and so the next day they split into two teams first Riker's team has success

"Data, Dianna, Beverly you in here?"

Data replies in a weak voice "over here commander"

They get to the cell and all three are a mess and Riker wonders how Data was even able to talk

"OK let's get these guys out of here Riker to Enterprise four to beam up"

and so they leave meanwhile Jewel and Spock's team had finally made it to the broadcast room and it was pure chaos and then Jewel shouts

"back off!"

well Spock finally gets the broadcast live to the Romulan people and the Romulans see pure chaos, Jewel was fighting Cardassians still, Spock was using his nerve pinch, their real leaders were helping Jewel who was finally using phasers, a beat up Starfleet officer, and various mini battles with Cardassians in between, plus a single Cardassian making demands to Starfleet, it was definitely pure chaos to those who were watching

"like I have repeatedly said before the other officers are dead you now have twenty-four hours to meet our demands before we kill this one as well"

Jewel as defiant as ever speaks up while fighting off a Cardassian by hand "not if I stop you first"

Well ten minutes later Picard was finally freed and the Cardassians subdued

"finally Jewel to Enterprise two to beam directly to sick bay"

"stand bye" said O'Brian "we have to readjust for all the interference the battle caused"

"standing bye, thanks for your help guys"

the Romulan leader speaks up

"no problem"

finally they were beamed up and the temporary doctor started working on Picard while an aid finished taking care of Crusher and of course they had to wait until station 135 to get Data help and then Picard speaks up

"ensign how did you find us?"

"through Data you see last year when we shut him down due to the virus I put a tracking chip on him just in case he's part of an away team an needs to be found or if we have to deal with another collector who makes us think Data is dead the only way I can't track him is if that chip is destroyed"

well Data tries to talk but is stopped by La Forge with the simple move of putting his hand over Data's mouth

"don't even try Data you'll blow your vocalizer it's that badly damaged"

Jewel asks a very painful question for the group "how did this happen to Data and the rest of you anyways?"

Dianna speaks up "tortured us"

"they did it in front of everyone but Data's was the worst because since he's an android he can handle torture the most none of us talked but the day before you came and rescued us we were told that we were dead to Starfleet and we weren't going to be rescued and they were going to torture us until they were bored with our silence then they were going to kill us. The Romulan leaders actually tried to help us but they were beat twice as bad when they did so they ended up just trying to encourage us"

well they get to the station and Jewel crashes from pure exhaustion while Anegal and Picard talk

"she needs some kind of reward for saving the station and us"

"how about her own ship?"

"that's not going to happen for several more years"

"think again the President heard what she did here and for you guys the ship is in the dock waiting for her"

"so she's going to be a captain after at least five years in Starfleet"

"nine years captain and she's not a captain she's an admiral"

"put her where the Enterprise is?"

"of course"

"not tell her until she's on the ship?"

"naturally"

"crew on standby?"

"at their stations"

"name of the ship?"

"USS JEWEL"

"perfect"

three hours later they were all set and Data was completely repaired

"so we ready to go?" asked Jewel not knowing about her promotion and also wanting to go back into space so that she could continue exploring it even though she almost lost some of her crewmates

"yes" said the others having been in on the secret and very excited for her and so they get to the bridge and Jewel sees a data pad where she would normally sit with one message

"look behind you"

she does and sees another data pad on the captains seat she picks up the pad and reads it out loud

"by order of the President let what is on the pad be hereby known to all as final say. On this stardate let it be known that for her actions on station 135 and the rescue of four Starfleet officers the following is to happen to ensign Jewel of the Enterprise one she is to be given the rank of admiral immediately following the next proclamation and second she is to be in command of this ship the USS JEWEL until her retirement singed President of the United Federation of Planets"

she finished and is amazed her crew then comes in and she sits down to give her first orders

"ensign take us out"

two weeks later they were exploring a region of space that wasn't as mapped out as others when they suddenly went into warp all were actually knocked out and Jewel woke up first

"damage report Parson" said Jewel but he was still out cold and that's when she saw most of her crew unconscious. A few minutes later they all woke up

"helm where are we?" asked James Jewel's captain

"we are…70,000 lightyears away captain"

"are you telling me we're in the Delta Quadrant Lt.?" asked Jewel hoping it was a mistake

"yes sir I am"

well that stumps everyone seeing as how they didn't know if they could communicate from that distance even with the latest communication technology

"all right fine if that's the way it is than we'll manage somehow" Jewel opens ship wide communications "all hands this is the admiral speaking, we have somehow been transported to the Delta Quadrant with that being the case our primary goal is survival once we know we can accomplish that relatively easily we will make our way home however we will not be out of contact like Voyager was but remember the messages still have to be short for right now we need to get basic systems running so I want you to assess each of your stations and then report back to me admiral out"

and so a few days later Jewel had a full assessment

"hey James it's been about twelve years since Voyager came back do you think Neelix could still be here?" asked Jewel thinking back to all the stories she heard in the academy

"I don't see why not"

well a few days later Neelix actually contacted them and the crew was amazed that he had managed because communication was still an area with problems

"who are you people with familiar uniforms?" asked Neelix having never expected to see Starfleet officers again

"I am admiral Jewel of the Federation Starship Jewel"

"I…Neelix how can I…day"

"come aboard our ship and guide us part way home"

"can…peat…that"

suddenly communications are lost

"transporter room one to beam directly to the bridge"

finally Neelix was on board and a few hours later they were on their way

"so how is the crew of the Voyager?"

"doing good far as I know, I haven't seen them personally really but every Starfleet cadet learns about them and their journey home. There are various stories on all the crew like Kes the one who gave her life to cut 10 years off their journey or something funny about Neelix their Talaxian cook and there are so many more stories about everyone like how Janeway was the brave captain who held the crew together and Lt. Barcaley the honorary member who risked everything to get in contact with Voyager and too many others to remember"

"it's good to know I'm remembered"

"and get this Seven actually teaches quantum mechanics at the academy"

"Starfleet actually trusts her?"

"yes but not without a fight with the Voyager crew and her husband standing up for her, the academy was closed for a year because of it, but finally they agreed to a years probation and she was and still probably is the best teacher for that class"

well three months later Jewel's crew made some new if weird friends

"are you sure about this Admiral I mean we don't know anything about this species" said James obviously concerned for the crews safety

"yes James I am I have met with them privately several times and Neelix says it's OK to trust them"

unfortunately they quickly learned that they couldn't trust all species that came in peace as a few weeks later they made their first enemies

"Admiral shields are down to forty percent and dropping"

"helm try and get us out of here"

"negative sir the controls are not responding"

"OK Parson try and get these guys with phasers"

well they finally get away but with heavy damage and the loss of two guests and so a few hours later the crew had a ship wide meeting

"as you all know we were attacked a few hours ago so what do we do about it?"

"well, we could try and develop some new weaponry" said an ensign in engineering who was mostly in charge of making sure that they could contact Starfleet as they had managed it only two days earlier yet as an officer felt compelled to know everything about the ship just in case and got some ideas from looking at the schematics

"ensign we can't just develop weapons and hope they work we aren't in the Alpha Quadrant any more it's just too risky" said the chief engineer annoyed at the suggestion "I'm sorry Admiral but…"

"no explain your idea further ensign I don't care how crazy it is what do you think we can develop that won't take a lot of testing?"

"well we could modify some torpedoes to emit some kind of pulse and maybe modify the phasers to emit sonic waves or something I don't know"

"you know that's not such a bad idea do it and ensign since this is your pet project you're in charge of it I want regular progress reports am I clear?"

"yes sir"

well some time later they make it to the one year mark of being in the Delta Quadrant and that was when the ensign decided to reveal his new weapons which had been completed a few weeks earlier but when he realized how close he was to the one year anniversary he decided to wait until then since it would be a wonderful way to celebrate one years of survival