I hope this shows that they belong in the Delta Quadrant, but that Janeway will still miss Earth.
"What?" The Doctor broke the silence first.
"Are you serious?" BE'lanna asked.
"You want us to go back?" Chakotay chimed in.
"I'm in." Seven smiled from her spot next to Chakotay proud that she was defying him out loud.
"Me too." Harry nodded in agreement.
"We just started a family." BE'lanna argued. Tom smiled at her and then shrugged.
"Would it be that bad, to raise our daughter in the Delta Quadrant?" He asked her. "It's kind of our home, it's where we got together." Then BE'lanna considered it. This way, her daughter wouldn't be subjected to the torture that she was from her peers and she could make friends in the Delta Quadrant that wouldn't be like that.
"You know that's actually a good idea." BE'lanna then agreed. The Doctor rubbed his bald head.
"I don't know about this." Tuvok was the only one not saying anything.
"The only logical thing to do, is go." He said. Suddenly everyone turned and all at once they said.
"What?"
"We don't belong here anymore." He said simply. "The logical thing to do is to go where we belong." He explained. If their former Captain didn't convince them he sure did.
"Alright." Chakotay finally gave in. "How are we going to do this." Kathryn Janeway smirked as she stepped over to her former Commander and placed her hand on his shoulder. Then she gazed up at his face for just a second before saying.
"Simple, we steal Voyager." For some reason this shocked everyone again. She looked at them all and laughed. "You think we could just ask for her back? We don't have to, she's ours. We have the right to take her. They wouldn't agree." She explained. "Star Fleet isn't enough anymore. We have to leave everything. They won't be able to find us, we can just disappear it's not as if they are using her, she's a museum now, and that's not where she belongs, she's just like us, she's trapped, and we have to rescue her while rescuing ourselves." It was a stirring speech and most of them didn't have a problem with it, but the Doctor's moral compass was still a little shaken. His former Captain could tell. "We're not doing anything wrong Doctor, they don't understand our connection to each other or to the ship, or even to the Delta Quadrant. It's where we belong. Especially you, you will always belong to Voyager Doctor." He nodded then accepting it.
"So what's the plan?" He asked. Kathryn Janeway smirked again.
"I have it all figured out." She turned away from them and went to her desk and then she beckoned everyone over to her table as she unfolded a map of Voyager over it. "This is going to have to be programmed perfectly. First Seven will enter and go into Astrometrics where she will open a screen showing outside of Voyager alerting us if anyone comes in. Mr. Paris will be next slipping onto the bridge and settling into his seat, followed by Mr. Kim who will be at his station also making sure nothing goes wrong. Tuvok will be on the outside the whole time, waiting for Seven to tell him if anyone approaches that wasn't planned. BE'lanna will enter engineering and start up the warp core, while The Doctor, Chakotay, and I all head on. Then on my order Tom will start us at a quarter impulse and we will be out of there." The plan made sense to everyone, and they decided the next night they would go through with it.
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All she had to do now before tonight, was say goodbye to her sister and her Mother, but not in a way that they would know that anything was going on. It was going to be hard, and they were still her family, just not the family that she belonged to anymore. She spent the weekends with them in the house that she grew up in. She had coffee with them and everything was normal her sister was playing with the dogs and her mother was reading the newest mystery novel. She sighed and smiled. She would have to say goodbye to Bloomington Indiana and the dogs. The new dogs that her family got after she left, so they didn't matter that much to her. She took the day to spend it in the fields next to the lake. She walked by the places in her childhood and said goodbye. Even though she knew what she was doing was for the best, that didn't stop a tear from falling down her cheek. This place was still part of her, and although it wasn't as much a part of her as Voyager it was still significant it was where she was born and where she grew up. She remembered when her father died, and how she felt, this was a little like that. The tears were falling freely now, she couldn't stop them. She remembered when her first dog died, this was like that too, she had to say goodbye again. She knew that what she was giving up was smaller than what she would gain. She didn't belong here anymore, though she wished that she did. She remembered running in these fields with her dogs and again the tears fell. She needed to let it out, she had to get her goodbyes out before tonight before she changed her mind and ended up unhappy forever. She would be happy up there, it's where she belonged, she would miss Earth, she would miss her Mother and sister dearly, but not nearly as much as she missed Voyager now. Around lunch time she had collected herself and needed to say her goodbyes to her Mother and sister. She wasn't prepared for how much of her emotions would show.
She found her mother in the living room curled up on a small arm chair reading that same book. The image brought a smile to her face. She fought the tears back as she sat in the chair next to her.
"Hello Mother." Her mother Gretchen Janeway placed her book on her lap and gave her daughter her full attention.
"Hello Katie" She would miss that too, no one called her Katie on Voyager.
"Mom, do you remember when I was younger and you would read me a story?" She asked. Her mother smiled widely.
"Of course I do Katie."
"Could you read a little to me now?" Kathryn asked this was a way to preserve the memory of her mother, before she left.
"I'm not sure why, but of course I could Katie." She started on the page was already reading. " The group gathered around, Mr. Foster had dived the room into three sections…." She trailed off and Kathryn didn't listen to the words, but tried to memorize her voice. After a chapter she couldn't stop herself from shedding a few tears. She really was saying goodbye. After kissing her Mother's forehead and telling her she loved her, she pulled her into a long hug and then got up in search for her sister.
She found her outside in the field playing with the dogs. Kathryn smiled as she approached her. She sat down in the long grass that was swaying in the breeze, she would miss that too the breeze and the grass.
"Hello Phoebe." Phoebe smiled.
"Hello Kate." No one called her Kate either. She would miss that too. All Kathryn needed to make peace with leaving her sister was playing with the dogs with her. So she joined in throwing a Frisbee once in a while and being licked all over by them. She treasured the smiles she saw play across her sister's face. She would miss that too. These were the little memories she needed to move on. It was nearing darkness, and so Kathryn pulled her sister into a tight hug told her she loved her and then told her that she was just going out for a walk. She didn't give any indication that she was leaving forever, but turning her back on the family farm she finally let the tears flow freely, they ran down her cheeks like a waterfall. However she still knew that her decision was for the best.
What do you think please review? Was it sad her leaving her family her home? Or did I not do that right?
