The Inevitable Truth
by: AW
Chapter 2
Rating: MA
Pairing: J/C
Summary: The Consequences of 'The Killing Game'.
Disclaimer: Paramount/Viacom own the series and the characters that are related to Star Trek: Voyager, but the story is mine.
Length: 3,314 words
Date: December 2017
[4 WEEKS AFTER CHAPTER 1]
Chakotay was with her most days.
They had not yet announced their impending parenthood to the crew, but some were aware. Those that did know knew better then to announce the information over the public network of the ship.
[SICKBAY]
The doctor measured Kathryn's baby bump. "Well Captain, everything looks good. I really think though that you should start wearing a maternity uniform."
Kathryn looked visibly ill by this suggestion. "I'm the Captain. Captain's do not get pregnant and certainly not with their First Officer's baby."
The Doctor stared at her as if saying 'And you didn't see this coming a month ago.'
Kathryn sighed and did up her coat. "I have to go and talk to Chakotay and then we'll decide how to proceed."
The Doctor nodded and watched the Captain leave sickbay.
He knew they were trying to keep this a private matter by doing the appointments at 3am, but she was going to have to come to terms with it, and soon.
She was going to really start showing soon.
[JANEWAY QUARTERS]
Kathryn walked into her quarters and saw Chakotay waiting for her in the living room.
"What did he say?"
"He said everything was proceeding as normal and that I should start wearing a maternity uniform soon."
Chakotay did not want to laugh, but he knew it was true.
He beckoned her over, "Kathryn our baby is nothing to be embarrassed about."
"What will the crew think?"
"Does it really matter?"
Kathryn drew in a deep breath. "Let's have a breakfast with the senior staff and announce it then. I know most of them already know but this will be our official announcement."
Chakotay kissed the top of her head, "I think that would be perfect."
Kathryn went to her computer terminal and sent out the request to the senior staff.
[0700 – JANEWAY QUARTERS]
She heard a chime at the door. She had finally given in and changed to a maternity uniform.
She opened the door and ushered in Tom and B'Elanna.
Tom looked at Janeway's changed form and smiled. "About time."
B'Elanna stared at the older woman then gave Tom a punch in the arm. "You could have told me."
Kathryn laughed, "Don't be too hard on him he found out by accident and was sworn to secrecy.
B'Elanna went over and gave Kathryn a hug. "I am so happy for you." She looked over to Chakotay, "And I assume you are the guilty party?"
"Guilty as charged."
She walked up to him and gave him a hug as well. "You two are good together."
The door chimed again and Kathryn answered it to see Seven and the Doctor. The Doctor smiled and Seven raised an ocular implant. "Good to see you finally took my advice Captain."
Seven looked at him strangely. "You advised her to get pregnant?"
The Doctor rolled his eyes, "No she did that on her own. I advised her to begin wearing a maternity uniform."
Seven just looked at Janeway. "So the Captain and Commander have made a two, soon to be three person collective?"
The Doctor shook his head. "Our next lesson is going to be reproduction 101."
Seven stared at him. "I understand copulation and how it is accomplished."
The Doctor sighed and rolled his eyes. "That is not what I was going to teach you."
Seven shook her head and walked farther into the quarters.
Kathryn turned to Chakotay, "What was that all about?"
Chakotay shook his head in confusion. "I have no idea my dear."
"So who are we waiting for still?"
B'Elanna piped up, "Harry and Tuvok."
Kathryn went to the replicator and took out the meal. "Okay well let's get started they can join us when they get here."
Just as Janeway was getting ready to be seated the door chime rang. Tuvok entered. "Hello Captain, you look well."
"Thank you Tuvok and you as well."
The Vulcan nodded his head and went to go join the rest of the senior staff.
Kathryn sat at the head of the table with Chakotay by her side. "Well now that most of you are here… as you can see the Commander and I are expecting a baby."
The understanding flitted across most of their features. "It was not planned. I am about 14 weeks along and if you can do the math that was when the Hirogen occupied the ship."
She looked to each of them. "Although this was not planned, it is not unwanted."
Chakotay stared at Kathryn, "Now let's eat."
Chakotay took Kathryn's hand under the table and whispered in her ear. "See that wasn't so bad."
"You can say that you're not carrying around an extra ten pounds."
He smiled and kissed her cheek.
On the other side of the table Tom and B'Elanna stared at the command couple. "They look so happy. I'm glad they found each other."
B'Elanna nodded, "So when do we break the news?"
Tom's jaw hung open. "Really?"
"I just found out today."
"Hell of a way to tell me."
B'Elanna laughed. "I finally left you speechless."
He laughed and let his hand wonder to her belly. "If you're not careful you're going to give us away."
"I don't care."
She smiled and allowed her hand to join his.
Kathryn stared at Chakotay. "I think change is on the way. The Doctor told me that there were two other women expecting after WWII."
"Maybe the Hirogen did us a favour in the end."
"Or maybe they just hastened the inevitable."
He reached down and gave her a kiss full of love.
There were hoots and hollers as the senior staff watched their commanding officers in completion.
After breakfast the senior staff left except for the Captain and Commander. "So really Chakotay it's not a secret anymore, should you just move in here permanently?"
Chakotay raised an eyebrow, "Are you propositioning me Captain?"
Kathryn looked at Chakotay. "Well you've already knocked me up we can't do anything worse."
Chakotay nodded. "Then what will we do with my old quarters?"
"We'll think about it and figure it out as we go along."
[BRIDGE]
Harry looked around at the bridge officers. He had been ten minutes late. He messaged Tom, *What did I miss this morning?*
Tom grinned to himself, *You'll see soon enough.*
Harry scrunched up his eyebrows trying to figure out what that meant.
Just as he was about to answer he saw the command couple breeze in and saw Janeway's changed shape. His eyes just about popped out of his head as Kathryn approached him. "Nice of you to join us Mr. Kim."
"Y-Yes" He stuttered, "My alarm didn't wake me in time for the morning meeting."
"That's okay you can see now what you missed."
Harry nodded. "Commander, join me in the ready room."
Chakotay nodded. "Tuvok you have the bridge."
[READY ROOM]
Kathryn walked into the ready room with Chakotay in tow. As soon as he entered and the doors closed she called for a 'Do Not Disturb'.
She spun around and locked lips with Chakotay.
His hands moved down to the end of her shirt where it tented over her baby belly and began undoing the fastenings. "I want to see your belly without uniform or nightgown. I want to see the whole of you."
Kathryn blushed. "I'm fat Chakotay; This is not how I want you to see the whole of me."
He looked at her assuring, "It's exactly what I want."
He pulled her jacket off and began trailing kisses down her neck.
He got down to where her Tee-shirt ended. He slowly began lifting the shirt over her head.
She pulled the tank top down so that she was covering her belly as much as possible. "Chakotay you don't want to see this."
He thought the way she was so self-conscious was adorable.
In front of the crew, in front of alien foes she was invincible and had no weaknesses and here she was afraid of her body and what it was becoming.
The incubator, the livelihood of someone else.
He pulled her hands up that grasped her tank top. "Are you telling me you've never dreamed about you and I in a hot tangle of limbs in the ready room?"
She finally acquiesced and allowed him to pull the tank top over her head.
He stared at her engorged breasts and her nipples standing out to the world.
The way he stared at her made her feel so beautiful, but she knew she was nothing special.
He started at her shoulders kissing the red head freckles all the around to the back of her neck and hearing her moan in pleasure. "So beautiful." He whispered then his teeth went down to snap the clasp of her bra until the hooks let go.
Her breasts bounded out and he looked at them appreciatively.
He slowly undid the button on her pants and let them fall down to her feet. He saw the baby bump and bent down to kiss her stomach. "This makes you more beautiful Kathryn."
He lifted her up and lay her down on the couch. He removed her boots and finished taking down her pants.
She lay there in nothing but her underwear.
Before he had the chance to take off the last piece of offending clothing, Kathryn lifted her arms to begin pulling Chakotay's shirt off.
Once the shirt was removed, she began with the buckle of his trousers.
They were both sitting in nothing but their underwear and Kathryn took that opportunity to pull down his boxers and place her mouth over his stiff member.
Chakotay felt what she was attempting and put her down on the couch and tore off her underwear.
He slowly positioned himself above her and entered her quickly but smoothly and gently.
He heard her gasp at the sudden contact and stared into her blue eyes. "You know how much I love you right?"
She nodded and the movements began.
He felt her getting close and clenching down on his penis as he quickened the pace getting ready to explode.
At that moment she felt a rippling in her belly and let the tears she had been holding back cascade down her face. She felt him let go and she bit his shoulder to prevent the cry of pleasure that she knew was coming from the depths of her soul.
The couple smiled at each other. "Well that's one thing we can cross of the list that we've been wanting to do."
They both got up to dress themselves and Kathryn immediately found the tattered panties. "Really Chakotay."
She went to the replicator and replicated herself a new pair of undergarments.
"I got caught up in the moment love."
She shook her head and put on the newly replicated underwear. "I'm going to have to start replicating them larger Chakotay."
He nodded his head and watched as finally dressed she began fixing her hair. The door chimed and they looked at each other with a devilish look. "Come."
Tom walked in with his weekly helm report. "I don't want to know."
"I have no idea what you're talking about Lieutenant we were going over crew evaluation reports."
Tom pointed at the shredded panties that Kathryn had forgotten to recycle. "Not a word Tom."
He passed the report to the Captain and proceeded back out to the bridge.
Kathryn could feel the peals of laughter beginning to make their way to the surface and stared at Chakotay. "You know maybe we shouldn't do that again."
Chakotay nodded, "Let's say we go home."
Kathryn pointed at his shoulder, "Do you want to have the Doctor look at that first?"
Chakotay stared at the future mother of his child. "Since Tom already knows what we were doing why don't we just get him in here to fix the 'minor abrasion'?"
Kathryn snickered, "We're never going to hear the end of this."
Chakotay rolled his eyes.
"Janeway to Paris, could you come to the ready room for a moment please?"
"On my way."
A couple of minutes later, Tom entered the ready room and looked at the couple looking like a pair of guilty teenagers who had been caught in the act. "Hello Captain, what can I do for you?"
Kathryn pulled the med kit out from behind the ready room desk. "Can you fix the Commander please? He seems to have received a war wound."
Tom held up his hands in a surrender motion, "Like I said before I don't want to know."
He picked up the dermal regenerator and began running it over the wound on Chakotay's shoulder. "She's a wild one I see Commander."
Chakotay looked at him, "That's why she's such a good Captain."
The conversations stopped there. "Okay Chakotay, good as new."
"Thanks Tom; and if we could keep this out of the official records I'd appreciate it."
Tom chuckled, "Whatever you say. Well its end of shift, see you guys tomorrow." He stopped and turned around, "You guys want to meet B'Elanna and I in Sandrine's tonight?"
Chakotay looked at Kathryn who shrugged her shoulders. "I think we can do that."
"Alright see you guys around 1900?"
"Sounds good, see you then." And with that he left the ready room.
Chakotay looked to Kathryn, "Let's get going then."
"Sounds good I have to find something to wear for tonight that still fits me."
Chakotay glared at her. "You're not that big, and the crew has been informed of your 'condition' so there's nothing to hide."
"Fair enough, but I'd still like to see if I can avoid replicating too many new sets of clothes just yet."
He grabbed her hand and they left the ready room and the bridge for the night.
[1 HOUR LATER – JANEWAY QUARTERS]
"Come on Kathryn, we're going to be late."
Kathryn was staring at the clothes in her closet. She had finally found a dress she had with an empire waist so it didn't hide but didn't announce the pregnancy. She put the last touches on her makeup and walked out to the living room. "Okay let's go."
Chakotay stared at the woman that was his other half and was amazed at how beautiful she was. The dress she was wearing was flattering. Dark blue crushed velvet with an empire waist to accommodate the pregnancy.
Her hair fell in flowing waves down her back tied up in the front with a simple barrette to keep the hair in the front from falling in her face. "You look beautiful Kathryn."
Her cheek reddened under his scrutiny and praise and she blushed a lovely shade of rose. "Thank you."
He took her hand and they headed to Sandrine's.
Kathryn smiled and nodded at the crewmembers that they passed on the way receiving congratulations.
[HOLODECK 2 – SANDRINES PROGRAM]
Kathryn breezed through the doors of Sandrine's and immediately saw Tom and B'Elanna sitting at a table in the corner.
The couple made their way to see the Chief Engineer and the Helm Officer.
Tom stood up and hugged the Captain. "Well hello, don't you look just radiant."
"Thank you Tom: took a while to find clothes that fit." She pressed the dress flat against her belly showing off the bump that was becoming more prominent by the day.
"I think you look great Captain."
She crooked her head, "Just Kathryn off hours please."
"Alright, Kathryn it is. Think you can still reach over the pool table and manage to beat me."
She raised an eyebrow, "Always; but before we get into that let's grab some food: Baby's Hungry."
B'Elanna stood up and put her hand to her belly. "I know exactly what you mean."
Kathryn looked at B'Elanna. "Really? Wow, a pregnant Captain and Chief Engineer… the crew better watch out."
She went over and pulled B'Elanna into a hug. "You're starting to show Kathryn."
"I know I'm 14 weeks along."
B'Elanna laughed, "Yes and Tom tells me you christened the ready room."
Kathryn glared at Tom. "Well Mr. Paris, I'm really going to have to beat you tonight."
Chakotay laughed and proceeded over to B'Elanna, "Congratulations you guys. I see that WWII wasn't only good for us."
The two couples sat down and started on supper.
Kathryn was just eating supper when she stopped suddenly and brought her hands to her belly.
"Kathryn?"
Kathryn got a strange look on her face and Chakotay worried. "Kathryn what's wrong?"
Kathryn shook her head. "I don't know. Something feels strange."
Chakotay stood up. "Chakotay to the Doctor. Can you come to Holodeck 2? Something is going on with Kathryn."
Tom stood up and took out the medical tricorder that was stashed behind the wall in the far corner. He went up to Kathryn and scanned her.
He let out a sigh of relief. "Paris to the Doctor. Don't bother coming down, there's nothing wrong."
"Acknowledged, Doctor out."
Kathryn looked at Tom. "What is it? What's going on with my baby?"
Tom smiled, "Nothing, what you felt was the baby kicking."
Chakotay brought his hand down to Kathryn's belly and gave her a kiss. "I guess she's as feisty as her mother."
"It's the weirdest feeling Chakotay. It's like a getting hit in the stomach from the inside."
He smiled, "I can't wait until I can feel it."
They finished eating and went over to the pool tables. Kathryn picked up a cue and was about to break when her stomach started turning. She covered her mouth with her hand and went running for the lavatory.
Ten minutes later she returned looking a little green. "Why do they call it 'morning sickness'?"
Chakotay was rubbing her back. "You shouldn't have to deal with this for too much longer honey."
"I hope not."
He looked to Tom, "Most women stop getting queasy by the fourth month. So you should be almost done."
"Done right, then there's just the weight gain, swollen ankles. I thought once the tiredness subsided I'd be done with the morning sickness too."
"You never know how a woman's body is going to react to a pregnancy."
Kathryn rolled her eyes. "Well this woman's body is not reacting well."
She picked up a pool cue and broke sinking two balls off the break. "I guess I'm solids."
She sank three more before Tom even got a chance to play. Finally it was Tom's turn: He sank two stripes and then it was Kathryn's turn again.
She cleared the table and was looking for the next victim.
By the end of the night the count was Janeway winning 9 out of the ten games.
"Well we'd better get going. Kathryn is losing energy fast."
The younger couple said their good nights and Kathryn and Chakotay proceeded to her quarters.
They sat down in the living room and Chakotay turned to Kathryn. "Your quarters are bigger than most quarters as are mine. We'll move Tom and B'Elanna into my old quarters."
Chakotay looked at Kathryn, "Yeah, good idea. Both of our quarters have two bedrooms so we can make it work with the baby and so can they."
Chakotay pouted. "What if I want more kids?"
Kathryn scoffed, "We didn't even plan this one, what makes you think we should have more?"
Chakotay looked at her, "I was just seeing what you'd say. If all you ever give me is one baby, I'll still be the happiest man alive."
With that they lay down and fell into a much needed sleep.
END CHAPTER 2
TBC IN CHAPTER 3