Remember Remember
Rating: T swearing
Pairing: J/C
Summary: The doctor forgets and Janeway breaks a few hands.
Disclaimer: Yeah I don't own Voyager or its characters but I do own the new arrival.
Author's Note: Companion piece to 'Oh dear God!' so I'm sure you can guess what is going to happen. Please enjoy and I'll leave a message at the end.
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Kathryn Janeway was 42 weeks pregnant. She was massive, deprived of coffee and dealing with one of the doctor's lectures on health. She was nearly 2 weeks overdue and the doctor had created a plan entitled 'Janeway Chakotay Alpha three-zero-two'.
"Captain, I know you are worried if the late arrival of your child is an effect they have gained from your disease but I assure you it is perfectly safe. Now as I was saying the procedure shouldn't take long at all maybe an hour at the most I strongly suggest you do not work or have coffee for a further 3 days at bare minimum but you aren't one to listen to my medical opinion."
"Doctor, please, just tell me when I have to be here and I will" the expectant mother rolled her eyes.
"Of course captain. I think 1400 hours that way you will have eaten, which provides…" he began to rattle on again.
"You know I did train as a science officer before I decided to become a Captain. I know how pregnancy works." She glared at him.
"Well just remember that you should remind the commander to be here too. Also remember I expect you do be doing light duty today." He shouted as she walked, as quickly as physically possible, away. Kes walked out the office and smiled as she placed the tools away that the EMH had just finished using. She smiled at her friend and he smiled back but what he said next surprised her.
"Was that the Captain? Why was she here?" Walking back she called for B'Elanna.
By the time the half Klingon arrived Voyagers CMO had no idea who Kes was. He sat looking dreamily into nowhere. Carefully the two looked at his programme.
"Let's not tell the captain, right now." B'Elanna whispered
"Why not? She should know, we shouldn't lie" Kes disgreeded
"Kes she has enough to deal with like being the size of a small shuttle" B'Elanna responded as they continued to search his programme for a legitimate reason for his malfunction.
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Meanwhile in the board room, the senior officers were discussing the recent events. Kathryn moved in her chair each time concern rising in her husband. Her back was killing her and she swore her baby was more active today.
The meeting was dismissed shortly after the EMH's opening channel, in which he seemed perfectly normal.
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The day was passing quickly. After this morning's dramatics, Tom's health scare, the attack on B'Elanna and Tom, Kathryn was glad something was going well. Harry and Chakotay had come up with a plan to go through a sensor net, the captain was still unaware of the problem with the doctor's Matrix but that was about to change as another ship was to be found.
The only survivor was dying and as Janeway looked up the doctor was staring around the room completely at loss. Kes, as the patient gave directions to his home world, had to instruct the hologram want to do. It was all very odd.
Once the patient had died Kes knew she had to tell her captain.
"Captain, I have to tell you something" The young woman looked very reserved and almost ashamed.
"What is it? What's wrong with him?" Kathryn asked unconsciously moving a hand over her stomach
"B'Elanna says he has a Cascade failure and…his memory systems are degrading. We didn't want to tell you because you have a lot on with the baby and…I am sorry. I wanted to tell you but things kept getting in the way and I didn't get the chance. We need B'Elanna." Kes seemed genuinely concerned and sorry for her mistake.
"It's alright Kes. I'm sure we will get around this. I can't let Torres go just now, not in this situation. I'll try and get her as soon as possible" The captain walked out of sickbay.
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As the first Polaron burst was sent Kathryn felt a sharp pain. It wasn't too bad but enough to make her hold her swollen stomach. She was informed, that the Polaron beam, wasn't a weapon that was most likely scanning. After a while the swarm of ships had tapped into the systems having concequences with their tactful hiding.
"As far as anyone's sensors are concerned we are light up like a Christmas tree" Chakotay joked slightly. Looking down Kathryn tried to ignore the pain that was trying to weigh her down, she desperately wanted to sit down. The news that the swarm was heading towards almost made her sick to her stomach, was their baby going to be born in the middle of an attack.
As the swarm gained on the ship her fear rose. Commanding battle stations she willed her baby to just wait a few hours more. The swarm was getting closer but not producing any kind of weapon signature what was this race planning.
Kes rushed onto the bridge informing those there that the doctor was getting worse. Kathryn looked 'No I need him, oh why did you choose to enter the world' she thought to herself Kes had already gone knowing that her mentor was quite like a lost child as she realised that these pains had been going on for about 10 minutes she unconsciously grabbed Chakotay's hand.
"Kathryn, are you…arggghhhh" he began but had to shout out his pain, she'd broken his hand, something had cracked.
"Captain, I regret to inform you but power to the turbo lifts has been cut" Tuvok announced a screech emanated from Janeway as she shouted out orders trying to walk out her contractions, she needed to get to sickbay there was no way in hell she would be giving birth on the bridge. She walked to her ready room but felt a jolt of the ship and a sharp pain that made her cry out in pain.
"C'mon let's get you in here sweetheart" He guided his wife to the ready room however a transporter noise stopped them. She turned yanking her phaser and shooting the figure that appeared and the next two.
"Do not mess with a Captain about to into Labour" she shouted to everyone's surprise. Groaning again as another contraction played over. "Tuvok how are the turbo lifts?" she asked in her best captain voice.
"They are regaining some power." He replied Chakotay followed her onto the lift but she turned.
"No I need you to stay here. Be in command." She tried but knew it was losing battle.
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Arriving in sickbay moments later they both winced as Kathryn had another contraction and Chakotay dealt with the pain of her squeezing his already broken hand.
"Kes!" she shouted as she neared the biobed, Kes appeared with the doctor walking slowly behind her.
"Captain, how far apart are the contractions?" for once Kathryn was totally at a loss she hadn't been counting so she was forced to shake her head. She was helped into medical gown. As she lay on the bed the ship shook.
"Ah Captain where is your Chief Medical officer?" The doc asked as if he had never seen her before all she could do was shout out in pain "Captain, are you aware you are having a baby. Why did Starfleet appoint you c…?" He began panicking
"Listen here. I am well aware of my current predicament but if you don't do your job as a medical officer I swear to …I will dismantle your programme and cause you pain as I do so. I want this baby out of me!" She puffed looking to Kes.
"I'm sorry Captain you aren't fully dilated yet but I can give you a hypospray for the pain. It might slow…"
"I don't need slowing down I need speeding up." She groaned looking to her husband "This is all your fault, I am never doing this again, I am never having sex again, do you hear me" she grunted. The ship shook 3 more times in the next 30 minutes Chakotay had called down to the bridge who said power was failing, yanking her husband down he very sinisterly spoke into the comm.
"Listen Here. I am not about to give birth and then have that child taken away from me so I suggest you shoot them now!"
"But captain any damage we try to inflict on them reverts back to us. There is a connection with the introphemetric pulse it appears to be a lattice." Harry's vice explained.
"Well turn the pulses back on them" she suggested through gritted teeth as another contraction passed over.
"The phaser damage would reflect back on us Captain" Tuvok piped up rather un-timely, the bridge officers heard a sort of grunt.
"Alright Harry…re-modulate the shield frequency to an inverse harmonic of the…pulse" she breathed out heavily.
"Captain. You're fully dilated. You can push now" Kes informed her friend and Captain. Chakotay ended the com and let her take his other hand. As Kathryn began to push there were multiple shakes of the ship and violent at that. A transporter noise was heard, one of the aliens was in sickbay.
Grabbing his Phaser Chakotay shot at the alien but it didn't work he was still there.
Running over he shouted to the computer.
"Computer erect a level 10 force field around the Captain and Kes" Kathryn began to panic she couldn't watch her husband die. She began to scream which stressed the child.
"Captain you need to calm down. Or your baby will get hurt" Kes watched her Captain calm but her eyes were intently watching Chakotay wrestle the alien.
"Why are you pregnant? Are Starfleet aware" the damaged doctor took her out the trance she was. "You are having a baby. We can help you here, this is sickbay would you like me to help?" Kathryn tried to ignore him but it was difficult.
"Chakotay, I can't do this without you!" she screamed, she could couldn't, wouldn't. A security team arrived and the force field was taken down. He stroked her head and kissed her gently as she pained through the birth of their baby.
"Well done Captain. It's a girl. 6.6 pounds. Congratulations" Kes smiled as wrapped the little girl in a towel and handed her over to the awaiting parents. The baby herself had dark red hair and fair skin her eyes gleamed a beautiful blue.
"Where am I?" the doctor asked suddenly. Kes turned to him and led him away from the new parents.
"Well, I did say if it was a girl you could name her, my darling" Chakotay whispered gently stroking his daughters head.
"Melonie…Taya Janeway" Kathryn whispered back. "Now you might want to get your hand fixed. I'm sorry." She smiled at her husband.
"It's fine. You have given me a daughter and I think I can forgive you." He teased moving to the console to enter Melonie's birth.
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Author's Note: Yay! The first Janeway Child, I already have the other three's births planned out so I'll spread those out a little. I hope you enjoyed this and please leave me a review.
Coming soon: Dinner with Generation, Voyager, 30 years after their return to the alpha quadrant those who grew up on Voyager have a wonderful dinner together.
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Ok so I can't resist giving you a small add-on that I just have to write now so here is 'Choosing Godparents'
Melonie was only a few hours old but the command team thought she should meet her 'family' as soon as possible. The senior officers plus Neelix, Kes, Sam and little Naomi were awaiting her arrival in the board room. The two had godparents in mind but wondered how she would react to them, maybe she could help them decide properly.
As they neared the board room Kathryn looked at Chakotay and just smiled, she didn't know what she had done to have him as hers but she loved that she had done it.
"They're here!" Neelix announced as Kathryn entered holding their baby girl close, Chakotay in tow. Both parents were gleaming as they entered and why not they had just had their first baby.
"What have you called her?" Harry asked as he neared the pair looking at the baby who was the spit of her mommy.
"Melonie Taya Janeway" Kathryn asked, her voice softer than normal. Tuvok neared the pair.
"Captain, may I give you my congratulations she is a promising child." He complemented
"Thank you Tuvok?" Kathryn was unsure if he was complementing her or not.
"Considering her parentage she has a promising future ahead of her." Tuvok looked at the baby and she stared back but made noises as she saw tom's blue eyes, her tiny hands reached up, it was her first reaction to someone who wasn't her parent.
"Tom, would you like to hold her?" Kathryn offered the young man smiled and very carefully took her in his arms, he supported her tiny head as she gurgled and accidently poked his face. Chakotay looked at Kathryn and nodded she smiled back.
She was given back to her mother who took upon herself to kneel in front of Naomi. The one year old was quite tall because of her Ktarian genes this made her speech relatively well developed.
"What her name?" she asked stroking the girls head lightly.
"Melonie" Janeway smiled back
"Melon, I like melon" Naomi stated as everyone laughed "Tired now. Mommy I want bed." Smiling at her daughter and Voyager's new arrival she left with Naomi.
"Captain, may I hold her?" B'Elanna cautiously asked, if the ship's biggest prankster could do it so could she. Without a word Kathryn handed her over to the chief engineer. The baby girl gurgled and poked exactly like she had done with Tom. That made the decision.
"Tom, B'Elanna Would you be Melonie's god mother and father?" The two nodded.
"It would be an honour, Captain." Tom looked over B'Elanna's shoulder making funny faces, Chakotay could swear he saw tears in the half Klingons eyes. Neelix was a little upset to not be asked but Kes placed her hand on his shoulder reassuringly, as if to say maybe next time.
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Author's note: Ok that's the end I promise Hope you liked it.