" the Captain said "GET OUT" "Come on man we'll leave" tom said leaving with him "Captain you should get some sleep in your condition" the Doctor said as Vorik looked up at her and the Captain avoided his look "ok I'm going. Ensign Will you let me know when she's awake." Vorik nodded before she left he stayed until the Doctor kicked him out, but by then the crew had found out about Paige and it didn't help that his wife was in sickbay "Vorik" B'Elanna said shocked that he was here "What are you doing here?" she asked "Right, turn around and walk right out of here get some sleep see Paige, and I don't even want to hear or see you for the next week Ensign" she said shoving him out of engineering.
On the Bridge the Captain was in her ready room crying because of today's events while Chakotay had the bridge "Tom would you care to explain this morning?" he asked "Not really commander
it's not my place to say anything. As for the Captains outburst I have no idea that is between her and Paige" "Right, Tuvok you have the bridge" as he headed for her ready room "enter" she said after she had wiped her eyes and nose "Can we talk nicely please!" he said as she had her back to him "Yes.""What is up with you today?""I'm pregnant, Paige found out and look at her now is the medical bay because she was had a miscarriage, and all I've done is fell sorry for myself and there is a whole crew who feel this lose but there is for the moment there is two people who is suffering more than anyone." "Kathryn. Wait your pregnant" "I don't think that it's something to enjoy at the minute" she said walking out of the ready room. "Doctor to Janeway" "go ahead" "can you come to sick" "I'm on my way" she said entering the turbo lift.
When she entered sick bay she found Vorik sat on the bio bed with Paige crying in his lap "How is she Doctor?" the captain asked "She's been like that for a hour now" "How long has the Vorik been here?" "For two hours" the Doctor replied looking at the pair. Two weeks later Paige hadn't left her quarters she and Vorik had stopped talking all together it started to have an effect on Paige. It didn't help when she threw a vase at him but missed.
"Enter" she said one morning while Vorik was in engineering "Captain" she said "Paige, I want a chat with you over dinner so I was thinking that you could come to my quarters later" "sure" by 17:00 Paige was walking to the Captains quarters "Evening Captain" she said once Kathryn had answered the door "Right Captain what did you want to talk about!" "Right Paige, it seems that two of my officers are depressed and it seems to have affected their work" "I've been a night mare I know Captain" "Right have a seat I get dinner" she said as Paige took a seat "I just can't do anything right, and Vorik has been suffering for it. Lucky I never hit him with the vase!" she said look at the floor "You threw a vase at him, wow" the captain said "lucky I missed. So how are you?" "You're changing the subject, but I'm good." Paige smiled "it's his birthday soon." "Do I smell I plan here Paige" "you do captain but I'll need Toms help" The Captain nodded so over the next two days Tom helped Paige while in engineering B'Elanna was working with Vorik when she said
"What had Paige been doing with my husband for the past two days? He won't tell me a thing" "I don't know chief but it in tales the holodeck!" he said "Well fancy a bit of snooping?" B'Elanna said with a grin. Twenty minutes later the two of them had reached the holodeck when they saw Tom and Paige come out "Right it's done now just don't do what you did today, and you'll not have a problem" "Thanks, hopefully I will not land in the mud next time!" she said before walking down the corridor when B'Elanna tried to access the program she found that there were a number of passwords which she didn't know. "Well there is another way to find out what they are up to, I'll just have to bug Tom enough until he caves" she said walking off to the turbo lift.
When Vorik entered his quarters his wife was asleep on the on the sofa holding a PADD as he placed a cover over her, he took the PADD and saw that it was a letter from Admiral Paris with contact information about her parents and siblings. When Paige woke the next day Vorik was still asleep so she climbed into bed with him and fell asleep. Vorik had a strange feeling when he woke and was surprised to find his wife asleep on him, he kissed he head as she woke "morning"
she said kissing him as she got out of bed "You have the day off don't you?" "Yes I do." Her husband replied "Meet me in her holo deck at 14:00 ok" she said as she dressed and left.