First off, i want to say that i don't own star trek voyager or its characters.

Second off, i want to thank all of you who have been reading this story and thank you for all of your reviews. they mean so much to me and i am sorry, really sorry it's taken a while. I had had some ideas on where i wanted to go but how i would write it kept changing. I hope you enjoy this chapter and I hope you will be patient with me while i try to write where this is going.

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When Chakotay and Tom came up to Tuvok, to describe their plan, Tuvok surprised them. He didn't find any excuse for why they shouldn't. Chakotay and Tom both expected a bit more resistance form this logical Vulcan, but instead, he started babbling his Vulcan logic about "proceeding earlier."

"Well then, Tuvok, you have the bridge and what's left of the ship." He was more than ready to get off of that bridge and into the shuttle. He tried to remain focused but continued to get distracted about thoughts of Kathryn, his Kathryn. He realized she may be close to her due date soon and he wanted to find her before then. He needed to find her.

As Tom flew and he scanned, he wondered why it had taken so long for him to realize what must be done. Why had it taken six Earth months? He didn't know and was trying not to think about it. What was important was that they find the planet Seska and the Kazon abandoned them on and start bringing them back to Voyager.

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The shuttle was able to travel quickly and was able to get to where Voyager's sensors had recorded the drop off. Chakotay was glad they could at least get that much information from Voyager, otherwise their attempt would be useless. However, as they were trying to break the atmosphere, alarms started ringing and bells went off. Before they could do anything to stop what was happening, they found themselves turbulently riding through and just barley being able to land safely. Chakotay was glad Tom was piloting through that mess but he was more concerned with what happened.

He scanned the planet for life signs and found many, many more than he anticipated. He might have expected natural inhabitants, but he was concerned with the human count.

"This must have broken in the landing," he said to Tom. "It's reading over three hundred human life signs."

"Well, the only way we can know for sure is if we go take a look." Tom--who was more than eager to see B'Elanna--wanted to get out of the shuttle more than anything. If the sensors were malfunctioning--although a weird feeling told Tom they weren't--they would need to look--and fast.

They got out of the shuttle--after getting some equipment necessary for the search, and began to look around. They walked toward the life signs the tricorder was picking up and hoped for the best

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Janeway sat, observing all the commotion. It was crazy. Everyone was talking and telling different stories. Some said they swore they saw something fall and crash land, while others said it had landed, and others just refused to get their hopes up. And Janeway--as Captain--was stuck in the middle of things. She knew she wanted to investigate, but by looking at the sun, she knew it would be dark soon.

"We'll investigate in the morning," she said, making sure everyone understood. Janeway was quite tired and although she hoped what everyone had seen was what they hoped it to be, she knew better. In the time spent here on Destain--as it had been dubbed because of its "des"erts and moun"tain"s--they had gotten their hopes up too high. Although she knew better than to think the positive, she had learned a lot since their arrival and the fact she was without Chakotay had taken its toll on her psychological behavior.

So she decided that it was best to wait because if this was the real thing, they would need light to search and because she wanted to be able to imagine that it was real for that much longer.

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Chakotay and Tom noticed how quickly the sun sank and it was a bit unnerving. He wasn't afraid of the dark but as the sun sank, so did his heart. It was sinking to fast for them to be able to continue their search for much longer.

They ended up heading back so they could make camp near the shuttle when they stopped. They looked at the shuttle and froze when they saw a figure there.

Through the darkness they had to squint and through his eyes he couldn't believe it.

Next to the shuttle stood his Kathryn. He was sure it was here, although he could only se a faint outline. He ran to her and screamed. Tom saw him and followed him but intentionally not nearly as fast.

As Chakotay neared, the girl turned and he realized it wasn't Kathryn. However, the girl looked at him and Chakotay wasn't sure how she would react.

She ended up giving him a big bear hug complete with tears of joy.

"It's true, you have come! I knew it would be you, Daddy."

To Be Continued . . .

Please comment on what you think. i know its kinda short but i plan on making the next one longer. i'm not sure when it will be posted but i'll try to make it soon.

and once again, thanks to everyone who has been reading my story and commenting on it!! :)